Sarah Sallie Hawkins

Brief Life History of Sarah Sallie

When Sarah Sallie Hawkins was born about 1770, in Lunenburg, Lunenburg, Virginia, United States, her father, John Hawkins, was 51 and her mother, Ruth Harberd, was 46. She married Edmund Westmoreland on 30 December 1789, in Lunenburg, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 4 daughters. She died in 1840, in Yorkville, York, South Carolina, United States, at the age of 71.

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Family Time Line

Edmund Westmoreland
1767–1821
Sarah Sallie Hawkins
1770–1840
Marriage: 30 December 1789
Sterling C Westmoreland
1790–
Robert Westmoreland
1798–1861
Rebecca Westmoreland
1800–1850
FNU Westmoreland
1806–
Lucinda Westmoreland
1808–
Nancy N. Westmoreland
1811–1860
William Dread Westmoreland
1822–
Mary Elizabeth Westmorland
1806–1860
Nuvis Reeves Westmoreland
1814–1894
Peterson M Westmoreland
1819–1880

Sources (2)

  • Marriages of Lunenburg County, Virginia, 1746-1853 Edmund Westmoreland and Sally Hawkins
  • Sally Hawkins in entry for Edmund Westmoreland, "Virginia, Vital Records, 1715-1901"

World Events (8)

1776

Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.

1776 · Battle of Sullivan's Island

On June 28, 1776, the Battle of Sullivan's Island takes place on Sullivan's Island, South Carolina. Since it is so close to Charelston, the battle is sometimes referred to as the First Siege of Charleston. This is the first time that the Americans had a victory against a land and sea attack by the British.

1788 · The First Presidential Election

The First Presidential election was held in the newly created United States of America. Under the Articles of Confederation, the executive branch of the country was not set up for an individual to help lead the nation. So, under the United States Constitution they position was put in. Because of his prominent roles during the Revolutionary War, George Washington was voted in unanimously as the First President of the United States.

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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