ESEK See also:

• HOPKINS, EDWARD WASHBURN (1857— )
• ESEK HOPKINS (1718-18oz)
• HOPKINS, MARK (1802—1887)
• HOPKINS, SAMUEL (1721–1803)
• HOPKINS, WILLIAM (1793–1866)

HOPKINS (1718-18oz)  , the first See also:

• ADMIRAL

admiral of the See also:

• UNITED

United States See also:

• NAVY

navy, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at Scituate, Rhode See also:

• ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

Island, in 1718 . He belonged to one of the most prominent Puritan families of New See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England . At the See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age of twenty he went to See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

sea, and rapidly came to the front as a See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good sailor and skilful trader . Marrying, three years later, into a prosperous See also:

• FAMILY

family of See also:

• NEWPORT

Newport, and thus increasing his See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence in Rhode Island, he became See also:

• COMMODORE (a form of " commander"; in the 17th century the term " commandore " is used)

commodore of a See also:

• FLEET

fleet of seventeen merchantmen, the movements of which he directed with skill and See also:

• ENERGY (from the Gr. ivipyela; iv, in, ipyov, work)

energy . In See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

war as well as See also:

• PEACE
• PEACE, BREACH OF THE

peace, See also:

• HOPKINS, EDWARD WASHBURN (1857— )
• HOPKINS, ESEK (1718-18oz)
• HOPKINS, MARK (1802—1887)
• HOPKINS, SAMUEL (1721–1803)
• HOPKINS, WILLIAM (1793–1866)

Hopkins was establishing his reputation as one of the leading colonial See also:

• SEAMEN, LAWS RELATING TO

seamen, for as See also:

• CAPTAIN (derived from Lat. ca put, head, through the Low Lat. capitanus)

captain of a See also:

• PRIVATEER

privateer he made more than one brilliant and successful venture during the Seven Years' War. in the See also:

• INTERVAL

interval between voyages, moreover, he was engaged in Rhode Island politics, and rendered efficient support to his See also:

• BROTHER

brother See also:

• STEPHEN
• STEPHEN (1097?-1154)
• STEPHEN (ISTVAN) BATHORY (1533-1586)
• STEPHEN, SIR JAMES (1789-1859)
• STEPHEN, SIR JAMES FITZJAMES, BART
• STEPHEN, SIR LESLIE (1832-1904)

Stephen against the See also:

• WARD
• WARD, ADOLPHUS WILLIAM (1837- )
• WARD, ARTEMUS
• WARD, EDWARD MATTHEW (1816-1879)
• WARD, ELIZABETH STUART PHELPS (1844-1911)
• WARD, JAMES (1769--1859)
• WARD, JAMES (1843– )
• WARD, JOHN QUINCY ADAMS (1830-1910)
• WARD, LESTER FRANK (1841– )
• WARD, MARY AUGUSTA [MRS HUMPHRY WARD]
• WARD, WILLIAM (1766-1826)
• WARD, WILLIAM GEORGE (1812-1882)

Ward See also:

• FACTION (through the French, from Lat. factio, a company of persons combined for action, facere, to do; from the other French derivative facon comes " fashion ")

faction . At the outbreak of the War of See also:

• INDEPENDENCE
• INDEPENDENCE, DECLARATION OF
• INDEPENDENCE, WAR OF

Independence, Hopkins was appointed brigadier-See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general by Rhode Island, was commissioned, See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 1775, by the See also:

• CONTINENTAL

Continental See also:

• CONGRESS (Lat. congressus, coming together, from congredi; cum, with, and gradus, step)

Congress, See also:

• COMMANDER

commander-in-See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief of the navy, and in See also:

• JANUARY

January 1776 hoisted his See also:

• FLAG (or " FLAGGE," a common Teutonic word in this sense, but apparently first recorded in English)

flag as admiral of the eight converted merchantmen which then constituted the navy of the United States . His first cruise resulted in a See also:

• GREAT

great acquisition of material of war and an indecisive fight with H.M.S . " See also:

• GLASGOW

Glasgow." At first this created great See also:

• ENTHUSIASM

enthusiasm, but See also:

• CRITICISM
• CRITICISM (from the Gr. KpiTrlS, a judge, Kpivew, to decide, to give an authoritative opinion)

criticism soon made itself heard . Hopkins and two of his captains were tried for See also:

• BREACH (Mid. Eng. breche, derived from the common Teutonic root brec, which appears in " break," Ger. brechen, &c.)

breach of orders, and, though ably defended by See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John See also:

• ADAMS
• ADAMS, ANDREW LEITH (1827-1882)
• ADAMS, CHARLES FRANCIS (1807-1886)
• ADAMS, HENRY (1838— )
• ADAMS, HENRY CARTER (1852— )
• ADAMS, HERBERT (i858— )
• ADAMS, HERBERT BAXTER (1850—1901)
• ADAMS, JOHN (1735–1826)
• ADAMS, JOHN QUINCY (1767-1848)
• ADAMS, SAMUEL (1722-1803)
• ADAMS, THOMAS (d. c. 1655)
• ADAMS, WILLIAM (d. 162o)

Adams, were censured by Congress . The commands, nevertheless, were not interfered with, and a See also:

• PRIZE, or PRIZE OF WAR (Fr. prise, from prendre, to take)

prize was soon afterwards named after the admiral by their orders . But the difficulties and mutual distrust continually increased, and in 1777 Congress summarily dismissed Hopkins from his command, on the complaint of some of his See also:

• OFFICERS

officers . Before the See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order arrived, the admiral had detected the See also:

• CONSPIRACY (from Lat. conspirare, literally to breathe together, to agree, combine, and especially to form a secret plot)

conspiracy against him, and had had the ringleaders tried and degraded by See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court-See also:

• MARTIAL (MARCUS VALERIUS MARTIALIS)

martial .

But the Congress followed up its order by dismissing him from the navy . For the See also:

• REST (O. Eng. rest, reste, bed, cognate with other Teutonic forms, e.g. Ger. Rast, Riiste, rest, and probably Gothic Rasta, league, i.e. resting or stopping place)

rest of his See also:

• LIFE

life he lived in Rhode Island, playing a prominent See also:

• PART

part in See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state politics, and he died at See also:

• PROVIDENCE

Providence in 1802 . See See also:

• EDWARD

Edward See also:

• FIELD (a word common to many West German languages, cf. Ger. Feld, Dutch veld, possibly cognate with O.E. f olde, the earth, and ultimately with root of the Gr. irAaror, broad)
• FIELD, CYRUS WEST (1819-1892)
• FIELD, DAVID DUDLEY (18o5-1894)
• FIELD, EUGENE (1850-1895)
• FIELD, FREDERICK (18o1—1885)
• FIELD, HENRY MARTYN (1822-1907)
• FIELD, JOHN (1782—1837)
• FIELD, MARSHALL (183 1906)
• FIELD, NATHAN (1587—1633)
• FIELD, STEPHEN JOHNSON (1816-1899)
• FIELD, WILLIAM VENTRIS FIELD, BARON (1813-1907)

Field, Life of Esek Hopkins (Providence, 1898) ; also an See also:

• ARTICLE (from Lat. articulus, a joint)

article by R . Grieve in the New England See also:

• MAGAZINE

Magazine of See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November 1897 .