I and several others are interested in this group, and would love to hear from you. we're looking to expand on the family listed here, I can give descendancy on one line but I know there's lots more out there.
we are looking for Hawkins in Finchingfield, Helion Bumpstead, Coggeshall , Chelmsford* and Colchester and I'm certain other places will crop up in time.
William Hawkins m. Priscilla Salmon in Finchingfield, either 1676 or, as I believe, 1667.
in the Essex monthly meeting records (Quaker) I find 3 children of William and Priscilla Hawkins of Coggeshall.
in a nutshell, they are
Mary 1668
Sarah 1670
Will 1672
then there's a space, and we find 4 children of William and Priscilla Hawkins of Helion Bumpstead
John 1677
Christopher 1682
Priscilla 1685
Matthew 1686
there may be others, but this is all we've found so far without looking at any pr's other than Quaker ones.
here's the situation-all of the Helion Bumpstead male children removed to Colchester and are also in the Essex monthly meeting records. not their births, all but one are married there, and all of them have children recorded there. I know that Helion Bumpstead had a Quaker meeting house, but don't have access to those records at this time...I'm almost certain that they will show up in those records.
*there is also a Christopher Hawkins b. 1636 Chelmsford who m. 1674 Grt Coggeshall to Mary Guyon. he was the son of John. perhaps Christopher is a brother of William.
as mentioned above, this is just what I have in a nutshell, as far as most of the Quaker records go.
