Elizabeth “Ellen” Hawkins

Personal and Family Information

Elizabeth was born about 1525 in Godalming, Surrey, England, the daughter of George Hawkins and Juliana.

Her husband was John Hawkins, who she married on 2 NOV 1560 in St Saviour, Southwark, Surrey, England. Their six known children were Christopher (c1562-c1562), John (1563-1563), John (c1564-?), Christopher (c1564-?), Barnardus (c1568-?) and Thomas (c1570-?).

Pedigree Chart (3 generations)

Events

Notes

Note 1

!Note: Ellen Hawkins is named in the 1538 will of Aves Bocher of Egham, Surrey, as her “cousin,” receiving a pied black and white cow. Ellen’s exact age is unstated, but the nature of the bequest and context of the will suggest she was likely a young woman or older girl at the time—possibly born around 1524. Her placement as a granddaughter of John Hawkins, clothier of Leatherhead and Midhurst [~1490 - ~1539] and daughter of George Hawkins [b. ~1475] is supported by both timing and geography: George appears in the 1523–1524 Surrey Lay Subsidy rolls in Godalming and Betchworth, aligning with Ellen's presence in Egham. She is the same person as Ellen Hitchis, who married John Hogkins on 2 Nov 1560 in Southwark St Saviour, Surrey. This makes her married to her 6th cousin and she as a descendant of Andrew Hawkins and he as a descendant of his brother Stephen Hotchkiss.

!Notes: Ellen likely entered her marriage to John shortly after the death of his first wife, Margery, who appears to have died from childbirth complications. It is possible that Ellen herself had recently been widowed and had a nursing infant, making her an ideal and urgently needed partner in a time when infant survival depended on immediate maternal care. In early modern families, when a mother died leaving a newborn, it was common practice to search urgently for a woman who could provide milk and support. Given the upheaval in the household, it would be no surprise if Katherine’s baptism was delayed or overlooked for a time.

!Source: Surrey & South London Will Abstracts, 1470-1856 https://www.findmypast.com/transcript?id=OR%2FSSL%2FWILLS%2F00025822&tab=this

First name Juliana

Source Surrey & South London Will Abstracts, 1470-1856

Last name Hawkyns

Volume title Volume 4 Register 'Heats' 1532-1538

Year 1536

File volume 4

Testator first name Juliana

Abstract reference SW/4_312

Testator last name Hawkyns

Record set Surrey & South London Wills & Probate Index, 1470-1856

Court Surrey Archdeaconry Court

Category Birth, Marriage & Death

Contents SW/4_312

Juliana Hawkyns of Godalming widow 2 Dec 1534

to daughter Alice ... my best kirtle and round gown; to >>> daughter Elizabeth <<< ... a purple gown and my first wedding girdle; to daughter Maud ... a girdle that was my grandmother's, and a girdle that was a pledge; to Nicholas Byllinghurste a pewter dish and a candlestick; to Alice Curtmoyll a candlestick; to Alice Glover 2 platters, a little 'hayng' and a pot; to Agnes Smyth a little girdle; to Joan Franche a pot; residue to my sons John Smyther and Robert Smyther, execs.

Witnesses: John Firbe, cler.; John Chittie of Eashing

Proved: 10 Feb 1535/36[DW/PA/7/4 ff.141v-142r]

Subcategory Wills & Probate

County Surrey, London

Collections from England, Great Britain

Country England

!Source: Surrey & South London Will Abstracts, 1470-1856 https://www.findmypast.com/transcript?id=OR%2FSSL%2FWILLS%2F00239737&tab=this

First name Ellen

Source Surrey & South London Will Abstracts, 1470-1856

Last name Hawkins

Volume title Volume 5A Register 'Pykman' 1538-1541

Year 1538

File volume 5A

Testator first name Aves

Abstract reference SW/5A_16

Testator last name Bocher

Record set Surrey & South London Wills & Probate Index, 1470-1856

Court Surrey Archdeaconry Court

Category Birth, Marriage & Death

Contents SW/5A_16

Aves Bocher of Egham, widow 6 Feb 1537/8

my parish priest John Cordray to say a trentail of masses for my husband and my souls and to have 10s; to my cousin Ellen Hawkins a pied black and white cow; to my woman Isabella Wells a three year old bullock, also a pied black and white; residue to Ambrose Kyng, exec. and to have 3s 4d and to bring up my children, but if they die to spend it on alms etc.

Overseers: Walter Ward

Witnesses: William Gallis; Thomas Norres; John Cordray

Proved: 10 Apr 1538 [DW/PA/7/5 f.13]

Subcategory Wills & Probate

County Surrey, London

Collections from England, Great Britain

Country England

!Source: Surrey Marriages https://www.findmypast.com/transcript?id=SURREY%2FFHS%2FMAR%2F0179045%2F2&tab=this

First name Ellen

County Surrey

Last name Hitchis

Country England

Marriage year 1560

Source Parish Register Transcripts

Marriage date 02 Nov 1560

Record set Surrey Marriages

Spouse's first name John

Category Birth, Marriage & Death

Spouse's last name Hogkins

Subcategory Parish Marriages

Place Southwark St Saviour

Collections from England, Great Britain