Moses Treadway HOPKINS & Elizabeth BROWN & Elizabeth MILES

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Moses Treadway HOPKINS
Elizabeth BROWN
Elizabeth MILES

WARNING: These may be two (or three) different men. I'm simply trying to authenticate the person of Moses Treadway HOPKINS, for whom there is perishingly little in the way of records, not to mention some that appear fabricated. At the moment, I'm just using this page to "park" what records I can find, so consider this page highly tentative.

Husband: Moses Treadway HOPKINS
Birth: 1786/7, VA
Death: 1850-60, presumably in Carroll Co., VA
Occupation: wagonmaker

Marriage-1: 3 Apr 1816, Botetort Co., VA

Wife-1: Elizabeth BROWN
Birth: ca. 1797

Marriage-2: 17 Nov 1842, Halifax Co., VA (Surety: Nancy MORRIS)

Wife-2: Elizabeth MILES / MILLS

Others:

The relationship of these three to our subject is unclear, but it seems likely that Martha is his widowed daughter-in-law and that Lucy and John are her children. Alternatively, Martha could be a daughter with his first wife, while Lucy and John could be children with his second wife.
. Martha A. HOPKINS, b. 1823/4, NC
. Lucy A. HOPKINS, b. 1845/6, VA
. John W. HOPKINS, b. 1846/7, NC

Keywords for search engines: USA, US, United States, North Carolina, Virginia

Sources:

1a. Jordan R. Dodd, ed. 1993. Virginia Marriages: Early to 1850. Liahona Research, Orem, UT (Broderbund CD-229):

Moses T. HOPKINS Elizabeth BROWN 03 Apr 1816 Botetourt Co

Moses T. HOPKINS Elizabeth MILES 17 Nov 1842 Halifax Co.

1b. Miscellaneous Marriages of Botetourt County, Virginia: from Loose Probate Records (online at genealogybuff.com):

BROWN...
Elizabeth and Moses T Hopkins 4/03/1816

1c. Walter Lee Hopkins. 1931. Hopkins of Virginia and Related Families. J.W. Fergusson & Sons, Richmond, VA (online in the HeritageQuest library at Genealogy.com):

p. 308 HOPKINS OF VIRGINIA...
Halifax County...

p. 309 Moses Treadway Hopkins, m. Elizabeth Mills, Nov. 17, 1842. Nancy Morris on bond.

2. 1820 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com): can't find.

3. 1830 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com): can't find.

4. 1840 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com): can't find.

5. 1850 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #128 of 130): 11th District, Carroll Co., VA, Roll M432_939, p. 382A, 955/955, enumerated 26 Oct 1850, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1850 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

Moses T Hopkins 63 M waggonmaker? Va

Martha A   " 26 F NC

Lucy A     " 4 F Va

John W     " 3 M NC

The question here is whether the two youngest children are Martha's siblings (from her father's second marriage) or her own children, in which case, the next question is whether Martha is Moses's daughter or his widowed daughter-in-law. Based on Martha's birthplace, she is most likely Moses's daughter-in-law.

6. 1860 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com): can't find, so presumably Moses is deceased, but I can't find Martha and the children, either, which suggests Martha may have (re-)married, so all three would be found under a different surname.

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