James Hawes (1664 - 1718)

Born 18 Dec 1664 in Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts

Ancestors

Husband of Damaris (Bird) Hawes — married about 1692 in Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died 12 Apr 1718 at age 53 in Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts

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Christening

Date: 10 OCT 1665

Place: Dorchester, Suffolk, MA

Burial

Date: APR 1718

Biography

James Hawes, son of Obadiah Hawes and Mary Humphrey, was born on December 18, 1664 in Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. ^[1][2] He was eleven when his mother died, and thus reared by his father and stepmother Sarah with her Holmes children. As a young boy he probably spent many hours at his grandfather's glove-making shop learning to work with leather, for he later became a shoemaker.^[3]

He married about 1692, Damaris Bird,^[4] the teenage daughter of John Bird^[5] who owned a large tannery on present Humphrey Street near his grandfather.

The couple lived in Dorchester for sixteen years. Their house, barn and well were on four acres northeast of the road to Roxbury (East Cottage Street?). The lot was surrounded by Damaris' father's land, thus may have been a wedding present.^[6]

At age 44, James, on April 26, 1708, sold his Dorchester home for £68 to Joshua Pumry, a tailor,^[7] and moved south to the Ponkapoag Plantation, an Indian town (now part of Canton.) At the time of his death in 1718 he was described in his estate papers as "of Puncka- pog." He evidently leased his land from the Indians, for the Indians were not allowed to sell their land (although they were not allowed to lease it either, but did anyway). His brother Obadiah Jr. had settled a few miles to the south on their father's land in the Dorchester New Grants (Twelve Divisions) in present Sharon; James sold his rights to this land to Henry Bailey in 1708.^[8] The location of James' Ponkapoag home is not known. He lived there for about ten years. He was not materially well-off, for at the time of his death his wearing apparel totaled only £5, his household goods £10 and his livestock (a horse and cattle) £9, but he had £217 in money and bonds.^[9]

Damaris died on November 7, 1715,^[10][11] nine days after giving birth to daughter Jane.

James died on April 12, 1718^{[12] [13]} He left no will, so the court appointed his son Desire Hawes administrator; Desire's uncles John Bird and John Beighton served as his sureties. The inventory of the estate was taken by Peter Lyon, Benjamin Blackman, and John Withington and appraised at £242. The court appointed guardians for the underage children.^[14]

Sources

1. ↑ Dorchester Vital Records, p.9: son of Obadiah.
2. ↑ Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=2495&h=46471125&tid=&pid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=RQp3&_phstart=successSource
3. ↑ Suffolk Co. Deed Bk.24, p.141:1702, of Dorchester, cordwainer, wife Damaris.
4. ↑ Suffolk Co. Probate Bk.31, p.90: 1724 will of John Bird mentioned deceased daughter Damaris Hawes. Marriage date estimated from birth date of son Desire.
5. ↑ Dorchester vital records, p.14:Sep 18 1675.
6. ↑ Suffolk Co. Deed Bk.28, p.18:1708.
7. ↑ Suffolk Co. Deed Bk.28, p.18.
8. ↑ Suffolk Co. Deed Bk.24, p.141.
9. ↑ Suffolk Co. Probate Bk.21, p.60: inventory.
10. ↑ Dorchester vital records, p.129: wife of James.
11. ↑ Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=2495&h=43447169&tid=&pid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=RQp9&_phstart=successSource.
12. ↑ Dorchester vital records, p.130.
13. ↑ Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=2495&h=43447230&tid=&pid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=RQp6&_phstart=successSource
14. ↑ Suffolk Co. Probate Bk.20, p.414:admin.; Bk. 21, p.60:inv.; Bk. 21, pp.652-5: guardian acct, James Hawes of Punkapoag.

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