Edward HOPKINS, Esq.

1600 - 1657  (57 years)

• Name	Edward HOPKINS  [1]
  	He was a prominent merchant and politician of London. He came to America with Gov.Eaton, and others, in 1637, and was made governor of Connecticut, in 1640, which office he held, each alternate year, until 1654, and conducted the affairs of the government with great ability and wisdom. On the death of his brother, he went to England, designing to return to his family and friends, whom he left behind, but was made first Warden of the fleet, in place of his deceased brother, and very soon afterwards chosen Commissioner of the Admiralty and Navy, and finally a member of Parliament. These unexpected preferments altered his design; and he resolved to send for his family, and spend the remainder of his days in his native country. Gov. Hopkins was founder of the Grammar School, at New Haven, Conn. He gave in his will L1000 for the support of Grammar Schools in Hartford and New Haven, also L500 to Harvard College and the Grammar School at Cambridge. [1]
  Suffix	Esq.
  Birth	1600	Shrewsbury, England   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	Mar 1657	London, England   [1]
  Person ID	I485	Main Tree
  Last Modified	10 Jun 2023

  
  

  Family	Ann YALE,   b. 1615, Chester, England d. 14 Dec 1698, Plas Grono, Wales (Age 83 years)
  Family ID	F504	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Jun 2023

  
  

• Sources

  [S83] Rodney Horace Yale, YALE Genealogy and History of Wales, The British Kings and Princes, Life of Owen Glyndwr.