(Note: the person referred to here as Thomas Hawkins junior was the man I have been calling Sir Thomas Hawkins the elder, who was in fact the son of yet another Thomas Hawkins.) Like his brothers and sisters, Richard was born at Nash Court, Boughton, while Mary, his future wife, would have grown up either in nearby Canterbury, where her father Dr John Langworth served as Prebendary until his death in 1614, or at one of the country properties that he is said to have owned, possibly even closer to Boughton. Rychard Haukyns the sonne of Thomas Haukyns, Ju., gent. Now it’s time to turn to Mary Langworth, who married Richard Hawkins, yet another Hawkins sibling. The parish register of Boughton-under-Blean includes the following entry for 1581: Parish church of St Peter and St Paul, Boughton-under-Blean In recent posts I’ve written about Mary’s three brothers-in-law: the poet and translator Sir Thomas Hawkins the younger, the physician, translator and grammarian John Hawkins, and the Jesuit priest and author Henry Hawkins and about her three sisters-in-law: Susan Finch of Grovehurst, Anne Hildesley of Little Stoke, and Benedict Hawkins who joined the exiled Benedictine community in Brussels. I’ve taken a roundabout route to finally arrive at Mary herself, having followed a number of detours to explore the Hawkins family and their connections with other noted Catholic families, such as the Hildesleys, Finches and Knatchbulls. Having examined the life of John Langworth’s daughter Helen, who married Nathaniel Spurrett and whose daughter Frances joined an exiled Franciscan convent, I turned my attention to Helen’s sister Mary, who married into the Catholic Hawkins family of Boughton-under-Blean near Canterbury. Finch Jr.My exploration of a network of recusant families in Elizabethan and Jacobean Kent and Sussex began with the Langworth family, and specifically with the children of Dr John Langworth, the cleric and poet who was reputed to be a church papist. Read Richard Finch, Jr.'s Obituary and Guestbook on To send flowers to the family or plant a tree in memory of Richard J. Memorial contributions in Richard's memory may be made to the Wounded Warriors Project. Saturday December 21 at Grace Chapel, 1674 Route 20 Skaneateles. Besides his parents he is predeceased by his sister Jean Davidson.Ī memorial service celebrating Richard's life will be 5 p.m. John brothers Steven (Deborah) Finch of Deansboro, NY and Paul Finch of Glens Falls, and several nieces and nephews. John of Queensbury, NY, Zachary Finch of NC and Joshua Finch of Marietta grandchildren Adam and Ashley St. Richard leaves behind his loving wife of 25 years the former Terri Smith children Melissa St. His wife and children were the love of his life. He was an Eagle Scout and a member of the Order of Arrow and was an avid reader. Richard had a strong faith to God and was a member of Grace Chapel. Colonel with the 10th Mountain Division at Fort Drum. He retired in 2005 after 32 years serving in the US Army as a Lt. Born in Glens Falls, NY, to the late Richard and Jeanette Finch, Richard worked for Alutiiq as a logistics contractor. Finch, Jr., 59 of Marietta passed away Tuesday Decemat Upstate University Hospital.
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