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James Hopkins[1, 2]

Male 1747 -

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  • Name James Hopkins  [1, 2]
    Birth 23 Jun 1747  Saint James, Shaftesbury, Dorset, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male
    Person ID I322650330703  Hurst Improbable Family Tree
    Last Modified 15 Jun 2026

    Family Hester Belben,   b. Abt 1745   d. 1769, Shaftesbury, Dorset, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 24 years)
    Marriage 7 Jan 1767  Shaftesbury, Dorset, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Children 
     1. Hester Esther Hopkins,   b. 1764, Minstead, Hampshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Apr 1836, Eling, Hampshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years)
    Family ID F5066  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 15 Jun 2026

  • Sources 
    1. [S1191306099] Ancestry.com, Dorset, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), Dorset History Centre; Dorchester, England; Dorset Parish Registers; Reference: PE/SY(SJ)RE3/1.

    2. [S1165772709] Ancestry.com, England, Select Dorset Church of England Parish Registers, 1538-1999, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.).


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