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Emmett Smith Hawkins, ^^[1]
1866 - 1922

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  Birth	23 Dec 1866  [1]
  Gender	Male
  Census	1870	South Haven, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   [2]
  	He was living with his parents.
  Census	1880	South Haven, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   [3]
  	He was living with his mother and siblings.
  Census	1900	South Haven, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   [4]
  	In his household were his wife, Mattie, and his mother Clarissa.
  Occupation	1900  [4]
  	carpenter
  Census	1910	Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   [5]
  	In his household is his wife, Mattie. Also in the household was a boarder, George A. Dunken, age 22, a surveyor. The location was either Brookhaven or South Haven Hamlets.
  Occupation	1910  [5]
  	house carpenter
  Misc	1916	Brookhaven, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   [6]
  Census	1920	Brookhaven, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   [7]
  	In his household was his wife, Mattie (recorded as Hattie).
  Occupation	1920  [7]
  	carpenter
  Reference Number	HG 745  [1]
  Religion	South Haven (Presbyterian Church), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   [8]
  	Presbyterian
  	He was an elder of the church.
  Died	2 Nov 1922	South Haven, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   [8, 9, 10, 11]
  	Cause: by accidential gun shot wound
  Buried	5 Nov 1922	Brookhaven (David Hawkins Cemetery), Brookhaven, NY   [12, 13]
  Person ID	I1355	Brookhaven & South Haven Hamlets
  Last Modified	11 Feb 2014

  
  

  Father	Capt. Bartlett Tuthill Hawkins, ^,   b. 26 Sep 1810, South Haven, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY ,   d. 26 Sep 1879, {South Haven, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY}
  Mother	Clarissa Haff, ^,   b. 6 Mar 1828, Patchogue, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY ,   d. 3 Sep 1907, Hauppauge, Smithtown, Suffolk, NY
  Married	14 Apr 1858
  Family ID	F98	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Martha F. Whitson, ^,   b. 1868,   d. 20 Dec 1950, Brooklyn, Kings, NY
  Married	15 Jun 1898	Greenlawn, Huntington, Suffolk, NY   [1, 14, 15, 16]
  	The marriage was performed at the residence of Mattie's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Smith Whitson. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. Kneeland P. Ketcham of Freeport, a cousin of the bride. They had no children.
  Family ID	F402	Group Sheet

  
  

• Headstones

  #016.22 Emmett S. and Mattie F. Hawkins gravestone .. this stone was reset June 2010 as part of the cemetery restoration project of that year. Status: Located Plot: 01

  
  

• Sources

  [S71] Hawkins Genealogy: R. C. Hawkins, LI REF 929.2097 HAWKINS HAW., p. 78. [S62] 1870 Census, Roll: M593_1100; Page: 377; Image: 136.. [S42] 1880 Census, Roll: T9_935; Family History Film: 1254935; Page: 147.2000; Enumeration District: 315; Image: 0023.. [S191] 1900 Census, Roll: T623 1165; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 748. [S104] 1910 Census, Census Place: 11-Dist Brookhaven, Suffolk, New York; Series: T624; Roll: 1081; Page: 213B; Enumeration District: 1353; Part: 2; Line: 33.. [S605] Port Jefferson Echo, 14 Oct. 1916, p. 1.. Epidemic Cost $6,000 "At a meeting of the [Brookhaven] Town Board at Patchogue last Friday, .... "Emmett Hawkins of South Haven presented a bill for $133, which he claimed was the amount of loss sustained by him because he was quarantined on his grounds when a case of infantile paralysis developed in a house on his premises. Payment on the bill was refused, and it is now expected that a suit will be started against the town to recover the amount." [S107] 1920 Census (Heritage), Ancestry.com., Census Place: Brookhaven, Suffolk, New York; Roll: T625_1268; Page: 8A; Enumeration District: 85; Image: 633.. [S402] Records: South Haven Presbyterian Church 1903-1941. [S71] Hawkins Genealogy: R. C. Hawkins, LI REF 929.2097 HAWKINS HAW., p. 78. He recorded 23 Nov 1922, obviously in error.. [S346] Death Notice: Emmett S. Hawkins. [The Death Notice for Emmett S. Hawkins erroneously reported that his wife was a "Smith."] [S660] Long Islander (Huntington), 10 November 1922; p. 13. Emmett S Hawkins Killed. A South Haven Man and Not the Genial Former Supervisor and Postmaster. Emmott S. Hawkins, a resident of South Haven, L.I., was killed from the accidental discharge of a gun near his home Thursday of last week. The body was found lying at the edge of a swamp with a terrible wound through the swtomach and the gun lying near by. Mr. Hawkins married Miss Mattie Whitson, a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Smith Whitson, of Greenlawn. Miss Whitson at one time was a valued employee of The Long Islander office. It is believed Mr. Hawkins went out on the trail of foxes which had been ranging unpleasantly close to the house and somehow fell on his gun, causing it to discharge. Mrs. Hawkins was visiting at Greenlawn. Fred Raynor, a neighbor, who customarily get milk from Mr. Hawkins, sent his daughter there and she found nobody home. When later visits disclosed the facts that the cows were unmilked and the poultry unfed something amiss was feared and the matter reported at the residence of the Rev. F. E. Allen, pastor of the Presbyterian Church, in which Mr. Hawkins was active. Geo. Miller broke into the Hawkins residence and when nobody was found there a search of the country was instituted. Mr. Hawkins was 56 years old, a carpenter by trade. He spent practically all his life in South Haven, coming of an old family there. He leaves only his wife. The funeral was held Sunday afternoon from the home at 2 o'clock, the Rev. Mr. Allen officiating, with the interment in the Hawkins private cemetery. Coroner Moore found a verdict of accidental death. [S72] Hawkins Supplement vol II, LI REF 929.2097 HAWKINS HAW., p. 109. [S88] Cemetery: David Hawkins, Stone #1. [S104] 1910 Census, Provided approximate date of marriage, married 11 years. Census Place: 11-Dist Brookhaven, Suffolk, New York; Series: T624; Roll: 1081; Page: 213B; Enumeration District: 1353; Part: 2; Line: 33.. [S191] 1900 Census, They had been married 2 years. Roll: T623 1165; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 748. [S463] Brooklyn Eagle, 16 June 1898, p. 4.