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             Husband: Silas HAWKINS (1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17)
                Born: 22 SEP 1756 in Oxford, New Haven, CT (18 19 20)
             Married: 21 FEB 1825 in Oxford, New Haven, CT (60)
                Died: 15 OCT 1844 in Oxford, New Haven, CT (21 22)
              Buried: in Hillside Cemetery, Quaker Farms, Oxford, New Haven, CT (23 24 25)
              Father: Zachariah HAWKINS
              Mother: Mary TOMLINSON
             Spouses: Sarah PERRY
                Wife: Sarah Minerva LOVELAND (26 27 28 29 30 31)
                Born: 21 SEP 1802 (32)
                Died: 03 JAN 1888 in Oxford, New Haven, CT (33 34)
              Buried: in Hillside Cemetery, Quaker Farms, Oxford, New Haven, CT (35 36)
              Father: Truman LOVELAND
              Mother: Elizabeth Ann WOOSTER
             Spouses:
Children
01               (M): Silas HAWKINS (37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45)
                Born: l DEC 1825 (46)
                Died: 03 JUL 1890 in Oxford, New Haven, CT (47 48)
              Buried: JUL 1890 in Hillside Cemetery, Quaker Farms, Oxford, New Haven, CT (49 50 51)
             Spouses: 
02               (M): Charles HAWKINS (52 53 54 55 56 57 58)
                Born: 31 MAR 1828 in Quaker Farms, Oxford, New Haven, CT
                Died: 1902 in Oxford, New Haven, CT (59)
             Spouses: Louisa Jane JOHNSON

Footnotes

  1. Historic House Committee of The Bicentennial Commission, Oxford, Connecticut, Early Houses of Oxford (Derby, CT, The Bacon Printing Company, 1976), #14.
    ... Quaker Farms Road, was built by Silas Hawkins around 1795.
    [Available at http://www.oxford-historical-society.org/books-for-sale.htm.]
  2. W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), 97.
    [1792 - Tax List - Oxford
    http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/097.html.]
  3. Dorothy A. DeBisschop, Historical Personalities of the Lower Naugatuck Valley, 120.
    [http://www.oxfordpast.net/hp120.html.]
  4. Norman Litchfield & Sabrina Connolly Hoyt, Ph.D., History of the Town of Oxford, Connecticut (1960), 70.
    [http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/Litchfield-Hoyt_History_of_Oxford/070.html.]
  5. Ibid., 304.
    Oxford Tax List, 1792.
    [http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/Litchfield-Hoyt_History_of_Oxford/304.html.]
  6. WEBSITE, http://www.electronicvalley.org/tour/QuakerFarmsHistoricHomes.htm ([photograph of Silas Hawkins house]).
    [Photograph of Silas Hawkins house
    http://www.electronicvalley.org/tour/QuakerFarmsHistoricHomes.htm.]
  7. J. L. Rockey, History of New Haven County, Connecticut, 534.
    The registered freemen in the town at the time of its incorporation in 1798 and the next ten years following were: ...
  8. W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), 126.
    S. H. M. H. Z. H. R. H.
    1771 1774 1806 1786

    By this stone are deposited the remains of Capt. Zachariah Hawkins, a worthy and respectable
    member of society, who in the 90th year of his age died in faith and hope, June 27th, MDCCCVI. He had 14 children who all survived him, 82 grandchildren & 95 great-grandchildren.
    Sarah his first wife is buried in Derby, by whom he had Sarah & Mercy.
    Mary his 2d wife is buried 12 feet on the left of this stone, by whom he had Mary, John, Elizabeth,
    Elijah, Anna, Gaylord, Ruth, Silas, Joseph, Moses & Isaac.
    Rachael his 3d wife lies close by this stone on the left, by whom he had Zachariah.
    Lydia his relict and his sons erect this monument, their tribute of gratitude, love and honor.
    [http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/126.html.]
  9. 1790 Derby Census.
  10. 1800 Oxford Census.
  11. 1810 Oxford Census.
  12. 1820 Oxford Census.
  13. 1840 Oxford Census.
  14. Emma Lounsbury, Oxford - A Historical Sketch (Seymour Record, 1914).
    Mr. Zachariah Hawkins lived in the house which has since been called the Judge Meigs place; was a son of Robert Hawkins of Derby, who came from England in the reign of King George 3rd.
