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Note: Founder of Stratford, CT Joseph Hawley's Last Will and Testament I Joseph Hawley of Stratford, Yeoman, sometime Justice of the Peace, or commissioner in Stratford, in the Colony of Connecticut and County of Fairfield, retaining the understanding and reason the Lord hath given me, do leave this my last will. My spirit I commit into the hands of Jesus Christ, my Redeemer, my body to a comely buriel, and after my debts and funeral expenses are discharged, I do, as hereinafter followeth, dispose of what worldy estate I shall be possessed of at my death, viz: I do hereby confirm to my children all the lands given them as they are recorded to them, further I give to my son Samuell Hawley, all my lands and buildings in Parwidge in Darbyshire in Old England, to him, his heirs and assigns, after the death of my now wife Katharine Hawley. Moreover I give to him my meadow called the common meadow on the Great Neck, and my meadow at Galep's Gapp, between Porter's children and me. I give to my son Ephraim Hawley, one acre and a quarter of meadow in ye Great Neck on the east side of the creek, the south side of which is a part of that meadow purchased of Mr. Zacher Walker. All the right of that peace of meadow on the Great Neck, both of the west side of the creek and east, which I purchased of Mr. Walker, I give to my son, John Hawley. I give to my grandchildren, John Chapman and Joseph Chapman at Seabrook, fifteen pounds to each of them when they come to the age of one and twenty years, in such goods and chattels as my executors are able best to pay them. I give to Joseph Hawley, my son Samuel's son, besides what is upon record given him, my lot at the field gate called the Stubing lot, the whole of it. I give to my sons, Ephraim and John Hawley, the two little lots on Claboard Hill and what was laid out to me at the Gallos Creek, also a little lot by Joseph Curtus' lot, purchases of Mr. Ripon, that was laid out to John Wheeler, being above one acre. I give to my daughter Hannah Nichols, twenty shillings, and to my daughter Mary Coe, twenty shillings. Moreover, I give all my grandchildren five shillings apiece. Moreover, I appoint my three sons, Samuel Hawley, Ephraim Hawley, and John Hawley, my executors, and do given unto them all my lands in Stratford, Darby and Woodbury equally amongst them, their heirs or assigns forever, also I give unto them all and whatsoever is my estate in debts or otherwise not given, they paying all legacies and debts, and taking care of their mother, my now wife, that she hath whatsoever she needeth during her widowhood; also, I will that my wife Katherine Hawley, shall have the disposing of what household stuff she pleases, and what cows she desires to keep and what corn she shall desire from my said executors or any other needful thing whatsoever wherey her life may be comfortable; and all this I command whilest she remains unmarried. It is to be understood that what of the above said estate my wife disposes of, it is to be to her children or grandchildren, and if she die and leave households undisposed of, then they are to be divided amongst all my children equally that are living, and such children of mine that are called away by death those children shall have their parts. I give to Mr. Israel Chancie five pounds, and in case their fail to be an difference amongst my above-named executors, my will is that Mr. Israel Chancie and Capt John Geard shall have the power to put a final issue to any difference. That this is my will I declare by setting my hand and seal this 17 of September, 1689. Joseph Hawley. Memorandum, John Hawley shall have Uriah Mills the remainder of his time and fulfil his indentures. Signed and Sealed in the presence of Joseph Curtis, Recorder. Notes: There are several things worth noting about Joseph's will. One of course is that he named the property in England from which it has been assumed that he orginated. Another is that this property being located in England, would be subject to the English rule of primogeniture, which assured that real property would be inherited by the eldest son. This rule was not part of the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut, which permitted the inheritance of real property to be