Colonel
Benjamin
Hawes
Born in Wrentham, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Ancestors 
Son of Benjamin Hawes
and Abigail (Fisher) Hawes
Brother of
Daniel Hawes
Husband of
Olivia (Cowel) Hawes
— married
31 May 1759 in Wrentham, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony
[children unknown]
Died
at age 81
in Wrentham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 7 May 2022
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Biography
Colonel Benjamin Hawes served with 4th Regiment, Suffolk County Militia, Massachusetts Militia during the American Revolution.
Benjamin Hawes is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A053306.
Burial (13 March 1813) Center Cemetery, Wrentham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States
- Daughters of the American Revolution information:
- HAWES, BENJAMIN
- Ancestor #: A053306
- Service: MASSACHUSETTS Rank(s): COLONEL
- Birth: 6-11-1731 WRENTHAM SUFFOLK CO MASSACHUSETTS
- Death: 3-10-1813 WRENTHAM NORFOLK CO MASSACHUSETTS
- Service Source: MA SOLS & SAILS, VOL 7, PP 549-550
- Service Description: 1) ALSO MAJ, LCOL; COLS LEMUEL ROBINSON, EPHRAIM WHEELOCK, 4TH REGT, SUFFOLK CO MILITIA
- Residence: 1) City: WRENTHAM - County: SUFFOLK CO - State: MASSACHUSETTS
- Spouse: OLIVE COWELL
- Child son: OLIVER HAWES, [Spouse #] Spouse: [1] MARY BONNEAU LEIGH
- Child son: GEORGE HAWES, [Spouse #] Spouse: [1] NANCY EVERETT
Sources
- Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 2022-05-05), "Record of Benjamin Hawes", Ancestor # A053306.
- https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/K2T8-6J6
- Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/20915068/benjamin-hawes : accessed 07 May 2022), memorial page for COL Benjamin Hawes (11 Jun 1731–10 Mar 1813), Find A Grave: Memorial #20915068, citing Wrentham Center Cemetery, Wrentham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by Star Rhodes (contributor 46878998) .
- Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War (Wright & Potter Printing Co., Boston, 1896); Vol. 7, p. 549
- "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch
- (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4J9-YBM : 10 November 2020), Benjamin Haws, 11 Jun 1731; citing Birth, Wrentham, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007010771.
- (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHQB-SPG : 10 November 2020), Benjamin Hawes, 31 May 1749; citing Marriage, Wrentham, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007010771.
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