When Porter Hawks was born on 4 July 1804, in Phelps, Phelps, Ontario, New York, United States, his father, Seth Hawks Jr, was 47 and his mother, Thankful Tirzah Taylor, was 40. He married Sophia Prescott on 23 January 1833, in Seneca, Ontario, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Seneca, Ontario, New York, United States in 1840. He died on 7 August 1841, in Geneva, Ontario, New York, United States, at the age of 37.
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Atlantic slave trade abolished.
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
English (Kent and London):
variant of Hawk , with excrescent -s, a development very common in the Midlands.
variant of Hawkins , with partial ellipsis of the final syllable.
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