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Prudence Ann Hawkins, ^[1, 2] 1828 - 1915

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  Birth	23 Aug 1828	South Haven, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   [1, 3, 4]
  	Another IGI Individual Record source gives her birth date as 21 Aug 1828.
  Gender	Female
  Census	1850	Fire Place (now Brookhaven Hamlet), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   [1]
  	[Apparently, Prudence was enumerated twice in the 1850 census (page 118 lines 5 and 7), both entries in the household of her brother Augustus. The Hawkins geneology has Augustus unmarried; and there are no other Prudence's in the index, Hawkins or otherwise, that could be the second Prudence.]
  Residence	1850	Fire Place (now Brookhaven Hamlet), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   [1]
  	in the household of her brother, Augustus Andrew Hawkins,
  Census	1860	Fire Place (now Brookhaven Hamlet), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   [5]
  Living	1893	East Patchogue, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   [4, 6]
  Census	1900	South Haven, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   [7]
  	She was living with her brother, Augustus.
  Reference Number	HG 399  [4]
  Will	1915  [8, 9]
  Died	18 Feb 1915	Greenport, Southold, Suffolk, NY   [4, 9, 10]
  Person ID	I662	Brookhaven & South Haven Hamlets
  Last Modified	27 Dec 2013

  
  

  Father	David Hawkins, †^,   b. 18 Sep 1780, Fire Place (now Brookhaven Hamlet), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY ,   d. 7 Jan 1850
  Mother	Prudence Tuthill, ^,   b. 30 Mar 1784, Wading River, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY ,   d. 23 Jun 1870, {Fire Place (now Brookhaven), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY}
  Married	13 Jan 1802
  Family ID	F95	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	William Avery,   b. 3 Mar 1814, Pine Neck (now Patchogue), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY ,   d. 12 May 1893
  Residence	1878	Patchogue, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   [11]
  Married	11 Nov 1878	Bluepoint, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   [11]
  	They were married by the Rev. Charles G. Calina.
  Family ID	F206	Group Sheet

  
  

• Photos		Augustus and Prudence Hawkins .. Augustus (Little Gus) is standing to the right; Prudence is the second from the right on the running board. Others in the picture were unidentified, but were said to be Hawkins family members. The setting appears to be the Hawkins farm on Little Neck, South Haven/Brookhaven, NY.
  		Prudence Hawkins .. cropped from a larger group picture.

  
  

  Documents

  Hawkins House and Farm The Hawkins Farm occupied the west portion of Little Neck along the east side of Little Neck Run.. Little Neck is bounded by Yaphank Creek on the east, the Carman's River on the south, and Little Neck Run on the west. Document is the data sheet for Brookhaven/South Haven Historic Site Br03.

  
  

• Sources

  [S3] 1850 Census, p. 118. [S34] IGI. [S61] 1860 Census, p. 214. Age 32.. [S71] Hawkins Genealogy: R. C. Hawkins, LI REF 929.2097 HAWKINS HAW., p. 42. [S61] 1860 Census, p. 214. [S646] Long Island Traveler, 12 May 1893; p. 2. East patchogue was again visited by fire bugs las Thursday night and the barn of Mrs. William Avery burned to the ground. The barn was filled with hay and grain which was owned by Hewlett Robinson and is a total loss. There was no live stock in the place. [S191] 1900 Census, Census Place: Brookhaven, Suffolk, New York; Roll T623_1165; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 748.. [S604] Suffolk County News (Sayville), 11 Jun 1915, p. 2. The will of Prudence Ann Avery, late of South Haven, disposes of an estate valued at $2, 506 personal and $1500 real. Wesley D. Hawkins, nephew, of Mt. Vernon and Frances F. Raynor, niese, of Greenport, was given $1,000 each and all the furniture. The executors are directed to sell the real estate at public auction and divide the proceeds among the following nieces and nephews: Wesley D. Hawkins, Nathaniel T. Hawkins of Manhattan, Hewlett A. Robinson and Agnes Hawkins, East patchogue, and Imogene Hawkins, Newburg. .... [illegible] [S604] Suffolk County News (Sayville), 20 August 1915, p. 2. Estate Prudence Ann Avery, total value $5,452. 10; net, $5,014.66; tax, $33.48, subject to rebate if paid by August 18. The largest legatees are Frances F. Raynor, Greenport, $1,041.13, and Wesley D. Hawkins of Mount Vernon, nephew, $1,677.60. [S608] South Side Signal: Babylon, NY, 5 March 1915; p. 2. [S646] Long Island Traveler, 21 November 1878; p. 3.