Benjamin Hawke

Abt 1818 - 1847  (~ 29 years)

• Name	Benjamin Hawke
  Born	Abt 1818
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	1847	Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	farmer
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-72408
  Died	12 Nov 1847	Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2]
  Person ID	I72408	Generations
  Last Modified	7 Nov 2024

  
  

  Father	Benjamin Hawke,   b. 12 Mar 1781, , Pennsylvania, USA ,   d. 14 May 1865, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 84 years)
  Mother	Mary "Polly" Lount,   b. 16 Mar 1787, , , Delaware ,   d. 9 Mar 1876, Hawkesville, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 88 years)
  Family ID	F17849	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Dean,   b. 20 Mar 1815, , Pennsylvania, USA ,   d. 20 May 1857, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 42 years)
  Children	1. Charles Hawke,   b. 1831, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Caroline Hawke,   b. 1833, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Nelson Hawke,   b. 1834, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   4. Philadelphia Hawke,   b. 1839, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   5. William Hawke,   b. 1842, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   6. Araminta Hawke,   b. 1844, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   7. Benjamin Hawke,   b. 1846, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	12 Nov 2024
  Family ID	F18914	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  A-1-102 Benjamin Hawk Probate of the will of Benjamin Hawk, late of the Township of Wellesley, granted the 15th July 1856 on the petition of Mary Roadhouse, late widow of Benjamin Hawk (Percifer Hawk & George Hughes having renounced) the Executrix named in said will. I Benjamin Hawk of the Township of Wellesley, Farmer…I desire that my grain and such part of the farming stock as my Executors may think proper may be disposed of and the proceeds be applied to the payment of my debts. …I now occupy lot number six in the twelfth concession of the Township of Wellesley…that my Executors dispose of part of the said lot so as to enable them to pay the first installment on the remainder…I give and bequeath to my beloved wife Mary Hawk in trust to enable her to support my children during her natural life and at her decease to be equally divided amongst my then surviving children. And I hereby commit the Guardianship of all my children until they shall respectively become of age, unto my said wife, and my Executors hereafter named, and I do hereby declare that the expenses of the maintenance and education of my children until they shall be of age shall be paid and borne by my said wife by and out of the property given and bequeathed to her in and by this my will. And I do hereby constitute and appoint my said wife Mary Hawk joint Executrix and my brother Percifer Hawk and my brother-in-law George Hughes, joint Executors of this my last will and testament. Witnessed by Geo Ballow, David Petch and Janet Hawk Will dated 9 November 1847 Granted 15 July 1856 Died 12 November 1847 No inventory. Surrogate Court Records Copybook Register A 1853-1871 transcript to 1863. Frances Hoffman transcriber

  
  

• Sources

  [S1737] Probate - Wills of Waterloo Register A 1853-1871, Will of Benjamin Hawk - 1847 - A-1-102. [S13] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - Wellington District Marriage Register Part 1 1840-1852. Marriages By Rev'd Thomas Foster William Roadhouse, 22, To Mary Hawke, 33, Widow, Both Of Wellesley. 11 Sept. 1851. Wit. Jonathan Lee And Sarah Lee

  
  

• Event Map

  Occupation - farmer - 1847 - Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 12 Nov 1847 - Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth