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Christena Who? From Where?
What is Christena's last name? I could easily write a page about it, but the long and short of it is that I didn't know and until recently I didn't have a strong guess. I could write another page about how my DNA results led me to William M. Hawk of Pennsylvania. He has labored for years to find out where his Hawk line originated. When we learned of our mutual connection, he immediately began searching for Andrews among the old Pennsylvania records. Almost all the data on this page is his work.
The DNA evidence is strong, undeniably strong, but all it can tell us is that we share a common ancestor, and that common ancestor is very likely someone near to Andrew Hawk's time. From a records standpoint, the Pennsylvania/Georgia connection remains tenuous. Did the split occur in America after the War for Independence? Did the split occur back in the Old Country? Was our mutual founder a Palatine emigrant? We don't know. Here are the records, and we invite your input.
The Master Document
Andrew Haack Sr. Last Will & Testament
- These are scanned from the original. Big documents - use your zoom.
- Andrew Haack LW&T pg 1
- Andrew Haack LW&T pg 2
Extracts from "Berks of Old"
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"Berks of Old: the History and Genealogy of Berks County, Pennsylvania" (PERSI code PABO) was published by Southwestern Pennsylvania Genealogical Services 1983-1990. There were 7 volumes and 4-5 issues per volume.
- Hawk in Berks County Genealogical Society records, Bill's work on 14-15 Nov 2006
- Berks Co. Deed and Court Documents, a 1780 deed for Johannes Haak and an 1807 court judgment on John Hawk
- Score one for Catharine Krill!
- more Hawk in Berks County Genealogical Society records, Civil Court dockets and more
Extracts from other PA works
- Hawk appearing in Pennsylvania German Pioneers, by Ralph B. Strassburger and William J. Hinke.
This book is the Bible of Pennsylvania German research. Bill has extracted the Hawk (and etc.) surnames. - LW&T of Andreas Haack
- LW&T of Caspar Hinterleiter
- Berks County, PA, tax records
- Delong's Church records
- Christ (Mertz) Lutheran Church records 2
- Evolution of John Hawk's surname - Haack->Haugh->Hauk->Hawk
- Warrants and Surveys of the Province of Pennsylvania including the Lower Counties, 1759
Weinberg and Slattery, compilers, from Dept. of Records, City of Philadelphia
Reprinted 1975 by The Bookmark, Knightstown, Indiana
- pg 71, Hawk, Andrew, 1734, vol 9, pg 92
- Phila. County, Hawk, Andrew, 1757, vol 8, pg 263
These would be Bucks, Philadelphia, or Chester counties - the three original counties
- pg 71, Hawk, Andrew, 1734, vol 9, pg 92
Pennsylvania Links
- Pennsylvania State Archives Revolutionary War Military Abstract Card File.
There are 7 Andrew Hawk records, which appear to be 2 individuals, one in York County and one in Philadelphia. Is one of these men ours? - New Goshenhoppen Church
- Berks County's 250th Anniversary: Maxatawny Township courtesy of The Reading Eagle
- Berks County's 250th Anniversary: Rockland Township courtesy of The Reading Eagle
- Berks County, PA, Prothonotary Genealogy Record Search
- Berks County Cemetery Records
- Rootsweb's Berks Co page
Pedigrees
- Pedigree of William M. Hawk
(the founder Jacob Hauck is speculative) - Descendants of Andrew Haack (unverified data)
- WFT Vol 9, pedigree # 769: "Descendants of Johann Casper Hinterleitner"
Immigration Links
- Palatine ship passenger lists
- Another link of Palatine passengers:
These lists have emigrant passengers such as
Andreas Haag, Ship Rawley, 1752
Andreas Hauck, Ship Betsey, 1768
Dead ends
Some no-luck resources we've checked.
- Early German Hawk Families of Westmoreland County, PA by Ken Slaker. The Ohio Hawk lines appear to spring from these families.
- Genealogy of Conrad and Elizabeth (Borger) Hawk by Atwood Shupp
- Most of the Pennsylvania Hawk lines appear to derive from Hans Jorg Hag who immigrated 8 Sep 1748 on the Hampshire.
- Henry Jones' books on early Palatine immigrants to New York
- Index to Annette Burgert's works
Footnote on DNA details
- Hawk DNA project: the DNA Heritage project I began earlier this year
- Public and searchable Y-STR databases (search for HAWK):
- My DNA test results, haplogroup I1a
- Ken Nordtvedt's I1a haplogroup research study
- Family Tree DNA
- DNA Heritage
- ISOGG, consortium of genetic genealogists
If you are interested in learning more about DNA genealogy, nothing beats just googling around. The DNA Heritage and Family Tree DNA sites have a lot of helpful information on their FAQ pages. But there are some good personal sites out there too. - Robert Hawks leads the Hawks surname DNA project. "Hawk" surnames are included in their project, however my research has shown that Hawk and Hawks lines are unrelated. And frankly I thought that DNA Heritage offered a better value.