Ebenezer Hopkins purchased the land on which Birdwood stands from Francis Collins in 1746, according to Cliff Brunker of the Historical Society of Haddonfield.
In 1778 Ebenezer's son, John Estaugh Hopkins, built a gristmill on the property at Cooper's Creek.
John's son, William Estaugh Hopkins, built the present house for his bride, Ann Morgan, in 1794. She named it Birdwood.
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