| 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 |
| 1786-02-09 |
clothier, of Gildersome; d. Brighouse MM |
RG 6/900, /1163 |
| 1786-02-12 |
bur. Gildersome fbg |
| 1786-04 |
of Gildersome; will proved in the Prerogative
Court of York |
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 |