Life History

Notes

• Governer of Connecticut First Warden of the Fleet (in London)Governer of Connecticut First Warden of the Fleet (in London)     BornScrewbury, England, 1600; a prominent merchant and politicians ofLondon. He came to America with Gov. Eaton, and others in 1637, andwas made governor of Conneticut, in 1640, which office he held, eachalternate year, until 1654, and conducted the affairs of thegovernment with great ability and wisdom.  On the death of hisbrother, he went to England, designing to return to his family andfriends, whom he left behind, but was made first Warden of the fleet,in place of his deceased brother, and very soon afterwards chosenCommissioner of the Admiralty and Navy, and finally a member ofParliment.     These unexpected preferments altered his design, and heresolved to send for his family, and spend the remainder of his daysin his native country. Gov. Hopkins was founder of the Grammer School,at New Haven, Conn.  He gave in his will L1,000 for the support ofGrammer Schools in Hartford and New Haven, also L500 to HarvardCollege and the Grammer School at Cambridge.  He died in London, inMarch 1657, aged about 58 years.  Mrs. Ann Hopkins, his wife diedDecember 14th, 1698, aged 83 years, at Plas Grono, near Wrexham,Wales.

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