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     John Blackstock Hawley Jr. was born on 11 July 1899 at Fort Worth, Tarrant County, TX. He married Helen Winston Thurston, daughter of James S. Thurston, on 3 November 1925. He married Anne McGill Stafford Fauntleroy.¹ He married Rosita Hofmeister Wright.¹
     He was born in Texas to Maj. John Blackstock Hawley, Sr., who was also acivil engineer. John, Jr. worked with him on his dams and sewage-controlsystems for awhile, but none of this interested him. He quit to become an inventor and at the age of twenty-eight, he had made $100,000. That was the year he became the surprised part-owner of a large fire-apparatus company. Minneapolis was the home of a concern he singled out as just the outfit to buy the newest Hawley creation, an improved pump for oilwells. The company took the invention and the inventor too. By 1928, Hawley had found he had exchanged his $100,000 for the ownership of Northern Pump.
     When he was twenty-two, he came out of a tuberculosis sanitarium that way. They had shipped him away to Colorado Springs, Colorado, for absolute rest and quiet. Just out of Cornell, with stopovers at Texas Christian, Colorado College, and Texas University, the young civil engineer had decided to be an inventor, and this looked like a fine time to start. At the end of a year, the doctor sent him on his way. 'You've broken all the rules,' he told the patient, 'and you seem to have just as much TB as when you came in. But it doesn't seem to hurt you any. The inventions Hawley had sketched out -- among them a ride-control device he designed as a new sales talk for automobiles -- gave him a net profit of $27,000 and a good start as an inventor and idea man.'
     There was an article written about John in the 20 Feb 1943 Saturday Evening Post with regard to his manufacturing business in Fridley, on the outskirts of Minneapolis, MN. His plant is called the Northern Pump Company and became known as the nation's foremost gunsmith developers for US Navy's big, sea-going, anti-aircraft guns. According to the 'Post' article: 'Hawley is an old hand at the 'running start'.
     John Jr. married three times. I don't know if this was because his previous wives died or he divorced them.

     Joseph Hawley was born in 1603 at Parwich, Derbyshire, England. He married Catherine Birdsey, daughter of Edward (Edmund) Birdsey and Phillipa Smith, circa 1646 at Wethersfield, CT. He died on 20 May 1690 at Stratford, Fairfield County, CT. He was buried in Stratford.
     He was was a yeoman and Town Recorder in Stratford.      It is supposed that Joseph was born about 1603, for his seond younger sister, Elizabeth, married to Richard Booth of Stratford, CT, who was born 1607, and that she was not older than her husband. It is believed Joseph was married when he came to America or soon after, and that this first wife died leaving no children, and that he married a second wife, Katharine, before he came to Stratford, CT. Joseph and K(C)atherine had 8 children (see Hawley Pedigree).      Hawley came from Parwich, Derby County, England in 1629 or 1630. He married Edward Birdsey's (?) daughter, Catherine, perhaps in Wethersfield, and came to Stratford in the first ten years. His brother,Thomas, stayed in Roxbury, his sister, Elizabeth, married Richard Boothe of Stratford and another sister, Hannah, was the wife of John Ufford in Milford.
     He arrived in America around 1630 and settled in Stratford, CT. He was the second owner of the home lot where Keating Ford is located now, at Main and Stratford Avenue; he bought the lot from Richard Mills.      In his will he says 'My now wife,' as though he had had a previous one, and there being no record of any other in Stratford, it must have been before he came there. This opinion is strengthened by the fact that Joseph's eldest child was born in 1647-48, when the father was apparently over forty years of age; and his sister Elizabeth Booth's eldest child was born in 1641.      His will dates 1689. The place of his residence in England is revealed in his will, in which he says: 'I give to my son, Samuel Hawley, all myl ands and buildings in Parwidge in Darbyshire in Old England, to him, his heirs and assigns.' This 'Parwidge' is now Parwich, and is in Derbyshire, about nine miles northwest of Old Derby and four miles from Ashbourne, the market town, and Mr. Hawley's owning 'lands and buildings:indicates it to have been a homestead. This property was quit-claimed by Samuel Hawley to his brother Nathaniel, who gave for it a lot of meadowland in Stratford, CT., as appears on record, but no further account of it has been found. Name variation: Joseph Hawley Sr.
General source(s) for this information, see footnotes.¹

     Joseph Hawley was born on 6 June 1675 at Stratford, Fairfield County, CT. He married Elizabeth Wilcoxson, daughter of Timothy Wilcoxson and Joanna Birdsey, on 7 June 1697. He died on 20 November 1752 at Stratford, Fairfield County, CT, at age 77.
     Captain Joseph was a 'cordwainer' and farmer, who lived in Farmington, CT. Name variation: Capt. Joseph Hawley.

