Born in Deerfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Ancestors 
Daughter of William Smead Jr.
and Elizabeth (Lawrence) Smead
Sister of
William Smead, Elizabeth (Smead) Davis, Judith (Smead) Hawks, Mehitable (Smead) Nims, Samuel Smead, John Smead, Ebenezer Smead, Waitstill (Smead) Warner and Richard Smead
Wife of
John Hawks
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at age 26
in Deerfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay Colony [uncertain]
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Biography
Thankful Smead was born to William Smead and Elizabeth Lawrence in 1677. She married John Hawks in 1696, according to record.[1]
She was a victim of the Raid on Deerfield in February 1704. Almost all of her family members were murdered that day, including all of her young children.
Find A Grave: Memorial #32160025
Sources
- ↑ Ancestry.com. U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700, entry for Thankful Smead Hawks, marriage date: 1696 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2012. Original data: Torry, Clarence A. New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2004. Genealogical Publishing Co.; Baltimore, MD, USA; Volume Title: New England Marriages Prior to 1700.
- Source: S-2054436552 Ancestry Family Trees online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=12167402&pid=1146856766.
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