Brief Life History of Hannah
When Hannah Hawkins was born about 1786, in Barrington, Somerset, England, her father, John Hawkins, was 28 and her mother, Rebecca Dabinett, was 27. She married Joseph Brownsell on 6 July 1807. She lived in Barrington, Somerset, England, United Kingdom in 1841. She died in 1865, in Langport, Somerset, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 80.
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Family Time Line
Sources (3)
- Hannah Brownsell in household of Joseph Brownsell, "England and Wales Census, 1841"
- Legacy NFS Source: Hannah Hawkins - Published information: birth-name: Hannah Hawkins
- Hannah Brownsell, "England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007"
Spouse and Children
1782– Male
1786–1865 Female
Parents and Siblings
1760– Male
1760–1848 Female
Siblings (4)
1786–1865 Female
1789– Female
1794–1829 Male
World Events (7)
1787 · English Convicts Sail to Australia
Age 1
1789 · The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano
Age 3
1808 · The British West Africa Squadron
Age 22
Name Meaning
English: variant of Hawkin , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s.
English: habitational name, with excrescent -s, from Hawkinge (Kent). The placename derives from the Old English personal name Heafoc or Old English heafoc ‘hawk’ + the placename forming suffix -ing. This name has been assimilated to the patronymic surname in Devon from Sir John Hawkyns (1532–95), victor against the Spanish Armada (1588), who was a member of the Devon family of Hawkins, a branch of a Kentish family from the village of Hawkinge. They held land in Plymouth as long ago as 1480.
Irish: variant of Haughn .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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