governed by a will. So, Joseph left his eldest son, Samuel, the English property in compliance with English law, made specific bequests of other real property located in Connecticut, and then split the balance among all three named sons, equally. Sources: Hawley, Elias Sill; The Hawley Record. Pres sof E. H. Hutchinson & Co, Buffalo, NY, 1980. The Random House Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged Edition, New York, 1966. History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield, Donald s Jacobus, M.A., Fairfield, Donald s Jacobus, M.A. 1930 Joseph and Katharine Hawley's Children 1. Samuel, b. 14 May 1647, Wethersfield, Hartford, CT; he was a farmer and tanner, and lived in Stratford and Derby, CT; he m. twice: (1) 20 May 1673, Mary Thompson, dau. of Thomas Thompson and Ann Welles, who died in 1691, and with whom he had five children; and (2) in 1691, Patience Nichols, widow of Lt. John Hubbell, and dau of Isaac Nichols and Margaret Washburn, and with whom he had seven children. Patience d. abt. 1734. Samuel d. 24 August 1734. 2. Joseph Hawley, Jr., b. 9 January 1648-9, Stratford, Fairfield, CT; he lived at Stratford, apparently did not marry, and d. 25 June 1691. 3. Elizabeth Hawley, b. 26 January 1650-1, Stratford, and after her marriage, 7 June 1670 , to John Chapman, lived at Saybrook, CT. John Chapman was the son of Robert Chapman and Anna Bliss. He was b. July 1644 and d. in 1712. She d. 10 May 1676, leaving three children. 4. Ebenezer Hawley, b. 17 September 1654, Stratford. He was a farmer who lived at Fairfield. He m. in February 1677-8, Hester Ward, dau. of William Ward and his wife, Deborah of Fairfield. He died 3 October 1681 in Fairfield at age 27, leaving two children. She died after November 1700. 5. Hannah Hawley, b. 26 May 1657, Stratford. She was married four times: (1) 13 December 1678, in Stratford, to Josiah Nichols, son of Isaac Nichols and Margaret Washburn, and brother of Patience, second wife of her brother, Samuel. Josiah d. 25 June 1692. (2) 22 June 1692 in Windsor, CT to John Wolcott, son of Henry Wolcott, Jr. and Sarah Newburg. Jone died in 1713. (3) after 1713, to Samuel Porter or Potter and (4) in 1727 to Henry Wolcott. 6. Ephraim Hawley, b. 7 August 1659, Stratford. He was a farmer who lived at New Stratford (now Trumbull), CT. He married 4 December 1683 at Stratford, Sarah Welles, dau. of Capt. Samuel Welles and Elizabeth Hollister. Sarah was b. 29 Sept 1664 at Wethersfield CT. They had three children before Ephraim died, 18 April 1690 at Stratford. Sarah remarried, 19 October 1692 to Lt. Agus Tomlinson, son of Henry Tomlinson and his wife, Alice. Augus was gorn 1658 and died 1728. Sarah died 29 June 1694. She and Ephram had three children. 7. John Hawley, Capt., b. 14 June 1661, Stratford. He was a Captain of the Stratford trainband. He married twice: (1) Bef. 1686, Hannah, last anme and parentage unknown (2) 23 April 1686, in Stratford, Deborah Pierson. Her name is sometimes spelled Pairson . Her parentage is unknown. She was b. abt. 1666 in Stratfield CT. They had nine children. She died 3 December 1739 in Stratford at age 73. He died 27 July 1729, and had the suffix Esq affixed after his name on his tombstone. Esquire was an unofficial title of respect, which indicated that the holder had gained the solcial position of a gentleman. 8. Mary Hawley, b. 16 July 1662, Stratford. She m. 20 December 1682, at Stratford, Capt. John Coe, son of Robert Coe, Jr. and Hannah Mitchell or Susannah?. He was b. 10 May 1658 and d. 19 April 1741 at Stratford. She died 9 September 1731 at Stratford. They had eleven children. ****MORE NOTES: Joseph Hawley - From Parwich to the Colonies Who was Joseph Hawley, the ancestor of many present day North American Hawleys, and what conditions did he find upon his arrival on the American shore? His descendants don't know as much about him as we would like, and a lot of what we do think we know is by inference. Joseph Hawley arrived in the American Colonies in 1629 or 1630, landing in the Massachusetts Bay Colony, possibly near Boston. But unlike his brother, Thomas, no mention was made of him in the records of that colony. We are not sure if Joseph came with others in his family or if he came alone. There are folk that he claimed as siblings, or who