I am reading some Newberry County, SC Minutes of the County Court 1785-1798. On page 224 there is something that caught my eye...I was on the page for something entirely different: On motion of Jacob Hawkins ordered that he be permitted to retail Spiritous Liquors at his house by the space of one year from this date whereupon he together with Abel Thomas entered into and acknowledged bond according to Law. May term 1794 So see if I am interpreting this correctly....Jacob Hawkins is likely to have been the son of Peter and Prudence Thomas Hawkins. In 1794 he would have been about 24 years old. Abel Thomas is possibly the man who died in 1805 in Newberry County and appears to have been childless with wife Mary Heaton who must have preceded him in death as she is not named in the will. Abel leaves bequests to the children of Prudence Hawkins in his will. I think that most researchers believe that she had been one of the twins of Isaac and Mary Davy/Davies Thomas. And that Isaac was a brother of Abel. > 1758,6,24 Abel rmt Mary Heaton. Hinshaw Volume 1 page 577, New Garden > MM, Guilford County, NC (Abel reported to have married Mary Heaton > means that they were not married in the Quaker church but someone had > given the MM the information that he had married out of unity) http://www.archivesindex.sc.gov/onlinearchives/Thumbnails.aspx?recordId=302570 (will of Abel Thomas) But there is another Abel Thomas in Newberry right? This Abel was born 1768 and married Ruth Pemberton. So it could have been this man as well. This Abel was a son of Isaac and Mary Davy/Davies Thomas. > 56. Peter6 Hawkins (Joshua5, Michael4, Edward3, John2, William1) was > born Abt. 1752 in VA, and died 1802 in Prosperity, Newberry, SC. He > married Prudence <Unknown> 1770 in VA. She was born Abt. 1753 in VA, > and died in Prosperity, Newberry, SC. > > Notes for Peter Hawkins: > > The son of Joshua Hawkins is not proven to be the same Peter Hawkins > that married Prudence. > > Children of Peter Hawkins and Prudence <Unknown> are: > > 128 i. Jacob7 Hawkins, born Abt. 1770 in Prosperity, Newberry, SC; > died 13 Oct 1851 in Prosperity, Newberry, SC. He married Jane Ganter > Abt. 1787 in Newberry Co., SC; born 27 Aug 1770 in Camden, SC. > > + 129 ii. Edward Hawkins, born 01 Jun 1776 in Prosperity, Newberry, SC. > > 130 iii. Peter Hawkins, Jr., born Abt. 1777 in Prosperity, Newberry, SC. > > 131 iv. William Hawkins, born Abt. 1779 in Prosperity, Newberry, SC. > > 132 v. Prudence Hawkins, born Abt. 1781 in Prosperity, Newberry, SC; > died 1847 in Newberry Co., SC. She married James Dennis; born Abt. > 1780 in Newberry Co., SC. > > 133 vi. Elizabeth Hawkins, born Abt. 1783 in Prosperity, Newberry, SC. > She married Thompson Lester. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~markfreeman/hawkinsw.html Can anyone add any clarification on this entry? Marsha Moses