Hi Arthur, I have a transcript (OFHS/Banbury Historical Society) of Quaker Registers. Births 1652 to 1837, Marriages 1648 to 1837, Burials 1652 to 1837 There are no 17thC baptisms or marriages of HOPKINS (any spelling variation). There are quite a few HODGKINS - but no baptism of William All I could see was one burial: 25Nov1688 Ann HOPKINS, bur. Banbury HTH, Rosemary Northumberland UK Email: [email protected] Family History: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~rprobert/ Banburyshire Website: http://www.rootsweb.com/~engcbanb/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Arthur Hopkins wrote: > I ordered a film from the Family History Library that contained a > filming of the digest copy of the Berkshire and Oxfordshire Quarterly > Meeting records. Unfortunately, the records were mostly illegible. > If anyone has access to these records in another form, I'd > appreciate very much hearing whether there were Hopkinses in them during > the 1600s. I'm interested in particular in any William Hopkinses. > Thanks to anyone who can help. Arthur Hopkins