claimed him as a brother, although the spelling of their last name had variations. For instance there was Thomas Hauley from in Roxbury Massachusetts and who was killed by Indians at Sudbury on 21 April 1676. In 1675 the peace of New England was disturbed by King Philip's war. King Philip, so called by the colonists, was actually Chief Metacoment of the Wampanoag Indians of Massachusetts. The chief thought the colonists murdered his brother and sought to drive them from New England. There were 60,000 colonists and 36,000 Indians. Thomas was in a party of eighteen men under the command of Capt. Samuel Wadsworth who were attacked about three miles from Sudbury. Four colonists were killed, including Thomas Hawley. His descendants either adopted the Hawley spelling or perhaps used it all along with the name previously misspelled by a scribe in the colony. Then there was Robert Haule who, rumor had it, went to Rhode Island and established a of descendants who eventually called themselves Holley or Holly or other similar variation. There were also two sisters, Hannah and Elizabeth. Hannah married twice, in 1655 to John Ufford, whom she divorced shortly thereafter, and then to Capt. John Beard, 25 March 1657. They lived at Milford (est 1639) on the Long Island Sound a bit west of the Housatonic River from Stratford, where Joseph ultimately settled. Elizabeth married in 1641 to Richard Booth who later came and settled in Stratford at the same time as Joseph. A third possible sister, Miriam Hawley, claimed kinship to Joseph although Elias Hawley in his Hawley Record, does not support this claim. Miriam married Moses Wheeler and originally lived in the New Haven plantation but left after Moses was cited for a violation of that community's strict laws regarding the Sabbath. It seems that he returned home on the Sabbath after an out-of-town absence and greeted his wife and children with kisses. Apparently, he was or felt compelled to leave. They settled in Stratford where his sister was wife to the settlement's minister Adam Blakeman. Who was the leader of the migrating Hawley group? Was Joseph's father leading the family to the new world? In a book by Charles Henry Pope, Pioneers of Massachusetts, 1981, there is mention of a Samuel Hawley, who settled in Charlestown, and who died in 1637 leaving a house and land at Mystic, Connecticut and land in England which he had inherited from his wife. Was this Samuel the same Samuel who was Joseph's father? Where was this land located in England? Is this why Joseph named his eldest son, Samuel in keeping with the English tradition naming the eldest son for the paternal grandparent? Where did Joseph come from in England? Again, it seems from Parwich, Derbyshire, where he owned a homestead which he left in his will to his oldest son. However, he was educated and had a recording style similar to that of a governmental functionary in London when he took over as Town Recorded in Stratford. In his recording he used French capital letters and a lot of abbreviations. In his will, Joseph described himself as a yeoman . This speaks to his social class more than to his occupation, as a yeoman was a freeholder who owned his own land and was considered one step down from the gentry. Some define the term as a farmer who owns his own land, but I doubt that enterprising Joseph spent much time behind a plow, at least not in his later days. Some refer to Samuel, his probable father, as Judge Samuel. If Samuel had been a judge in England could he have trained his son or even used his services in recording the business of his court? Others propose that a John Hawley and Frances Kilbourne were Joseph's parents with a Joseph Hawley as his grandfather. What did Joseph do during his first two decades in the American Colonies? We are not certain of everything but he did stop in Wethersfield (established 1625-6) at least long enough to marry in 1646 to twenty year old Katharine Birdseye and to father his first child, Samuel the next year. Based on his age at the time (43), this might have been a second marriage but there is no known record of a prior marriage or children. Stratford, first settled in 1639, was the seventh plantation established in Connecticut. In 1649, or perhaps a little earlier, Joseph Hawley and his