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THE HAWES FAMILY
The Hawes family in America dates back to 1635, at which time
Richard and Edward Hawes, presumably brothers, emigrated to
New England and settled in the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
From this point several members of the family removed to Virginia
about half century later.
The name is derived from the old Saxon word "Hawe" which
means thorn hedge. From this name came the names, Hawley,
Haworth, Haughton, Howe and Hawes, the last two being the
oldest and the most widely scattered.
The following brief and partial record of the Caroline-King
and Queen family will serve to show how it was connected with
other prominent families early in the eighteenth century, and
also serve as a starting point for the genealogist:
Samuel Hawes 1st m. Anne Spencer about 1712, and had
issue: (1) Isaac Hawes, (2) Marye Hawes, who m. Elijah Daniel;
(3) Elizabeth Hawes, who m. Thomas Coghill; (4) Nicie Hawes,
b. 1723, who m. John Coleman, III; (5) Samuel Hawes, II, b. 1727,
m. Anne Walker in 1751.
Samuel Hawes, II, and Anne Walker had issue: (1) Samuel
Hawes III, b. 1754; (2) Walker Hawes I, b. 1755; (3) Anne
Hawes, b. 1758, m. Henry Washington in 1775; (4) Elizabeth
Hawes, b. 1759, m. Thomas Buckner; (5) Benjamin Hawes, b.
1782; (6) Mary Hawes, b. 1764, m. Robert Buckner; (7) Charlotte
Hawes, b. 1765, m. 1st, to Richard Buckner in 1782, 2d to William
Buckner in 1797; (8) Aylett Hawes, b. 1768, m. 1795; (9) Richard
Hawes, b. 1772, m. Clary Walker, 1792, d. 1848; (10) Walker
Hawes II, named for older brother who died, was born 1776, m.
1797 and died in 1828.
Samuel Hawes, I, was commissioned Captain 2d Virginia
Regiment February 19, 1776; Major 10th Virginia Regiment,
October 4, 1777; Lieutenant-Colonel, March 1, 1778; Lieutenant-Colonel,
6th Virginia Regiment, September 14, 1778; transferred
to 5th Virginia Regiment, January 1, 1783, and served
until November 13, 1783. There is preserved in the State
Papers of Virginia his discharge or certificate of service, with a
large red wax seal attached, of which the following is a copy:
"I do certify that Sam'l Hawes was appointed an officer
in the 7th Virginia Continental Regiment in the winter of 1775'76,
time he ranked as Lieutenant-Colonel.
"Given under my hand this 27th of June 1807.
"Th. Posey, Late Lt. Col. in the Va. Line on
Continental Establishment."
Samuel Hawes II, or Samuel Hawes, Jr., as he is called in the
records, represented Caroline county in the Virginia House of
Delegates in the year 1784-5, 1785-6, 1786-7 and 1787-8.
Both Samuel Hawes and Samuel Hawes, Jr., were members
of the Caroline Committee of Safety in 1774-1775. Samuel
Hawes, Jr., was Clerk of that body. See chapter on Committee
of Safety elsewhere in this volume.
A road branching off from the old Stage Road just a few yards
north of the town limits of Bowling Green, and leading to Paige,
bears the name Hawes' Lane, in honor of this ancient family.
Azure a fesse wavy between three lions rampant or.
Crest:
Out of a mural coronet azure a lion's head or.
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