Married: Percy Ellis
Waits on 4 December 1917, in St
Andrew the
Less,
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England. The marriage was witnessed by
George Plume Hawkins and William Garnet Kent. Banns were read in St
Andrew the Less on 18 November 1917. Percy was born in 1887 in
Cambridge district, the son of Byron Thomas Waits, an outfitter. Percy
was in the Naval Air Services (a predecessor of the Royal Air Force)
and at the address Aelthelstone Road, Berwick on Tweed, when the banns
were read but listed at the same address as his bride (28 Mill Road,
Cambridge) at the time of his marriage.
Census & Addresses: 1891: 19
& 20 Fitzroy
St, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
1917: 11 Brunswick Walk, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire (marriage)
Sources:
Birth:
England Birth Index (1Q1891 vol
3b p487); exact date from St Andrew the Less parish registers
researched by John Nichols; exact place from 1891
census
Baptism:
St Andrew the Less parish
registers researched by John Nichols
Marriage:
St Andrew the Less parish
registers researched
by John Nichols; Percy birth from age 30 at marriage. Percy birth
- England Birth Index (3Q1887 vol 3b p489)
Fanny (Hawkins) Clark
Baptised: 17 October
1816, in Long Melford, Suffolk,
England
Married:James
Clark on 29 April 1862, in St Andrew the Less,
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England. The marriage was witnessed by Plume
Hawkins and Mary Ann Clark.
Notes: Fanny was a witness to the wedding of her younger
brother, Plume, in Cambridge in 1842.
Death: 1889, in Cambridge
district,
Cambridgeshire,
England, aged 45
Buried: 29 May 1889, in Christ Church yard, St
Andrew the Less, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire,
England, aged 45
Census & Addresses:
1868: 133 Fitzroy St, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire (baptism of sons George
and Thomas) 1871: 19
& 20 Fitzroy
St, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
1872: 19 Fitzroy St, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire (baptism of
Ann Emily) 1881: 19
& 20 Fitzroy
St, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
1885: Fitzroy St, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire (baptism of
Caroline)
1889: Fitzroy St, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire (death)
Notes: In the 1871
and 1881 census, the Birth Index
and the
Marriage Index, George's baptism and burial records and that of each of
his
children refer to George simply as George Hawkins. The military death
record of his son Joshua does say he is the "Son of Mr. and Mrs. George
Plume Hawkins", but this is the only reference I can find to a middle
name.
Sources:
Birth:
England Birth Index (4Q1843 vol
4 p8); exact place from 1871, 1881 census
Baptism:
St Andrew the Less parish
registers researched by John Nichols
Marriage: England
Marriage Index
(1Q1866 vol 3b p593)
Occupation:
Baptism of son George in
1868; 1871 census; 1881 census
Death:
England Death Index (2Q1889 vol
3b p275)
Burial:
St Andrew the Less parish
registers researched by John Nichols
George Plume Hawkins
Birth: 1866, in the
parish of St Andrew the Less,
Cambridge,
Cambridgeshire,
England
Baptism: 27
September 1868, in St Andrew the Less,
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England
Married:Ellen
Jane Dent on 26 December 1889, in St Andrew the Less,
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England. The marriage was witnessed by
George German Dent and Mary Ann Dent.
Occupation: Baker
and Confectioner in 1889, 1891
and 1901. (Baker
Apprentice at age 14 in 1881.) At the marriage of his daughter Ellen in
1917, George's occupation is listed as "provision merchant", but is
again a confectioner at Ida's marriage in 1930.
Married: Edward
Victor Scales on 8 May 1930, in St
Andrew the
Less,
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England. The marriage was witnessed by E.J.
Hawkins (presumably Ida's mother, Ellen Jane) and A.M. Scales. Edward
was born in 1895 in Cambridge district, the son of Albert
Scales,
a brewer (deceased at the time of Edward's marriage). Edward was a
perfumer, and living at 8 North Terrace, Cambridge, at the time of his
marriage.