brother-in-law, Richard Booth, husband of his sister, Hannah, went to Stratford where Joseph purchased home lot #37 from Richard Mills, recorded in 1650. This was a two acre parcel, bounded with a street on the east, John Blakeman's home lot on the west and Adam Hurd's on the south. There was a highway on the north. Thus he became a planter: or proprietor in Stratford with an interest in the plantation's common lands. Joseph became prominent in the town of Stratford and was considered as a more than usually energetic business man . In 1675 and for several years, he was chosen by the town to be the ordinary keeper or tavern keeper. He sold not only liquors but also teas, sugar, molasses, indigo, logwood, nails of all kinds, made in England and locally. The ordinary also served as a hotel for visitors. Joseph Hawley was among the first ship owners and builders at Stratford, selling foreign cloths and other mercantile goods. His first ship was launched on 27 October 1678 and was called the John and Esther. There were no leading shipping merchants at Stratford, but the man approaching nearest to this distinction was Joseph Hawley, followed more prominently by his son, Samuel Hawley, a few years later. Joseph Hawley was active in the Church which in 1669 was styled as a Congregational Church. He and two others were named by the Rev. Adam Blakeman in 1665, to administer Blakeman's will. After a new meeting house was built in the summer of 1680 he was chosen as one of three persons to seat church goers. The criteria used in determining the seating were: 1) The person's office in the community (if any), 2) their age, with persons over age 60 being given preference, and 3) contributions made toward the meeting house. Power, age, and money counted! Joseph served on committees to adjust boundaries between the towns of Stratford and Milford and Stratford and Fairfield. In 1687 he was chosen to be on the committee to draft a patent for the town, to guarantee land titles in the township. This patent was signed by Governor Robert Treat and is preserved in the Stratford Town Clerk's office. Joseph was chosen as deputy for the town to the general court or assembly in Hartford serving for on session in 1658, 1661, 1667, for both sessions in 1668-71, 1673-4; for one in 1675, 1677-8, both in 1681-2; one in 1683; both in 1684; one in 1685 and both in 1687. Joseph served as Commissioner for Stratford, appointed by the Assembly, a position similar to Justice of the Peace, successively from May 1682 until his death. Joseph made his will 17 September 1689 and died on 20 May 1690. Katharine died 25 June 1692. They had eight children of whom at least three predeceased Joseph and four predeceased Katharine. ----------- Joseph was named as an uncle in the will of Ephraim Booth of 1683 *********** Notes from <A class=lnk href="http://www.deloriahurst.com/deloriahurst%20page/609.html"><code>http://​www.​deloriahurst.​com/​deloriahurst​%20page/​609.​html</code></A> From: <A class=lnk href="http://www.familylineage.com/colonial_trees/hawleytree_2.html"New"><code>http://​www.​familylineage.​com/​colonial_trees/​hawleytree_2.​html"New</code></A> England Families Genealogical and Memorial: Volume IV", pg. 1636:Joseph Hawley, one of the first settlers in the colony, and a very prominent man."Hawley and Nason Ancestry". pg. 13-14:JOSEPH HAWLEY of Parwich, in Derbyshire, about nine miles northwest of Old Derby, and four miles from Ashbourne, came to America in 1629 or 1630. That he had a homestead in England is indicated by his will in which he says, "I give to my sonn Samuel Hawley all my lands and buildings in Parwidge in Darbyshere in Old England, to him, his heirs and assigns."Joseph Hawley was born in 1603, and died May 20, 1690. He was a "yoeman"; he was the first town recorder at Stratford, Connecticut, and wrote the earliest land records that are still in existence in Stratford; in the tax list of the town in 1671 his tax was next to the largest; he was Town Clerk or "Recorder" from 1650 to 1666; was Treasurer of Stratford; was chosen by the town several years to "keep an ordinary"; served on committees to survey lands and adjust boundaries; in 1687 was on a committee to draft a "Patent" for the town; was elected twenty-nine times a Deputy to the General Assembly of Connecticut(*) (election twice a year) serving from 1665 to 1687; was appointed "Commissioner" for Stratford; and held church offices.In 1646 he married Katharine Birdsey who died June 25, 1692. Births of all their children except Samuel are entered on Stratford records.NOTE:--A granite memorial to Joseph Hawley, pioneer ancestor, was erected in the Congregational cemetery at Stratford in 1924 by the Society of the Hawley Family.