Descendants of William Hawkins

1. William² Hawkins (John¹) was born Bef. 1490 in prob. Plymouth, Devonshire, England, and died 1554. He married Joan Towne Trelawney, daughter of Roger Trelawney. She was born Abt. 1500 in Launceton, Cornwall, England, and died in England.

Notes for William Hawkins:

A branch of the Hawkinses of Nash Court probably settled in Plymouth during the fifteenth century. John Hawkins held lands in the town under the Corporation before 1480, and was dead by or before 1490, when his heirs held them. This was before the Hawkinses were at Tavistock. William Hawkins, son of John Hawkins (who had lived at Tavistock), and Joan, daughter of William Amadas, of Launceton, was born probably at Plymouth towards the end of the fifteenth century. He was an officer in the navy of King Henry VIII. Being one of the principal sea captains in the West of England, he obtained a high and just reputation for his skill and experience, and was held in great esteem and favour by the King. He is thought to be the same Hawkins who in 1513 was master of the "Great Galley," one of the few Royal ships of that time.

Plymouth Armada Heroes

Memo: 12 generations.

Notes for Joan Towne Trelawney:

Tavistock, Devonshire is adjacent Cornwall.

Children of William Hawkins and Joan Trelawney are:

2. William³ Hawkins (William², John¹) was born Bef. 1530, and died 07 Oct 1589. He married (1) <Unknown> Bef. 1565. He married (2) Mary 'Marie' Halse Bef. 1581, daughter of John Halse and Joan Tothill. She was born in of Kenedon.

Notes for William Hawkins:

Mayor of Plymouth, 1567-8, 1578-9, 1587-8, commanded the "Griffin" in the fight against the Spanish Armada.

Sir John Hawkins erected a monument to the memory of his brother in St. Nicholas Church, Deptford, which was in existence in Thorpe's time (it is now removed), with this inscription: "Sacr~ perpetuaeque memoriae Gulielmi Hawkyns de Plimouth arm igeri; qui verae religionis verus cultor, pauperibus praecipue navicularus inunifleus, rerum nauticarum studiosissimus, longinquas instituit saepe navigationes: arbiter in causis difficilissimis aequissimus, fide, probitate, et prudentia siugulari. Duos duzit uxores, e quarum una 4 ex altera 7 suscepit liberos. Johannes Hawkyns eques auratus, classis regiae quaestor, frater maestissimus posuit. Objit spe certa resurgendi 7 die mensis Octobris anno domini 1589."

The following is a translation:

"To the ever living memory of William Hawkyns of Plymouth esquire; who was a worshipper of the true religion; a munificent benefactor to poor mariners; skilled in navigation; oftentimes undertaking long voyages; a just arbiter in difficult cases; and a man of singular faith, probity, and prudence. He had two wives, four children by one, and seven by the other. John Hawkins, Knight, Treasurer of the Queen's Navy, his brother, most sorrowfully erected this. He died in the sure and certain hope of resurrection, on the 7th day of October, in the year of our Lord 1589."

Did this William Hawkins have a son named Thomas Hawkins that went to York Co., VA and died c 1640?

"Will of William Hawkins

I WILLIAM HAWKINS of Plimouth Esq. 6th Oct. 1589

My body to be buried in place & sort as my brother Sr John Hawkins Knt. & my wife Marie Hawkins shall think most convenient

Concerning my said wife & the children I have now living as well by her as by my former wife, & all my lands I dispose of them as follows -an annuity of £40 to William Hawkins my eldest son for life out of my lands in Plimouth

I give all my lands so charged & all my other lands whatsoever to my wife Marie for life, with remainder to Richard Hawkins my eldest son by the said Marie, & to his heirs male, with remainder respectively in

tail mail to Francis my 2"d, Nicholas, my 3,d, William my 4th son &~my own right heirs for ever

To Judith Whitakers one of my daughters "all that my bargayne of Hindwell"

To William Whitakers her eldest son, my grandchild £10 & to every of her other children £5.

To Clare Michaell my daughter £40

[Several legacies to servants.]

All the rest of my goods to be divided into 3 equal parts, one 3rd part to be divided among all my Children by my wife Marie, another 3rd part to my wife Marie, & the remaining one to my brother Sir John Hawkins

I constitute my wife my sole Executrix, and my brother Sir John Hawkins & Anthony Halse gent. my brother in law my Supervisors

Read, signed & sealed in the presence of Edward Combes, Robert Peterson, W~' Hales, Thos. Nun, James Finche, Ric. Wood, Ric. Hawkins, Ric. Collyns, Charles Fenton.

Proved in London 20th Oct. 1589 by Marie the relict. [Leicester, 78.]

*16"

Notes for Mary 'Marie' Halse:

Mary married 2nd Sir Warwick Hele.

Children of William Hawkins and <Unknown> are:

Children of William Hawkins and Mary Halse are:

3. Sir John³ Hawkins (William², John¹) was born 1532 in Plymouth, Devon, England, and died 12 Nov 1595 in At Sea off Puerto Rico. He married (1) Katherine Gonson Abt. 1559, daughter of Benjamin Gonson and Ursula Hussey. She was born Abt. 1540, and died 1591 in Plymouth, Devon, England. He married (2) Margaret Vaughan Aft. 1591, daughter of Charles Vaughan and Elizabeth Baskerville. She was born Abt. 1540 in England, and died Aft. 23 Apr 1619 in England.

Notes for Sir John Hawkins:

Kinsman, probably cousin of Sir Francis Drake. Leader of ships against Armada. Many good articles and web sites on this man and his son, Sir Richard Hawkins. Also spelled Hawkyns.

A Trelawney ancestor of Sir John Hawkins had the name Matilda Mynwenyke and was described in the Visitation of Cornwall. The mother of Sir Francis Drake was probably named Mylwaye. Could this be the common name? If so they may be fourth cousins, or more distant.

"Hawkins also spelled HAWKYNS English naval administrator and commander, one of the foremost seamen of 16th-century England and the chief architect of the Elizabethan navy.

"A kinsman of Sir Francis Drake, Hawkins began his career as a merchant in the African trade and soon became the first English slave trader. By carrying slaves from Guinea, in West Africa, to the Spanish West Indies, he provoked conflict with the Spaniards, who did not allow unauthorized foreigners to trade with their colonies. Hawkins' first slave-trading voyage, in 1562-63, on behalf of a syndicate of London merchants, was so profitable that a more prestigious group, including Queen Elizabeth I, provided the money for a second expedition (1564-65). His third voyage, with Drake in 1567-69, however, ended in disaster. After selling the slaves in the Caribbean, Hawkins was forced by needed repairs and lack of water to take refuge at San Juan de Ulua, near Veracruz, Mex. A Spanish fleet attacked him in the harbour, and, of the six ships, only the two commanded by Hawkins and Drake were able to escape. This episode marked the beginning of the long quarrel between England and Spain that eventually led to open war in 1585.

"Hawkins soon avenged himself; by gaining the confidence of Spain's ambassador to England, he learned the details of a conspiracy (the so-called Ridolfi plot of 1571) in which English Roman Catholics, with Spanish assistance, were to depose Queen Elizabeth and install Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots, on the English throne. Hawkins notified his government, and the English plotters involved were arrested.

"In 1577 Hawkins succeeded his father-in-law, Benjamin Gonson, as treasurer of the navy; later (1589) he was to assume the additional duties of controller. His high naval post enabled him to direct the rebuilding of the older galleons and to contribute to the design of faster, more heavily armed ships. It was this new, swift-sailing navy that withstood the Spanish Armada in 1588. Hawkins was third in command during the Armada crisis (during which he was knighted), and afterward he devised the strategy--quite original for that period--of setting up a naval blockade at the Azores to intercept Spanish treasure ships returning from the New World.

"In 1595 Hawkins and Drake sailed with 27 ships to raid the Spanish West Indies. Hawkins died the night before an unsuccessful attack on Puerto Rico."

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Notes for Margaret Vaughan:

Will of Dame Margaret Hawkins. 23 APRIL 1619 I Dame Margaret Hawkins of London, widow. My body to be buried in the middle Chancel of St. Dunstans in the East in London near the monument there erected for my late beloved husband Sir John Hawkins Knt.

Niece Maud Leonard, Lady St. John, Mary Wilkinson.

James Vaughan eldest son of nephew John Vaughan of Hergest (godson). Ann Vaughan wife of John Vaughan, godson Baynham Vaughan, niece Ann Scandrett, niece Margaret Stephens, six sons of sister Sibell, nephew Francis Eades, nephew Thomas Trevor, Esq.

23 APRIL 1619 I Dame Margaret Hawkins of London, widow. My body to be buried in the middle Chancel of St. Dunstans in the East in London near the monument there erected for my late beloved husband Sir John Hawkins Knt.

Funeral Charges not to exceed £700

My meaning is not to have any mourning given to any of my kindred or friends unto whom by this my last will there is any legacy bequeathed save only to my brothers, sisters Executors & such as shall be my household servants at the time of my decease.

I bequeath the sum of £800 for the purchasing of Lands or Tenements of the yearly value of £40 towards the maintenance of a learned preaching divine to keep a free school in Keinton in Herefordshire & of a learned & discreet Usher under him for the instructing of youths & children in literature & good education, & the said Schoolmaster shall upon every Wednesday morning or some other convenient day in the week preach a Sermon in Keinton parish Church for the instruction of the parishioners. The lands aforesaid not to be purchased for 4 years, & in the meantime any profit arising therefrom to be used for the building of a convenient free School near Keinton Church. £30 out of the said £40 to be paid to the Schoolmaster and £10 to the Usher After the death of my Executors the nomination of the said Schoolmaster & Usher to be by 5 several voices or the more part of them viz. The Owner of Hergest Court in Keinton, 2 voices; The Owner of the Manor of West Hergest als Overhergest in Keinton, 1 voice; The Bishop of the diocese wherein Keinton is, 1 voice; and the Lord or Owner of Earsley in Co. Hereford for the time being, 1 voice

To the poor of the parish of Keinton where 1 was born £50.

To the poor of Amelly in Co. Hereford where 1 was nursed. £10.

