Deidamia Booth, ^^[1]

1796 - 1884  (87 years)

• Name	Deidamia Booth
  Suffix	^
  Born	11 Sep 1796	Southold, Suffolk, NY   [2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Female
  Census	1850	Fire Place (now Brookhaven Hamlet), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   [5]
  	Sh was living with her husband, Nathaniel.
  Census	1860	Fire Place (now Brookhaven Hamlet), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   [2]
  	She was living with her husband.
  Census	1870	Fire Place (now Brookhaven Hamlet), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   [6]
  	She was living in the household of Serifita Ellison (Mrs. Thomas Ellison).
  Census	1880	Brookhaven, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   [7]
  	She is living in the household of her brother, Gordon Booth.
  Name	Deidainis   [8]
  Died	13 Apr 1884	{Brookhaven, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY}   [3, 9, 10]
  	While Hawkins suggests she predeceased her husband Nathaniel, this does not appear to be the case if the memorial stone at the Oaklawn Cemetery is hers -- which seems likely.
  Buried	Brookhaven (Oaklawn Cemetery), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   [3, 11, 12]
  	Address: Lot 042
  	Ralph Clymer Hawkins records that Rev. Nathaniel Hawkins was "first buried with his second wife in the Barteau Burying Ground," and that "both were reinterred in the Yaphank Presbyterian Cemetery" (actually, the monuments are at the Yaphank Community Cemetery, and are of Rev. Hawkins and his first wife). I think it likely that Hawkins was in error as to where Deidamia was first interred. There is a memorial stone for a Deidamia Hawkins in the Oaklawn Cemetery in Brookhaven Hamlet, with consistent birth and death dates. This monument, recently (2006) repaired by the Oaklawn Cemetery Association, clearly identifies her as the wife of Nathaniel Hawkins. No monument for Deidamia was found near her husband at the Yaphank Cemetery. Hawkins likely confused the burial sites for Nathaniel's wives. Deidamia is on the inventory list, prepared by the trustees of the Brookhaven Methodist church, of gravesites originally at the old Methodist cemetery in Brookhaven, NY, which was apparently prepared when this cemetery was to be abandoned and the graves removed elsewhere, about 1890. Deidamia undoubtedly was first interred at the old Methodist cemetery.
  Person ID	I328	Brookhaven & South Haven Hamlets
  Last Modified	24 Jan 2013

  
  

  Father	Charles Stuart Booth, >,   b. 11 Jul 1769, Southold, Suffolk, NY ,   d. Abt 1834, Southold, Suffolk, NY  (Age 64 years)
  Mother	Phebe King, >,   d. Bef 1820, Southold, Suffolk, NY
  Married	Abt 1790  [4]
  Family ID	F3123	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Rev. Nathaniel Hawkins, [ii]^,   b. 24 Nov 1777, NY ,   d. 30 Jul 1860, Fire Place (now Brookhaven Hamlet), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY  (Age 82 years)
  Married	Bef 1850  [1, 4, 5]
  	Deidamia was recorded in Nathaniel's household in the 1850 census. In 1852, Nathaniel's brother William S. Hawkins names a daughter Ariadna Deidamia, perhaps in honor of Deidamia Booth.
  Family ID	F121	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Headstones

  #021.042.Booth01: Deidamia (Booth) Hawkins, wife of Rev. Nathaniel Hawkins. .. Deidamia Booth was the second wife of the Rev. Nathaniel Hawkins. She died 24 years after he did. Ralph Clymer Hawkins in "A Hawkins Genealogy" recorded that she was interred "in the cemetery at Fireplace." Some interpreted this statement to mean the Nathaniel Hawkins cemetery (B039); however, a manuscript found in the records of the Oaklawn cemetery association indicates that she was first interred there. Later her grave was moved to the Oaklawn Cemetery (B021), Brookhaven, NY. when the Methodist cemetery was abandoned about 1890. Her gravestone has recently been repaired and conserved by the Oaklawn cemetery association. The Rev. Nathaniel Hawkins and his first wife have monuments at the Yaphank Village Cemetery (B022), Yaphank, NY. Plot: 042. Booth

  
  

• Sources

  [S71] Hawkins Genealogy: R. C. Hawkins, LI REF 929.2097 HAWKINS HAW., p. 22. [S61] 1860 Census, p. 215. [S236] Cemetery: Oaklawn. [S241] Long Island Genealogy: Surname Database. [S3] 1850 Census, p. 114. [S62] 1870 Census, Census Place: Brookhaven, Suffolk, New York; Roll: M593_1100; Page: 376; Image: 134. [S42] 1880 Census, Census Place: Brookhaven, Suffolk, New York; Roll 934; Family History Film: 1254934; Page: 119D; Enumeration District: 315; Image: 0794. [S196] Oaklawn Cemetery. [S71] Hawkins Genealogy: R. C. Hawkins, LI REF 929.2097 HAWKINS HAW., p. 41. He does not record an exact date. [S72] Hawkins Supplement vol II, LI REF 929.2097 HAWKINS HAW., p. 20. [S71] Hawkins Genealogy: R. C. Hawkins, LI REF 929.2097 HAWKINS HAW., p. 41. [S994] Methodist Church cemetery interments.