Mary BRUSH (1771-1860)

1. Mary BRUSH was born on 8 March 1771. She died on 25 December 1860 in London. She married John William (Jr) HOPKINS.

 

John William (Jr) HOPKINS, son of Revd. John William HOPKINS (1734-1780) and Mary WORRALL (c. 1738-1826), was born circa 1767 in Romford. He was baptised on [Julian] 29 April 1767 in Romford. He was a Lieutenant in the Royal Navy. He died on 29 March 1823. He was buried in Chaddesley Corbett, Kidderminster. He and Mary BRUSH had the following children:

 

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John William (III) HOPKINS ( - )

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Mary HOPKINS (1795-1852)

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Charles HOPKINS (1796- )

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Adolphus HOPKINS (1799-1855)

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Eliza Beaumont HOPKINS ( - )

Second Generation

2. John William (III) HOPKINS, son of John William (Jr) HOPKINS and Mary BRUSH, married Julia SMITH. He married Esther BURTON.

 

See note for JWH's uncle Samuel, who wrote a letter to him, about various family members, but in particular John Worrall.

 

Julia SMITH was born on 16 March 1801. She died on 25 December 1858 in Leamington Spa. She and John William (III) HOPKINS had the following children:

 

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John William HOPKINS (1825- )

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Elizabeth HOPKINS ( - )

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Charles Adophus HOPKINS ( - )

 

Esther BURTON died on 27 May 1897 in Chester.

 

3. Mary HOPKINS, daughter of John William (Jr) HOPKINS and Mary BRUSH, was born in 1795. She died on 20 November 1852. She married J SPARKS BYERS.

 

4. Captain Charles HOPKINS, son of John William (Jr) HOPKINS and Mary BRUSH, was born in July 1796. He married Sarah LEDSAM.

 

He was a Captain in the RN.

 

Sarah LEDSAM was born in 1807. She died in 1892.

 

5. Rev. Adolphus HOPKINS of Clent, son of John William (Jr) HOPKINS and Mary BRUSH, was born in 1799. He died in 1855. He married Sarah BACCHUS.

 

Sarah BACCHUS died on 8 October 1896.

 

6. Eliza Beaumont HOPKINS, daughter of John William (Jr) HOPKINS and Mary BRUSH, married John OGILVY. She married John BACCHUS.

Third Generation

7. John William HOPKINS, son of John William (III) HOPKINS and Julia SMITH, was born on 19 September 1825. He was an Architect and writer. He married Margaret Elizabeth TILLEY.

 

Margaret Elizabeth TILLEY, daughter of Edward TILLEY ( - ), was born on 6 June 1830. She and John William HOPKINS had the following children:

 

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Julia HOPKINS (1853-1873). Julia was born on 22 March 1853. She died on 25 November 1873.

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Charles Arthur HOPKINS ( - )

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Edward Collis HOPKINS ( - )

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Amelia HOPKINS ( - )

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Frederick Ogilvy HOPKINS ( - )

 

8. Elizabeth HOPKINS was the daughter of John William (III) HOPKINS and Julia SMITH.

 

She died in infancy.

 

9. Charles Adophus HOPKINS, son of John William (III) HOPKINS and Julia SMITH, married Ann Frances BILLINGS.