Zachariah Hawkins, [Sr.] ^^[1]

Abt 1710 - Abt 1800  (~ 90 years)

• Name	Zachariah Hawkins
  Suffix	[Sr.] ^
  Born	Abt 1710	Suffolk Co., NY   [1, 2]
  	It is said that he was "born on the Smith property at South Haven."
  Gender	Male
  Military	Aft 1775	the Revolutionary War   [3, 4]
  	He signed the Town of Brookhaven (Middle Island, Fourth Company Limits) Association of 8 June 1775, witnessed by Ebenezer Dayton, clerk. His son Zachariah and Nathaniel refused to sign. He was on the list of Associators sent to Col. Nathaniel Woodhull on 17 Aug 1775 by Richard Woodhull and Samuel Thompson, Committeemen. [Because of his age, it seems unlikely that he served an active role in a field fighting force.]
  Reference Number	HG 11  [1]
  Died	Abt 1800	South Haven, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   [1, 3]
  	[He is said to have been buried in the "Fireplace Cemetery, South Haven." I cannot find him on any of the cemetery listings for South Haven or Brookhaven.]
  Buried	Brookhaven (Nathaniel Hawkins Cemetery), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   [3]
  	[Huson recorded that Zachariah Hawkins was interred in the "Fireplace Cemetery." By this I have assumed that he meant the "Nathaniel" Hawkins Cemetery, now badly vandalized, as this appears to be the oldest "Hawkins" cemetery in the hamlet. No other indication of his burial site has been found. However, his son Nathaniel, after whom the cemetery is named, is documented as being interred in this cemetery.]
  Notes	Ralph Clymer Hawkins Notes: "Zachariah settled at Oak Island on the Smith Patent, east of Yaphank, and north of where now is the L.I.R.R. on the road [old Upton Rd.] to [the] site of Camp Upton [now Brookhaven National Laboratory]. Later he moved into the Glover house further south on the same property, just east of Carman's Mill, on the east side of Carman River, north of the railroad at South Haven. Just south of the railroad on the east side of the river was Zach's Landing, named after this Zachariah Hawkins, probably because it was from here that he shipped to New York City the cord wood that he cut nearby, there being an inlet at this time from the ocean to the bay just west of Smith's Point [now called Old Inlet]. It was also probably near this landing in the woody swamp by the river that Zachariah hid the horses and cattle of General John Smith during the American Revolution to prevent their capture by the British. Zachariah had been placed in charge of the General's extensive property at Smith's Point at St. George's Manor or Tangier. In 1796 he was living again at Oak Island according to the will of William Smith of the Manor of St. George at Smith's Point. In addition to furthering the efforts of General Smith during the Revolution, Zachariah as a patriot signed the Association Papers June 8, 1775, and again in May, 1776. He died about 1800 on the Smith property at South Haven and letters of administration of his estate were granted May 5, 1800, to his son Nathaniel and his grandson Zachariah Hawkins." [For the purposes of this "Brookhaven/South Haven Hamlet" volume, he would not have lived in the Hamlets, but on the east side of the Carmen's River, which would now be in the area we call Shirley, then known as part of the original Manor of St. George/Smith patent. His specific home site is now incorporated into the Wertheim National Wildlife Refuge.]
  Person ID	I343	Brookhaven & South Haven Hamlets
  Last Modified	10 Oct 2014

  
  

  Father	Joseph Hawkins, >,   b. Bef 1677, Setauket, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY ,   d. Abt 1726, Mt. Sinai (then Old Man's), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY  (Age > 49 years)
  Mother	Mary Biggs, >,   b. Abt 1679, {Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY} ,   d. Abt 1737  (Age ~ 58 years)
  Married	Y  [5]
  	[Hawkins indicates some doubt about this marriage.]
  Family ID	F256	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Abigail Jayne, >,   b. Bef 1780, Suffolk Co., NY ,   d. Bef 1780  (Age < 0 years)
  Married	Y  [1]
  	In addition to Robert, Nathaniel and Joseph, there were six other children of this couple.
  Children	1. Robert Hawkins, [i] >,   b. Abt 1731, Yaphank, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY ,   d. 18 Apr 1814, Yaphank, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY  (Age ~ 83 years)   2. Abigail Hawkins, ^,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Gershom Hawkins,   b. Abt 1742, Yaphank, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY ,   d. Yes, date unknown   4. Zachariah Hawkins, [Jr.] >,   b. 29 Apr 1744,   d. 10 Oct 1781  (Age 37 years)   5. Zophar Hawkins,   b. Abt 1748, Yaphank, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY ,   d. Yes, date unknown   6. Nathaniel Hawkins, [i]^,   b. Abt 1752, Yaphank, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY ,   d. 31 Aug 1823, {Fire Place (now Brookhaven), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY}  (Age ~ 71 years)   7. William Hawkins, †>,   b. 1755/6, Oak Island (now eastern Yaphank), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY ,   d. 8 Feb 1837, {Moriches, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY}  (Age 81 years)   8. Joseph Hawkins, >,   b. 24 Jan 1761, Yaphank, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY ,   d. 25 Oct 1845, Moriches, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY  (Age 84 years)   9. Tilley Hawkins,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F130	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Headstones

  #39.00 Zachariah Hawkins His gravestone has not been found and his burial in this cemetery is uncertain. Harry W. Huson in Revolutionary War Patriots Buried in the Town Of Brookhaven (1975) recorded that Zachariah Hawkins was interred in the "Fireplace Cemetery." By this I have assumed that he meant the "Nathaniel" Hawkins Cemetery, as this appears to be the oldest "Hawkins" cemetery in the hamlet. Huson does not source his information. No other indication of his burial site has been found. However, his son Nathaniel, after whom the cemetery is named, is documented as being interred in this cemetery.

  
  

• Sources

  [S71] Hawkins Genealogy: R. C. Hawkins, LI REF 929.2097 HAWKINS HAW., p. 14. [S575] Hawkins Genealogy Note: Barbara Kresse. [S189] Revolutionary War Burials Brookhaven: Huson. [S415] Refugees of 1776 from Long Island to Connecticut, The: Mather, p. 1061. [S71] Hawkins Genealogy: R. C. Hawkins, LI REF 929.2097 HAWKINS HAW., p. 12.