Individual Details
Adam Hawkes
(8 Dec 1743 - 20 Oct 1778)
From Lynn in the Revolution Part II - 1909 pg.298-299
"Hawkes, Adam,---private, son of John and Hannah (Priest) Hawkes, was born in North Saugus, December 8, 1743. The line to the emigrant ancestor was Adam, John, Moses, John, Adam. He lived in the venerable house still standing on Forest street, which was the only one on the road at the time. This house, in which Hannah Hawkes died in 1907, at the age of Ninety-two, is identical in form and appearance with the old house of April 19, 1775. Adam Hawkes was married by Rev. Mr. Roby, on July 10, 1765, to Hannah Newhall, daughter of Moses and Susannah (Bowden) Newhall, born June 26, 1746. In the year of his marriage he bought the farm above mentioned, and with his young wife there began housekeeping. He was a shoe manufacturer in a small way, as well as a farmer, and sold his shoes in Providence, making his trips on horseback. He responded with patriotic zeal to the call of April 19, 1775, and marched away with his comrades in the company of Captain David Parker, of Saugus. His name on the muster-roll is given as Adam Hawke. In the old family Bible is briefly related his final action in the War for Independence. He had entered upon the privateer service, and the records says: "Adam Hawkes entered on board the privateer 'Greybow,' under command of Captain Hammon [probably Captain Edward Hammond, who was sent back to Boston, October 8, 1778, to be exchanged for British prisoners], May 9, 1778, and was taken by the enemy and carried to Halifax to prison, where he remained until the last of September, when he was exchanged and on the 16th of October he arrived at Boston, and got home on Friday, the 19th of October, sick with the yellow fever, which continued till the 20th and then he dyed."
He left eight children, six sons and two daughters. In 1785 the widow sold the farm and removed to Boston, where most of the children married. She died there, May 10, 1827, and was buried in Copp's Hill Burial Ground. He was interred in the old ground at Saugus Center, where in 1903 a marble stone and bronze marker of the S. A. R. were erected."
"Hawkes, Adam,---private, son of John and Hannah (Priest) Hawkes, was born in North Saugus, December 8, 1743. The line to the emigrant ancestor was Adam, John, Moses, John, Adam. He lived in the venerable house still standing on Forest street, which was the only one on the road at the time. This house, in which Hannah Hawkes died in 1907, at the age of Ninety-two, is identical in form and appearance with the old house of April 19, 1775. Adam Hawkes was married by Rev. Mr. Roby, on July 10, 1765, to Hannah Newhall, daughter of Moses and Susannah (Bowden) Newhall, born June 26, 1746. In the year of his marriage he bought the farm above mentioned, and with his young wife there began housekeeping. He was a shoe manufacturer in a small way, as well as a farmer, and sold his shoes in Providence, making his trips on horseback. He responded with patriotic zeal to the call of April 19, 1775, and marched away with his comrades in the company of Captain David Parker, of Saugus. His name on the muster-roll is given as Adam Hawke. In the old family Bible is briefly related his final action in the War for Independence. He had entered upon the privateer service, and the records says: "Adam Hawkes entered on board the privateer 'Greybow,' under command of Captain Hammon [probably Captain Edward Hammond, who was sent back to Boston, October 8, 1778, to be exchanged for British prisoners], May 9, 1778, and was taken by the enemy and carried to Halifax to prison, where he remained until the last of September, when he was exchanged and on the 16th of October he arrived at Boston, and got home on Friday, the 19th of October, sick with the yellow fever, which continued till the 20th and then he dyed."
He left eight children, six sons and two daughters. In 1785 the widow sold the farm and removed to Boston, where most of the children married. She died there, May 10, 1827, and was buried in Copp's Hill Burial Ground. He was interred in the old ground at Saugus Center, where in 1903 a marble stone and bronze marker of the S. A. R. were erected."
Events
| Birth | 8 Dec 1743 | Saugus, Essex County, Massachusetts | |||
| Marriage | 10 Jul 1765 | Lynn, Essex County, Massachusetts - Hannah Newhall | |||
| Death | 20 Oct 1778 | Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts | |||
| Burial | Revolutionary War Cemetery, Saugus, Essex County, Massachusetts |  |
Families
| Spouse | Hannah Newhall (1746 - 1827) |
| Father | John Hawkes (1704 - 1748) |
| Mother | Hannah Priest (1706 - 1765) |
Endnotes
1. Find A Grave Memorial# 84286225.