In 1620 Stephen Hopkins boarded the Mayflower with his family and set sail for the New World. Nearly 400 years later, one of his direct relatives was inducted into the General Society of Mayflower ...

On a new episode of Who Do You Think You Are? airing Sunday, Oscar-winning actress Allison Janney found out her connection to the Mayflower in 1620. Due to her strong bond with her grandmother, Janney ...

Before he sailed on the Mayflower, PilgrimStephen Hopkins went on a three-hour tour of Bermuda. In 1609, he left England for Jamestown, only to be shipwrecked in a hurricane on a tiny island 650 miles ...

NEW BEDFORD — Stephano isn't just a character from Shakespeare's "The Tempest," in fact there is an entire documentary dedicated to his real-life counterpart Stephen Hopkins — and it will be screened ...

Pop superstar Taylor Swift is a descendant of three Mayflower passengers, including Stephen Hopkins. Hopkins was once sentenced to death for mutiny but was spared and later returned to England before ...

Oscar-winning actress Allison Janney found out the huge connection she has to the famous Mayflower ship in 1620 on a new episode of Who Do You Think You Are? Sunday. Janney was interested in learning ...

My tenth great-grandfather, Stephen Hopkins, was a Mayflower passenger. Besides living in the uncomfortable ship for 66 days with his family, Hopkins was one of the Mayflower Compact’s 41 signatories ...