Brief Life History of Sarah
When Sarah Hawkins was born on 21 September 1759, in Suffolk, New York, United States, her father, Benjamin Hawkins, was 36 and her mother, Desire Havens, was 32. She married Eliphilet SMITH in 1777, in Suffolk, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 2 daughters. She died on 19 July 1827, in her hometown, at the age of 67, and was buried in Head of the Harbor, Smithtown, Suffolk, New York, United States.
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- Sarah Hawkins Smith, "Find A Grave Index"
- The Family of Richard Smith of Smithtown, Long Island; Ten Generations, by Frederick Kinsman Smith. The Smithtown Historical Society, Long Island, New York. 1967
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1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1776
New York is the 11th state.
1777 · New York Adopts a Constitution
The Constitution of New York was adopted by the Convention of Representatives of the State of New York on April 20, 1777. New York’s Constitution preceded and strongly influenced the United States’ Constitution. Three governmental branches were created including the executive branch, the judicial branch, and the legislative branch made up of two houses.
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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