- Selected and Introduced by Gary Boyd Roberts, Genealogies of Connecticut Families From The New England Historical and Genealogical Register ([CD]Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., 1983), vol 3, p 692.
- Samuel Orcutt, History of the Old Town of Derby, Connecticut, 1642-1880 (1880, Reprint: Bowie, Maryland, Heritage Books, Inc., 1998), 726.
... came from England in the "Elizabeth and Ann' in 1635.
- Ralph Clymer Hawkins, A Hawkins Genealogy 1635 - 1939, Record of the Descendants of Robert Hawkins of Charlestown, Massachusetts (The Hawkins Association, 1939), 6.
- Ibid., 6.
- Donald Lines Jacobus, Families of Ancient New Haven ([CD]Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1981[originally]Rome, N.Y. and New Haven, Conn., 1922-1932), vol 6, p 1487.
- Copied and compared with the original by Nancy O. Phillips, Sarah Riggs Humphrey Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, Derby, Connecticut Town Records, 1655-1710 (New Haven, CT, The Tuttle, Morehouse and Taylor Company, 1901), 43.
Joseph hawkins was maried the eight Day of apreil 1668
Joseph hawkins was borne the; 14th of febrewary 1668.
- Colonial Connecticut Records, 1636 - 1776 (http://www.colonialct.uconn.edu/).
Presented for Freemen... Milford: Samuel Burwell, Benjamin Fenn, john Plumbe, Samuel Nuton, Josi: Baldwin, Samuel Baldwin, Samuel Samford, Jos: Hawkins, Abel Gunn, Ephraim Smith, Sameul Clark, Georg Clarke.
- Copied and compared with the original by Nancy O. Phillips, Sarah Riggs Humphrey Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, Derby, Connecticut Town Records, 1655-1710 (New Haven, CT, The Tuttle, Morehouse and Taylor Company, 1901), 7.
... ere mark for cattle..
- Ibid., 8 - 9.
Pagaset inhabetants mett to gether and have made an agreement... rhis agreement was meade this : 4 : feb : 1667
John Brown
frances french
Samuell Riges
Ephraim Smith
Abell Gun
Josiph hakins
Edward woster.
- Ibid., 9.
March : 15 : 16670 The in habetants of Pagaset are as foloeth : Ed: woster: frances french: Joseph Hawkins: Samuell Riges: Ephraim Smith Abell Gun: Stephen person Jerymiah Johnson.
- Ibid., 23.
- Selected and Introduced by Gary Boyd Roberts, Genealogies of Connecticut Families From The New England Historical and Genealogical Register ([CD]Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., 1983), vol 3, p 692.
- Donald Lines Jacobus, History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield (Produced in collaboration with the Genealogical Publishing Company, 2000), vol 1, p 438.
- Ralph Clymer Hawkins, A Hawkins Genealogy 1635 - 1939, Record of the Descendants of Robert Hawkins of Charlestown, Massachusetts (The Hawkins Association, 1939), 7.
... settled in the vicinity of Birmingham Point, near Derby, Connecticut, where he purchased land from Alexander Bryan in 1665 ... he conducted a store and in 1667 was one of the eight proprietors of Pegassett, the Indian name for Birmingham Point at that time.
- Samuel Orcutt, History of the Old Town of Derby, Connecticut, 1642-1880 (1880, Reprint: Bowie, Maryland, Heritage Books, Inc., 1998), 726.
... said to have been born at Milford in 1642, was probably the Joseph who m Apr. 8, 1668 and settled at that timeon Birmingham Point. He with John Brown bought the Point, about 40 acres, of Alexander Bryan, June 5, 1665, but Brown soon removed to Newark, N. J. ...
- Susan Woodruff Abbott, Families of Early Milford, Connecticut (Produced in collaboration with the Genealogical Publishing Company, 2000), 176.
- W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), 84.
... 1680 ... it had become necessary to establish the town bounds between Derby and Waterbury and on May 18th of that year the Plantations of Derby and Mattatuck appointed a committee to set the bounds. The latter appointed Wm. Judd, Thomas Judd and John Stanley, Jr., and Derby appointed Joseph Hawkins and Abel Gunn.
- Susan Woodruff Abbott, Families of Early Milford, Connecticut (Produced in collaboration with the Genealogical Publishing Company, 2000), 330.
- Ralph Clymer Hawkins, A Hawkins Genealogy 1635 - 1939, Record of the Descendants of Robert Hawkins of Charlestown, Massachusetts (The Hawkins Association, 1939), 7.
- Ibid., 244.
... The will of Joseph Hawkins, dated Oct. 12, 1682 ...