Brief Life History of Hawkins
When Hawkins Delamar was born from 1810 to 1813, in Craven, North Carolina, United States, his father, Francis Delamar, was 58 and his mother, Elizabeth Brooks, was 34. He married Eliza Ball on 28 December 1835. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. He died about 1865, in Craven, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 56.
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Sources (36)
- Hawkins Delamor, "United States Census, 1850"
- Hawkins Delamar, "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 "
- Delamar in entry for B.F. Delamar, "North Carolina Deaths, 1906-1930"
Spouse and Children
1810–1865 Male
1816–1873 Female
Children (6)
1839– Male
1840– Male
1843– Female
1846–1914 Female
1848–1933 Male
+1 More Child
Parents and Siblings
1756–1822 Male
1780– Female
Siblings (2)
1810–1865 Male
1815–1899 Male
World Events (7)
1812
Age 2
1812 · War of 1812
Age 2
1825 · The Crimes Act
Age 15
Name Meaning
Scottish (of Norman origin): habitational name from any of numerous places in Normandy, Brittany, and Maine in France named La Mare (‘the pool’), preceded by the French preposition de ‘of’. Introduced by the Normans, the name was later augmented by Huguenot bearers fleeing religious persecution in France and the Low Countries in the 16th century.
English: possibly a habitational name from Delamere Forest (Cheshire), recorded as foresta de Mara in 1153–60. The name meant ‘(Forest) of the Pool’ (from Anglo-Norman French de la ‘from the’ + Middle English mere ‘pond’ or more ‘marsh, moor’), alluding to either Blakemere or Oakmere near Eddisbury, and its modern form is attributable to the continuity of the Anglo-French naming practices in written records. However, there is no clear evidence of a derived surname from the forest.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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