According to the Stephen Hopkins Silver Book, Hopkins descendant Robert Treat Paine signed the Declaration of Independence. He was a delegate to the Continental Congress, the first Massachusetts attorney general, and a Massachusetts supreme court judge. His lineage: Stephen Hopkins & first wife > Constance Hopkins & Nicholas Snow > Mary Snow & Thomas Paine > James Paine & Bethiah Thacher > Thomas Paine & Eunice Treat > Robert Treat Paine Dianne Kenny >> Does anyone know if the Stephen Hopkins of the Mayflower is related to the >> Stephen Hopkins who signed the Declaration of Independence? Thanks >> > > I recall that, according to "Notable Kin" by Gary Boyd Roberts, there is no > relation. However, I think that there was a signer of either the Declaration > of Independence or the Constitution that was a descendant of Stephen Hopkins. > Perhaps someone who has the Stephen Hopkins Silver Book may be able to shed > further light on this. > > Rick in AZ (a descendant of Chilton, Cooke, Hopkins, Soule and Warren) >