Re: John & Mary MILLS HAWKINS=Elizabeth, Sarah b. 1646, Susan, James HAWKINS of Mass
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John & Mary MILLS HAWKINS=Elizabeth, Sarah b. 1646, Susan, James HAWKINS of Mass
Jan Rose 9/19/06
According to Thwing, the 1692 deed shows that Elizabeth Hawkins married Thomas Mercer, whose will was dated 8 April 1698 and proved 16 June 1698. The latter instrument is recorded in the county probate records, 8:254. Likewise, the deed names Sarah as the wife of John Jenkins.
Susan goes unnamed not only in the deed but also in their father's will of 1670, and it is widely believed that she died unmarried. But James Jr., the grantee in the 1692 deed, is believed to have married Lydia Rice, daughter of Deacon Edmund Rice and his second wife Mercy, of Sudbury, Massachusetts.
Austin W. Spencer