Hester Hawkins

Hester (b 1616 - d 23 July 1660 at Slapton, Devon) was the daughter of Edward Richards and Jane Martin, and wife of Capt. John Hawkins (son of Admiral Sir Richard Hawkins, MP & his wife Judith Hele, Heiress of Poole Manor)

They had at least ten children, several of them dying young. None came to America.

• 1, 2 John and/or Judith, both dying very young.
• 3 Hester the first, died young (about age 4)
• 4 Richard - married, no children (only documented wife Thomazine Sloley).
• 5 John the second - never married, lived at home, sister Hester the second inherited in 1670.
• 6 William, no further information available.
• 7 Hester the second (also administered her father's estate, 1678; never married).
• 8, 8a Robert (possibly two of him, as one is claimed to have died young, but Robert Hawkins is on record as having married Jane somebody; no children, named his younger sibs in his will).
• 9 Mary, buried at Stokefleming as "Mary Hawkins", Dec 21 1678. If she married, it was to someone of the same surname and there were (probably) no children.
• 10 Thomas, married Sarah Crocker, one surviving daughter, Judith.
• 11 Nicholas, removed to Fremington, married Ann Manning, only surviving child a daughter, Dorothy.

Exact birth order of Robert, Mary, Thomas and Nicholas uncertain, as those pages seem to be missing from Slapton register.

All of that "no children" and "only surviving child" business suggests something nasty got into the gene pool.

So in sum Thomas' daughter Judith and Nicholas' daughter Dorothy were the only continuators of this line, and neither could carry the surname.

Chart: http://welbank.net/hawkins/pah/mwstree.gif

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of Dartmouth, Devon, England

of Dartmouth, Devon, England

!Birthdate is a guesss.

!Birthdate is a guesss.

!Ancestral File at FHL 7/13/98

!Ancestral File at FHL 7/13/98

Life Sketch

John and Hester Richard wed on Oct 27, 1636 at Dartmouth, Devon, England where they were blessed with ten children. They were: Judith Hawkins 1639–1639; Hester Hawkins 1640–1644; Richard Hawkins 1641–1780; John Hawkins 1643–1670; William Hawkins 1644–1689; and Hester Hawkins 1645 These children were all baptized at Slapton as the children of John Hawkins, Esq., and Mrs. Hester his wife. Other children were: Robert Hawkins 1646; Mary Hawkins 1647–1728; Thomas Hawkins 1649–1695; and Nicholas Hawkins 1650–1754.

Capt John Sidney Hawkins Birth: Mar. 16, 1604 Slapton Devon, England Death: Jan. 20, 1678 Stoke Fleming Devon, England John Sidney Hawkins was the first son born to Sir Richard and Judith Hele Hawkins. He was born on 16 March 1604 in Slapton, Devon, England and the Dorset, England, Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812 confirmes that John Hawkins, son of Richard Hawkins was Baptized on 8 Dec 1605 at Abbotsbury Parish, probably at Parish Church of St Nicholas. Oxford University Alumni, 1500-1886 confirms that John Hawkyns 1st son of Richard of Slapton Devon was an alumni of Wadham College, one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in 1628 Captain John Sidney was at sea when his mother died. At her death he inherited the manor of Poole, in Slapton, John Hawkins resided at Poole until he sold the manor. He removed to Stoke Fleming, near Slapton where he was residing when he died, in 1678. He was buried at the Slapton Parish Church. (Bio by Audrey DeCamp Hoffman, a 7th great grand niece of John Sidney Hawkins.) Family links: Parents: Richard Hawkins (1562 - 1622) Judith Hele Hawkins (1568 - 1629) Spouse: Hester Richards Hawkins (1613 - 1660) Children: John Hawkins (1643 - 1670)* Sibling: John Sidney Hawkins (1604 - 1678) Richard Hawkins (1605 - 1665)*

• Calculated relationship Burial: St.. James Church and Churchyard Slapton South Hams District Devon, England Plot: Unknown Maintained by: Carol M. Originally Created by: Audrey DeCamp Hoffman Record added: Oct 18, 2012 Find A Grave Memorial# 9916353

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!MARRIED-CHILDREN:Mildred Showalter Farmer, Bites and Pieces of the Hawkins Family Puzzle, p. 2 !NOTE: Hester married John Hawkins, son of Richard and Judith Hawkins. She had nine children.

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Find A Grave Memorial# 99183971

GEDCOM Source

9LDK-HCL Hester Richards in the U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 Source number: ; Source type: ; Number of Pages: ; Submitter Code: . http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=worldmarr_ga&h=101546... Name: Hester Richards Gender: Female Birth Place: En Birth Year: 1604 Spouse Name: John Hawkins Spouse Birth Place: En Spouse Birth Year: 1604 Marriage Year: 1636 Marriage State: En Number Pages: 1

• “A Genealogical Table of the Family of Hawkins of Devon” <link>