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Taken from BucksFHS - Long Crendon Transcripts CD.

Burial - 28 Feb 1894. Stephen COOK aged 74 of Long Crendon.

Baptism - 9 Sep 1863.   Elizabeth born 17 Sep 1857 daughter of Stephen & Maria COOK of Long Crendon, Shoemaker.

Baptism - 9 Sep 1863.   Mary Ann born 28 Nov 1859 daughter of Stephen & Maria COOK of Long Crendon, Shoemaker.

Baptism - 9 Sep 1863.   Richard Stephen born 15 Nov 1862 daughter of Stephen & Maria COOK of Long Crendon, Shoemaker.

Burial - 28 Sep 1901. Mary Ann COOK aged 40 of Long Crendon

Banns  - 25 Mar 1888.   
Richard Stephen COOK, Bachelor otp
Harriet Elizabeth THOMPSON of the parish of Haggerstone
Certificate given 30 Mar 1888.

This Stephen Cook was baptised in 1820 in Thame, Oxfordshire, to Stephen & Mary.

Census returns confirms he's not your family. 1841/51/71/81/91.

Steve.

One of the joys of Family History, regarding the geography of places, and why they ended up far from their places of birth.

Grand Union Canal goes from London to Birmingham, if I remember correctly, plus all the branches that come off it.
It maybe worth studying it a bit, as his father was a boatman and could have been anywhere along the routes it follows.  Unless he stayed in Tring, or is lost from census being a canal worker/boatman.

I'll leave you at that, but give me/us a shout if I/we can help any further.

Steve.

Baptisms have never been a date of birth as so many assume in many trees I've seen. But from my experience baptisms occur even as an adult.

I have had many children baptised on the same day, no matter what their ages are.(A block booking, if you will).
In one instance a wife has been baptised long after her marriage, as 'wife of ??', and also my Gt Gt Aunty was baptised a week before her marriage at the age of 22.

I may suggest that you look for siblings of William Hawkins/Hawkings in Tring, then see if the ages match or not in the Census returns.  Or at least in a time frame that is reasonably close to William's 'discrepancy' for his y.o.b and baptism..

The death cert or burial is a better indicator of the correct age, but even that could be rounded up or down a year or two, sometimes 3 years.  It all depends who gives the information. 
I would think that Williams wife Maria, as she survived him, or child gave the information to the registrar for his death so may possibly be more accurate.

Sometimes an age at death is different from burial age, again it's who gives the information.

If it's some poor old soul who's so old, that he's outlived most of his neighbours of his generation, then it's usually a best guess by those that knew them.  Luckily for you William Hawkins had family surviving him.

Your William was living in Walton, Aylesbury, which is very close to the Canal.  Baptisms give his occupation as a labourer, even though in census returns he was Boatman.  That's no big deal in it's self.
Aylesbury Canal was a branch of the Grand Union Canal, which i believe passes Tring quite closely, hence, ending up in Aylesbury.

Steve.

More like a needle in a stack of needles.

Walkers are everywhere.......Princes Risborough, Monks Risborough, Kimble, Saunderton, Dinton, Bledlow, Longwick, Chearsley, Great Hampden, Loosely Row.

I have 42 Walkers in my tree, all from the above locations.

The Martins are everywhere again. Bledlow, Amersham, Penn, West Wycombe, High Wycombe, Beaconsfield, Great Hampden, Bledow Ridge, Hughenden, Downley.

I have 72 Martins from the above locations.


Steve.