Zadock Hawkins was born in about 1773 in Derby, New Haven, Connecticut. His parents were Eleazer Hawkins and Damaris Wooster. He married Lydia Wilmot, daughter of William Wilmot and Lydia Perkins, 4 August 1754. They had nine children. Descendants and relatives lived mainly in Connecticut, Vermont, Maine, New Brunswick, Ontario, New York, Indiana, Ohio Kansas, Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, Texas, Washington and Wisconsin.

Robert Hawkins lived in Charlestown, Massachusetts, He married Mary. Traces the descendants of two of their sons, Zachariah and Joseph (1642-1682). Descendants and relatives lived mainly in Connecticut, New York, Vermont, Ohio and Washington.