To the poor of the parish of Debtford where I have dwelt £10'

To the poor of the parish of Woodford in Essex where I have lived £10.

To the poor of the parish of St. Dunstans in the East in London where I do dwell & have lived for a long time £50.

To the poor of the parish of Chigwell in Essex where 1 also dwell £20.

1 give my dwelling house in Mincing Lane London to my brother Charles Vaughan for life, after his decease to his daughters Margaret & Elizabeth & to their heirs for ever. All the writings of the said house to be delivered by my Executors to my said brother & his daughters.

1 devise all my other 6 messuages situate in Mincing Lane; my lease of the Cranemead & Broomfield in Deptford or elsewhere in Kent & Surrey, and my lease or term of the messuages, tenements & stables on or near the Tower Hill Co. Middx unto my Executors to be by them sold for the performance of this my will.

If my nephew Stephen Price of Gray's Inn Esq. shall pay to my Exec. within 6 months after my decease the sum of £600 towards the performan of my will that then the said Stephen his heirs & assigns shall have my house called the Dolphin in Tower Street & the Rectory & parsonage of North Shobery in Essex, if he do not pay the said sum, then the premises to go to my Executors to be sold towards the performance of my will, they to pay to my said nephew £300.

To Mary Davies widow a yearly rent charge of £10 issuing out of my lands etc. in St. Pancras & St. Andrew's Holborn.

All my household stuff in both my houses (excepting my plate jewells apparel etc, cattle, fuel, coachs & furniture, implements of husbandry etc.) to be sold by my Executors to the uttermost worth by the help of my sister Elizabeth Pemberton my nephew John Vaughan of Hergest and my newphew Charles Price, & the money that shall be made thereof I give as follows:? To my said sister Eliz. Pemberton one 3rd part & to my two nephews aforesaid one 3rd part each.

To my niece Maud Leonard my best pair of Spanish borders enamelled black and trimmed with pearl, the upper border containing nineteen pieces & the nether border containing twenty seven pieces

To my niece the Lady St. John a pair of borders enamelled green, blue & red trimmed with pearle the upper border containing 23 pieces, the nether border 29 pieces.

To my niece Mary Wilkinson my diamond ring which my niece Trevor did upon her death bed give me.

To James Vaughan eldest son of my nephew John Vaughan of Hergest all my furniture of my red chamber at Luxborowe

To my honorable Lady the Countess of Leicester wife to the Earle of Leicester my pointed Diamond ring which the Countess of Warwick gave me.

To my honorable Lady Mary Wroth a " guilded boule " of the price of £20.

To my goddaughter Margaret Hawkins daughter of Sir Richard Hawkins Knt. one Carcanett enamilled black & blue containing 11 pieces with 66 pearls having a 'Tortis' pendant set with a blue sapphire

To my goddaughter Margaret Ireland 2 Carcanetts of gold, the one weighing "two ounces & half lacke pennie waight" containing 23 Pieces, set with pearls with a jewell pendant of 5 Diamonds, the other containing 11 buttons being "Massy Spanish worke" enamelled & set with pearls with a jewell pendant having in it 3 diamonds, 3 rubies and one very fair pearl.

To my loving friend Sr William Killigrewe Knt. a guilded bowl of the price of £20, and to the Lady Killigrew his wife my Persian carpet.

Legacies to friends.

Legacies in money:?To my niece Anne Vaughan wife of John Vaughan ,£100. To my godson James Vaughan eldest son of above £400

[Mention made of late brother Walter Vaughan.]

To my nephew Thomas Vaughan £100, to my nephew Richard Wood £10. To my niece Ann Wood £100, to my goddaughter Margaret Wood, £100, to my godson Baynham Vaughan £200, to my brother Ric. Llellin £10, to my sister Sibell Llellin £100, to my niece Maud Leonard £200, to my niece Ann Scandrett £100; to my niece Margaret Stephens £100. To every of the 6 sons of my sister Sibell £100; to my nephew Francis Eades £10, to my goddaughter Margaret Edes £100; to my sister Ellinor Price £100, and legacies to her children (specially named)

[A long list of legacies to cousins, friends, servants, etc.]

I constitute my worthy friends Sr Michael Stanhope Knt (to whom I leave £100), my kinsman.Sir John Vaughan Knt (£100), my nephew Thomas Trevor Esq. (£100) & my servant Anthony Lewes my executors.

Signed & sealed by me MARGARET HAWKINS in the presence of Barnard Hide, Robt. Bateman, Wm Bateman, Robt. Sunderland & Ric. Davis.

Proved in London on the 4th of Jan. 1620, by Anthony Lewes.

Child of John Hawkins and Katherine Gonson is:

4. William⁴ Hawkins (William³, William², John¹) was born Bet. 1565 - 1585 in of Tavistock, and died 1613 in aboard "Thomas", buried Ireland. He married (1) Agnes Edgcombe 01 Sep 1590 in St. Stephens, daughter of Richard Edgcombe and Agnes Durant. He married (2) Mariam Khan Bef. 1594, daughter of Mubarik Khan.

Notes for William Hawkins:

A captain who travelled to India and was married there. He cannot be confused with a William Hawkins who emigrated to Virginia. He had a brother, Charles, who outlived him and who collected a loan from his estate.

Notes for Mariam Khan:

The journey of William Hawkins to Agra, and his residence at the court of Jehanghir, may be looked upon as the opening scene of the history of British India. The Emperor induced the English captain to marry the daughter of Mubarik Khan, a Christian Armenian ; and when Hawkins was dismissed from Agra in November 1611, he took his native wife with him. They got safely on board Sir Henry Middleton's ship in the following January, and proceeded to Bantam, whence they sailed for England in the Thomas, arriving at Saldanha Bay on April 21st, 1613 and here the letter (or report) of Hawkins to the company terminates abruptly. He died on the passage from the Cape, and was buried in Ireland.

Mrs. Hawkins, alone amongst strangers, was left in a very forlorn condition. But she had one diamond worth £2000, and smaller ones worth £4000, so that she had no difficulty in finding another husband. In 1614 she married Gabriel Towerson, who had been in the voyage of Captain Saris and brought home the Hector. In 1617 Captain and Mrs. Towerson went out to India again, and visited Agra; where the lady remained with her relations. Towerson went home, and in 1620 he was appointed Principal Factor at the Moluccas, where he was judicially murdered, after suffering inhuman treatment from the Dutch, on February 27th, 1623. He was the chief victim of the Massacre of Amboyna.

The Hawkins' Voyages During the Reigns of Henry VIII, Queen Elizabeth

also see:

Counterflows to Colonialism: Indian Travellers and Settlers in Britain

In 1609 February, the English merchant Hawkins, travelling from Surat to Burhanpur, even with an escort of about sixty Pathan horse, was attacked by a troop of out-laws. [ The province of Baglan still maintained its independence. The chief's head quarters were at Jaitapur, near Mulher and he levied tolls on all travellers from Surat to Burhanpur, the road passing through his territory. William Hawkins (1608—1613) reached Burhanpur on 8th February, 1609 and next day saw "Chan Channa (Khan Khanan), the Lord general and Viceroy of Deccan". Hawkins stayed in BurhanDur till 2nd of March 1609 and arrived in Agra on 16th April 1609—Foster, Early Travels in India, 80, 129

http://www.maharashtra.gov.in/english/gazetteer/JALGAON/his_muslim.html

Child of William Hawkins and Mariam Khan is:

5. Judith⁴ Hawkins (William³, William², John¹) died Aft. 1627. She married (1) Henry Whitaker. He was born in of Westbury, Wiltshire, England. She married (2) Sampson Mannaton. He was born in of Cornwall, and died Abt. 1627.

Child of Judith Hawkins and Henry Whitaker is:

14. Adm. Sir Richard (Sir)⁴ Hawkins (John³, William², John¹) was born 1562 in Plymouth, Devon, England, and died 17 Apr 1622 in Devon, England. He married Judith Hele. She was born Abt. 1570 in Devon, England, and died 30 May 1629.

Notes for Adm. Sir Richard (Sir) Hawkins:

Sir Richard Hawkins of Slapton

"Hawkins also spelled HAWKYNS, English seaman and adventurer whose Observations in His Voyage Into the South Sea (1622) gives the best extant idea of Elizabethan life at sea and was used by Charles Kingsley for Westward Ho!.

"The only son of the famed seaman Sir John Hawkins by his first marriage, Richard Hawkins in 1582 sailed with his uncle William to the West Indies; in 1585 he commanded a ship on Sir Francis Drake's raid on the Spanish Main and was a ship captain during the Armada campaign (1588).

"In June 1593 he sailed from Plymouth in the "Dainty" with two smaller vessels, which parted company before reaching the Pacific. In February 1594 he sighted what he called Hawkins Maidenland, probably the Falkland Islands, which had been discovered two years previously by John Davis. After burning four ships at Valparaíso, Hawkins continued up the coast until he met six Spanish warships off Callao. He overcame them; but on June 22, when north of Paita, he was wounded and forced to surrender after a fight lasting three days with two more Spanish ships. He was imprisoned at Lima and then from 1597 till 1602 in Spain, at which date his ransom of £3,000 was paid. On his return he was knighted and elected mayor and MP for Plymouth. In 1608, after five years as vice-admiral of Devon, he was arrested and fined for condoning piracy. In 1620 he sailed as second in command of an ineffective expedition against

the Algerine corsairs.

"His Observations in His Voyage Into the South Sea was printed in 1622, having been composed about 1603."

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"Slapton shall not be slighted, where Guido de Bryan had inheritance, which after the death of the Countess of Wiltshire, came to the Earl of Northumberland, and was purchased by Sir Matthew Arundel of Warder-castle in Wiltshire. And Edward Courtenay, Earl of Devon, held a manor in Slapton, by being chief steward to the Bishop of Exeter, at the time of his inthronization in the cathedral church ogf Exeter, the 7th year of King Henry the 5th - Pole is in this parish, was once a priory, founded by the Poles. After the surrender, it was sold to Ameredith. And John, the son of Edward Ameredith, sold it to Sir Richard Hawkins, knight." Risdon.

http://www.coleridge.free-online.co.uk/polwhele/p477t.htm

Children of Richard Hawkins and Judith Hele are:

19. John Sidney⁵ Hawkins (Richard (Sir)⁴, John³, William², John¹) was born Abt. 1604 in St. Andrews, Plymouth, England, and died 1678 in Slapton, Devon, England. He married Hester Richards 27 Oct 1636 in England, daughter of Edward Richards and Jane Martin. She was born Abt. 1610 in of Dartmouth, England, and died 23 Jul 1660 in Slapton, England.

