Joshua Slocomb Hawkesworth (1808 - aft. 1877)

Born 1808 in Nova Scotia

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Died after Oct 1877 after age 69 in Digby, Nova Scotia

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Biography

Joshua was born in 1808. He is the son of John Hawkesworth.

He married first, 24 Jan 1831 in Granville, Annapolis Co., NS, Mary McCormick (dau. of Daniel). The 3 Dec 1831 edition of the New Brunswick Courier reported: "m. Granville, N.S., 24th, by Rev. Wolley, Joshua S. Hawkesworth, Saint John / Mary McCormick eldest d/o Daniel McCormick, former place." She died 10 Sep 1866 in Digby.

In 1861, Joshua S. Hawksworth was residing in Digby, Digby Co. with a family consisting of 1 male 2-3, 1 male, 5-10, 1 female 5-10 [Alice], 2 females 10-15 [Cassandra, Mary], 1 single male 15-20, 2 single males 20-30, 1 single female 20-30 [Susan?], 1 married female 40-50 [Mary, his wife] and 1 married male 50-60 [himself]. This record also shows the death of a female 30-40 in the preceeding year.

He married secondly, 16 Oct 1867, Rachel McCormick (dau. of John). According to the certificate, the event took place in the Church of England, Granville. Joshua was listed as a widowed merchant, 58, born in Digby, s/o John & Mary Hawksworth, residing in Digby and Rachel was a spinster, 55, born Granville, d/o John McCormick, residing Granville.

The Return of Industrial Establishments for the 1871 census of Digby lists J. S. Hawkesworth & Sons, Tanning & Shoe Factory. Does not appear in the 1871 personal census.

Digby County probate records show the Last Will and Testament of Joshua S. Hawkesworth of Digby, dated 19 Oct 1877, listing wife Rachel and children: sons Daniel, Henry, Thorne, William and Clare; and daughters: Susan Cameron, Sarah Saunders, Cassandra Rice, Ellen Dickson and Alice Hawkesworth.

Children:

1. Daniel, b. 9 Aug 1833 in Annapolis Co., m. Dec 1856, Sarah Cosseboom, res. Digby, 1871, res. Cass Co., Dakota Territory in 1880 as Daniel Howkesworth. Son Adam E. and Ellen Hebb were married 1873 in Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia.
2. Susannah, b. 24 Mar 1835, m(1) 20 Dec 1859 in Digby, William Alexander Wright, m(2) 25 Dec 1870 in Digby, John Josiah Cameron, d. 11 Jan 1899 in Leeds, Ontario.
3. Sarah Elizabeth, b. 28 Jan 1837, m(1) James Edward Cropley, m(2) 11 Apr 1876, John Franklin Saunders, d. Nov 1904. milliner
4. Henry Blakeslee, b. 30 Dec 1838, m. 29 Dec 1854 in Digby, Mary Eliza Sturk, d. 15 Dec 1909 in Newport, Hants Co. farmer & tanner
5. Edward Thorne, b. 6 Feb 1841, m. 18 May 1868, Margery Crosby ^[1]d. 4 Jul 1914 in Weymouth, Mass., bur. Digby. The 28 May 1868 edition of the Christian Visitor reported: "m. Yarmouth, N.S., at residence of the bride, 16th inst., by Rev. J.T.T. Moody, E.T. Hawkesworth, Digby, N.S. / Miss Maggie Crosby, Yarmouth".^[2]
6. Margaret, b. 14 Mar 1843, d. 19 May 1844.
7. Cassandra, b. 1 Mar 1846, m. 3 Feb 1867 in Digby, Levi Rice, d. 24 Jan 1920, Cass, North Dakota, bur. Greenwood Cemetery, Tower Township, Cass, North Dakota.
8. Mary Eleanor Hill, b. 28 May 1848, m(1) 19 Aug 1867 in Digby, Bland Tobin, m(2) 5 Jan 1871 in Digby, Sylvester Z. Dickson, d. 1925. milliner
9. Mariana Jane, b. 17 Nov 1849, d. 1862.
10. William Bullock, b. 13 Oct 1851, m. 21 Jan 1875 in Digby, Amaret Crossley (or Cropley), res. Digby in 1881, d. 10 Apr 1911 in Boston, Mass.
11. Alice Blair, b. 1855, m. after 1881, James Loran Peters, d. 17 Aug 1916. Res. with her sister Eleanor Dickson, age 25, in 1881.
12. James Clare, b. ca 1859, m. 16 May 1886 in Wolfeboro, New Hampshire, Mary J. Buzzell.

Sources

1. ↑ marriage certificate
2. ↑ marriage announcement

• 1861 census, Digby, Nova Scotia
• 1871 census, Digby, Nova Scotia
• 1881 census, Digby, Nova Scotia
• marriage notice one
• Wilmot Township book compiled by Ross and Ruth Burgess.
• marriage certificate two
• Digby County probate abstracts available on GANS website, members only
• FamilySearch
• 1871 census, Digby
• grave of dau. Cassandra (Hawkesworth) Rice
• 1880 census, Cass County, Dakota Territory
• A Short History of the Slocums, Slocumbs and Slocombs of America