John Hawks and Elizabeth Brown

John Hawks A Founder of Hadley MA Buired here 30 June 1662 Honored by his Descendants 30 June 1983.

(This story was adapted from the Hawkes Family Genealogy Page.)

[Immigrant] John Hawks came to Dorcester, Massachusetts in 1630 in Winthrop's Fleet, and then to Windsor, Connecticut in 1640 as one of the founders. Ecclesiastical orthodoxy led him, along with his wife Elizabeth Browne, to move to Hadley, Massachusetts in 1659 again as one of the founders. Adam Hawkes of Saugus was apparently a brother, and the two came to New England together. John Hawks/Hawkes was born in England and died 30 Jun 1662 in Hardley, Massachusetts.

John's wife, Elizabeth Browne, was a niece of Nathaniel Ward, an original settler of Hartford, Connecticut. Nathaniel Ward was a son of Edward Ward of Little Wrathing, Suffolk County, England. On 9 Jan 1620, Edward made his will, proved at Ipswich 7 May 1620. He provided for his wife Judith and his children Nathaniel, Edward, Lydia, Mary, Rebecca, and Susan.

Susan Browne, widow of Robert Browne of Ipswich, made her will 22 Mar 1626, proved 24 Apr 1627. She remembered her mother Judith and both of her sisters, Rebecca Ward and Mary Cutting, as well as "Elizabeth Browne, daughter of my bother-in-law William Browne." As Lydia Ward was the forth sister, it was she who married William Browne and their daughter Elizabeth was niece of Nathaniel Ward (of Hartford). Elizabeth Browne married John Hawkes in about 1642.

John and Elizabeth's children were all born in Windsor. At a meeting held at Nathaniel Ward's house in Hartford, 18 Apr 1659, John was among those present who signed the agreement to remove from Connecticut to Massachusetts. They moved to Hadley, Massachusetts around 1660. John died suddenly and was buried 30 Jun 1662 in the Hadley Cemetery. [John died without a will leaving his wife with 9 children ages 3 to 19.]

Elizabeth married second Robert Hinsdale as his second wife about 1668. They moved to Pocumtuck (Deerfield), Massachusetts. The marriage was an unhappy one and they soon parted, and she returned to her home in Hardley, Massachusetts. At a court held 30 Mar 1674 they were "presented for living assunder contrary to law," also charged with lacivious and wanton carrage." On examination Elizabeth refused to answer, and it appears that she was cleared of any wrongdoing. Robert Hinsdale said he "did it as being her head and having the rule of her in the pointe and that he did it for her correction of her disorder to him." Although he was a respected man in the community, the court held he had "broken the perfect rule of devine law and the law of the Colony in the intent if not the letter in the first living assunder," and ordered him "whipped ten stripes on the naked body;" and imposed a fine for which his sons became responsible and which the court refused to remit after his tragic death. In Sep 1675, during King Phillip's War, Deerfield was attacked several times by the Indians. It was decided to evacuate Deerfield. On 18 Sep 1675, Captain Thomas Lathrop's company of soldiers were bringing loaded carts toward Northampton when they were ambushed at a spot known as Bloody Brook, about 5 or 6 miles due south of Deerfield. The men were take totally by surprise and 64 men were killed. Robert was killed, along with three of his sons in ambush at Bloody Brook, Massachusetts. Reoccupation of Deerfield did not occur until 1682.

Elizabeth married third Thomas Dibble of Windsor, Connecticut on 25 Jun 1683; she died in Windsor on 20 Sep 1689.

NOTE: John came to America as an indentured servant. He and his brother, Adam, spent four years in the indentured work agreement in Dorcester, near Boston. He was one of the first settlers of Hadley, MA.

He was one of the founders of both Windsor, CT and Hadley MA.

