{"id":100373,"date":"2024-09-03T10:04:24","date_gmt":"2024-09-03T14:04:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.genealogybank.com\/?p=100373"},"modified":"2025-04-23T08:38:08","modified_gmt":"2025-04-23T12:38:08","slug":"mayflower-descendants-whos-who-part-38-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/mayflower-descendants-whos-who-part-38-part-1.html","title":{"rendered":"Mayflower Descendants: Who\u2019s Who, Part 38 (part 1)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Introduction:<\/em><\/strong> In this article, Melissa Davenport Berry continues her series on Mayflower descendants, focusing on the family lines of Ebenezer Weld Tallant, a direct descendant of Mayflower passenger Stephen Hopkins. Melissa is a genealogist who has a website, americana-archives.com<\/a>, and a Facebook group, New England Family Genealogy and History<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

Today I continue with my series on \u201cMayflower Descendants: Who\u2019s Who,\u201d focusing on the family lines of Ebenezer \u201cEben\u201d Weld Tallant (1841-1932), a direct descendant of Mayflower<\/em> passenger Stephen Hopkins, who has quite a colorful and adventurous history.<\/p>\n

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Photo: reenactment of Stephen Hopkins meeting with the colonists\u2019 Wampanoag Indian interpreter Hobbamock outside his home at Plimoth Plantation. Courtesy of the Society of Mayflower Descendants in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (SMDPA).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Hopkins\u2019 exploits began in 1609 when he sailed on board the Sea Venture<\/em>, which was shipwrecked in Bermuda on its way to Jamestown, Virginia. While waiting for new transportation, the marooned crew set up a small settlement on the uninhabited island. Hopkins organized a mutiny to overthrow the governor and was found guilty \u2013 but escaped the rope and sailed to Virginia in 1610.<\/p>\n

After a brief stint in Virginia, Hopkins returned to England. Next, he sailed on the Mayflower<\/em> in 1620 with his family: 2nd wife Elizabeth and children Constance, Giles, and Damari. A little addition named Oceanus was born on board the Mayflower<\/em>, but he died in 1627.<\/p>\n

Hopkins is suspected of creating hints of mutiny on the Mayflower<\/em> voyage as well. Despite his rebellious rumblings, he complied and signed the Mayflower Compact<\/a> and became an important figure in the new colony. You can read the full skinny from the stories linked at the end of this article.<\/p>\n

Eben W. Tallant descends from Stephen Hopkins through his maternal line. Lineage:<\/p>\n