John Hawkins

Maleabout 1760–

Brief Life History of John

John Hawkins was born about 1760, in Barrington, Somerset, England. He married Rebecca Dabinett on 17 May 1785, in Barrington, Somerset, England. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters.

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John Hawkins
1760–
Rebecca Dabinett
1760–1848
Marriage: 17 May 1785
Hannah Hawkins
1786–1865
Mary Hawkins
1789–
William Hawkins
–
Lawrence Hawkins
1794–1829

Sources (7)

  • John Hawkins in entry for Rebecca Dobnat, "England, Somerset, Church Records, 1501-1999"
  • John Hawkins, "England, Somerset, Church Records, 1501-1999"
  • John Hawkins in entry for William Hawkins, "England, Somerset, Church Records, 1501-1999"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    17 May 1785Barrington, Somerset, England

    • Children (4)

    World Events (2)

    1770 · Boston Tea Party

    Age 10

    Thousands of British troops were sent to Boston to enforce Britain's tax laws. Taxes were repealed on all imports to the American Colonies except tea. Americans, disguised as Native Americans, dumped chests of tea imported by the East India Company into the Boston Harbor in protest. This escalated tensions between the American Colonies and the British government.

    1775 · The Shot Heard Around the World

    Age 15

    "On April 18, 1775, a shot known as the ""shot heard around the world"" was fired between American colonists and British troops in Lexington, Massachusetts. This began the American War for Independence. Fifteen months later, Thomas Jefferson penned the Declaration of Independence. The Treaty of Paris was signed in September 1783 which ended the war. The colonies were no longer under British rule. Many who fought for the British fled to Canada, the West Indies, and some to England."

    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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