Addresses: 1930: 8 North Terrace, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire (marriage)
Sources:
Birth:
England Birth Index (2Q1900 vol
3b p489)
Baptism:
St Andrew the Less parish
registers researched by John Nichols
Marriage:
St Andrew the Less parish
registers researched
by John Nichols; Edward details from marriage record; Edward birth from
England Birth Index (3Q1895 vol 3b p485)
James Hawkins
Baptised: 9 April
1773, in Drinkstone, Suffolk,
England
Occupation:
Carpenter. In 1814, James was
bequeathed by his
father, a wheelwright and previously a carpenter, "all my Tools and
Stock in Trade" and use of the workshop and Yard (in Drinkstone) for
fifteen years.
Death: 7 December 1858, in Drinkstone, Suffolk,
England
Will: signed on 27
February 1855 (the will is
actually undated,
but the date was later sworn by one of the witnesses). Probate was
granted on 19 February 1859.
This
is the last Will and Testament
of me James Hawkins of Drinkstone Suffolk
Carpenter &I
appoint Wm Nunn Blacksmith of Drinkstone and
Honor Robinson my
Housekeeper Executors of this my last Will and Testament and as to all
my Household Furniture Tools Stock in Trade Monies Goods &
Chattels
and all other my personal property Estate and Effects I give
and
bequeath a Third part to Honor Robinson my Housekeeper And the
remainder of all my propoerty to her son Charles Robinson The Executors
to be Guardians of the aforesaid Charles Robinson's Propoerty &
to expend
the property in which way their discretion should think best for him
Subject to the payment of my Funeral Expences and all just Debts James Hawkins Signed
and Declared
by the said James Hawkins
and for his last Will
James
in the Presence of us Both
Hawkins
Present at the same time
who at his request in his Presence
of Each other subscribe our Names
as Witnesses
Witness Henry Humphreys
David Rosier
In Her Majesty's Court of Probate
The
District Registry
of Bury St Edmunds
In the Goods of James Hawkins, deceased
I
David Rosier of Tostock in the County of Suffolk Tailor make
Oath that I am one of the subscribing Witnesses in the last Will and
Testament of the said James Hawkins late of Drinkstone in the said
County
Carpenter deceased the said will being now hereunto annexed and
referring
particularly to the facts that the said will is without date and has
been
twice executed by the Testator I further make Oath
that the said Testator
executed the said will on the twenty seventh day of February 1855 by
signing
his name at the foot or end thereof twice as the same now
appear thereon
in the presence of me and of Henry Humphreys the other subscribing
witness
thereto both of us being present at the same time and we thereupon
after the
said Testator had so signed attested and subscribed the said will in the
presence of the said Testator David
Rosier
Sworn at Bury Saint Edmunds aforesaid on the
second day of February
1859 - Before me - Charles
Wodehouse - District Registrar Fo:5
On the nineteenth day of February 1859 the Will of James
Hawkins, late of
Drinkstone, in the County of Suffolk
Carpenter, was proved by the Oath of
William Nunn and
(in the will written Honor)
Honour ^Robinson,Spinster,the
Executors named in the will,
having
been first sworn duly to administor
Effects under £200
Probate extracted by the Executors
Testator died 7th December
1858
Sources:
Baptism:
Drinkstone parish register book
of baptisms and
burials 1666 to 1782 (FL562/4/1), researched by Pauline Biggs; John
Nicols has 11 April 1773
Marriage: Correspondence
with John
Nichols
Occupation:
Will of his father Thomas
(1814).
Death:
England Death Index (4Q1858 v4a
p312); exact date from probate record
James Hawkins
Birth: 7 January 1801
Baptism: 11
January 1801, in
Drinkstone, Suffolk, England. There is a note that this was a public
baptism.