     Josiah Hawley was born in 1735. He married Ruth Burton, daughter of Judson Burton and Eunice Lewis, on 20 April 1759. He married Phebe, daughter of Finch, on 5 October 1783. He died in 1798.

     Josiah Hawley was born in 1731. He married Hannah Warner, daughter of Benjamin Warner and Silence Hurd, on 8 February 1753. He died on 22 October 1791.

     Stephen Hawley, Jr. was born on 3 November 1738 at Stratford, Fairfield County, CT. He married Mary Bellamy, daughter of Samuel Bellamy and Mary Jones, on 3 November 1762. He married Mehetabel Hotchkiss, daughter of Joel Hotchkiss and Mary Sherman, on 25 September 1793. He died on 17 July 1804 at Bethany, CT, at age 65. He was buried in the Old Cemetery in Bethany.
     He left a will in 1774. It was recorded at Woodbury, CT.      The Old Cemetery is near the land where his first church was built. Their tombstone was erected upon his grave 100 years after Mr. Hawley was ordained as the first preacher of the Congregational Church of Bethany,CT.
     The Rev. Stephen Hawley, Jr. was a native of New Milford, CT and graduated from Yale College at New Haven in 1759. It is probable that he studied under Dr. Bellamy. Stephen was licenced to preach in 1761 by the New Haven East Association.
The Rev. Stephen Hawley was ordained and became the first minister of the Congregational Church of Bethany CT., 12 Oct 1763 at the age of 26 in an open-air ceremony about a mile South of the present church by The Rev. Dr. Bellamy of Bethlehem, CT, his brother-in-law. The Rev. Dr. Bellamy preached his ordination sermon. Mr. Hawley continued preaching there until his death, forty one years later. Stephen Hawley, Sr. left a will in 1774. It was recorded at Woodbury, CT. He left to his son, Stephen, as follows:
     His first wife was Mary Bellamy, whom he married in 1762. Stephen and Mary had three children.
Stephen's second marriage was to Mehitible Hotchkiss in 1793, daughter of Capt. Joel Hotchkiss, also of Bethany, CT. Stephen and Mehitible had four children, from which our family line decends. Name variation: Rev. Stephen Hawley Jr.
General source(s) for this information, see footnotes.¹

     Judith Terril Hawley was born on 5 March 1896 at Fort Worth, Tarrant County, TX. She married Henry Morgan Winans, son of Henry S. Winans. She died in 1965.
     She had two more sons.

     Leavett Hawley was born on 8 January 1792. He married unknown. He died in 1872.
     Leavett resided in Middlebury, CT.

     Lewis Hawley was born in September 1818.
     Lewis resided in Brooklyn, NY.

     Mary Hawley was born on 28 December 1880 at Roseville section, Newark, Essex County, NJ, (Dr. George A. Van Wagenen attended the birth.)¹ She was christened at Roseville Presbyterian Church, Newark, Essex County, NJ.¹ She married Charles Wesley Vreeland, son of William Henry Vreeland and Mary Edith Britten, on 4 June 1908 at Newark, Essex County, NJ, (by Dr. William T. Chapman.) She died on 17 February 1960 at Montclair, Essex County, NJ, at age 79. She was buried on 20 February 1960 in the Rosedale Cemetery in Orange (Whitenack-Craig lot.)²
     Mary attended and was graduated from Teachers College, ColumbiaUniversity, NY, NY on 6 June 1906.(2) Her major and specialty was in the Fine Arts. Mary enjoyed painting in several mediums, writing poems, short stories and playing the piano. She also had a 'green thumb' at window gardening. Mary took on the middle name of Elizabeth at one point in her life during her college and art years. She lived in Glen Ridge, NJ, Winston-Salem, NC, and Bloomfield, NJ.(3.)      During 1942, Mary became a widow. She decided to fill her days with services towards the war effort at a parts-assembly plant in the same town, Bloomfield, where she lived.(5.)      Anne Boyer Hawley (RIN #1086) wrote to Mary Hawley Vreeland Christmas 1950 with the pedigree information about the Dr. Augustine Boyer Hawley family from Red Wing MN. Augustine was the son of Isaac Agur Hawley, from Geneva, NY and nephew of Dr. Joel Edwin Hawley from Ithaca, NY. She said that the Hawley Bible was in the hands of a Jane Kay Stuart.(6.)      Mary was nicknamed Bayer by her first grand-daughter, Patricia Allan (Vreeland) Boyle. She had severe osteo-arthritis but succumbed to leukemia after a lengthy hospitalization. Married name: Vreeland.

     Mary Hawley was born in 1699. She married Josiah Hubbell, son of John Hubbell and Patience Nichols.

     Mary Hawley was born on 18 December 1790. She married Ira Yale. She died on 16 August 1873 at age 82.
     She and Ira Yale lived at Wallingford, CT.

