Zachariah Hawkins, II

Abt 1710 - Abt 1800  (90 years)

• Name	Zachariah Hawkins  [1]
  Suffix	II
  Birth	Abt 1710	Setauket, Brookhaven, Suffolk, New York, United States
  Gender	Male
  Birth	Abt 1710	Setauket, Brookhaven, Suffolk, New York, United States   [1, 2]
  Birth	Abt 1710	Brookhaven, Suffolk, New York Colony, British Colonial America
  Burial	Nathaniel Hawkins Cemetery, Brookhaven, Suffolk County, New York, USA   [3]
  Burial	Brookhaven (Nathaniel Hawkins Cemetery), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   [4]
  Burial	Nathaniel Hawkins Cemetery, Brookhaven, Suffolk, New York, United States
  Death	Abt 1800	South Haven, Brookhaven, Suffolk, New York, United States
  Death	Abt 1800	South Haven, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   [1, 3, 4, 5]
  	[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.]
  Burial	Nathaniel Hawkins Cemetery, Brookhaven, Suffolk County, New York, USA
  Person ID	I23187	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	2 Feb 2024

  
  

  Father	Joseph Hawkins, >,   b. 1676, Setauket, Suffolk, New York Colony, British Colonial America d. Abt 1726, Mt. Sinai (then Old Man's), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY (Age 50 years)
  Mother	Mary Elizabeth Biggs, >,   b. 16 Nov 1694, Brookhaven, Suffolk, New York d. 1737, Readington, Hunterdon, New Jersey, United States (Age 42 years)
  Marriage	Y  [6]
  Family ID	F368	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Abigail Jayne, >,   b. Abt 1723, Suffolk, New York Colony, British Colonial America d. Abt 1780, Suffolk County, New York, United States (Age 57 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1730	Yaphank, Suffolk, New York Colony, British Colonial America
  Children	1. Robert Hawkins, Sr.,   b. 1731, Yaphank, Suffolk, New York Colony, British Colonial America d. 18 Apr 1814, Yaphank, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY (Age 83 years)   2. Gershom Hawkins,   b. Abt 1742, Yaphank, Suffolk, New York d. 25 Sep 1815, Bayport, Suffolk County, New York (Age 73 years)   3. Abigail Hawkins,   b. 1753, Yaphank, Suffolk, New York Colony, British Colonial America bur. Nathaniel Hawkins Cemetery, Brookhaven, Suffolk County, New York, USA   4. Zachariah Hawkins,   b. 29 Apr 1744, Yapbank, Suffolk, New York, British Colonial America d. 10 Oct 1781, Middle Island, Suffolk, New York, United States (Age 37 years)   5. Zophar Hawkins,   b. 1748, Yaphank, Suffolk, New York Colony, British Colonial America d. 31 Aug 1823, Islip, Suffolk, New York, United States (Age 75 years)   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. Tilley Hawkins,   b. 1754, d. Yes, date unknown   8. William Hawkins, †>,   b. 1755/6, Oak Island (now eastern Yaphank), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY d. 8 Feb 1837, {Moriches, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY} (Age 81 years)   9. Joseph Hawkins, >,   b. 24 Jan 1761, Moriches, Suffolk, New York, United States d. 25 Oct 1845, Moriches, Suffolk, New York, United States (Age 84 years)
  Family ID	F11	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 May 2025

  
  

• 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.]

  
  

• Sources

  [S313] , Ralph Clymer Hawkins, 1897- ., A Hawkins genealogy, 1635-1939 : record of the descendants of Robert Hawkins of Charlestown, Massachusetts (Baltimore : Published for the Hawkins Association by Gateway Press, 1987) (N.p.: n.p., n.d.)., p. 14. [S1862] , Research Notes of Barbara Kresse (New Hampshire {bkresse@suffolk.lib.ny.us}), 2008; Barbara Kresse's step father was a Hawkins. (N.p.: n.p., n.d.). [S1861] , Harry W. Huson, Revolutionary War Patriots Buried in the Town Of Brookhaven (Brookhaven Town Bicentennial Committee, 1976). (N.p.: n.p., n.d.). [S154] Harry W. Huson, Revolutionary War Patriots Buried in the Town Of Brookhaven (Brookhaven Town Bicentennial Committee, 1976). [S2] Ralph Clymer Hawkins, 1897- ., A Hawkins genealogy, 1635-1939 : record of the descendants of Robert Hawkins of Charlestown, Massachusetts (Baltimore : Published for the Hawkins Association by Gateway Press, 1987), p. 14. [S2] Ralph Clymer Hawkins, 1897- ., A Hawkins genealogy, 1635-1939 : record of the descendants of Robert Hawkins of Charlestown, Massachusetts (Baltimore : Published for the Hawkins Association by Gateway Press, 1987), p. 12.