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HOPKINS, Arthur F., jurist, b. in Virginia in 1796 ; d. in Mobile in February, 1866. He removed to Alabama early in life, and became a prominent Whig politician, practised law successively in Huntsville, Tuscaloosa, and Mobile for many years, was one of the judges of the superior court of the state, and during his later years was president of the Mobile and Ohio railroad.

HOPKINS, Edward, statesman, b. in Shrewsbury, England, in 1600 ; d. in London in March, 1657. He was an eminent merchant of London, emigrated to Boston in 1637, and soon afterward removed to Hartford, Conn., where he was chosen magistrate in 1639, and governor of the colony every even year from 1640 till 1654, alternating with John Haynes. He assisted in forming the union of the colonies of New England in 1643, but on the death of his elder brother he returned to England, became warden of the fleet, commissioner of the admiralty, and member of parliament. He did not lose his interest in the colonies, but at his death left much of his estate to New England, giving £1,000 to the grammar-schools of Hartford, New Haven, and Hadley, the income from which is still appropriated to their use, and £500 that, by a decree of chancery in 1710, was paid to Harvard. This money was invested in real estate in a town- ship that was bought from the " praying Indians" in 1700, and called Hopkinton in honor of the donor. What is known as " Gov. Eaton's Code of Laws" was sent to England and printed under Gov. Hopkins's supervision shortly after his return to that country. — His great-grandson, Daniel, clergyman, b. in Waterbury, Conn., 16 Oct., 1734; d. in Salem, Mass., 14 Dec, 1814, was graduated at Yale in 1758, taught in Salem from 1766 till 1788, in 1775 was a member of the Provincial con- gress, and in 1788 one of the council. From No- vember, 1788, until his death he was pastor of the 3d Congregational church of Salem. In 1809 he received the degree of D. D. from Dartmouth. A volume of his works, with a memoir by Edward A. Park, has been published (Andover, 1854).

HOPKINS, Erastus, clergyman, b. in Hadley, Mass., 7 April, 1810 ; d. in Northampton, Mass., 24 Jan., 1872. He was graduated at Dartmouth in 1830, studied at Andover theological seminary in 1833, and was graduated at Princeton theological seminary in 1834. He was ordained pastor of the Presbyterian church on Beach Island, S. C, in 1835, and of the 2d Presbyterian church in Troy, N. Y., in 1837-41, and then removed to Northampton, Mass., where he was for seven years president of the Connecticut river railroad company, and for many years represented that town in the legis- lature, being particularly active in the Free-soil and early Republican movements. He is the au- thor of "The Family a Religious Institution" (Troy, 1840), and several political and religious articles in periodicals. — His brother, Samuel, clergyman, b. in Hadley, Mass., 11 April, 1807; d. in Northampton, Mass., 11 Feb., 1887, was graduated at Dartmouth in 1827, and at Andover theological seminary in 1831. He officiated successively as pastor of various Presbyterian churches, and, after retiring from active work, resided in Milton, N. Y., and afterward at Northampton, Mass. He published, besides contributions to periodicals, "The Youth of the Old Dominion " (Boston, 1857) and " History of the Puritans " (1859-60).

HOPKINS, Esek, naval officer, b. in Scituate, R. I., in 1718 ; d. in North Providence, R. I., 26 Feb., 1802. When the Revolutionary war began he was commissioned by Gen. Francis Cook as brigadier-general, and in December, 1775, he was commissioned by the Continental congress com- mander-in-chief of the navy, and was officially ad- dressed by Washington as "Admiral Hopkins." In February, 1776, he put to sea with the first squadron that was sent out by the colonies, con- sisting of four ships and three sloops. The fleet sailed for the Bahamas, and captured the forts at New Providence, with eighty cannon and a large quantity of ordnance stores and ammunition. On his return off Block island, he took the British schooner " Hawke " and the bomb-brig " Bolton," and was complimented officially by the president of congress for this success. Two days afterward he attacked the "Glasgow," of 29 guns, which escaped, and Hopkins was censured. In June, 1776, he was ordered by congress to appear before the naval committee to reply to charges preferred against him for not annoying the enemy's ships on the southern coast. He was defended by John Adams and acquitted, but unavoidable delays in getting his ships ready for sea at a later period gave his enemies another opportunity for com- plaint. He neglected a citation to appear in Phila- delphia, and on 2 Jan., 1777, was dismissed from the service. He then settled near Providence,, exerted throughout a long life an immense politi- cal influence in Rhode Island, and was for many years a member of the general assembly. — His son, John Burroughs, naval officer, was one of the first captains of the Revolutionary navy, being commissioned 22 Dec, 1775. He commanded the " Cabot " in the expedition to the Bahamas in 1776, and in April, 1779, sailed from Boston in com- mand of a squadron, and captured, with small loss- to his own fleet, seven vessels laden with stores, 200- men, and twenty-four British officers.

HOPKINS, John Henry, P. E. bishop, b. in Dublin, Ireland, 30 Jan., 1792 ; d. in Rock Point, Vt., 9 Jan., 1868. He came to this country with his parents in 1801, and received a large part of his education from his mother. Contrary to his own desire, he was persuaded to engage in the iron business in western Penn- sylvania, first at Bassenheim near Economy, and afterward, in partnership with James O'Hara, in Li- gonier valley. But the peace with England ruined the iron business, and the furnace was blown out, Mr.

O'Hara paying

all the indebtedness, of which Mr. Hopkins in later years repaid his half. He then studied law — his original preference — and was admitted to the bar in Pittsburg in 1818, where he rapidly rose to the first rank in business and influence. He became a vestryman and communicant in Trinity parish, which was then very feeble, and, on a vacancy in the rectorship, was elected at a parish meeting to fill it when he was not even a candidate for orders, and entirely ignorant of its action. He considered this a cail from above, and gave up an income of over $5,000 a year for $800 in the ministry. He was ordained deacon, 24 Dec, 1823, after a candidacy of a little over two months, and priest