Obadiah Hawes I (1635 - 1690)

Born 25 Mar 1635 in Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire, England

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Humphrey) Hawes — married about 1662 (to 1676) in Dorchester, Suffolk, MA

Husband of Sarah (Unknown) Holmes — married before 7 Oct 1678 in Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Descendants

Died 5 Oct 1690 at age 55 in Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts

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Biography

Obadiah Hawes is mentioned as son of Richard and Anne _____ Hawes^[1], married by 1632. Obadiah bp. Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire, 25 March 1635; m. (1) by 1663 Mary Humphrey (their eldest known child was born in Dorchester on 20 August 1663), daughter of James Humpghrey [Hawes Gen 26]; m. (2) by 7 October 1678 Sarah (_____) Holmes, widow of John Holmes [Hawes Gen 26-27].^[2]

Christening 25 MAR 1635 Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts

Marriage ABT 1662 Dorchester, Suffolk, MA

Marriage ABT 1677 Dorchester, Essex, MA

Burial Boston, Suffolk, Mass

Obadiah married about 1662 Mary Humphrey.^[3] She died on April 21, 1676,^[4] leaving Obadiah with at least five children under the age of thirteen.

A year later, possibly in anticipation of his second marriage, he either built a new home or enlarged the old one, for on March 12, 1676/7 he was granted by the town the right to obtain 1400 clapboards.^[5]

He married second in his early 40s sometime prior to October of 1678 widow Sarah (___) Holmes. Her husband John Holmes had died on May 17, 1676,^[6] leaving her with five children under the age of thirteen: John, Sarah, Mary, George and Samuel Holmes.^[7] So, lots of children in the combined household.

Obadiah was active in town affairs. He served as town constable and taker of the tithes. He also helped run the line between Roxbury and Dorchester and lay out town roads.^[8]

He was moderately well-off. The inventory of his real and personal estate at the time of his death totaled £384. The dwelling house and lot were valued at £105 and his other tracts of land at £175.[^[9]

Obadiah Hawes died on October 5,1690, at age 55, without leaving a will, and was buried “in the yard at Uphams Corner, where the ancient stone is still standing [1932]".^[10] "Here lies buried ye body of Obadiah Haws, age 56 years, died Oct ye 5th 1690.”^[11] The court appointed his son Obadiah Jr. administrator, and Hopestill Humphrey and Ebenezer Withington served as fellow bondsmen. The inventory of the estate was taken on November 14, 1690.^[12]

For much more see:^[13]

Sources

• New England, The Great Migration and The Great Migration Begins, 1620-1635 - Great Migration, Vol 3, G-H - Robert Charles Anderson (editor).
• http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=2496
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 26 April 2020), memorial page for Obediah Haws (1634–5 Oct 1690), Find A Grave: Memorial #20742012, citing Dorchester North Burying Ground, Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts; Maintained by Jeffrey James (contributor 47902931) .

Footnotes

1. ↑ https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NPRG-DQF
2. ↑ New England, The Great Migration and The Great Migration Begins, 1620-1635 - Great Migration, Vol 3, G-H - Robert Charles Anderson (editor)
3. ↑ Hawes, Frank Mortimer, Richard Hawes of Dorchester (1932), p.26. https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/18668/dvm_GenMono004098-00024-1?backurl=&ssrc=&backlabel=Return#?imageId=dvm_GenMono004098-00018-1
4. ↑ Dorchester vital records, p.28: wife of Obadiah Hawes.
5. ↑ Hawes, p.24.
6. ↑ Hawes, p.26: Oct 7 1678 petition, John [Holmes]’s widow now wife of Obadiah ”Hause.”
7. ↑ George Arthur Gray, The Descendants of George Holmes of Roxbury (1908), p.10,11. https://archive.org/details/descendantsofgeo00byugray/page/10/mode/2up
8. ↑ Hawes, pp.23,24: town records.
9. ↑ Suffolk Co. Probate Bk.8, p.176.
10. ↑ Hawes, p.26.
11. ↑ NEHGR Vol.4, p.168: Dorchester inscriptions. Dorchester vital records, p.121: Obadiah Sr.
12. ↑ Suffolk Co. Probate Bk.8, p.176.
13. ↑ Hawes, “Frank Mortimer, Richard Hawes of Dorchester, Massachusetts and some of his Descendants,” (1932). https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/18668/dvm_GenMono004098-00024-1?backurl=&ssrc=&backlabel=Return#?imageId=dvm_GenMono004098-00018-1

Merges

This profile developed through the merging of Hawes-93 into Hawes-64. Profiles merged by Tom Bredehoft, 5/10/2013

Acknowledging contributors

• This person was created through the import of 124-DeCoursey.ged on 14 September 2010.
• This person was created through the import of Family.ged on 28 November 2010.