Hawes, Richard 1585

Richard HAWES (1585 - 1665)

my 10g-grandparents

Richard HAWES was probably born in Prince's Risborough, Buckinghamshire, England, about 1585. He died at Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire, between 9 Sep 1665, when he wrote his will, and 11 Jan 1665/66 when it was proved. [RHD, p. 16]

Several researchers have said Richard's birth date was 24 Jan 1580. That seems doubtful, since his father, Bennett HAWES, was born in 1565. It is also claimed that his wife was Susan DEAN (1584 - 1609). I have not seen evidence for either of these claims.

Richard removed to Great Missenden by 6 Nov 1609, as his son Richard was baptized there on that date.

1856 map showing Prince's Risborough in the upper left, and Great Missenden on the right.
For scale, they are about 6 miles apart, and the latter is 31 miles NW of downtown London.

"This work is based on data provided through www.VisionofBritain.org.uk and uses historical material which is copyright of the Great Britain Historical GIS Project and the University of Portsmouth".

He was the father of Richard HAWES the immigrant. See the Richard HAWES 1606 page. I'm not calling them Jr and Sr because there were many Richards in this family.

He may also have been the father of Elizabeth HAWES, baptized 3 Apr 1610 in Great Missenden, and died 13 Sep 1618, age 8. No other children are known.

Sources

[JCH] The original lists of persons of quality; emigrants; religious exiles; political rebels; serving men sold for a term of years; apprentices; children stolen; maidens pressed; and others who went from Great Britain to the American Plantations, 1600-1700 : with their ages and the names of the ships in which they embarked, and other interesting particulars; from mss. preserved in the State Paper Department of Her Majesty's Public Record Office, England (1874) by John Camden Hotten

[RHD] Richard Hawes of Dorchester (1932) by Frank Mortimer Hawes

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