 Photo by Bill Downs, 1974 |
For as long as I can remember, there has been an historical marker on Tonset Road for the Giles Hopkins Homestead. About 250 years after Giles, Thomas Downs moved his house and family to what used to be the Hopkins homestead on Tonset Road. Thomas's son John married Giles's great-great-great-great-great-great-granddaughter, Helen Hopkins. John and Helen also built a house on Tonset Road on a piece of land that used to be part of that homestead. Many of my earliest memories as a child were of this house. Is it any wonder that I have trouble thinking of the families of Downs and Hopkins as two separate subjects?
Here you will find information on my Grandmother Helen's family and lineage.
Articles by Bill Downs on the Hopkins Family
Who is buried in Stillman's Grave? - March 2006
Was Aunt Ina's husband, George R.L. Hopkins, related to Aunt Helen's family? - March 2006
The Sparrow Family - October 2006
Stephen Hopkins of the Mayflower - November 2006
Who was Thankful Doane Smith? - April 2007
Who Was Thankful Doane Smith? Pt. 2; Grandparents & Great Grandparents - December 2007
Isaac Snow, Revolutionary War Patriot - Coming Soon
The Royal Ancestry of Helen (Hopkins) Downs; Truth or Boondoggle - Coming Soon
Genealogy Charts and Family Group Records for the Hopkins Family
The historic marker above, was replaced with a metal one during our Nation's Bicentennial. There is a photograph of this new marker on the "Purpose of this Web Site" page.