Notes for John Sidney Hawkins:

He is known to have been at sea in 1629. He lived at Poole in Slapton, which he probably inherited from his mother, Lady Judith, in 1629. He sold the estate at some stage.

He sold the Plymouth estates in 1637-8. John and Hester produced 10 children. John died at Stoke Fleming and was buried in nearby Slapton in 1678.

A number of researchers assert that this John Hawkins, sometimes called John Sidney Hawkins, cannot be the ancestor of the American Hawkins families which include Philemon Hawkins. Some of the church records from Devon indicating why are included with the presumed family of a later family member.

p. D-157-158 of "Genealogical Notes on a Branch of the Family of Mayes and on The Related Families" by Chappell, Bannister, Jones, Peterson, Locke, Hardaway, Thweatt and Others by Edward Mayes of Jackson, Miss.

"IX - John Hawkins, who was born in 1643. He married Mary, daughter of Edward Dewe of Islip, Oxfordshire, son of Richard Dewe of Abingdon by Elizabeth Tesdale, a descendant of Thomas Tesdale, one of the founders of Pembroke College, Oxvord. By Mary Dewe he had fourteen children born between 1671 and 1698. In the year 1682 he settled at Great Milton, Oxfordshire. The date of his death is not given. ...."

Children of John Hawkins and Hester Richards are:

22. Richard⁵ Hawkins (Richard (Sir)⁴, John³, William², John¹) was born Abt. 1605 in Wiltshire Co., England, and died 22 Nov 1667 in Slapton, England. He married Elizabeth Drake.

Notes for Richard Hawkins:

One record says he was buried at Slapton, England. Another Richard Hawkins, not related, died in Westmoreland Co., VA and was the father-in-law of Humphrey Pope.

Children of Richard Hawkins and Elizabeth Drake are:

33. Thomas⁶ Hawkins (John Sidney⁵, Richard (Sir)⁴, John³, William², John¹) was born Aft. 1649 in of Stokefleming, England, and died Feb 1694/95 in Stokefleming, England. He married Sarah Crocker 02 Nov 1680, daughter of Rev John Crocker. She was born Aft. 1650.

Children of Thomas Hawkins and Sarah Crocker are:

34. Nicholas⁶ Hawkins (John Sidney⁵, Richard (Sir)⁴, John³, William², John¹) was born Aft. 1650 in Fremington, England. He married Anne Manning 24 May 1676 in Fremington. She died 25 Jul 1690.

Children of Nicholas Hawkins and Anne Manning are:

35. <Unknown>⁶ Hawkins (John Sidney⁵, Richard (Sir)⁴, John³, William², John¹) was born Abt. 1640.

Notes for <Unknown> Hawkins:

One of the children of John Hawkins and Hester Richards is thought to have been the grandfather of Philemon Hawkins b 1690 England. The line of descent cannot be determined. John Hawkins and Mary Dewe, long claimed to be a missing link, are now considered unlikely ancestors for the Virginia Hawkins families.

Child of <Unknown> Hawkins is:

36. Nicholas⁶ Hawkins (Richard⁵, Richard (Sir)⁴, John³, William², John¹) was born 31 Jan 1638/39 in Slapton, England, and died in King's Bridge, Devon, England. He married Alice <Unknown>.

More About Nicholas Hawkins:

Fact 1: resided Knightsbridge, a few miles from Slapton

Child of Nicholas Hawkins and Alice <Unknown> is:

38. Richard John⁶ Hawkins (Richard⁵, Richard (Sir)⁴, John³, William², John¹) was born 1648 in Chippenham, Witshire, England, and died 07 Aug 1694 in Streatley, Bedshire, England. He married Elizabeth <Unknown>.

Children of Richard Hawkins and Elizabeth <Unknown> are:

40. Judith⁷ Hawkins (Thomas⁶, John Sidney⁵, Richard (Sir)⁴, John³, William², John¹) was born 1681 in Stokefleming. She married Peter Creed 30 Jun 1702. He was born 03 Apr 1681.

Children of Judith Hawkins and Peter Creed are:

43. John⁷ Hawkins (Thomas⁶, John Sidney⁵, Richard (Sir)⁴, John³, William², John¹) was born 12 Apr 1687 in Stoke Fleming, Devon, England. He married Anna <Unknown>.

Notes for John Hawkins:

"We have definitely traced the Hawkins line back 5 generations ... to a John Hawkins who we think is ... John was born April 12 1687; ours married Anna someone and their first child was born in 1711 so it could well be the same John. We haven't been able to prove it because the records at Stoke Fleming were destroyed." geoff.ledden@virgin.net Geoff Ledden August 2001. The wife and descendants attached here are speculative.

Children of John Hawkins and Anna <Unknown> are:

47. <Unknown>⁷ Hawkins (<Unknown>⁶, John Sidney⁵, Richard (Sir)⁴, John³, William², John¹) was born Abt. 1665.

Notes for <Unknown> Hawkins:

A John Hawkins that married Mary Lieux is often shown as the father of Philemon Hawkins. One report lists a brother as Lieu Dolphus Hawkins, and the similarity is striking.

There is no evidence to show that all of these presumed siblings were, in fact, siblings. They are presented here due to a number of descendants sharing the claim of descent from Sir John Hawkins, the proximity of the Spotsylvania families, and the common name "Philemon" which appears in the line of the Chickahominy / Bute / Warren branch of the compiler.

William Hawkins is not listed as a brother of the other immigrant siblings in some accounts, but descendants have similar naming patterns and we in the same vicinity and may be closely related.

An interesting will from NC:

Will of Alice Wade dated 25 Apr 1701. Grandsons: John Hawkins, Thomas Hawkins, James Hawkins. Granddaughter: Elizabeth Hawkins. Dau. Elizabeth Long. Grandsons: James Long, Thomas Long. Granddaughter: Mary Long. Exec: Grandson John Hawkins.

Children of <Unknown> Hawkins are:

48. John⁷ Hawkins (Nicholas⁶, Richard⁵, Richard (Sir)⁴, John³, William², John¹) was born in Knightsbridge, England, and died 02 Jul 1700. He married Elizabeth Lane.

More About John Hawkins:

Fact 1: Capt. in the Militia

Children of John Hawkins and Elizabeth Lane are:

56. William⁸ Creed (Judith⁷ Hawkins, Thomas⁶, John Sidney⁵, Richard (Sir)⁴, John³, William², John¹) was born 1707, and died 1796 in Kingsbridge. He married Elizabeth Luscombe, daughter of John Luscombe. She died 1762.

Children of William Creed and Elizabeth Luscombe are:

63. John⁸ Hawkins (John⁷, Thomas⁶, John Sidney⁵, Richard (Sir)⁴, John³, William², John¹) was born Bef. 16 Sep 1711 in Stoke Damerel, England. He married Elizabeth Wills 1744.

Children of John Hawkins and Elizabeth Wills are:

64. Richard⁸ Hawkins (John⁷, Thomas⁶, John Sidney⁵, Richard (Sir)⁴, John³, William², John¹) was born 1714 in Stoke Damerel, England. He married Elizabeth Dyer 1744.

Children of Richard Hawkins and Elizabeth Dyer are:

65. Philemon⁸ Hawkins (<Unknown>⁷, <Unknown>⁶, John Sidney⁵, Richard (Sir)⁴, John³, William², John¹) was born 1690 in Slapton, Devonshire, England, and died 1725 in Charles City Co., VA. He married Anne Eleanor Howard Abt. 1714 in England, daughter of Capt. <Unknown> Howard. She was born Abt. 1694 in England, and died 1742 in Bute Co., NC.

Notes for Philemon Hawkins:

Philemon is said to have claimed to be the great-grandson of Sir Richard Hawkins. Descendants have maintained this as gospel ever since. Who am I to disagree? I cannot find the link, however.

p. 36 - Hawkins of Virginia, The Carolinas, and Kentucky - published by Dorothy Ford Wulfeck. "Queries from Genealogy and History Magazine" #7585 15 June 1943. An answer to #7377 which had been sent in by EPO. Hawkins, Howard, Smith, Craig, Taliaferro, Hayden, Long, Long, Simpson, Prichett, McDonald, Randle, Ellis, Casel; England, Va., No. Car., Ga.

"Philemon Hawkins (b. 1695, England) emigrated to America with wife, Eleanor (Howard); to Virginia in the neighborhood of Todd's Bridge, near relatives who had preceded him. (Such is the record of tradition familiar to descendants.) The Reg. Land Office, Richmond, Va., shows Philemon had land granted him in King William Co.: 2 patents in 1719 and 2 in 1725 in that part which is now King and Queen Co. Todd's Bridge was in King and Queen over the Matapony River. The probabilities are that John Hawkins of King William was the relative who had preceded the immigrant in 1714. Philemon d. 1725, and ca 1735, his widow and their children, Philemon, John and Anna, moved to No. Car. where many of their desc. now live."

"Philemon Hawkins emigrated to the colonies along with five brothers...Nicholas, Joseph, John, Lieu Dolphus and another whose name is unknown"

Caroline Co., VA Deeds:

165 VPB 10 p429 11 July 1719 Alexander Spotswood Philemon Hawkins of 400a on the S side of Polecat Creek

166 VPB 10 p430 11 July 1719 Alexander Spotswood Philemon Hawkins of 200a S side of Polecat Swamp and on

(Note: Another Philemon Hawkins, likely closely related, resided in Virginia and was born about 1715)

memo: 6 generations

Notes for Anne Eleanor Howard:

Anne Eleanor Howard was the daughter of Capt. Howard of Plymouth, England. The family of Howard in England is a prominent one, including Sir Thomas Howard, who commanded the Armada and who recommended that Philemon Hawkins' ancestor, Sir John Hawkins, get knighted after that victory. His descendants included two of the wives of Henry VIII of England, and his family is in my file, though no link has been established to Anne Eleanor. I am related to him as a cousin on another line. The possible naval family connection has me interested in pursuing this, though!

