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Capt William Armadas Hawkyns Hawkins 1490–1554 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1490

Birth Location: Plymouth, Plymouth Unitary Authority, Devon, England

Death Date: 1 Feb 1554

Death Location: at sea, Sulawesi Tengah, Indonesia

Father: Sir Hawkins

Mother: Joan Chudleleigh

Spouse(s): Lady Edgecomb

Children(s): Adm Americas

Capt William Armadas Hawkyns Hawkins was born in 1490 in Plymouth, Plymouth Unitary Authority, Devon, England, the child of Sir John Hawkyns Hawkins And Joan Amadas Chudleleigh. Capt William Armadas Hawkyns Hawkins married Lady Joan Towse Trelawney Edgecomb, and had children including Adm Sir John James Hawkins 1St Cousin Sir Francis Drake Founder Slave Trade From Africa To Americas. Capt William Armadas Hawkyns Hawkins passed away in 1554 in at sea, Sulawesi Tengah, Indonesia.

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Biography

  • Capt William Armadas Hawkyns Hawkins was born in 1490 in Plymouth, Plymouth Unitary Authority, Devon, England, the child of Sir John Hawkyns Hawkins And Joan Amadas Chudleleigh.
  • Capt William Armadas Hawkyns Hawkins married Lady Joan Towse Trelawney Edgecomb, and had children including Adm Sir John James Hawkins 1St Cousin Sir Francis Drake Founder Slave Trade From Africa To Americas.
  • Capt William Armadas Hawkyns Hawkins passed away in 1554 in at sea, Sulawesi Tengah, Indonesia.

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Capt Hawkins's Ancestors

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Capt Hawkins
1490–1554
Birth Place: Plymouth, Plymouth Unitary Authority, Devon, England
Parents
Sir John Hawkyns Hawkins
1450–1510
Joan (Amadas) Chudleleigh
1465–1554
Launceston, Cornwall, England
Grandparents
Sir (Andrew Hawkyns) Hawkins
1421–1453
Lady (Joan De) Nash
1429–1460
William Amadas
1450–1550
Margaret Hawkins
1425–1467
Great-Grandparents
Osbert IV
1393–1425
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Osbert III
1357–1393

Capt Hawkins's Descendants

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Capt (William Armadas Hawkyns) Hawkins (1490–1 Feb 1554) m. Lady (Joan Towse Trelawney) Edgecomb (10 Jul 1508–10 Jul 1589)
  1. 1. Adm (Sir John James Hawkins (1st cousin Sir Francis Drake) Founder slave trade from Africa to) Americas 1532–1595 m. Lady (Dame Katherine\Catherine Elizabeth) Gondon\Gunson\Gastone 1534–1591
    1. 1. John (Gardiner Hawkins or Hawkyns) II 1560–1619 m. Mary (Beatrice Levitt Leavitt) Levett 1561–1635
      1. 1. Sir (John Stephen de Hawkins Hawkyns) Admiral 1593–1618
        1. 1. Richard Hawkins 1605–1665 m. Dame (Grace Elizabeth Cutland) - 1615–1637

Capt Hawkins's Timeline

2 Records

1490
1490
Birth of Capt William Armadas Hawkyns Hawkins in Plymouth, Plymouth Unitary Authority, Devon, England
Plymouth, Plymouth Unitary Authority, Devon, England
1554
1 Feb 1554
Age 64
Death of Capt William Armadas Hawkyns Hawkins in at sea, Sulawesi Tengah, Indonesia
at sea, Sulawesi Tengah, Indonesia

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1490
    Event Place: Plymouth, Plymouth Unitary Authority, Devon, England
    Record Source:
    [1] Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-22, London, England: Oxford University Press; Volume: Vol 09; Page: 227
    [2] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current
    [3] Global, Find a Grave® Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1 Feb 1554
    Event Place: at sea, Sulawesi Tengah, Indonesia
    Record Source:
    [1] Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-22, London, England: Oxford University Press; Volume: Vol 09; Page: 227
    [2] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current
    [3] Global, Find a Grave® Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current

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