(*)During eighty consecutive years, four members of the Hawley family--Joseph, Sr., his sons Samuel and John, and his grandson Capt. Joseph--were elected seventy times to the Connecticut Legislature."The Descendants of Captain Thomas Carter", pg. 112The Hawley family has been fully written up by Mr. Elias Hawley in a large tome, "The Hawley Record." The English ancestry of this family is expounded back to 1006 A. D., with illustrations and coats-of-arms. The first to come to America was Mr. Joseph Hawley, who resided at Stratford, Connecticut, as early as 1629. He was the first town recorder of that place as well as magistrate. He owned several thousand acres of land in and around Stratford, and was returned to the General Assembly as a Deputy twenty-nine times between the years 1658-1687. His wife was Katharine Birdseye. Their cldest son, Samuel Hawley, was also a large land owner and farmer, and succeeded his father as a member of the General Assembly, being returned twenty-three times. He was a first settler of the town of Derby. He was twice married, his first wife, Mary, being a granddaughter of Governor Welles; and the second wife, Patience (widow of Lieut. John Hubbell), was a daughter of Isaac Nicholls, and granddaughter of Sergeant Francis Nicholls, through whom this family claims descent from King Robert Bruce. (See "Sergeant Francis Nicholls," by Walter Nicholls)."Hughes and Allied Families", pg. 191-192:Joseph, who was born in the Parish of Derbyshire, England, and died at Stratford, Connecticut, in 1690. According to some accounts Joseph Hawley came to this country in 1629, and according to others in 1640. The family settled in this country at Scituate, Massachusetts, and afterwards moved to Stratford, Connecticut."Records of the Guthrie Family", pg. 5:Mary Hawley Coe, died Sept, 9, 1731. She was the daughter of Joseph and Catherine (Birdseye) Hawley. Joseph Hawley, grand-father of Abigail (Coe) Guthrie, on her maternal side was Deputy to the General Assembly of Connecticut for Stratford, from 1665 to 1689. Was Town Clerk and Recorder sixteen years, and Treasurer of the town. He was Deacon of the First Congregational church. Joseph Hawley was born in Derbyshire in 1603, and died in Stratford, Conn., in 1690."Reverend John Beach and John Sanford and Their Descendants", pg. 168:Dea. John Birdsey came from Reading, Berkshire, England, to America in 1636, and to Wethersfield, Conn., where he married Phillipa, daughter of the Rev. Henry Smith and sister to Dorothy Smith, who married John Blakeman of Stratford, son of the Rev. Adam Blakeman. Tradition says Joseph Hawley, the first at Stratford, married a Birdsey at Wethersfield, Conn., and if so it was most probably a sister of this John Birdsey."Reverend John Beach and John Sanford and Their Descendants", pg. 169:Richard Booth, the progenitor of the Booth family of Fairfield County, Conn.... married Elizabeth, sister of Captain Joseph Hawley, who was the first town clerk of Stratford, and settled in Stratford in 1640."Reverend John Beach and John Sanford and Their Descendants", pg. 188-189:The Hawleys, according to their own account of themselves, came from Parvidge, Derbyshire, in Old England, now called Parwich ("Parritch"), about nine miles from Derby and four from Ashbourne, the market town. Mr. Joseph Hawley came to America about 1629-30, but just where he located previous to our meeting him in Stratford in 1650 has not been revealed. His brother Thomas was in Roxbury, Mass., as early as 1639. Joseph purchased land in Stratford in 1650, was already married and had a son Daniel, born in 1647-8. Seven sons and three daughters are entered in the Stratford records [leaving out Samuel]. He was also one of the original proprietors of Newtown. Samuel Hawley Junr, in whom we are more interested, married Bethia Boothe, daughter of Ephraim; he and