Notes: James was
almost certainly the father of his
cousin Honour
Robinson's
child, Charles. In the 1841 census, shortly after Charles's birth, we
find James, Honour and Charles all living in the household of James's
father, also James. Honour is listed as a servant. In the 1851 census,
however, we see Honour listed as the elder James's unmarried niece
(which she was - her mother was the sister of James the elder's wife -
any relationship with James the younger notwithstanding), and Charles
Robinson is listed as the grandson of James the elder. In the will of
James the elder who died in 1859, a third of his estate was left to
Honour Robinson, and two thirds to Charles Robinson, further
reinforcing that Charles Robinson was the grandson of James Hawkins the
elder, although this is not stated in the will.
Sources:
Birth:
Drinkstone parish register book
of baptisms and
burials 1783 to 1812 FL562/4/2 page 18, researched by Pauline Biggs
Baptism:
Drinkstone parish register book
of baptisms and
burials 1783 to 1812 FL562/4/2 page 18, researched by Pauline Biggs
Marriage: Correspondence
with John
Nichols
John Gibson Hawkins
Baptised: 27 June
1763, in Drinkstone, Suffolk,
England
Married (1st): Mary
Wright on 17 January
1788, in Drinkstone,
Suffolk, England. Witnesses were Elizabeth Wright and Thomas Hawkins.
Mary was a "spinster of this parish".
Buried: 4 February
1797, in Drinkstone,
Suffolk, England,
aged 10 days. A note is made that John was "brought from Wetherden and
buried". The baptismal record for John is a little confusing, showing
him baptised in Drinkstone the same day he was buried. If the baptismal
record is correct, John was either brought to Drinkstone extremely ill,
was baptised and then died and was buried all the same day, or the baby
was baptised when already dead, or the baptism was simply registered
without having been performed.
Sources:
Birth: Suffolk
Record Office FL562
fiche 2/8,
researched by Pauline Biggs
Baptism:
Suffolk Record
Office FL562 fiche 2/8, researched by Pauline Biggs
Burial: Suffolk
Records Office (Book
FL562/4/2 pg 12),
researched by Pauline Biggs; John Nichols
John Hawkins
Birth: August 1807
Baptised: 6
September 1807, in Wetherden,
Suffolk, England, aged 1 month
Buried: 15 June
1814, in Drinkstone,
Suffolk, England
Sources:
Birth: Correspondence
with John
Nichols
Burial: Correspondence
with John
Nichols
Joshua Hawkins
in the will of his father, Joshua is named as Joshua Soale (sp?)
Hawkins, but this middle name has not been seen in any other records. Birth: 1778
Baptised: 5 November 1778, in Drinkstone, Suffolk,
England
Married (1st): Mary
Edwards on 27 January 1804, in
Wetherden,
Suffolk,
England. Joshua is listed as a bachelor, of Wetherden, and Mary as a
spinster, of Wetherden. The marriage was witnessed by William Batterbie
and Sarah Edwards.
Married (2nd): Mary
Plume. Mary was born in 1780/1
and died in
Cambridge district in 1875, aged 94. She was buried on 7 January 1875
in Christ Church Yard, St Andrew the Less,
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England. Her address at her death was
Fitzroy Street, Cambridge.
Buried: 25 June
1853, in Christ Church Yard, St
Andrew the Less,
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England
Addresses: 1853: Fitzroy Street, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire (death)
Sources:
Birth:
Age 74 at death, and before
baptism.
Baptism:
Drinkstone parish register
book of baptisms and
burials 1666 to 1782 (FL562/4/1), researched by Pauline Biggs
Marriage
(1st): Suffolk PR
for Wetherden
researched by John Nichols
Marriage (2nd):
John
Nichols; Mary birth from age at death; Mary death - England Death Index
(1Q1875 vol 3b p405); Mary burial from St Andrew the Less
parish
registers researched by John Nichols
Children:
John
Nichols
Occupation:
Marriage records of son
Plume Hawkins in St Andrew the Less parish registers
researched by John Nichols
Burial:
St Andrew the Less parish
registers researched by John Nichols
Notes:
2nd marriage record of son Plume
Hawkins in St Andrew the Less parish registers researched by
John Nichols
Married: Nellie
Tollady in 1907, in St
Ives district, Huntingdonshire, England. Nellie, of 32
Belvoir Rd,
Cambridge, predeceased her husband.
