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Diana, Goddess
of the Hunt — for Ancestors!
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Mark HOPKINS (1813-1878), of The Big Four, |
| Stephen HOPKINS & Dorcas BRONSON | ||
| Ebenezer HOPKINS & Mary BUTLER | Lieut. John HOPKINS & Hannah STRONG | |
| Ebenezer HOPKINS & Susannah MESSENGER | Capt. Timothy HOPKINS & Mary JUDD | |
| Dea. Nehemiah HOPKINS & Tryphena SMITH | Rev. Samuel HOPKINS & Joanna INGERSOLL | |
| Nehemiah HOPKINS & Lucy DURFEE | Moses HOPKINS & Anna WHITING | |
| Samuel
Lucas HOPKINS & Philancia HOLT
[they left Lockport, Niagara Co., NY, for MI, in 1837] |
Mark
HOPKINS & Anastasia Lukens KELLOGG
[Anastasia died in Lockport, Niagara Co., NY, in 1837] |
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| Ira Baker BROWN & Martha Abigail HOPKINS | Mark HOPKINS & Mary Frances SHERWOOD | |
| William Murphy WILLIS & Ida BROWN | Mark Hopkins died intestate
and without issue—
and that was the issue! (Mark Hopkins predeceased his wife, so she automatically inherited. When she died, the estate became highly, and very publicly, contested.) |
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| Albert Roy STRAUB & Nina WILLIS | ||
| Nina Gale STRAUB | ||
| Martha (HOPKINS) BROWN, my maternal grandmother's maternal grandmother, and her descendants knew they were related to Mark HOPKINS, possibly because of the families' proximity in Lockport, NY, in 1837, but they didn't know how to prove it. The family was very poor during the years when Mark HOPKINS's estate was being litigated, and they would dream of being able to prove their connection to him and inherit some of his fortune. My mother tells me of wistful evenings during her childhood when she and her siblings lay on the living room floor, sprawled upon the newspapers, reading every word of the highly publicized events. What they probably didn't realize, then, was just how distantly we are related to him: Martha and Mark were 5th cousins. Even had they been able to prove our connection, as I am able to do now, they were never remotely in contention for receiving any of his money. But then, when you're poor, it's nice to have a dream… | ||
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