She moved from Virginia to North Carolina after the death of her husband, and married an (unknown) Irishman. Anyone who can identify him, please let me know!!!

Children of Philemon Hawkins and Anne Howard are:

66. John H.⁸ Hawkins (<Unknown>⁷, <Unknown>⁶, John Sidney⁵, Richard (Sir)⁴, John³, William², John¹) was born Bet. 1669 - 1680, and died Abt. 1742 in Prince William Co., VA. He married Mary Long 1706 in Botetourt Co., VA, daughter of John Long. She was born Abt. 1681 in Orange Co., VA, and died in VA.

Notes for John H. Hawkins:

[There was another John Hawkins who died testate in Essex Co., VA in 1726; his will remains of record & he left a family. This John was a son of Capt. Thomas Hawkins who had a land patent 1666 at the falls of the Rappahannock River. They were contemporaries]

Was he born in Slapton, Devonshire? Did he marry (first) (Unknown) Johnson bef 1699 in England? Did he die in St. George's Par., Spotsylvania Co., VA?

A grant of land was made to John Hawkins of King William Co., VA in 1731, and in Deed Book A, p.136, Spotsylvania Co., VA recorded of a Deed to him of four hundred acres of land on the Pamunky on both sides of the mouth of Terry's Run, or Gigging River. He is mentioned as recently deceased, in Deed Book D, p. 17, Spotsylvania County, November 16th, 1742, where it appears that his wife's name was Mary.

"A certain John Hawkins of King William Co. died there testate by 1727; his will was recorded there but it is now lost, but there are recitations to it in the Spots Co. records; his wife was Mary ____ (some say Long, how is that proven?) - The records prove that John & Mary had at least 5 children:

Capt. Joseph Hawkins, eldest son & heir of his father, and of age when he died, lived in Hanover & Spots. Cos. and died testate in Spots. Co 1769, leaving will mentioning wife Jane & Children John, Joseph, Lucy & Sarah Hawkins. [beleived to the the Rev. Commissary]

Capt. Philemon (d 1779) died testate in Spots. Co. he married by 1743 Sarah Smith

Elizabeth Hawkins m George Smith

Mary Hawkins m Taliaferro Craig, Sr.

Phebe Hawkins m between 1740-1747 Stephen Smith of Louisa Co., VA. Maj. Charles Smith by will proved in Louisa in 1768 he appointed John Hawkins and Patrick Henry Jr. executors. The papers in a suit over the estate of Maj. Smith say that John Hawkins of Hanover Co., the Rev. Commissary, acted but Patrick Henry Jr. refused to act as an executor. The papers say that the said John Hawkins died during the Rev. War & that shortly after (or about) 1800 his widow Mary Hawkins moved to Ky."

Notes for Mary Long:

Her last name has not been documented. Henry Long and Christian, his wife, lived adjacent Capt. Hawkins 11 Feb 1713/14 Essex Co., VA.

Children of John Hawkins and Mary Long are:

69. Nicholas⁸ Hawkins (<Unknown>⁷, <Unknown>⁶, John Sidney⁵, Richard (Sir)⁴, John³, William², John¹) was born Bef. 1698, and died Bet. 15 Feb 1754 - 13 Nov 1763 in St. George Par., Spotsylvania, VA. He married Elizabeth Long Bet. 1716 - 1720 in VA, daughter of John Long and Elizabeth <Unknown>. She was born Abt. 1700 in Prob. VA, and died Aft. 28 Sep 1768 in Spotsylvania Co., VA.

Notes for Nicholas Hawkins:

Spotsylvania Co., VA Will Book B, Nicholas Hawkins d 15 Feb 1754 probated 7 May 1754. Wit. Owen Thomas, Benjamin Martin, John Button. Ex. Wife, Elizabeth and son, John Hawkins. Leg. son John, daughter, Cate Macdonel, son, Thomas Hawkins, son Nicholas Hawkins, son, Alexander Hawkins, daughter, Ann Pritchett, grandson, Hawkins Casel. (p. 198)

Notes for Elizabeth Long:

Will of her mother, Elizabeth ( ) Long, St. George's Parish, Spotsylvania Co., VA. d. Mar 1760, probated 4 Dec 1764. Wit. William Poultney, John GOrdon. Ex.: Nicholas Hawkins, Sr., Legatees: grandson John Hawkins; granddaughter Elizabeth, grandson Nicholas Hawkins, Jr., granddaughters Mary, Nanny and Sarah; Nicholas Hawkins, Sr., father of the above-named children. (p. 166).

Children of Nicholas Hawkins and Elizabeth Long are:

70. William⁸ Hawkins (<Unknown>⁷, <Unknown>⁶, John Sidney⁵, Richard (Sir)⁴, John³, William², John¹) was born Abt. 1699 in England, and died Abt. 1776 in St. Thomas Par., Orange Co., VA. He married Margaret Smith Aft. 1715 in Orange Co., VA.

Notes for William Hawkins:

William likely had a son John Hawkins, but whether he is the one that married Mary Langford is not proven.

Benjamin Hawkins, who married Sarah Willis, is often incorrectly attributed as a son of this William.

Children of William Hawkins and Margaret Smith are:

73. Richard⁸ Hawkins (John⁷, Nicholas⁶, Richard⁵, Richard (Sir)⁴, John³, William², John¹) was born in of Kingsbridge, and died 1738. He married Dorcas Knowling 22 Jul 1706 in Aveton. She died 21 Aug 1737 in Kingsbridge.

Children of Richard Hawkins and Dorcas Knowling are:

75. Mary⁹ Creed (William⁸, Judith⁷ Hawkins, Thomas⁶, John Sidney⁵, Richard (Sir)⁴, John³, William², John¹) was born Abt. 1751, and died 1832. She married Richard Hawkins 1779, son of Richard Hawkins and Elizabeth Wills. He was born 10 Jul 1752 in Knightsbridge, England, and died 20 Jan 1836 in Bixhill, Kingsbridge.

Children of Mary Creed and Richard Hawkins are:

77. William⁹ Hawkins (John⁸, John⁷, Thomas⁶, John Sidney⁵, Richard (Sir)⁴, John³, William², John¹) was born 1757. He married Catherine Wheeler 1783.

Child of William Hawkins and Catherine Wheeler is:

83. William⁹ Hawkins (Richard⁸, John⁷, Thomas⁶, John Sidney⁵, Richard (Sir)⁴, John³, William², John¹) was born 1750 in Stoke Damerel, England. He married Jane Hawkins 1777 in Stoke Damerel, England.

Children of William Hawkins and Jane Hawkins are:

84. Col. Philemon⁹ Hawkins II (Philemon⁸, <Unknown>⁷, <Unknown>⁶, John Sidney⁵, Richard (Sir)⁴, John³, William², John¹) was born 28 Sep 1717 in Near Chickahominy River, Todd's Bridge, Charles City Co., VA, and died 10 Sep 1801 in Pleasant Hill, Warren Co., NC. He married Delia Martin 1743 in Brunswick Co., VA, daughter of Zachariah Martin. She was born 15 Dec 1721 in Brunswick Co., VA, and died 20 Aug 1794 in Raleigh, Wake, NC.

Notes for Col. Philemon Hawkins II:

1757 for several terms High Sheriff of Granville Co., NC

1776 member of the Continental Congress at Halifax, NC

He raised and commanded a batallion of cavalry.

Though often repeated, no evidence has been found linking this Philemon Hawkins to Gloucester Co., VA - though it may have been the port of entry, and may have encompassed more land then than it does now.

Warren County Deed Book-l, page 133. 30 July 1766. Philemon Hawkins, of Bute Co. to his son John Hawkins.

Deed of Gift, for natural love & affection & for his better maintenance & preferment, 1000 A. in Bute Co. on Fishing Creek, beginning where the Court House Road crosses the Little Creek, through my pasture to Johnson's Road, adj. my lower line & Macon, Hurst & McLemore - all of the land granted 29 Nov. 1760, part of a tract bought 28 April 1753 and part of one obtained 25 March 1749. Wit: Len Henley Bullock, Stephen Jett. Ack: by Philemon Hawkins, Bute July Court 1766, Ben McCulloch, C.C. Reg: 24 November 1766, by Willm. Johnson, P.R.

DB-l? Page 140. 23 May 1766. Zachariah Martin to Philemon Hawkins, both of Bute Co. 50 Pds. Procl. money for 190 A. in Bute Co. on Sandy Creek, adj. Bledsoe, to a swamp & along the branch to Martin's line, part of the land belonging to John Martin, dec'd. Wit: Jos. Martin, Phoebe Terrell. Proved by Phoebe Terrill, Bute July Court 1766, Ben McCulloch, C.C. Reg: 26 November 1766, by Willm. Johnson, P.R.

DB-3, page 318. 19 July 1771. PHILEMON HAWKINS & DILLE, his wife, to DANIEL SLEDGE, all of Bute Co. 70 Pds. Procl. money for 385 A. in Bate Co. on NS Stone House Creek, the Watery Ran, adj. PERSON. Wit: ROBERT BIRD, JOHN TWITTY, PHIL. HAWKINS,JR. Ack: by PHILEMON HAWKINS & DILLE!, his wife, she having been first privately examined & consenting, Bute August Court 1771, BEN McCULLOCH, C.C. Reg: 20 November 1771, by JAMES JOHNSON, P.R. Marginal notation: 13th. Augst. 1772 Deld. to THOS. PERSON

note: John Martin's wife and Delia Martin Hawkins' sister-in-law Rachel is often shown to be Rachel Hawkins. She does not appear in recorded family histories of Philemon Hawkins. Who was she? Phoebe Terrell was her daughter, the wife of Hezekiah Terrell.

Virkus Compendium, Vol. II p. 286 indicates that this Philemon Hawkins had a daughter, Mary Hawkins, who married John Downey.