Annois
Communal Cemetery in Aisne, France where
Joshua Hawkins is buried
Death: 30 May 1918,
aged 42. Joshua was a private in
the 10th Battalion,
Essex
Regiment.
Buried:Annois
Communal Cemetery, Aisne, France. Grave Reference I. B. 19.
In May and June 1918, a German field
hospital for prisoners was at Flavy-le-Martel, and soldiers from the
United Kingdom who died in the hospital were buried in Annois Communal
Cemetery.
Married:Richard
Webber
Tyzack on
9 January 1844 in Spitalfields Church of Christ, Stepney, Middlesex,
England. The marriage was witnessed by Edward John Elener and Susannah
Lucking. Richard is recorded as a General Postman, of full age, of 5
Charles Street, the son of a hairdresser. Louisa is recorded as being
of full age, of 5 Charles Street, the daughter of a builder.
Notes: Alan
Hattersley notes in The
British Settlement of Natal that Louisa "had lived for some
years in the United States and Newfoundland." (pg 164). This must have
been
before her marriage to Richard, since after emigrating to Natal, they
never
left it.
Louisa emigrated from London, England on 9 January 1850 to Durban
(then Port Natal), Natal on the Edward(passenger
list), arriving 2 May 1850. She traveled with her husband and
three children, and was carrying her fourth child who was born shortly
after
their arrival in Port Natal.
Obituary:
Dated 20 February 1899, probably in the Natal Mercury:
Death of an old Colonist
It is with much
regret we have this
morning to announce the death of Mrs. R. W. Tyzack, which took place
yesterday
morning at the home of her daughter, Mrs Foaden, St. George's Street,
where
she was residing. The widow of the late R.W. Tyzack, whom she has not
long
survived, Mrs. Tyzack was known and beloved by a large number of the
older
Colonists. Arriving with her husband over 40 years ago, she shared with
him in the early Colonial vicissitudes, and has seen the growth of
Durban
from a heap of sand dunes and bush to its present flourishing and busy
state. Like her respected husband, she was exceedingly active, and
spared
not herself for the benefit of others. Even strangers were early
impressed
with her kindly disposition and sterling character, and many have cause
to remember her helping hand. Reaching the ripe old age of 80 years,
she
was active almost up to the last. Only about a week ago her energies
were
interrupted by an accident in her own room, which gave her such a
shock,
and caused such acute pain, that the worst results were early feared. A
day or two ago she lost consciousness, but had pleasant intervals when
she was able to recognise her children, all of whom, excepting one in a
distant part of South Africa, were able to see their revered mother
before
the end. She leaves four sons, three daughters, and numerous
grandchildren
to mourn their loss. The deceased was an esteemed member of the Smith
Street
Congregational Church, of which she was one of the founders, her
husband
and the late Mr. P. Lennox being two of the others last removed. The
funeral
takes place this afternoon.
Funeral Notice:
Dated 20 February 1899, probably in the Natal Mercury:
NOTICETHE FUNERAL of the late
LOUISA TYZACK (relict of
the
late R. W. Tyzack), will take place THIS AFTERNOON, leaving the
residence
of her son-in-law, Mr. A. H. Foaden, 116 St. George's Street, at 4.30
o'clock.
Friends are kindly
invited
to attend.
THOS. DREW &
SON,
Undertakers.
Durban, February 20, 1899
Census & Addresses:
1844: 5 Charles St, London (from marriage certificate)
1883: 116 Chelmsford House, Durban (at daughter's marriage)
1895: King Street, East End, Durban (from husband's funeral notice)
1899: 116 St. George's St, Durban (from funeral notice)
Sources:
Birth:
Obituary
Baptism: IGI
baptismal extracts Batch
C132261; John
Nichols
Marriage:
IGI marriage transcripts
Batch M069691; full details from John Nichols
Death:
Obituary
Louisa Mary Hawkins
Birth: 1880, in St
Andrew the Less Cambridge,
Cambridgeshire,
England
Married (1st): Ann
Beebee (or Bebee), on 13 December 1842, in St Andrew the Less,
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England. The marriage was "by licence" and
witnessed by Robert Beebee, Mahala Rowley Beebee and Fanny Hawkins
(presumably Plume's elder sister). Ann, of Eden Walk, was born
in
1819/20, the
daughter of William Beebee, a baker. She died in 4Q1846 in Cambridge
district and was buried on 1 December 1846, in the Christchurch Yard at
St Andrew the Less,
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England.
