Captain Frederick Hopkins of Derby, Conn., accompanied by Solomon BUNDY of Huntington, Conn., came to Oxford in the summer of 1806, both on horseback. In the following spring he brought his wife and infant daughter, Elizabeth, in an old fashioned schooner drawn by a yoke of oxen with a horse in the lead, via Catskill and the old State road Captain Hopkins, while yet in his teens, served in the Revolutionary war, and was the last pensioner of '76 in Chenango county. An elder brother was on General WASHINGTON's staff and Mr. Hopkins had the honorable distinction of once dining with the Father of his Country. After the war he became a sea captain and on one of his voyages to the West Indies was captured by the French, losing his vessel and entire cargo. In 1814, when St. Paul's church was established in Oxford, he was elected senior warden and continued for many years faithfully to discharge the duties of that office. His death occurred June 23, 1855, at the age of 87. Captain Hopkins married (1) Betsy PICKETT; married (2) Susan SMITH, who died June 16, 1858, aged 78.
Emily Elizabeth (Jones) Seymour
Norwich [Chenango Co., NY]: Sunday afternoon, after an illness of about three months of consumption, Emily Elizabeth, wife of Benjamin F. Seymour, died at her home on Rexford street, aged 60 years. Mrs. Seymour was the daughter of Sidney and Abiah Jones and was born in Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY] and had resided in Sherburne and North Norwich before she and her family came to Norwich about two years ago. She was a member of the Baptist Church in Sherburne, where, as also in Norwich, she was greatly beloved for her kindly disposition and many virtues. She is survived by her husband and two daughters, Edith M. Morgan, of Sherburne, and Maud A. Seymour, of Norwich; also by one sister, Mrs. Ametor Crumb, of South Otselic. Funeral services were held on Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock, Rev. S.T. Ford officiating. Interment was made in the North Norwich Cemetery.
Children by first wife:
ALISON, married January 25, 1820, Polly DICKINSON, of Oxford. Children: James, Andrew, Charles, Sheldon, Calena, married Jesse H. GIFFORD.
AUGUSTUS RUFUS, born February 10, 1779, in Derby, Conn.; died June 7, 1870, in Oxford; married Mary WILSON of Oxford, born January 16, 1804, died March 22, 1893. Children: Frederick, born May 15, 1836, married Phoebe COY (child, George F.); Susan C., died in infancy; James A., born May 22, 1844, married Maria TUCKER (children, George F., died in infancy, Nellie L., Anna M.)
CHARLES E., died January 16, 1864, aged 62; unmarried.
Children by second wife:
ELIZABETH L., married Thomas G. NEWKIRK.
JOHN F., died July 4, 1893, in Oxford, aged 87; married (1) Julia BEARD; married (2) Jane E. LOBDELL, who died February 22, 1895, in Oxford.
SARAH A., married John VAN WAGENEN, November 13, 1833, born December 12, 1807, died December 26, 1886.
SUSAN, died in early womanhood.
Emily Elizabeth (Jones) Seymour
Norwich [Chenango Co., NY]: Sunday afternoon, after an illness of about three months of consumption, Emily Elizabeth, wife of Benjamin F. Seymour, died at her home on Rexford street, aged 60 years. Mrs. Seymour was the daughter of Sidney and Abiah Jones and was born in Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY] and had resided in Sherburne and North Norwich before she and her family came to Norwich about two years ago. She was a member of the Baptist Church in Sherburne, where, as also in Norwich, she was greatly beloved for her kindly disposition and many virtues. She is survived by her husband and two daughters, Edith M. Morgan, of Sherburne, and Maud A. Seymour, of Norwich; also by one sister, Mrs. Ametor Crumb, of South Otselic. Funeral services were held on Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock, Rev. S.T. Ford officiating. Interment was made in the North Norwich Cemetery.
Children by first wife:
ALISON, married January 25, 1820, Polly DICKINSON, of Oxford. Children: James, Andrew, Charles, Sheldon, Calena, married Jesse H. GIFFORD.
AUGUSTUS RUFUS, born February 10, 1779, in Derby, Conn.; died June 7, 1870, in Oxford; married Mary WILSON of Oxford, born January 16, 1804, died March 22, 1893. Children: Frederick, born May 15, 1836, married Phoebe COY (child, George F.); Susan C., died in infancy; James A., born May 22, 1844, married Maria TUCKER (children, George F., died in infancy, Nellie L., Anna M.)
CHARLES E., died January 16, 1864, aged 62; unmarried.
Children by second wife:
ELIZABETH L., married Thomas G. NEWKIRK.
JOHN F., died July 4, 1893, in Oxford, aged 87; married (1) Julia BEARD; married (2) Jane E. LOBDELL, who died February 22, 1895, in Oxford.
SARAH A., married John VAN WAGENEN, November 13, 1833, born December 12, 1807, died December 26, 1886.
SUSAN, died in early womanhood.