Notes for Delia Martin:

Buried Warren Co., NC next to her husband. There was once a historical marker near their gravesite, on the old homestead.

Children of Philemon Hawkins and Delia Martin are:

85. John D.⁹ Hawkins (Philemon⁸, <Unknown>⁷, <Unknown>⁶, John Sidney⁵, Richard (Sir)⁴, John³, William², John¹) was born 08 Apr 1720 in Gloucester Co., VA or Charles City Co., VA. He married Mary Wyatt Abt. 1744 in Probably Bute Co., NC, daughter of Henry Wyatt and Mary Wynne. She was born 20 Sep 1726 in Caroline Co., VA.

Notes for John D. Hawkins:

Abt. 1735 moved from Virginia to North Carolina.

Did this couple have a son, Isham Hawkins, who had a grandson named Wyatt Hawkins? Did they have a son, Benjamin Hawkins, who married Phoebe Jones?

It appears that they had a daughter Sarah Hawkins who married William Caller, son of Robert Caller, from this record:

Will Book 4, Warren Co. NC, page 54

Agreement between Robert Caller and Salley, widow of his son William, lately deceased, with reference to Adm. of estate, property from her father John Hawkins, and guardianship of her infant son Charles.

Salley Caller married James Gordon 6/23/1787.

sbmoore@swbell.net Sue Moore descends from this line. March 2001

Children of John Hawkins and Mary Wyatt are:

87. Joseph⁹ Hawkins (John H.⁸, <Unknown>⁷, <Unknown>⁶, John Sidney⁵, Richard (Sir)⁴, John³, William², John¹) was born Abt. 1712, and died Abt. 30 Mar 1769 in Hanover Co., VA. He married Jane Nicholas 1737 in Essex Co., VA. She was born Bef. 1718, and died Bef. Jan 1790 in Richmond, VA.

Notes for Joseph Hawkins:

Spotsylvania Co., VA Will Book D - Paage 525

Will of Joseph Hawkins p.525-526

In the Name of God Amen I Joseph Hawkins of Spotsylvania County being at this time thorugh Divine Goodness of sound mind and disposing emory do make this my last Will and Testaament and dispose of my estate in the following manner to wit:

I lend my beloved wife Jane Hawkins the tract of land whereon I now live being the land that was left me by my Father together with that part of that tract of land that I purchased from Marmaduke Moore, Gent. that lies on the South East side of the roads that lead from Terry Run Bridges to Richardson's Mill; also all my Other Estate that is now in my possession of every kind during her natural life and after her death to be disposed of as I shall hereafter direct,

Item I give and bequeath to my son Joseph Hawkins that part of my land that I purchased from said Moore that is on north west side of the above mentioned tract also my tract of land containing about four hundred acres adjoining James Jones, Edw. Coleman and others to him his heirs and assignes Forever also the land and plantation above mentioned that I have lent to my wife after her death I give and bequeath to my said son Joseph Hawkins his heirs and assigns forever. I also give and bequeath to my said son Joseph Hawkins the negro man named Cosby that is now in his possession to him his heirs and assings forever

Item I give and bequeath to my two daughters Lucy Hawkins and Sarah Hawkins all the slaves, stock and household furniture that is lent to my wife and all the outstanding debts together with all my Estate of every kind and Quality not herein before given to be equally divided between them to be to them their heirs and assigns forever they my said two Daughters first paying all my just debts

An I do constitute and appoint my beloved wife Executor and my two sons John Hawkins and Joseph Hawkins Executors of this my Last Will and Testament in Witness thereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 30th day of March 1769.

Signed Sealed & Delivered Joseph Hawkins

Wit: Phil(mon) Hawkins

Charles Cosby

Deed Book D, 1742-1751, Spotsylvania Co., VA 16 Nov 1742

Joseph Hawkins - son and heir of John Hawkins, late dec'd, of Spts. Co. to Philemon Hawkins of sd. county

Whereas John Hawkins, father of the sd. Joseph and Philemon Hawkins, parties to these presents, by his last will and testament recorded in King William County, by which certain lands were given to said Philemon Hawkins, and others the children of sd. John Hawkins, dec'd, it being doubted what lands were meant to sd. Philemon and others; the children of the sd. John, dec'd, and the sd. Philemon having lately bought several parts or shares of the lands of others, his mother and sister to whom the same was devised, and sd. Philemon Hawkins is now possessed of the said shares or parts of Mary Hawkins his mother, George Smith and Elizabeth, his wife, and Phebe Hawkins, amounting to 200 A in St. Geo Par. Spts. Co.

The said Joseph Hawkins, knowing the intent of his father, the sd. John Hawkins, deeds to sd. Philemon Hawkins the afsd. lands, etc., under agreement that sd. Philemon will deed his interest in lands in Caroline Co. (sold by Sd. Joseph to Augustine Moore) and also pay Mary Hawkins (mother of the sd. Philemon) yearly during her natural life 500 lbs. of tobacco and 5 bbls of Indian corn, etc.

Wit. Edwd Herndon, W. Miller, Thos. Pritchett. Recorded Nov. 2, 1742

Notes for Jane Nicholas:

[If the following will is for this Jane Hawkins why is daughter Mildred not mentioned in her husband's will some 21 years earlier? It appears that this Jane only mentions her daughter Mildred, because Mildred was separated from her husband. Her other children could have been already well taken care of. A neice of Jane Nichols' husband was named "Franky (Hawkins) Thomas" and a daughter of this Jane was "Mildred (Hawkins) Thomas."]

At a Court held for Henrico County at the Courthouse on Monday the fourth of January 1790 ~

This will was proved by the Oaths of .. Thomas and James Thomas ... thereto and Ordered to be Recorded. And there being no Executors named in the said will, on the ... of John Thomas who made Oath thereto as the ... ... and with William Price and Charles Talley his securities entered into and acknowledged their Bond as the ... of Two hundred pounds, Conditioned as the Law directs, Certificate was granted him for obtaining Letters of Administration on the said decedents Estate with her said Will as... in due form.

In the name of God amen, I Jane Hawkins of the City of Richmond being sick and week but of sound mind and memory and calling to mind the uncertainty of life and the certainty of death, doth make and declare this my last will and Testament.

First I recommend my Soul to almighty God who gave it; hoping that at the Consummation of all things, I shall receive eternal life. As to my worldly Estate which it hath pleased God to bless me with, I give and bequeath in the manner and form following to wit.

I give and bequeath to my daughter Mildred Thomas all my wearing apparel of any nature or king whatsoever. Together with Col. James Callaways, Bond for fifteen pounds which is now in the hands of Mr. John Woods. Imprimis I give and bequeath into my Grand-son John T.. Thomas a Bond of Col. James Calloways for fifteen Pounds in the hands of Mr. John Woods aforesaid, together with my Bed and all the furniture thereunto belonging. I give to my said Grandson a Debt to to us from the said Mr. John Woods amonting to Six pounds and nine pence. I also give and bequeath unto Mr. John Woods, William P. Thurston's bond for fifty Pounds which is in the hands of my son Joseph Hawkins, I also give him all the rents due to us from Edmund Deer. In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my Seal this fifteenth day of December in the Year of our Lord One Thousand seven hundred and eighty seven.

Jane Hawkins (dau. Mildred Thomas, grandson John Pendleton Thomas, son Joseph Hawkins)

Children of Joseph Hawkins and Jane Nicholas are:

88. Philemon⁹ Hawkins (John H.⁸, <Unknown>⁷, <Unknown>⁶, John Sidney⁵, Richard (Sir)⁴, John³, William², John¹) was born Abt. 1715, and died 06 Sep 1779 in Spotsylvania Co., VA. He married Sarah Smith 1743 in Orange Co., VA, daughter of Samuel Smith. She died Aft. 1779 in Spotsylvania Co., VA.

Notes for Philemon Hawkins:

Did he marry Sarah Smith and Susannah Smith?

"Philemon Hawkins, Gentleman, commissioned to be Captain of a Company of Foot; took the oath February 5th, 1750.

"It was the custom in Virginia to divide each County into Military Districts, each District raising a Company. The entire fource of the County being under the command of a Colonel.

"Commencing July 21st, 1755, he was enrolled as Captain in the Second Virginia Regiment commanded by Col. William Byrd, in the war between Great Posetam and France, in 1780. His heirs were granted a warrant by the State of Virginia for 3,000 acres of land for his services as Captain. This warrant, according to Kentucky records, was entered by Elijah Craig. Any female descendant of Philemon Hawkins is entitled to membership in The Society of Colonial Dames. Philemon Hawkins, as the most distinguished of his family ni those early days, is entitled to be honored by those of his blood by perpetuating the name of Philemon through future generations. The name seems to have been in the family in the old country. Maryland records show a Philemon Lloyd Hawkins as an emigrant from Wales." Gen. John P. Hawkins - Reminiscences, p.13

Orange Co Deed Book #9, p. 3 23 Sept 1743:

Philemon Hawkins & Sarah, his wife, of Spots Co. to Charles Smith, alias Charles noblet of St. Martens Parish, Louisa Co., VA

Reciting the conveyance of 500 A being 1/2 of a patent granted to Samuel Smith & which was given to the sd. Charles, his son, by his last will which said last will of the sd. Samuel Smith directed a division among his children etc; but the will was given unto the care of Stephen Smith from whom it was stolen or destroyed which occasions the sd. Philemon Hawkins & Sarah, his wife, to have their right to all the estate of Samuel Smith, deceased, as the sd Sarah was the only child to survive the sd. Samuel Smith "that was born in wedlock."

[Other deeds, evidences etc. show that Samuel Smith's declared heir at law was only Sarah, wife of P. Hawkins but that he acknowledged the sd. Geo. Smith alias Noblet & Chas Smith alias Noblet to be his children & the deeds show they were born out of wedlock. Charles rose to a place of prominence in Louisa Co.; ... They dropped the "alias Noblet" & took the name of Smith.]

Philemon Hawkins' will is Recorded in Book 2, Page 334, Spotsylvania County, May 6th, 1779.

