Researching any Keech/ Keach name before 1634 in England somewhere. According to Passenger and Immigration there was a Christ Keech and a Richard Keech who left England. Kathy Keach kathleen@sigecom.net Indiana ----- Original Message ----- From: <Lhbteacher1@aol.com> To: <ENG-SURNAMES-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, September 17, 2002 7:40 AM Subject: [ENG-SURNAMES] Researching HAWKES family from Kent > Hello, > My grandfather is William Richard HAWKES b1916 d1974 West Haven, CT. He > married ~1937 CT Helene POETZSCH b1917 dOct1975 Bloomfield, CT. William & > Helene had one child, my mother. > William's parents are Frederick George HAWKES b Kent, England (s/o Albert > Henry b Kent, England & Clara (DeFRANCESCO) HAWKES of Newark, NJ) m. Margaret > Ellen TRESCOTT of Thetford, VT (d/o Charles & Ellen (CLARK) TRESCOTT both of > Thetford, VT) > Frederick George is believed to have come to the US to marry just as his > father had done before him. Family lore has it that Albert, the oldest son of > the Earl of Kent, crossed the Atlantic then met and married Clara. They had > one son in the US before returning to Kent where it is said 6 more children > were born. One of these additional six was Frederick. > Clara DeFrancesco is believed to be of Spanish descent. > Charles Trescott is English & French. > Ellen Clark is believed to be a descendant of the Mayflower Bowdon's. > > Any info on this HAWKES line would be greatly appreciated. > Lois LaClair > FL, USA formerly CT > > > ==== ENG-SURNAMES Mailing List ==== > Legacy Family Tree is now FREE! Download this highly acclaimed > full-featured genealogy program today at > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Index.asp?mid=13SAUhO > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >