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James Hawkins

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James Hawkins

Birth
Abbeville County, South Carolina, USA
Death
25 Nov 1854 (aged 60)
Hall County, Georgia, USA
Burial
Gainesville, Hall County, Georgia, USA Add to Map
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James Hawkins, son of Benjamin HAWKINS (1769-1847) and Sarah MAULDIN, was a grandson of John Hawkins and Elizabeth Jones Hawkins of Baltimore, Maryland.

James Hawkins was born August 4, 1794, in Abbeville, South Carolina. He married first about 1814, in Abbeville, Nancy WEST born March 18, 1801. After Nancy's death her brother John WEST became guardian over her Daughter Nancy.

James Hawkins married his second wife March 8, 1829, in Hall Co., Georgia, to Sarah KITTLE, daughter of Jeremiah KITTLE and Martha CHAMPION. Sarah was born January 13, 1805, in York District, South Carolina, and died April 10, 1884. James Hawkins died November 25, 1854, in Hall Co. They were said by the family to be buried in the Timber Ridge Baptist Church Cemetery where many of their children and grandchildren were buried.

See: RANDOLPH-HAWKINS and Related Families by Edith Hawkins Griffin, and The Heritage of Hall County, Georgia.

Some family trees for this Hawkins family show John Hawkins who married Elizabeth Jones as John Hawkins Sr. while others show him as John Hawkins Jr. A pedigree chart provided by a descendant gives this lineage from Geoffrey Hawkins of Wiltshire as follows:

1 Geoffrey HAWKINS b: 1575 d: 27 Jan 1604
+ Johane HAMPTON b: 1580
2 Geoffrey HAWKINS b: 1605
3 Jeffrey HAWKINS b: 1640 d: 12 Jan 1711
+ Dorothy MATTOCK b: 1640 d: 1685
4 James HAWKINS b: 12 February 1675 d: 22 Mar 1755
+ Mary ELLIOTT b: 1683 d: 22 Mar 1755
5 James HAWKINS b: 1715 d: 1 Apr 1793
+ Martha HOLLOWELL b: 29 MAR 1721 d: Bef 1805
6 John HAWKINS b: 14 Feb 1735 d: 25 Mar 1799
+ Elizabeth JONES b: 19 Apr 1724 d: 1799
7 Benjamin HAWKINS b: 1769 d: 1849



James Hawkins, son of Benjamin HAWKINS (1769-1847) and Sarah MAULDIN, was a grandson of John Hawkins and Elizabeth Jones Hawkins of Baltimore, Maryland.

James Hawkins was born August 4, 1794, in Abbeville, South Carolina. He married first about 1814, in Abbeville, Nancy WEST born March 18, 1801. After Nancy's death her brother John WEST became guardian over her Daughter Nancy.

James Hawkins married his second wife March 8, 1829, in Hall Co., Georgia, to Sarah KITTLE, daughter of Jeremiah KITTLE and Martha CHAMPION. Sarah was born January 13, 1805, in York District, South Carolina, and died April 10, 1884. James Hawkins died November 25, 1854, in Hall Co. They were said by the family to be buried in the Timber Ridge Baptist Church Cemetery where many of their children and grandchildren were buried.

See: RANDOLPH-HAWKINS and Related Families by Edith Hawkins Griffin, and The Heritage of Hall County, Georgia.

Some family trees for this Hawkins family show John Hawkins who married Elizabeth Jones as John Hawkins Sr. while others show him as John Hawkins Jr. A pedigree chart provided by a descendant gives this lineage from Geoffrey Hawkins of Wiltshire as follows:

1 Geoffrey HAWKINS b: 1575 d: 27 Jan 1604
+ Johane HAMPTON b: 1580
2 Geoffrey HAWKINS b: 1605
3 Jeffrey HAWKINS b: 1640 d: 12 Jan 1711
+ Dorothy MATTOCK b: 1640 d: 1685
4 James HAWKINS b: 12 February 1675 d: 22 Mar 1755
+ Mary ELLIOTT b: 1683 d: 22 Mar 1755
5 James HAWKINS b: 1715 d: 1 Apr 1793
+ Martha HOLLOWELL b: 29 MAR 1721 d: Bef 1805
6 John HAWKINS b: 14 Feb 1735 d: 25 Mar 1799
+ Elizabeth JONES b: 19 Apr 1724 d: 1799
7 Benjamin HAWKINS b: 1769 d: 1849





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  • Created by: Ray Isbell
  • Added: May 8, 2013
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/110213739/james-hawkins: accessed ), memorial page for James Hawkins (4 Aug 1794–25 Nov 1854), Find a Grave Memorial ID 110213739, citing Timber Ridge Baptist Church Cemetery, Gainesville, Hall County, Georgia, USA; Maintained by Ray Isbell (contributor 47188697).