I am searching my New England ancesters and their European roots to include the names of: Hopkins,Arnold,Smith,Whitman,Warren,Sprague,Bishop,Hooper,Moore, Wildes,Phillips,Bowen,Parker,Knight,Keach,Taylor,Crothers,Dow,Mcginty,Tucker,Aldrich,etc.
I descend from Thomas Hopkins(son of William and Joanna Arnold) of Providence,Rhode Island who settled there with Roger Williams in 1636. He arrived there with his uncle William Arnold.(One immediate question is who was Thomas Hopkins married to?)
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I decend on my mother's side from Edward Bishop(husband of Bridget the witch) of Salem, Ma.
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I am also interested in my Irish roots. I am decended from Francis and Mary Mcginty who arrived from Ireland before 1823(NYC then RI), and from William and Anne Crothers who probably came over from Ireland in that same period.
I am also decended from the following early 17th century NE settlers:
* Richard Bowen of Swansea,Wales, who settled in Ma.
* Richard Warren of Plymouth who came over on the Mayflower.
* Robert Bartlett of Plymouth.
* Anthony Eames, b.1595, of Charlestown & Hingham,Ma.
* Thomas Dow of Newburyport,Ma.
* Valentine Whitman of Providence,RI.
* John(the mason) Smith of Providence.
* David Shippee of Warwick, RI.
* George Aldrich of RI.
and from early European roots:
* King Alfred the Great
* Charlemagne
* King Ynir of Northern Gwentland, Wales.
I am currently seeking info on my great grandmother, Mary Emma Knight, b.1847, d.1889. Cannot determine who her parents were. I believe they lived in the Smithfield, Scituate, Cranston area of RI. She was married to Gilbert Reed Bishop.
I am also seeking the parentage of Rhoda Parker, who married Barnet Hopkins in the latter 18th century. They were married in Milford, N.H. but lived in Foster,RI.
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