Brief Life History of Robert
When Robert Hawkins was born on 27 September 1717, in St George's Parish, Harford, Maryland, British Colonial America, his father, Robert Hawkins, Sr., was 26 and his mother, Ann Preble, was 27. He married Lydia Crutchley on 13 January 1742, in Maryland, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Harford, Maryland, United States in 1790. He died on 5 November 1801, in Havre de Grace, Harford, Maryland, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Havre de Grace, Harford, Maryland, United States.
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- Richd Hawkins, "United States Census, 1790"
- Marriage of Robert Hawkins & Lydia Crutchley
- Robt Hawkins, "Maryland, Church Records, 1668-1995"
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1773
Historical Boundaries: 1774: Harford, Maryland Colony, British Colonial America 1776: Harford, Maryland, United States
1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1781
In 1781, Maryland donated land to be used for part of Washington, D. C.
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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