Person:John Howkins (1)

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Sergeant John Howkins
b.18 Feb 1651 Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
d.Bef 5 Sep 1676
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m. Bef 1644
  1. Mary Howkins1644 -
  2. Ruth Howkins1649 - 1724
  3. Sergeant John Howkins1651 - Bef 1676
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Name[1][3] Sergeant John Howkins
Alt Name Sergeant John Hawkins
Gender Male
Birth[2] 18 Feb 1651 Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Alt Birth[1] 28 Feb 1651 Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Will[3] 11 Jan 1675/76
Death[3] Bef 5 Sep 1676 Before date of inventory.
Estate Inventory[3] 5 Sep 1676 £130-04-00. Taken by John Roote sen., Thomas Newell, & Benjamin Judd.
Probate[3] 7 Sep 1676 Will & Invt. exhibited. Adms. to John Judd.
References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 3. Anne2 Welles, in Mathews, Barbara Jean; Donna Holt Siemiatkoski; Kathryn Smith Black; and Nancy Pexa. The Descendants of Gov. Thomas Welles of Connecticut and His Wife Alice Tomes. (Wethersfield, Conn.: Welles Family Association, 2015)
    1:216, 17.

    "John (Howkins), b 18 Feb 1651, was thought but not proved to be dead by 5 Sep 1676 when an inventory was made of his estate (Manwaring 1:210). … "… Anthony's son John Hawkins by his first wife was presumed dead on 7 September 1676 when the will of Sgt. John Howkins, dated 15 January 1675/6, was presented to the court. His sister Sarah later died and on 5 December 1678 the court ordered distribution to her sisters Mary Judd, Ruth Heart [sic], Elizabeth Brinsmade, and Hannah Howkins. His will bears the phrase 'if the Providence of God shall soe order it that I fall in the f[i]eld and lose my Life or miscarry any other way before I com home.' Administration was granted to John Judd (Manwaring 1:209-210). This would be in the period of the war known as King Phillip's War. He was probably the Mr. Howkin listed as a freeman in Farmington on 12 Oct 1669 (Col. Recs. 2:521); and the Sgt. Howkins ordered to raise a guard to attend the Peace at Hadley in March 1676 (Colonial Wars in the Connecticut Archives 1:205)."

  2. ↑ Windsor Vital Records (NEHGS), in Connecticut, United States. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records
    139.

    Hawkins/Howkins, John, s. [Anthony], b. Feb. 18, 1651 [Matthew Grant].
    Hawkins/Howkins, John, s. Anthony, b. Feb 28, 1651 [Colonial Deeds 2:154].

  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Howkins, Sergt. John, in Manwaring, Charles W. A Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records. (Hartford, Conn.: R. S. Peck & Co., 1904-06)
    1:209-10.

    "Pobate Records. Vol. III, 1663 to 1677. Page 163.

    Howkins, Sergt. John. Invt. £130-04-00. Taken 5 September, 1676, by John X Roote sen., Thomas X Newell sen., & Benjamin Judd. The legatees: Joseph Judd, age 4 years, John Howkins [certainly means John Judd, husband of sister Mary] 36, Mary 32, Ruth Howkins 27, Sarah 18, Elizabeth 16, Hannah 14, Elizabeth Judd, 6 years of age. Will dated the 11th of January, 1675-6.

    This may informe you and those whome it doth concerne, that if the Providence of God shall soe order it that I fall in the feld and lose my Life or miscarry any other way before I com home, that the small Estat that God hath giuen me shall be disposed as is here mentioned: I giue to my cuzen Joseph Judd my House and Homelott to be possesed by him att 21 ycrs of age. 2: I bequeath to Joseph Judd my 12 ackers of land in the Great Meadow to be posesed by him att 23 yers of age. 3: The benefit of this house and Land before menshoned I giue the ½ to my Brother John Judd and the other half to my sister Ruth Howkins. 4: As for the rest of my Estate I would haue a true Inuentary taken of it and pay my lawfull Debts out of it, and the rest to be deuid into 6 parts: the one part I giue to my sister mary Judd, the other part I giue to my sister Ruth Howkins, the other part I giue to my sister Sarah Howkins, the other part I giue to my sister Elizabeth Howkins, the other part I giue to my sister Hannah Howkins, the other part I giue to Elizabeth Judd. And if there be a loss to know what account there is between my Mother and
    I, there is about £3 due to my Mother for my Diat.

    JOHN HOWKINS.

    This Will was left with his Brother John Judd, not to be shown until it was known whether he lived or noe.

    Court Record, Page 155—7 September, 1676: Will & Invt. Exhibited. Adms. to John Judd.

    Page 9—(Vol. IV) 5 December, 1678: Sarah Howkins, daughter of Anthony Howkins and Sister of John Howkins, Decd, she now being deceased Intestate, her Interest in the Estate of her Father and Brother to be Dist. to her four sisters, Mary Judd, Ruth Heart, Elizabeth Brinsmade & Hannah Howkins, equally."

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