Notes for Sarah Smith:

"Her father was Stephen Smith" (Gen. John P. Hawkins - Reminiscences)

Spotsylvania Co., VA DB D

Augt. 11, 1781. Sarah x Hawkins, relict of Philemon Hawkins, decd Philemon Hawkins and Catherine, his wife, of Berkeley Par., Spts. Co to Beverley Winslow of same par. and county. L30,000 paper curr. and L110 specie. 300 a. in same par. and county whereon sd. Sarah, etc., now live. Edwd. Herndon, Willm. Mills, Richd. Coleman, Richd. Dickinson, Edwd. Coleman. Dec. 20, 1781.

Children of Philemon Hawkins and Sarah Smith are:

89. Mary⁹ Hawkins (John H.⁸, <Unknown>⁷, <Unknown>⁶, John Sidney⁵, Richard (Sir)⁴, John³, William², John¹) was born Abt. 1716 in King William Co., VA, and died 06 Jan 1804 in Woodford Co., KY. She married Taliaffero (Toliver) Craig Abt. 1730 in Botetourt Co., VA, son of John Craig and Jane Taliaferro. He was born Abt. 1705 in Spotsylvania Co., VA, and died 05 Feb 1795 in Woodford Co., KY.

Notes for Taliaffero (Toliver) Craig:

Father of the famous Virginia Traveling Church preachers, Joseph, Elijah and Lewis Craig. They were in Virginia about 1781, then moved to Kentucky. They settled in the Elkhorn area, previously Bourbon County, now Georgetown, Scott County, Kentucky.

Spots Co. Deed Book "D" p. 305 7 Apr 1747:

Toliver Craig & Mary, his wife, of Spots Co. to Joseph Hawkins of St. Geo. Parish, Spots. Co., for &5, 200 Acres on Terry's Run same being the land bequeathed by the will of John Hawkins, deceased to be equally divided bet. Mary his wife & four of his children, vis: Eliz. Smith, Philemon Hawkins, Phebe Smith & the sd. Mary Craig. The Craigs deed all of their interest in his land to her brother Joseph Hawkins.

[There are other references in the unindexed court order books as well as deed books etc. which state that John Hawkins, aforementioned, died testate & his will was recorded in King Wm. Co., VA.

The aforementioned Sarah, Geo. & chas. Smith were the children of a certain Samuel Smith]

His Will:

In the name of God, Amen. I, Toliver Craig of Woodford County, being in a low state of health but of perfect disposing mind and memory, calling to mind the uncertainty of this mortal life, do constitue this my last will and testament in a manner and form following:

First and principally I reccomend my soul to God that gave it, and my body to be intered after my death at the discretion of my executors hereafter named.

Secondly and as for the worldy estate the Lord has blessed me with, I lend two negroes named Warnick and Teanor and a horse and a best bed and furniture unto by beloved wife, Mary Craig, during her natural life and after her death to be equally divided among my children hereafter named.

Thirdly I desire that my children all be made equal with the one that received the most of my estate: that is, what it was worth when they received it.

Forthly I desire that the balance of my estate both real and personal be equally divided between my nine children, namely: John Craig, Toliver Craig, Lewis Craig, Joseph Craig, Elijah Craig, Benjamin Craig, Jeremiah Craig, Jossie Faulkner, and Elizabeth Cave.

Fifthly it is my will and desire that my above named children make John Sanders and Sarah Singleton part equal with theirs in property at the praise value.

Sixthly it is my desire that my sons, John Craig, Toliver Craig, and Lewis Craig do execute this my last will and testament.

Witness my hand and seal this fifteenth day of Decemeber one thousand seven hundred ninety.

his mark

Toliver X Craig (seal)

Teste:

John Cooke

Anthony LIndsey

Daniel Baldwin

Proved in Woodford County, Kentucky court 5 August 1799

Children of Mary Hawkins and Taliaffero Craig are:

90. Phoebe⁹ Hawkins (John H.⁸, <Unknown>⁷, <Unknown>⁶, John Sidney⁵, Richard (Sir)⁴, John³, William², John¹) was born Abt. 1727 in King William Co., VA. She married (1) Stephen 'Noblet' Smith Bef. 1746, son of Samuel Smith and <Unknown> Noblet. He was born Abt. 1710, and died 28 Oct 1799 in Orange Co., VA. She married (2) Charles Smith Bef. 07 Apr 1747 in Spotsylvania Co., VA, son of Samuel Smith.

Notes for Phoebe Hawkins:

Thought to be descendants of this couple:

Philemon McElfresh Smith, his son John Hawkins Smith (or John Hamilton Smith), his son John Philemon Smith of Sharpsburg, MD.

She sued Stephen Smith after he injured her engagement to his brother Charles -- Pheobe Hawkins, infant, by Mary Hawkins her next friend, complains, July 1735 of Stephen Noblit (Smith), that Charles Noblit, alias Smith, intended to marry Pheobe, but on the last day of March Stephen did scandalously and maliciously say "Phebe Hawkins is a whore and I have lay'n with her," and she has fallen into great infamy and Charles has refused to marry her. Seeks damages of £200. Dismissed because of Trespass on Case.

[Orange County Deed Book 7:436 (1741-43)]. She later married the same Stephen Smith.

Child of Phoebe Hawkins and Stephen Smith is:

94. Nathan⁹ Hawkins (Nicholas⁸, <Unknown>⁷, <Unknown>⁶, John Sidney⁵, Richard (Sir)⁴, John³, William², John¹) was born Bet. 1716 - 1723 in VA, and died Bef. 04 Nov 1794 in Madison Co., KY. He married (1) Ann Hayden Aft. 1731, daughter of Jarvis Hayden. He married (2) Catherine <Unknown> Aft. 1750.

Notes for Nathan Hawkins:

Deposition of Nathan Hawkins, Madison Co., KY Deed Book A, p. 82.

Deposition of Nathan Hawkins, aged 74, taken before George Adams and Joseph Kennedy, Justices of the Peace; was present about thirty-one or thirty-two years ago in Spotsylvania County, Virginia when John Hawkins married Elizabeth Ellis, daughter of William Ellis, of Spotsylvania. William told John that for his marrying his daughter, he would buy and give him (John) two good negroes and he should have equal share with his other children at his death ; after they were married two negro girls came to the door and Mr. Ellis informed John he might have his choice. Mrs. Ellis answered No, she would not part with either of the girls; she intended one for a milkmaid and the other for a washmaid, but that he might have Millie, a young gir. John, after some conversation, said it was very little odd which of the girls he had; although she was the smallest she might soon grow up. Upon which Mr. Ellis gave John Hawkins the girl, and about four days after Millie was moved to John Hawkins' and there remained until after the decease of said Hawkins. In the administration of his estate Millie was appraised in said estate and the relict had her thirds allotted to her; that her father, Mr. Ellis, wished Millie not to be included in the appraisal but the widow excepted against it and said Millie was John Hawkins' and should be in the appraisal and his children should not be wronged, and her father agreed to it.

Mr. Ellis was appointed Guardian and hired Millie with the other negroes for the benefit of the orphans. Some time after the widow married Robert Collins who brought suit against heirs of said Hawkins for siad Millie but how it came out of the Court this deponent knoweth not. The matter was submitted to arbitration of Joseph Brook, Edward Hardin and Thomas Colson, Justices of the Peace for Spotsylvania County, and the award was in favor of the orphans; but depondent further sayeth, Robert Collins said in his hearing he would give his bond to stand to the award, and further sayeth not. (Dated) July 42,1790; Witnesses ...

Children of Nathan Hawkins and Ann Hayden are:

95. Ann⁹ Hawkins (Nicholas⁸, <Unknown>⁷, <Unknown>⁶, John Sidney⁵, Richard (Sir)⁴, John³, William², John¹) was born Abt. 1725. She married James Pritchett Bef. 05 Nov 1744. He was born Bef. 1725, and died Bef. 01 Aug 1796.

Notes for Ann Hawkins:

28 Sep 1768. Elizabeth Hawkins, widow and relict of Nicholas Hawkins, decd., to her daughter, Ann Pritchett, wife of James Pritchett. Deed of Gifr. "One negro girl .... which I bought of my son, John Hawkins, decd.," etc. Witnesses, Wm. Wood, John Pritchett, Jonathan Clark. Recorded 7 Nov 1768.

Notes for James Pritchett:

James Pritchett of Spts Co., deed of gift to his daughter, Elizabeth Hawkins. A negro slave. Tavener Branham, Letty Tibbetts, Elizabeth Branham. 15 Mar 1781.

Children of Ann Hawkins and James Pritchett are:

96. Nicholas⁹ Hawkins, Jr. (Nicholas⁸, <Unknown>⁷, <Unknown>⁶, John Sidney⁵, Richard (Sir)⁴, John³, William², John¹) was born Abt. 1726, and died Mar 1760.

Notes for Nicholas Hawkins, Jr.:

Nicholas Hawkins of St. George's Par., Spotsylvania Co., VA - planter to his son, Nicholas Hawkins, a negro and 100 a on NE side of Gormanna Road. Dated 5 Nov 1745. James Hawkins, James Pritchett, Alexander Hawkins, John Hawkins. Recorded 1 Apr 1746.

Is this the same man? (Descendants based on this assumption):

1 Jan 1790 Nicholas Hawkins, Sr. Deed of gift to his son, THos. Hawkins. 133a in Spots Co. whereon sd. Nicholas Hawkins now lives, etc. Geo. Cammack, Henry Gatewood, Sr.; Richard Todd. 6 Jul 1791.

Children of Nicholas Hawkins, Jr. are:

98. Alexander⁹ Hawkins (Nicholas⁸, <Unknown>⁷, <Unknown>⁶, John Sidney⁵, Richard (Sir)⁴, John³, William², John¹) was born Abt. 1730 in VA, and died Bet. 18 Aug 1804 - 1807 in Oglethorpe Co., GA. He married Mary H. Martin Abt. 1750 in Pittsylvania Co., VA. She was born Abt. 1731.

Notes for Alexander Hawkins:

Alexander Hawkins, so of Nicholas Hawkins of Spotsylvania, purchased land in Spotsylvania Co. with Benjamin Martin, though to be his ssister's husband.