Married (2nd):Elizabeth
Jane (Miller) Summers
on 16 August 1853, in St Andrew the Less, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire,
England. The marriage was witnessed by John Harvey and Eliza
Wetenhall.
Occupation: Baker
Death: 1888, in
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire,
England
Buried: 3 April
1888, in Christ Church
yard, St Andrew the Less, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire,
England
Notes: Plume was a
witness to the wedding of his
elder sister, Fanny, in Cambridge in 1862.
Marriage
(1st): St Andrew the Less
parish registers researched by John Nichols; England Marriage
Index (4Q1842 vol 14 p5)
(index
reads
Plune Hawkins); Ann details from marriage and burial record. Ann death:
England Death Index (4Q1846 vol 14 p8)
Marriage
(2nd): St Andrew the
Less parish registers researched by John Nichols
Occupation:
1881 census
Death:
England Death Index (1Q1888 vol
3b
p351)
Burial:
St Andrew the Less parish
registers researched by John Nichols
Married:William
Vear on 12
March
1852 in Pietermaritzburg, Natal (now South Africa). This marriage was
conducted
by Rev. W.H. Lloyd, Colonial Chaplain, and witnessed by her
brother-in-law
Richard
Tyzack.
Occupation: House
Servant (1851)
Death: 20 January 1894, at High Street Road, Mount
Waverley,
Victoria,
Australia
Buried: 21 January
1894, in Burwood, Victoria,
Australia
Notes: Sophia
emigrated to South Africa
aboard the barque Iris
which
arrived in
Durban on 30 December 1851. Ten weeks later,
she was married! William and Sophia didn't stay long in Natal. Eight
months
after the wedding, they arrived in Australia.
Married (2nd):
Elizabeth Landemoon on 3 January
1742/3 (OS/NS),
in Wetherden, Suffolk, England. Elizabeth was buried in Wetherden on 18
August 1751.
Married (3rd): Mary
_____. Mary was buried in
Wetherden on 22 February 1768.
Burial: 16 July 1773, in Wetherden, Suffolk, England
Sources:
Marriage
(1st): Baptismal records of
children
Marriage (2nd):
Suffolk PR for Wetherden
researched by
John Nichols; burial record of Elizabeth from Suffolk PR for
Wetherden researched by John Nichols
Marriage (3rd):
Burial record of Mary
from Suffolk PR for Wetherden researched by John Nichols
Burial:
Suffolk PR for Wetherden
researched by John Nichols
Thomas Hawkins
Baptised: 7 December
1735, in Wetherden, Suffolk,
England
Mother:Elizabeth
(_____) Hawkins
Married:Elizabeth
Gooch on 28
November 1762, in Drinkstone, Suffolk, England. Banns were read on the
7th, 14th and 21st November 1762, in Drinkstone. Witnesses were John
Gooch and Susan Gooch.
Death: 1814
Will: signed on 15 June 1814. Probate was granted on 1
December 1814.
