Individual Details

Isaac Hopkins

(Ca 1801 - )

Isaac Hopkins came to Jeddore as a young man on a sailing vessel. He was attracted to Jeddore and his father later relocated his family to the area. Isaac and John Maskell (father in law) petition on 24 March 1824 for land on Jeddore Lake and was granted land. He first built a house in East Jeddore for his family but tore it down because he feared it was haunted by ghosts. He rebuilt the house a mile away but tore it down, too. Finally, he built his house a third time near Baker's Point. He was a carpenter but also a justice of the peace according to the Ambrose Church map of Halifax County in 1865.
(Eastern Shore Families: East and West Jeddore by Kim Stevens pages 115-16)

Some family trees include two more children (Howard and Herman) for Isaac and Elizabeth Hopkins, but I can't find any records of them.

Events

BirthCa 1801
Marriage9 September 1847Jeddore, Halifax, Nova Scotia, British North America - Elizabeth Maskell
Census1861Jeddore, Halifax, Nova Scotia, British North America
Census1871Jeddore, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Occupationcarpenter

Families

SpouseElizabeth Maskell (1827 - 1916)
ChildMary "Nancy" Hopkins (1848 - 1927)
ChildAnn Hopkins (1850 - 1883)
ChildSarah Hopkins (1851 - )
ChildGrace Hopkins (1854 - )
ChildJohn M. Hopkins (1858 - 1932)
ChildIsaac Hopkins (1859 - 1922)
ChildPrudence E. Hopkins (1862 - 1939)
ChildEvangeline Hopkins (1865 - 1939)
ChildAlma Hopkins (1868 - )
ChildElisha Hopkins (1871 - )
FatherIsaac Hopkins (1770 - 1838)
MotherAnn Buck (1772 - 1847)

Notes

Birth

According to several of his children's death registrations, Isaac Hopkins was born in Bangor, Maine. Others have him as being born in Barrington, NS.

Endnotes

1. Nova Scotia, Births, Marriages, and Deaths, marriage registration 9184, Isaac Hopkins and Elizabeth Maskel [Maskell], married Halifax County, 9 September 1847; database with images, Province of Nova Scotia, Nova Scotia Archives (https://archives.novascotia.ca/vital-statistics/ : accessed 16 October 2022).

2. 1861 Census of Nova Scotia, Jeddore, Halifax County, personal census, district 27, subdistrict Jeddore, abstract 1, line 8, Isaac Hopkins ; digital images, Library and Archives Canada, Census of 1861 (https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/1851/ : accessed 2 March 2024).

3. 1871 Canada Census, Jeddore, Nova Scotia, Nominal Return of the Living, district 197, subdistrict i, page 47, dwelling 147, family 151, household of Isaac Hopkins ; digital images, Library and Archives Canada, Census of Canada, 1871 (https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/1871 : accessed 30 October 2022).

4. 1871 Canada Census, Jeddore, Nova Scotia, Nominal Return of the Living, district 197, subdistrict i, page 47, dwelling 147, family 151, household of Isaac Hopkins ; digital images, Library and Archives Canada, Census of Canada, 1871 (https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/1871 : accessed 30 October 2022).