Captain Frederick Hopkins of Derby, Conn., accompanied by Solomon BUNDY of Huntington, Conn., came to Oxford in the summer of 1806, both on horseback. In the following spring he brought his wife and infant daughter, Elizabeth, in an old fashioned schooner drawn by a yoke of oxen with a horse in the lead, via Catskill and the old State road Captain Hopkins, while yet in his teens, served in the Revolutionary war, and was the last pensioner of '76 in Chenango county. An elder brother was on General WASHINGTON's staff and Mr. Hopkins had the honorable distinction of once dining with the Father of his Country. After the war he became a sea captain and on one of his voyages to the West Indies was captured by the French, losing his vessel and entire cargo. In 1814, when St. Paul's church was established in Oxford, he was elected senior warden and continued for many years faithfully to discharge the duties of that office. His death occurred June 23, 1855, at the age of 87. Captain Hopkins married (1) Betsy PICKETT; married (2) Susan SMITH, who died June 16, 1858, aged 78.
Emily Elizabeth (Jones) Seymour
Norwich [Chenango Co., NY]: Sunday afternoon, after an illness of about three months of consumption, Emily Elizabeth, wife of Benjamin F. Seymour, died at her home on Rexford street, aged 60 years. Mrs. Seymour was the daughter of Sidney and Abiah Jones and was born in Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY] and had resided in Sherburne and North Norwich before she and her family came to Norwich about two years ago. She was a member of the Baptist Church in Sherburne, where, as also in Norwich, she was greatly beloved for her kindly disposition and many virtues. She is survived by her husband and two daughters, Edith M. Morgan, of Sherburne, and Maud A. Seymour, of Norwich; also by one sister, Mrs. Ametor Crumb, of South Otselic. Funeral services were held on Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock, Rev. S.T. Ford officiating. Interment was made in the North Norwich Cemetery.
Children by first wife:
ALISON, married January 25, 1820, Polly DICKINSON, of Oxford. Children: James, Andrew, Charles, Sheldon, Calena, married Jesse H. GIFFORD.
AUGUSTUS RUFUS, born February 10, 1779, in Derby, Conn.; died June 7, 1870, in Oxford; married Mary WILSON of Oxford, born January 16, 1804, died March 22, 1893. Children: Frederick, born May 15, 1836, married Phoebe COY (child, George F.); Susan C., died in infancy; James A., born May 22, 1844, married Maria TUCKER (children, George F., died in infancy, Nellie L., Anna M.)
CHARLES E., died January 16, 1864, aged 62; unmarried.
Children by second wife:
ELIZABETH L., married Thomas G. NEWKIRK.
JOHN F., died July 4, 1893, in Oxford, aged 87; married (1) Julia BEARD; married (2) Jane E. LOBDELL, who died February 22, 1895, in Oxford.
SARAH A., married John VAN WAGENEN, November 13, 1833, born December 12, 1807, died December 26, 1886.
SUSAN, died in early womanhood.
Emily Elizabeth (Jones) Seymour
Norwich [Chenango Co., NY]: Sunday afternoon, after an illness of about three months of consumption, Emily Elizabeth, wife of Benjamin F. Seymour, died at her home on Rexford street, aged 60 years. Mrs. Seymour was the daughter of Sidney and Abiah Jones and was born in Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY] and had resided in Sherburne and North Norwich before she and her family came to Norwich about two years ago. She was a member of the Baptist Church in Sherburne, where, as also in Norwich, she was greatly beloved for her kindly disposition and many virtues. She is survived by her husband and two daughters, Edith M. Morgan, of Sherburne, and Maud A. Seymour, of Norwich; also by one sister, Mrs. Ametor Crumb, of South Otselic. Funeral services were held on Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock, Rev. S.T. Ford officiating. Interment was made in the North Norwich Cemetery.
Children by first wife:
ALISON, married January 25, 1820, Polly DICKINSON, of Oxford. Children: James, Andrew, Charles, Sheldon, Calena, married Jesse H. GIFFORD.
AUGUSTUS RUFUS, born February 10, 1779, in Derby, Conn.; died June 7, 1870, in Oxford; married Mary WILSON of Oxford, born January 16, 1804, died March 22, 1893. Children: Frederick, born May 15, 1836, married Phoebe COY (child, George F.); Susan C., died in infancy; James A., born May 22, 1844, married Maria TUCKER (children, George F., died in infancy, Nellie L., Anna M.)
CHARLES E., died January 16, 1864, aged 62; unmarried.
Children by second wife:
ELIZABETH L., married Thomas G. NEWKIRK.
JOHN F., died July 4, 1893, in Oxford, aged 87; married (1) Julia BEARD; married (2) Jane E. LOBDELL, who died February 22, 1895, in Oxford.
SARAH A., married John VAN WAGENEN, November 13, 1833, born December 12, 1807, died December 26, 1886.
SUSAN, died in early womanhood.
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