John HAWKINS [46,152] was born about 1760 in Hanover, Virginia. He died on 15 August 1823 in Jessamine County, Kentucky. He was elected in Represented Fayette County in Virginia Legislature. John was elected in Represented Jessamine County after it was formed in Virginia Legistlature.
Occupation: farmer; ferry operator
It is known that John married Ann (Nancy) Withers about 1782-85, possibly in Stafford County, Virginia, where Nancy was born. The young couple may have started immediately moving west. Stafford County is an eastern Virginia county. A John Hawkins was listed in Kegley's list of Virginia Militia in Captain Looney's Company of Botetourt County, a central county, along with Thomas and Giles Hawkins, possibly relatives. John later had two sons with those names. He may have moved to Kentucky in 1789 or 1790 and settled in the Jessamine County area, then still Fayette County.4
There were several activities accomplished by a John Hawkins in early Kentucky. It is unknown whether any of these activities were performed by the correct John for this genealogy. The activities are mentioned here as possibilities for further research. A John Hawkins was said to have represented Fayette County in the Virginia Legislature while Kentucky was still a part of Virginia, and later represented Fayette County in the first General Assembly in Kentucky. The Assembly met in Lexington, and he was on the committee that selected Frankfort for the capital. He also represented Jessamine County in several sessions after it was for met. He presided at the first meeting of the Masons when they separated from Virginia and formed the Grand Lodge of Masons of Kentucky.2 There was a John Hawkins appointed as one of the Jessamine County commissioners to value certain lands taken by the sheriff under execution. The first order ever made by the court of record in Jessamine was to appoint these commissioners. The date was 26 March 1799. A John Hawkins served in the Kentucky House of Representatives in 1806 and 1811.1
After Nancy died, her father, John Withers, named his son-in-law, John Hawkins, as a legatee when he wrote his will which was probated in Jessamine County in 1818.4
John married Margaret (Hayden) Singleton in Jessamine County on 14 October 1815. Margaret's brother, Jesse Haydon, as well as the groom, provided the bond to assure the court that there was no impediment to the marriage. Margaret was the daughter of Mary and Ezekiel Haydon of Spotsylvania County, Virginia, and was the widow of Edmund Singleton.2 She came to the marriage having had eight children with her first husband.4
Mary Lee Mahin, a Jessamine County genealogist for many years, says that John owned a ferry and operated it on the Kentucky River where now the Brooklyn Bridge, a part of the Harrodsburg Pike, crosses the river. In 1817, John Hawkins, et al, were commissioners of the estate of Nathaniel Drake and sold land to George Smith.3
When John died, he did not leave a will. The appraisement of his estate was on 28 August 1823. The value was $12,000. Most of his lands were in the western part of Jessamine County on Clear, Jessamine, and Hickman's Creek. Margaret, his widow, waived her right to administer the estate on 18 August 1823, and asked that James Hawkins administer.2 Margaret later married for the third time -- to Samuel H. Craig. From Judith Dixon's Web Page Parents: William HAWKINS and Elizabeth BOURNE. [Note: highly unlikely, needs research]
Spouse: Nancy WITHERS. Nancy WITHERS and John HAWKINS were married about 1786 in Stafford County, Virginia. Children were: Hannah HAWKINS, Elizabeth HAWKINS, Martha HAWKINS, Ann HAWKINS, John HAWKINS , Jr, Thomas W. HAWKINS, Catherine HAWKINS, Sarah "Sallie" HAWKINS, Nancy HAWKINS, Eleanor HAWKINS, Mary "Polly" HAWKINS, George Giles HAWKINS.
Spouse: Margaret HAYDON. Margaret HAYDON and John HAWKINS were married in 1815.
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Note: parents listed in this source [William Hawkins (1749-1818) and Elizabeth Bourne (1745-1788)] are impossible given this John Hawkins' birth in abt. 1760. Needs additional research.
