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partition of the rooms in front is the perpendicular,
and the roof is the hypothenuse. The garret is free
to favored children, but this inner temple contains
sacred emblems, which only the most exalted degrees
entitle one to look upon. Can these things be duplicated
in the house built to-day by contract No. In
spite of the profane sneer, there is some sentiment
in most men stronger than even the glitter of gold
in
their eyes.
There was no lapse in the Hitchings name and
occupation till May 6, 1765, when Joseph Hitchings
conveyed to young Adam Hawkes, then just of age
and married to Hannah Newhall. Adam was the
son of John and the grandson of Moses. When
Adam took possession, besides the house now standing,
there was an old house upon the premises which
has since disappeared. Adam 1 died while still a
young man. His kinsman, Thomas Hawkes, administered
upon the estate, and after its sale his widow
and children removed to Boston. Among his descendants
of the present time is Adam Augustus Hawkes,
of Wakefield, a frequent visitor at the old place.
Joseph Hitchings, the grantor, was the son of
Elkanah, who was the son of
Daniel.
In 1785, the buildings upon this place were iden-
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This Adam Hawkes was in Captain David Parker's Company
at the Battle of Lexington, April 19, 1775. The pathetic story of
this patriot of the Revolution, who left a widow and a family of
small children, is briefly related in a family record made before
1800, and is as follows —
:
Adam Hawkes entered on board the privateer Graybow ' '
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under command of Captain Hammon (probably Capt. Edward
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