    Zachariah Hawkins owned land quite extensively in Quakers Farm, even to the Housatonic river and owned an island in the river. He had four wives and 14 children with the three first wives. He died in 1806. His son Silas owned and lived in the old-fashioned red homestead called the old Hawkins homestead, and raised six children. His son Silas, Jr. lived there but never married. His brother Charles lived in the same street and his grandchildren now occupy the old place whose names are Roberts, they being the fifth generation in the old homestead.
    [http://www.our-oxford.info/short-stories/lounsbury-sketch.html.]
  15. Compiled by Carole Magnuson, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records - Oxford 1798-1850. (Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2000), 47, 56.
  16. 1997 photo by Andrew Pehanick, courtesy of Oxford Municipal Historian, Dorothy DeBisschop.
    [Silas Hawkins House
    http://oxfordpast.net/h014.jpg.]
  17. Rev. Hollis A. Campbell, William C. Sharpe and Frank G. Bassett, Seymour Past and Present (Seymour, Connecticut, W. C. Sharpe, 1902), 514.
  18. Compiled by Lorraine Cook White, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records, Vol 8 - Derby 1655-1852 (Baltimore, Maryland, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc, 1997), 236.
  19. Ralph Clymer Hawkins, A Hawkins Genealogy 1635 - 1939, Record of the Descendants of Robert Hawkins of Charlestown, Massachusetts (The Hawkins Association, 1939), 247.
  20. Samuel Orcutt, History of the Old Town of Derby, Connecticut, 1642-1880 (1880, Reprint: Bowie, Maryland, Heritage Books, Inc., 1998), 727.
  21. W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), 84.
    [http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/084.html.]
  22. Charles Elwell, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Hillside Cemetery, 39.
    Hawkins, Elijah, died Feb. 23, 1809, age 61 yrs.
    Hawkins, Anna, 1st wife of Elijah, died Dec. 27, 1794, age 45 yrs.
    Two field stones, no inscriptions.
    Thomas, Lydia, wife of Nathan Taylor & Capt. Zachariah Hawkins, died Aug. 1, 1820, age 87 yrs.
    Hawkins, Capt. Zachariah, died June 27, M.D.C.C.C.V.I., age 89 yrs.
    Hawkins, Sarah, 1st wife of Capt. Zachariah, burried in Derby.
    Hawkins, Mary, 2nd wife of Capt. Zachariah
    Hawkins, Rachel, 3rd wife of Capt. Zachariah
    Hawkins, Lydia, relict of Capt. Zachariah
    Hawkins, Ira, died Jan. 8, 1853, age 62 yrs.
    Hawkins, Sally, wife of Ira, died Oct. 6, 1852, age 58 yrs.
    Hawkins, Eri, son of Silas & Sarah (broken)
    Hawkins, Sarah, wife of Silas, died Feb. 24, 1820, age 58 yrs.
    Hawkins, Silas, died Oct. 15, 1844, age 88 yrs.
    Tomlinson, Silas, died Nov. 15, 1829, age 53 yrs.
    Tomlinson, Polly, wife of Silas, died Aug. 15, 1842, age 65 yrs.
    Hawkins, Asa, died Dec. 9, 1868, age, 72 yrs.
    Hawkins, Hannah, wife of Asa, died Feb. 12, 1885, age 86 yrs.
    Hinman, Philo, died Apr. 25, 1887, age 86 yrs.
    Hinman, Mary, wife of Philo, died Jan. 1, 1835, age 78 yrs.
    Hinman, Cynthia, daughter of Isaac & Sally, died Aug. 26, 1823, age 2 yrs. 7 mos.
    Tomlinson, Edmund B., died at Newbern, Nov. 2, 1862, age 20 yrs. (Co. A., 10th Regiment C.V., Civil War(Marker)
    Tomlinson, Juliette, wife of Burke, died Oct. 7, 1853, age 42 yrs. 7 mos.
    Tomlinson, Burke, died Sept. 10, 1842, age 35 yrs. 6 mos.
    Hawkins, William, son of Asa & Hannah, died Oct. 22, 1825, age 15 mos.
    [http://oxfordpast.net/hscemscan39.html.]
  23. W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), 84.
    [http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/toc.html.]
  24. Charles Elwell, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Hillside Cemetery, 39.
    [http://oxfordpast.net/hscemscan39.html.]
  25. Hillside Cemetery Photograph - Oxford, CT.
    [http://oxfordpast.net/cem338.html.]
  26. Dorothy A. DeBisschop, Historical Personalities of the Lower Naugatuck Valley, 120.
    [http://www.oxfordpast.net/hp120.html.]
  27. 1850 Oxford Census.
    [Living w/ son Silas.]
  28. 1860 Oxford Census.
    [Living w/ son Silas.]
  29. 1870 Oxford Census.
    [Living w/ son Silas.]
  30. 1880 Oxford Census.
    [Son Silas is living w/ her.]
  31. Compiled by Carole Magnuson, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records - Oxford 1798-1850. (Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2000), 47, 56.
    ... Sally LOCKWOOD ...
  32. Rev. Hollis A. Campbell, William C. Sharpe and Frank G. Bassett, Seymour Past and Present (Seymour, Connecticut, W. C. Sharpe, 1902), 514.
  33. W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), 126.
    [http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/126.html.]
  34. Charles Elwell, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Hillside Cemetery, 35.
    [http://oxfordpast.net/hscemscan35.html.]
  35. Ibid., 35.
    Hawkins, Mary Louisa, daughter of Charles & Louisa, J., died May 19, 1875, age 20 yrs.
    Hawkins, Sarah Minerva, daughter of Charles & Louisa J., died July 18, 1863, age 10 yrs. 6 mos.
    Hawkins, Charles Nathan, son of Charles & Louisa J., died July 7, 1863, age 6 yrs.
    Hawkins, Charles, born 1828, died 1902
    Hawkins, Louisa Johnson, wife of Charles, born 1828, died 1921
    Roberts, Grace A. (Hawkins), born 1865, died 1912
    Roberts, Clarence L, born 1895
    Roberts, Carrie A. Pratt, wife of Clarence L, born 1898, died 1929
    Hawkins, Sarah M. Loveland, wife of Silas, died Jan. 3, 1888, age 86 yrs.
    Hawkins, Silas Jr., died July 3, 1890, age 64 yrs. 8 mos.
    Hawkins, Jennie, wife of Robert Z., born 1873, died 1897
    Hawkins, Charles Stanley, son of Robert Z. & Jennie, born 1895, died 1919
    Hawkins, Mable Louisa, born Sept. 2, 1885, died June 6, 1914.
    [http://oxfordpast.net/hscemscan35.html.]
  36. Hillside Cemetery Photograph - Oxford, CT.
    [http://oxfordpast.net/cem610.html.]
  37. Dorothy A. DeBisschop, Historical Personalities of the Lower Naugatuck Valley, 120.
    [http://www.oxfordpast.net/hp120.html.]
  38. Emma Lounsbury, Oxford - A Historical Sketch (Seymour Record, 1914).
    Mr. Zachariah Hawkins lived in the house which has since been called the Judge Meigs place; was a son of Robert Hawkins of Derby, who came from England in the reign of King George 3rd.
    Zachariah Hawkins owned land quite extensively in Quakers Farm, even to the Housatonic river and owned an island in the river. He had four wives and 14 children with the three first wives. He died in 1806. His son Silas owned and lived in the old-fashioned red homestead called the old Hawkins homestead, and raised six children. His son Silas, Jr. lived there but never married. His brother Charles lived in the same street and his grandchildren now occupy the old place whose names are Roberts, they being the fifth generation in the old homestead.
    [http://www.our-oxford.info/short-stories/lounsbury-sketch.html.]
  39. Historic House Committee of The Bicentennial Commission, Oxford, Connecticut, Early Houses of Oxford (Derby, CT, The Bacon Printing Company, 1976).
    14. The Silas Hawkins House.
    [ A map, photo and information about the Silas Hawkins House can be found in this book.
    Available at http://www.oxford-historical-society.org/books-for-sale.htm.]
  40. 1852 Oxford Map (Unidentified, found in collection of Oxford Historical Society by Dorothy A. DeBisschop, Municipal Historian.").
    S. Hawkins.
    [ Quaker Farms Road, north of Captain Wooster Road.
    http://oxfordpast.net/map.html.]
