The origin of the name HOPKINSON is English and the Coat of Arms contains A blue shield with three red lozenges on a silver chevron, between three gold stars.
Spelling variations include: Hopkinson, Hobkinson and others.
First found in Cheshire where they were seated from very ancient times, some say well before the Norman Conquest and the arrival of Duke William at Hastings in 1066 A.D.
Some of the first settlers of this name or some of its variants were: Daniel Hopkinson settled in Virginia in 1637; with his wife Michele; Charles and Joseph Hopkinson arrived in Philadelphia in 1853.
