Hawkins Hart (1677 - 1735)

Born 1677 in Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah (Royce) Hart — married 7 Sep 1701 in Wallingford CT

Descendants

Died 24 May 1735 at about age 58 in Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut

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Biography

From Andrews:

"HAWKINS HART, Wallingford, eldest son of Captain Thomas Hart, of Farmington, and his wife, Ruth (Hawkins), born at Farmington in 1677; married September 7th, 1701, Sarah Roys, of Wallingford, daughter of Nathaniel, and, his wife, Sarah (Lathrop), born April 3d, 1683, at Wallingford, He being aged 24 years, and she 19, at the time of marriage (so says the record). He lived for a time in Farmington, where their first two children were born, on the 4th of October, 1705 (says the record). They removed to Wallingford, where his wife died, January 31st, 1733, aged 49 years, when second he married January 30th, 1734, Mary Street. He lived on the farm of his first wife's father. He held the military rank of lieutenant. He died at Wallingford, May 24th, 1735, aged 58 years. His second wife is said to have been Mary, widow of Street, and daughter of Rev. Joseph Elliot, of Guilford, and his second wife, Mary, daughter of Hon.Samuel Willys, of Hartford. She was born in 1687. After the death of Lieutenant Hart she third married Rev. Abraham Pierson, of Killingworth, who died, when fourth she married ----- Hooker, of Farmington. She was granddaughter of Rev. John Eliot, the apostle to the Indians, and the author of a translation of the Bible into the Indian language, a copy of whieh was sold at auction, in New York City in 1869, for the enormous sum of $1,130. Mr. Hart represented Wallingford in the General Court nine sessions between 1714 and 1732.:

His children are listed as:

Nathaniel, born 13 Jun 1702; married 20 Dec 1727, Martha Lee.

Ruth, born 13 Aug 1704; married 24 Mar, 1726, William Merriam.

Child, born 16 Sep, 1706; died 22 Sep 1706.

Hawkins, born 1 Mar 1708; married 30 Nov 1730, Susanna Merriam.

Sarah, born 21 May 1710; married 25 Oct 1730, Stephen Ives.

Esther, born 12 Aug 1712; married 26 Oct 1730, John Webb.

Thomas, born 29 Sep 1714; married 23 Mar1743, Hannah Coe.

Elizabeth, born 1716; married 13 Nov 1738, William Jeroms.

Mary, born 21 Jun 1719; married 1 Jul 1741, Ebenezer Hawley.

Benjamin, born 28 Jan 1722; married , 1744, Phebe Rich.

with second wife

Samuel, born 8 Jul 1735, posthumous child; married , Abridget Fowler.^[1]

Title

Lieut.

FAMS_BIO

Hawkins was born about 1677. He passed away in 1735.

Sources

1. ↑ "Genealogical History of Deacon Stephen Hart and his Descendants. 1632-1875.” By Alfred Andrews 1875, pages 365, 366, 367

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Acknowledgments

• This person was created through the import of Latest Sheldon Hart.GED on 30 August 2010.
• Thank you to Nova Weller for creating WikiTree profile Hart-3005 through the import of Weller_Side.GED on May 19, 2013.
• This person was created on 13 September 2010 through the import of 124-DeCoursey.ged.
• Ancestry.com. Genealogical history of Deacon Stephen Hart and his descendants, 1632-1875 [database on-line]. Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005. Andrews, Alfred,. Genealogical history of Deacon Stephen Hart and his descendants, 1632-1875 : with an introduction of miscellaneous Harts and their progenitors, as far as known; to which is added a list of all the clergy of the name found, all the physicians, all the lawyers, the authors, and soldiers. New Britain, Conn.: Austin Hart, 1875. pp 366-367. http://search.ancestry.ca/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=genealogy-glh07756685&h=361&ti=5543&indiv=try&gss=pt.
• "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7WJ-CVJ : 7 January 2020), Ruth Hart, 1704.
• Ancestry.com. Connecticut, Wills and Probate Records, 1609-1999. database on line. Probate Files Collection, Early to 1880; Author: Connecticut State Library (Hartford, Connecticut). Probate Packets, Harris, H-Hartford, 1641-1880. Accessed 18 Jun 2022. https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/3460898:9049?ssrc=pt&tid=1435479&pid=432391295535.