Robert Hawkins, [iii] †

1778 - 1861  (82 years)

• Name	Robert Hawkins  [1]
  Suffix	[iii] †
  Birth	14 Oct 1778	Yaphank, Suffolk, New York, United States
  Gender	Male
  Birth	14 Oct 1778	Yaphank, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   [2]
  Name	Robert Hawkins
  Burial	1861	Hawkins Family Cemetery, Yaphank, Suffolk County, New York, USA
  Death	14 Jun 1861  [3]
  Person ID	I1521	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	17 Sep 2023

  
  

  Father	Robert Hawkins, Sr.,   b. 1731, Yaphank, Suffolk, New York Colony, British Colonial America d. 18 Apr 1814, Yaphank, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY (Age 83 years)
  Mother	Deliverance Davis,   b. 1742, Kingston, South Kingstown, Kings, Rhode Island, British Colonial America d. 15 Nov 1808, Yaphank, Brookhaven, Suffolk, New York, United States (Age 66 years)
  Marriage	1752	Yaphank, Brookhaven, Suffolk, New York, United States
  Family ID	F367	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Joanna Smith,   b. 1778, Brookhaven, Suffolk, New York, United States d. 28 Jan 1809 (Age 31 years)
  Children	1. Isabella or Sibella Hawkins,   b. 13 Mar 1805, Yaphank, Suffolk, N.Y. d. 25 Apr 1825 (Age 20 years)   2. Jonas Hawkins,   b. 6 Jun 1809   d. 5 Jul 1809 (Age 0 years)
  Family ID	F793	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Jan 2026

  
  

  Family 2	Rebecca Tuthill,   b. 5 Jul 1790, Suffolk, New York, United States d. 6 Dec 1854 (Age 64 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1810	Yaphank, Suffolk, New York
  Children	1. Edmund Tuthill Hawkins,   b. 12 Nov 1811, Suffolk, New York, United States d. 3 Sep 1880 (Age 68 years)   2. Robert Hewlett Hawkins, iv,   b. 1817, Suffolk, New York d. 16 Dec 1855 (Age 38 years)
  Family ID	F794	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Jan 2026

  
  

• Notes

  "Robert was a farmer and lived in Yaphank. He was called 'Blind Robert' as he became blind in his old age from being salovated (sic) with an overdose of calomel. He lived in the old house still standing in 1933 at the head of Yaphank Avenue where it meets the main road through Yaphank*. He was very well-to-do even in present day terms (1939)." Ralph Clymer Hawkins * This is the house now restored by the Yaphank Historical Society.

  
  

• Sources

  [S2] p. 20. [S2] p. 20, 39. [S2] p. 39.