Children of Alexander Hawkins and Mary Martin are:

99. John⁹ Hawkins (Nicholas⁸, <Unknown>⁷, <Unknown>⁶, John Sidney⁵, Richard (Sir)⁴, John³, William², John¹) was born Abt. 1732, and died 1764 in Spotsylvania Co., VA. He married Elizabeth Ellis Abt. 1758, daughter of William Ellis and Lucy Ferguson. She was born Aft. 1735, and died Abt. 1784.

Notes for John Hawkins:

1 Jan 1759 John Hawkins of St. Geo. Par., Spts. Co., to his mother, Elizabeth Hawkins, L19 curr. A negro slave. Witnesses: Nathan Hawkins, Randle MacDaniel, William Smith. Recorded 3 Jul 1769.

Notes for Elizabeth Ellis:

Elizabeth married 2nd Robert Collins. Robert and Elizabeth gave a deed, 25 Sep 1772, for land held in right of her dower, 1/3 of a tract belonging to John Hawkins, dec'd. Spotsylvania Co. records.

Elizabeth's father was William Ellis of Gloucester and Spotsylvania; her mother was Elizabeth (according to one source) or Lucy Ferguson (according to another).

Deed book K. 28 Sep 1784, Spotsylvania Co., VA

William Gosney and Elizabeth, his sife; Thomas Jones and Ann, his wife, Benja. Haley and Agatha, his wife, of Frederick Co. to Clement Montague, Sr. of Spots. Co., L400 curr., 325a in Spots. CO., being the land devised of Nicholas Hawkins to his son, John Hawkins, descended to his three daughters, Elizabeth, who intermarried with Wm. Gosney; ANn, with THomas Jones, and Agatha with Benja. Haley, etc., except 190a of said land apart to Elizabeth, widow of sd. Jno. Hawkins, decd., who has since intermarried with Robt. Collins, who sold the sd. 190 a to John Waller, K. W., for the lifetime of the sd. Elizabeth, then to revert to the sd. Montague, etc. Witnesses, Sam Clagett, Jr.; Anth. Bartlet, Clement Montague, Ann Haley.

Children of John Hawkins and Elizabeth Ellis are:

100. John⁹ Hawkins (William⁸, <Unknown>⁷, <Unknown>⁶, John Sidney⁵, Richard (Sir)⁴, John³, William², John¹) was born Abt. 1718 in Spotsylvania Co., VA, and died Bet. 21 Apr 1778 - 1779 in Hanover Co., VA. He married Mary Langford 1744 in VA, daughter of Col. Thomas Langford. She was born 1728 in Hanover Co., VA, and died 1799.

Notes for John Hawkins:

John Hawkins may have been the son of Joseph Hawkins b c 1695 Spotsylvania Co., VA, will dated 30 Mar 1769 and his wife Jane.

One story says "John Hawkins was born in England about 1680. In 1743 he emigrated to America with his sisters, Jane, Mildred, Agnes and Elizabeth, and Thomas Langford and family. They settled on Little River in Hanover County, about 40 miles northwest of Richmond." It seems unlikely he was born as early as 1680, but if an immigration record exists, he is likely linked to the wrong parents.

Will of John Hawkins of Hanover Co., VA 21 April 1778

In the name of God Amen. I John Hawkins of Hanover County having been lately inoculated for the small pox and finding it convenient to make some alterations in the will that I have by me do make and with my own hand write this my last WIll and Testament and dispose of my estate in the following manner to wit:

I lend to my beloved wife Mary Hawkins during her natural life the dwelling house that I now live in with the following tract of land to wit: Beginning at a poplar near the old road on Brusters branch being near the lowest point of Woods on the said branch, thence a straight line to the new spring, thence down the spring branch to the river, thence up the river to Snelsons line, thence along Snelsons Taits and Darvin's lines to the said old road and thence down the said road to the Beginning, together with one third part of my whole personal estate during her natural life, and so long as any of my children shall live with my said wife and be maintained by her, my will is that such child or childrens part of my estate shall remain in posession of my wife and the profits be disposed of at her discretion. My several sons myst pay to my estate any ballance that shall appear to be due from them to me on a fair settlement

Item I give and bequeath to Katy Thomas a likely negro girl about five years old when she shall come of age or marry

Item I give & bequeath to each of my daughters a chilce young negro Woman either to be assigned them out of my present stock of negroes or purchased for them at the discretion of my executors.

Item I give and bequeath to my son Martin four negroes (to wit) Peter, Harry, Jamey and Hanibal and as much of the remainder of my estate as will make him an equal sharer with the rest of my children.

Item I give and bequeath to my son James two negroes (to wit) Grogg and Phill and so much of the remainder of my estate as will make him an equal sharer with the rest of my children

Item I give and bequeath to my five sons Martin, John, James Edumnd and Joseph all my land including that part lent to my wife to be laid off at the discretion of my executors into five lotts and if any of the lotts should be of less vallue in their opinion than the others a sum or sums of money must be paid by these of my sons that shall draw the most valuable lotts to those that shall draw those of inferior vallue & when my executors have at their discretion thus divided and laid my land off into five lotts my will and desire is that my five sons shall draw lotts for their several parts of my said Land and that part that shall fall to their respective shares. I give to my said sons respectively in fea simple to them their heirs and assigns forever. And all the rest of my estate of what kind or quality soever I give to my following seven children (to wit) John, Jane, Edmund, Milley, Joseph, Lucy and Frankey THurston to be equally divided between them and if any of my children should die before they marry or come to the age of twenty one years my will and desire is that their part of my estate shall be equally divided among my surviving children my will and desire is that my executors shall assign about thirty or forty acres of my land to my Sister Mildred Thomas and assist her in building a house & settle her on the said land in such part as may be mast convenient to her & least prejudicial to my sons and that she enjoy the said land so long as she chuses to live thereon and unconnected with her husband John Thomas & lastly I constitute and appoint my worthy friends Col. Richard Morris & Capt. George Dabney executors of my beloved wife executrix of this my last will & testament and desire that my said Executors may be handsomly paid out of my estate for the trouble they shallb e at in discharging this trust. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal this 21st day of April 1778.

John Hawkins

Witness:

William Waddy, William Morton, Richard Overton, Jos. Smith

At a court held for Hanover County on Thursday the 4th day of Feb. 1779 This last will and Testament of John Hawkins deceased was offered to proof by Mary Hawkins Executrix therein named and was proved by the oath of William Waddy and Richard Overton Witnesses thereto and also by the oath of the said Executrix and is ordered to be recorded. Test. William Pollard

A land suit shows that the following were heirs of John Hawkins of Hanover Co., VA: (1) James Hawkins, d. in Logan Co., KY and left a large family whose ages are given in the suit; (2) Martin Hawkins with wife, Margaret, living in Gallatin Co. in 1801, and referred to as Martin, Sr.; (3) Milly Hawkins, (4) Jane Hawkins; (5) Fanny T. Hawkins, (6) Edmund Hawkins who d 1800 with sons Martin, Joseph and John and sons-in-law Robert Stewart, John P. Thomas and Thomas P . Irvine; Jane Hawkins m Jane Todd, killed at Blue Licks, Milly Hawkins m Percival Butler.

Children of John Hawkins and Mary Langford are:

101. William⁹ Hawkins, Jr. (William⁸, <Unknown>⁷, <Unknown>⁶, John Sidney⁵, Richard (Sir)⁴, John³, William², John¹) was born Abt. 1720 in Spotsylvania Co., VA, and died Bef. 28 Oct 1799 in Orange Co., VA. He married Elizabeth Wall. She was born Abt. 1725.

Notes for William Hawkins, Jr.:

William Hawkins and Elizabeth Wall had 6 children: William, Reuben, Elisha, Arculus, John and Mary. according to info from Ron Hawkins rhawkins@csc.com July 1998.

This William is said to have a son Arculus; so is his son William. The dates for them do not seem to work if he is the son of William Hawkins and Margaret Smith.

Children of William Hawkins and Elizabeth Wall are:

102. <Unknown>⁹ Hawkins (William⁸, <Unknown>⁷, <Unknown>⁶, John Sidney⁵, Richard (Sir)⁴, John³, William², John¹) was born Bef. 1730.

Notes for <Unknown> Hawkins:

It is not certain whose children are the siblings listed below, but the familiar names of Martin Hawkins and the marriages to the Craig family make them likely grandchildren of the parents of this "filler."

Children of <Unknown> Hawkins are:

103. John⁹ Hawkins (Richard⁸, John⁷, Nicholas⁶, Richard⁵, Richard (Sir)⁴, John³, William², John¹) was born 09 Nov 1708, and died 1764. He married (1) Sarah Gilbert Abt. 1730, daughter of William Gilbert. She was born Aft. 1708, and died Abt. 1747. He married (2) Elizabeth Gilbert 23 Jul 1751 in South Huish, daughter of Abraham Gilbert and Margaret Osborne. She was born 1712 in Malborough, and died 1800.

Children of John Hawkins and Sarah Gilbert are:

Children of John Hawkins and Elizabeth Gilbert are:

107. Richard⁹ Hawkins (Richard⁸, John⁷, Nicholas⁶, Richard⁵, Richard (Sir)⁴, John³, William², John¹) was born 14 Apr 1717. He married Elizabeth Wills 1749, daughter of Alexander Wills and Maryr Wyse.

Children of Richard Hawkins and Elizabeth Wills are:

108. Knowling⁹ Hawkins (Richard⁸, John⁷, Nicholas⁶, Richard⁵, Richard (Sir)⁴, John³, William², John¹) was born 07 Feb 1718/19. He married Mary Hemmings 1749.

Children of Knowling Hawkins and Mary Hemmings are:

109. John¹⁰ Hawkins (Mary⁹ Creed, William⁸, Judith⁷ Hawkins, Thomas⁶, John Sidney⁵, Richard (Sir)⁴, John³, William², John¹) was born 1782 in of Flears, near Kingsbridge, and died 19 Feb 1831 in at sea. He married Frances Schutz Drury, daughter of Richard Drury and Frances Vandeput. She was born Abt. 1779, and died 22 Oct 1817.

Children of John Hawkins and Frances Drury are:

110. Abraham Mills¹⁰ Hawkins (Mary⁹ Creed, William⁸, Judith⁷ Hawkins, Thomas⁶, John Sidney⁵, Richard (Sir)⁴, John³, William², John¹) was born 13 Aug 1784. He married (1) Mary Wise, daughter of Christopher Savery Wise. He married (2) Mary Hicks. She was born Aft. 1784.

Children of Abraham Hawkins and Mary Wise are:

115. James¹⁰ Hawkins (William⁹, Richard⁸, John⁷, Thomas⁶, John Sidney⁵, Richard (Sir)⁴, John³, William², John¹) was born 1789 in Devonport, Devon, England. He married Mary Fowler 1815 in Plymstock, England.

Children of James Hawkins and Mary Fowler are:

117. Delia¹⁰ Hawkins (Philemon⁹, Philemon⁸, <Unknown>⁷, <Unknown>⁶, John Sidney⁵, Richard (Sir)⁴, John³, William², John¹) was born Abt. 1744. She married Leonard Henley Bullock 07 Nov 1760, son of Richard Bullock and Anne Henley. He was born 17 Nov 1736, and died 1797.

Notes for Delia Hawkins:

Delia has a sister, Frances, who more likely is called "Fanny." The book "Southern Kith and Kin" indicates that Leonard married Fannie Hawkins, daughter of Philemon Hawkins. As that Frances married in 1772, and this one probably died before the marriage to Susannah Martin Goodloe (who MAY be descended from Zachariah Martin) in 1766, the book may be wrong.

Delia died without any children.

17 Nov 1760 was listed as a wedding date - I do not recall where I found it, but based on Delia's probable birth date, this is not possible.

Notes for Leonard Henley Bullock:

Leonard Bullock later married Susannah (Martin) Goodloe.

He was involved in, and mentioned in, the Treaty of Sycamore Shoals which created the (short-lived) colony of Transylvania.

http://www.worldwideschool.org/library/books/lit/historical/TheConquestoftheOldSouthwest/chap14.html

Philemon Hawkins was a witness of his father's will.

TREATY OF WATAUGA.

Copy of the Deed from the Cherokees to Henderson & Co. March 17, 1775. This indenture made this seventeenth day of March in the year of our Lord Christ one thousand seven hundred and seventy-five between Oconistoto chief warrior and first representative of the Cherokee Nation or tribe of Indians and Attacullacullah and Savanooko otherwise Coronoh for themselves and in behalf of the whole nation. Being the aborigines and sole owners by occupancy from the beginning of time of the lands on the waters of Ohio River from the mouth of the Tennessee River up the said Ohio to the mouth or emptying of the Great Canaway or New River and so across by a southward line to the Virginia line by a direction that shall strike or hit the Holston River six English miles above or Eastward of the Long Island therein and other lands and territories thereunto adjoining, of the one part and Richard Henderson, Thomas Hart, Nathaniel Hart, John Williams, John Luttrell, William Johnston, James Hogg, David Hart and Leonard Hendley Bullock of the province of North Carolina of the other part; witnesseth that the said Oconistoto for himself and the rest of the said nation of Indians, for and in consideration of the sum of two thousand pounds of lawful money of Great Britain, to them in hand paid by the said Richard Henderson, Thomas Hart, Nathaniel Hart, John Williams, John Luttrell, William Johnston, James Hogg, David Hart and Leonard Hendley Bullock, the receipt whereof the said Oconistoto and his said whole nation, do and for themselves and their whole tribe of people have granted, bargained and sold, aliened, enfeoffed released and confirmed, by these presents do grant, bargain sell, alien, enfeoff, release and confirm unto them the said Richard Henderson, Thomas Hart, Nathaniel Hart, John Williams, John Luttrell, William Johnston, David Hart, James Hogg, and Leonard Hendley Bullock their heirs and assigns forever all that tract, territory or parcel of land, situate lying and being in North America on the Ohio River, one of the eastern branches of the Mississippi beginning on the said Ohio River at the mouth of Kentucky, Chenoca, or what by the English is called Louisa River, from thence running up the said River and the most northwardly branch of the same to the head spring thereof, thence a southeast course to the top ridge of Powel's Mountain, thence westwardly along the ridge of said mountain unto a point from which a northwest course will hit or strike the head spring of the most southwardly branch of Cumberland River thence down the said River including all its waters to the Ohio River, thence up the said River as it menaders to the beginning, &C And also the reversion and reversions, remainder and remainders, rents and services thereof, and all the estate, right, title, interest, claim and demand whatsoever of them the said Oconistoto and the aforesaid whole band or tribe of people of, in and to the same premises and of, in and to, every part thereof. To have and to hold the said messuage and territory, and all and singular the premises above mentioned, with the appurtenances unto the said Richard Henderson, Thomas Hart, Nathaniel Hart, Jojin Williams, John Luttrell, William Johnston, James Hogg, David Hart, and Leonard Hendley Bullock their heirs and assigns, in several and tenants in common, and not as joint tenants; that is to say, one eighth part to Richard Henderson his heirs and assigns forever; one eight part to Thomas Hart his heirs and assigns forever; one eighth part to Nathaniel Hart his heirs and assigns forever; one eighth part to John Williams his heirs and assigns forever; one eighth part to John Luttrell his heirs and assigns forever; one eighth part to William Johnston his heirs and assigns forever; one eighth part to James Hogg his heirs and assigns forever; one sixteenth part to David Hart his heirs and assigns forever; and one sixteenth part to Leonard Hendley Bullock his heirs and assigns forever; to the only proper use and behoof of them the said Richard Henderson, Thomas Hart, Nathaniel Hart, John Williams, John Luttrell, William Johnston, James Hogg, David Hart, and Leonard Hendley Bullock their heirs and assigns that, under the yearly rent of four pence or to be holden of the chief, lord or lords of the fee of the premises by the rent and services therefore due and of right accustomed; and the said Oconistoto and the said nation for themselves do covenant and grant to and 'with the said Richard Henderson, Thomas Hart, Nathaniel Hart, John Williams, John Luttrell, William Johnston, James Hogg, David Hart and Leonard Hendley Bullock their heirs and assigns that they the said Oconistoto and the rest of the said nation of people now are lawfully and rightfully seized in their own right of a good, sure, perfect, absolute and indefeasible estate of inheritance in fee simple of and in all and singular the said messuage, territory and premises above mentioned and of all and every part and parcel thereof with the appurtenances, without any manner or condition mortgage, limitation, of use or uses, or other matter, cause or thing to alter, change, charge or deter- mine the same and also that the said Oconistoto and the aforesaid nation now have good right, full power, and lawful authority in their own right to grant bargain or sell and convey the said messuage territory and premises above- mentioned with the appurtenances to the said Richard Henderson, Thomas Hart, Nathaniel Hart, John Williams, John Luttrell, William Johnston, James Hogg, David Hart, and Leonard Hendley Bullock their heirs and assigns to the only proper use and behoof of the said Richard Henderson, Thomas Hart, Nathaniel Hart, John Williams, John Luttrell, William Johnston, James Hogg, David Hart and Leonard Hendley Bullock their heirs and assigns according to the true intent and meaning of these presents and also that they the said Richard Henderson, Thomas Hart, Nathaniel Hart, John Williams, John Luttrell, William Johnston, James Hogg, David Hart and Leonard Hendley Bullock their heirs and assigns shall and may from time to time and at all times hereafter peaceably and quietly have, hold, occupy possess and enjoy all and singular the said premises above mentioned to be hereby granted with tile appurtenances without the let, trouble hindrance, molestation interruption and denial of them the said Oconistoto and the rest or any of the said nation their heirs or assigns and of all and every other person and persons whatsoever, claiming or to claim by, from or under them or any of them and further that they the said Oconistoto, Attacullacullah, and Savanooko, other- wise Coronoh for themselves and in behalf of their whole nation and their heirs and all and every other person and persons and his and their heirs anything having and claiming in the said messuage territory and premises above mentioned or any part thereof by, from or tinder them shall and will at all times hereafter at the request and costs of the said Richard Henderson, Thomas Hart, Nathaniel Hart, John Wifliarns, John Luttrell, William Johnston, James Hogg, David Hart, and Leonard Hendley Bullock their heirs and assigns, make, do and execute or cause or procure to be made, done and executed all and every further and other lawful and reasonable grants, acts and assurances in the law whatsoever for the further, better and more perfect granting, conveying and assuring of the said premises hereby granted with the appurtenances unto the said Richard Henderson, Thomas Hart, Nathaniel Hart, John Williams, John Luttrell, William Johnston, James Hogg, David Hart, and Leonard Hendley Bullock their heirs and assigns to the only proper use and behoof of the said Richard Henderson, Thomas Hart, Nathaniel Hart, John Williams, John Luttrell, William Johnston, James Hogg, David Hart and Leonard Hendley Bullock their heirs and assigns according to the true intent and meaning of these presents and to and for none other use, intent or purpose whatsoever, and lasily the said Oconistoto, Attacullacullah and Savanooko otherwise Coronoh for themselves and in behalf of their whole nation have made, ordained, constituted and appointed and by these presents do make, ordaIn, constitute and appoint Joseph Martin and John Farrow their true and lawful attornies jointly and either of them severally, for them and in their names into the said messuage, territory and premises with the appurtenances hereby granted and conveyed or mentioned to be granted and conveyed or into some part thereof in the name of the whole, to enter and full and peaceable possession and seizure thereof for them and in their names to take and to have and after such possession and seizure so thereof taken and had the like full and peaceable possession and seizure thereof or of some part thereof in the name of the whole, unto the said Richard Henderson, Thomas Hart, Nathaniel Hart, John Williams, John Luttrell, William Johnston, James Hogg, David Hart and Leonard Hendley Bullock as their certain attorney or attornies in their behalf to give and deliver, to hold to them the said Richard Henderson, Thomas Hart, Nathaniel Hart, John Williams, John Luttrell, Williarn Johnston, James Hogg, David Hart and Leonard Hendley Bullock their heirs and assigns forever according to the purpose and intent and mean- ing of these presents, ratifying, confirming, and allowing all and whatsoever their attornies or either of them shall do in the premises. In witness whereof the said Ocon