When Sarah Hawes was born on 29 October 1674, in Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States, her father, Obadiah Hawes, was 39 and her mother, Mary Humphrey, was 29. She died on 9 April 1697, in her hometown, at the age of 22.
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English (southern):
of Norman origin, from Anglo-Norman French and Middle English Haueis, Hawis, from an Old French form of the ancient Germanic female personal name Hadewidis (from had- ‘war’ + wid- with a range of possible original meanings).
variant of Haw , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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