Stephana Hawkins

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Personal and Family Information

Stephana was born about 1790, the daughter of Abraham Hawkins and Harriet Hamilton Petre. The place is not known.

Her husband was E M Bray. They were married, but the date and place have not been found. They had no known children.

Pedigree Chart (3 generations)


 

Stephana Hawkins
(c1790-?)

 

Abraham Hawkins
(1755-c1827)

 

John Hawkins
(1708-1764)

 

Richard Hawkins
(c1693-1738)

+
  

Dorcas Knowling
(c1693-1737)

 
  

Elizabeth Gilbert
(1712-1800)

 

Abraham Gilbert
(c1687-?)

 
   
 
 
  

Harriet Hamilton Petre
(c1755-1807)

  
 
  
 
 
   
 
 
   
 
  
 
 
   
 
 

Events

EventDateDetailsSourceMultimediaNotes
BirthABT 1790

Notes

Note 1

!Source: Plymouth Armada heroes: The Hawkins Family with Original Portraits, Coats of Arms, and other Illustrations by Mary W.S. Hawkins, WILLIAM BRENDON AND SON, GEORGE STREET., MDCCCLXXXVIII. https://www.seekingmyroots.com/members/files/G003259.pdf

A Genealogical Table of the Family of Hawkins of Devon.

First Line: William Amadas, Sergeant-at-Arms to Henry VIII married to Margaret, dau. of …. Hawkins. [Harl. 3288, Vis. Davon, 1564]

Second Line: John Hawkins, Esq., Living at Tavistock married Joan, dau. and heiress of William Amadas, Esquir, of Launceston.

[Center]

Third Line: Captain William Hawkins, R.N., Lord of the manor of Sutton Valletort; Mayor of Plymouth, 1532; M.P. for Plymouth, 1553. He established trade with the South Seas. Made three famous voyages to Brazil, and brought a native king to see Henry VIII. at Whitehall.

and wife Joan, only child and heiress, by …. Towne, of Roger Trelawny, third son of Sir John Trelawny by Blanche Pownde.

Fourth Line: [CENTER RIGHT] Admiral Sir John Hawkins b. 1532. Treasurer and Comptroller of the Navy and of Marine Causes. Port Admiral of Plymouth. Admiral in the Victory against the Armadad. M.p. for Plymouth, 1571-72. After 43 years’ service he died at sea, off Porto Rico, Nov. 12 1595. Married:

1st Wife: Katherine, dau. of Benjamin Gonson, Treasurer of the Navy, by Ursula, dau. of Anthony Hussey, Judge of the Admiralty. ob. 1591.

Fifth Line [RIGHT] Admiral Sir Richard [the Complete Seaman.] Captain of the Swallow against the Armada. After fighting a gallant action, was taken prisoner, and dishonourably detained nine years, by the Spaniards; ransomed for £12,000. Vice-Admiral of Devon, and Privy Councillor. M.P. for Plymouth, 1602-3; Mayer of Plymouth, 1604. Lived at Poole, in Slapton. ob. 1622 of a fit while attending the Privy Council. Married Judith, dau. of …. Hele. ob. May 30, 1629. Tomb in Slapton Church.

Sixth Line: [FROM LEFT-4] Richard Hawkins Had Pryvitt, Alverstroke, Southampton, left him by his father. but. at Slapton Nov. 22, 1667. married Elizabeth …. bur. at Slapton Jan. 27, 1666.

Seventh Line: [RIGHT-2] Nicholas Hawkins b. March 31, 1639, at Slapton. mar…. Removed from Slapton to Kingsbridge, a few miles distant. married Alice [?]

Eighth Line: [RIGHT] John Hawkins of Kingsbridge. ob. July 2. 1700. Captain in the Militia. Married Elizabeth Lane.

Ninth Line: [RIGHT-3] Richard Hawkins of Kingsbridge. ob. 1738. Will proved Dec 8. Married Dorcas, dau. of …. Knowling. mar. July 22, 1706, at Aveton Gifford. bur. Aug. 21, 1737, at Kingsbridge.

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Tenth Line: [LEFT-1] John Hawkins b. Nov. 9, 1708, at Kingsbridge. Of Norton. Built the Moult. ob. 1764, aged 56. Monument at Churchstow. Married twice:

2nd wife: Elizabeth, dau. of Abraham Gilbert, of Holwell, by Margaret, co-heiress of John Osbourne, of Newton, Churston. b. 1712 at Malborough. mar. July 23, 1751, at South Huish. ob. 1800, aged 87.

Eleventh Line: Abraham Hawkins b. Sep., 1755. J.P., F.R.S. Author of Hist. of Hingsbridge [1818]. Translated the works of Claudian. Helped Polwele with his History of Devon. Capt. in North Devon Militia, and Deputy Lieutenant for Devon. Married Harriet Hamilton, dau. of ….. Petre, of Mawnan, Cornwall. ob. Juy, 1807.

Twelfth Line: [CHILDREN OF ABRAHAM HAWKINS AND HARRIET HAMILTON PETRE]

[LEFT-1] Henrietta Hamilton Hawkins. [~1790] … o b. April 1853, aged 63.

[LEFT-2] Stephana Hawkins. [~1790] Married E.M. Bray of Tavistock. Captain.

!Source: Strangway-Towneley British Nobility and Landed Gentry in One Big Tree https://www.townsley.info/Strangeway/GedSite/g4/p3401.htm#i170032

Abraham Hawkins

M, #170032, b. Sep 1755

Parents

Father John Hawkins

Mother Elizabeth Gilbert

Pedigree Link

Family: Harriet Hamilton

Daughter Stephana Hawkins

Daughter Hentrietta Hamilton Hawkins

Abraham Hawkins was a Captain in the North Devon Militia. He was a Deputy Lieutenant for Devon. He resided in Alston, Devon. He was born in Sep 1755. He was an Author, wrote History of Kingsbridge in 1818. The estate of Abraham Hawkins was probated on 1 Feb 1827 in Alston, Devon.