John Hawkins
Derrick's great-great-grandfather. An agricultural labourer of Aldenham, baptised in 1819, who called the banns for Emma Larkin in 1842 and raised at least eleven children in a hamlet and then at the Red Lion Cottages.
Family
Each person is marked by where that line came from, in words as well as colour.
On the individual lines:
- William Hawkins (parent): best candidate
- Mary Appleyard (parent): best candidate
- Emma Larkin (spouse): banns read
- John Hawkins (child): probably died young
What the record says
Documented He is in three censuses and a banns entry; his parentage is a best candidate.
Born baptised 1819, Aldenham
| When | What | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1819 | Baptised at Aldenham | Son of William Hawkins and Mary. He is the only John the register offers in the window, the other Johns being excluded by age. Held as a best candidate: the register cannot show that this child is the Red Lion man. | Read with care |
| 1841 | Boarding away from home | Most likely the John aged 20 at Aldenham Checkers, in a household of three with Katherine Nicholls and William Kimpton (HO107 piece 438). The 1841 census, which the work list nominated, could not give his parents. | Read with care |
| 18 Sep 1842 | Banns with Emma Larkin | Both resident at Aldenham. What is read is the banns entry; the wedding itself has not been seen. | Documented |
| 1851 | At Letchmore Heath | Head, agricultural labourer, aged 39 (HO107 piece 1714, folio 19), with Emma and four children. The age sits eight years from his 1871 age, and the baptism agrees with 1871. | Documented |
| 1871 | At the Red Lion Cottages | Aged 51, agricultural labourer, eight in the household, every one of them born in the parish (RG10 piece 1380, folio 10, schedule 58). | Documented |
Where this comes from
Each line of the table above names the record it rests on in its third column, and the grade at the top says how well the whole is evidenced. What is not established is said under its own heading below. How the grades and the labels on the chart are decided, and every source this archive holds.
What is not established
- His death is not established.
- His parents are a best candidate and not proved.
- His age is given as 39 in 1851 and 51 in 1871, which cannot both be right.