his wife were second cousins, which anyone can discover by a sufficiently elaborate study of the "Hawley Record." This was the Saml Hawley who was one of the three purchasers of Newtown. The story of their first coming is traditional only, and not recorded. It is said they rode to the top of a high hill, at sunset, and seeing an impossible dip before them, stopped there and made their first settlement, calling it "Land's end." Hawley, Junos, and Bush were the historic three who made that wonderful bargain of coats, etc., with the Indians."Newtown's History and Historian, Ezra Levan Johnson", pg. 369:Joseph Hawley b. 1603, at Derbyshire, England, came to America, 1629, later came to Stratford, d. 1690."Powers-Banks Ancestry", pg. 209:The first of the name in this country were two brothers, Thomas and Joseph, from Parwich, Derby. Joseph was born about 1603, died 20 May, 1690. He came to America about 1629 or 1630, but first appears on the Stratford records in 1650. He was a deputy in 1665 and often down to 1687. In 1675 he was a quartermaster to collect wheat for the army against the Indians. He married his second wife, Katherine Birdseye, in 1646. His will, dated 1689, mentions children: Samuel, born 1647; Joseph, Elizabeth, Ebenezer, Hannah, Ephraim, John, Mary."Powers-Banks Ancestry", pg. 210:Deacon Joseph Birdseye, in Wethersfield as early as 1636, came from Reading, Berks, England. Tradition says that Katherine, the wife of Joseph Hawley, was daughter to Edward, the brother of Joseph Birdseye, who resided in New Haven and Wethersfield."Abridged Compendium", pg. 3489HAWLEY, Joseph (1603-90), from Eng., 1639 was at Stratford, Conn.; dep Gen. Ct., 1665-87."Lineage of Albert L Johnson", pg. 9:feb. 29: 1671 Mr. joseph hawley hath his fourth Division on Sentanal Hill Nere Jerymiah johnsons field. Notes from <A class=lnk href="http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/DBY/ProbateRecords/WillsH.html"><code>http://​www.​genuki.​org.​uk/​big/​eng/​DBY/​ProbateRecords/​WillsH.​html</code></A> The Wills of Derbyshire 1689 HAWLEY, Joseph, of Stratford, Yeoman, Justice of the Peach, or commissioner in Stratford, in the Colony of Connecticut & County of Fairfield (US); dated 17 Sep 1689. "to my son Samuell HAWLEY* all my lands and buildings in Parwidge in Darbyshire in Old England", (now) wife Katharine HAWLEY, son Ephraim HAWLEY*, meadow purchased of Mr. Zacher WALKER; son John HAWLEY*; grandchildren John CHAPMAN and Joseph CHAPMAN at Seabrook (under 21), grandson Joseph HAWLEY, son Samuel's son; a little lot by Joseph CURTUS' lot, purchased of Mr. RIPON, that was laid out to John WHEELER; daughter Hannah NICHOLS, daughter Mary COE. Power to Mr. Israel CHANCIE & Capt John GEARD to put final issue to any difference between the executors. John HAWLEY shall have Uriah MILLS to fulfil his indenture. Witness: Joseph CURTIS, Recorder. Joseph HAWLEY was baptised in Parwich, Derbyshire, the son of Samuel HAWLEY. He came to the colonies as part of the Plymouth Bay Colony in 1629. Other than the property specifically located in Parwich, all other properties are in Connecticut. Notes from <A class=lnk href="http://www.hawleysociety.org/Joseph%20Hawley.htm"><code>http://​www.​hawleysociety.​org/​Joseph​%20Hawley.​htm</code></A> Joseph Hawley 1603-1690 The following outlines what is known and conjectured concerning Joseph Hawley: As of the date of his will, September 17, 1689, he owned "lands and buildings in Parwidge in Darbyshere, Old England" which he left to his son, Samuel Hawley. It appears possible, therefore, that he originally came from Parwich -- though far from certain. He is assumed to have been born around 1603 (deduced from other data on his life). His handwriting as Town Clerk has been termed peculiar and of a sort used at that time on state documents in London; thus it is possible he was educated or trained there, and may have had a government position. He is assumed to have come to America circa 1629-1630, possibly accompanied by Thomas Hauley and Robert Haule, who may have been brothers. He may have first lived in Massachusetts, where Thomas Hauley settled permanently. The first record mentioning Joseph Hawley places him in Stratford, Connecticut, in 1650. He had probably not been there more than a year or two (the