Herkimer County NyArchives Biographies.....Hopkinson, William February 22, 1817 - 
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Author: Hardin & Willard

Hopkinson, William, Warren, was born February 22, 1817, in Kerby, 
Leistershire, England.  He came with his parents to the United States, and at 
the age of fifteen began working for Judge Cleland, in whose employ he 
continued for six years, his father receiving his wages.  At twenty-one he 
bought 107 acres in Warren, where he remained until 1860, when, his family 
becoming large, he sold out and moved on to a farm of 230 acres in Columbia, 
incurring a debt of $10,000, which he paid up in five years.  He married 
October 14, 1840, Catherine, daughter of George and Catherine (Hoyer) Yule.  
They have had eight children:  Catharin, George, James, William, Mary, Rosa, 
Clinton and Charles. His wife died in 1887, when he married Mary, widow of 
Clark Sweet.  Mr. Hopkinson has given to each of his living children $3,500 
and has plenty left to live upon.  He is a connection of Samuel Hopkinson, a 
signer of the Declaration of Independence.

Additional Comments:
source:
History of Herkimer County, New York : illustrated with portraits of many of 
its citizens
edited by George A. Hardin ; assisted by Frank H. Willard
Syracuse, New York : D. Mason, 1893
550 p., 276 p. : ill., maps, ports.


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