1st Marriage Lydia Dewey
June 22nd 1780

2nd Marriage Mary Armstrong


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He moved into the state of New York just prior to the formation of St Lawrence County. He was the first settler in the area and was the founder of the township of "Hopkinton". The township of Hopkinton was formed on the 2nd of March 1805.

He was the first justice of the peace in Hopkinton and also judge of the court of common pleas. He was the first supervisor of the town for a term of four years, 1810-1813, he was elected to a seat in the legislature of New York State. He was the first president of the St. Lawrence County Bible Society.

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∼Age 73
Died in Chazy, Clinton Co., NY from injuries received from being thrown from a wagon while on his way to Vermont.

Son of Roswell Hopkins, Sr. 1733-1829 & Mary Cook 1736-1803

Roswell, Jr. took part in the Revolutionary War at the battle of Bennington, VT, and also at the capture of Burgoyne near Stillwater. He moved into St. Lawrence County in 1802 and was the first settler of Fort Jackson. In 1805 the town of Hopkinton was named after him.

Roswell, Jr. married Lydia Dewey on June 22, 1780. She was born April 13, 1761, died June 15, 1816. He married second Mary Armstrong in 1829. She died August 27, 1850.

Father of 7 children:

Roswell Dewey b1781 m. 1805 Mary Strong(1), Sarah Ferris(2)

Benjamin Wait 1783-1819 m. 1804 Harriet Woodbridge

Mary C. 1785-1847 m. 1801 Artemus Sawyer

Isaac Roswell 1788 VT - 1853 m. 1812 Sophia Woodbridge

George 1791-1820 OH m. 1819 Harriet E. Newcomb

Sarah "Sally" 1796-1842 m. 1814 Sewall Raymond

James Gillingham 1801-1861 m. 1832 Elizabeth Rosseel.
Daughter Louisa Rosseel (Hopkins) Gibbs 1835 NY - 1894 MI. Son James W. Hopkins b1838.

This is a John Hopkins of Cambridge, MA 1634 line.