Stephen Hopkins (merchant)
Mayflower passenger, married to Elizabeth Fisher Hopkins / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For other people named Stephen Hopkins, see Stephen Hopkins (disambiguation).
Stephen Hopkins (by about 1579 – between 6 June and 17 July 1644)[1] was a passenger on the Mayflower in 1620, one of 41 signatories of the Mayflower Compact, and an assistant to the governor of Plymouth Colony through 1636.[2] He worked as a tanner and merchant and was recruited by the Company of Merchant Adventurers of London to provide the governance for the colony and to assist with the colony's ventures. He was the only Mayflower passenger with prior New World experience, having been shipwrecked in Bermuda in 1609 and arriving at Jamestown, Virginia in May 1610. Hopkins left Jamestown in 1614 and returned to England.