| Sources:
1. Timothy Hopkins. 1932. John Hopkins of Cambridge,
Massachusetts, 1634, and Some of His Descendants. Stanford Univ. Press,
Stanford, CA. On pp. 305-306:
| In 1851 he removed to California, arriving on the ship "Columbus,"
and was a merchant at Sacramento. His health failing, he became a
farmer and stock raiser, and later was a capitalist. A man of high
character and lovable nature. |
So
he was too ill to be a merchant, but well enough to be a farmer?
Methinks Moses turned to farming because he failed in business our author
does show many signs of being a crushing snob with regards to his adopted
family (by adoption, Moses was Timothy's uncle).
2. 1840 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image
#53-54 of 68; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):
| 1840 |
NY |
Niagara Co. |
Lockport Village |
pp. 92A-92B |
Henry K. Hopkins |
000 021 - 001 010 |
0000001 |
These data indicate:
| No. & Sex |
Age Class |
Therefore Born |
Individuals Inferred |
| 2 males |
20-29 |
1810-1820 |
= Moses (b. 1817)
= Mark (b. 1813) |
| 1 male |
30-39 |
1800-1810 |
= Henry K. (b. 1807) |
| 1 female |
10-14 |
1825-1830 |
= ? |
| 1 female |
20-29 |
1810-1820 |
= Juliette (b. 1815) |
| 1 |
persons engaged in learned professions and engineers |
Henry was an attorney, and his brother, Mark, studied law under him, so
Mark is undoubtedly one of the younger males. The other male is probable
their younger brother, Moses, who was also not known to be married at this
time. Both of their parents were deceased by 1837, so we do not find
the unmarried children in their parents' household. The younger female
is too old to be Henry & Juliette's daughter, and Henry was not known
to have had a sister, so perhaps she is kin of Juliette's or an unknown
wife of Moses.
3. 1850 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image
#162 of 545): New York City (Ward 15), New York Co., NY, p. 81A,
683/1112, enumerated 24 Sep 1850, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1850
(extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):
| William Sherwood |
60 |
M |
|
Merchant |
|
New York |
| Sarah |
52 |
F |
|
|
|
" |
| Harriet |
29 |
F |
|
|
|
" |
| L S Crittenden |
20 |
M |
|
|
|
" |
| Moses Hopkins |
26 |
M |
|
|
|
" |
| Martha Gilber |
12 |
F |
|
|
|
" |
| Mary Keley |
35 |
F |
|
|
|
Ireland |
| Ellen |
23 |
F |
|
|
|
" |
| Bridget |
20 |
F |
|
|
|
" |
Moses should be 33, but he undoubtedly was not the informant for this record,
so a mistake is not surprising. He is the only Moses HOPKINS in New
York (none in California).
4. 1860
5. 1870 Census Index/Images (online at Genealogy.com, Image
#4 of 20 indexed "More Hopkins"; online
at Ancestry.com, Image #4 of 20): Nicolaus P.O., Nicolaus Twp., Placer
Co., CA, Roll 92 (Book 1), p. 107B, PN 4, 37/33, no enumeration date given,
official enumeration date 1 Jun 1870 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):
| Hopkins Mose |
48 |
M |
W |
Farmer |
20,000 |
10,000 |
Missouri |
Moses should be 53 and born in NY. The person above Moses, also living
alone, was born in New York. Did the enumerator mix them up?
Despite the errors, considering his wealth, his living alone, and the fact
that he should be here, I believe this is our subject.
6. 1880 United States Census and National Index (LDS Family
History Resource File: CD-ROM Library):
| Census Place: Nicolaus, Sutter,
California |
| Source: FHL Film 1254084; NARA
Film T9-0084; Pg 410D |
| |
Relation |
Sex |
Marr |
Race |
Age |
Birthplace |
Occupation |
Fa |
Mo |
| Moses HOPKINS |
Self |
M |
S |
W |
63 |
NY |
Farmer |
MA |
MA |
He is the only Moses HOPKINS in California and the only Moses HOPKINS in
the entire census who was born in NY.
7. 1890 Census: the 1890 Census Population Schedules
were destroyed.
8. Anon. 9 Feb 1892. "Moses Hopkins's Will." Los
Angeles Times (Los Angeles, CA), p. 1:
|
Moses Hopkins's Will.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 8.The will of the late Moses Hopkins will
be filed for proate in San Mateo county tomorrow. He left an estate
valued at $4,000,000, three-fourths of which goes to his widow and the
rest is to be divided among relatives. He inherited
his wealth from his brother, the late Mark Hopkins. |
As far as I know, none of Mark HOPKINS's relatives, except his widow, inherited
anything from his estate. There's no reason to believe Moses's wealth
was not accumulated on his own, especially as the 1870 census shows him
well off even 22 years earlier (before Mark's death in 1872). |