Eliza "Lizzie" Macklin (1838-1890) was the daughter of James Macklin and Margaret Thompson from Ireland who immigrated to upstate New York. She was the last of four daughters, the only one born in the U.S. (Cossayuna, Washington County, NY) Her mother, Margaret Thompson died not long after Eliza's birth aprox. 1839 or 1840. Her father James then returned to Ireland and married Eliza McKane, with whom he had nine additional children.

In the 1850 US Census, 11 year old Eliza is the only child from the first marriage listed living with her father's family in Washington County, NY. There is a story from the Macklin family history in Washington County, that older sister Mary Jane Macklin (1831-1908) traveled from Ireland to New York in 1850. Mary Jane asked to see her mother's grave, her father could not remember the location. Mary Jane and her sisters were much displeased with this callousness and they and their families had little to do with James thereafter. The Illinois St. Andrew Society has a notation that Eliza's sister, Margaret Macklin moved with Jemima Hoy Cummings from NY to Somonauk, Illinois in 1855. Probably Eliza came along with Hoy too. Further evidenced by "Lizzie" naming a son, Hoy.

"Lizzie" Macklin married Thomas Scott Hopkins in February 1866 and had their first of six children in Aurora, Illinois in 1866.
Newton R. Hopkins 1866 – 1934
Mary Maude Hopkins Putt 1871 – 1935
Gordon Hopkins 1875 –
Thomas S. Hopkins 1877 –
Guy Hamilton Hopkins 1879 – 1932
Hoy Beveridge Hopkins 1884 – 1916

Suggested edit: Elizabeth and Thomas Married in Feb, 1866
Elizabeth Macklin Hopkins was a milliner in Aurora, Ill, where she died of paralysis of the brain on Oct 10, 1890.
Thomas sold the family farm in 1896 and removed to Fruithurst, Alabama. He died of Blood poisoning on August 7, 1897. [Contributed by Lilbuddy (47845606)]