Miriam was born about 1580 in Agra, Utter Pradesh, India, the daughter of unknown parents.
She died on 27 FEB 1623 in Agra, Utter Pradesh, India.
She had two marriages/partners. Her first husband was Gabriel Towerson, who she married in 1614. The place has not been found. They had no known children.
Her second husband was William “the elder” Hawkins, who she married in BEF 1609 in Agra, Utter Pradesh, India. They had no known children.
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!Source: Miriam Towerson https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Khan-240
Born about 1580 [uncertain] in Agra, Utter Pradesh, India
Died after 27 Feb 1623 after about age 43 in Agra, Utter Pradesh, India
Miriam Towerson formerly Khan
Daughter of Mubarak Khan and [mother unknown]
[sibling unknown]
Wife of William Hawkins III — married before 1609 in Agra, India map icon Wife of Gabriel Towerson — married 1614 [location unknown]
[children unknown]
Biography
Mariam was born about 1598. Miriam Khan ... Hawkins Voyages During the Reign of Henry VIII recounts the matter thusly: The journey of William Hawkins to Agra, and his residence at the court of Jehanghir, may be looked upon as the opening scene of the history of British India. The Emperor induced the English captain to marry the daughter of Mubaria Khan, a Christian Armenian ; and when Hawkins was dismissed from Agra in November 1611, he took his native wife with him. They got safely on board Sir Henry Middleton's ship in the following January, and proceeded to Bantam, whence they sailed for England in the Thomas, arriving at Saldanha Bay on April 21st, 1613 and here the letter of Hawkins to the company terminates abruptly. He died on the passage from the Cape, and was buried in Ireland.
Mrs. Hawkins, alone amongst strangers, was left in a very forlorn condition. But she had one diamond worth £2000, and smaller ones worth £4000, so that she had no difficulty in finding another husband. In 1614 she married Gabriel Towerson, who had been in the voyage of Captain Saris and brought home the Hector. In 1617 Captain and Mrs. Towerson went out to India again, and visited Agra; where the lady remained with her relations. Towerson went home, and in 1620 he was appointed Principal Factor at the Moluccas, where he was judicially murdered, after suffering inhuman treatment from the Dutch, on February 27th, 1623. He was the chief victim of the Massacre of Amboyna.
Source: http://kateemersonhistoricals.com/TudorWomenK.htm