Stephen Hopkins (pilgrim)
Stephen Hopkins (b. about 1582 - 1644) was a tanner and merchant who was one of the passengers on the Mayflower in 1620, settling in Plymouth Colony.
By his first wife, Mary, he had at least two children, Constance and Giles. By his second wife, Elizabeth Fisher, whom he married at St. Mary Matfellon, Whitechapel, London on 19 February 1617/8, he had seven children, Damaris, Oceanus, Caleb, Deborah, Damaris, Ruth, and Elizabeth. With his wife Elizabeth and his children Constance, Giles, and Damaris, he sailed to Plymouth on the Mayflower. Their son, Oceanus was born en route. He was a signer of the Mayflower Compact.
Hopkins had made a previous trip to the New World. In 1609 he was on the ill-fated Sea Venture which was shipwrecked in Bermuda on the way to the Jamestown Colony in Virginia. He attempted to start a mutiny while stranded on the island. He was sentenced to death when this was discovered but was eventually set free after complaining of the "ruin of his wife and children". He eventually made his way to Jamestown before returning to England.
In 1621 he was chosen as an emissary to Massasoit on behalf of the Pilgrims
He served in the Pequot War of 1637.