Stephen Hopkins (pilgrim)
Stephen Hopkins | |
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Pilgrims signing the compact on board the Mayflower | |
| Born | fl. 1579 |
| Died | 1644 (aged 64–65) |
| Occupation(s) | Adventurer, clerk, merchant, tanner, tavernkeeper |
| Known for | Mayflower Compact signatory, Sea Venture shipwreck survivor |
| Spouse(s) | Mary Kent (presumed), Elizabeth Fisher |
| Children | 10, including Oceanus Hopkins and Constance Hopkins (see Family) |
Steven Hopkins (fl. 1579 – d. 1644) was an English adventurer to the Virginia Colony and Plymouth Colony. Most notably, he was a passenger on the Mayflower in 1620, one of 41 signatories of the Mayflower Compact, and an assistant to the governor of Plymouth Colony through 1636. He worked as a tanner and merchant and was recruited by the Company of Merchant Adventurers of London to provide the governance for the colony and to assist with the colony's ventures. He was the only Mayflower passenger with prior New World experience, having been shipwrecked in Bermuda in 1609 enroute to Jamestown, Virginia. Hopkins left Jamestown in 1614 and returned to England. Hopkins traveled to New England in 1620 and died there in 1644.