Thankful Smead1

#2137, (13 May 1677 - 29 February 1704)
Relationship6th great-grandaunt of William David Lewis
Father*William Smead Jr1 (c 1635 - )
Mother*Elizabeth Lawrence1 (1642 - 1704)

Family

John Hawks III b. c 1673, d. 1704
Children 1.John Hawks IV7 (1696 - 1704)
 2.Martha Hawks8 (1699 - 1704)
 3.Thankful Hawks8 (1701 - 1704)
Her entire family was killed at the Deerfield Massacre. Children: John Hawks IV, Nathaniel Hawks, Martha Hawks, and Thankful Hawks.2 
Her married name was Hawks.1 
Birth*13 May 1677She was born on 13 May 1677 at Deerfield, Franklin Co., MassachusettsG.1 
Marriage*circa 1695She married John Hawks III, son of John Hawks Jr and Martha Baldwin, circa 1695.1 
Death*29 February 1704She died on 29 February 1704 at Franklin Co., MassachusettsG, at age 26.1 
29 February 1703/4She was killed in the Deerfield Raid and Massacre on 29 February 1703/4 at Deerfield, Massachusetts; Deerfield French and Indian raid.3,4,5,6 

Citations

  1. [S289] George Sheldon, History of Deerfield, Massachusetts, Volume 2 (Deerfield: E.A. Hall and Co., 1896), Genealogies p. 301.
  2. [S520] VWH.
  3. [S1512] John Williams, The Redeemed Captive Returning to Zion (Boston: Samuel Hall, 1795). Reprinted Springfield, Mass.: H. R. Huntting Co., 1908, pp. 171-172. Hereinafter cited as Redeemed Captive Returning to Zion.
  4. [S741] George Sheldon, History of Deerfield, Massachusetts, Volume 1 (Greenfield, Mass.: E.A. Hall and Co., 1895), 308, 309. Has Henry Nims as age 12. He was 22.
  5. [S741] George Sheldon, History of Deerfield I, p. 304-05.
  6. [S1230] Emma Lewis Coleman, New England Captives Carried to Canada between 1677 and 1760. Two volumes (Portland, Maine: The Southworth Press, 1925).
  7. [S762] Thomas W. Baldwin, compiler, Vital Records of Deerfield Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (Boston: Wright & Potter Printing Company, 1920), Births, p. 72.
  8. [S289] George Sheldon, History of Deerfield II, Genealogies p. 189.