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ernment by the Parliamentary Commissioners,
1654. WEALTH DURING LIFETIME. LAND AT
FIRST ELECTION: 500 acres in 1650; acquired an
additional 600 acres in 1652. WEALTH AT DEATH.
DIED: on March 5, 1654/55; killed at the Battle of
the Severn. PERSONAL PROPERTY: no inventory,
but owned much livestock. LAND: 1,600 acres.
HATTON, WILLIAM (?-1712). BORN: in En-
gland; probably oldest son. IMMIGRATED: in 1649
as a minor with his mother and siblings. RESIDED:
in St. Mary's County; Charles County, by 1689;
Prince George's County after 1695. FAMILY BACK-
GROUND. FATHER. Richard Hatton. STEPFATHER:
Richard Banks (ca. 1612-ca. 1667). MOTHER:
Margaret. UNCLE: Thomas Hatton (?-1654/55).
BROTHER: Richard, who married by 1674 Ann
(1659-?), daughter of John Price (ca. 1607-
1660/61). SISTERS: Elinor (1642-1725), who mar-
ried first, Thomas Brooke (1632-1676), and sec-
ond, Henry Darnall (ca. 1645-1711); Mary, who
married Zachary Wade (ca. 1627-1678); Elizabeth,
who married first, Luke Gardiner (1622-1674),
and second, Clement Hill (?-1708); and Barbara,
who married James Johnson (?-?). MARRIED first,
Elizabeth, daughter of Rev. William Wilkinson.
Her sister was Rebecca, who married first,
Thomas Dent (ca. 1630-1676), and second, John
Addison (?-ca. 1705/6). MARRIED second, Mary.
CHILDREN. SON: Joseph, a member of the Piscatta-
way Parish Vestry in Charles County from 1713 to
1715, who married in 1710 Lucy, daughter of
Francis Marbury. DAUGHTER: Penelope, who mar-
ried Thomas Middleston, son of Robert Middles-
ton. PRIVATE CAREER. EDUCATION: literate. RELI-
GIOUS AFFILIATION: Presbyterian. SOCIAL STATUS
AND ACTIVITIES: Gent, before his appointment as
a justice. OCCUPATIONAL PROFILE: planter. PUB-
LIC CAREER. LEGISLATIVE SERVICE: Lower House,
St. Mary's County, 1671-1674/75 (Laws 3), 1676-
1682, 1682-1684 (Accounts 1), Prince George's
County, 1696-1697 (elected to the 5th session).
OTHER PROVINCIAL OFFICE: justice, Provincial
Court, 1694-1699. LOCAL OFFICES: justice, St.
Mary's County, 1675/76-1689, Charles County,
1689-1694; coroner, St. Mary's County, 1676; Pis-
cattaway Vestry, Charles County, 1693-1704.
STANDS ON PUBLIC/PRIVATE ISSUES: often con-
sulted on Indian affairs; refused to take the oath as
a justice in 1690, and probably was a reluctant
supporter of Protestant Associators' government;
recommended for a position on the Council in
1697, but was not appointed. WEALTH DURING
LIFETIME. LAND AT FIRST ELECTION: ca. 1,868
acres; at least 1,738 acres in 1696. WEALTH AT
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DEATH. DIED: On August 2, 1712. PERSONAL PROP-
ERTY: TEV, £422.8.5 sterling (including 5 slaves, 1
servant, and 2 parcels of books); FB, £315.13.7.
LAND: 1,620 acres.
HAWKINS, GEORGE ERASER (FRAZIER)
(ca. 1741-1785). BORN: ca. 1741 in Prince
George's County; probably third son. NATIVE:
fourth generation. RESIDED: at "Bowplains" on the
Potomac River, Prince George's County, opposite
Alexandria, Virginia. FAMILY BACKGROUND. FA-
THER: John Hawkins, Jr. (1713-1757). MOTHER:
Susannah Fraser (?-by 1746). STEPMOTHER: Pris-
cilla Magruder Covington. UNCLE: George Fraser
(?-1764). BROTHERS: Giles Blizzard (1732-?); John
Stone (1734-1764); and Alexander Thomas, who
was a minor in 1757. STEPBROTHER: Levin Coving-
ton. SISTERS: Ann Fraser (1736-1738); Elizabeth
Lawrance; and Susanna Fraser, who married Wil-
liam Bayly (ca. 1742-1824). STEPSISTER. Rebecca
Covington, who married Benjamin Mackall, Jr.
(ca. 1723-1795). MARRIED by 1769 Susannah
Trueman Somerville (ca. 1750-by 1792), daughter
of Margaret Somerville (?-1785), of St. Mary's
County (?-1785). Her sister was Margaret True-
man (?-by 1796), who married John DeButts (?-
1796). CHILDREN. SONS: John Trueman (by 1771-
by 1799); George Fraser Hawkins (1777-?).
DAUGHTERS: Peggy, who married Nathaniel Haw-
kins; Susannah Greenfield. PRIVATE CAREER. EDU-
CATION: literate. RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION Angli-
can. SOCIAL STATUS AND ACTIVITIES: Mr., 1784;
Gent., 1784. OCCUPATIONAL PROFILE: partner in
land transactions ca. 1770 with Charles Beatty (ca.
1736-1804); a merchant in partnership with Ber-
nard O'Niell (O'Neal), of St. Mary's County,
1771; owned a ferry house; probably also a
planter. PUBLIC CAREER. LEGISLATIVE SERVICE
Lower House, Prince George's County, 1781-1782
(Public Taxes 1, 2), 1782-1783. LOCAL OFFICES:
King George's Parish Vestry, Prince George's
County, in office 1769-1772; justice, Prince
George's County, in office 1769-at least 1773; cor-
oner, Prince George's County, appointed 1785.
WEALTH DURING LIFETIME. PERSONAL PROP-
ERTY: 22 slaves, 1776. LAND AT FIRST ELECTION:
6,029 acres in Prince George's and Frederick
counties (2,425 acres inherited from his uncle
George Fraser; 3,603 acres by purchase and pa-
tent). SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN LAND BETWEEN
FIRST ELECTION AND DEATH purchased an un-
specified amount of land near Redstone, Pennsyl-
vania; sold all of his Frederick County land, total-
ing probably 5,482 acres, by 1785. ADDITIONAL
COMMENTS: he was deeply in debt by the 1770s
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