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Richard and Anne Hawes
Anne was not mentioned in the administration of her husband's estate so we might infer her death before 22 January 1656. Also, when the administrators of her husband's estate turned over the administration in 1662 to her son, Obadiah, they recorded that they had taken some care about the estate, binding and placing out the children (we assume from that statement that both parents of those children were dead). Anne's parentage is unknown, but she might have been related to Capt. Roger Clapp, as he mentioned in his will Anne's daughter, Constant (Hawes) Dewey, as one of his "cousins" (a word which often referred to nieces and nephews). Richard, age 29; his wife, Anne, age 26, his daughter, Anne, age 2-1/2; and his son, Obadiah, age 6 months, emigrated to New England on the ship Truelove, embarking from London, 19 September 1635. They landed in Boston, MA, and soon were settled in Dorchester, MA, on grants of land given to Richard in the First Division. They were members of the church and Richard was made a "freeman" on 2 May 1638. Richard's name appears several times in the town records and he seems to have been held in good regard. Richard and his wife Anne (-----) Hawes had seven children, the first two born in England, three daughters born in Dorchester, MA, and the others not recorded but assumed to have been born in Dorchester, MA:
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Obadiah Hawes
Obadiah Hawes' name appears often in the town records of Dorchester, MA, where he was a fence viewer, 1662, and the constable, 1669-1671. In 1673 it was "ordered that Obediah Haws and Robert Spur are appointed to look after Hoggs that are unyoked and unringed. If they find any, they are to demand and receive 4d per swine." In 1674, John Holmes and Obadiah Hawes were apponited to see that a wall "fower foot and half high and faced both sides" be built around the "burying place," now Uphams Corner Cemetery. In 1675, Obadiah contributed 1s 2p towards a bell for the First Church of Dorchester, MA. In 1682, Obadiah helped run the line between Roxbury and Dorchester, MA. Obadiah's wife, Mary, died the same day as his brother, Eleazer, he on the battlefield in the Sudbury Fight of 21 April 1676 where one thousand Indians ambushed a small party of Englishmen. The heirs of Eleazer received on 24 October 1676 nine shillings which was due him. Obadiah was appointed the administrator of his brother's estate, 23 May 1676. Mary (Humphrey) Hawes was admitted to full communion in the church together with Sarah, her neighbor, who was the wife of John Holmes. Mary Hawes was the mother of seven children, the eldest of whom was not thirteen when she died. Sarah Holmes became Obadiah's second wife after the death of Mary, and the death of John Holmes. Obadiah died intestate. The inventory of his estate amounted to 384.03.07 pounds including a dwelling house and several parcels of land. Obadiah and his first wife Mary (Humphrey) Hawes had seven children, all born in Dorchester, MA:
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James Hawes
James was a cordwainer and the records show that he and his wife sold land in Dorchester, MA. They lived the last of their lives in that part of Dorchester, MA, called Punkapaug (later Canton). James and his wife Damaris (Bird) Hawes had nine children, all born and recorded in Dorchester, MA:
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Damaris Hawes
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The Hawes Family BibliographyHawes, Frank M., Richard Hawes of Dorchester and Some of His Descendants, pp. 18-51. |
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