  41. F. W. Beers, 1868 map (Reproduced for the Oxford Historical Society, Inc. 1977).
    [Excerpt from1868 map, Available at http://www.oxford-historical-society.org/books-for-sale.htm
    S. Hawkins Res., Quaker Farms Road, north of Captain Wooster Road.
    http://www.oxfordpast.net/1868QuakerFarmsSouth.jpg.]
  42. 1850 Oxford Census.
  43. 1860 Oxford Census.
    Farmer.
  44. 1870 Oxford Census.
    Farmer.
  45. 1880 Oxford Census.
    Farmer.
  46. Charles Elwell, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Hillside Cemetery, 35.
    [http://oxfordpast.net/hscemscan35.html.]
  47. W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), 126.
  48. Charles Elwell, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Hillside Cemetery, 35.
    Hawkins, Mary Louisa, daughter of Charles & Louisa, J., died May 19, 1875, age 20 yrs.
    Hawkins, Sarah Minerva, daughter of Charles & Louisa J., died July 18, 1863, age 10 yrs. 6 mos.
    Hawkins, Charles Nathan, son of Charles & Louisa J., died July 7, 1863, age 6 yrs.
    Hawkins, Charles, born 1828, died 1902
    Hawkins, Louisa Johnson, wife of Charles, born 1828, died 1921
    Roberts, Grace A. (Hawkins), born 1865, died 1912
    Roberts, Clarence L, born 1895
    Roberts, Carrie A. Pratt, wife of Clarence L, born 1898, died 1929
    Hawkins, Sarah M. Loveland, wife of Silas, died Jan. 3, 1888, age 86 yrs.
    Hawkins, Silas Jr., died July 3, 1890, age 64 yrs. 8 mos.
    Hawkins, Jennie, wife of Robert Z., born 1873, died 1897
    Hawkins, Charles Stanley, son of Robert Z. & Jennie, born 1895, died 1919
    Hawkins, Mable Louisa, born Sept. 2, 1885, died June 6, 1914
    Hawkins, Royal J., son of Samuel & Celestia, died Jan. 14, 1880, age 4 mos. 19 das.
    Hawkins, Samuel, born 1840, died 1907
    Hawkins, Celestia W. Stoddard, wife of Samuel, born 1848, died 1931
    Sharpe, Jane E., age 46 yrs.
    Hawkins, Lewis, born 1822, died 1906
    Hawkins, Mary G. Holbrook, wife of Lewis, Born 1834, died 1913
    Wooster, Edith Marion, daughter of E. P. & H. A., born 1882, died 1895
    Hawkins, Phebe, A., daughter of Lewis & Mary G., died Aug. 3, 1869, age 4 yrs. 8 mos.
    Holbrook, Austin, born 1804, died 1875
    Holbrook, Betsey Augusta Sperry, wife or Austin, born 1807, died 1878
    Wooster, Frank P., born 1852, died 1895
    Wooster, Henrietta A., wife of Frank P., born 1856, died 1920
    Kimberly, Lucy, wife of Julius, died Feb. 24, 1876, age 75 yrs.
    Kimberly, Albert A., son of Julius & Lucy, died at Baton Rouge, Dec. 6, 1863, age 35 yrs. 3 mos. Civil war Marker
    Skeels, Ira, died Dec. 22, 1888, age 70 yrs.
    Skeels, Almira, wife of Ira, died Sept. 4, 1884, age 63 yrs.
    Hawkins, John N., born 1836, died 1901, (Private Co. G. 7th Regiment Conn. Vols. Infantry, Civil War (Marker).
    [ This excerpt from pages 35 - 36 contains 2 grandchildren, 8 great grandchildren, 5 great great grandchildren, and one great great great grandchild of Capt. Zachariah Hawkins.
    http://oxfordpast.net/hscemscan35.html.]
  49. Record of the Returns made by Sextons of Cemeteries.
    [http://www.our-oxford.info/sexton-reports/1890-91-top.html.]
  50. Charles Elwell, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Hillside Cemetery, 35.
    [http://oxfordpast.net/hscemscan35.html.]
  51. Hillside Cemetery Photograph - Oxford, CT.
    [http://oxfordpast.net/cem611.html.]
  52. Dorothy A. DeBisschop, Historical Personalities of the Lower Naugatuck Valley, 120 - 121.
    [http://www.oxfordpast.net/hp120.html.]
