The Corley Family Denis Hawkings, in his books about the family from which most of this information comes, suggests the name may be Irish, or from Corley in Warwickshire. The connection with our family was created when Jesse Hawkings married Annie Corley in 1885 in Highbury Wesleyan Chapel. The Corley’s… Continue reading
The Champion and Hawkings families are only recorded as living at the farm for a short amount of time towards the end of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries up to the tragic death of Jesse Hawkings on the farm in 1917, the farm is important in the memories of… Continue reading
Robert Championborn: 1791died: ABT 26 JUL 1865Circa 1825 Robert CHAMPION67 was a farmer in Edingworth East Brent SOM, but at some stage lived at Battleborough Farm which is connected to the Harden familyWSMFHS Transcripts Mark. : Ann Hardenborn: 1789died: 05 OCT 1853 1841 census Robert age 50. Ann age 50… Continue reading
The Family of James and Hannah Hawkinqs (No l in the last Family} ( l ) Ferdinando – Baptised Jan 2nd 1770, Married Ann,Buried Mar 4th 1845(2) Robert – Baptised Aug 1st 1771, Buried Aug 31st,1852.(3) Jeremiah – Baptised Mar 5th 1773, Married Apr 21st1802 – Mary Harris, Buried July… Continue reading
The Family of James and Hannah HawkingsJames (Baptised Aug 7th, 1726 at Berrow Church, Buried Nov 29th, 1790) married Hannah Board at Brent Knoll in 1747. Hannah lived until 1801. James was churchwarden in Berrow from 1774 to 1776, and many parish records were copied and signed by him. Many… Continue reading
The Hawkings family was researched by Denis Hawkings and we hope to add his books to the site with the permission of his son, the Rev Tim Hawkings. Most of the information on these pages comes from his books. Denis found the first mention of a Hawkins (the spelling changes)… Continue reading