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the Friends; went to Barbados and South America with a cargo and from thence to England, 

 where he remained. Ill 8 (consort's F), Ezekiel Burroughs, a leading merchant and shipmaster 

 of Newport, Rhode Island. Ill 10, Susannah Wilkinson, born 1688. Ill 11, James Angell. 

 Ill 12, Joseph Wilkinson (1682-1740), a landowner and surveyor who held many offices. Ill 13, 



Martha Pray. 



IV 1, Sarah Scott. Fraternity of Propositus: IV 2, Stephen Hopkins (1707-1785), a signer 

 of the Declaration of Independence (see text). IV 3, William Hopkins (1705-1744), "early 



manifested a predilection for 

 the sea" and became an expert 

 navigator. In 1739 he was 

 given command of an armed 

 vessel to operate against the 

 Spanish. IV 4, John Hopkins, 

 master of a vessel. IV 5, 

 Samuel Hopkins, master of a 

 vessel. IV 6, Hope Hopkins. 

 IV 7, Henry Harris, IV 8, 

 Abigail Hopkins. IV 9, Susan- 

 nah Hopkins. IV 10, Nathan 

 Angell. IV 11 (Propositus). 

 ESEK HOPKINS. IV 12 (con- 

 sort), Desire Burroughs. IV 

 13, Benjamin Wilkinson (1713- 

 1803). [See Morris family, No. 43, FM F.] IV 14, Mary Rhodes. 



V 1, Rufus Hopkins (born 1727), was master of a ship and later a judge. V 2, John Hopkins 

 (born 1728), a sea captain. V 3, Ruth and Lydia Hopkins. V 4, Sylvanus Hopkins (1734-1753), 

 was a commander of a vessel at 18; was shipwrecked, and murdered by Indians. V 5, Simon 

 Hopkins. V 6, George Hopkins, a sea captain who sailed from Providence and never was heard 

 from again. Children of Propositus: V 7, John Burroughs Hopkins (1742-1796), a captain in 

 his father's fleet. V 8, Heart Hopkins (1744-1825). V 9, Abigail, Amey, and Desire Hopkins. 

 V 10, Samuel (born 1748), Stephen (1753-1761), Esek (1758-1777), and Samuel (died 1782) 

 Hopkins. V 11, Susannah Hopkins (1756-1803). V 12, Jonathan Maxey, president of Rhode 

 Island College. 



BIBLIOGRAPHY. 



FIELD, E. 1898. Esek Hopkins, commander in chief of the Continental Navy (1775-1778)- 



Providence: The Preston & Rounds Co. ix + 280 pp. 

 WILKINSON, I. 1869. Memoirs of the Wilkinson Family. Jacksonville: Davis & Penniman. 



585 pp. 



28. GEOFFREY THOMAS PHIPPS HORNBY. 



GEOFFREY THOMAS PHIPPS HORNBY, was born at Winwick Church, England, 

 February 20, 1825. At the age of 12 he went to sea in the flagship of Sir Robert 

 Stopford, was present at the capture of Acre, in November 1840, visited the Cape 

 of Good Hope, served as flag lieutenant to his father in the Pacific, and came home 

 as a commander. In 1853 he married and, being politically out of favor of the 

 admiralty, managed his father's estate until 1858, when he was sent to China 

 to convoy a body of marines to Vancouver Island to contest with the United States 

 the ownership of the archipelago of San Juan. As senior naval officer there Hornby's 

 moderation prevented a fight and paved the way for arbitration. He kept at sea 

 in various parts of the world until 1869. He then commanded the Channel fleet, 

 and was for two years a junior lord of the admiralty. In 1877 he began service 

 as commander in chief of the Mediterranean fleet; here he showed skill in 

 maneuvers, disciplinary power, tact, and determination in conducting foreign re- 

 lations at the time of the Russian advance on Constantinople, for all of which he 

 was knighted. By 1880 he was regarded as the ablest commander on the active 

 list of the navy. In 1888 he was promoted to be admiral of the fleet. He died 

 March 1895. 