     Mary DeForest Hawley was born on 18 September 1835 at Ithaca, Tompkins County, NY. She was christened on 6 April 1845 at Ithaca, Tompkins County, NY. She married Isaac S. Tichenor, son of Tichenor, on 3 July 1860 at Ithaca, Tompkins County, NY.
     Mary DeForest, daughter of Dr. Joel Edwin Hawley and Miranda Orcelia Phillips (1), was married to Isaac S. Tichenor by the Rev. Dr. Walker in Newark, Essex, NJ. Married name: Tichenor.
General source(s) for this information, see footnotes.¹

     Mary Everett Hawley was born on 2 October 1869 at Redwing, Goodhue County, MN. She married Edward Zeh Hawkes MD, son of Edward H Hawkes and Jane Zeh, in 1904.¹ She died on 1 November 1934 at age 65.
     Mary and Dr. E. Zeh lived on Heller Parkway, Newark, NJ. With them lived a Hal Hawley and his wife Jean, according to a letter written to Mary Hawley Vreeland Christmas 1950. Married name: Hawkes.

     Matthew Hawley was christened on 14 February 1713 at Durham, CT. He married Abigail Noble, daughter of Stephen Noble and Abigail Morgan, on 4 December 1737. He married Hannah Buck, daughter of Enoch Buck and Mary Beebe, on 3 December 1740. He died on 14 December 1800 at age 87.

     Nathan Hawley married Keziah Bunnell, daughter of Benjamin Bunnell and Patience Miles, on 8 November 1733.

     Nathaniel Hawley was born in 1701. He married Mary Ufford, daughter of Samuel Ufford and Elizabeth Curtis, on 12 December 1723.¹ He died on 7 January 1754.¹
     Information from sources below; Person Source.¹ Name variation: Sr.      Nathaniel and Mary remained on the old family homestead in Stratford, CT. The right to the remaining money due from the sale of the old homestead in England was secured to him by purchase from his brother, Samuel.¹

     Nathaniel Hawley was born on 2 July 1732. He married Mary? DeForest?
     Name variation: Nathaniel Hawley Jr.

     Patience Hawley married Consider Hulburt, son of Jonathan Hulburt and Mary, on 25 March 1742.
     Married name: Hulburt.

     Phebe Hawley was christened on 12 April 1739. She married Abijah Hurd, son of Benjamin Hurd and Hannah, on 20 March 1754.
     Married name: Hurd.

     Philip Ferguson Hawley married Evelyn Isabella DeWitt, daughter of William Converse DeWitt and Martha Louisa Cossitt, on 22 October 1912 at Chicago, IL.¹
     He lived at Chicago, IL.¹

     Samuel Hawley was born on 9 January 1647 at Stratford, Fairfield County, CT. He married Mary Thompson, daughter of Thomas Thompson and Ann Welles, on 20 May 1673 at Stratford, Fairfield County, CT. He married Patience Nichols, daughter of Isaac Nichols and Margery Washburn Sherman, in 1692. He died on 24 August 1734 at age 87.
     He was a farmer and tanner by trade. He also retained large holdings in real estate. He was a Town Recorder and Treasurer of Stratford and 29 times was a Representative for Connecticut. He left a will on 15 April 1734. It was proved 24 Sep 1734, he said: 'having lived to see my children disposed of in marriage, and given them portions, all remaining estate to wifePatience.' Name variation: Samuel Hawley Sr.
General source(s) for this information, see footnotes.¹

     Samuel Hawley was born on 3 December 1803. He died in 1842.
     Samuel was a physician, who resided in Charlotte, SC and died in the summer of 1842. Name variation: Samuel Hawley M.D.

     Samuel Hawley was born on 14 May 1674. He married Bethia Booth, daughter of Ephraim Booth and Mary Clark, on 14 May 1702 at Stratford, Fairfield County, CT. He died in 1754.
     Name variation: Samuel Hawley Jr.

     Samuel Hawley was born on 18 December 1728. He married Catherine Sherwood, daughter of Daniel Sherwood and Anna, on 17 May 1750.

     Spencer Hawley was born in 1800. He died in 1803 at Bethany, CT. He was buried in Bethany.

     Stephen Hawley, Sr. was born in 1695 at Stratford, Fairfield County, CT. He married Mary De Forest, daughter of David De Forest and Martha Blagge, on 21 July 1720 at Stratford, Fairfield County, CT. He died in 1790. He was buried in Newbury Parish.
     Stephen graduated from Yale in its second class to be graduated. He was a land dealer and resided in New Milford, CT in 1726. He left a will in 1774. It was recorded at Woodbury, CT. He left to his son, Stephen, as follows:
General source(s) for this information, see footnotes.¹

     Stephen Hawley was born on 20 May 1817.
     Stephen resided in Bridgeport, CT.