James Madison Hawkins (1809-aft.1850) | WikiTree FREE Family Tree

James was born in 1809. He is understood to be the son of Benjamin Hawkins and Susanna Lavinia (Downs) Hawkins. In 1850 he is recorded on the federal census in the Yalobusha County, Mississippi household of his sister Virginia (Hawkins) Carr (1811-1851) and her husband, William Austin Carr II (1803-1857). ^[1]^[2] James's estate was probated in Yalobusha County, Mississippi.

Slaves

James's estate included 19 enslaved persons, as detailed here:Slaves of James Madison Hawkins.^[3]

Sources

↑ "United States Census, 1850", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4LJ-1P1 : Fri Oct 06 20:20:27 UTC 2023), Entry for W A Carr and Virginia Carr, 1850.
↑ Year: 1850; Census Place: North of the Yallobusha River, Yalobusha, Mississippi; Roll: M432_382; Page: 388B; Image: 789
↑ http://valgenofindings.weebly.com/yalobusha-records-from-slavery.html#JamesMadisonHawkins

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DNA Connections for James: 7

It may be possible to confirm family relationships. Paternal line Y-chromosome DNA test-takers:

Bill Hawkins : Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 67 markers, haplogroup R-L151, FTDNA kit #13276
Richard Hawkins : Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 12 markers, haplogroup 3, FTDNA kit #871675

It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with James:

~1.56% J Duke : AncestryDNA, Ancestry member Joyduk
~1.56% Cathleen (Coats) Barker : Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #688364
~0.78% Lynn (Forbes) King : 23andMe, GEDmatch M195944
~0.78% Bill McCarty : Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T630373, FTDNA kit #115106
~0.39% Clark Webb : AncestryDNA

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James Hawkins (1810-)

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James Madison Hawkins (1809 - aft. 1850)

James Madison Hawkins (1809 - aft. 1850)

Family Tree of James Hawkins

Family Tree of James Hawkins

James

Parents

Benjamin Hawkins

Susanna Lavinia Downs

Grandparents

Philemon Hawkins Sr.

Delia Martin

Isaac Downs

Nancy Creek Woman

Great-Grandparents

Philemon Hawkins Sr

Anne Eleanor Howard

Zachariah Martin Sr.

Ann Hawkins

William Downs III

Elizabeth Baxter

2nd-Great-Grandparents

Descendants of James Hawkins

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