Hawes (Y-DNA)
Contents
Status summary
Completed as of April 9, 2020
- Recruiting additional Hawes for further SNP testing - anyone interested in submitting their DNA for testing should contact MayflowerDNA1620@gmail.com
- Predicted to fall under I-M253 based on 37 STR marker test of two descendants.
Still to do as of April 9, 2020
- NGS/WGS test for subclade under I-M253.
Background
Biography
(Capt.) John Hawes was born in Plymouth Colony[1] about 1637, son of Edmund Hawes of Solihull, Warwickshire, England. Edmund was baptized at Solihull on 15 Oct 1612, son of Edmund.[2] The younger Edmund emigrated to Plymouth Colony in 1635, aboard the James. Given the fact he had just been released from his apprentiship (to Edmund Warnett, Cutler) on 9 Dec 1634, it is believed Edmund was still unmarried when he emigrated. Nothing is known about the wife of Edmund Hawes (the mother of John Hawes) except for the fact she died in Yarmouth on the 19 Jul 1689.[3] John appears to be their only child, but they may have had other children who have been lost in the sands of time. The family early moved to Yarmouth (on Cape Cod) where Edmund died 9 Jun 1693.
John Hawes married at Barnstable 7 Oct 1661 to Desire Gorham, the granddaughter of John Howland and Elizabeth Tilley. The family first lived at Marshfield, but soon moved to Yarmouth. They were later found at Barnstable, but it is unknown if they moved, or whether the town lines had changed. They had eleven children (four daughters and seven sons: Edmond, John, Joseph, Jabez [never married], Ebenezer, Isaac & Benjamin). (Capt.) John Hawes died in Yarmouth 11 Nov 1701.
Second Generation
Edmond Hawes was born Yarmouth 2 May 1669. He was named in his grandfather's 1692 will "if he come again" but not named in his father's 1701 will. From this, he moved away from the family, and possibly moved back to England. It is unknown if he ever married.
John Hawes (II)[4] was born Yarmouth 14 May 1671 and died Providence, RI 27 Dec 1723. He married twice, first likely bef. 1700 Mary ___[5] and second, Rehoboth 1 Jul 1723 Mary Mason. He had: Edmund (?b1700), poss. Samuel (1701) and John (1702).
(Dea.) Joseph Hawes was born Yarmouth 16 Jul 1673 and died there 16 Nov 1752.[6] He married three times (but only had children by his first wife: First, likely Yarmouth about 1695 Mary Howes, second, intentions Harwich 19 Mar 1729/30 Bethia HALL Winslow and third, Harwich 2 Jul 1746 Sarah HOWES Hopkins. By his first wife, Dea. Joseph had eleven children: Sarah (1696), Elizabeth (1697), Edmund (1699), Thomas (1701), Joseph (1702/3), Martha (1704), Temperance (1705), David (1707), Prince (1709), Thankful (1712) and Desire (d. 1715).
(Capt.) Ebenezer Hawes was born Yarmouth 4 Mar 1677/8 and died there 7 Oct 1727. He married Edgartown 22 Feb 1699/1700 Sarah Norton and they had ten children: Jabez (1700 unm.), John (1702), Desire (1704), Ebenezer (1705), Isaac (1707), Ruth (1708/9), Benjamin (1710), Solomon (1712 likely d.y.), Bayes (c1714) and Jacob (c1716 likely unm.).
Isaac Hawes was born Yarmouth 9 Mar 1679/80 and died Chatham bef 18 Mar 1730/1.[7] He married Yarmouth 8 Jan 1700/1 Bethiah Howes and they had seven children (all but youngest born Yarmouth): Bethiah (1701), Isaac (1703), Thankful (1705), John (1706/7), Desire (1708/9 no further record), Jeremiah (1711) and Sarah (1719).
Benjamin Hawes (Esq.) was born Yarmouth 20 Mar 1682/3 and died Edgartown between 15 Oct and 22 Nov 1722. He married in Edgartown 24 Jul 1705 Dorcas Smith and they had six children (Edgartown): Experience (1706), Jedidah (dau 1709), Benjamin (1712), Samuel (1717/8), Shubael (1721-1722/3) and Shubael (1722).
References
- ↑ Likely at what later became Duxbury
- ↑ Edmond's ancestry has been traced back to several Noble Houses. It is beyond the scope of this wiki to document Noble lines.
- ↑ Even this reference simply calls her the wife of Edmund Hawes.
- ↑ John Howland of the Mayflower, vol. 1 (Desire) was unable to prove the John Hawes of Providence, RI was son of John Hawes & Desire Gorham.
- ↑ ibid. stated she was possibly Mary Edmond.
- ↑ New Style. Also seen as 5 Nov 1752 Old Style, even though the NS dates came into law in Sep 1752.
- ↑ Administration granted on his intestate estate.
DNA Results I-M253
Previous Y-DNA testing
The Hawes Roots DNA Project Group: Edmond Hawes - MA currently has two indicviduals, both 37 Y-STR marker tested, They have a predicted haplogroup of I-M253. NGS/WGS testing still needs to be done to determine where the family falls under I-M253.
References & External Links
- Anderson, Robert Charles, Great Migration 1634-1635 vol. 3 (G-H), New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, MA 2003
- White, Elizabeth Pearson, John Howland of the Mayflower, Vol. I (daughter Desire), Picton Press, Rockport, Maine, 1990, 2008
- Hawes, James William, Edmond Hawes of Yarmouth, Massachusetts, an Immigrant to America in 1635, His Ancestors... The Lyon Genealogical Company, New York City, 1914. Available online
