Robert Finch's Genealogy Pages
Hopkins, Isaac
1801 - Yes, date unknown-
Name Hopkins, Isaac Birth CA 1801 - According to several of his children's death registrations, Isaac Hopkins was born in Bangor, Maine. Others have him as being born in Barrington, NS.
Gender Male Census 1861 Jeddore, Halifax, Nova Scotia, British North America 
Census 1871 Jeddore, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada Occupation carpenter Death Yes, date unknown Person ID I94 Robert Finch Family Tree Last Modified 29 Mar 2024
Father Hopkins, Isaac, b. 1770 d. 1838, East Jeddore, Halifax, Nova Scotia, British North America (Age 68 years) Mother Buck, Ann, b. 1772 d. 1847, East Jeddore, Halifax, Nova Scotia, British North America (Age 75 years) Family ID F268 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Maskell, Elizabeth, b. CA 1827, West Jeddore, Halifax, Nova Scotia, British North America d. 19 Mar 1916, Halifax County, Nova Scotia, Canada (Age 89 years) Marriage 9 Sep 1847 Jeddore, Halifax, Nova Scotia, British North America Children 1. Hopkins, Mary, b. 18 Jul 1848, East Jeddore, Halifax, Nova Scotia, British North America d. 3 Jun 1927, East Jeddore, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada (Age 78 years)2. Hopkins, Ann, b. Abt 1850, Jeddore, Halifax, Nova Scotia, British North America d. 1883 (Age 33 years)3. Hopkins, Sarah, b. Abt 1851, Jeddore, Halifax, Nova Scotia, British North America d. Yes, date unknown4. Hopkins, Grace, b. Abt 1854, Jeddore, Halifax, Nova Scotia, British North America d. Yes, date unknown5. Hopkins, John M., b. 20 Jun 1858, East Jeddore, Halifax, Nova Scotia, British North America d. 7 Apr 1932, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada (Age 73 years)6. Hopkins, Isaac, b. May 1859, Jeddore, Halifax, Nova Scotia, British North America d. 19 Jan 1922, Dartmouth, Halifax County, Nova Scotia, Canada (Age 62 years)7. Hopkins, Prudence E., b. 10 Sep 1862, East Jeddore, Halifax, Nova Scotia, British North America d. 15 May 1939, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada (Age 76 years)8. Hopkins, Evangeline, b. 25 May 1865, Jeddore, Halifax, Nova Scotia, British North America d. 25 Oct 1939, Pugwash, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada (Age 74 years)9. Hopkins, Alma, b. 3 May 1868, Jeddore, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada d. Yes, date unknown10. Hopkins, Elisha, b. 30 Sep 1871, Jeddore, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada d. Yes, date unknownFamily ID F22 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 24 Feb 2026
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Notes - Isaac Hopkins came to Jeddore as a young man on a sailing vessel. He was attracted to Jeddore and his father later relocated his family to the area. Isaac and John Maskell (father in law) petition on 24 March 1824 for land on Jeddore Lake and was granted land. He first built a house in East Jeddore for his family but tore it down because he feared it was haunted by ghosts. He rebuilt the house a mile away but tore it down, too. Finally, he built his house a third time near Baker's Point. He was a carpenter but also a justice of the peace according to the Ambrose Church map of Halifax County in 1865.
(Eastern Shore Families: East and West Jeddore by Kim Stevens pages 115-16)
Some family trees include two more children (Howard and Herman) for Isaac and Elizabeth Hopkins, but I can't find any records of them.
- Isaac Hopkins came to Jeddore as a young man on a sailing vessel. He was attracted to Jeddore and his father later relocated his family to the area. Isaac and John Maskell (father in law) petition on 24 March 1824 for land on Jeddore Lake and was granted land. He first built a house in East Jeddore for his family but tore it down because he feared it was haunted by ghosts. He rebuilt the house a mile away but tore it down, too. Finally, he built his house a third time near Baker's Point. He was a carpenter but also a justice of the peace according to the Ambrose Church map of Halifax County in 1865.