Background
He and his wife Martha Patterson, daughter of Charles Patterson and Martha Hall, came to Ontario in the Spring of 1806 from Rhode Island.
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In 1807 the town of Ontario was founded from a part of the neighboring town of Williamson, and was originally called "Freetown" after Mr. Hopkins. In 1818 the family returned to Ontario. Martha Patterson Hopkins was born in Mount Washington, Berkshire County, Massachusetts about 1785.
He later went on to father a total of nine children.
Sadly, Freeman Hopkins came to an unfortunate education After becoming blind in his later years, he drowned himself in his cistern.
