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Elkanah Hawkes (1715 - 1778)

Elkanah Hawkes
Born in Lynn, Essex, Province of Massachusetts Baymap
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Husband of — married 4 May 1742 in Lynn, Essex, Province of Massachusetts Baymap
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Died at age 63 in Saugus, Massachusettsmap
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Biography

Elkanah Hawkes was a son of Sarah (Haven) & Thomas Hawkes (1673-bef.1722), of Lynn, Massachusetts. Per his online memorial site, Elkanah was born 17 Feb 1715 in Wakefield, Massachusetts [1].

He married 4 May 1742 at Lynnfield, Massachusetts, Eunice (Newhall) [2],[3]. Nine children of this union are profiled.

Elkanah Hawkes was a Minute-Man in the American Revolutionary War.

Elkanah Hawkes died in June 1778 at Saugus, Massachusetts. His grave is in Revolutionary War Cemetery, Saugus, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA [4].

Sources

  1. Find A Grave: Memorial #99914292
  2. "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPHW-J4SD : 11 May 2022), Elkanah Hawkes and Eunice Newhall, 4 May 1742; citing Marriage, Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009707.
  3. Breed Family Association Vol. 13 (1934), p. 558, no. 37: https://archive.org/details/Vol13Dec.1934imagedByP.EverettOCRByJRF/page/n9
  4. Find A Grave: Memorial #99914292
  • Mayflower Families Vol. 17 p. 39, 103-104




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