[email protected] wrote: >>Thatcher Hopkins, b. 1754 ish, Cronton, NY area,  married Eleanor (Ragan?) searching for children of this Thatcher Hopkins,  and if Eleanor was his only wife << Here are some clues to follow up..... Page 11. Joseph and Mary (Mayo) Hopkins...... Jonathan, the fourth child, b. Harwick, Dec. 17, 1719/20...He married Eastham, Oct. 4, 1744, Rebecca, dau. of Capt. Joseph and Lydia (Thatcher) Freeman.......she died Carmel, Jan. 15, 1801, aged 81....... moved about 1755, to "the oblong" now a part of Putnam County, NY. of their 11 children......Thatcher, b. 1754, m. Eleanor, b. Pawling, Nov. 7, 1754, dau. of Thomas and Deborah (Benedict) Ragan. She d. March 24, 1786 age 30 years (buried Gilead). He married 2. Mary __________. He died July 7,1830 aged 76 years. She died Feb. 17th, 1839, aged 84 years, 8 months. Hillside Cemetery, Peekskill. He was a tanner and shoemaker. Source: The Descendants of Elisha Cole: who came from Cape Cod to what is now Putnam County, New York about 1745.Compiled by John O. Curtis, New York. 1909 * * * * * * * There is also a Ancestry World Tree (and probably a WorldConnect Tree, updated on 11-15-06, with excellent sources (NEHGS Register, Mayflower Families Through 5 Generations, the DAR Patriot Index). It might be worth contacting the author to compare notes. That particular tree doesn't list children for him, but several others do. To find the best ones, go to WorldConnect or Ancestry World Tree and put in Jonathan Hopkins....then scroll to the bottom of the page and put in Rebecca Freeman for his spouse. Click on the little box to show only the ones with sources. You can also click on boxes to show only trees with notes and/or descendants. Then scroll through the resulting "hits" looking for the ones with the best sources. Hope this helps, Dianne