  53. Emma Lounsbury, Oxford - A Historical Sketch (Seymour Record, 1914).
    Mr. Zachariah Hawkins lived in the house which has since been called the Judge Meigs place; was a son of Robert Hawkins of Derby, who came from England in the reign of King George 3rd.
    Zachariah Hawkins owned land quite extensively in Quakers Farm, even to the Housatonic river and owned an island in the river. He had four wives and 14 children with the three first wives. He died in 1806. His son Silas owned and lived in the old-fashioned red homestead called the old Hawkins homestead, and raised six children. His son Silas, Jr. lived there but never married. His brother Charles lived in the same street and his grandchildren now occupy the old place whose names are Roberts, they being the fifth generation in the old homestead.
    [http://www.our-oxford.info/short-stories/lounsbury-sketch.html.]
  54. 1850 Waterbury Census.
    Shoe Maker.
  55. 1860 Oxford Census.
    Farmer.
  56. 1870 Oxford Census.
    Farmer & Shoes.
  57. 1880 Oxford Census.
    Farmer.
  58. 1900 Oxford Census.
    Farmer.
  59. Charles Elwell, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Hillside Cemetery, 35.
    Hawkins, Mary Louisa, daughter of Charles & Louisa, J., died May 19, 1875, age 20 yrs.
    Hawkins, Sarah Minerva, daughter of Charles & Louisa J., died July 18, 1863, age 10 yrs. 6 mos.
    Hawkins, Charles Nathan, son of Charles & Louisa J., died July 7, 1863, age 6 yrs.
    Hawkins, Charles, born 1828, died 1902
    Hawkins, Louisa Johnson, wife of Charles, born 1828, died 1921
    Roberts, Grace A. (Hawkins), born 1865, died 1912
    Roberts, Clarence L, born 1895
    Roberts, Carrie A. Pratt, wife of Clarence L, born 1898, died 1929
    Hawkins, Sarah M. Loveland, wife of Silas, died Jan. 3, 1888, age 86 yrs.
    Hawkins, Silas Jr., died July 3, 1890, age 64 yrs. 8 mos.
    Hawkins, Jennie, wife of Robert Z., born 1873, died 1897
    Hawkins, Charles Stanley, son of Robert Z. & Jennie, born 1895, died 1919
    Hawkins, Mable Louisa, born Sept. 2, 1885, died June 6, 1914
    Hawkins, Royal J., son of Samuel & Celestia, died Jan. 14, 1880, age 4 mos. 19 das.
    Hawkins, Samuel, born 1840, died 1907
    Hawkins, Celestia W. Stoddard, wife of Samuel, born 1848, died 1931
    Sharpe, Jane E., age 46 yrs.
    Hawkins, Lewis, born 1822, died 1906
    Hawkins, Mary G. Holbrook, wife of Lewis, Born 1834, died 1913
    Wooster, Edith Marion, daughter of E. P. & H. A., born 1882, died 1895
    Hawkins, Phebe, A., daughter of Lewis & Mary G., died Aug. 3, 1869, age 4 yrs. 8 mos.
    Holbrook, Austin, born 1804, died 1875
    Holbrook, Betsey Augusta Sperry, wife or Austin, born 1807, died 1878
    Wooster, Frank P., born 1852, died 1895
    Wooster, Henrietta A., wife of Frank P., born 1856, died 1920
    Kimberly, Lucy, wife of Julius, died Feb. 24, 1876, age 75 yrs.
    Kimberly, Albert A., son of Julius & Lucy, died at Baton Rouge, Dec. 6, 1863, age 35 yrs. 3 mos. Civil war Marker
    Skeels, Ira, died Dec. 22, 1888, age 70 yrs.
    Skeels, Almira, wife of Ira, died Sept. 4, 1884, age 63 yrs.
    Hawkins, John N., born 1836, died 1901, (Private Co. G. 7th Regiment Conn. Vols. Infantry, Civil War (Marker).
    [This excerpt from pages 35 - 36 contains 2 grandchildren, 8 great grandchildren, 5 great great grandchildren, and one great great great grandchild of Capt. Zachariah Hawkins.
    http://oxfordpast.net/hscemscan35.html.]
  60. Compiled by Carole Magnuson, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records - Oxford 1798-1850. (Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2000), 47, 56.
    ... by Sam[ue]l Meigs, J. P.

Revised: 17-Dec-08
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