My Descent from Richard Hawes

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Richard Hawes-Anne -----
Obadiah Hawes-Mary Humphrey
James Hawes-Damaris Bird
Damaris Hawes-Shubael Wentworth
Sion Wentworth-Hannah Pettengill
Hannah Wentworth-Ephraim Payson (4)
Asa Payson-Hannah Hewett
Olive King Payson-Edward True, Jr.
Eugene Payson True-Annie Elizabeth Milnes
Edward Payson True-Laura Keene Darling
Edward Keene True-Mildred Louise Richenburg
James Duncan True
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Richard and Anne Hawes

Husband:
Richard Hawes
Baptized:in Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire, England, 2 November 1606.
Died:in Dorchester, MA, before 22 January 1656, the date the power of administration to his estate was granted.
Father:Richard Hawes of Great Missenden, England.
Mother:unknown.
Wife:
Anne -----
Born:in England, 1609.
Died:probably in Dorchester, MA, date unknown. Refer to the text below.
Parents:unknown. Refer to the text below.
Married:in England, date unknown.

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:

  • Anne, bpt. in Great Missenden, Bucks, England, 17 Dec. 1632; living 9 Sept. 1665, the date of her grandfather's will.
  • Obadiah, bpt. in Great Missenden, Bucks, England, 25 March 1635; d. in Dorchester, MA, 5 Oct. 1690; m. (1) Mary Humphrey; m. (2) Sarah (-----) Holmes.
  • Bethiah, b. in Dorchester, MA, 27 July 1637.
  • Deliverance, b. in Dorchester, MA, 11 June 1640.
  • Constant, b. in Dorchester, MA, 17 July 1642; m. ----- Dewey.
  • Eleazer, bpt. in Dorchester, MA, 9 March 1645; d. in Sudbury, MA, 21 April 1676.
  • Jeremiah (perhaps).
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Obadiah Hawes

Husband:
Obadiah Hawes
Baptized:in Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire, England, 25 March 1635.
Died:in Dorchester, MA, 5 October 1690.
Buried:in Uphams Corner Cemetery, where, in 1919, his headstone was still standing.
Parents:Richard and Anne (-----) Hawes.
First Wife:
Mary Humphrey
Baptized:in Dorchester, MA, "2: 1 mo: 1645" (according to the calendar in use at the time, that was likely 2 March 1645/6).
Died:in Dorchesetr, MA, 21 April 1676.
Parents:Elder James and Mary (-----) Humphrey.
Married:in Dorchester, MA, circa 1662.
Second Wife: Sarah (-----) Holmes widow of John Holmes.

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:

  • Obadiah, b. 20 Aug. 1663; bpt. "10: 10 mo: 1665 (10 Dec. 1665) between 2 and 3 years old"; m. Rebecca Cowen.
  • James, b. 18 Dec. 1664; bpt. "10: 10 mo: 1665"; m. Damaris Bird.
  • Mary, b. 3 Oct. 1666; d. 13 April 1668.
  • Ebenezer, b. 15 Dec. 1668; bpt. "20: 10 mo: 1668" (20 Dec. 1668); d. 25 Dec. 1668.
  • Desireth, a son, b. 30 Aug. 1670; bpt. "13: 10 mo: 1671" (13 Dec. 1671); d. 27 June 1691.
  • Richard, b. 19 Dec. 1672; bpt. "22: 10 mo: 1672" (22 Dec. 1672); m. Elizabeth Peake.
  • Sarah, b. 29 Oct. 1674; bpt. "18: 1 mo: 1674/5" (18 March 1674/5); d. probably in Dorchester, MA, 9 April 1697.
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James Hawes

Husband:
James Hawes
Born:in Dorchester, MA, 18 December 1664.
Baptized:"10: 10 mo: 1665" (10 December 1665).
Died:in Dorchester, MA, 12 April 1718.
Father:Obadiah Hawes.
Mother:Mary Humphrey.
Wife:
Damaris Bird
Born:probably in Dorchester, MA, 18 September 1675.
Died:probably in Dorchester, MA, 7 November 1715.
Father:John Bird.
Mother:Elizabeth Williams.
Married:probably in Dorchester, MA, circa 1692.

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:

  • Desire, a son, b. 9 April 1694; bpt. 11 Aug. 1695; m. Jerusha Bird.
  • Damaris, b. 25 July 1696; m. Shubael Wentworth.
  • Mary, b. 26 Sept. 1698; bpt. 2 Oct. following; m. Joseph Smith.
  • Elizabeth, b. 24 June 1701; m. William Montgomery.
  • James, b. 11 April 1705; d. 6 Sept. 1706.
  • Hannah, b. ca. 1707; m. William Whittle. On 14 March 1719/20, after the death of both her parents, being 12 years of age, Hannah chose Thomas Bird (her mother's cousin) as her guardian.
  • Amity, b. 22 April 1709; m. Nathan Bradley, Jr. On 14 March 1719/20, after the death of both her parents, being 10 years of age, John Beighton, her uncle, was made her guardian.
  • James (again), b. 18 Nov. 1711; bpt. 4 May 1712; m. Joanna Dunkin (Duncan). On 14 March 1719/20, after the death of both is parents, being 8 years of age, Thomas Bird (his mother's cousin) was made his guardian.
  • Jane, b. 29 Oct. 1715; bpt. 29 April 1716; m. Peter Miers. Jane's mother died just 9 days after her birth. On 14 March 1719/20, after the death of her father, being 4 years of age, John Beighton (her uncle) was made her guardian.
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Damaris Hawes

Wife:
Damaris Hawes
Born:in Dorchester, MA, 25 July 1696.
Died:in Stoughton, MA, 7 December 1739.
Father:James Hawes.
Mother:Damaris Bird.
Husband:
Shubael Wentworth
Born:place and date unknown.
Died:in Stoughton, MA, in 1759.
Father:John Wentworth
Mother:Martha Stewart.
Married:in Boston, MA, 11 April 1717.
Shubael Wentworth married (2) Hannah (Harris) Andrews.

See entry for Shubael Wentworth for details of this family.

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The Hawes Family Bibliography

Hawes, Frank M., Richard Hawes of Dorchester and Some of His Descendants, pp. 18-51.


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