birth of his son Samuel in 1647 or 1648 is not found in Stratford records). Joseph Hawley held several offices in the local government over the years, and acquired large land holdings in Connecticut. He died May 20, 1690. Upon Joseph's death May 20, 1690, the Parwich properties in Derbyshire passed to his son, Samuel (1647-1734). It is known that Samuel sold these holdings, but the date and purchaser are unknown. (Samuel died August 24, 1734, so the sale of these properties could have taken place at any time between May 20, 1690 and August 24, 1734.) A flow of payments stemming from this transaction continued for some time. Samuel's son, Samuel, Jr. (1674-1754), signed a quit-claim to these properties, transferring all remaining claims to his brother Nathaniel, in exchange for fifteen acres of meadow land in Connecticut. Nathaniel continued to receive payments from England, related to his claims on the "lands and buildings" in Parwich which had belonged to his grandfather and which his father had sold. The last payments came in the form of brass kettles. We do not know the dates and the amounts. Nathaniel lived until January 7, 1754. According to Elias S. Hawley, The Hawley Record (Buffalo: E.H.. Hutchinson, 1890), Joseph was probably one of five siblings who emigrated from England to America. There were apparently two sisters, Hannah and Elizabeth, in addition to the two brothers mentioned above (Thomas, who settled in Roxbury, Massachusetts and Robert who settled in Rhode Island). We know neither the name of Joseph's father, nor whether the father came to America. Research has identified a few possible candidates: Samuel Haule, of Charlestown, Massachusetts. An inventory dated in 1637 had been found, as cited in The Hawley Record, and it appeared to Elias Hawley that this might be the father of Joseph and his siblings. Judge Samuel Hawley, possibly identical with Samuel Haule, above. American Historical Company, Inc., Colonial and Revolutionary Lineages of America (New York, 1941), Vol. VII, p.134, cites Joseph Hawley as the son of Judge Samuel Hawley, and having been born in Parwidge, Derbyshire, in about 1603.) Note this may be based on The Hawley Record, rather than separate sources. James Hawley, of Brentford House, Middlesex (1558 - Sept. 1622). Three sons and two daughters by his second marriage reportedly came to Boston about 1630 (names unknown; source: notes in family records). Elias S. Hawley, The Hawley Record, lists James Hawley of Brentford as the son of Jeremy Hawley (d. 1593) and grandson of John Hawley of Auler, Co. Somerset. (It is reported in The Hawley Record that James, son by his first wife, served as Treasurer of Maryland; further, according to Conrad Swan's correspondence with me, a younger son went to Virginia.) William Hawley, of Derbyshire, son of Sir William and great grandson of Robert de Hawley, had many grandchildren and "...it is possible that this William Hawley was ancestor of the large and prolific yeoman family who owned land in the various parishes (notably Youlgrave and Elton) around Parwich in Derby." (Source: Conrad Swan correspondence cites pedigrees in 1564 Visitation of Lincolnshire, and mentions that Robert was "Lord of" numerous manors in Lincoln and of Thurbeston, Co. Derby.") From the above it would appear that several clues suggest research be done: land transfer documents which might record either Joseph Hawley's acquisition of "lands and buildings in Parwidge" or, following its inheritance on May 20, 1690, by his son Samuel, its eventual sale between that date and Samuel's death in 1734; wills at Litchfield even after 1650 which may be relevant; any documents which might reflect the payments related to these properties which continued to be made to Samuel, Jr. and to Nathaniel Hawley -- finally in the unusual form of brass or copper kettles. Furthermore, records pertaining to Youlgrave and Elton may also turn up references to Hawley-owned property there, as suggested by Dr. Swan's comment cited above. finally, materials which may have been assembled by others on the history of some of the English families noted above may enable a connection to be identified. Source: F. William Hawley, � 1999, Society of the Hawley Family, Inc. 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