"Probate Records. Vol. X, 1723 to 1729. Inventory in Vol. XII, Page 233.
Hawley, Jehial, Middletown. Invt. £156-18-06. Taken 2 January, 1727-8, by Joseph Rockwell, Robert Warner, Benjamin Hawley and Thomas Stevens.
Court Record, Page 165—5 September, 1727: Adms. granted to Hope Hawley, widow of sd. decd., who gave bond with Noadiah Diggeson.
Page 17 (Vol. XI) 13 April, 1730: Hope Hawley is appointed guardian to three of her children, viz., Samuel Stow Hawley, age 7 years, Hope Hawley, age 10 years, and Hannah Hawley, age 4 years. Recog., £100. Hope Hawley, widow, Adms. on her husband s estate, exhibits an account of her Adms. Accepted, and this Court grant her a Quietus Est."