Thomas HAWKINS  (c.1625 - 1677)

He was an early settler in Rappahannock, now Essex County, Virginia. There 
is on record a deed dated 4 May 1659, from him and his wife. He received 
the following grants of land: (1) 2,500 acres in Northumberland County, 
on the Potomac, 26 Feb 1653; (2) 620 acres on the south side of the Rap-
pahannock, 20 Nov 1657; (3) 2,611 acres same location as previous, 6 Oct 
1675. His first wife, Mary, was either a daughter of Thomas Lucas, Sr. or 
of Capt. John Upton, whose widow, Margaret, married Thomas Lucas, Jr. The 
latter in his will, proved in Rappahannock County in 1673, names his son-
in-law, Capt. Thomas Hawkins, and his grandchild, Mary Hawkins. The will 
of Capt. Thomas Hawkins, dated 8 Feb 1675, was proved in Rappahannock 
County 20 Nov 1677. Legacy to his now wife, Frances; a daughter, Eliza-
beth; a daughter, Hannah; to "brother", Samuel Bloomfield; his sons, Thomas
and John; and other children whom he did not name. He was a Vestryman of 
Sittingbourne Parish, Rappahannock County, in 1665, and a Justice of the 
County in 1670 or earlier.

Sources: 
"History of Old Rappahannock County, Virginia, 1656-1692", Thomas Hoskins
Warner, 1965.
"Historical Southern Families", Vol. IV, pp.144-148, "Treat, Thompson,
Moseley, Hawkins", Dr. B.C. Holtzclaw.
"VMHB", Vol. IV, p.151, "Narrative of Bacon's Rebellion".