Robert Hawkins (abt. 1610 - 1704)

Born about 1610 in Devon, England

Husband of Marie (UNKNOWN) Hawkins — married 1635 in England

Descendants

Died 11 Sep 1704 at about age 94 in Fairfield, Connecticut [uncertain]

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Robert Hawkins migrated to New England during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640). (See The Great Migration (Series 2), by R. C. Anderson, vol. 3, p. 273) Join: Puritan Great Migration Project Discuss: pgm

Biography

BIRTH: Robert was born about 1605 to 1610. The 1635 ships passenger list records his age as 25. ^[1]

Per Ralph Clymer Hawkins, in the late spring or early summer of 1635, Robert and Marie Hawkins came to Charlestown, MA on the ship Elizabeth & Ann. He built a house and windmill on a spot called Windmill Hill where he lived for 3 years. The State Prison in the Charlestown section of the present limits of the city of Boston is on the site of his later home. On April 17, 1636 he was admitted to membership in the First Church of Charlestown. His wife was admitted Jan 8, 1635/36. Church membership at that time was opened only to those who met the exacting standards set by the Puritan fathers. A short time after Robert was admitted to the Church he was made a freeman, thus giving him the right to vote and hold office. ^[2]

Occupation: Husbandman per the ship record. ^[3]

See summary by Wyman, Genealogies and Estates of Charlestown, 1879 for summary of property held.

Robert Charles Anderson in his Great Migration series in 2003 writes that "after residing in Charlestown for more than a decade and appearing occasionally in the records there, Robert Hawkins just fades away. The only other record for him is an oblique one in Fairfield land records. This tells us that he had left Charlestown for Fairfield sometime between 1646 and 1650." ^[4]

DEATH: 11 SEP 1704 in Charlestown, Suffolk, MA. Note: R. H. Hawkins wrote concerning his death that while come claim he lived for a while in Milford, Connecticut, a Robert Hawkins is recorded as having died in Charlestown on Sept. 11, 1704, the record further stating that his was a great funeral when he was buried the following day. In any event he left no will of record nor is his place of burial known.^[5]

Robert married Marie ____, b. abt 1611, probably Devonshire, England. He was part of the early American immigration and he settled in Charlestown Massachusetts in 1635; he and his wife are admitted to the Charlestown Church in 1636. He owned six lots and received further grants 1644-45. He moved to Fairfield Connecticut, where he likely died.

Research Notes

Hotten's "List of Emigrants to America, 1600-1700" page 58 appears this entry: "In the Elizabeth & Ann, Roger Cooper (Captain), to be embarques for N.E. * * *: Husb. Robert Hawkynns, age 25; Marie Hawkynns, age 24. * * * "

According to Frank R. Holmes, quoted extensively in "The History and Posterity of Joseph Davis", this is the Robert in this profile. He further states that Robert is the son of of Admiral Sir John Hawkins (1532-1595). This is clearly impossible as in the same paragraph he gives Robert's birth year as 1610.

It is more likely that the Robert in this profile is the son of Robert Sr., who is the son of Sir John. More research is needed.

14 March 2018: Preliminary research shows that Robert Hawkins is not a descent of Sir John Hawkins. See Plymouth Armada Heroes;

Sir John Hawkins had only one child, Sir Richard Hawkins.

Sir Richard Hawkins did have a son named Robert, who married Jane, and died without issue 1680. See pages 161-163. It is a little difficult to follow the line. J. Salsbery

Sources

1. ↑ A Hawkins Genealogy
2. ↑ A Hawkins Genealogy
3. ↑ A Hawkins Genealogy
4. ↑ The Great Migration Begins
5. ↑ A Hawkins Genealogy

• Selected and Introduced by Gary Boyd Roberts, Genealogies of Connecticut Families From The New England Historical and Genealogical Register ([CD]Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., 1983), vol 3, p 692.
• Samuel Orcutt, History of the Old Town of Derby, Connecticut, 1642-1880 (1880, Reprint: Bowie, Maryland, Heritage Books, Inc., 1998), p. 726. " ... came from England in the "Elizabeth and Ann' in 1635."
• Information from "Families of Early Milford, Conn."
• Anderson, Robert Charles. The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633, Volumes 1-3; The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volumes 1-6. Boston: New England Historical and Genealogical Society, 1996-2011.
• Record for Robert HAWKINS on BANFILL-BUCK-HAWKINS-PIKE-PERRINE.
• Hawkins, Ralph Clymer A Hawkins Genealogy,1635-1939 (Hawkins, 1939)
• The History and Posterity of Joseph Davis [1] p.49