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Matthew Hawkes

Also Known As: "on Diligent in 1638"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Ipswich, Suffolk, England (United Kingdom)
Death: December 11, 1684 (73-74)
Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
Place of Burial: Hingham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States of America
Immediate Family:

Son of John Hawkes and Private
Husband of Margaret Towle Hawkes
Father of Elizabeth Lincoln; Sarah Cushing (Hawke); Bethia Hawke Stetson; Mary Loring; James Hawke and 3 others
Half brother of John Hawks; Nathaniel Hawks; Elizabeth Dickinson; Anna Hastings; Mary Hinsdale Evans and 5 others

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About Matthew Hawkes

ID: I301750

Name: Matthew Hawke

Sex: M

Birth: 1610 in Ipswich, Suffolk, England

Death: 11 DEC 1684 in Hingham, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts

Burial: 11 DEC 1684 Hingham, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts

Note:

Guide to the Early Settlers of America, Surnames, G-H, Page 244;

Matthew came from London, England, in the ship Diligent of Ipswich in 1638 and arrived 10 August with his wife Margaret and servant John Fearing. He was a freeman 18 May 1642, third town clerk of Hingham, Massachusetts, Selectman 1663, School Master 1679-1683.

Father: John Hawke b: ABT 1575

Marriage 1 Margaret Nelson b: 1614 in England

Married: 1638 in Hingham, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts

Children

Mary Hawke b: in Hingham, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts

Elizabeth Hawke b: in Hingham, Plymouth Co. Massachusetts
Sarah Hawke b: 1 AUG 1641 in Hingham, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts
Bethia Hawke b: 21 JAN 1642/43 in Hingham, Plymouth Co. Massachusetts
James Hawke b: 27 MAY 1649 in Hingham, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts
Deborah Hawke b: MAR 1650/51 in Hingham, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts
Hannah Hawke b: ABT 22 JUL 1655 in Hingham, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts
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http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=donevanel...

Matthew, from Cambridge, Eng., embarked at London with his w. Margaret and servant John Fearing in the ship Diligent of Ipswich, for New Eng., and arrived on the 10th of Aug. 1638. Mrs. Margaret Hawke d. at Hing. 18 March, 1683-84. Matthew d. 11 Dec. 1684, aet., as his gravestone says, 74yrs. Will made Sept. 24 1684. Freeman May 18, 1642; was the third town clerk of Hingl; selectman 1663; also school-master 1679-1683. Resided on Main Street, Hingham Centre.”

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Matthew Hawkes's Timeline

1610
1610
Ipswich, Suffolk, England (United Kingdom)
1639
July 14, 1639
Hingham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts
1641
August 1, 1641
Hingham, Suffolk County (Present Plymouth County), Massachusetts Bay Colony
1643
January 21, 1643
Hingham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States
1646
August 2, 1646
Hingham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, Colonial America
1649
May 27, 1649
Hingham, Suffolk County (Present Plymouth County), Massachusetts Bay Colony, (Present USA)
1652
1652
Hingham, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
1655
July 22, 1655
Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
1668
September 22, 1668
Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, American Colonies