An Evening of Dinner, Film Screening & Discussion
Stephen and Elizabeth Hopkins came to New England aboard the Mayflower in 1620, along with children Constance, Giles, and Damaris; and two manservants Edward Doty and Edward Leister. Elizabeth Hopkins was in advanced pregnancy at sailing and gave birth to her son Oceanus during the Mayflower crossing. Stephen Hopkins and his two manservants signed the Mayflower Compact. Stephen Hopkins was active in the first years of Plymouth Colony, serving several times as emissary to Massasoit Ousamequin. He was a freeman of the colony and served as Governor’s Assistant from 1633-1636.
Stephen Hopkins died in Plymouth between June 6 and July 17, 1644. Elizabeth died before her husband, passing away in the early 1640s. His will requested, “my body to be buried as near as conveniently may be to my wife deceased…”
Baptism, Marriage and Death – are three of The Light Here Kindled films funded by the Lilly Endowment’s Religion and Cultural Institutions Initiative. This trio of short docudramas follow the spiritual transformation of Stephen Hopkins’ family from the Anglican funeral of his first wife Mary in May 1613 through the Reformed Christian baptism of his granddaughter Elizabeth Snow circa 1641. The Hopkins represent the spiritual transformation of all the Mayflower families across the early generations of Plymouth settlement. The films were shot on location at Plimoth Patuxet Musuems.
Dinner and program promptly begin at 6:15.
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