ALEXANDRIA LODGE NO. 39
ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA 1783-1788
COL. JOHN HAWKINS, was born in Charles County, Md., and moved to Alexandria prior to the Revolution; was several years in the military service; was Lieutenant and Adjutant of the Third Virginia Regiment, on Continental establishment, commanded by Col. Thomas Marshall; and, on the occasion of Gate’s defeat at Camden, he used great efforts to rally the country, and was honorably mentioned by Major-General George Weedon for his services in that behalf. In 1780 was promoted to a captaincy in the place of Capt. Peyton, who was killed at the siege of Charleston. In 1781, a few months prior to the surrender of Lord Cornwallis, he married Alice Corbin Thompson, a daughter of Dr. Adam Thompson, of Upper Marlborough, Prince George’s County, Md.; her mother being Letitia Lee, daughter of Philip Lee, of Maryland. After his marriage he was extremely anxious to rejoin the army, but was persuaded by his young and timid wife to remain with her a short time longer on account of the delicate state of his health. On the 1st of June, 1781, Capt. Hawkins resigned his commission in the army. His letter of resignation, at Queen Anne County, Md., was addressed to Major-General William Smallwood, by whom, on account of ill health, it was accepted at Annapolis, on the 3rd of July, 1781.
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For his services as Adjutant of the Third Virginia Regiment, from January I, 1777, to the last of May, 1778; and as Lieutenant and Adjutant, from the 1st of June, 1778, to the 10th of February, 1781, Capt. Hawkins received a generous payment, and a grant of four thousand acres of land, under act of the Assembly of Virginia. He died about the year 1805, and was buried at Buckland, Prince William County, Va.
