Mary Hawes1

b. 4 November 1650
Family
Father*Edward Hawes1
Mother*Eliony Lumber1 b. c 1625
Birth*4 November 1650Mary Hawes was born on 4 November 1650 in Dedham, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Bay Colony (New England).1,2 

Citations

  1. [S1240] Raymond Gordon Hawes, The Edward Hawes Heirs : Edward Hawes, ca. 1616-1687, of Dedham, Massachusetts, and his wife, Eliony Lumber : and some of their descendants through eleven generations. Edward Hawes (ca. 1616-1687) was living at Dedham, Massachusetts, by 1648, where he married Eliony Lumber (ca. 1625-1688/9) that year. They had nine children, 1648/9-1666, all born at Dedham. Descendants lived in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New York, Maine, Vermont, Connecticut, New Hampshire, and elsewhere. Descendants also spell their surname Haws. (Baltimore, Maryland: Gateway Press, 1996), Generation One, pages 1-7. Hereinafter cited as The Edward Hawes Heirs.
  2. [S451] Massachusetts Vital Records to the Year 1850 - NEHGS, online at www.newenglandancestors.org, Dedham, Volumes 1 and 2, page 5, the date written as "4th of the 9 mo" which, under the Gregorian calendar of that period, was November, not September. Hereinafter cited as Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 - NEHGS.

Mary Hawes1

b. 17 September 1679, d. 2 August 1768
Family
Father*Daniel Hawes1 b. 10 Feb 1652/53, d. 16 Mar 1737/38
Mother*Abiel Gay1 b. 23 Apr 1649, d. 17 Jun 1718
Birth*17 September 1679Mary Hawes was born on 17 September 1679 in Dedham, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Bay Colony (New England).1,2 
Marriage*13 February 1700/1She married Eleazer Ware, son of John Ware and Mary Metcalf, on 13 February 1700/1 in Wrentham, Suffolk County.1,3,4 
(Wife) Death23 July 1750Mary became a widow when Lieutenant Eleazer Ware died on 23 July 1750.4,5 
Death*2 August 1768She died on 2 August 1768 in Wrentham at age 88.4,6 

Family

 Eleazer Ware b. 2 Oct 1676, d. 23 Jul 1750
Child 1.Hezekiah Ware7 b. 17 Apr 1711, d. 16 May 1741

Citations

  1. [S1240] Raymond Gordon Hawes, The Edward Hawes Heirs : Edward Hawes, ca. 1616-1687, of Dedham, Massachusetts, and his wife, Eliony Lumber : and some of their descendants through eleven generations. Edward Hawes (ca. 1616-1687) was living at Dedham, Massachusetts, by 1648, where he married Eliony Lumber (ca. 1625-1688/9) that year. They had nine children, 1648/9-1666, all born at Dedham. Descendants lived in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New York, Maine, Vermont, Connecticut, New Hampshire, and elsewhere. Descendants also spell their surname Haws. (Baltimore, Maryland: Gateway Press, 1996), Generation Two, pages 9-13. Hereinafter cited as The Edward Hawes Heirs.
  2. [S451] Massachusetts Vital Records to the Year 1850 - NEHGS, online at www.newenglandancestors.org, Dedham, Volumes 1 and 2, page 16, the date written as "17: 7: 79" which, under the Gregorian calendar of that period, was September, not July. Hereinafter cited as Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 - NEHGS.
  3. [S451] Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 - NEHGS, online at www.newenglandancestors.org, Wrentham Marriages, Volume 2, page 318.
  4. [S1240] Raymond Gordon Hawes, The Edward Hawes Heirs, Generation Three, pages 15-27.
  5. [S451] Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 - NEHGS, online at www.newenglandancestors.org, Wrentham Deaths, Volume 2, page 506.
  6. [S451] Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 - NEHGS, online at www.newenglandancestors.org, Wrentham Deaths, Volume 2, page 508.
  7. [S1251] Miss Emma Forbes Ware, Ware Genealogy; Robert Ware, of Dedham, Massachusetts, 1642-1699, and his lineal descendants, downloaded from the Boston Public Library eBooks and Texts Archive at www.archive.org. (Boston, Massachusetts: Charles H. Pope, 1901), pages 44-45 and 66. Hereinafter cited as Ware Genealogy.

Mary Hawes1

b. 10 February 1683/84, d. before 21 May 1728
Family
Father*John Hawes1 b. 17 Dec 1656, d. b 1741/42
Mother*Sarah Deering1 b. c 1662
Birth*10 February 1683/84Mary Hawes was probably born on 10 February 1683/84 in Dedham, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Bay Colony (New England).2,3 
Marriage*1 March 1709/10She married, as his first wife, Isaac Everett, son of Samuel Everett and Mary Pepper, on 1 March 1709/10 in Dedham.1,4,5 
Death*before 21 May 1728She died sometime before 21 May 1728 when her husband remarried.4 

Family

 Isaac Everett b. 25 May 1685
Child 1.Samuel Everett+5 b. 2 Feb 1710/11, d. b 11 Jan 1754

Citations

  1. [S1240] Raymond Gordon Hawes, The Edward Hawes Heirs : Edward Hawes, ca. 1616-1687, of Dedham, Massachusetts, and his wife, Eliony Lumber : and some of their descendants through eleven generations. Edward Hawes (ca. 1616-1687) was living at Dedham, Massachusetts, by 1648, where he married Eliony Lumber (ca. 1625-1688/9) that year. They had nine children, 1648/9-1666, all born at Dedham. Descendants lived in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New York, Maine, Vermont, Connecticut, New Hampshire, and elsewhere. Descendants also spell their surname Haws. (Baltimore, Maryland: Gateway Press, 1996), Generation Two, pages 9-13. Hereinafter cited as The Edward Hawes Heirs.
  2. [S1240] Raymond Gordon Hawes, The Edward Hawes Heirs, Generation Two, pages 9-13, her date of birth reported as "10 Feb 1683/4."
  3. [S1240] Raymond Gordon Hawes, The Edward Hawes Heirs, Generation Three, pages 15-27, her date of birth reported as 25 May 1685" which was the date of her husband's birth and likely an error in the book.
  4. [S1240] Raymond Gordon Hawes, The Edward Hawes Heirs, Generation Three, pages 15-27.
  5. [S621] Edward Franklin Everett, Descendants of Richard Everett of Dedham, Mass, downloaded from Google Books at www.google.com. (Boston, Massachusetts: privately printed, 1902), Third Generation, pages 37-38. Hereinafter cited as Descendants of Richard Everett of Dedham.

Mary Hawes1

b. 5 May 1730
Family
Father*John Hawes1 b. 12 Aug 1695, d. 21 Feb 1731/32
Mother*Margaret Goodwin1 b. 25 Jan 1700, d. 14 Mar 1732/33
Birth*5 May 1730Mary Hawes was born on 5 May 1730 in Stoughton, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Bay Province (New England).1 
Marriage*7 May 1751She married Jonathan Pitcher on 7 May 1751 in Stoughton, Suffolk County.1 

Family

 Jonathan Pitcher

Citations

  1. [S1240] Raymond Gordon Hawes, The Edward Hawes Heirs : Edward Hawes, ca. 1616-1687, of Dedham, Massachusetts, and his wife, Eliony Lumber : and some of their descendants through eleven generations. Edward Hawes (ca. 1616-1687) was living at Dedham, Massachusetts, by 1648, where he married Eliony Lumber (ca. 1625-1688/9) that year. They had nine children, 1648/9-1666, all born at Dedham. Descendants lived in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New York, Maine, Vermont, Connecticut, New Hampshire, and elsewhere. Descendants also spell their surname Haws. (Baltimore, Maryland: Gateway Press, 1996), Generation Three, pages 15-27. Hereinafter cited as The Edward Hawes Heirs.

Mehitable Hawes1

b. 3 November 1703, d. 28 February 1785
Family
Father*Nathaniel Hawes1 b. 14 Aug 1660, d. 16 Oct 1714
Mother*Sarah Newell1 b. 22 Mar 1665
Birth*3 November 1703Mehitable Hawes was born on 3 November 1703 in Dedham, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Bay Province (New England).1 
Marriage*15 May 1733She married first John Aldis of Roxbury, son of Nathan Aldis and Eunice Draper, on 15 May 1733 in Dedham, Suffolk County. They were married by the Reverend Mr. Samuel Dexter.2,3 
(Wife) Death29 April 1750Mehitable became a widow when John Aldis died on 29 April 1750.2,4 
Marriage*28 September 1762She married second, as his third wife, Ichabod Pond, son of Robert Pond and Joanna __?__, on 28 September 1762 in Wrentham.2,5 
Death*28 February 1785She died on 28 February 1785 in Wrentham at age 81.2 

Family 1

 John Aldis b. 8 May 1711, d. 29 Apr 1750

Family 2

 Ichabod Pond b. 31 May 1699, d. 2 May 1785

Citations

  1. [S1240] Raymond Gordon Hawes, The Edward Hawes Heirs : Edward Hawes, ca. 1616-1687, of Dedham, Massachusetts, and his wife, Eliony Lumber : and some of their descendants through eleven generations. Edward Hawes (ca. 1616-1687) was living at Dedham, Massachusetts, by 1648, where he married Eliony Lumber (ca. 1625-1688/9) that year. They had nine children, 1648/9-1666, all born at Dedham. Descendants lived in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New York, Maine, Vermont, Connecticut, New Hampshire, and elsewhere. Descendants also spell their surname Haws. (Baltimore, Maryland: Gateway Press, 1996), Generation Two, pages 9-13. Hereinafter cited as The Edward Hawes Heirs.
  2. [S1240] Raymond Gordon Hawes, The Edward Hawes Heirs, Generation Three, pages 15-27.
  3. [S451] Massachusetts Vital Records to the Year 1850 - NEHGS, online at www.newenglandancestors.org, Dedham, Volumes 1 and 2, page 60. Hereinafter cited as Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 - NEHGS.
  4. [S451] Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 - NEHGS, online at www.newenglandancestors.org, Wrentham Deaths, Volume 2, page 406.
  5. [S1293] Edward Doubleday Harris, A Genealogical Record of Daniel Pond, and his descendants, downloaded from the Boston Public Library eBooks and Texts Archive at www.archive.org. (Boston, Massachusetts: William Parsons Lunt, 1873), Ichabod Pond, pages 27-28. Hereinafter cited as Daniel Pond and his descendants.

Nathaniel Hawes1

b. 14 August 1660, d. 16 October 1714
Family
Father*Edward Hawes1
Mother*Eliony Lumber1 b. c 1625
Birth*14 August 1660Nathaniel Hawes was born on 14 August 1660 in Dedham, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Bay Colony (New England).1,2 
Marriage*29 March 1688He married, as her first husband, Sarah Newell, daughter of Isaac Newell and Elizabeth Curtis, on 29 March 1688 in Dedham, Suffolk County.3 
Death*16 October 1714He died on 16 October 1714 in Dedham at age 54.3 

Family

 Sarah Newell b. 22 Mar 1665
Children 1.Elizabeth Hawes+3 b. 29 Jan 1688/89, d. 19 Dec 1739
 2.Sarah Hawes3 b. 13 Sep 1691
 3.Experience Hawes+3 b. 13 Sep 1691, d. 21 Feb 1775
 4.Anna Hawes3 b. 17 Mar 1694/95, d. 11 Oct 1777
 5.Abigail Hawes3 b. 17 Dec 1697, d. 28 May 1776
 6.Esther Hawes3 b. 22 Mar 1699/0, d. 19 Sep 1779
 7.Nathaniel Hawes Jr.3 b. 27 Dec 1701, d. c 1776
 8.Mehitable Hawes3 b. 3 Nov 1703, d. 28 Feb 1785
 9.Susanna Hawes3 b. 13 Jan 1707/8, d. Nov 1794

Citations

  1. [S1240] Raymond Gordon Hawes, The Edward Hawes Heirs : Edward Hawes, ca. 1616-1687, of Dedham, Massachusetts, and his wife, Eliony Lumber : and some of their descendants through eleven generations. Edward Hawes (ca. 1616-1687) was living at Dedham, Massachusetts, by 1648, where he married Eliony Lumber (ca. 1625-1688/9) that year. They had nine children, 1648/9-1666, all born at Dedham. Descendants lived in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New York, Maine, Vermont, Connecticut, New Hampshire, and elsewhere. Descendants also spell their surname Haws. (Baltimore, Maryland: Gateway Press, 1996), Generation One, pages 1-7. Hereinafter cited as The Edward Hawes Heirs.
  2. [S451] Massachusetts Vital Records to the Year 1850 - NEHGS, online at www.newenglandancestors.org, Dedham, Volumes 1 and 2, page 7, the date written as "14 : 6 : 60" which, under the Gregorian calendar of that period, was August, not June. Hereinafter cited as Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 - NEHGS.
  3. [S1240] Raymond Gordon Hawes, The Edward Hawes Heirs, Generation Two, pages 9-13.

Nathaniel Hawes Jr.1

b. 27 December 1701, d. circa 1776
Family
Father*Nathaniel Hawes1 b. 14 Aug 1660, d. 16 Oct 1714
Mother*Sarah Newell1 b. 22 Mar 1665
Birth*27 December 1701Nathaniel Hawes Jr. was born on 27 December 1701 in Dedham, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Bay Province (New England).1 
Marriage*27 March 1728He married first Susanna Hobart, daughter of Benjamin Hobart and Susanna Newcomb, on 27 March 1728 in Dedham, Suffolk County. They were married by the Reverend Mr. Samuel Dexter.2,3 
(Husband) Death26 March 1750Nathaniel became a widower when Susanna (Hobart) Hawes died on 26 March 1750.2 
Marriage*26 March 1751He married second, as her second husband, Mary (Mason) Smith on 26 March 1751.2 
Death*circa 1776He was believed by the Hawes source to have died circa 1776 in either Wrentham, Franklin or Bellingham, all adjoining towns in Suffolk County. Originally both a part of Wrentham, Bellingham was taken in 1719 and Franklin in 1778. Nathaniel's death was not recorded.2 

Family 1

 Susanna Hobart b. 3 Dec 1708, d. 26 Mar 1750

Family 2

 Mary Mason

Citations

  1. [S1240] Raymond Gordon Hawes, The Edward Hawes Heirs : Edward Hawes, ca. 1616-1687, of Dedham, Massachusetts, and his wife, Eliony Lumber : and some of their descendants through eleven generations. Edward Hawes (ca. 1616-1687) was living at Dedham, Massachusetts, by 1648, where he married Eliony Lumber (ca. 1625-1688/9) that year. They had nine children, 1648/9-1666, all born at Dedham. Descendants lived in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New York, Maine, Vermont, Connecticut, New Hampshire, and elsewhere. Descendants also spell their surname Haws. (Baltimore, Maryland: Gateway Press, 1996), Generation Two, pages 9-13. Hereinafter cited as The Edward Hawes Heirs.
  2. [S1240] Raymond Gordon Hawes, The Edward Hawes Heirs, Generation Three, pages 15-27.
  3. [S451] Massachusetts Vital Records to the Year 1850 - NEHGS, online at www.newenglandancestors.org, Dedham, Volumes 1 and 2, page 54, her surname transcribed as "Hubbard'. Hereinafter cited as Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 - NEHGS.

Ruth Hawes1

b. 9 July 1691, d. 6 October 1721
Family
Father*Daniel Hawes1 b. 10 Feb 1652/53, d. 16 Mar 1737/38
Mother*Abiel Gay1 b. 23 Apr 1649, d. 17 Jun 1718
Birth*9 July 1691Ruth Hawes was born on 9 July 1691 in Wrentham, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Bay Colony (New England).1,2 
Marriage*29 June 1720She married, as his first wife, Nathaniel Wight, son of Joseph Wight and Mary Stearns, on 29 June 1720 in Wrentham, Suffolk County.3,2 
Death*6 October 1721She died on 6 October 1721, just a month after her first child was born, in Wrentham at age 30.2 

Family

 Nathaniel Wight b. 13 Sep 1688, d. 3 Apr 1755
Child 1.Benoni Wight2 b. 1 Sep 1721, d. 10 Sep 1775

Citations

  1. [S1240] Raymond Gordon Hawes, The Edward Hawes Heirs : Edward Hawes, ca. 1616-1687, of Dedham, Massachusetts, and his wife, Eliony Lumber : and some of their descendants through eleven generations. Edward Hawes (ca. 1616-1687) was living at Dedham, Massachusetts, by 1648, where he married Eliony Lumber (ca. 1625-1688/9) that year. They had nine children, 1648/9-1666, all born at Dedham. Descendants lived in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New York, Maine, Vermont, Connecticut, New Hampshire, and elsewhere. Descendants also spell their surname Haws. (Baltimore, Maryland: Gateway Press, 1996), Generation Two, pages 9-13. Hereinafter cited as The Edward Hawes Heirs.
  2. [S1240] Raymond Gordon Hawes, The Edward Hawes Heirs, Generation Three, pages 15-27.
  3. [S1252] Danforth Phipps Wight M.D., The Wright Family. Memoir of Thomas Wight, of Dedham, Mass., with genealogical notices of his descendants, from 1637 to 1840, downloaded from the Family History Library at www.familysearch.org. (Boston, Massachusetts: Press of T.R. Marvin, 1848), page 71. Hereinafter cited as Wight Family Memoir of Thomas Wight of Dedham.

Samuel Hawes1,2

b. circa 1702, d. 15 March 1740/41
Family
Father*John Hawes1,2 b. 17 Dec 1656, d. b 1741/42
Mother*Sarah Deering1,2 b. c 1662
Birth*circa 1702Samuel Hawes was born circa 1702, probably in Dedham, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Bay Province (New England),1,2 
Baptism31 May 1724 and was baptized at about 22 years of age on 31 May 1724 at the First Church, Dedham.2 
Marriage*2 September 1727He married, as her first husband, Elizabeth Warren, daughter of Ebenezer Warren and Mary Ryder, on 2 September 1727 in Dedham. Both were Dedham residents at the time of their marriage and were married by Robert Spur Esq.1,3,4 
Children* The Hawes source stated that Samuel and Elizabeth had four children, then listed birthdates and information about eight.2 
Death*15 March 1740/41He died a young man of less than 40 years of age on 15 March 1740/41 in Dedham.2 

Family

 Elizabeth Warren b. 1 Jun 1704, d. a 1768
Children 1.Zaccheus Hawes2 b. 20 Apr 1728
 2.Deering Hawes2 b. 7 Nov 1729, d. b Jun 1764
 3.Samuel Hawes2 b. 8 Oct 1731
 4.Abigail Hawes2 b. 24 Sep 1733
 5.John Hawes2 b. 18 Feb 1735/36
 6.Ebenezer Hawes2 b. 14 Jan 1737/38, d. b 9 Mar 1759
 7.Daniel Hawes2 b. 29 Mar 1740

Citations

  1. [S1240] Raymond Gordon Hawes, The Edward Hawes Heirs : Edward Hawes, ca. 1616-1687, of Dedham, Massachusetts, and his wife, Eliony Lumber : and some of their descendants through eleven generations. Edward Hawes (ca. 1616-1687) was living at Dedham, Massachusetts, by 1648, where he married Eliony Lumber (ca. 1625-1688/9) that year. They had nine children, 1648/9-1666, all born at Dedham. Descendants lived in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New York, Maine, Vermont, Connecticut, New Hampshire, and elsewhere. Descendants also spell their surname Haws. (Baltimore, Maryland: Gateway Press, 1996), Generation Two, pages 9-13. Hereinafter cited as The Edward Hawes Heirs.
  2. [S1240] Raymond Gordon Hawes, The Edward Hawes Heirs, Generation Three, pages 15-27.
  3. [S451] Massachusetts Vital Records to the Year 1850 - NEHGS, online at www.newenglandancestors.org, Dedham, Volumes 1 and 2, page 241. Hereinafter cited as Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 - NEHGS.
  4. [S1240] Raymond Gordon Hawes, The Edward Hawes Heirs, Generation Three, pages 15-27, noting their marriage place as Dorchester.

Samuel Hawes1

b. 13 August 1727
Family
Father*John Hawes1 b. 12 Aug 1695, d. 21 Feb 1731/32
Mother*Margaret Goodwin1 b. 25 Jan 1700, d. 14 Mar 1732/33
Birth*13 August 1727Samuel Hawes was born on 13 August 1727 in Stoughton, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Bay Province (New England).1 

Citations

  1. [S1240] Raymond Gordon Hawes, The Edward Hawes Heirs : Edward Hawes, ca. 1616-1687, of Dedham, Massachusetts, and his wife, Eliony Lumber : and some of their descendants through eleven generations. Edward Hawes (ca. 1616-1687) was living at Dedham, Massachusetts, by 1648, where he married Eliony Lumber (ca. 1625-1688/9) that year. They had nine children, 1648/9-1666, all born at Dedham. Descendants lived in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New York, Maine, Vermont, Connecticut, New Hampshire, and elsewhere. Descendants also spell their surname Haws. (Baltimore, Maryland: Gateway Press, 1996), Generation Three, pages 15-27. Hereinafter cited as The Edward Hawes Heirs.

Samuel Hawes1

b. 8 October 1731
Family
Father*Samuel Hawes1 b. c 1702, d. 15 Mar 1740/41
Mother*Elizabeth Warren1 b. 1 Jun 1704, d. a 1768
Birth*8 October 1731Samuel Hawes was born on 8 October 1731 in Dedham, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Bay Province (New England).1,2 

Citations

  1. [S1240] Raymond Gordon Hawes, The Edward Hawes Heirs : Edward Hawes, ca. 1616-1687, of Dedham, Massachusetts, and his wife, Eliony Lumber : and some of their descendants through eleven generations. Edward Hawes (ca. 1616-1687) was living at Dedham, Massachusetts, by 1648, where he married Eliony Lumber (ca. 1625-1688/9) that year. They had nine children, 1648/9-1666, all born at Dedham. Descendants lived in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New York, Maine, Vermont, Connecticut, New Hampshire, and elsewhere. Descendants also spell their surname Haws. (Baltimore, Maryland: Gateway Press, 1996), Generation Three, pages 15-27. Hereinafter cited as The Edward Hawes Heirs.
  2. [S451] Massachusetts Vital Records to the Year 1850 - NEHGS, online at www.newenglandancestors.org, Dedham, Volumes 1 and 2, page 58. Hereinafter cited as Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 - NEHGS.

Sarah Hawes1,2

b. 1686, d. circa 1769
Family
ChartsDescendants of John Heaton of Lincolnshire, including the Immigrant Nathaniel
Father*John Hawes1,2 b. 17 Dec 1656, d. b 1741/42
Mother*Sarah Deering1,2 b. c 1662
Research Notes*Why wouldn't Sarah's son, Isaac Heaton, have known the name of his mother? This worrisome question puzzled me as a child and, as we began our Heaton family research project, we still had no answer. A handwritten pedigree chart, with names and dates of our Heaton family descending from our immigrant Nathaniel Heaton, had been prepared for distribution within the family in 1941 by Roy Henry Heaton in Montana, a 2nd great-grandson of Isaac Heaton, and a 5th great-grandson of the immigrant Nathaniel Heaton. It had been our understanding, when we received a copy of the handwritten chart in the late 1960s, that the information had been culled and copied from notes made by Isaac Heaton, himself, from information that had been kept by his ancestors and expanded upon by later generations. The handwritten chart incorrectly recorded a duplicate entry, and generation, for Isaac's father, Samuel Heaton, son of Nathaniel and grandson of the immigrant Nathaniel, with Samuel's wife recorded as "Susanna Howe". The second entry for Isaac's father, Samuel Heaton, identified him as Samuel Jr., son of Samuel, grandson of Nathaniel and great-grandson of the immigrant Nathaniel, with Samuel's wife recorded as "Sarah Hancock".

A second, typewritten expansion of the handwritten chart, was prepared in 1944, again by Roy Henry Heaton, and included additional information obtained from various Heaton family members. Roy sent the original copy of his expanded document to his 1st cousin, Arthur Duane Heaton, in North Dakota who sent it to his son in California to have it typed by the secretaries in his son's office. The finished, typed copy, as distributed to members of the Heaton family, contained the same incorrect extra generation, and the confusion with Samuel identified twice, first in the Third Generation with wife "Susannah Howe" and then in the Fourth Generation as Samuel Jr. with wife "Sarah Hancock." The typewritten, and expanded, version also included the surprising and new information that Sarah Hancock was "probably an aunt of John Hancock". (These family stories take on a life of their own, don't they?)

Our path to learning about Isaac's mother turned out to take a surprising turn. Her name was the easy part. She was Sarah Hawes, and she doesn't really qualify as a "Brick Wall" because she was not at all difficult to identify. It's the other things we learned about her along the way that make us wonder now. What's the rest of her story? Why was she ignored, or forgotten, or misremembered by her Heaton family? We're hoping that somewhere, someone can share the answers to these questions.3,4,5,6,7 
Birth*1686Sarah Hawes may have been born as early as 1686 in Dedham, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Bay Colony (New England),8 
Birth13 August 1689 However... her birth date was reported as 13 August 1689 in Dedham in the Hawes source which also stated that some of the information on the Sarah Hawes and Samuel Heaton family was received by a third party. Hawes also included a notation that the birth date of 13 August 1689 had been verified in the Vital Records of Dedham. This researcher, to date, has not found that verification. We found only one Sarah born to John "Hawse" in the Dedham records. Her date of birth was recorded only as the year "1686". So... maybe "our" Sarah was actually born on 13 August 1686, and not in 1689, or the earlier Sarah died before the second Sarah's birth and was not recorded and/or the third party received or delivered incorrect information to Hawes regarding the year. Would Sarah "fudge" the year of her birth to her family to make herself 3 years younger? It's possible...1,8 
Marriage*10 December 1706She married Samuel Heaton, son of Nathaniel Heaton and Mary __?__, on 10 December 1706 in Dedham, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Bay Province (New England).1,9,4,6,7 
Relationship Note1713Samuel's brother James would marry Sarah's sister Eliony in 1713.10 
Relocationbetween 1734 and 1736 Sometime between 1734 and 1736, the three oldest of Sarah and Samuel Heaton's sons, Samuel, Jabesh and Daniel, left Connecticut and moved to an area on the Black River near Mount Olive, Morris County, New Jersey, with plans to establish an iron works. How long they operated, or how successfully, is not known, however the mountain range there was rich in iron for many years. It is believed by many descendants of this Heaton family that the boys' father, Samuel Heaton, journeyed with them from Connecticut, and assisted them in setting up their business in New Jersey. If the elder Samuel was with them initially, he also returned, before the spring of 1736, to his wife and younger children in Connecticut. His sons, though, remained in New Jersey, operating their business until they eventually ran out of trees for charcoal.11,12,2,13 
Land Records*27 February 1737/38 On 27 February 1737/38 Samuel Heaton and his wife Sarah sold their land bordering on North Pond in Hebron to Godfree Tarbox.14 
Relocation*Following the sale of their Connecticut property in 1738, the movements and residences of Sarah and Samuel Heaton become unclear. In Sarah's father's probate agreement dated 11 February 1742, Samuel and Sarah are identified as residents of Hebron, Windham County, Connecticut and on that same date, in the same document, Samuel is identified also as of the Black River area of New Jersey. We suspect that, at the time, Samuel was in New Jersey with the couple's three oldest sons, and may have been preparing to move there permanently with the rest of his family.15 
(2nd Daughter) Probate Agreement11 February 1741/42Sarah's brother-in-law James Heaton, representing his brother Samuel Heaton and Samuel's wife Sarah (Hawes) Heaton, participated in the discussion on 11 February 1741/42 to prepare and finalize an agreement between the heirs and assigns of John Hawes, late of Dedham, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Bay Province (New England), yeoman, deceased. The probate document identified each of the parties to the agreement, and their relationships to the deceased, as:

James Heaton of Rutland in the County of Worcester, yeoman, on behalf of himself and on behalf of his wife Eliony (Hawes) Heaton, one of the children and co-heirs of the estate of the deceased John Hawes.

James Heaton, again, on behalf of his brother Samuel Heaton of Hebron, in the County of Windham in the Colony of Connecticut, yeoman, and his wife Sarah (Hawes) Heaton, one of the children and co-heirs of the estate of John Hawes. James identified Samuel Heaton further by adding "alias Samuel Heaton, his brother, of Black River in the Jerseys in America, yeoman, and Sarah his wife, one of the children and co-heirs of the estate of John Hawes deceased."

Joseph Pratt of Dedham, yeoman, on behalf of himself and his wife Lydia (Hawes) Pratt, one of the children and co-heirs of the deceased John Hawes.

Ebenezer Ellis of Dedham, a wheelwright, on his own behalf and also on behalf of Samuel Everett. Samuel Everett was an heir of the deceased John Hawes as the son and only child of Mary (Hawes) Everett, late of Dedham, deceased, who had been the eldest daughter of the deceased John Hawes. Samuel Everett had assigned his share to Ebenezer Ellis

Hannah Hawes of Dedham, spinster, one of the children and co-heirs of the deceased John Hawes, on her own behalf.

Elizabeth Hawes of Dedham, spinster, one of the children and co-heirs of the deceased John Hawes, on her own behalf.

Grandson John Hawes on behalf of himself and his brothers and sisters. They were all identified as the children of John Hawes of Dedham, deceased, who had been a son of the deceased John Hawes. The other grandchildren, his brothers and sisters, were not named.

Daughter-in-Law Elizabeth (Warren) Hawes, widow of Samuel Hawes, late of Dedham, husbandman, deceased, on behalf of herself and her children. Her husband, the children's father, had been a son of the deceased John Hawes.

The agreement was signed by James Heaton, Joseph Pratt, Ebenezer Ellis, Hannah Hawes, Elizabeth Hawes, John Hawes and Elizabeth (Warren) Hawes. On 10 March 1741/42 in Boston, Joseph Pratt, Ebenezer Ellis, Hannah Hawes, Elizabeth Hawes and John Hawes acknowledged the instrument to be their voluntary act, and on 31 July 1742 in Boston, James Heaton and Elizabeth (Warren) Hawes made their acknowledgements.15 
(2nd Daughter) Estate and Land11 February 1742Under the 11 February 1742 agreement, Samuel Heaton and his wife Sarah (Hawes) Heaton received £34 15s in moveables as their full share in the estate. Additionally, they, and each of the other heirs, received a one-seventh part of 14 acres on Hawes Hill.

The agreement then outlined how each of the seven parts of the 14 acres on Hawes Hill was to be divided. Joseph and Lydia (Hawes) Pratt had the first lot, adjoining his meadow; James and Eliony (Hawes) Heaton received the second lot; Samuel and Sarah (Hawes) Heaton received the third lot; Hannah Hawes, the fourth and Elizabeth Hawes, the fifth; grandson John Hawes, the sixth lot; and Ebenezer Ellis, the seventh lot adjoining Old Field. The lots were to be southeasterly and northwesterly and to be of unequal breadth at the southeasterly end, and also have convenient cart paths leading from the brook, to and over each of the lots.15 
DesertionNovember 1743According to divorce documents filed four years later, Sarah left her husband Samuel in Connecticut in November 1743 with plans to relocate to the Black River area of Morris County, New Jersey. The documents stated she had no plans to return to Connecticut, or to her husband. The couple had been married 37 years and had 9 children, ranging in age from 36 to 12 years. The couple's movements are, again, unclear. It is not known if Sarah ever reached New Jersey or where Samuel or their children were living in 1743.16,14 
Divorce Filing*14 September 1747 On 14 September 1747 Samuel Heaton of Lebanon, Windham County, Connecticut, petitioned the Superior Court to grant him a bill of divorce from his wife Sarah (Hawes) Heaton. The evidence submitted to the court included a transcript, prepared on 2 April 1747, of their Dedham marriage record. Samuel's petition stated that he was married to one Sarah Hawes on 10 December 1706, and lived with her and did all the duties of a loving, kind and faithful husband to her until sometime in the month of November 1743, at which time she departed from him to some parts of the Jersey with a design never to return and live with him again and that, without any just cause given her by the petitioner, she did then and has ever since deserted him and has not since performed any one of the duties of a wife to him and hath broken her marriage covenant, for a time period of more than three years. The confirmatory testimony of Joseph Phelps, written at Hebron in September of 1748 reported that Sarah Heaton, wife to Samuel Heaton of Lebanon in the County of Windham did some time in the month of November in the year 1743 set out to go to a place called Black River "beyond York Government", as he understood, with a load of goods on her horse, and had not heard that she had returned home to her husband, and had often heard that she had not.17,16,14 
Death*circa 1769The date and place of Sarah's death is not known, although the year may have been circa 1769. The Hawes source, noting that some of the information used had been obtained from a third source, stated that Sarah died in Flanders (Roxbury), New Jersey about 1769. The same source reported that her husband Samuel had died there also about 1756. While none of the Heaton sources mentioned Sarah's death at all, they did all report that Samuel died in New Jersey, with the incorrect time period of between 1732 and 1737. Both Samuel and Sarah were definitely still alive when Samuel divorced her in 1747. The "Sarah Heaton, wife of John Porter" source stated that no probate record has been found in either Connecticut or New Jersey relating to Sarah (Hawes) Heaton or her husband Samuel Heaton.14,18,19,4 

Family

 Samuel Heaton b. 28 Jan 1681/82, d. c 1756
Children 1.Sarah Heaton4,10,2 b. 13 Sep 1707
 2.Mary Heaton4,10,2 b. 26 Sep 1709
 3.Samuel Heaton+10,4,2 b. 18 Nov 1711, d. 26 Sep 1777
 4.Jabesh Heaton+4,10,2 b. 13 Mar 1714/15, d. 23 Nov 1798
 5.Daniel Heaton+10,4,2,13 b. 2 Apr 1717, d. 1796
 6.John Heaton+4,10,2 b. 14 Feb 1718/19
 7.Hannah Heaton10,4,13,2 b. 14 Aug 1721
 8.James Heaton4,13,2 b. 13 Mar 1725, d. 1798
 9.Isaac Heaton+4,20,13,21,22 b. 20 Jun 1731, d. 2 Apr 1814

Citations

  1. [S1240] Raymond Gordon Hawes, The Edward Hawes Heirs : Edward Hawes, ca. 1616-1687, of Dedham, Massachusetts, and his wife, Eliony Lumber : and some of their descendants through eleven generations. Edward Hawes (ca. 1616-1687) was living at Dedham, Massachusetts, by 1648, where he married Eliony Lumber (ca. 1625-1688/9) that year. They had nine children, 1648/9-1666, all born at Dedham. Descendants lived in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New York, Maine, Vermont, Connecticut, New Hampshire, and elsewhere. Descendants also spell their surname Haws. (Baltimore, Maryland: Gateway Press, 1996), Generation Two, pages 9-13. Hereinafter cited as The Edward Hawes Heirs.
  2. [S45] Dean Heaton, Heaton Families II, in two volumes, with indexes in Volume II. Warning: In this researcher's opinion, the information in these volumes often proves to be inaccurate. At the same time, the information presented has provided us with valuable clues for pursuing future research strategies in our attempt to establish a factual history of our Heaton family. (Tempe, Arizona: published for the author by Graphics of Tempe, 1999), Volume I, Chapter 4, page 118. Hereinafter cited as Heaton Families II.
  3. [S42] Rachel (Heaton) Colver and Howard L. Leckey, Rachel Heaton's Letter : The Tenmile Country and Its Pioneer Families, pages 282-284. Note: Rachel was 3 months short of being 81 years old when she wrote this letter on 25 January 1861 from her "best recollection." Howard Leckey, the author of Tenmile County, in doing his own research, found Rachel's information to be "fairly correct" and reportedly adjusted any discrepancies he found. (Apollo, Pennsylvania: Closson Press, August 1993), noting her grandmother's name as "Sarah Handcock". Hereinafter cited as Rachel Heaton's Letter : The Tenmile Country.
  4. [S44] Roy Henry Heaton, (Miles City, Montana). "Heaton Family Pedigree Chart - Eleven Generations", prepared by hand in 1941. Warning: In this researcher's opinion, some of the information and the dates, particularly, in this pedigree chart often prove to be inaccurate. At the same time, the information presented was a good place for us to start, and has provided us with valuable clues for pursuing future research strategies in our attempt to establish a factual history of our Heaton family. Hereinafter cited as "Heaton Family Pedigree Chart - 1941."
  5. [S1273] Roy Henry Heaton, (Miles City, Montana). "Heaton Family Pedigree Outline", 1944. A typewritten, and expanded, version of the author's 1941 Heaton Family Pedigree Chart. It was first prepared by the author and included additional information he had obtained from various Heaton family members, some of it valuable to our research. The author sent his original copy to a cousin, who sent it to his son to have it typed by secretaries in the son's office. Warning: This 1944 version contains the same errors as the 1941 pedigree chart, and also contains additional people and a few additional "facts", some of which have proved to be inaccurate. Hereinafter cited as "Heaton Pedigree Outline - 1944."
  6. [S43] Dean Heaton, The Heaton Families: 350 Years in America. Contains index. Warning: In this researcher's opinion, the information in this work often proves to be inaccurate. At the same time, the information presented has provided us with valuable clues for pursuing future research strategies in our attempt to establish a factual history of our Heaton family. (111 Water Street, Baltimore, MD 21202: Gateway Press, Inc., 1982), Chapter 4, page 74, reporting her name as "Susan Hawes" while also reporting to have found their marriage information in the Wrentham town records. To date, this researcher has found the entry only in the records of Dedham. Hereinafter cited as The Heaton Families: 350 Years in America.
  7. [S45] Dean Heaton, Heaton Families II, Volume I, Chapter 4, page 118, correcting her name to "Sarah Hawes" from his previous Heaton book.
  8. [S451] Massachusetts Vital Records to the Year 1850 - NEHGS, online at www.newenglandancestors.org, Dedham, Volumes 1 and 2, page 22. Hereinafter cited as Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 - NEHGS.
  9. [S451] Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 - NEHGS, online at www.newenglandancestors.org, Dedham Marriages, Volumes 1 and 2, page 36, Sarah's surname spelled "Haws" and Samuel's given name recorded as "Samvuel."
  10. [S1240] Raymond Gordon Hawes, The Edward Hawes Heirs, Generation Three, pages 15-27.
  11. [S1390] William Nelson, Biographical and Genealogical Notes from the Volumes of the New Jersey Archives, with additions and supplements, Volume IX, downloaded from Google Books, (Newark, New Jersey: New Jersey Historical Society, 1916), page 128. Hereinafter cited as Biographical and Genealogical Notes from the New Jersey Archives.
  12. [S1283] Edmund D. Halsey and multiple other authors, History of Morris County, New Jersey : with illustrations and biographical sketches of prominent citizens and pioneers, downloaded from the Family History Library at www.familysearch.org. (New York, New York: W.W. Munsell & Co., 1882), page 254. Hereinafter cited as History of Morris County with biographical sketches.
  13. [S42] Rachel (Heaton) Colver and Howard L. Leckey, Rachel Heaton's Letter : The Tenmile Country, pages 282-284.
  14. [S1274] Todd A. Farmerie, "Sarah Heaton, wife of John Porter of Hebron and Lebanon, Connecticut", The American Genealogist Volume 76, pages 117-121 (April 2001). Hereinafter cited as "Sarah Heaton, wife of John Porter."
  15. [S510] Suffolk County (Massachusetts) Probate Records, 1636-1899. Microreproduction of original records in the Suffolk County courthouse on 439 reels. Dates listed are approximate only. Miscellaneous docket lists estates not appearing in files, appointments of officers, and other miscellaneous records. LDS Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah, Probate# 7696, John Hawes Heirs Agreement, Film# 493867, Volumes 35-37 1740-1745, Book 36, pages 153-155. Hereinafter cited as Suffolk County Probate Records, 1636-1899.
  16. [S1236] Connecticut Superior Court (Windham County), Divorce papers, 1726-1907. Microfilm of original records in the Connecticut State Library, Hartford: Film# 1638987, Record Group# 3, Box H-326; on 27 microfilm reels, LDS Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah. Hereinafter cited as Divorce papers, 1726-1907 (Windham County, Connecticut).
  17. [S542] Grace Louise Knox, Connecticut divorces : Superior Court records for the counties of New London, Tolland & Windham, 1719-1910 (Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books, c1987), page 331. Hereinafter cited as Connecticut divorces, 1719-1910, New London, Tolland & Windham.
  18. [S45] Dean Heaton, Heaton Families II, Volume I, Chapter 4, page 118, stated incorrectly that Samuel's estate was settled on 18 January 1741.
  19. [S43] Dean Heaton, The Heaton Families: 350 Years in America, Chapter 4, page 74, stating that nearly every story about this Samuel places his death between 1735 and 1737.
  20. [S1240] Raymond Gordon Hawes, The Edward Hawes Heirs, Generation Three, pages 15-27, noting his date of birth as 20 June 1730/31.
  21. [S45] Dean Heaton, Heaton Families II, Volume I, Chapter 7, page 242, noting his date of birth as 12 June 1730.
  22. [S45] Dean Heaton, Heaton Families II, Volume I, Chapter 4, page 118, noting his date of birth as 2 June 1731.

Sarah Hawes1

b. 13 September 1691
Family
Father*Nathaniel Hawes1 b. 14 Aug 1660, d. 16 Oct 1714
Mother*Sarah Newell1 b. 22 Mar 1665
Birth*13 September 1691Sarah Hawes was born on 13 September 1691 in Dedham, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Bay Colony (New England).1 
Relationship Note*Sarah and Experience Hawes were twins.1 
Marriage*31 December 1734She married Ebenezer Hunting on 31 December 1734 in Dedham.1 

Family

 Ebenezer Hunting

Citations

  1. [S1240] Raymond Gordon Hawes, The Edward Hawes Heirs : Edward Hawes, ca. 1616-1687, of Dedham, Massachusetts, and his wife, Eliony Lumber : and some of their descendants through eleven generations. Edward Hawes (ca. 1616-1687) was living at Dedham, Massachusetts, by 1648, where he married Eliony Lumber (ca. 1625-1688/9) that year. They had nine children, 1648/9-1666, all born at Dedham. Descendants lived in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New York, Maine, Vermont, Connecticut, New Hampshire, and elsewhere. Descendants also spell their surname Haws. (Baltimore, Maryland: Gateway Press, 1996), Generation Two, pages 9-13. Hereinafter cited as The Edward Hawes Heirs.

Susanna Hawes1

b. 13 January 1707/8, d. November 1794
Family
Father*Nathaniel Hawes1 b. 14 Aug 1660, d. 16 Oct 1714
Mother*Sarah Newell1 b. 22 Mar 1665
Birth*13 January 1707/8Susanna Hawes was born on 13 January 1707/8 in Dedham, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Bay Province (New England).1 
Marriage*12 September 1733She married Caleb Phillips Jr., son of Caleb Phillips and Hannah Gary, on 12 September 1733 in Bellingham, Suffolk County.2 
(Wife) Death11 October 1792Susanna became a widow when Caleb Phillips Jr. died on 11 October 1792.2 
Death*November 1794She died in November 1794 in Bellingham at age 862 
Burial* and was buried in the South Bellingham Cemetery.2 

Family

 Caleb Phillips Jr. b. 5 Oct 1705, d. 11 Oct 1792

Citations

  1. [S1240] Raymond Gordon Hawes, The Edward Hawes Heirs : Edward Hawes, ca. 1616-1687, of Dedham, Massachusetts, and his wife, Eliony Lumber : and some of their descendants through eleven generations. Edward Hawes (ca. 1616-1687) was living at Dedham, Massachusetts, by 1648, where he married Eliony Lumber (ca. 1625-1688/9) that year. They had nine children, 1648/9-1666, all born at Dedham. Descendants lived in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New York, Maine, Vermont, Connecticut, New Hampshire, and elsewhere. Descendants also spell their surname Haws. (Baltimore, Maryland: Gateway Press, 1996), Generation Two, pages 9-13. Hereinafter cited as The Edward Hawes Heirs.
  2. [S1240] Raymond Gordon Hawes, The Edward Hawes Heirs, Generation Three, pages 15-27.

Zaccheus Hawes1

b. 20 April 1728
Family
Father*Samuel Hawes1 b. c 1702, d. 15 Mar 1740/41
Mother*Elizabeth Warren1 b. 1 Jun 1704, d. a 1768
Birth*20 April 1728Zaccheus Hawes was born on 20 April 1728 in Dedham, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Bay Province (New England).1,2 
Marriage Intention*17 August 1753An intention of marriage for Zaccheus Hawes of Dedham and Mary Smith of Roxbury was recorded on 17 August 1753 in Dedham, Suffolk County,1,3 
Marriage1 November 1753 and he married Mary on 1 November 1753 in Roxbury, Suffolk County.4 

Family

 Mary Smith

Citations

  1. [S1240] Raymond Gordon Hawes, The Edward Hawes Heirs : Edward Hawes, ca. 1616-1687, of Dedham, Massachusetts, and his wife, Eliony Lumber : and some of their descendants through eleven generations. Edward Hawes (ca. 1616-1687) was living at Dedham, Massachusetts, by 1648, where he married Eliony Lumber (ca. 1625-1688/9) that year. They had nine children, 1648/9-1666, all born at Dedham. Descendants lived in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New York, Maine, Vermont, Connecticut, New Hampshire, and elsewhere. Descendants also spell their surname Haws. (Baltimore, Maryland: Gateway Press, 1996), Generation Three, pages 15-27. Hereinafter cited as The Edward Hawes Heirs.
  2. [S451] Massachusetts Vital Records to the Year 1850 - NEHGS, online at www.newenglandancestors.org, Dedham, Volumes 1 and 2, page 56. Hereinafter cited as Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 - NEHGS.
  3. [S451] Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 - NEHGS, online at www.newenglandancestors.org, Dedham, Volumes 1 and 2, page 118.
  4. [S451] Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 - NEHGS, online at www.newenglandancestors.org, Roxbury Marriages, Volume 2, page 371.

Arthur Hawhee1

b. 1755, d. between 1840 and 1850
Family
Birth*1755Arthur Hawhee was born about 1755 in Ireland, Wiltshire, England.1 
Marriage*1785He married Nancy Sylvester about 1785 in Virginia.2,1 
Death*between 1840 and 1850He died between 1840 and 1850 in Dubois County, Indiana, probably in his middle to late 80s.1 

Family

 Nancy Sylvester b. 1765, d. a 1850
Children 1.Arthur Hawhee+3,4,1,5 b. 1805
 2.Benjamin Hawhee6,1,7 b. 1812
 3.Catherine Hawhee+1,8 b. 1820

Citations

  1. [S2244] Family Search Ancestry Discovery Blog, online at https://www.familysearch.org/blog/en/… .Caution: This is a beautifully presented collection of "Person Pages" containing a variety of information about specific ancestors submitted by individual contributors -- often, unfortunately, with no sources. If the information we have chosen to pass along here is accurate, we are extremely grateful to the contributor(s) who have shared it. Without documentation, however, we researchers are always forced to question the validity of information. We hope what we have selected to include was originally obtained from family Bible records, or other reliable sources, and is accurate. Although, even when we have found contributed information to be unreliable, inaccurate or incomplete, we consider the information useful as possible clues as we research, viewed online at https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/9SDV-8J4. Hereinafter cited as Family Search Ancestry Discovery Blog.
  2. [S2244] Family Search Ancestry Discovery Blog, online at https://www.familysearch.org/blog/en/…, viewed online at https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/9SDV-8VL
  3. [S17] 1850 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Arthur and Francis Hawhee, The National Archives in Washington, DC; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M432; Residence Date: 1850; Home in 1850: Hall, Dubois, Indiana; Roll: 143; Pages: 452b and 453a. Hereinafter cited as 1850 United States Federal Census.
  4. [S17] 1850 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Walker and Catherine Lankford, Year: 1850; Census Place: Hall, Dubois, Indiana; Roll: 143; Page: 453b.
  5. [S2244] Family Search Ancestry Discovery Blog, online at https://www.familysearch.org/blog/en/…, https://www.familysearch.org/en/tree/person/details/…
  6. [S17] 1850 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Benjamin and Mary Hawhee, The National Archives in Washington, DC; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M432; Residence Date: 1850; Home in 1850: Hall, Dubois, Indiana; Roll: 143; Page: 453b.
  7. [S2244] Family Search Ancestry Discovery Blog, online at https://www.familysearch.org/blog/en/…, https://www.familysearch.org/en/tree/person/details/…
  8. [S2244] Family Search Ancestry Discovery Blog, online at https://www.familysearch.org/blog/en/…, https://www.familysearch.org/en/tree/person/sources/…

Arthur Hawhee1

b. 1805
Family
Father*Arthur Hawhee3,2,6,5 b. 1755, d. bt 1840 - 1850
Mother*Nancy Sylvester2,3,4,5 b. 1765, d. a 1850
Birth*1805Arthur Hawhee was born about 1805 in Pennsylvania.3 
Marriage*He married Francis Kendall.1,3 
Census US 1850*15 August 1850Francis and Arthur Hawhee were enumerated on the 1850 census taken on 15 August 1850 in Hall, Dubois County, Indiana. Arthur was 65 years of age and working as a laborer, and Francis was 39 years of age and not able to read and write. Six children were enumerated with them in 1850. John W. and Mary J. were ages 13 and 12 years, respectively; William S. and Elizah were ages 9 and 7 years, respectively; Maria F. was 5 years old; and little Martha was one year old. The enumeration of Arthur's household spans two pages of the Hall, Dubois County census in 1850, pages 452b and 453a. On the next census page of 453b, Arthur's widowed, 85-year-old mother, Nancy (Sylvester) Hawhee, was enumerated in the household of Arthur's sister and her husband, Walker and Catherine (Hawhee) Lankford, and also on that same page, in the first household before the Lankfords, Catherine and Arthur's brother and his wife, Benjamin Hawhee and Mary (West) Hawhee, were enumerated with their children.3,2 

Family

 Francis Kendall b. 1811
Child 1.Arthur J. Hawhee+1,7,8,3 b. 22 Nov 1852, d. 24 Oct 1924

Citations

  1. [S1571] Indiana, U.S., Death Certificates, 1899-2017, online at www.ancestry.com, death of Arthur J. Hawhee, age 71, married to Elizabeth Hawhee, farmer, died on 24 October 1924 in French Lick, Orange, Indiana, USA, born on 22 November 1852 in Orange County, Indiana, son of Arthur Hawhee, born in Dubois County, Indiana, and Francis Kendall, birth place not known, informant his son, Sherman Hawhee of French Lick, burial at Mount Lebanon, Date Registered 1924, referencing Indiana Archives and Records Administration; Indianapolis, IN, USA; Indiana, U.S., Death Certificates, 1899-2011; Year: 1924; Roll: 14. Hereinafter cited as Indiana, U.S., Death Certificates, 1899-2017.
  2. [S17] 1850 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Walker and Catherine Lankford, Year: 1850; Census Place: Hall, Dubois, Indiana; Roll: 143; Page: 453b. Hereinafter cited as 1850 United States Federal Census.
  3. [S17] 1850 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Arthur and Francis Hawhee, The National Archives in Washington, DC; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M432; Residence Date: 1850; Home in 1850: Hall, Dubois, Indiana; Roll: 143; Pages: 452b and 453a.
  4. [S2244] Family Search Ancestry Discovery Blog, online at https://www.familysearch.org/blog/en/… .Caution: This is a beautifully presented collection of "Person Pages" containing a variety of information about specific ancestors submitted by individual contributors -- often, unfortunately, with no sources. If the information we have chosen to pass along here is accurate, we are extremely grateful to the contributor(s) who have shared it. Without documentation, however, we researchers are always forced to question the validity of information. We hope what we have selected to include was originally obtained from family Bible records, or other reliable sources, and is accurate. Although, even when we have found contributed information to be unreliable, inaccurate or incomplete, we consider the information useful as possible clues as we research, https://www.familysearch.org/en/tree/person/details/…. Hereinafter cited as Family Search Ancestry Discovery Blog.
  5. [S2244] Family Search Ancestry Discovery Blog, online at https://www.familysearch.org/blog/en/…, https://www.familysearch.org/en/tree/person/details/…
  6. [S2244] Family Search Ancestry Discovery Blog, online at https://www.familysearch.org/blog/en/…, viewed online at https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/9SDV-8J4
  7. [S37] 1870 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Arthur and Francis Hawhee, (their surname spelled "Hawhe" by the census taker and transcribed as "Hawke" by Ancestry), Year: 1870; Census Place: Greenfield, Orange, Indiana; Roll: M593_348; Page: 22A; young Arthur was 18 years old. Hereinafter cited as 1870 United States Federal Census.
  8. [S18] 1860 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Arthur and Francis Hawhee, (their names spelled Arther and Frances by the census taker), The National Archives in Washington D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M653; Residence Date: 1860; Home in 1860: Jackson, Orange, Indiana; Roll: M653_286; Page: 631; Family History Library Film: 803286; young Arthur, who was enumerated only as "A. Hawhee", was 7 years old. Hereinafter cited as 1860 United States Federal Census.

Arthur J. Hawhee1

b. 22 November 1852, d. 24 October 1924
Family
Father*Arthur Hawhee2,3,4,5 b. 1805
Mother*Francis Kendall2,3,4,5 b. 1811
Birth*22 November 1852Arthur J. Hawhee was born on 22 November 1852 in Orange County, Indiana.1,3,4 
Marriage*9 November 1872He married Elizabeth Flick on 9 November 1872 in Orange County, Indiana.6,1,7 
Death*24 October 1924He died on 24 October 1924 in Orange County, Indiana, at age 711,2 
Burial* and was buried in Mount Lebanon Cemetery, French Lick, Orange County.1 

Family

 Elizabeth Flick b. 18 Nov 1851, d. 8 Mar 1925
Child 1.Sherman Lewis Hawhee+1,8 b. 3 Apr 1887, d. 26 Jun 1952

Citations

  1. [S748] Find a Grave website, which often provides cemetery and tombstone photos, and sometimes personal biographies, that may be obtained from the site, online at www.findagrave.com, Arthur J Hawhee, Memorial# 31640479. Hereinafter cited as Find a Grave website.
  2. [S1571] Indiana, U.S., Death Certificates, 1899-2017, online at www.ancestry.com, death of Arthur J. Hawhee, age 71, married to Elizabeth Hawhee, farmer, died on 24 October 1924 in French Lick, Orange, Indiana, USA, born on 22 November 1852 in Orange County, Indiana, son of Arthur Hawhee, born in Dubois County, Indiana, and Francis Kendall, birth place not known, informant his son, Sherman Hawhee of French Lick, burial at Mount Lebanon, Date Registered 1924, referencing Indiana Archives and Records Administration; Indianapolis, IN, USA; Indiana, U.S., Death Certificates, 1899-2011; Year: 1924; Roll: 14. Hereinafter cited as Indiana, U.S., Death Certificates, 1899-2017.
  3. [S37] 1870 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Arthur and Francis Hawhee, (their surname spelled "Hawhe" by the census taker and transcribed as "Hawke" by Ancestry), Year: 1870; Census Place: Greenfield, Orange, Indiana; Roll: M593_348; Page: 22A; young Arthur was 18 years old. Hereinafter cited as 1870 United States Federal Census.
  4. [S18] 1860 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Arthur and Francis Hawhee, (their names spelled Arther and Frances by the census taker), The National Archives in Washington D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M653; Residence Date: 1860; Home in 1860: Jackson, Orange, Indiana; Roll: M653_286; Page: 631; Family History Library Film: 803286; young Arthur, who was enumerated only as "A. Hawhee", was 7 years old. Hereinafter cited as 1860 United States Federal Census.
  5. [S17] 1850 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Arthur and Francis Hawhee, The National Archives in Washington, DC; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M432; Residence Date: 1850; Home in 1850: Hall, Dubois, Indiana; Roll: 143; Pages: 452b and 453a. Hereinafter cited as 1850 United States Federal Census.
  6. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Elizabeth (Flick) Hawhee, Memorial# 31640487.
  7. [S2649] Indiana, U.S., Marriage Certificates, 1960-2012, online at www.ancestry.com, marriage on 9 November 1872 in Orange County, Indiana, USA of Arthur J Hawhee and Elizabeth J Flick. Hereinafter cited as Indiana, U.S., Marriage Certificates, 1960-2012.
  8. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Sherman Lewis “Jack” Hawhee, Memorial# 82006183.

Beatrice Hilma Hawhee1

b. 10 July 1915, d. 5 February 2003
Family
Father*Sherman Lewis Hawhee1,3 b. 3 Apr 1887, d. 26 Jun 1952
Mother*Essie Leora Crecelius1,2 b. 7 Nov 1887, d. Jul 1967
Birth*10 July 1915Beatrice Hilma Hawhee was born on 10 July 1915 in French Lick, Orange County, Indiana.1 
(Daughter) Census US 192020 January 1920Beatrice was enumerated on the 1920 census taken on 20 January 1920 in the household of her parents near Paoli and Haysville Road, French Lick, Orange County, Indiana. She was 4 years old.4 
(Daughter) Census US 193010 May 1930Beatrice was enumerated on the 1930 census taken on 10 May 1930 in the household of her parents in French Lick, Orange County, Indiana. She was 14 years old and had attended school within the census year.5 
Marriage*26 January 1939She married, as her first husband, Lionel G. Leonard, son of Herman Leonard and Mary Qualkenbush, on 26 January 1939 in Indiana.6 
Divorce*Beatrice and Glenn divorced very soon after their marriage. On the 1940 census, Beatrice was enumerated in the household of her mother, in Indiana, as single, and Glenn was enumerated in 1940 in the household of his parents, in Illinois, as divorced.7,8 
(Daughter) DivorceHer parents separated before the 1940 census was taken, and they were likely in the process of divorcing at that time.8,9,10 
(Daughter) Census US 194029 April 1940Beatrice was enumerated on the 1940 census taken on 29 April 1940 in the household of her mother at 114 Monroe, French Lick, Orange County, Indiana. She was single, 24 years of age, had completed her education through the 4th year of high school and worked for wages as a telephone operator in a privately owned hotel. She had worked 42 weeks in 1939 and earned a total of $400. She had worked 20 hours the week before the census was taken.8,9 
Marriage*1944She married, as her second husband, George H. Kraft, son of Erwin B. Kraft and Ruth Hancock, about 1944, probably in Indiana or Illinois.11,12,13,1 
Divorce*1950Beatrice and George separated and were likely planning to divorce by 1950.14 
(Daughter) Census US 19504 April 1950She was enumerated as Beatrice Kraft, with her young daughter, on the 1950 census taken on 4 April 1950 in the household of her mother on Venters Road, French Lick, Orange County, Indiana. Beatrice was 34 years of age, separated from her husband, and worked as a seamstress at the privately owned Bledsoe Dry Cleaners. She had worked 48 hours the week before the census was taken. Beatrice's daughter, Georgia Dale Kraft, was 3 years old.14 
Marriage*27 December 1957She married, as her third husband, Edward D. Hanger, son of William Edgar Hanger and Lena E. Eichmiller, on 27 December 1957, likely in Orange County, Indiana.15,1,16 
(Wife) Death18 November 1981Beatrice became a widow when Edward D. Hanger died on 18 November 1981 at age 62.15,17 
(Half-Sister) Obituary22 December 1984Beatrice Hanger, Reita Noble and Margaret Stobie were identified by name as half-sisters of Blanche N. (Hawhee) Maxson in her newspaper obituary dated 22 December 1984 in Bedford, Lawrence County, Indiana. Blanche was an illegitimate daughter of the sisters' father, Sherman Hawhee, born before he married their mother.18 
Death*5 February 2003She died on Wednesday, 5 February 2003, at her home in French Lick, Orange County, Indiana, at age 8719 
Burial* and was buried with her third husband in Patoka Memorial Cemetery, French Lick.1,15 

Family 1

 Lionel G. Leonard b. 28 Feb 1913

Family 2

 George H. Kraft b. 10 Dec 1918
Child 1.Georgia Dale Kraft13,1 b. 20 Dec 1946

Family 3

 Edward D. Hanger b. 14 Feb 1919, d. 18 Nov 1981

Citations

  1. [S748] Find a Grave website, which often provides cemetery and tombstone photos, and sometimes personal biographies, that may be obtained from the site, online at www.findagrave.com, Beatrice Hilma (Hawhee) Hanger, Memorial# 127669421. Hereinafter cited as Find a Grave website.
  2. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Essie Leora (Crecelius) Hawhee, Memorial# 31640494.
  3. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Sherman Lewis “Jack” Hawhee, Memorial# 82006183.
  4. [S73] 1920 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Sherman and Essie Hawhee, Year: 1920; Census Place: French Lick, Orange, Indiana; Roll: T625_459; Page: 7B; Enumeration District: 136. Hereinafter cited as 1920 United States Federal Census.
  5. [S91] 1930 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Sherman and Leora Hawhee, Year: 1930; Census Place: French Lick, Orange, Indiana; Pages: 7A-7B; Enumeration District: 0004; FHL microfilm: 2340356. Hereinafter cited as 1930 United States Federal Census.
  6. [S1566] Indiana, U.S., Marriages, 1810-2001, online at www.ancestry.com, marriage of Beatrice H "Hawkee" of Jeff, Indiana, age 24, born on 10 July 1915 in French Lick, Indiana, daughter of Sherman Hawhee and Essie Crecelius, and Lionel G Leonard of LaGrange, Illinois, age 26, born on 28 February 1913 in French Lick, Indiana, son of Herman Leonard and Molly Qualkenbush, her surname transcribed as "Inalkintusk"), married on 26 January 1939 in Indiana, United States, citing page 244 and referencing no FHL Film#. Hereinafter cited as Indiana, U.S., Marriages, 1810-2001.
  7. [S1441] 1940 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, enumeration of Glen Leonard, age 27, divorced, on the 1940 census in the household of his parents, Mary and Herman O. Leonard, Year: 1940; Census Place: Lyons, Cook, Illinois; Roll: m-t0627-00782; Page: 5A; Enumeration District: 16-290A. Hereinafter cited as 1940 United States Federal Census.
  8. [S1441] 1940 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Leora E. Hawhee, Year: 1940; Census Place: French Lick, Orange, Indiana; Roll: m-t0627-01083; Page: 11A; Enumeration District: 59-1.
  9. [S1441] 1940 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, enumeration of Sherman Hawhee, age 51, a widower, on 2 May 1940, in the household of his widowed sister, Mary Bagget, in French Lick, Orange County, Indiana.
  10. [S2295] 1950 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Sherman L. and Mabel K. Hawhee, National Archives at Washington, DC; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Year: 1950; Census Place: Chicago, Cook, Illinois; Roll: 3909; Page: 72; Enumeration District: 103-445. Hereinafter cited as 1950 United States Federal Census.
  11. [S2649] Indiana, U.S., Marriage Certificates, 1960-2012, online at www.ancestry.com, marriage on 30 December 1997 in West Baden Springs, Orange County, Indiana, USA of Georgia D Kraft, age 51, born about 1946 in Illinois, daughter of George H. and Hilma B. Kraft, married Richard A. Busse, age 59, born about 1938 in Indiana, son of Frederick T. and Ruth E. Busse, referencing Certificate# 047517. Hereinafter cited as Indiana, U.S., Marriage Certificates, 1960-2012.
  12. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, George Hancock Kraft, Memorial# 284352551.
  13. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Georgia Dale (Kraft) Proce, Memorial# 275486180.
  14. [S2295] 1950 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Essie Hawhee, National Archives at Washington, DC; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Year: 1950; Census Place: French Lick, Orange, Indiana; Roll: 16; Pages: 2 and 3; Enumeration District: 59-9.
  15. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Edward D. Hanger, Memorial# 127669439.
  16. [S2096] U.S., Newspapers.com Obituary Index, 1800s-current, online at www.ancestry.com, The Times-Mail, Bedford, Indiana, Thursday, November 19, 1981, page 2, under the title, "Edward D. (Bud) Hanger", reporting that Edward D. (Bud) Hanger, 62, of French Lick, died Wednesday morning at his home; that he was born on February 14, 1919 in Dubois County to William Edgar and Lena E (Eichmiller) Hanger; that he married to Beatrice Hawhee on December 27, 1957; that she survives; that other survivors were daughter Mrs. Georgia Leonard, Chicago, Illinois, brother Oliver Hanger, French Lick, sister Mrs. Norma Korte, Seymour, and three grandchildren; that he was an army veteran of WWII; that he was past commander and member of French Lick American Legion Post 76; Jasper BFW; and the DAV; that he was Orange County Recorder for two terms, from 1960-1968; that funeral services would be Friday at a French Lick funeral home with burial following at Patoka Memorial Cemetery; that the French Lick American Legion Post No. 76 would conduct graveside services. Hereinafter cited as U.S., Newspapers.com Obituary Index, 1800s-current.
  17. [S1571] Indiana, U.S., Death Certificates, 1899-2017, online at www.ancestry.com, death of Edward D. Hanger, age 62, veteran of US armed forces, married to Beatrice Hawhee Hanger, usual occupation County Recorder, died on 18 November 1981 at his home, R.R.#1, French Lick, Orange, Indiana, USA, born on 14 February 1919 in Indiana, son of William Edgar Hanger and Lena E. Eichmiller, cause of death was cardiac arrest contributed by hypertensive heart disease; he was a bilateral above the knee amputee and had had a recent transient ischemic attack (a TIA); informant his wife Beatrice Hanger, burial at Patoka Memorial Cemetery; Date Registered 1981, referencing Indiana Archives and Records Administration; Indianapolis, IN, USA; Indiana, U.S., Death Certificates, 1899-2011; Year: 1981; Roll: 21. Hereinafter cited as Indiana, U.S., Death Certificates, 1899-2017.
  18. [S2903] Blanche N. (Jones) Maxson 1984 Obituary, Indiana, online at Historical Newspapers from 1700s-2000s, at www.newspapers.com, The Times-Mail, (Bedford, Indiana), Saturday, December 22, 1984, Page 2, (Downloaded on August 4, 2025), under the heading, "Blanche Maxson", reporting that Blanche N. Maxson, 78, R.2, West Baden, died the day before at Orange County Hospital in Paoli; that she was born 22 September 1906 in French Lick to Sherman and Mary "Johens" Hawhee and married in 1960 to Harry R. Maxson who survives; that also surviving were three stepdaughters and three stepsons (all of whom were named), three half-sisters, Beatrice Hanger, Mrs. Rita Noble and Mrs. Margaret Stobie, all of French Lick, and a number of step grandchildren and step great-grandchildren; that she was a member of Red Quarry Christian Church, a Veteran of World War II, serving in the WACS, and a member of the French Lick American Legion Post 76; that she was employed with the shoe factory in Paoli; that funeral services were the following day, Sunday, with burial in Ames Chapel Cemetery. Hereinafter cited as Blanche N. (Jones) Maxson 1984 Obituary, Indiana.
  19. [S2096] U.S., Newspapers.com Obituary Index, 1800s-current, online at www.ancestry.com, The Herald, Jasper, Indiana, Friday, February 07, 2003, page 6, reporting under the heading, "Beatrice H. Hanger, 87, French Lick", that Beatrice H. "Bedie" Hanger, 87, French Lick, died Wednesday February 5, 2003 at her home; that she was survived by a daughter, Georgia Kraft, West Baden, two sisters, Margaret Crowder and Rita Noble, French Lick, three grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.

Benjamin Hawhee1

b. 1812
Family
Father*Arthur Hawhee1,2,3 b. 1755, d. bt 1840 - 1850
Mother*Nancy Sylvester1,2,3 b. 1765, d. a 1850
Birth*1812Benjamin Hawhee was born about 1812 in Pennsylvania.1 
Marriage*19 February 1829He married Mary West on 19 February 1829 in Spencer County, Indiana.4 
Census US 1850*15 August 1850Mary and Benjamin Hawhee were enumerated on the 1850 census taken on 15 August 1850 in Hall, Dubois County, Indiana. Benjamin was 38 years of age and worked as a laborer, and Mary was 41 years of age. Both were unable to read and write. Seven children were enumerated with them in 1850. William W. was 20 years old and worked as laborer; Sarah and Nancy J. were ages 16 and 14 years, respectively; Lewis and Mary A. were ages 12 and 9 years, respectively; young Benjamin was 7 years old; and baby Jesse was one year old. In the next household on the same census page of 453b, Benjamin's widowed, 85-year-old mother, Nancy (Sylvester) Hawhee, was enumerated in the household of Benjamin's sister and her husband, Walker and Catherine (Hawhee) Lankford, and on the next previous pages, spanning 452b and 453a, Benjamin's brother and his wife, Arthur and Francis (Kendall) Hawhee were enumerated with their children.1,5,6 

Family

 Mary West b. 1809

Citations

  1. [S17] 1850 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Benjamin and Mary Hawhee, The National Archives in Washington, DC; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M432; Residence Date: 1850; Home in 1850: Hall, Dubois, Indiana; Roll: 143; Page: 453b. Hereinafter cited as 1850 United States Federal Census.
  2. [S2244] Family Search Ancestry Discovery Blog, online at https://www.familysearch.org/blog/en/… .Caution: This is a beautifully presented collection of "Person Pages" containing a variety of information about specific ancestors submitted by individual contributors -- often, unfortunately, with no sources. If the information we have chosen to pass along here is accurate, we are extremely grateful to the contributor(s) who have shared it. Without documentation, however, we researchers are always forced to question the validity of information. We hope what we have selected to include was originally obtained from family Bible records, or other reliable sources, and is accurate. Although, even when we have found contributed information to be unreliable, inaccurate or incomplete, we consider the information useful as possible clues as we research, viewed online at https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/9SDV-8J4. Hereinafter cited as Family Search Ancestry Discovery Blog.
  3. [S2244] Family Search Ancestry Discovery Blog, online at https://www.familysearch.org/blog/en/…, https://www.familysearch.org/en/tree/person/details/…
  4. [S2649] Indiana, U.S., Marriage Certificates, 1960-2012, online at www.ancestry.com, marriage on 19 February 1829 in Spencer County, Indiana, USA of Benjamin Hawhee and Mary West. Hereinafter cited as Indiana, U.S., Marriage Certificates, 1960-2012.
  5. [S17] 1850 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Walker and Catherine Lankford, Year: 1850; Census Place: Hall, Dubois, Indiana; Roll: 143; Page: 453b.
  6. [S17] 1850 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Arthur and Francis Hawhee, The National Archives in Washington, DC; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M432; Residence Date: 1850; Home in 1850: Hall, Dubois, Indiana; Roll: 143; Pages: 452b and 453a.

Catherine Hawhee1

b. 1820
Family
Father*Arthur Hawhee2,3 b. 1755, d. bt 1840 - 1850
Mother*Nancy Sylvester4,3 b. 1765, d. a 1850
(Wife) Name SpellingsA variation of the spelling of the Lankford surname found in our research was Lankford.5 
Birth*1820Catherine Hawhee was born about 1820 in Indiana.1,6 
Name-SpellingsIn some records, her name was spelled Katherine.7 
Marriage*She married first William King, son of John Samuel King and Margaret M. Johnson.8,9 
(Wife) Death13 August 1839Katherine became a widow when William King was murdered by Peter Wilson on Tuesday, 13 August 1839 at James Foster's Still House, Perry County, Indiana, at about age 25. Wilson escaped and had not been apprehended by the time the notice of King's killing appeared in the newspaper two days later. Her husband's death left Katherine with four children under the age of 3 years.10 
Census US 1840*1840She was enumerated as Katherine King, and the head of her household, on the 1840 census in Dubois County, Indiana. In addition to herself, her household consisted of four children and the enumeration breakdown was recorded as 2 free white males under the age of 5, 2 free white females between the ages of 5 and 9, and 1 free white female between the ages of 20 and 29.7 
Marriage*18 March 1848She married second, as his second wife, Walker Lankford, son of Larkin Lankford and Rachel Tucker, on 18 March 1848 in Dubois County, Indiana. They each brought four children into their marriage.11 
Census US 1850*15 August 1850Catherine and Walker Lankford were enumerated on the 1850 census taken on 15 August 1850 in Hall, Dubois County, Indiana. Walker was 50 years of age and a farmer with real estate valued at $100, and Catherne was 30 years of age and not able to read and write. Their household consisted of six children, four from Walker's first marriage, one of Catherine's from her first marriage, and one from the couple's marriage. Walker's son, William Lankford, was 19 years old and worked with his father as a laborer on the family farm and Walker's daughters, Lydia A., Sarah and Paradine were ages 16, 10 and 9 years, respectively. Catherine's daughter, Nancy A. King, was 10 years old, and the couple's baby daughter, Arrena Lankford, was six months old. Also enumerated in the Lankford household in 1850 was Catherine's widowed mother, Nancy Hawhee, who was 85 years of age. Catherine's three older children from her first marriage, Daniel N. King, Margaret King and John King were enumerated in 1850 with their paternal grandparents, Margaret and John Samuel King, in Crawford County, Indiana. Two of Catherine's brothers, Benjamin and Arthur, and their wives, Mary (West) Hawhee and Francis (Kendall) Hawhee, respectively, were also enumerated with their children in Hall, Dubois County in 1850, and were very near the Lankfords who were on page 453b. Benjamin and his family were enumerated in the first previous household to the Lankfords on the same page of 453b, and brother Arthur's household spanned the next two previous pages of 452b and 453a. All three households were enumerated on the same date.12,13,14 
(Wife) Death1859Catherine became a widow for the second time when Walker Lankford died, probably about 1859 at about age 58.15 
Marriage*26 April 1860She married third, as his third wife, Henry H. Enlow, son of Jesse E. Enlow and Anna L. Highfill, on 26 April 1860 in Crawford County, Indiana. Henry had five surviving children with his second wife, and Catherine had eight children, four with each of her two previous husbands.16 
Census US 1860*28 July 1860Catherine and Henry H. Enlow were enumerated on the 1860 census taken on 28 July 1860 in Patoka, Crawford County, Indiana. Henry was 51 years of age and a farmer with real estate valued at $200 and a personal estate valued at $250, and Catherine was 45 years of age. They had been married within the year and while Henry was able to both read and write, Catherine was able to do neither. They were enumerated with their seven minor children from their previous marriages. William J., Elizabeth and Nancy C. Enlow were ages 20, 15 and 12 years, respectively; and Arrena, Mary M., Samuel and Elizabeth Lankford, who were all enumerated with the surname ENLOW, were ages 11, 8, 4 and 2 years, respectively. Enumerated in the next household on the same census page was the family of Edmund Lankford, the brother of Catherine's second husband, Walker Lankford, and an uncle to her Lankford children.6 
(Wife) Death14 March 1862Catherine became a widow for the third time when Henry H. Enlow died while serving in the Civil War on 14 March 1862 at Bardstown, Nelson County, Kentucky, at about age 54.17,18 

Family 1

 William King b. 1815, d. 13 Aug 1839
Children 1.Daniel N. King19 b. 14 Dec 1836
 2.Margaret King20
 3.John King20
 4.Nancy Ann King+20,1,9,21 b. 1839, d. 1866

Family 2

 Walker Lankford b. 1801, d. 1859
Children 1.Arrena Lankford1,22,9 b. 1850
 2.Mary Marrah Lankford23,9 b. 9 Mar 1851
 3.Samuel Lankford24,9 b. 1855
 4.Elizabeth Lankford25,9 b. 1858

Family 3

 Henry H. Enlow b. 1808, d. 14 Mar 1862

Citations

  1. [S17] 1850 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Walker and Catherine Lankford, Year: 1850; Census Place: Hall, Dubois, Indiana; Roll: 143; Page: 453b. Hereinafter cited as 1850 United States Federal Census.
  2. [S2244] Family Search Ancestry Discovery Blog, online at https://www.familysearch.org/blog/en/… .Caution: This is a beautifully presented collection of "Person Pages" containing a variety of information about specific ancestors submitted by individual contributors -- often, unfortunately, with no sources. If the information we have chosen to pass along here is accurate, we are extremely grateful to the contributor(s) who have shared it. Without documentation, however, we researchers are always forced to question the validity of information. We hope what we have selected to include was originally obtained from family Bible records, or other reliable sources, and is accurate. Although, even when we have found contributed information to be unreliable, inaccurate or incomplete, we consider the information useful as possible clues as we research, viewed online at https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/9SDV-8J4. Hereinafter cited as Family Search Ancestry Discovery Blog.
  3. [S2244] Family Search Ancestry Discovery Blog, online at https://www.familysearch.org/blog/en/…, https://www.familysearch.org/en/tree/person/sources/…
  4. [S2244] Family Search Ancestry Discovery Blog, online at https://www.familysearch.org/blog/en/…, viewed online at https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/9SDV-8VL
  5. [S2288] Anderson County (Kentucky) Clerk of the County Court, Deeds, 1827-1901. Microfilm of originals in the county courthouse at Lawrenceburg, Kentucky. Includes a general index, first by grantor then by grantee. Names are arranged by first letter of surname and then by year and date and there is some overlap of dates in the record books: deed dated 11 November 1850 and registered on 13 November 1851 between Walker, Benjamin, Larkin, Edmund, Richard, Jackson, Stephen and Isaac Langford of the first part by W. S. Hickman, the Master of Commissioner in Chancery appointed at the November term of the Anderson Circuit Court 1850 of the first part, and John Langford of the second part regarding land originally purchased by Larkin Langford, Sr., situated part in Shelby County and part in Franklin County, on 3 March 1822 from George W. Kinney, Deed Book G, 1847-1851, pages 577-578, Film# 259301, Digital# 8192345, image# 785 of 817; on 11 microfilm reels, viewed online at www.familysearch.org, Salt Lake City, Utah. Hereinafter cited as Deeds, 1827-1901 (Anderson County, Kentucky).
  6. [S18] 1860 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of H. H. and Catherine Enlow, Year: 1860; Census Place: Patoka, Crawford, Indiana; Roll: M653_250; Page: 512; Family History Library Film: 803250. Hereinafter cited as 1860 United States Federal Census.
  7. [S487] 1840 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Katherine King, Year: 1840; Census Place: Dubois, Indiana; Roll: 78; Page: 326; Family History Library Film: 0007723. Hereinafter cited as 1840 United States Federal Census.
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  10. [S2281] Hoosier State Chronicles, Indiana's Digital Historic Newspaper Program, online at https://newspapers.library.in.gov/, Murder of William King, from the Leavenworth Arena, Volume 2, Number 11, Leavenworth, Crawford County, Thursday, 15 August 1839, page 2, column 3, "MURDER - Peter Wilson killed William King in an affray at James Foster's Still House, in Perry County on Tuesday last. Mr. Wilson has made his escape, and has not been heard of since". Hereinafter cited as Hoosier State Chronicles.
  11. [S1566] Indiana, U.S., Marriages, 1810-2001, online at www.ancestry.com, marriage of Catherine King and Walker Lankford on 18 March 1848 in Dubois County, Indiana, referencing FHL Film# 000434833, page 72. Hereinafter cited as Indiana, U.S., Marriages, 1810-2001.
  12. [S17] 1850 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Walker and Catherine Lankford, The National Archives in Washington, DC; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M432; Residence Date: 1850; Home in 1850: Hall, Dubois, Indiana; Roll: 143; Page: 453b.
  13. [S17] 1850 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Benjamin and Mary Hawhee, The National Archives in Washington, DC; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M432; Residence Date: 1850; Home in 1850: Hall, Dubois, Indiana; Roll: 143; Page: 453b.
  14. [S17] 1850 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Arthur and Francis Hawhee, The National Archives in Washington, DC; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M432; Residence Date: 1850; Home in 1850: Hall, Dubois, Indiana; Roll: 143; Pages: 452b and 453a.
  15. [S748] Find a Grave website, which often provides cemetery and tombstone photos, and sometimes personal biographies, that may be obtained from the site, online at www.findagrave.com, Walker Lankford, Memorial# 101930601. Hereinafter cited as Find a Grave website.
  16. [S1501] Indiana Marriages, 1811-2019, database with images, online at www.familysearch.org. Digital collection of microfilmed records located at the Wayne County Courthouse, Richmond, Indiana. Includes surname indexes, marriage on 26 April 1860 in Crawford County, Indiana, of Henry H. Enlow, transcribed as "Enlon", and Catherine Lankford, certifier's name C. W. Kendle, officiator's name M. Tucker. Hereinafter cited as Indiana Marriages, 1811-2019.
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  18. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, PVT Henry H. Enlow, Memorial# 124253104.
  19. [S1566] Indiana, U.S., Marriages, 1810-2001, online at www.ancestry.com, marriage on 23 September 1909 in Indiana, United States, of Daniel N King, age 73, residing in Birdseye, born 14 December 1836 in Crawford County, Indiana, to William King and Catherine Hawhee, married Sallie Roach, age 62, residing in Birdseye, Indiana, born on 18 January 1847 in Perry County, Indiana, to N. D. Fuller and Hanna Taylor, citing page 124 and referencing FHL Film# 001435913.
  20. [S2282] William King (1839) Probate Papers, online at www.ancestry.com, appointment of John King as Guardian for Daniel King, Margaret King, John King and Nancy King, minor heirs of William King, deceased, and John Newton approved as his security in the sum of $60, conditioned as the law directs (document not dated); citing Crawford County, Indiana Probate Records, Book II, page 77; originally shared by Jason Froman on 1 July 2019, viewed online on 9 February 2022 at https://www.ancestry.com/mediaui-viewer/tree/118152153/…. Hereinafter cited as William King (1839) Probate Papers.
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Margaret M. Hawhee1,2,3

b. 5 March 1910, d. 28 December 2007
Family
Father-Probable*Sherman Lewis Hawhee5 b. 3 Apr 1887, d. 26 Jun 1952
Mother*Essie Leora Crecelius1,4 b. 7 Nov 1887, d. Jul 1967
Birth*5 March 1910Margaret Crecelius was born on 5 March 1910 in French Lick, Orange County, Indiana, the daughter of Essie Crecelius, and Sherman "Crecelius", which was not his actual surname. Margaret's parents were not married.6,1,2,3 
(Granddaughter) Census US 191030 April 1910She was enumerated with her mother as Margaret Crecelius on the 1910 census taken on 30 April 1910 in the household of her maternal grandparents, Rebecca and Thomas S. Crecelius, in French Lick, Orange County, Indiana. Margaret was one month old.7 
Research Notes*She was born four years before her mother married, and we believe Sherman Lewis Hawhee was very likely Margaret's biological father. While Margaret's birth was not registered correctly, a male child named Richard Crecelius was registered as born, on the date and in the place of Margaret's birth, to Margaret's mother, Essie Crecelius, and Sherman "Crecelius". Four years after Margaret's birth, Sherman married her mother, Essie Leora Crecelius, and Margaret's surname became Hawhee. Throughout her life she believed he was her father. As a side note, we are also fairly certain that Margaret was not Sherman's first illegitimate child.6,2,8,3 
(Daughter) Marriage1 July 1914She was 4 years old when her mother married Margaret's father, Sherman Hawhee, on 1 July 1914.4,9,8 
(Daughter) Census US 192020 January 1920She was enumerated as Margaret Hawhee on the 1920 census taken on 20 January 1920 in the household of her mother and probable father, Essie and Sherman Hawhee, near Paoli and Haysville Road, French Lick, Orange County, Indiana. Margaret was 9 years old and had attended school within the census year.10 
(Daughter) Census US 193010 May 1930Margaret was enumerated on the 1930 census taken on 10 May 1930 in the household of her parents in French Lick, Orange County, Indiana. She was 20 years old.11 
(Daughter) DivorceShe was an adult when her parents separated before the 1940 census was taken, and they were likely in the process of divorcing at that time.12,13,14 
(Daughter) Census US 194029 April 1940Margaret was enumerated on the 1940 census taken on 29 April 1940 in the household of her mother at 114 Monroe, French Lick, Orange County, Indiana. She was single, 30 years of age, had completed her education through the 4th year of high school, and worked for wages as a telephone operator in a privately owned hotel. She had worked 52 weeks in 1939 and earned a total of $720. She had worked 20 hours the week before the census was taken.12,13 
Marriage*1945She married, as her first husband, George Stobie about 1945, probably in Indiana or Illinois.15,16,17 
Divorce*1950Margaret and George separated and were likely planning to divorce by 1950.15 
(Daughter) Census US 19504 April 1950She was enumerated as Margaret Stobie, with her baby daughter, on the 1950 census taken on 4 April 1950 in the household of her mother on Venters Road, French Lick, Orange County, Indiana. Margaret was 40 years of age, separated from her husband, and worked as a PBX operator at the privately owned French Lick hotel. She had worked 56 hours the week before the census was taken. Margaret's daughter, Jamie Camille Stobie, was one year old.15 
(Half-Sister) Obituary22 December 1984Beatrice Hanger, Reita Noble and Margaret Stobie were identified by name as half-sisters of Blanche N. (Hawhee) Maxson in her newspaper obituary dated 22 December 1984 in Bedford, Lawrence County, Indiana. Blanche was an illegitimate daughter of the sisters' father, Sherman Hawhee, born before he married their mother.18 
Marriage*4 December 1988She married second, as his second wife, Tracy Crowder, son of Daniel Webster Crowder and Orena Cooper, on 4 December 1988 in French Lick, Orange County, Indiana. They were both 78 years of age.19,1,20 
(Wife) Death1 January 1991Margaret became a widow when Tracy Crowder died on 1 January 1991 at age 80.20 
Death*28 December 2007She died on 28 December 2007 in San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, at age 971 
Burial* and was buried in Mount Lebanon Cemetery, French Lick, Orange County, Indiana.1 

Family 1

 George Stobie
Child 1.Jamie Camille Stobie16,17 b. 30 Jul 1948

Family 2

 Tracy Crowder b. 5 Jan 1910, d. 1 Jan 1991

Citations

  1. [S748] Find a Grave website, which often provides cemetery and tombstone photos, and sometimes personal biographies, that may be obtained from the site, online at www.findagrave.com, Margaret M. (Hawhee) Crowder, Memorial# 209885414. Hereinafter cited as Find a Grave website.
  2. [S40] 1910 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Thomas S. and Rebecca Crecelius, Year: 1910; Census Place: French Lick, Orange, Indiana; Roll: T624_373; Page: 11a; Enumeration District: 0109; FHL microfilm: 1374386; Margaret's surname was recorded as Crecelius. Hereinafter cited as 1910 United States Federal Census.
  3. [S73] 1920 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Sherman and Essie Hawhee, Year: 1920; Census Place: French Lick, Orange, Indiana; Roll: T625_459; Page: 7B; Enumeration District: 136; Margaret's surname was recorded as Hawhee. Hereinafter cited as 1920 United States Federal Census.
  4. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Essie Leora (Crecelius) Hawhee, Memorial# 31640494.
  5. [S2792] Indiana, U.S., WPA Birth Index, 1880-1920, online at www.ancestry.com, birth on 5 March 1910 in Orange County, Indiana, USA, of Richard Crecelius, Male, son of Sherman Crecelius and Essie Crecelius, referencing Works Progress Administration; Indiana; Orange County, Indiana, Index to Birth Records; Year Range: 1882-1920; Volume: Volume 1; Surname Range: A-Z, Book H-10, page 49. Hereinafter cited as Indiana, U.S., WPA Birth Index, 1880-1920.
  6. [S2792] Indiana, U.S., WPA Birth Index, 1880-1920, online at www.ancestry.com, birth on 5 March 1910 in Orange County, Indiana, USA, of Richard Crecelius, Male, son of Sherman Crecelius and Essie Crecelius, referencing Works Progress Administration; Indiana; Orange County, Indiana, Index to Birth Records; Year Range: 1882-1920; Volume: Volume 1; Surname Range: A-Z, Book H-10, page 49; we note that this information is not correct, and that on this date in this place, a female child, Margaret Crecelius, was born, a daughter of Essie Crecelius and Sherman "Crecelius."
  7. [S40] 1910 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Thomas S. and Rebecca Crecelius, Year: 1910; Census Place: French Lick, Orange, Indiana; Roll: T624_373; Page: 11a; Enumeration District: 0109; FHL microfilm: 1374386.
  8. [S1566] Indiana, U.S., Marriages, 1810-2001, online at www.ancestry.com, marriage of Sherman Hawhee of French Lick, Orange County, age 27, born on 3 April 1887 in Orange County, Indiana, son of Arthur J. Hawhee and Elizabeth Flick, and Leora Crecelius of French Lick, Orange County, age 27, born on 7 November 1887 in Crawford County, Indiana, daughter of Thomas S. Crecelius and Rebecca D. McBride, married on 1 July 1914 in Indiana, United States, citing page 187 and referencing no FHL Film#. Hereinafter cited as Indiana, U.S., Marriages, 1810-2001.
  9. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Sherman Lewis “Jack” Hawhee, Memorial# 82006183.
  10. [S73] 1920 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Sherman and Essie Hawhee, Year: 1920; Census Place: French Lick, Orange, Indiana; Roll: T625_459; Page: 7B; Enumeration District: 136.
  11. [S91] 1930 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Sherman and Leora Hawhee, Year: 1930; Census Place: French Lick, Orange, Indiana; Pages: 7A-7B; Enumeration District: 0004; FHL microfilm: 2340356. Hereinafter cited as 1930 United States Federal Census.
  12. [S1441] 1940 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Leora E. Hawhee, Year: 1940; Census Place: French Lick, Orange, Indiana; Roll: m-t0627-01083; Page: 11A; Enumeration District: 59-1. Hereinafter cited as 1940 United States Federal Census.
  13. [S1441] 1940 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, enumeration of Sherman Hawhee, age 51, a widower, on 2 May 1940, in the household of his widowed sister, Mary Bagget, in French Lick, Orange County, Indiana.
  14. [S2295] 1950 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Sherman L. and Mabel K. Hawhee, National Archives at Washington, DC; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Year: 1950; Census Place: Chicago, Cook, Illinois; Roll: 3909; Page: 72; Enumeration District: 103-445. Hereinafter cited as 1950 United States Federal Census.
  15. [S2295] 1950 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Essie Hawhee, National Archives at Washington, DC; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Year: 1950; Census Place: French Lick, Orange, Indiana; Roll: 16; Pages: 2 and 3; Enumeration District: 59-9.
  16. [S2905] Birth of Daughter to Mr. and Mrs. George Stobie 30 July 1948, Indiana, online at Historical Newspapers from 1700s-2000s, at www.newspapers.com, The Times-Mail, (Bedford, Indiana), Friday, July 30, 1948, Page 8, (Downloaded on August 11, 2025), under "Hospital News", reporting that Mr. and Mrs. George Stobie of French Lick were parents of a baby daughter born that morning. Hereinafter cited as Birth of Daughter to Mr. and Mrs. George Stobie 30 July 1948, Indiana.
  17. [S2906] Jamie Camille Stobie 30 July 1948 Birth, Indiana, online at Historical Newspapers from 1700s-2000s, at www.newspapers.com, The Times-Mail, (Bedford, Indiana), Friday, August 6, 1948m Page 6, (Downloaded on August 11, 2025), under "Hospital Notes", reporting that Mrs. George Stobie and infant daughter, Jamie Camille, born July 30, were taken to their home in French Lick that day. Hereinafter cited as Jamie Camille Stobie 30 July 1948 Birth, Indiana.
  18. [S2903] Blanche N. (Jones) Maxson 1984 Obituary, Indiana, online at Historical Newspapers from 1700s-2000s, at www.newspapers.com, The Times-Mail, (Bedford, Indiana), Saturday, December 22, 1984, Page 2, (Downloaded on August 4, 2025), under the heading, "Blanche Maxson", reporting that Blanche N. Maxson, 78, R.2, West Baden, died the day before at Orange County Hospital in Paoli; that she was born 22 September 1906 in French Lick to Sherman and Mary "Johens" Hawhee and married in 1960 to Harry R. Maxson who survives; that also surviving were three stepdaughters and three stepsons (all of whom were named), three half-sisters, Beatrice Hanger, Mrs. Rita Noble and Mrs. Margaret Stobie, all of French Lick, and a number of step grandchildren and step great-grandchildren; that she was a member of Red Quarry Christian Church, a Veteran of World War II, serving in the WACS, and a member of the French Lick American Legion Post 76; that she was employed with the shoe factory in Paoli; that funeral services were the following day, Sunday, with burial in Ames Chapel Cemetery. Hereinafter cited as Blanche N. (Jones) Maxson 1984 Obituary, Indiana.
  19. [S2649] Indiana, U.S., Marriage Certificates, 1960-2012, online at www.ancestry.com, marriage on 4 December 1988 in French Lick, Orange, Indiana, USA of Margaret Hawhee Stobie, age 78, born about 1910 in Indiana, and Tracy Crowder, age 78, born about 1910 in Indiana, referencing Certificate# 88-048836. Hereinafter cited as Indiana, U.S., Marriage Certificates, 1960-2012.
  20. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Rev Tracy Crowder, Memorial# 118840019.

Rebecca Elizabeth Hawhee1

b. 20 March 1917, d. 8 June 1923
Family
Father*Sherman Lewis Hawhee1,3 b. 3 Apr 1887, d. 26 Jun 1952
Mother*Essie Leora Crecelius1,2 b. 7 Nov 1887, d. Jul 1967
Birth*20 March 1917Rebecca Elizabeth Hawhee was born on 20 March 1917 in Orange County, Indiana.1 
(Daughter) Census US 192020 January 1920Rebecca was enumerated on the 1920 census taken on 20 January 1920 in the household of her parents near Paoli and Haysville Road, French Lick, Orange County, Indiana. She was 2 years old.4 
Death*8 June 1923She died on 8 June 1923 in French Lick, Orange County, Indiana, at age 61 
Burial* and was buried in Mount Lebanon Cemetery, French Lick.1 

Citations

  1. [S748] Find a Grave website, which often provides cemetery and tombstone photos, and sometimes personal biographies, that may be obtained from the site, online at www.findagrave.com, Rebecca Elizabeth Hawhee, Memorial# 209856334. Hereinafter cited as Find a Grave website.
  2. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Essie Leora (Crecelius) Hawhee, Memorial# 31640494.
  3. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Sherman Lewis “Jack” Hawhee, Memorial# 82006183.
  4. [S73] 1920 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Sherman and Essie Hawhee, Year: 1920; Census Place: French Lick, Orange, Indiana; Roll: T625_459; Page: 7B; Enumeration District: 136. Hereinafter cited as 1920 United States Federal Census.

Reita Dale Hawhee1

b. 15 May 1929, d. 3 August 2007
Family
Father*Sherman Lewis Hawhee1,2 b. 3 Apr 1887, d. 26 Jun 1952
Mother*Essie Leora Crecelius1,3 b. 7 Nov 1887, d. Jul 1967
Birth*15 May 1929Reita Dale Hawhee was born on 15 May 1929 in French Lick, Orange County, Indiana.1 
(Daughter) Census US 193010 May 1930Reita Dale was enumerated on the 1930 census taken on 10 May 1930 in the household of her parents in French Lick, Orange County, Indiana. She was one year old.4 
(Daughter) DivorceShe was about 10 years old when her parents separated before the 1940 census was taken, and they were likely in the process of divorcing at that time.5,6,7 
(Daughter) Census US 194029 April 1940Reita was enumerated on the 1940 census taken on 29 April 1940 in the household of her mother at 114 Monroe, French Lick, Orange County, Indiana. She was 10 years old, had completed her education through the 4th grade of elementary school, and had attended school within the census year.5,6 
Marriage*11 June 1947She married Oliver Perry Noble II, son of Oliver Perry Noble I and Cordia Lee Bell, on 11 June 1947 in Orange County, Indiana.8,1,9 
(Half-Sister) Obituary22 December 1984Beatrice Hanger, Reita Noble and Margaret Stobie were identified by name as half-sisters of Blanche N. (Hawhee) Maxson in her newspaper obituary dated 22 December 1984 in Bedford, Lawrence County, Indiana. Blanche was an illegitimate daughter of the sisters' father, Sherman Hawhee, born before he married their mother.10 
(Wife) Death15 November 2006Reita became a widow when Oliver Perry Noble II died on 15 November 2006 at age 85.8 
Death*3 August 2007She died less than nine months after her husband, on 3 August 2007, in French Lick, Orange County, Indiana, at age 781 
Burial* and was buried with her husband in Mount Lebanon Cemetery, French Lick.1,8 

Family

 Oliver Perry Noble II b. 27 Jul 1921, d. 15 Nov 2006

Citations

  1. [S748] Find a Grave website, which often provides cemetery and tombstone photos, and sometimes personal biographies, that may be obtained from the site, online at www.findagrave.com, Reita Dale (Hawhee) Noble, Memorial# 200485366. Hereinafter cited as Find a Grave website.
  2. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Sherman Lewis “Jack” Hawhee, Memorial# 82006183.
  3. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Essie Leora (Crecelius) Hawhee, Memorial# 31640494.
  4. [S91] 1930 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Sherman and Leora Hawhee, Year: 1930; Census Place: French Lick, Orange, Indiana; Pages: 7A-7B; Enumeration District: 0004; FHL microfilm: 2340356. Hereinafter cited as 1930 United States Federal Census.
  5. [S1441] 1940 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Leora E. Hawhee, Year: 1940; Census Place: French Lick, Orange, Indiana; Roll: m-t0627-01083; Page: 11A; Enumeration District: 59-1. Hereinafter cited as 1940 United States Federal Census.
  6. [S1441] 1940 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, enumeration of Sherman Hawhee, age 51, a widower, on 2 May 1940, in the household of his widowed sister, Mary Bagget, in French Lick, Orange County, Indiana.
  7. [S2295] 1950 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Sherman L. and Mabel K. Hawhee, National Archives at Washington, DC; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Year: 1950; Census Place: Chicago, Cook, Illinois; Roll: 3909; Page: 72; Enumeration District: 103-445. Hereinafter cited as 1950 United States Federal Census.
  8. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Oliver Perry Noble II, Memorial# 176708078.
  9. [S2649] Indiana, U.S., Marriage Certificates, 1960-2012, online at www.ancestry.com, marriage on 11 June 1947 in Orange, Indiana, USA of Reita Dale Hawhee, age 18, born on 15 May 1929, and Oliver P. Noble, age 25, born on 27 July 1921, son of Oliver Perry Noble and Cordia Bell. Hereinafter cited as Indiana, U.S., Marriage Certificates, 1960-2012.
  10. [S2903] Blanche N. (Jones) Maxson 1984 Obituary, Indiana, online at Historical Newspapers from 1700s-2000s, at www.newspapers.com, The Times-Mail, (Bedford, Indiana), Saturday, December 22, 1984, Page 2, (Downloaded on August 4, 2025), under the heading, "Blanche Maxson", reporting that Blanche N. Maxson, 78, R.2, West Baden, died the day before at Orange County Hospital in Paoli; that she was born 22 September 1906 in French Lick to Sherman and Mary "Johens" Hawhee and married in 1960 to Harry R. Maxson who survives; that also surviving were three stepdaughters and three stepsons (all of whom were named), three half-sisters, Beatrice Hanger, Mrs. Rita Noble and Mrs. Margaret Stobie, all of French Lick, and a number of step grandchildren and step great-grandchildren; that she was a member of Red Quarry Christian Church, a Veteran of World War II, serving in the WACS, and a member of the French Lick American Legion Post 76; that she was employed with the shoe factory in Paoli; that funeral services were the following day, Sunday, with burial in Ames Chapel Cemetery. Hereinafter cited as Blanche N. (Jones) Maxson 1984 Obituary, Indiana.

Sherman Lewis Hawhee1

b. 3 April 1887, d. 26 June 1952
Family
Father*Arthur J. Hawhee2,1 b. 22 Nov 1852, d. 24 Oct 1924
Mother*Elizabeth Flick3,1 b. 18 Nov 1851, d. 8 Mar 1925
Birth*3 April 1887Sherman Lewis Hawhee was born on 3 April 1887 in French Lick, Orange County, Indiana.1 
(Biological Father) Research NotesWe don't know how or when Blanche Jones, the illegitimate daughter of Mary Jones, came to believe that Sherman Lewis Hawhee was her biological father. We have found no records to indicate that Blanche and Sherman spent any time together, although they did live for much of the time in the same town of French Lick, Orange County, Indiana. We suspect her belief was correct because, after his death, Sherman Hawhee was identified by name as her father, and his three daughters, who survived Blanche, were also identified by name as her half-sisters, in Blanche's 1984 obituary.4,5 
(Father-Probable) Research NotesBefore Sherman married Essie Leora Crecelius in 1914, she had an illegitimate daughter, Margaret Crecelius, who was 4 years old when the couple married. We believe that Sherman was very likely Margaret's biological father. While Margaret's birth was not registered correctly, a male child named Richard Crecelius was registered as born, on the date and in the place of Margaret's birth, to Margaret's mother, Essie Crecelius, and Sherman "Crecelius". After Sherman's marriage to her mother, Essie's daughter Margaret's surname became Hawhee, and throughout her life she believed he was her father. As a side note, we are also fairly certain that Margaret was not Sherman's first illegitimate child.6,7,8,9 
Marriage*1 July 1914He married first Leora Crecelius, daughter of Thomas Saben Crecelius and Rebecca Delcinia McBride, on 1 July 1914 in Indiana. Their daughter, Margaret, was 4 years old.10,1,8 
Census US 1920*20 January 1920They were enumerated as Essie and Sherman Hawhee on the 1920 census taken on 20 January 1920 near Paoli and Haysville Road, French Lick, Orange County, Indiana. Sherman was 32 years of age and working out for wages as a laborer, and Essie was also 32 years of age. They rented their house and were both able to read, write and to speak English. Three daughters were enumerated with them in 1920. Margaret, whose surname had been Crecelius on the 1910 census, was recorded as Margaret Hawhee. She was 9 years old and had attended school within the census year. The two younger girls, Beatrice and Rebecca, were ages 4 and 2 years, respectively.11 
Census US 1930*10 May 1930Leora and Sherman Hawhee were enumerated on the 1930 census taken on 10 May 1930 in French Lick, Orange County, Indiana. Sherman was 43 years of age, had been age 26 when he married for the first time, which was to Leora, and worked for wages as a laborer at a hotel company. Leora was 42 years of age and had also been age 26 when she married for the first time, which was to Sherman. They owned their house, which was valued at $2,500, and was not on a farm. Their three surviving daughters were enumerated with them in 1930. Margaret was age 20 and single; Beatrice was 14 years old and had attended school within the census year; and baby Reita Dale was one year old.12 
Divorce*Sherman and Leora had separated before the 1940 census was taken, and were likely in the process of divorcing at that time.13,14,15 
Census US 1940*2 May 1940Sherman Hawhee was enumerated on the 1940 census taken on 2 May 1940 in French Lick, Orange County, Indiana. He was 51 years of age and reporting himself as widowed, although his wife, Leora (Crecelius) Hawhee, was not deceased. Sherman had completed his education through the 8th grade of elementary school, was working for wages as a lineman for a privately owned telephone company, had worked 40 hours the week before the census was taken, had been unemployed for 18 weeks, and had worked for 34 weeks in 1939 and earned a total of $612. At the time of the census, he was living in the home of his widowed sister, Mary Bagget, who was 52 years of age. Sherman's wife, Leora, was enumerated with the couple's three daughters, also in French Lick. She was recorded as married.14,13 
Marriage*He married second, as her second husband, Mabel Katherine (Kirby) Hatfield, daughter of Gilbert Chapman Kirby and Emma Zetta Bryant.1,16,15,14 
Census US 1950*7 April 1950Mabel K. and Sherman Lewis Hawhee were enumerated on the 1950 census taken on 7 April 1950 at 4740 S. Dorchester, Apt.# 106, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois. Sherman was 60 years of age and working as a mail sorter for a privately owned railroad company, and Mabel was 47 years of age and working as an advertising display inspector for a privately owned advertising display manufacturer. Two of Mabel's children from her first marriage were enumerated with them in 1950. James W. Hatfield was 19 years old and working as a canvas display finisher for a privately owned manufacturer of display material, and his brother, Richard L. Hatfield, was 16 years old and working as an errand boy at a privately owned apartment. Sherman's line number was selected for supplemental questions and we learned that he had attended, although not completed, the 5th grade of elementary school, had worked 38 weeks in 1949 and earned a total of $230, and that the total income of his household in 1949 was $3,320.15 
Death*26 June 1952He died on 26 June 1952 in Milton, Cabell County, West Virginia, at age 651 
Burial* and was buried in Milton Cemetery, Milton.1 
(Father) Obituary22 December 1984Sherman Hawhee and Mary Jones, both of whom were deceased, were identified by name as the parents of their illegitimate daughter, Blanche N. (Jones) Charles Payton Maxson, whose name was published as Blanche N. (Hawhee) Maxson in her newspaper obituary dated 22 December 1984 in Bedford, Lawrence County, Indiana.4 

Family 1

 Mary Jones b. 7 Nov 1886, d. bt 1920 - 1930
Child 1.Blanche Jones+1,4,5 b. 22 Sep 1906, d. 21 Dec 1984

Family 2

 Essie Leora Crecelius b. 7 Nov 1887, d. Jul 1967
Children 1.Margaret M. Hawhee+17 b. 5 Mar 1910, d. 28 Dec 2007
 2.Beatrice Hilma Hawhee+18,1 b. 10 Jul 1915, d. 5 Feb 2003
 3.Rebecca Elizabeth Hawhee19,1 b. 20 Mar 1917, d. 8 Jun 1923
 4.Reita Dale Hawhee20,1 b. 15 May 1929, d. 3 Aug 2007

Family 3

 Mabel Katherine Kirby b. 1 Apr 1903, d. 5 Jul 1977

Citations

  1. [S748] Find a Grave website, which often provides cemetery and tombstone photos, and sometimes personal biographies, that may be obtained from the site, online at www.findagrave.com, Sherman Lewis “Jack” Hawhee, Memorial# 82006183. Hereinafter cited as Find a Grave website.
  2. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Arthur J Hawhee, Memorial# 31640479.
  3. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Elizabeth (Flick) Hawhee, Memorial# 31640487.
  4. [S2903] Blanche N. (Jones) Maxson 1984 Obituary, Indiana, online at Historical Newspapers from 1700s-2000s, at www.newspapers.com, The Times-Mail, (Bedford, Indiana), Saturday, December 22, 1984, Page 2, (Downloaded on August 4, 2025), under the heading, "Blanche Maxson", reporting that Blanche N. Maxson, 78, R.2, West Baden, died the day before at Orange County Hospital in Paoli; that she was born 22 September 1906 in French Lick to Sherman and Mary "Johens" Hawhee and married in 1960 to Harry R. Maxson who survives; that also surviving were three stepdaughters and three stepsons (all of whom were named), three half-sisters, Beatrice Hanger, Mrs. Rita Noble and Mrs. Margaret Stobie, all of French Lick, and a number of step grandchildren and step great-grandchildren; that she was a member of Red Quarry Christian Church, a Veteran of World War II, serving in the WACS, and a member of the French Lick American Legion Post 76; that she was employed with the shoe factory in Paoli; that funeral services were the following day, Sunday, with burial in Ames Chapel Cemetery. Hereinafter cited as Blanche N. (Jones) Maxson 1984 Obituary, Indiana.
  5. [S1571] Indiana, U.S., Death Certificates, 1899-2017, online at www.ancestry.com, death of Blanche N. Maxson of RR# 2, West Baden, Orange County, age 78, married to Harry Maxson, shoe factory worker, veteran of US armed forces, died on 21 December 1984 at Orange County Hospital in Paoli, Orange, Indiana, USA, born on 22 September 1906 in Indiana, daughter of Sherman Hawhee and Mary Jones, informant her husband, Harry Maxson of RR# 2, West Baden, Orange County, mailing address Orleans, burial in Ames Chapel Cemetery; Date Registered 1984, referencing Indiana Archives and Records Administration; Indianapolis, IN, USA; Indiana, U.S., Death Certificates, 1899-2011; Year: 1984; Roll: 16. Hereinafter cited as Indiana, U.S., Death Certificates, 1899-2017.
  6. [S2792] Indiana, U.S., WPA Birth Index, 1880-1920, online at www.ancestry.com, birth on 5 March 1910 in Orange County, Indiana, USA, of Richard Crecelius, Male, son of Sherman Crecelius and Essie Crecelius, referencing Works Progress Administration; Indiana; Orange County, Indiana, Index to Birth Records; Year Range: 1882-1920; Volume: Volume 1; Surname Range: A-Z, Book H-10, page 49; we note that this information is not correct, and that on this date in this place, a female child, Margaret Crecelius, was born, a daughter of Essie Crecelius and Sherman "Crecelius". Hereinafter cited as Indiana, U.S., WPA Birth Index, 1880-1920.
  7. [S40] 1910 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Thomas S. and Rebecca Crecelius, Year: 1910; Census Place: French Lick, Orange, Indiana; Roll: T624_373; Page: 11a; Enumeration District: 0109; FHL microfilm: 1374386; Margaret's surname was recorded as Crecelius. Hereinafter cited as 1910 United States Federal Census.
  8. [S1566] Indiana, U.S., Marriages, 1810-2001, online at www.ancestry.com, marriage of Sherman Hawhee of French Lick, Orange County, age 27, born on 3 April 1887 in Orange County, Indiana, son of Arthur J. Hawhee and Elizabeth Flick, and Leora Crecelius of French Lick, Orange County, age 27, born on 7 November 1887 in Crawford County, Indiana, daughter of Thomas S. Crecelius and Rebecca D. McBride, married on 1 July 1914 in Indiana, United States, citing page 187 and referencing no FHL Film#. Hereinafter cited as Indiana, U.S., Marriages, 1810-2001.
  9. [S73] 1920 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Sherman and Essie Hawhee, Year: 1920; Census Place: French Lick, Orange, Indiana; Roll: T625_459; Page: 7B; Enumeration District: 136; Margaret's surname was recorded as Hawhee. Hereinafter cited as 1920 United States Federal Census.
  10. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Essie Leora (Crecelius) Hawhee, Memorial# 31640494.
  11. [S73] 1920 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Sherman and Essie Hawhee, Year: 1920; Census Place: French Lick, Orange, Indiana; Roll: T625_459; Page: 7B; Enumeration District: 136.
  12. [S91] 1930 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Sherman and Leora Hawhee, Year: 1930; Census Place: French Lick, Orange, Indiana; Pages: 7A-7B; Enumeration District: 0004; FHL microfilm: 2340356. Hereinafter cited as 1930 United States Federal Census.
  13. [S1441] 1940 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Leora E. Hawhee, Year: 1940; Census Place: French Lick, Orange, Indiana; Roll: m-t0627-01083; Page: 11A; Enumeration District: 59-1. Hereinafter cited as 1940 United States Federal Census.
  14. [S1441] 1940 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, enumeration of Sherman Hawhee, age 51, a widower, on 2 May 1940, in the household of his widowed sister, Mary Bagget, in French Lick, Orange County, Indiana.
  15. [S2295] 1950 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Sherman L. and Mabel K. Hawhee, National Archives at Washington, DC; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Year: 1950; Census Place: Chicago, Cook, Illinois; Roll: 3909; Page: 72; Enumeration District: 103-445. Hereinafter cited as 1950 United States Federal Census.
  16. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Mabel Katherine (Kirby) Hawhee, Memorial# 82007018.
  17. [S2792] Indiana, U.S., WPA Birth Index, 1880-1920, online at www.ancestry.com, birth on 5 March 1910 in Orange County, Indiana, USA, of Richard Crecelius, Male, son of Sherman Crecelius and Essie Crecelius, referencing Works Progress Administration; Indiana; Orange County, Indiana, Index to Birth Records; Year Range: 1882-1920; Volume: Volume 1; Surname Range: A-Z, Book H-10, page 49.
  18. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Beatrice Hilma (Hawhee) Hanger, Memorial# 127669421.
  19. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Rebecca Elizabeth Hawhee, Memorial# 209856334.
  20. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Reita Dale (Hawhee) Noble, Memorial# 200485366.

Robert A. Hawk1

Family
Marriage*He married Frances Raimey.1 

Family

 Frances Raimey
Child 1.William Anderson Hawk1 b. 17 Jun 1824, d. 31 Jul 1845

Citations

  1. [S748] Find a Grave website, which often provides cemetery and tombstone photos, and sometimes personal biographies, that may be obtained from the site, online at www.findagrave.com, William Anderson Hawk, Memorial# 89284637. Hereinafter cited as Find a Grave website.

William Anderson Hawk1,2,3

b. 17 June 1824, d. 31 July 1845
Family
Father*Robert A. Hawk3
Mother*Frances Raimey3
Birth*17 June 1824William Anderson Hawk was born on 17 June 1824 in Scott County, Illinois.3 
Marriage*7 March 1844He married Hannah Campbell, daughter of James Campbell and Margaret Berry, on 7 March 1844 in Morgan County, Illinois.1,2 
Death*31 July 1845He died on 31 July 1845 in Scott County at age 213 
Burial* and was buried in Winchester City Cemetery, Winchester, Scott County.3 

Family

 Hannah Campbell b. 21 Jul 1819, d. 4 Nov 1905

Citations

  1. [S1600] Illinois, Compiled Marriages, 1791 to 1850, online at www.ancestry.com, William A. Hawk and "Hanah" Campbell, Morgan County, 7 March 1844. Hereinafter cited as Illinois, Compiled Marriages, 1791 to 1850.
  2. [S260] Illinois, Compiled Marriages, 1790-1860, online at www.ancestry.com, William A. Hawk and "Hanah" Campbell, Morgan County, 7 March 1844, referencing Family History Library, Salt Lake City, UT Microfilm: 1317641. Hereinafter cited as Illinois, Compiled Marriages, 1790-1860.
  3. [S748] Find a Grave website, which often provides cemetery and tombstone photos, and sometimes personal biographies, that may be obtained from the site, online at www.findagrave.com, William Anderson Hawk, Memorial# 89284637. Hereinafter cited as Find a Grave website.

Adam Hawkes1

Family
Marriage*June 1670He married second Sarah Hooper of Reading, daughter of William Hooper and Elizabeth __?__, in June 1670.1 

Family

 Sarah Hooper b. 7 Dec 1650, d. b 19 Feb 1711/12

Citations

  1. [S610] Charles Henry Pope and Thomas Hooper, compilers, downloaded from Google Books, Hooper Genealogy (Boston, Massachusetts: Charles H. Pope, 1908), Part I, The Reading Family, compiled by Thomas Hooper of Boston, pages 1-6. Hereinafter cited as Hooper Genealogy.

Elizabeth Hawkes1,2,3

b. circa 1744, d. 26 January 1816
Family
Birth*circa 1744Elizabeth Hawkes was born, as calculated from her recorded age at death, circa 1744.4 
Marriage Intention26 June 1760An intention of marriage for Elizabeth Hawkes and Zachariah Pool was recorded on 26 June 1760 in Boston.5 
Marriage*9 July 1760She married first Zachariah Pool of Boston on 9 July 1760 in Chelsea, Suffolk County. They were married by Reverend Phillips Payson of Chelsea.3,6,7 
(Wife) Deathbefore 8 October 1770Elizabeth became a widow when Zachariah Pool died.1 
Marriage*8 October 1770She married second, as his first wife, Reverend Peter Thacher of Malden, son of Oxenbridge Thacher Jr. and Sarah Kent, on 8 October 1770 in Chelsea, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Bay Province (New England).1,2,3 
Death*26 January 1816She died suddenly on 26 January 1816 in Malden, Middlesex County, at age 72.4 

Family 1

 Zachariah Pool d. b 8 Oct 1770

Family 2

 Peter Thacher b. 10 Mar 1752, d. 16 Dec 1802

Citations

  1. [S451] Massachusetts Vital Records to the Year 1850 - NEHGS, online at www.newenglandancestors.org, Chelsea Marriages, Volume 1, page 427. Hereinafter cited as Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 - NEHGS.
  2. [S1214] William Emerson, A Sermon on the decease of the Rev. Peter Thacher, D.D.: pronounced Dec. 31, 1802 in Brattle Street Church, Boston, downloaded from the Boston Public Library eBooks and Texts Archive at www.archive.org. (Boston, Massachusetts: Young and Minns, printers to the state, 1803), page 30. Hereinafter cited as A Sermon on the decease of the Rev. Peter Thacher.
  3. [S1215] Boston, MA: Inhabitants and Estates of the Town of Boston, 1630-1822 (Thwing Collection), online at www.americanancestors.org, page 14829. Hereinafter cited as Boston Inhabitants and Estates (Thwing).
  4. [S451] Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 - NEHGS, online at www.newenglandancestors.org, Malden Deaths, Volume 1, page 381.
  5. [S746] Boston, Massachusetts Marriages, 1700-1809, online at www.americanancestors.org, Marriage Intentions, 1752-61, Volume 2, page 37. Hereinafter cited as Boston Marriages, 1700-1809.
  6. [S451] Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 - NEHGS, online at www.newenglandancestors.org, Chelsea Marriages, Volume 1, page 386.
  7. [S746] Boston Marriages, 1700-1809, online at www.americanancestors.org, City Document No. 101, page 292.

Mary Hawkes1

Family
Name-SpellingsThe HAWKES surname also appeared in the records as HAWKE.2 
Marriage5 March 1730She married first Samuel Thaxter on 5 March 1730 in Hingham, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Bay Province (New England).3,1 
(Wife) Death4 December 1732Mary became a widow when Samuel Thaxter died on 4 December 1732.4 
Marriage*12 December 1733She married second John Hancock, son of Reverend John Hancock and Elizabeth Clark, on 12 December 1733 in Hingham, Suffolk County.5,1 
(Wife) Death7 May 1744Mary became a widow for the second time when John Hancock died on 7 May 1744.1 
Marriage*29 June 1751She married third, as his second wife, Daniel Perkins on 29 June 1751 in Lexington, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Bay Province (New England).6,7 
(Stepmother) Marriage9 October 1760Mary's daughter Mary Hancock married Dr. Richard Perkins, the son of her third husband, the Reverend Daniel Perkins, on 9 October 1760.8,6 

Family 1

 John Hancock b. 1 Jun 1702, d. 7 May 1744
Children 1.Mary Hancock6 b. 8 Apr 1735, d. 21 Jun 1779
 2.John Hancock1 b. 23 Jan 1737, d. 8 Oct 1793

Family 2

 Daniel Perkins b. c 1697, d. 29 Sep 1782

Citations

  1. [S1062] Unidentified Author, "Hancock Family -- 1635 -- from England (Pedigree Chart)", New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Volume 9, page 352, (October 1855). Hereinafter cited as "Hancock Family (Pedigree Chart)."
  2. [S859] The town of Hingham, compiler, History of the town of Hingham, Massachusetts, downloaded from the Boston Public Library eBooks and Texts Archive at www.archive.org. Reprint in one volume of the last two volumes of the History of the town of Hingham, Massachusetts, originally published in three volumes in four parts by the town in 1893. Includes separate indexes for surnames, places, and miscellaneous at the end of Volume 3. Contents: Volume 1, Parts 1-2. Historical --Volume 2. Genealogical -- Volume 3. Genealogical. (Hingham, Massachusetts: Published by the town, 1893), Volume 2, pages 294-295. Hereinafter cited as History of Hingham, Massachusetts.
  3. [S1012] Hingham, MA: Vital Records, 1639-1844, online at www.americanancestors.org, Volume 1, Marriages, page 272. Hereinafter cited as Hingham Vital Records, 1639-1844.
  4. [S1012] Hingham Vital Records, 1639-1844, online at www.americanancestors.org, Volume 1, Deaths, page 102.
  5. [S1012] Hingham Vital Records, 1639-1844, online at www.americanancestors.org, Volume 1, Marriages, page 273, his surname spelled "Hencock."
  6. [S474] Nahum Mitchell, History of the Early Settlement of Bridgewater in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, including an extensive Family Register. Note: page numbers differ slightly between publications used in our research, including FHL copy, Google Books, Boston Public Library eBooks online and our personal library reprint published by Heritage Books. (Baltimore, Maryland: Gateway Press, Inc., original publication date was 1840; reprinted for the third and fourth times in 1970 and 1975; first reprinted in 1897 by Henry T. Pratt, Bridgewater, Massachusetts; originally printed in 1840 by Kidder and Wright, Boston, Massachusetts), Perkins, pages 277-281. Hereinafter cited as History of the Early Settlement of Bridgewater.
  7. [S1150] Lexington MA: Vital Records to 1898, online at www.americanancestors.org, page 120. Hereinafter cited as Lexington Vital Records to 1898.
  8. [S836] New England Historic Genealogical Society, compiler, downloaded from Google Books, Vital Records of Bridgewater, Massachusetts to the Year 1850. In two Volumes: Volume I. Births and Volume II. Marriages and Deaths. (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1916), Volume II, Marriages, page 292. Hereinafter cited as Vital Records of Bridgewater, Massachusetts to 1850.