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  1. Stephen Hopkins (politician) (1707–1785), Rhode Island governor and signer of the Declaration of Independence. SS Stephen Hopkins, a 1942 World War II Liberty ship named for him. Stephen T. Hopkins (1849–1892), U.S. Representative from New York. Stephen Hopkins (director) (born 1958), Jamaican-born film and television director.

  2. Stephen Hopkins is a Jamaican-born [citation needed] British-Australian [citation needed] director and producer of film and television. He directed Predator 2, A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child, Blown Away, The Life and Death of Peter Sellers, Lost in Space and Under Suspicion. He also produced and directed several episodes of the ...

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    Title
    Notes
    2023
    Executive producer / director 6 episodes
    2020
    14 episodes
    2019
    Executive producer / director Pilot
    2016-17
    Executive producer / director Pilot and 2 ...
  3. 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 ...

  4. Stephen Hopkins is a Jamaican-born film director and producer. He is best-known for his continuation of the Nightmare on Elm Street franchise with A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child and the Predator franchise with Predator 2. His highest grossing film however was the 1998 film adaption of the TV series Lost in Space. He was born in Jamaica and was raised in Australia and England. He ...

    • Early Life
    • Bermuda & Jamestown
    • The Mayflower Voyage & Compact
    • First Winter & Native Americans
    • Conclusion

    Hopkins was born in Hampshire, England, to John and Elizabeth (nee Williams) Hopkins and baptized at Upper Clatford in 1581 CE before the family moved to Winchester where his father died in 1593 CE. He was the second of four children of a lower-class family (his father was a tenant farmer who worked others' lands) which was still affluent enough to...

    In July 1609 CE, the armada was separated by a storm which threatened to sink the Sea Venture. Land was sighted as the ship was taking on water, and it was driven onto the reefs off Bermuda. The islands of Bermuda were known to the sailors as the Isle of Devils, first discovered in 1505 CE by the Spanish explorer Juan de Bermudez (d. 1570 CE) but w...

    When Hopkins had left England in 1609 CE, he was a poor laborer but now, in 1614 CE, was an experienced colonist of status and some degree of wealth as he was able to afford servants. He may have worked as a tanner at this time before signing on to return to North America aboard the Mayflower. The Mayflower expedition was being financed by the Virg...

    Between 11 November and 21 December 1620 CE, expeditions were launched from the Mayflower to find a suitable place for the new settlement, and Hopkins participated in a number of these which were usually led by Captain Myles Standish (l. c. 1584-1656 CE) and included others such as Bradford and Edward Winslow(l. 1595-1655 CE). Bradford reports that...

    Although he actively participated in the development of the Plymouth Colony, Hopkins was an independent free spirit who seems to have always pursued his own course according to his own reason. In his later years, between 1636 and 1638 CE, he was fined for allowing people to drink in his tavern and play shuffleboard on the sabbath as well as for ove...

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  5. Stephen Hopkins was born on March 7, 1707 in Providence, Rhode Island, the son of William Hopkins and Ruth (Wilkinson) Hopkins. Hopkins’ great grandfather, Thomas Hopkins, was born in 1616 and came to Providence in 1641, having followed Roger Williams there from Plymouth.

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  7. Dec 6, 2019 · Stephen Hopkins was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. Hopkins was born in Rhode Island to a very prominent family whose ancestors had helped found the Colony of Rhode Island. Hopkins was privately tutored and after receiving his education, Hopkins began a successful career as a merchant who helped to shape and grow the City of Providence.

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