In
the Name of God Amen I
Thomas
Hawkins of Drinkston in the County of Suffolk
Wheelwright being of sound and disposing mind
and memory praised be God for the same Do make
publish and declare this to be my last will and
Testament in manner following that is to say first
I direct that all my just Debts funeral and
testamentary Expenses be paid and satisfied by my
Executor as soon as may be after my Decease Item I give
to my Grandson Thomas Hawkins of Hadleigh the
Sum of Ten pounds to be paid him on his arrival at
the Age of Tewnty one years Also I give to my
Grandson Thomas Hawkins of Wetherden the sum of
Ten pounds to be paid at the Expiration of one Year
next after my Decease Also I give to Mary Watson
now living with me the Sum of five Pounds to be
paid at the Expiration of one Year next after my
Decease Item I give and devise to my Son Joshua
Hawkins of Long Melford ALl that my Messuages
and Tenements Yards and Hereditaments both
Freehold and Copyhold situate in Drinkston
aforesaid and now in the Occupation of myself
and others to hold the same to him the said Joshua
Hawkins his Heirs and Assigns for ever Provided
nevertheless and my Will is that the same be
valued by two indifferent Persons one to be Chosen
by the said Joshua Hawkins and the other by the
Rest of my Children and out of the value thereof
as settled by those Persons or their Umpire I
direct that the Legacies Debts and Charges above
mentioned
And also the Expenses of Admission to the Copyhold be
deducted And whereas sundry Repairs and Alterations
are about to be done and made to and about the
said Premises my Will is that in case I should die
before the same be completed and the Expence
thereof paid that my executors may borrow Money
upon the Security of the said Premises to pay and
discharge the said Expences or so much as may be
necessary
to compleat the same
And after Payment
of the Charges Debts and Legacies as above mentioned
and also the Money borrowed to pay for the said
Repairs and Alterations (if any such there should
be) my Will is that the Remainder be divided into
five equal parts or shares One fifth part or share I
give to my Son John Hawkins of Wetherden One
fifth part to my Son William Hawkins now or
late of Rayleigh in Essex One fifth part to my
Daughter Mary the Wife of Daniel Carloss of
Livermere One fifth part to my Daughter Elizabeth
the Wife of John Dunstone of Wetherden and the
remaining fifth part to be retained by the said
Joshua Hawkins as his own share and my will is
that the Valuation be made and the said shares
paid at the Expiration of two Years next after my
Decease and I do hereby subject and charge the
said Heriditaments and Premises with the Payment
of the same at that time. Also I direct that all my
Household furniture and Effects or the value thereof
together with all my Money and Book Debts (if any
such there be) shall be equally divided within tweleve
months after my Decease between all my Children
then living except my Bed in the ???
standing in
the Parlour which said Bed and ??? with the
furniture thereto belonging, I give to my Son William
Hawkins now or late of Rayleigh aforesaid Item I give
to my Son James Hawkins of Drinkston all my working
Tools and Stock in Trade and my will is that he be
permitted to live in the Tenement about to be removed
or new erected and to have the Use of the workshop and
of the Yard before it for fifteen Years from the
Michaelmas next after my Decease if he shall so
long live and continue to carry on his trade of a
Wheelwright or Carpenter there he paying Rent for the
same according to a fair valuation and keeping the
said Tenement and Workshop in good and tenantable
Repair during the Time he shall inhabit the same
and so leave them at the expiration therof and if my
Grandson Thomas Hawkins of Hadleigh or any
either of the Persons entitled to the aforesaid Legacies
or shares should happen to die before the time of
payment thereof or before the same be paid leaving
no lawful Issue then my will is that the Legacy
or share of him her or them so dying shall be divided
between my surviving Children in equal shares. Also
it is my desire that if Joshua Hawkins my Son
should be minded to sell the Premises herein
devised to him thath then he first cause the same
to be valued by two indifferent Persons and give
some Person of my family the preference of taking
them at that value. And lastly I nominate
and appoint my Son Joshua Soale Hawkins of Long
Melford Executor of this my will In witness
whereof I have hereunto set my Hand and Seal this
fifteen day of June in the Year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and fourteen Thos S
Hawkins (LS) Signed sealed
published and declared by the said
Thomas Hawkins the Testator as and for his last Will
and Testament in the Presence of us who in his presence
and in the presence of each other have subscribed
our Names as Witnesses hereunto Will:
Nickwood
Thomas Nunn Benj. Cocksedge
Probate of this Will was made in comon form
before the Revd Edwd
???
