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Citations

1. [S166] John Osborne Austin, Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island Families, page 324 - Thomas Hopkins, of William was born: 1616; died: 1684; 1675 -     Oyster Bay. He removed here at the outbreak of King Philip's war or a little earlier, with a son who died before his father; September 17, 1684, it was ordered by the authorities of Oyster Bay, on the application of William and Thomas Hopkins, of Providence, sons of deceased Thomas Hopkins, that an inventory should be taken on the estate of said Thomas Hopkins, Sr., who had deceased at the house of Richard Kirby, of Oyster Bay; 10 Nobember 1684 - On receipt of a letter from Richard Kirby in regard to the death of Thomas Hopkins, the two sons in Providence to whom the letter was addressed, wrote to the Selectmen of Oyster Bay, of plantation called Littleworth, asking them to appoint Ephraim Carpenter and William Thornicraft to look after the matter of the estate for them: "For we do conclude them to be men knowing as to our father's affairs," &c.; 29 October 1685 - Administration on the estate having been given to the oldest son, William Hopkins, he wrote at this date to the authorities at Oyster Bay, that with consent of younger brother Thomas he desired the estate movable of his father divided as follows: To our sister Elizabeth Kirby, wife of Richard Kirby, 10s., and to each of her children by him, 5s., and all the rest of estate not before disposed of to the two children Anne and Ichabod of our said sister Elizabeth which she had before she married Richard Kirby. The administrator appointed as overseers, Ephraim Carpenter and William Thornicraft of Musketo Cove, and Richard Kirby of Littleworth, to look after the interests of the two children.