Henry Hawkins, of Charles County

brief biography

Possibly from http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=mrmarsha&..., which is no longer available:

Henry Hawkins, of Charles County, in his Will dated 18 October 1698 and proved 12 May 1699, recorded in "Maryland Will Book, 6: 310, named his wife Elizabeth (who was the widow of Francis Wyne) and his six children. Of these two were by his first wife. They were Henry Hawkins and Ellinor (Hawkins) Tubman. The others were children of his second wife and were John Hawkins, Henry Holland Hawkins (so named to distinguish him from his half brothers, Henry Hawkins and Henry Wine), Ruth Hawkins and Mary Hawkins. Henry Holland Hawkins became "whole and sole executor" under his mother's Will. Ruth Hawkins became the first wife of James Keech, Gent., and had daughters named Martha and Elizabeth Keech, mentioned in the Will of their grandmother Elizabeth Hawkins already cited.

<This Henry is the aforementioned brother of Ellinor (Eleanor).>

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Date and place of birth have also been (erroneously?) reported to be circa 1675 in Charles County, Maryland.