Ancestry Chain: [10th gr. grandfather] Sgt. John HAWKS Immigrant b.1618, Elizabeth Hawks/ HAWKES, Joseph GILLETT b.1664, Elizabeth GILLETT b.1688, Esther MARSH b.1714, Esther SAWYER "GUNN"-3695 b.1739, Esther REMINGTON b.1772, Mary BRONSON b.1806, Martin Luther ENSIGN b.1831, Harriett Camilla ENSIGN b.1859, George Ensign SMITH b.1898, Myrle SMITH, sons, grandchildren

The Home of Sarah and Lt. William CLARK Burned the Night of July 14, 1681

Original Lt. William Clarke gravestone from 1690,
still preserved in Northampton, MA graveyard.
Was replaced by a larger monument by relatives in 1884. [see below]

Lt. William CLARKE (1609-1690) m Sarah STRONG (1611-1675)

Lt.William Clark was born in 1606 or 1609 in Dorsetshire? England and died on 19 July 1690 in Northampton, Hampshire Co., MA. He is buried in Bridge St. Cemetery in the same aforementioned location. William married Sarah STRONG around 1636 in Dorchester, Suffolk Co., MA and she was born in England around 1611 and died on 6 September 1675 in Northampton, Hampshire Co., MA. She also is buried at Bridge St. Cemetery, Northampton, MA. William's second wife was Sarah Slye Cooper and they were married on 15 November 1676 in Northampton, Hampshire, MA. Sarah was born in England around 1620 and died on 8 May 1688. She was the daughter of George SLYE. (http://www.familytreesite.org/clarke.htm)

There are at least three versions on the arrival of William Clarke in the New World:

Version 1 - He departed Plymouth, England on March 30, 1630 aboard the ship 'Mary and John' arriving in Nautucket (now called Hull) on May 30, 1630. He would have been 21 at that time. This is the version that appears in most family records.

Version 2 - William Clarke emigrated in 1630 aboard the ship 'William and Mary' in the company of Rev. Mister Warham of Plymouth, Dorsetshire, England. He settled first in Dorchester, Suffolk, Ma. prior to 1635, where he officiated as Townsman or Selectman from 1646 to 1653, removing to Northampton in 1659.

Version 3 - William Clarke left England on the ship 'Mary and John', which sailed from London on March 24, 1633, arriving in New England in June of that year.

This last version seems the most likely, even though it does not agree with 'old family tradition'. The port of embarkation also differs.

"He was the first citizen of Northampton to be elected deputy to the General Court, and 14 times between 1663 and 1682 was elected to that office, although not consecutively. He was Associate Justice of county court for 26 years; In 1662, he was authorized by the General Court to solemnize marriages, being the first person in that town to hold that responsible position. Frequently appointed by the Court to deal with Indians. He was chosen Lieutenant of the first military company ever organized here, when that was the office of highest rank to which the company, on account of its small number of men was entitled, and was in active service during King Philip's War and was at the same time a member of the military committee of the county. He supplied the commissary department to some extent during King Philip's Indian War and the Legislature ordered the Treasurer to pay him in 1676 'thirty-eight pounds, eighteen shillings for "Porke and bisket" delivered to the country's use'. He helped to build the first grist mill and the first saw mill in the town. He was greatly interested in promoting the new settlement of Squakheag (Northfield) and is named as having served as town clerk at the second settlement of that place, although there is no evidence that he ever lived there. Several times he was chosen commissioner, with others, to determine disputed boundaries between Northampton and neighboring towns. His home lot, one of the largest, covered the north half of the Smith College property. Tradition states that here he built a block house upon this lot which was used for refuge during the Indian troubles. His dwelling house was burned in 1681, having been set on fire by a Negro, as he averred in search of food. * In 1671, he was licensed to sell "wine, cider or liquor for a year". He had large grants of land in the meadows and elsewhere and purchased many acres in different parts of the town. All his lands, embracing nearly two hundred acres, with the exception of 7 3/4 acres, he disposed of before his death to his sons, reserving to himself an annuity of 24 pounds.

