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Lucy Anna Maria “Maria” <I>Hopkins</I> Walter-Hicks

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Lucy Anna Maria “Maria” Hopkins Walter-Hicks

Birth
Greenwich, Huron County, Ohio, USA
Death
28 Aug 1921 (aged 79)
Greenwich, Huron County, Ohio, USA
Burial
Genoa, Ottawa County, Ohio, USA Add to Map
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According to the Hopkins family Bible, Lucy was born 8 March, 1821. A local history has her as being "of a New York family." She became the first wife of Willard Knowles Hopkins, in Burlington County, New Jersey on 4 Dec 1836.
The extended Hopkins family was living in Tuckerton, New Jersey, on Little Egg Harbor, having moved from Barnstable, on Cape Cod, after the War of 1812. They were oystermen, likely among other things, in New Jersey. But the patriarch, Joshua Hopkins, father of Willard K., decided to move west to Ohio, because a seaman's life was a dog's life, and he didn't want that for his sons. They all packed up and moved to the Greenwich area. But some weren't happy there and quite quickly returned to New Jersey for a few years, before trying Greenwich again. The History of Huron County says the couple came to the Greenwich area in 1838. They do not appear to have been among Willard's sibs who headed back to New Jersey, because they lost a 6 month old infant, William Allen, in 1839, then had two daughters there. The second daughter was born on the day of Lucy's death, so presumably Lucy died as a result of childbirth.
Contributor: Susan Cocker Hopkins (48194321) •
According to the Hopkins family Bible, Lucy was born 8 March, 1821. A local history has her as being "of a New York family." She became the first wife of Willard Knowles Hopkins, in Burlington County, New Jersey on 4 Dec 1836.
The extended Hopkins family was living in Tuckerton, New Jersey, on Little Egg Harbor, having moved from Barnstable, on Cape Cod, after the War of 1812. They were oystermen, likely among other things, in New Jersey. But the patriarch, Joshua Hopkins, father of Willard K., decided to move west to Ohio, because a seaman's life was a dog's life, and he didn't want that for his sons. They all packed up and moved to the Greenwich area. But some weren't happy there and quite quickly returned to New Jersey for a few years, before trying Greenwich again. The History of Huron County says the couple came to the Greenwich area in 1838. They do not appear to have been among Willard's sibs who headed back to New Jersey, because they lost a 6 month old infant, William Allen, in 1839, then had two daughters there. The second daughter was born on the day of Lucy's death, so presumably Lucy died as a result of childbirth.
Contributor: Susan Cocker Hopkins (48194321) •

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