Hopkins, Samuel Miles

  • Posted on: 19 May 2014
  • By: ssutherland
Primary Name
Prefix or Title: 
Hon.
First Name: 
Samuel
Middle Name: 
Miles
Surname: 
Hopkins
Birth and Death
Birth Info
Birth Month: 
May
Birth Day: 
9
Birth Year: 
1772
Birth Note: 
Waterbury, New Haven County, Connecticut
Citation for Birth Info: 
Citation Notes: 
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=HOP&GSpartial=1&GSbyrel=all&GSst=36&GScntry=4&GSsr=3121&GRid=7574627&
Death Info
Death Month: 
March
Death Day: 
9
Death Year: 
1837
Death Note: 
Geneva, Ontario County, New York, USA
Citation for Death Info: 
Citation Notes: 
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=HOP&GSpartial=1&GSbyrel=all&GSst=36&GScntry=4&GSsr=3121&GRid=7574627& \\\ http://trees.ancestrylibrary.com/tree/21303881/person/18000244798
Relationships
Marriage Information: 
Marriage and Children Info
Spouse: 
Hopkins, Sarah Elizabeth
Children: 
Hopkins, Hester Rogers
Hopkins, Julia Anne
Hopkins, William Rogers
Biographical Information
Biography and Citation Information: 
Biography: 

US Congressman. He was elected as a Federalist to represent New York's 2nd Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1813 to 1815. Married to Sarah Elizabeth Rogers Hopkins (1778-1866).

Children: Mary Elizabeth Hopkins Ver Planck (1802 - 1857) William Rogers Hopkins (1805 - 1876) Hester Rogers Hopkins, (1808-1845) Samuel Miles Hopkins (1813 - 1901) Sarah Elizabeth Hopkins Bradford (1818 - 1912)

Mentioned in 18321111FMS_WHS. Member of the commission on the construction of Sing Sing Prison. In 18310106WHS_FMS1, WHS mentions calling on Hopkins in the evening. See also: Seward, Autobiography, 92, 164.

RBSC lists 12 letters from Samuel M. Hopkins, six from 1831-1834.

Citation Notes: 
http://trees.ancestrylibrary.com/tree/21303881/person/18000244798?pgNum=1 \\\\\ http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000780
Extra information from Google Docs spreadsheet
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Editorial Information
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