Hawkes was born on January 25 or 26, 1605, to John Hawke and an unknown mother, in Hingham, Norfolk, England. He was then baptized January 26, 1605, at St. Andrews Church, Higham, Norfolk. Hawkes immigrated from England with the Winthrop Fleet, led by John Winthrop, in 1630. On arrival in America Hawkes first settled in Charlestown in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. In Charlestown he worked as a husbandman, holding the offices of Cow Commissioner and Surveyor. After getting married and selling his property in Charlestown in 1635, Hawkes then moved to the wilderness in Lynn to cultivate the land and start farming. The Hawkes family were the first known settlers of this area. The first log cabin that Hawkes built came to be known as "Close Hill". Hawkes died on March 13, 1672, in Saugus.
Marriages
In 1631 Hawkes married Ann Hutchinson, widow of Thomas Hutchinson. Her parents were Edward Brown and Jane Brown. She was born circa 1615 in Inkberrow, Worcestershire, England, and died in Lynn, Essex County, Massachusetts on December 4, 1669. With the death of his first wife, Hawkes then married Sarah Hooper, daughter of William and Elizabeth Hooper. Their marriage was on June 2, 1670, making Hawkes 65 years old. Sarah was born on December 7, 1650, in Reading, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.
Children
With wife Ann:
John Hawkes, b. February 1630/31, Charlestown, Suffolk Co., MA, d. before 1633
John Hawkes, b. August 13, 1633, Charlestown, Suffolk, MA, d. August 5, 1694, Lynn, MA
Susannah Hawkes, b. August 13, 1633, d. before 1696
Sarah Hawkes, b. June 1, 1671, Lynn, MA, d. December 23, 1716, Andover, MA
Legacy
In 1876 Reverend Winfield Scott Hawkes formed the Adam Hawkes Family Association. Their first reunion was held in 1880, in North Saugus, Massachusetts, at the Lewis Penn Hawkes Homestead. Over 400 people were in attendance. Dr. John Milton Hawks, the first president of the Adam Hawkes Family Association, spent many years compiling the Hawkes ancestry. These genealogical records remain to this day in the New England Historic Genealogy Society in Boston. In 1957 Bradley H Patterson published Adam Hawkes, 1608-1672: His life and times. Adam Hawkes of Saugus, Mass., 1605-1672, The First Six Generations in America was published 1980 from author Ethel Farrington Smith and the Adam Hawkes Family Association. John Hawks, a founder of Hadley, Massachusetts: after a sojourn of twenty-four years at Windsor, Connecticut : thirteen generations in America, by Imogene Hawks Lane, was published in 1989. Massachusetts politician Samuel Hawkes is descended from Adam Hawkes. Second President of the United States John Adams is Hawkes' great-great-great grandson.
