John Hawkins Jr

Brief Life History of John

When John Hawkins Jr was born on 27 November 1777, in Union, Union, South Carolina, United States, his father, John Hawkins Sr, was 33 and his mother, Mary Molly Moore, was 33. He married Lydia Comer on 30 November 1799, in Union, Union, South Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Wayne, Webster Township, Wayne, Indiana, United States in 1850. He died on 1 September 1859, in Wayne, Indiana, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Earlham Cemetery, Richmond, Wayne Township, Wayne, Indiana, United States.

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Family Time Line

John Hawkins Jr
1777–1859
Lydia Comer
1768–1854
Marriage: 30 November 1799
Tamar Hawkins
1802–1864
Sarah Hawkins
1805–1896
Nathan Hawkins
1808–1890
John Hawkins
1811–1891

Sources (3)

  • John Hawkins in household of John Hawkins, "United States Census, 1850"
  • John Hawkins, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Will - John Hawkins, 1777-1859 (Lydia)

World Events (8)

1781 · The First Constitution

Serving the newly created United States of America as the first constitution, the Articles of Confederation were an agreement among the 13 original states preserving the independence and sovereignty of the states. But with a limited central government, the Constitutional Convention came together to replace the Articles of Confederation with a more established Constitution and central government on where the states can be represented and voice their concerns and comments to build up the nation.

1783 · A Free America

The Revolutionary War ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris which gave the new nation boundries on which they could expand and trade with other countries without any problems.

1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.

While the growth of the new nation was exponential, the United States didn’t have permanent location to house the Government. The First capital was temporary in New York City but by the second term of George Washington the Capital moved to Philadelphia for the following 10 years. Ultimately during the Presidency of John Adams, the Capital found a permanent home in the District of Columbia.

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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