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Abigail Jones (Hawkes)

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Lynn, Essex County, Massachusetts, Colonial America
Death: 1746 (44-45)
Damariscotta Mills, Lincoln County, Maine, Colonial America
Place of Burial: cemetery on hill opposite St. Patrick's Church, Damariscotta Mills, Lincoln, Maine
Immediate Family:

Daughter of John Hawkes, Jr. and Abigail Hawkes
Wife of Cornelius Jones, of Darmiscotta Mills
Mother of John Jones and Capt. Joseph Jones
Sister of Sarah Gowing and John Hawkes, Jr.

Managed by: Roger Keith Crosby
Last Updated:

About Abigail Jones

Not the wife of Cornelius Jones, of Dighton


Disambiguation

D# G4YK-P5T This Cornelius Jones Married Abigail Hawkes 4/22/1729. He was born in NH and they moved to Maine. All of their children were born in Maine.

ID# L777-PT3 belongs to a Cornelius Jones born 1 Nov 1693 in Bristol, RH. He was buried 16 Jul 1694 in Bristol, RH. His parents were Cornelius and Mercy Jones. - https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/L777-PT3

ID# LCMX-BCD is Cornelios Jones who married an Abigal. All of their children were born in Dighton, Bristol, MA (Including Elijah Jones born 11 April 1725 in Dighton, Bristol, MA) - https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LCMX-BCD


GEDCOM Note

Cornelius Jones came 1st to Newcastle, Maine in 1729, then settled at Darmiscotta Mills early in history of township; died in Damariscotta Mills, Lincoln, Maine and is buried in cemetery on hill opposite the oldest Catholic Church in Maine, St. Patrick's Church 'no stones mark their graves' Cemetery is thought to be part of original Jones farm. RNELIUS JONES and MERCY CORY instead of Benjamin Jones and Sarah Sinclair. This was probably a different Cornelius Jones born 1 Nov 1693 in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island.o New Castle, ME with wife abt 1730, to Jefferson abt 1770.o brother Jonathan Jones of Stratham his share of the estate of his brother Jonathan Jones of Stratham.rk Co. or Lincoln Co. Maine Probate or LR for Cornelius or Abigail Jones. No Stratham, New Hampshire VR records for this family.e Bowman files and probably correct, but proof is lacking. John, Jonathan, and Benjamin Jones are in the 1790 census of Newcastle, Maine.oseph Jones who had militia service in the Revolution was one of the sons pf Cornelius and Abigail Jones.


GEDCOM Note

Some sources state that her parents were John Hawkes and Mary Whitford.


References

  • https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Hawkes-494
  • Mayflower Families Vol. 17 p. 38
  • Mayflower Society Application Database: "Community Trees," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:QVQG-P8K : accessed 1 March 2022), entry for Abigail Hawkes, cites sources; "Mayflower Pilgrim Genealogies" file (2:2:2:MMXD-DP8), submitted 24 February 2020 by FamilySearch. Source: Robert S. Wakefield, FASG; Margaret Harris Stover, CG, Mayflower Families Through Five Generations - Descendants of the Pilgrims Who Landed at Plymouth, Mass December 1620 (Vol. 17) ([Plymouth, Massachusetts]: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 199
  • Reference: MyHeritage Family Trees - SmartCopy: Nov 16 2016, 2:26:46 UTC
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Abigail Jones's Timeline

1701
June 7, 1701
Lynn, Essex County, Massachusetts, Colonial America
1734
1734
Damariscotta Mills, Lincoln County, Maine, Colonial America
1740
December 12, 1740
Newcastle, Lincoln, Maine, USA
1746
1746
Age 44
Damariscotta Mills, Lincoln County, Maine, Colonial America
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cemetery on hill opposite St. Patrick's Church, Damariscotta Mills, Lincoln, Maine