m. Elizabeth Benson (1712–1798, d. of Thomas and
Mary (Bond) Benson), at All Saints, Batley
"England Marriages, 1538–1973," database, FamilySearch:
10 December 2014, Thomas Hopkins and Elizabeth Benson, 23
May 1731, citing Batley, York, reference FHL microfilm
1,542,093;
Yorkshire marriages; Harold Waring Atkinson (1933) Families of
Atkinson of Roxby and Thorne and Dearman of Braithwaite
Children:
Samuel (1734–1796) and Zachariah (? – ?)
RG 6/903, /1160; source for Zachariah misplaced
1790-03-20
clothier, of Morley, Yorkshire; d.
RG 6/901, /1163
1790-03-24
bur. Morley fbg, Yorkshire
03. Elizabeth Hopkins
1712/3-03-20
b. Hunslet, near Leeds, Yorkshire
TNA: RG 6/1090, /1276
1738/9-01-12
of Hunslett, Leedes; d.
RG 6/1276
1738/9-01-14
bur. Meadow Lane fbg, Leeds
04. Rachel Hopkins
1715-06-05
b. Hunslett, near Leeds, Yorkshire
TNA: RG 6/1090, /1276
1738-05-24
m. Joshua Hoyle (cal 1710 – 1795, clothier, of
Burmantofts, Leeds, Yorkshire, s. of Joshua Hoyle), at Meadow Lane fmh,
Leeds
RG 6/888, /903, /1121, /1276
Children:
Elizabeth (1739 – ?), b. Leeds; William
(1741–1820), b. Burmantofts, near Leeds; Mary (1744–1761), b. Leeds;
Joshua (1749 – ?), b. Potter Newton, Leeds; John (1754 – ?) b. Roundy,
Barwick in Helmitt, Yorkshire
RG 6/882, /911, /1090, /1276
1782-06-17
of Roundhay, Berwick in Elmet, Yorkshire; d.
RG 6/755, /899, /1163
1782-06-19
bur. Meadow Lane fbg, Leeds
05. William Hopkins
1717/8-01-10
b. Hunslet, near Leeds, Yorkshire
TNA: RG 6/1090, /1276
1746-04-30
of Leeds; m.1. Mary Benson (1719–1752, b.
Gildersome, Yorkshire, d. of Thomas and Mary (Bond) Benson), at
Gildersome PM
RG 6/1090, /1121, /1175
Children with first wife:
Elizabeth (1747–1780) and Tabitha (1748/9–1820),
both b. Hunslet
RG 6/911, /1090, /1160, /1276
clothmaker, of Hunslet, Leeds
RG 6/1121
1754-04-17
m.2. Martha Smith (? – ?), at St Peter's, Leeds
"England Marriages, 1538–1973,"
database, FamilySearch:
10 December 2014, William Hopkins and Martha Smith, 17 Apr 1754, citing
St Peter, Leeds, York, reference FHL microfilm 476,870;Edward H. Milligan (2007) Biographical Dictionary of British
Quakers in Commerce and Industry 1775–1920. York: Sessions Book
Trust
Children with second wife:
Zacharias (1758–1781) and Thomas (1760–1842),
both b. Gildersome
RG 6/898, /1090, /1163; Jean E.
Mortimer (1990) Quakers in Gildersome. Leeds: Jean E. Mortimer;
Milligan (2007)
1765-05-01
m.3. Hannah Clough (cal 1734 – 1774), at Batley,
Yorkshire
"England Marriages, 1538–1973,"
database, FamilySearch:
10 December 2014, William Hopkins and Hannah Clough, 01 May 1765, citing
Batley, York, reference FHL microfilm 990,860; RG 6/1090
Children with third wife:
Joseph (1769–1803) and Hannah (1771–1812), b.
Brighouse MM
cardmaker, of Thornhill Bridge, Hipperholme with Brighouse, Yorkshire;
m. Jane Ellis (c. 1727 – 1801, of Thornhill Bridge, Hipperholme with
Brighouse), at Brighouse fmh
RG 6/905, /1121, /1160
Children:
Rachel (1754 – ?), John (1756–1808), both b.
Brighouse in Elland, Yorkshire; Thomas (1757–1760), Zacharias
(1759–1781), William (1761–1828), Joseph (1763 – ?), all b. Thornhill
Briggs, Elland; and Elizabeth (1768–1784), b. Lightcliff, Halifax