I have copied information from Dolores at some point:
PETER HAWKINS came to 96 before Rev War. He was born in Va, married there, and
settled in the Stoney Hills of Newberry district. Children were: Edward, JACOB, Peter,
William, Prudence Dennis, Elizabeth Rankin. He died about 1800-1802. Jacob married
Jane Hunter (was Jane Ganter) and had children, George, Peter, Eliza, Sallie Young. from
Other Pioneers ORIGINAL IRISH SETTLEMENT CALLED STONEY HILLS
Looking through notes that I have about Peter I find:
20 Oct 1795 Peter Hawkins swore an oath regarding set of titles transferred in 1774 from EDWARD THOMAS TO TIMOTHY THOMAS. Recorded 2 Jan 1796
This note certainly collaborates the fact that Peter is married to the site of these two men, but it also reminds us that Peter was probably not Quaker as he would have affirmed rather than have sworn an oath if he were Quaker.
Harriet Imrey sent the following to the Bush River mail list:
The other person of interest would be Peter Hawkins, who petitioned for 150 acres "In South Carolina" on 2 Oct 1770. He wasn't "with" anybody who settled where he did (Young's Fork of Bush River, Hilbern to west, McTeer to north, Israel Gaunt to east--latter tract purchased by Peter Hawkins so he was then adjacent to Edward and Timothy Thomas. He had wife Prudence Thomas in tow by Oct 1770, their first child Jacob was born ~1770 (per 1850 Newberry census). He needn't have brought Prudence with him from Lunenburg Co VA however--he could have met her after arriving in SC (e.g., in the household of Edward Thomas). Peter Hawkins's brothers and cousins settled in Greenville and Spartanburgh, so his choice of location sounds like wife Prudence had some Bush River roots already. His 1801 Newberry will is online at www.archivesindex.sc.gov. He lists his two surviving daughters under their maiden names, but both were married by 1800 (even the will notes that they were living in different locations). Prudence II (daughter of Peter and Prudence Thomas Hawkins) had married James Dennis; her sister Elizabeth Hawkins married John Rankin II, son of the John Rankin who'd arrived in 1767 with Edward and Nehemiah Thomas, and who'd sold his grant to Abel Thomas. So who was the first Mrs. Rankin? Abel Thomas named four primary heir-lines, including the children of his brothers Isaac and Timothy, those of his sister Prudence Thomas Hawkins, and the heirs of one "Elizabeth Rankin". If he was trying to be systematic about that, sure sounds like the wife of John Rankin I must have been his sister Elizabeth Thomas! (John Rankin II and wife Elizabeth Hawkins Rankin would have gotten a double portion, if first cousins who were nephew and niece, respectively, to Abel Thomas). BTW, Peter and Prudence Thomas Hawkins named their second son Edward--from her side of the family, no doubt!
Children of Peter and Prudence Thomas Hawkins:
Jacob who married Jane Ganter
had children Peter, George, Eliza and Sallie Young
Peter Watson Hawkins married Mary Devall and moved to Tennessee. He took his sons Jacob and Simeon Peter with him. But Jacob returned to SC and became a prominent Lutheran Divine. He married Mary Harman and now (1892) lives in Orangeburg County.
Simeon Peter married Isabella Taylor. The reason the Hawkins family may have moved to Tennessee might have to do with the will of Isabella
Dominick Taylor's grandmother , Margaret Fellers Dominick, widow of Revolutionary soldier, Henry Dominick. When Margaret died in 1844, she left her estate to her children, which was assumed to be her surviving children. That meant that her grandchildren from deceased children such as Isabella Taylor Hawkins would not inherit anything. Isabella Taylor Hawkins' mother was Elizabeth Dominick Taylor and she (Elizabeth) died in 1836. At any rate, my understanding is that Simeon Peter and wife, Isabella, along with other grandchildren sued for their share of Margaret's estate. They won their case but the losers may not have loved them. They might have moved on as land was cheaper in Dyer County, Tn. I don't know what motivated them, but they do move on after 1844 and can be found in Tn census by 1850.
Here's what I have on Margaretha Fellers Dominick.
2nd wife. First wife was her younger sister, Agnes. Margaret’s will caused problems in the family.
1841 taxation at $1.94; Henry Dominick son was $37.82
Henry Dominick apparently never liked William W Taylor, and showed it in
later actions. When he gave land to his other sons-in-law, he refused to give land to William and
went to considerable legal effort to set up Elizabeth to where she could own land and then gave
the land to her. (And yet when Isabella Taylor Hawkins' father dies in 1848, already a widower, his younger sons go to his sister, Isabella, in Tennessee, become wards of Simeon Peter Hawkins, eventually marry two of his daughters, and will join the Confederacy army from Tn and fight with Simeon Peter. Simeon Peter died in 1863 in an Atlanta hospital and is listed in the Confederate Army.
If this is confusing, here is the line. Peter and Prudence Hawkins have son, Jacob who married Jane Ganter. Jacob had son, Peter Watson Hawkins, who had son, Simeon Peter Hawkins, who married Isabella Taylor, who was daughter of William W Taylor and Elizabeth Dominick Taylor. Elizabeth Dominick Taylor was daughter of Henry Dominick and Margaret Fellers.
Remember that there is a tree of this family on the Hawkins DNA website:
Hello. Do you have any contact information for Harriet Imrey? I am looking for information on my ancestors, and I understand she might have some.
ReplyDeleteI think that you also sent me an e-mail right?
ReplyDeleteI am a descendant of Peter Hawkins and am trying to confirm if his father was John Hawkins, born 1721 or Joshua Hawkins born 1725. Do you know anyone who has more information on that?
ReplyDeleteSorry. I wrote the above about Peter Hawkins. My email address is jmiller1022@yahoo.com
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