Early Colonial Settlers of Southern Maryland and Virginia's Northern Neck Counties

Elisha Hawkins

Male Abt 1755 - 1833  (~ 78 years)


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  • Name Elisha Hawkins 
    Birth Abt 1755  St. Thomas Parish, Orange County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 28 Nov 1833  Franklin County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I124025  Tree1
    Last Modified 21 Mar 2024 

    Father William Hawkins,   b. Bef 1715, Spotsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Oct 1799, St. Thomas Parish, Orange County, Virginia - probate Find all individuals with events at this location (Age > 84 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Elizabeth MNU Hawkins   d. 24 Apr 1809, St. Thomas Parish, Orange County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Relationship Stepchild 
    Marriage Aft 1748  St. Thomas Parish, Orange County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F48163  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Elizabeth Edwards,   b. Abt 1761, Spotsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 1833, Franklin County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 71 years) 
    Marriage Abt 1777  Spotsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F50691  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 21 Mar 2024 

  • Notes 
    • Elisha Hawkins pension deposition dated 20 August 1832, he gives his age as 77. making his birth around 1755. Elisha Hawkins state that he enlisted on the 2nd day of March 1776

      Franklin County Will Book 2 page 56
      I Elisha Hawkins Senr. of the County of Franklin and the State of Kentucky being at this time of perfect mind & memory but calling to mind the morality of all living do hereby ordain & establish this instrument of writing as my last will & testament In the first place I comment my soul into the hands of almighty God & my body be decently Buried by executors to be hereinafter named _ _ _ 2nd It is my will that the plantation & tract of land on which I now live as well as all or any real Estate as well all my slaves & their increase also. all my personal Estate of every kind including money & notes due me Shall belong to William Hawkins (blackhead) who I raised & his heirs forever & all property received By my present wife at the time I married her shall return to her again. 3rd I hereby appoint the said William Hawkins the executor of this my last will & testament evoking all former wills, witness my hand & seal this 2nd day of November 1824. Elisha Hawkins test Robert B Mcafee Wm H Wright Franklin County January Court 1833

      Pension records list his death date as 28 November 1833.

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