Beth asked: > I have been chasing a "Wynnette" all over the internet,and I was so excited to contact her. Well...she does descend from the Doan/Doane family through Hannah Ruhamah Doane and her second husband William Cromartie, but... > > She is one of those who believes that Stephen Hopkins' first wife was Constance Dudley!!! Question, if that information has absolutely no basis of fact, then how did she receive Mayflower Society Membership? So you suppose that she proved it so long ago, that they can't take it away from her? > > Just wondering > Beth ______________ Beth, It doesn't matter who Stephen Hopkins wife is - or who it was thought she was. The line goes thru Stephen Hopkins and his children, regardless of his wife's name. You didn't say which of his children the line is thru - I'm assuming it's thru an approved child - if so, then the identity of the mother has little bearing on it because the approval is based on the line carriers (not spouses). Of course the identity of the mother is important - and it was a great day when the baptism records were found in England to show that Stephen had a wife Mary who was the mother of Elizabeth, Constance & Giles. Susan E. Roser, Historian Canadian Society