THE HOPKINS

The Hopkins Branch of the Welburn Family

Mary Ellen Welburn and her twin sister Hannah were born in February 1840 in the farming community of Roxana in the Baltimore Hundred. She is most commonly referred to as "Ellen". She makes her first public records appearance in the 1850 Census at the age of 10.

Between 1858 and 1860 Mary Ellen married John M. Hopkins, a widower and father of 4 small children, who resided near Tunnell's Store in Baltimore Hundred.

Two children were born during the marriage: James Albert Hopkins Sr. (Nov. 1861) and Ira Albert Hopkins (1864). Mary Ellen Welburn-Hopkins died sometime between 1880 and 1897 when John Hopkins married for the third time to another woman named Mary.

Ira Albert Hopkins was married 3 times. His first wife was Mary Emma West. He had no surviving children.

James Albert Hopkins married Rebecca Mary Gray. Their children were:

• Helen Hopkins-Miller (born 5/1888)
• John L. Hopkins (born 1/1/1890) his children: Catherine Hopkins-Burruss, John L. Hopkins Jr, William Hopkins, Raymond C. Hopkins and Douglas J. Hopkins
• Mary C. Hopkins-Wright (born 2/1894) her children: Robert Edward Wright, Hamilton Edward Wright Jr, Anita Wright, Cledith Wright-Kenion, Clara Wright, Mary Wright-Lane, Harry Wright Sr, Myrtle Wright-Trader, and William Donald Wright Sr.
• James Albert Hopkins Jr. (born 8/12/1895)
• Annie Elizabeth Hopkins-Tiller (born 8/1896) her child: John A. Tiller
• Edward Hopkins (born circa 1902)
• Richard Hopkins(born circa 1904)
• Josephine Hopkins-Piner-Tiller (born circa 1906) her children: Mary E. Piner, Josephine Tiller, Beatrice Tiller, and William Tiller