Hawkes v. Sheene

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John Brandon

Hawkes v. Sheene

Legg inn av John Brandon » 31 aug 2005 22:27:37

Back in June 2002, I posted the following, from _Index of Chancery
Proceedings, Bridges' Division (1613-1714)_ London: P.R.O. [List and
Index Society]; reprint, New York: Kraus, 1963. Vol. 2, p. 222:

Plaintiff: Hawkes, Adam, and Anne his wife.
Defendant: Sheene, Edward.
Date: 1657.
Place: Wymondham, Norfolk.

p. 225:

Plaintiff: Hawkes, Adam, and Anne his wife.
Defendant: Sheene, Jermyn, and others.
Date: 1661.
Place: Wymondham, &c., Norfolk.

I speculated that this might be the Adam Hawkes living at Lynn in
Massachusetts Bay, as he had a wife named Anne, and is believed to have
come from Hingham in Norfolk.

I've just noticed that there is third Chancery suit:

Vol. 2, p. 335

Plaintiff: Hawks, Adam, and Anne his wife.
Defendant: Sheene, Charles.
Date: 1656.
Place: Wymondham, Norfolk.

The immigrant Adam Hawkes is believed to be the Adam baptised 26
January 1605 at St. Andrew's, Hingham. Wymondham is only about two
miles distant from Hingham. Adam and Anne Hawkes of Lynn, Mass., were
alive in the years 1656-1661. Also, the dates of the suits (1656,
1657, and 1661) coincide with periods that Mr. John Gifford, agent for
the Ironworks, is known to have spent in England.

As the Hawkes's land was known to contain iron, and as Gifford later
established his own ill-fated ironworks ('Cheswick') at Lynn, perhaps
he was in a particular mood to do favors for Adam Hawkes in 1656-61.

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