"The house of Lieut. William Clarke, situated very nearly on the ground now occupied by the main Smith College building, was burned on the night of July 14, 1681. It was built of logs, and Clarke and his wife were living in it at the time. A Negro, named Jack, set the house on fire. He confessed the deed and pretended that it was done accidentally, while he was searching for food, swinging a burning brand to light his way. Jack did not belong in town; he was a servant to Samuel Wolcott of Wethersfield; was a vicious character, a forerunner of the great army of tramps now everywhere wearying the patience of the public, and had already been before the courts for other misdemeanors. His object undoubtedly, was robbery, and it is not probable that he went about the house searching for food even, with a lighted pine torch in his hands. Very likely after stealing whatever he could lay his hands upon, he set the house on fire to conceal the robbery, or from spite against William Clarke, who was at this time 72 years of age.

Capture and Punishment of the Incendiary. Jack was arrested in Brookfield or Springfield, and was brought before the court in Boston, where he plead not guilty. When his confession was read to him, however, he acknowledged it, and the jury brought in a verdict of guilty. The court believed his confession as to setting the house on fire, but did not credit his statement that it was done carelessly. He was sentenced to be "hanged by the neck till he be dead and then taken down and burnt to ashes in the fire with Maria, the Negro". Maria was under sentence of death for burning the houses of Thomas Swan, and of her master, Joshua Lamb, in Roxbury. She was burned alive. Both of these Negroes were slaves. Why the body of Jack was burned is not known.

note 1: Many slaves were burned alive in New York and New Jersey, and in the southern colonies, but few in Massachusetts. note 2: Tradition has handed down the following items concerning the burning of Clarke's house: The Negro fastened the door on the outside so that no one could escape, and set the fire on the outside. William Clarke injured his hands considerably (pounded them, it is said) in his endeavor to escape, and his wife was somewhat burned. John Clarke, grandson of William, a little more than a year old, was brought out of the house and laid beside the fence. There was powder in one of the chambers, and when it exploded the ridge pole was blown across the road, and one end forced into the ground. The Negro had taken offense at something William Clarke had done in his official capacity, and set the fire in a spirit of revenge. He was discovered either at Brookfield, Springfield, or near New Haven, and identified by means of a jack-knife in his possession that belonged to the Clarke's." History of Northampton Massachusetts From Its Settlement in 1654 (James Russell Trumbull - Printed in Northampton in 1898)

Lt. William Clarke and Sarah Strong had the following children:

(1) Sarah Clark was born on 21 April 1638 at Dorchester, Suffolk County, MA and died on 21 June 1638 in the same locatiion..

(2) Jonathan Clark was born on 1 August 1639 at Dorchester, Suffolk County, MA and died on 1 Oct 1639 in the same location.

(3) Nathaniel Clark was born on 27 January 1642 at Dorchester, Suffolk County, MA and died on 30 March 1669 in Northampton, Hampshire County, MA. On 8 May 1663 he married Mary Meekins in Hadley, Hampshire County, MA.

(4) Experience Clark was born on 30 March 1643 at Dorchester, Suffolk County, MA and died in 1662 at Northampton, Hampshire County, MA.

(5) Increase Clark was born on 1 March 1646 at Dorchester, Suffolk County, MA and died on 24 April 1662 at Northampton, Hampshire County, MA.

(6) Rebecca Clark was born 1 March 1648/9 at Dorchester, Suffolk County, MA and died on 8 February 1733 at Northampton, MA. She married Israel Rust on 9 December 1669.

(7) John Clark (Deacon) was born on 1 May 1651 at Dorchester, Suffolk County, MA and died on 3 September 1704 at Windsor, Hartford County, CT. His first wife was Rebecca Cooper and she died during childbirth. His second wife was Mary Strong and they were married on 20 March 1679.

(8) Samuel Clark was born on 16 October 1653 at Dorchester, Suffolk County, MA and died on 5 August 1729 at Northampton, MA. He married Elizabeth Edwards on 1 March 1682 at Northampton, MA.

(9) Captain William Clark was born on 3 July 1656 at Dorchester, Suffolk County, MA and died on 9 May 1725 at Lebanon, New London County, CT. His first wife was Hannah Strong and they were married on 15 July 1680. William's second wife was Mary Smith and they were married on 31 January 1694/5.

(10) Sarah Clark was born on 19 March 1659 at Dorchester, Suffolk County, MA and died on 15 April 1728 at Northampton, MA. She married Capt. John Parsons on 23 December 1675 in Northampton, MA.

