| 1710-12-04 |
b. Hunslet, near Leeds, Yorkshire |
TNA: RG 6/1090, /1276 |
| 1731-05-23 |
of Morley, Batley, Yorkshire; licence to marry
Elizabeth Benson (of Morley, Batley) at Batley pc |
Archbishop of York marriage licences index |
| m. Elizabeth Benson (1712–1798, d. of Thomas and
Mary (Bond) Benson), at All Saints, Batley |
"England Marriages, 1538–1973," database, FamilySearch:
10 December 2014, Thomas Hopkins and Elizabeth Benson, 23
May 1731, citing Batley, York, reference FHL microfilm
1,542,093;
Yorkshire marriages; Harold Waring Atkinson (1933) Families of
Atkinson of Roxby and Thorne and Dearman of Braithwaite |
| Children: |
Samuel (1734–1796) and Zachariah (? – ?) |
RG 6/903, /1160; source for Zachariah misplaced |
| 1790-03-20 |
clothier, of Morley, Yorkshire; d. |
RG 6/901, /1163 |
| 1790-03-24 |
bur. Morley fbg, Yorkshire |
| 1715-06-05 |
b. Hunslett, near Leeds, Yorkshire |
TNA: RG 6/1090, /1276 |
| 1738-05-24 |
m. Joshua Hoyle (cal 1710 – 1795, clothier, of
Burmantofts, Leeds, Yorkshire, s. of Joshua Hoyle), at Meadow Lane fmh,
Leeds |
RG 6/888, /903, /1121, /1276 |
| Children: |
Elizabeth (1739 – ?), b. Leeds; William
(1741–1820), b. Burmantofts, near Leeds; Mary (1744–1761), b. Leeds;
Joshua (1749 – ?), b. Potter Newton, Leeds; John (1754 – ?) b. Roundy,
Barwick in Helmitt, Yorkshire |
RG 6/882, /911, /1090, /1276 |
| 1782-06-17 |
of Roundhay, Berwick in Elmet, Yorkshire; d. |
RG 6/755, /899, /1163 |
| 1782-06-19 |
bur. Meadow Lane fbg, Leeds |
| 1717/8-01-10 |
b. Hunslet, near Leeds, Yorkshire |
TNA: RG 6/1090, /1276 |
| 1746-04-30 |
of Leeds; m.1. Mary Benson (1719–1752, b.
Gildersome, Yorkshire, d. of Thomas and Mary (Bond) Benson), at
Gildersome PM |
RG 6/1090, /1121, /1175 |
| Children with first wife: |
Elizabeth (1747–1780) and Tabitha (1748/9–1820),
both b. Hunslet |
RG 6/911, /1090, /1160, /1276 |
| |
clothmaker, of Hunslet, Leeds |
RG 6/1121 |
| 1754-04-17 |
m.2. Martha Smith (? – ?), at St Peter's, Leeds |
"England Marriages, 1538–1973,"
database, FamilySearch:
10 December 2014, William Hopkins and Martha Smith, 17 Apr 1754, citing
St Peter, Leeds, York, reference FHL microfilm 476,870;
Edward H. Milligan (2007) Biographical Dictionary of British
Quakers in Commerce and Industry 1775–1920. York: Sessions Book
Trust |
| Children with second wife: |
Zacharias (1758–1781) and Thomas (1760–1842),
both b. Gildersome |
RG 6/898, /1090, /1163; Jean E.
Mortimer (1990) Quakers in Gildersome. Leeds: Jean E. Mortimer;
Milligan (2007) |
| 1765-05-01 |
m.3. Hannah Clough (cal 1734 – 1774), at Batley,
Yorkshire |
"England Marriages, 1538–1973,"
database, FamilySearch:
10 December 2014, William Hopkins and Hannah Clough, 01 May 1765, citing
Batley, York, reference FHL microfilm 990,860; RG 6/1090 |
| Children with third wife: |
Joseph (1769–1803) and Hannah (1771–1812), b.
Brighouse MM |
RG 6/1090;
Find a Grave |
| 1771 |
clothier, of Gildersome, Batley, Yorkshire; not
in membership |
RG 6/1090 |
| 1774 |
clothier, of Gildersome, Batley |
| 1780 |
of Gildersome |
Leeds Intelligencer, 1780-11-14 |
| 1783-02-21 |
clothier, of Gildersome; made his will; to son
Thomas his property at Gildersome, as well as his three closes of land
nearby known as the Small Close, the Field, and the Lane Close, of about
5 acres, now occupied by William Geldard, Jeremiah Smith, and himself;
also to Thomas stand 733 in the coloured Cloth Hall in Leeds; to son
Joseph his properties in Gildersome Street late in the possession of
Elkanah Blaymires, Benjamin Taylor, and Matthew Stevenson the younger,
but now of Mark Sowden, Abraham Holiday and Matthew Stevenson, as well
as his close in Gildersome called the Moor Close; also to Joseph his
stand 732 in the coloured Cloth Hall in Leeds; also to Joseph £100, and
the bed and bedding in the old parlour or broad cloth [illeg. word] and
[geers?] in the new chamber, a small oak chest of drawers and a small
oak table; wishes that Thomas will set up for Joseph a broad cloth
tenter in the close when Joseph reaches 20; to daughter Hannah his three
cottages in Gildersome Street, in the possession of Christopher Scott,
Elkanah Blaymires and James Hartley, or to Joseph if Hannah has died;
£100 to Hannah, and a plain new oak chest of drawers and all the cloths
which belonged to his late wife and his late daughter in law Mary
Clough; £6 apiece to Mary, William, Joseph, Abraham, and Sarah Horsfall,
children of Richard Horsfall, innkeeper of Huddersfield, when they reach
21; £20 to daughter Tabitha, wife of Samuel Horsfall, clothier of
Drighlington; residue to son Thomas; executors his friends John Sharp,
gentleman of Gildersome, Robert Denison, [crosier?] of Adwalton, and son
Thomas; witnesses Josa Walker, Samuel Walsh, and Will: Battye |
will |
| 1786-02-09 |
clothier, of Gildersome; d. Brighouse MM |
RG 6/900, /1163 |
| 1786-02-12 |
bur. Gildersome fbg |
| 1786-04-08 |
of Gildersome; will proved in the Prerogative
Court of York |
will;
Prerogative & Exchequer Courts Of York Probate Index |
| 1722/3-03-02 |
b. Armley, Leeds, Yorkshire |
TNA: RG 6/1090, /1276 |
| 1754-03-13 |
cardmaker, of Thornhill Bridge, Hipperholme with Brighouse, Yorkshire;
m. Jane Ellis (c. 1727 – 1801, of Thornhill Bridge, Hipperholme with
Brighouse), at Brighouse fmh |
RG 6/905, /1121, /1160 |
| Children: |
Rachel (1754 – ?), John (1756–1808), both b.
Brighouse in Elland, Yorkshire; Thomas (1757–1760), Zacharias
(1759–1781), William (1761–1828), Joseph (1763 – ?), all b. Thornhill
Briggs, Elland; and Elizabeth (1768–1784), b. Lightcliff, Halifax |
RG 6/37, /898, /899, /1090, /1160,
/1163, /1495 |
| 1774-05-19 |
cardmaker, of Light cliff, Halifax, Yorkshire; d. |
RG 6/1090 |
| 1774-05-22 |
bur. Brighouse fbg |