Stephen Hawkins

Personal and Family Information

Stephen was born about 1280 in Kent, England, the son of William [Hawkins], de Northwood, de Hokeswod, de Flegh but his mother is unknown.

He died in 1350 in Yorkshire, England.

His wife was UNKNOWN. They were married, but the date and place have not been found. Their four known children were Thomas (c1320-1377), Henricus (c1327-?), Joan (c1330->1399) and Ralph (c1340->1399).

Pedigree Chart (3 generations)

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Notes

Note 1

Note: After Andrew Haukyn's death in 1321, his infant daughter Margery became heir to his portion of the Preston estate in Holderness. Andrew’s brother, Stephen Haukyn, a chapman and co-tenant of the land, appears to have acted as her guardian, overseeing the estate during her minority. When Stephen died in 1350, his share of the land passed to Margery, by then age 30 and married to Robert de Wasingdon . This transfer confirms Stephen as Andrew’s brother and supports the likelihood that he had no children of his own.

!Note: Possible early ancesters of the Hawkins name definitely need more research. One Possibility might be this Andrew as a son of Roger Hotchkiss of Hawkeswood [abt 1280 - ?], the first person with the Hotchkiss name, as that name could also easily transform to Hawkins. The following DNA projects all show R-M269 as the most common Haplogroup, and also both have a significant portion of I-M253, my Haplogroup. They all have a similar mix and appear very closely related.

1. Hotchkiss “https://www.familytreedna.com/public/hotchkiss?iframe=ydna-results-overview"

2. Hoskins "https://www.familytreedna.com/public/hoskins?iframe=ydna-results-overview"

3. Hawkins "https://www.familytreedna.com/public/hawkins?iframe=ydna-results-overview"

!Source: Inquisitions Post Mortem, Edward II, File 65 https://www.british-history.ac.uk/inquis-post-mortem/vol6/pp139-149

244. ANDREW HAUKYN of Preston in Holdernesse.

Writ. 3 July, 13 Edward II. [25 Apr 1307-1327, so 3 Jul 1320]

[YORK.] Thursday the eve of the Assumption, 14 Edward II.

Preston. A messuage, 1/2a. and 1r. land, and a toft and 6a. land, 2a. 1r. meadow, and pasture for a fat beast in the ox marsh held jointly with Stephen Haukyn his brother who survives, and the heirs of the said Andrew, of the king in chief, as of the honour of Albemarle, by knight’s service.

Margery his daughter, aged 2 1/2, is his next heir.

C. Edw. II. File 65.

!Source: WikiTree Andrew Haukyn https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Hawkins-226

Born about 1280 [uncertain] in Kent, England [uncertain]

Died 7 Jun 1321 at about age 41 in Preston, Kent, England [uncertain]

Andrew Haukyn formerly Hawkins aka Haukyn

Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]

[spouse unknown]

[children unknown]

Biography

Andrew Haukyn was a real person who is attested from several sources in the early 1300s, from which it appears that he died on 7 Jun 1321.[1][2] He lived in the village of Preston in Holderness in the East Riding of Yorkshire, where he held a very, very small parcel of land jointly with his brother Stephen, who was a chapman. His heir at the time of his death was his 2 1/2 year old daughter Margery or Margaret, who appeared in several later writs and inquisitions associated with the property as she came of age and when her uncle Stephen died in 1350, leaving her his portion of the land, a 6/100 part of a knight's fee. Margaret was aged 30 at the time and married to a Robert de Wasingdon or Watingedon or Wavyngdon.[3]

!Note: In medieval times, a "chapman" was primarily a trader, merchant, or peddler, especially one who traveled from place to place selling goods. They were essentially itinerant hawkers or dealers who would bring their wares to market towns and villages. The term also sometimes referred to a customer or purchaser.