Lt. William CLARK Immigrant is the 9th great-grandfather of Myrle.

Ancestry Chain: Lt. William CLARK Immigrant b.1609, Nathaniel CLARK b.1641, Mary PARSONS b.1688, Jerusha GRAVES b.1717, Jerusha COOLEY b.1738, Sylvanus BRONSON b.1769, Mary BRONSON b.1806, Martin Luther ENSIGN b.1831, Harriett Camilla ENSIGN b.1859, George Ensign SMITH b.1898, Myrle.

POST 1 - Colonial Immigrant Ancestors

My pedigree to Colonial Immigrant Ancestors, more posts will follow.

Click on to enlarge and focus pedigree charts below.

Five Generations 1- son to 2-Myrle to 3-George Ensign SMITH to 4-Harriet Camilla ENSIGN to 5-Martin Luther ENSIGN (see Martin Luther ENSIGN as Generation 1 on the pedigree below).

5-Martin Luther ENSIGN (Mormon Pioneer) to 6-Horace Datus ENSIGN (died at Winter Quarters) to 7-Isaac ENSIGN (Revalutionary War Veteran) to 8-Datus ENSIGN to 9-David Jr. ENSIGN.

See the ship symbol on the next two charts for Colonial Immigrant Ancestors.



9-David Jr. ENSIGN husband of 9-Sarah MOODY is the first person on the following chart. Known Colonial Immigrant Ancestors are found in generations 11, 12, and 13.

11-James ENSIGN migration by 1634, 11 Sarah ELSON migration by 1634, 11 John Jr. WILCOX migration by 1639 with father, 11 Sarah WADSWORTH migration 1632 aboard the "Lyon" with parents and siblings.

12-Abraham ELSON, 13-Rebecca STEELE ELSON MUDGE GREENSMITH (she was hung as a witch with husband Nathaniel GREENSMITH), 12-John WILCOCKS migration by 1639 with son, 12-Mary BIDDLE, 12-William WADSWORTH migration 1632 aboard the "Lyon" with wife and children, 12-Sarah TALCOTT 1632 aboard the "Lyon" with husband and children.

13-George STEELE migration 1633, 13-Margery SORRELL migration 1633.
9-Sarah MOODY wife of 9-David Jr. ENSIGN is the first person on the following chart. Known Colonial Immigrant Ancestors are found in generations 12, and 13.

12-John MOODY migration by 1633 with wife, 12-Sarah COX migration by 1633 with husband, 12-John DEMING migration to Massachusetts Bay Colony around 1629-1633 with an older sister, Elizabeth (Deming) Foote, her husband Nathaniel Foote, several of their children and a brother Thomas Deming [Nathaniel FOOTE and Elizabeth DEMING are also our grandparents], 12-Honor TREAT migrated with husband and family, 12-John EVARTS migration by 1637, 12-Elizabeth, 12-Thomas FRENCH migration 1630 Winthrop fleet, 12-Mary BUTTON.

13-Richard TREAT migration 1637 with family, 13-Alice GAYLORD migration 1637 with family, 13-Matthias BUTTON migration 1633, 13-Lettice TEAGLE migration 1633.
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The Four Smith Sisters

Amy, Leona, Camilla, Myrle

Family Christmas party 1956
Myrle, Ensign, Amy
Leona, Ella, Camilla

The day of my dad's funeral 1967
Leona, Myrle, Ella, Camilla, Amy

The day of my mother's funeral 1971

Amy, Leona, Camilla, Myrle

AFTER 16 YEARS, THE HOUSE

"And when their subfloor had been laid in place (Mrs. Smith hammered it down while her husband sawed) they danced there in the moonlight and fell in love again."

Farm Home and Garden, The Salt lake Tribune, Sunday, June 19, 1949 Section H Page One

And its owners, Mr. and Mrs. Ensign Smith, grandparents,
who wanted a place so much they put it up themselves. See page 8.
-page 8-

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This article was mentioned in the post Grandma's Kitchen.