??? ??? to the worshipful
John Shackey LLD Off etc.1st Dec 1814 by the oath
of John Hawkins the sole Extor to whom Admon.
was granted being sworn the Saving all right
Sources:
Baptism:
Suffolk PR for Wetherden
researched by John Nichols
Marriage:
Suffolk Records Office (page
5 marriage 20
FL562 fiche 4/8), researched by Pauline Biggs. Banns SRO (page 5 banns
13 FL562 fiche 4/8)
Occupation:
Marriage record at Suffolk
Records Office
(page 5 marriage 20 FL562 fiche 4/8); Will
Death:
Occurs between date of will and
date of probate
Thomas Cooper Hawkins
Baptised: 15 March
or May 1769, in Drinkstone,
Suffolk, England
Notes: John Nichol
has the baptism date as
15 March, Pauline
Biggs as 15 May.
Thomas is not mentioned in he will of his father in June 1814, and had
likely died before this date.
Sources:
Baptism: Drinkstone
parish register
book of baptisms
and
burials 1666 to 1782 (FL562/4/1), researched by Pauline Biggs;
correspondence with John Nichols
Thomas Fenton Hawkins
Baptism: 11 January
1789, in Drinkstone, Suffolk,
England
Married (1st):Maria
Clarke on
3
November
1808, in Tostock, Suffolk, England. The marriage was witnessed by John
Waird and William Borley. Thomas is recorded as single, of Drinkstone.
Married (2nd):
Elizabeth. Elizabeth was born 1787/8,
in Herringswell, Suffolk.
Married (3rd): Ann.
Ann was born in 1806/7, in East
Malling, Kent.
Occupation: Builder
/ Carpenter
Death: 1872, in Malling
district, Kent, England, aged 83
Notes: Thomas was an illigitimate child.
In the will of his grandfather, also Thomas Hawkins, the grandfather
bequeaths ten pounds to his grandson, Thomas Hawkins, in addition to
the equal family share bequeathed to this Thomas's mother, Mary
(Hawkins) Callas. He is named as "Thomas Hawkins of Wetherden" in the
1814 will, which tallies with the baptism of Eliza in Wetherden in 1814.
Notes: Thomas was
baptised just four days before the
birth of his younger brother, John.
In the will of his grandfather, also Thomas Hawkins, the grandfather
bequeaths ten pounds to two of his grandsons, both named Thomas
Hawkins. One of them is designated Thomas Hawkins of Hadleigh, and the
other Thomas Hawkins of Wetherden. We know of two Thomas Hawkins
grandsons alive at the time the will was written - this Thomas and
Thomas Fenton Hawkins, the son of Mary Hawkins. We also know that
Thomas Fenton Hawkins was living in Wetherden at the time (11 days
after the will was written, Thomas Fenton Hawkins baptised his
third child in Wetherden), so I conclude that likely this Thomas
Hawkins, son of John Gibson Hawkins, was living in Hadleigh, Suffolk,
in 1814.
Sources:
Baptism:
Suffolk PR for
Wetherden
researched by John Nichols
Thomas John Hawkins
Birth: 1816, in
Drinkstone, Suffolk
Baptism: 11 August
1816 in Wetherden,
Suffolk, England
Notes: A William
Hawkins is mentioned in the will
of Thomas Hawkins "my Son William Hawkins now or late of Hadleigh in
Essex". In
Pauline
Biggs' transciption of the parish records she has William's parents as
"William Hawkins and Elizabeth". Since we have no other record of an
elder William, and the younger William fits in with the rest of Thomas
Hawkins and Elizabeth's family, I conclude that this is in error
(either in the original record or in Pauline's transcription).
Based on Thomas's will written in June 1814, William was then living in
Hadleigh, Essex. Curiously, William was explicitly bequeathed Thomas's
bed, the only piece of furniture that was specifically designated, and
odd since William was living so far away.
Sources:
Baptism: Correspondence
with John
Nichols; Drinkstone
parish register book of baptisms and
burials 1666 to 1782 (FL562/4/1), researched by Pauline Biggs
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