Elijah HOPKINS & Leah STEED

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Elijah HOPKINS
Leah STEED

NOTE: Elijah may have had two or even three wives, one before Leah and one after.

Husband: Elijah HOPKINS
Birth: 6 May 1806, Montgomery Co., NC
Death: 12 Jul 1875, Choctow Co., MS
Father: Hampton HOPKINS (1775- )
Mother: Susannah __?__

Marriage: 12 Sep 1833, Randolph Co., NC

Wife: Lear / Leah STEED
Birth: 1811/2, Randolph Co., NC
Death said to be: Nov 1875, Neshoba Co., MS

Children:

— born in Randolph Co., NC:
1. Elmira C. HOPKINS, b. 1834

— born in Coweta Co., GA:
2. Susan E. HOPKINS, b. 1835/6
3. Collin D. HOPKINS, b. 1838/9
4. Mary "Polly" A. E. HOPKINS, b. 1840/1
5. Elizabeth HOPKINS, b. 1843/4
6. John Franklin HOPKINS, b. 27 Jul 1845

Sources:

1a. North Carolina Marriage Bonds, 1741-1868 (online at Ancestry.com):

Groom Bride Bond Date County Bondsman Witness

Elijah Hopkins Lear Steed 12 Sep 1833 Randolph John C Hopkins Hugh McCain

1b. D.L. Murray & N.R. Murray. 1995. Marriage Index: MD, NC, VA, 1624-1915 (Broderbund CD-4):

Hopkins, Elijah Steed, Lear 12 Sep 1833 Randolph Co. NC

2. 1840 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #5-6 of 8):

1840 GA Coweta Co. District 7 Roll 39 pp. 360A-360B Ln. 6 Elijah Hopkins 100 001 010 - 120 010 0101000 no slaves

These data indicate:

No. & Sex Age Class Therefore Born Individuals Inferred

1 male 4 or under 1835-1840 = Collin (b. 1838/9)

1 male 30-39 1800-1810 = Elijah (b. 1806)

1 male 50-59 1780-1790 = father? father-in-law?

1 female 4 or under 1835-1840 = Susan (b. 1835/6)

2 females 5-9 1830-1835 = Elmira (b. 1834)
= Daughter? A

1 female 20-29 1810-1820 = Leah (b. 1811/2)

1 person employed in agriculture

1 person employed in manufactures and trades

Did Elijah have a prior wife? He is old enough. That would explain the older daughter — and the age difference between Elijah and Leah.

3. 1850 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #71 of 197): Division 19, Coweta Co., GA, p. 317B, 482/482, enumerated 2 Sep 1850, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1850 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

Elijah Hopkins 44 M Farmer NC

Leah 38 F "

Elmira C 16 F "

Susan E 14 F Ga

Collin D 11 M "

Polly A E 9 F "

Elizt 6 F "

John F 5 M "

4. 1860 Census Index/Images (online at Genealogy.com, Image #66 of 158): Campbellton P.O., Campbell Co., GA, Roll 113, p. 252, PN 66, 535/497, enumerated 27 Jun 1860, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1860 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

Elijah Hopkins 40 M Farmer

Leah " 41 F

Elijah should be 54 and Leah 48.

5. 1870 Census Index/Images (online at Genealogy.com, Image #21 of 32): Baldwin P.O., District No. 1, Lee Co., MS, Roll 736, p. 387A, PN 50, 79/79, enumerated __ Aug 1870, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1870 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

Hopkins Elijah 63 M W Farm Laborer 172 NC

_______ Elizabeth 50 F W Keeping House Ga

Has Elijah remarried? Leah should be 58 and born in NC.

6. WorldConnect / Ancestry World Trees (online at RootsWeb.com/Ancestry.com).

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