Utah Statehood 1896

Martin Luther ENSIGN (1831-1911) - hand written paper on Utah Statehood 1896 - original found in the LDS church archives in Church Office Building Salt Lake City - hand writing very hard to read - this is what we think it says - blanks indicate illegible written words. Original Spelling. Help fill in the blanks.


Historical Notes on M. L. ENSIGN:
Martin Luther ENSIGN(1831-1911) had driven a wagon across the plains in the summer of 1847. He was 16 years old. His family had left Massachusetts a year earlier after joining the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. When they got to Nauvoo the main body of the church had moved on. The Ensign family joined the Saints in Iowa where Martin’s father Horace Datus ENSIGN (1797-1846) died. His mother Mary BRONSON ENSIGN (1806-1888) was left with 7 children between the age of 6 and 20 years. They continues on to the Valley of the Great Salt Lake. That first year they lived in the old Salt Lake Fort they ate thistle roots and the roof leaked.


Ancestral Chain: Martin Luther ENSIGN, Harriett Camilla ENSIGN, George Ensign SMITH, Myrle SMITH, Dalton sons.

Click on the letters to enlarge and read.

(Call number MS d 5373 Description Autobiography Martin Luther Ensign. Historical Department-Church Archives 50 East North Temple Street, East Wing Salt lake City, Utah 84150 phone (801) 240-2272.)

Transcript:

My Dear ____________ Thank God Utah is a state after 50 year struggle We have conquered, of course you know all about the ____________ the president signing the document for the Admission of Utah in to the family of States although we have seen some ________ days in Utah we have never seen such a day as this. On Saturday Morning Brother G Q [George Q.] __________&_________ called upon me & when they left me we had no sign that the _________ had signed the document to give us a state ,_________ ________ ______ _________ _________ _____ to the city before the whole City ________________________________every bell was ringing_____________steam whistle let loose_____________yelled it would have ________you to have _______to that continued(?) Bedlam for 2 hours of course we knew what was up but soon _________& H J Grant [Heber J. Grant] called upon me & congratulated me upon the admission of Utah into State Hood. Well the City, Houses, _______ Temples &c were _______with flags & bunting you will see the whole program of the day in the papers I will send you some this morning I dressed for the occasion went to the office & at 10:30 with G Q C J F S [George Q. Cannon, Joseph F. Smith] & the 12 were at the ______________in carriages for the parade and such a parade and procession I never Saw. We paraded ___________of main streets in 2 lines of carriages the _________& Wells led I followed with brother ________& Secretary of State on my left were the judges. GQC [George Q. Cannon] was in the carriage next to me I don’t know the Length &___________________to____Main Street both sides of us ________with Humanity &______________with people When we came to the Temple there was people enought to fill five (?) temples GQ [George Q. Cannon] & myself_________the upper______surrounded with the governor & judges and officers of the state_______________________....(*The largest flag ever made _____the whole canopy overhead of the Tabernacle 150 feet by 75, wide with one _________light the Star of Utah ________wich made it ______. The day was bright and beautiful ________________

Salt Lake City, Utah Statehood Parade 1896

Flag that hung in the Tabernacle
was 158 feet by 75 feet.

Logan Utah 1891

Logan, Caches, Utah in 1891. Picture by Charles Roscoe Savage.

The Logan temple can be seen in the upper left corner of the picture.

Our Family living in Logan in 1891:
age 34 - Isaac SMITH (1857 Brigham City, UT - 1914 Logan, UT) married-sealed EHOUS Salt Lake City 1877.
age 32 -Harriett Camilla ENSIGN (1859 Brigham City, UT - 1930 Logan, UT)
Living SMITH children: Isaac Samuel SMITH b.1878 / William Richard SMITH b.1884 / Mary Camilla SMITH b.1886 / Wesley Ensign SMITH b.1888 / Sarah Ann SMITH b.1891.

