John Hawkins

Brief Life History of John

When John Hawkins was born in 1752, in Mecklenburg, Virginia, United States, his father, Thomas Hawkins, was 27 and his mother, Mary Howard, was 21. He married Mary Moss about 1777, in Lunenburg, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. He died on 13 March 1827, in Lunenburg, Virginia, United States, at the age of 75.

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Family Time Line

John Hawkins
1752–1827
Mary Moss
1751–
Marriage: 1777
Martha Hawkins
1777–
Jean Hawkins
1778–1856
John Hawkins
1782–
Mary Polly Hawkins
1783–1847
Samuel Hawkins
1784–1865
David Hawkins
1786–
Susan Hawkins
1796–

Sources (8)

  • Legacy NFS Source: John Hawkins - birth-name: John Hawkins
  • John Hawkins, "Virginia, County Marriage Records, 1771-1989"
  • Granville. Deeds 1775–1778

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World Events (7)

1758 · Mount Vernon

Mount Vernon Plantation was the home of George Washington. It started off as 2,000 acres and was later expanded to 8,000 acres. The house itself started off as a six room building then got extended to twenty-one rooms.

1776

Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.

1780 · Richmond Becomes the Capital

On April 18, 1780 Richmond became the capital of Virginia. It was the temporary capital from 1780-1788.

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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