When Benjamin Hawkins was born on 9 April 1723, in South Setauket, Brookhaven, Suffolk, New York, United States, his father, Captain Eleazer Hawkins, was 34 and his mother, Sarah Owen, was 32. He married Desire Havens in 1743, in Suffolk, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 6 daughters. He died on 2 January 1776, in Setauket, Brookhaven, Suffolk, New York, United States, at the age of 52.
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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.
Possible Related NamesHawkins: Zachariah Hawkins m. Mary (last name unknown) = Eleazer Hawkins m. Sarah Owen = Martha Hawkins. "Benjamin b. April 9, 1723 md. Desire d. of William Havens and d. Jan. 2, 1776. She b. 1727 and …
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