age 22 - Herbert Henry HAWKES (1869 Logan, Cache, UT - 1948 Logan, Cache, UT)
not yet married
age 16 - Sarah Amy JONES (1875 Logan, Cache, UT - 1952 Salt Lake, SL, UT)

age 61 - Francis HAWKES (1830 Bethnal Green, London, Middlesex, England - 16 Aug 1899 Logan, Cache, UT) married Salt Lake City - 1862 sealed EHOUS 1870.
age 51 - Eliza COLE (1840 Poplar Branch, London, Middlesex, England - 1925 London, Cache, UT)
Living HAWKES children all but Clarence born in Logan: Clarence Christopher CRESSAL b.1861 England, and wife Mary Ann FARNES and 4 children, Eliza Annie HAWKES b.1863 and husband Hyrum David DAVIDSON with children, Sarah Ann HAWKES b. 1867 and husband Harry WORLEY married-sealed LOGAN 1901 see children of Henry WORLEY below, Herbert Henry HAWKES see above, Alvin James HAWKES b.1872, Martha Maria HAWKES b. 1874, Horatio Paul HAWKES b.1876, Nellie May HAWKES b.1878, Elizabeth HAWKES b.1881.

age 41 - Cyrus Joseph JONES (1850 Birmingham, Warwickshire, England - 1919 London, Cache, UT) married-sealed EHOUS Salt Lake City 1874.
age 40 - Sarah WORLEY (1851 Tipton, Warwick, England- 1925 London, Cache, UT)
Living JONES children all born in Logan: Sarah Amy JONES see above, Eva JONES b.1877, Kate JONES b. 1876, Cyrus Worley JONES b. 1881, Clara JONES b. 1883, Franck Worley JONES b.1887, Ethel JONES b.1890.

age 69 - Thomas JONES (1822 Hartlebury, Worcester, England - 1897 Logan, Cache, UT)
*First wife deceased Mary WILLIAMS (1825 Webbs Green, Halesowen, Worcester, England - 1877 Logan, Cache, UT) their living children all born in England, residence of Logan in 1891: Cyrus Joseph JONES b.1850 and wife Sarah WORLEY see above and below, Mary Emma JONES b.1882 husband John Stephen LIVERMORE and children, Albert Williams JONES b. 1857 and wife Louisa AFFLECK and children, Leonard James JONES and wife Annie Valborg EVERSON and children. Herbert Ernest JONES b.1865.
*Second wife Jane Ann OUTSON WILSON (b.1846 England - d.1916 Logan) their living children all born in Logan, residence of Logan in 1891: [information incomplete]

age 64- Henry WORLEY (1827 Great Barr, Staffordshire, England - 1914 Logan, Cache, UT) married 1846 England - sealed LOGAN 1898.
age 69 - Catherine WILLMORE (1822 St. Martins, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England - 1904 Logan, Cache, Ut) their living children all born in England, residence of Logan in 1891: George WORLEY b.1848 and wife Mary Eliza PEARSON and children, Sarah WORLEY b.1851 and husband Cyrus Joseph JONES see above and below, Catherine WORLEY b.1853-d.1891 her husband Joseph Enos COWLEY and 7 children, youngest born and died 1891, Jane Catherine WORLEY b.1856, Harry WORLEY b.1859 and wife Sarah Ann HAWKES married-sealed LOGAN 1901 see children of Francis HAWKES above, Thomas WORLEY b. 1861 and wife Mary Ann SMITH and children, (Bishop) William John WORLEY b.1864 and wife Alice Potts PEARSON and children.

One brother of Catherine WILLMORE WORLEY living in Logan 1891 - George Edward WILLMORE and wife Elizabeth JAMES and their ten children.

One niece of Catherine WILLMORE WORLEY living in Logan 1891 - step daugher of Catherine's brother Thomas WILLMORE was Eliza Catherine WEBB who married Alfred James WILLMORE nephew of Catherine son of her brother George WILLMORE.

See Chart: Camilla SMITH Pedigree.

See Posts: Logan City Cemetery SMITH-ENSIGN / Logan City Cemetery HAWKES-COLE / Logan City Cemetery JONES-WORLEY. For the parents of Isaac SMITH and Harriet Camilla ENSIGN see Brigham City Cemetery - SMITH - ENSIGN - DUNN.