Hopkins Clarke was born at Waimate North in July 1832 — the first of the Clarke children to be born in the Waimate Mission House that his father had built. He was baptised on 11 August 1832 by William Yate, who was then still a welcome presence in the household.
Hopkins married Elizabeth Kemp at Kerikeri on 2 June 1858 — linking the Clarkes and Kemps yet again, through yet another generation. He held a government appointment, acted as a lay preacher, and returned to Waimate to help his brother Henry Tacy manage the land. He owned a substantial block of land called Onwood, and lived for many years in a large house on the promontory between the Kerikeri and Okura rivers. Elizabeth died at Waimate North on 30 December 1903. Hopkins died aged eighty on 10 February 1913.