The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1886-04-21
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THE HAWKINS.
Pioneer Families OF Mason
County Their Ancestors and
Descendants.

centuries seated al Plymouth, Eng
land where several Of its members
have become known TO literature
and Naval Annals One, John
Hawkins born in 1892, was bred to
TIC sea and accompanied Sir Fran.
els Drake TO the American coas! in
1861. In 1872 he represented Ply.
mouth in Parliament, by which
body The next year be was made
Treasurer aud Comptroller Of the
Navy. In the voyage against the
InylnCible Armada Of Spain be
ranked as yice.Admiral and for his
services was knigh.od by Queen
Elizabeth in 1885. Tenyears later
he crossed the Atlantic with the
view Of resouing bis soa Richard,
then confined in ) Spanish prison
in southlAmsrica. In this he fail
edand died at Porto Rico, in the
West Indies, November 70, 1896.
Another, Sir John Hawkins, a
descendant of the former. was born
March 80, l719, and became fam.
GUS both as a lawyer and author
He was for a number Of years Judge
Of The Middlesex Court. Among
his published works are a History
Of the Science and Practice Of Mus.
ic," and "Life Of DR.. Samuel John.
son." who was the author Of the
first English dictionary.
1t was with the Hawkins as with
all the titled families of England;
the titles and estates descended to
the eldest son and the younger
members Of the family we're forced
to remain in obsCurity at home or
seek fortune in other lands. Such
a one became the emigrant ancestor
of the family in the "old Domin.
ion." He reached the coast of Vir.
ginia probably in 1745 and journey.
ing westward passed the summit Of
the Blue Ridge and found a home
in the catawba Valley, now in
BOteIourt county but then in the
wild solitudes of West Augusta.
Here, June 80, 1894, was born
William Hawkins the Mason
County Pioneer. There hemmed
in on every side by lofty noun.
tains, with the Peaks Of Otter tow.
eting skyward and the Natural
Bridge, one of the masterpieces Of
Gods handiwork near by, his boy
hood days we're passed away. In
l791, he welded Nancy Hogg, Of
Augusta county; she was born Ju.
ly 8, 1857, and was the daughter Of
Captain Hogg, the founder Of the
HOgg family in Virginia, of whom
an extended sketch will soon ap.
pear. In 1897 in company with
his brotherin.law Dr.. Jesse Ben.
nett who had married his wife's
sister (seo "The' ThomasesrO he re.
moved 10 the banks of the Ohio and
settled or lands at Six Mile Island,
which had been patented by his
iather.in.law in 1772; under the
proclamation Of Governor Dinwid.
die, issued in 1854. Here he con.
linued to reside for almost half a
century, and died June %, 1S4O,-
His wife followed him to the tomb
December 81, 1871, and both sleep
side by side in the family burying
ground at Six Mile Island. They
had issue:
I, Alphonso, born on Calawba
Greek, February /, 1903; he mar.
ried Jane Poago Of Kentucky, and
died in 1884, leaving issue:-Peter
F. who married Julia A. a daugh.
ter of Col, William Stewart (now
one the oldest men in the county,
and served in Company G. 18th
West Virginia Federal Infantry
during the war; Alphonso, Jr,, who
died January II, 1916, and William
born March 0, 1882, and married
Letitia, a daughter of Isaac Lemas
ter of Lewis District, March 70,
1857.
II Elizabeth, born on the Ohio,
December 2, 1897; she married
Robert Poage Of Kentucky, and had
issue four children all Of whom
went west early in life.
Ill Thomas, third and last Of the
issue Of the Pioneer was born Feb
ruary 0, 1906. He died in lS4S
from the effect Of exposure while al
work qS47) clearing the Gfst acre
Of land ever improved on Six Mile
Island. June Z, 1882, he welded
Julia A. Amsden, who was born on
the shore of Lake Erie, November
2S, 1907 A little girl six years of
ago, her ears were saluted with the
booming Of artillery at Perry's Vic.
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