At 06:17 PM 11/26/2006, Susan Masse wrote: >Is this a real controversy? I haven't heard of this before. I am >relatively new to genealogy compared to many members of the list, but >since Hopkins is my "famous ancestor" I do try to keep up on what new >scholarship comes up. I don't see any real controversy. The evidence was set forth by Caleb Johnson in "The True Origin of Stephen^1 Hopkins of the Mayflower, With Evidence of His Earlier Presence in Virginia" (TAG, 73 [1998]:161-171). Dale H. Cook, Member, NEHGS and MA Society of Mayflower Descendants; Plymouth Co. MA Coordinator for the USGenWeb Project http://members.cox.net/plymouthcolony/index.shtml