David Hawes was Hezekiah Jr.'s third child. He was born at Wrentham, Massachusetts[,] on October 14, 1752 (by some family records October 16). He died at Penobscot, now known as Brooksville, Maine, on October 2, 1802, aged 50 years.
He married Rebecca Parker June 5, 1780, at Stoddard, New Hampshire, then part of Massachusetts.(1)
From Allan C. Edmands II (Fred's grandson) in 2002:
New Hampshire was not part of Massachusetts in 1780, but Maine was.
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She was the daughter of Judge Oliver Parker and his wife, Eunice, and was born in Groton, Massachusetts, November 22, 1760. She is said to have been a very beautiful girl and as smart as they come. She died November 28, 1835, aged 75 years.
David lived at Stoddard for a few years, and was selectman while en route to Maine. David and Rebecca bought and sold two separate tracts of land while at Stoddard. Rebecca's parents migrated to Castine, Maine.
Of this union between David and Rebecca, eleven children were born:
Eunice
David, Jr.
Polly
Rebecca
John
Sarah
Joel
Jesse
Esther
James
Ruth (posthumous)
These children were born some in Stoddard and the rest in Maine.
There was apparently no will, but Rebecca, the widow, was by Probate Court of Hancock County, Maine, appointed administratrix of the estate and guardian of the minors under fourteen years of age, the same being the last five mentioned in the list above, on May 3, 1803. Subsequently, the court appointed other guardians for the minors remaining under fourteen years of age. This may have been on account of the ill health of Rebecca, or for some other reason, but not because of remarriage.
David was Deacon of the church in Castine, Maine.
David was an honorably discharged soldier of the American Revolution, being at Lexington and also Bunker Hill. In this connection, if anyone desires to become a member of the Sons or Daughters of the American Revolution, it is quicker, and I believe easier and cheaper, to seek permission to use the number of some member, someone whose blood lines are the same as your own.(2)
From Mary Hawes Ashbrook (Fred's daughter) in 1965 or 1968:
Who wants to belong to the Sons/Daughters of the American Revolution? The official bulletin, National Society Sons of the American Revolution, Volume XXII, October 1927, Number 2, lists on page 328: "Frederick Wilson Hawes, Centralia, Wash. (43703). Son of Frederick Webber Hawes and Harriet Lovica (Wilson) Hawes; grandson of James and Frances Hancock (Lawrence) Hawes; great-grandson of David Hawes, private in Massachusetts Troops."
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David and three other veterans are said to have been the first to settle at Penobscot, Maine.
The manner of David's death was unusual. He was preparing to attend a religious conference. With some haste he went up to the barn loft to throw down some hay for the animals. He made a misstep, fell, and broke his neck.
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