Francis Hawks

(1769-1831)

Biographical Data

Important Dates

Francis Hawks was born in 1769. He died in 1831.

Places of Residence

• New Bern, NC [1].

Relatives

• Parent: John Hawks [1].
• Spouse: Julia Airay Stephens (1773-1813) [1].
  Children:
  
  • two sons, John Stephens Hawks (1796-1865) and Francis Lister Hawks [1].
  • one daughter, Phoebe Rice Hawks (b. 1805) [1].
• Others: Hannah Hawks  (granddaughter, 1825-1908), Mary Halliday Hawks (granddaughter, 1842-1896) and Thomas Hawks (grandson).

References

1. Mary Claire Engstrom. The Book of Burwell Students: Lives of Educated Women in the Antebellum South. (Hillsborough: Hillsborough Historic Commission, 2007).