Person:Elizabeth Hawkins (73)

    The Welcome Society of Pennsylvania in their book The Welcome Claimants, Proved, Disproved, And Doubtful by George E.Mc Cracken lists a Elizabeth Hawkins as a "proven" passenger on the Welcome arriving Philadelphia in 1682. As she is not shown in the All Saints Parish (Norton Bavant's Parish) Register as a child of Jeffrey & Dorothy Hawkins, I believe that she was more likely to have been a daughter of Jeffery's brother Roger, who is carried on the Welcome list as a possible. References by the late Carl Henry Hawkins, 1906-1980, to Elizabeth beening baptized as Jane could not be correct. Englishmen of that time did not have two names, and for legal purposes the given name was the same as the baptismal name. [Phillip Ardath Hawkins]

   It would seem that Elizabeth first married a Banner?

  Falls MM: 1697, 10, 1 [1 Dec 1697] William Darby declared intention of m. Elizabeth Banner. Source: From Hinshaw, Vol II, Falls MM, p 992, 

  Falls MM: 1697, 11, 5 [5 Jan 1697/98] William Darby gc to m. Elizabeth Banner. Source: From Hinshaw, Vol II, Falls MM, p 976, 

  Falls MM: John, s William & Elizabeth Darby b. 12-12-1704 [12 Mar 1704/05].Source: From Hinshaw, Vol II, p 958, 

  Falls MM: 1707, 9, 25 [25 Nov 1707] Thomas Kirkbride, Bucks Co., m. Elizabeth Darby, wd, Bucks Co., at Falls MH. Source: From Hinshaw, Vol II, p 1007,

     From Hawkins Family, Wilts Co., England to Tipton Co., IN and Related Families, by Harold T. Hawkins, Roger is identified as a brother of Jeffrey Hawkins the elder by a record of Falls Monthly Meeting dated 6 9th mo. 1689, shortly after the death of Roger. On 4 7th mo. 1685, Jeffrey Hawkins, planter, conveyed to Roger Hawkins, planter, for £ 8/15, 100 acres, part of a grant confirmed to Jeffrey Hawkins by William Penn.

This deed does not call the grantee a brother but on 1 March 1706, Jeffrey Hawkins of Philadelphia, laborer, gave a release to Elizabeth, widow of William Darby, in which he recites that his father Jeffrey had sold to his brother Roger (uncle of the younger Jeffrey) the property mentioned in the deed of 1685.

 In a deed of Jeffrey Hawkins to his son Daniel dated 1 10th mo. 1687, the mark of Roger Hawkins appears as witness.
 Roger Hawkins was also a witness on 17 4th mo. 1683 to the marriage of Samuel Dark and Ann Knight and again in 1684 to the marriage of Richard Lundy. 

From Bucks County Pennsylvania Deed Records, 1684-1763 by John David Davie (Heritage Books, Inc): Page 313, 1 Mar 1706 [?May, the 3rd month], "Jeffery Hawkins, bachelor, of Philadelphia Co., Pennsylvania to Elizabeth Darby (widow of William Darby), of Falls Twp., Bucks Co., Pennsylvania, 100 acres...patented, 1684, by his father. Signed Jeffery (X) Hawkins. Wit: Joseph Kirkbride, Joseph Kirkbride Jr. and Mary Kirkbride." ..................

    From the Welcome Claimants Approved, Disproved and Doubtful by McCracken, page 223. "In the release by his nephew Jeffrey, cited above, reference is made to a will of this Roger, "dated" but the date is left blank, in which the 100 acres bought from his brother were willed to William Darby. No Hawkins will has been founded in the counties of Bucks, Chester, or Philadelphia, or in New Jersey." 

       From Bucks County Pennsylvania Deed Records, 1684-1763 by John David Davie (Heritage Books, Inc): Page 314, 17 Mar 1706 [?17 May 1706], "Elizabeth Darby, (widow of Willaim Darby of Falls Twp., Bucks Co., Pennsylvania to Thomas Kirkbride, 54 acres...line of George Biles...purchased of Thomas Dure... and 100 acres... purchased of Roger Hawkins, who purchased of Jeffery Hawkins, who patented 1685. Signed Elizabeth Darby. Wit: Joseph Kirkbride and John Large.

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   ??  Family lived in Elizabeth Town, NJ (William Darby purchased 44 acres from Agatha White, widow in 1687, and sold it to John Blanchard in 1701). They moved to Scotch Plains.  (Info furnished 10 May 1999, by Melissa McSwain, 8th g-granddaughter of William Darby, whose sources is a book "Clark" by Elmer Sayre Clark of Elizabeth Town, NJ) ??