The Parochial History of Cornwall, Volume 1 (of 4)
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The Parochial History of Cornwall, Volume 1 (of 4)
Cornwall (England : County) -- History; Geology -- England -- Cornwall (County)
_Sixth_, Thomas Hawkins, their son, married, first, Florence, daughter
of James Praed, esq. of Trevethow, by whom he had one daughter,
married to John Williams, of Helston, merchant. He married, secondly,
Ann, daughter and coheir of Christopher Bellott, of Bochym, and died
in 1716, leaving one son and one daughter.
_Seventh_, Christopher Hawkins, esq. barrister-at-law, married Mary,
daughter and coheir of Philip Hawkins, of Pennance, esq. and
practically his sole heiress, as well as of her brother Philip
Hawkins, D.D. sometime Master of Pembroke college, Cambridge.
They resided during several years in London, where Mr. Hawkins
practised as a lawyer; but, having lost several children, they
determined on removing into the country, and finally settled at
Trewinnard about the year 1750. They had one daughter, Jane, married
to Sir Richard Vyvyan, of Trelowarren. And
_Eighth_, Thomas Hawkins, esq. who married Anne, daughter of James
Heywood, esq. a merchant of London. He represented Grampound in
Parliament, and died in 1766, leaving four sons and one daughter.
Philip died at Eton.
Sir Christopher, Member for Michell, Grampound, Penryn, and St. Ives,
in different Parliaments, and created a Baronet July 28, 1791. He was
a Fellow of the Royal, Antiquarian, and Horticultural Societies, and
published in 1811 “Observations on the Tin Trade of the Ancients in
Cornwall, and on the Ictis of Diodorus Siculus.” He died unmarried in
1829.
Thomas died a young man.
John Hawkins, the present representative of the family, celebrated
throughout Europe for his general knowledge on all subjects, his
science, literature, and travels, especially through Greece, the most
interesting portion of the ancient world, married the only daughter of
Mr. Sibthorpe, Member for Lincoln, and has two sons and four
daughters; the eldest, Mr. John Heywood Hawkins, is a distinguished
Member of the present Parliament. His sister is the widow of Mr.
Trelawney Brereton.
The house at Trewinnard has been so much altered and improved since
Mr. Christopher Hawkins came to reside there, about eighty years ago,
as scarcely to leave a trace of what it had been in former times; but
the garden remains, a pleasing specimen of cut yew, trim box, and
thorn hedges. There was also a building, detached from the house,
supposed to have been the ancient chapel, although, I think,
inaccurately, as it stood north and south. One of the upstairs rooms
has tapestry representing the victory of Constantine, with his
celebrated vision of the Cross. But, above all, here are preserved the
remains of an old coach, suspended on long leathers without springs,
and in general form corresponding with the coach exhibited by the Lord
Mayor of London. I believe, however, that it is much less ancient than
has generally been supposed, and it has been in actual use within
seventy years.
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