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Samuel Hopkins was born in 1721 in Waterbury, Connecticut,(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waterbury,_Connecticut) and was named after his paternal uncle, Samuel Hopkins (1693–1755). Hopkins graduated from Yale College (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yale_College)in 1741, then studied divinity in Northampton, Massachusetts (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northampton,_Massachusetts)with Jonathan Edwards.(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Edwards_(theologian)) He was licensed to preach in 1742, and spent time in leadership at many congregational churches throughout southern New England.
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