Herkimer County NyArchives Biographies.....Hawkins, Keith June 30, 1825 - 
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Author: Hardin & Willard

Hawkins, Keith, Newport, was horn in Newport June 30,1825, a son of Thadius K.,
one of nine children of Uriah and Mary (Keith) Hawkins. Uriah was a native of
Rhode Island and one of the first settlers of Newport, coming thence in 1802. 
He settled and cleared the farm which Keith now owns. He served seven years in 
the Revolutionary war and drew a pension until his death. February 19, 1840. 
His wife died October 17, 1837. Thadius K. Hawkins was born in Rhode Island 
February 12, 1800. He was a mason and a farmer. He maried Sophrona, a daughter 
of David and Lydia Foster, natives of Connecticut, and early settlers of 
Norway, N. T. Mr. and Mrs. Hawkins had three sons and two daughters. He was a 
Republican and died in June, 1875, and his wife March 9, 1872. In 1849 Keith 
Hawkins married Lucy Marcy, a native of Newport; they had one child, Ellen, 
born November 15, 1849. Mrs. Hawkins died March 15. 1850. In 1852 Mr. Hawkins 
marred Hannah Upright, of Newport, by whom he had four children, Frank M . 
Frederick U., Millard J. and George K. He is a mason by trade but for many 
years has followed farming. He is a Republican and has been highway 
commissioner and is also a member of Newport Lodge No. 455, F. and A. M.

Additional Comments:
source:
History of Herkimer County, New York : illustrated with portraits of many of 
its citizens
edited by George A. Hardin ; assisted by Frank H. Willard
Syracuse, New York : D. Mason, 1893
550 p., 276 p. : ill., maps, ports.

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