Major Layton Hopkins

Male 1793 - 1871  (78 years)

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  • Name Layton Hopkins 
    Title Major 
    Birth 18 Apr 1793  West Greenwich, Kent Co., RI Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Gender Male 
    Death 25 Jun 1871  West Greenwich, Kent Co., RI Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Person ID I01991  Sorensen-Remington Family Tree
    Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 

    Father Rufus Hopkins,   b. Abt 1773   d. 8 Jun 1844 (Age 71 years) 
    Mother Amy Shippee,   b. Abt 1771   d. 6 Aug 1837 (Age 66 years) 
    Marriage Abt 1792 
    Family ID F02571  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Elizabeth "Betsey" Whitford,   b. 4 Feb 1797, West Greenwich, Kent Co., RI Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Sep 1854 (Age 57 years) 
    Marriage Abt 1814 
    Children 
     1. Pardon Hopkins,   b. 12 Feb 1815, West Greenwich, Kent Co., RI Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Burrill Hopkins,   b. 29 Mar 1819, West Greenwich, Kent Co., RI Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Aug 1874, West Greenwich, Kent Co., RI Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 55 years)
    Family ID F02568  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 

    Family 2 Catherine Whitman,   b. Between 1807 and 1810   d. Aft 1 Jun 1870 (Age > 63 years) 
    Marriage Between 1860 and 1870 
    Family ID F01643  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 

  • Notes 
    • His name is written as both Lawton and Layton.

      In the 1850 Federal Census, Layton & Betsey Hopkins are living at West Greenwich, RI.

      In 1860 Layton is age 67, living at West Greenwich; Catherine Wightman, age 53, is in the household, keeping house. I am wondering if she is the mother of Catherine Whitman who married Layton's grandson, Calvin. (Whitman & Wightman were the same name at that time, and pronounced the same way.) Her age agrees.

      In the 1870 census, Layton & Katherine Hopkins, ages 77 & 60, are still at West Greenwich.

      There seems to be a question as to where he is buried:
      HOPKINS, LAYTON 1793 - 25 JUN 1871, CY066
      HOPKINS, LAYTON, MAJOR 1793c - 25 JUN 1871, WG028

  • Sources 
    1. [S012382] Alden G. Beaman's RI Vital Records: New Series, Vol. 6, 139.

    2. [S012361] Alden G. Beaman's RI Vital Records: New Series, Vol. 7, 178.