Caleb Hopkinson
Caleb Hopkinson
b. August 30, 1749, Bradford, Mass., d. Feb 19, 1841, age 91 years 6 months, Limington.He came from Buxton to Limington in 1811.He was one of the first settlers of Buxton, Maine.He was one of the body guards of Gen. Gates in the Revolution.He lived in town with his daughter, Mary (Hopkinson) Watson.
m.Dec. 6, 1770 in Buxton, Sarah (Clay) Safford, widow of Stephen, she bapt. April 27, 1743, Biddeford, d. Nov. 14, 1833, 90 yrs. Limington, Maine.
Children seen in town.
i.Rachel, b. Jan 5, 1784, Buxton, d. Feb. 1813
m. Sylvanus Bangs, he b. June 17, 1781, Buxton, d.
Jan. 1863 Webster Maine
ii.Mary, b. May 4, 1786, Buxton, d. Aug 9, 1852, ae 67
yrs 3 mo.
m. Oct 24, 1805, John Watson of Waterford, she ofBuxton, he b. October 14, 1780, Buxton, d. Nov. 20, 1861 Limington.
Ref.Early Families of Limington Maine-Robert L. Taylor