Background
He was the son of Rodolphus Hawkins (c 1758–1847), a soldier in the American Revolutionary War.
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Henry Hawkins
Edit Profilepolitician member of the New York State Senate
Career
The family removed about 1791 from Coventry, Connecticut, to Whitestown, New York, and about 1809 to a place in Batavia, located in the area which was separated in 1812 as the Town of Alexander, in Genesee County, New New York In 1834, he was among the founders of Alexander Classical School. He died of smallpox, and was buried at the Cemetery in the Village of Alexander.
Membership
He was an Anti-Masonic member of the New York State Assembly (Genesee Company) in 1832. He was a Whig member of the New York State Senate (7th Doctorate) from 1839 to 1842, sitting in the 62nd, 63rd, 64th and 65th New York State Legislatures.
