Isaac Hawkins (abt. 1834 - bef. 1851)

Born about 1834 in Maryland, USA

Ancestors

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Biography

Isaac Hawkins was a Marylander.

Isaac was born about 1834. He was the son of Isaac Hawkins and Kitty Harrison.

Isaac, his mother, and brothers, Elias, and Austin, were on the Katherine Jackson of Georgetown which arrived in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, in 1838. They were part of the GU272 (see below).^[1]

He passed away before 1851.

Who Are GU272?

In 1838, the Maryland Jesuits sold more than 300 enslaved people to sugar plantations in southern Louisiana, in order to rescue Georgetown University from bankruptcy. In all, the Jesuits sold 314 men, women and children over a 5-year period stretching from 1838 to 1843. Today, these enslaved people are known collectively as the “GU272 Ancestors.” Genealogists have identified many of the original people who were sold, along with 8,425 of their descendants, living and dead.

Sources

1. ↑ "Louisiana, New Orleans, Slave Manifests of Coastwise Vessels, 1807-1860", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:4W8J-1HW2 : 17 August 2020), Isaac Hawkins, 1838.

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