Thanks for posting the Rev. Samuel D. Hawkins biography, son of Thomas and Rebecca (Higgins) Hawkins.   Samuel's grandfather William Hawkins b. 17 Dec 1741 in King George Co. VA d. 02 Mar. 1818 in Jessamine Co. KY was my husband's 4th g reat-g randfather through his daughter Sarah "Sally" Hawkins who married John Chesher (Cheshire, Chesser) on the 18 Jan 1795 in Fauquier Co. VA. They had 3 children:   William Chesser  1798 VA-1819 m. Sarah Dewitt in 1816 OH, and had  1 dau. Mary Ann Chesser   1819-1900 who m. 1839 Alonzo Stiles all  OH. Sarah Dewitt Chesser  then married David Eberhart in 1824 OH ; James P. Chesser 1800 VA-1858 IN  m. Sarah Spurling in 1820 OH, and Mary Catherine (?) Chesser  b. 1803 VA-d.? m. u nk.  before their father  John Chesher died in abt. 18 04. Sarah Hawkins  Chesher then  married Abraham Hill in 1805 VA. He had been married before, but  t his couple  had at least 4 sons and a daughter, some of whom came to Shelby Co. IN with their older half-brother James P.  Chesser .  The sons were William, Isaac, Jacob, and Thomas Hill.     James P. Chesser was the progenitor of the Chesser f amilies in  Shelby, Decatur , Bartholomew,  Tipton and Howard Counties, Indiana; and Coles and Mattoon Co. Illinois. He h ad  co me to Shelby County from Warren Co. OH in late 1834 or early 1835 w ith his wife and  4 children. They  had 4 more children in Shelby Co. before Sarah died in 1851.  In 1852, h e married Rosannah Lee Lemar, the  widow of Robert Lemar and mother of  7 children. Rosannah then  had  2  Chesser children.  The Jackson Twp. wheat farmer  died Oct 1858 and is buried next to Sarah  and her beautiful marble g ravestone at Patterson Cemetery which was originally the Van Benthuysen Family graveyard. Rosannah Lee Lemar Chesser m. Ira R ice Cowles of CT  in Shelby Co. in 1867 and moved to Tipton Co. Indiana. [email protected]