Most of my journals have been either interesting or one of pride. Not so in this journal. My mother's family can be easily traced into medieval England. In the time of the Tudor reign we discover the Hawkins family. As usual, when you get this far back in history you can be sure you are dealing with nobility. John Hawkins, the main character in this journal is a second cousin of Sir Francis Drake. In fact, history tells us they lived together for a time. William Hawkins, the father of John was a confidant of Henry VIII. John Hawkins is considered the originator of the negro slave trade in the world.Following is brief biography of William Hawkins from:
http://www.devonheritage.org/Nonplace/History/TheHawkinsfamilyofPlymouth.htm

William married Joan Trelawny of the famed Cornish family and they had two children: William, born about 1519 and John, 1532.

He became Mayor of Plymouth in 1532. In 1544 he was Deputy Mayor and England was at war with France when, with others, he received a commission from Henry VIII to annoy the King?s enemies with 4, 6 or 8 barks sailing at their own cost. This commission marks the entry of the Hawkins family into the business of privateering. The privateers, or men-of-war as they were known at the time, inflicted great damage on French commerce at great profit to themselves. One of William?s ships took a Spanish vessel, whose cargo he asserted was French, falsely represented as Spanish. A French invasion seemed imminent and it was uncertain whether Spain would back France. It was therefore expedient to keep the Spanish Emperor happy and Hawkins was imprisoned until he should have made restitution to the owner of the captured ship. In fact it transpired that the owner was a Spaniard who, some years earlier, had become a naturalized Frenchman so William was in the right. In any event it was not discreditable for a public figure to go to prison in the 16th century and it did not lower him in the estimation of those who sent him there.

Next is s biography of John Hawkins from Wikipedia:

Admiral Sir John Hawkins (also spelled as Hawkyns) (Plymouth 1532 ? 12 November 1595) was an English shipbuilder, naval administrator and commander, merchant, navigator, and slave trader. As treasurer (1577) and controller (1589) of the Royal Navy, he rebuilt older ships and helped design the faster ships that withstood the Spanish Armada in 1588. He later devised the naval blockade to intercept Spanish treasure ships. One of the foremost seamen of 16th-century England, he was the chief architect of the Elizabethan navy. In the battle in which the Spanish Armada was defeated in 1588, Hawkins served as a vice admiral and was knighted for his role.[1]
William, John's father, was a confidant of Henry VIII of England and one of England's principal sea captains. Sir Francis Drake, John's second cousin, helped him in his second voyage.
The first Englishman recorded to have taken slaves from Africa was John Lok, a London trader who, in 1555, brought five slaves from Guinea. A second London trader taking slaves at that time was William Towerson whose fleet sailed into Plymouth following his 1556 voyage to Africa and from Plymouth on his 1557 voyage. Despite the exploits of Lok and Towerson, John Hawkins of Plymouth is often considered to be the pioneer of the British slave trade, because he was the first to run the Triangular trade, making a profit at every stop.

John Hawkins formed a syndicate of wealthy merchants to invest in the slave trade. In 1555, he set sail with three ships for the Caribbean via Sierra Leone. They hijacked a Portuguese slave ship and traded the 301 slaves in the Caribbean. Despite having two ships seized by the Spanish authorities, he sold the slaves in Santo Domingo and thus made a profit for his London investors. His voyage caused the Spanish to ban all English ships from trading in their West Indies colonies.[citation needed] In 1563, John Hawkins brought the first slaves from Africa to both the Caribbean Isles and Lower Americas.[2]
[edit]Second voyage (1564?1565)

Hawkins' second voyage was even more successful. In 1564, Queen Elizabeth I partnered with him by renting him the huge old 700-ton ship Jesus of Lubeck, on which he set forth on a more extensive voyage, along with three small ships. Hawkins sailed to Borburata, privateering along the way. By the time he reached Borburata, he had captured around 400 Africans. After Borburata, Hawkins sailed to Rio de la Hacha. The Spanish officials tried to prevent Hawkins from selling the slaves by imposing taxes. Captain Hawkins refused to pay the taxes and threatened to burn the towns. After selling his slaves, Captain Hawkins sailed to a French colony in Florida for a respite. Captain Hawkins returned to England in September 1566, his expedition a total success as his financiers made a 60% profit.[citation needed]
[edit]Third voyage (1567?1569)

His third voyage began in 1567. Hawkins obtained many more slaves, and also augmented his cargo by capturing the Portuguese slave ship Madre de Deus (Mother of God) and its human cargo. He took about 400 slaves across the Atlantic on the third trip. At San Juan de Ul?a (in modern Vera Cruz) he was chanced upon by a strong Spanish force that was bringing, by a royal edict issued on 16 June 1567 by king Philip II of Spain, an investigative commission consisting of Licenciado Gaspar de Jarava, Licenciado Alonso Mu?oz, and Doctor Luis Carrillo to find out about the insistent rumours alleging some sort of move towards Mexican independence from the Spanish Crown by the Spanish Viceroy of Mexico Gaston de Peralta, 3rd Marquis of Falces, and his half-brothers Martin Cortes I "El Mestizo", Martin Cort?s y Z??iga (also known as Martin Cort?s II and Mart?n Cort?s, 2nd Marquis of the Valley of Oaxaca) and Luis Cort?s y Hermosillo. De Jarava and Mu?oz were from the Council of the Indies, while Carrillo was an official at the Court. The General Commander of the Fleet was the newly appointed governor of Cuba Pedro Men?ndez de Avil?s (founder of the City of San Agustin, Florida), assisted by the capable seafarer Sancho Pardo Donleb?n, who was later to be a powerful adversary of both Hawkins and Drake.
In the ensuing Battle of San Juan de Ul?a only two of the English ships escaped destruction, and Hawkins' voyage home was a miserable one. That of Hawkins' gunner, Job Hartop was equally so and took many years.
Although his first three voyages were semi-piratical enterprises, Queen Elizabeth I was in need of money and saw pirates as fighting her battles at their own cost and risk.
Hawkins would write about the details of his third voyage in An Alliance to Raid for Slaves. Specifically he comments on how trading and raiding were closely related in the English slave trade, and how European success in the slave trade directly depended on African allies who were willing to cooperate. He also comments on the level of violence he and his men used and encouraged in order to secure his captives. The title makes clear the basis of his methodology.
[edit]1570?1587

As part of the English government's web of counter-espionage, Hawkins pretended to be part of the Ridolfi plot to betray Queen Elizabeth in 1571. By gaining the confidence of Spain's ambassador to England, he learned the details of the conspiracy, and notified the government so to arrest the plotters. He offered his services to the Spanish, in order to obtain the release of prisoners of war, and to discover plans for the proposed Spanish invasion of England.
His help in foiling the plot was rewarded, and in 1571 Hawkins entered Parliament as MP for Plymouth. He became Treasurer of the Royal Navy on 1 January 1578, following the death of his predecessor Benjamin Gonson (who was also his father-in-law, Hawkins having married Katherine Gonson in 1567).
Hawkins' financial reforms of the Navy upset many who had vested interests, and in 1582 his rival Sir William Wynter accused him of administrative malfeasance, instigating a royal commission on fraud against him. The commission, under William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley, Francis Walsingham, and Drake, concluded that there was no undue corruption, and that the Queen's Navy was in first-rate condition.[3]
Hawkins was determined that his navy, as well as having the best fleet of ships in the world, would also have the best quality of seamen, and so petitioned and won a pay increase for sailors, arguing that a smaller number of well-motivated and better-paid men would be more effective than a larger group of uninterested men.
Hawkins made important improvements in ship construction and rigging; he is less well known for his inventiveness as a shipwright, but it was his idea to add to the caulker's work by the finishing touch of sheathing the underside of his ships with a skin of nailed elm planks sealed with a combination of pitch and hair smeared over the bottom timbers, as a protection against the worms which would attack a ship in tropical seas. Hawkins also introduced detachable topmasts that could be hoisted and used in good weather and stowed in heavy seas. Masts were stepped further forward, and sails were cut flatter. His ships were "race-built", being longer and with forecastle and aftcastle (or poop) greatly reduced in size.
[edit]The Spanish Armada



The arms of Sir John Hawkins
John Hawkins' innovative measures made the new English ships fast and highly manoeuvrable. In 1588 they were tested against the Spanish Armada. Hawkins was the Rear Admiral, one of three main commanders of the English fleet against the Armada, alongside Francis Drake and Martin Frobisher. Hawkins? flagship was Victory. It is possible that Hawkins organised the fire-ship attacks at Calais. For his role in the great sea battle, Hawkins was knighted.
After the defeat of the Armada, Hawkins urged the seizure of Philip II's colonial treasure, in order to stop Spain re-arming. In 1589, Hawkins sailed with former apprentice Francis Drake in a massive military operation (the Drake?Norris Expedition) with one of its goals being to try to intercept the Spanish treasure fleet. The voyage failed, but the idea led many other English pirates to make similar attempts.
In 1590 Drake and Hawkins founded a charity for the relief of sick and elderly mariners. This was followed by a hospital in 1592 and another in 1594, the Sir John Hawkins? Hospital. The charity continues today.
[edit]Potatoes, tobacco and sharks

Potatoes were first imported to the British Isles (probably to Ireland) in either 1563 or 1565 (sources differ) by Hawkins.
Some scholars suggest that it was John Hawkins who introduced tobacco into Britain. Some accounts say this was in 1569, others in 1564. The latter is more likely, since he mentions "Ltobaccoj" (meaning tobacco) in his journals of the second voyage.
The Oxford English Dictionary notes that the word shark appears to have been introduced by Hawkins' sailors, who brought one back and exhibited it in London in 1569. It has recently been suggested that the derivation is from xoc, the word for "fish" in a Mayan language spoken in Yucat?n.[4]
[edit]Death

In 1595 he accompanied his second cousin Sir Francis Drake, on a treasure-hunting voyage to the West Indies, involving two unsuccessful attacks on San Juan in Puerto Rico. During the voyage they both fell sick. Hawkins died at sea off Puerto Rico. Drake succumbed to disease, most likely dysentery, on January 27, and was buried at sea somewhere off the coast of Porto Belo. Hawkins was succeeded by his son Sir Richard Hawkins.
Hawkins came to the public's attention again in June 2006, almost four and a half centuries after his death, when his descendant Andrew Hawkins publicly apologized for his ancestor's actions in the slave trade

Genealogy of the Hawkins family:

Generation 1:
Osbert DEHAWKING
Birth 1357 in Faversham, Kent, England
Death 1393 in England
Married to:
??
Issue of Osbert and ?:
Sir Andrew Hawkins
1421 ? 1453

Generation 2:
Sir Andrew HAWKINS
Birth 1421 in Faversham, Kent, England
Death 1453 in Morchard, Devon, England
Married to:
Joan DE NASH
Birth 1429 in Launceston, Cornwall, England
Death 1454 in Nash Court, Kent, England
Issue of Andrew and Joan:
Margaret Hawkins
1450 ?
Sir John Hawkins
1450 ? 1508
Jeremy Hawkins
1455 ?

Generation 3:
Sir John HAWKINS
Birth 1450 in Travistock, Devon, England
Death 1508 in Plymouth, Devon, England
Married to:
Joan AMADOS
Birth 1465 in Lauceston, Cornwall, England
Death 1554 in Plymouth, Devon, England
Issue of John and Joan:
William A. Hawkins Captain
1480 ? 1554

Generation 4:
Captain William A HAWKINS
Birth 1480 in Plymouth, Devon, England
Death 1554 in Plymouth, Devon, England
Married to:
Joan Towne TRELAWNEY
Birth 1494 in Launceton, Cornwall, England
Death 10 Jul 1589 in Plymouth, Devon, England
Issue of William and Joan:
John Hawkins Sir/Admiral
1520 ? 1595
Sir William Amadas Hawkins
1530 ? 1589

Generation 5:
Admiral Sir John HAWKINS
Birth 1520 in Plymouth, Devon, England
Death 21 Nov 1595 in at sea, off the coast of Puerto Rico
Married to:
Dame Katherine GONSON
Birth 1534 in Plymouth, Devon, England
Death July 1591 in Kent, England
Issue of John and Katherine:
Thomas Hawkins
1555 ? 1650

Generation 6:
Thomas HAWKINS
Birth 1555 in Shareshill, Shropshire, England
Death 1650 in Shareshill, Shropshire, England
Married to:
Joane HELE
Birth 1565 in Plymouth, Devon, England
Death 17 Aug 1634 in Petrockstowe, Devon, England
Issue of Thomas and Joane:
Joanna Hawkins
1581 ? 1632

Generation 7:
Joanna HAWKINS (The Immigrant)
Birth abt 1581 in Tredington, Worcestershire, England
Death 1632 in Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
Married to:
John PINNEY
Birth 1551 in Broadway, Somerset, England
Death 28 Dec 1632 in Broadway, Somerset, England
Issue of Joanna and John:
Humphrey Pinney
1605 ? 1683

Generation 8:
Humphrey PINNEY
Birth 20 November 1605 in England
Death 20 Aug 1683 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Married to:
Mary HULL (The Immigrant)
Birth 27 Jul 1618 in Crewkerne, Somerset, England
Death 20 Aug 1684 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Issue of Humphrey and Mary:
Abigail Pinney
1618 ? 1677
Samuel Pinney
1635 ? 1681
Nathaniel Pinney
1640 ? 1676
Mary Pinney
1644 ? 1725
Sarah Pinney
1648 ? 1711
John Pinney
1651 ? 1697
Isaac Pinney
1663 ? 1709

Generation 9:
Abigail PINNEY
Birth 1618 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut
Death 22 Dec 1677 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut
Married to:
John MOORE
Birth 1614 in England
Death 14 Sep 1677 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut (The Immigrant)
Issue of Abigail and John:
Thomas Moore
1630 ? 1696
George Moore Lt.
1632 ? 1710
Hannah Moore
1633 ? 1685
Priscilla Moore
1635 ? 1715
Sarah Moore
1637 ?
Elizabeth Moore
1638 ? 1728
Abigail Moore
1639 ? 1728
Mindwell Moore
1643 ? 1682
Hannah Moore
1644 ? 1686
John Moore
1645 ? 1718
Thomas Moore
1645 ? 1682
Elizabeth Moore
1647 ? 1738
Andrew Moore
1649 ? 1719
James Moore
1650 ? 1727

Generation 10:
Lt. George MOORE
Birth 1632 in Windsor Connecticutt
Death 30 NOV 1710 in Isle Of Wight, Virginia, USA
Married to:
Jane BARCROFT
Birth 1635 in Isle Wight, Virginia, USA
Death 30 NOV 1710 in Isle Wight, Virginia, USA
Issue of George and Jane:
Magdalen Moore
1653 ? 1673
Elinor Moore
1654 ? 1695
Ann Barcroft Moore
1658 ? 1706
Mary Moore
1678 ? 1711

Generation 11:
Magdalen MOORE
Birth 1653 in Isle, Virginia, United States
Death 1673 in Isle, Virginia, United States
Married to:
Thomas CARTER Jr.
Birth 1649 in Isle, Virginia, United States
Death 1710 in Isle, Virginia, United States
Issue of Magdalen and Thomas:
Edward Carter
1673 ? 1730
George Carter
1674 ? 1736
Thomas Carter
1675 ?
Alexander Carter
1676 ?
Martha Carter
1678 ?
Moore Carter
1680 ? 1741
William Carter
1684 ?
John Carter
1686 ?
Benjamin Carter
1688 ?
James Carter
1690 ?

Generation 12:
George CArTER
Birth 1674 in Isle Wight, Virginia, USA
Death 1736 in Isle Wight, Virginia, USA
Married to:
Elizabeth TULL
Birth 1699
Death ??
Issue of George and Elizabeth:
Hannah Carter
Mary Carter
Samuel Carter
Anna CARTER
1715 ?
Elizabeth Carter
1715 ? 1783
Rachel Carter
1719 ? 1799

Generation 13:
Rachel CARTER
Birth 1719 in Bradford, McKean, Pennsylvania, USA
Death 29 Sep 1799 in Chester, Pennsylvania, USA
Married to Abraham MARSHALL
Birth 4 Mar 1713 in West Bradford, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States
Death 1750 in Pennsylvania, United States
Issue of Rachel and Abraham:
Elizabeth Marshall
1732 ? 1797
Samuel Marshall
1745 ? 1817
Mary Marshall
1747 ? 1815
Hannah Marshall
1750 ? 1752

Generation 14:
Elizabeth MARSHALL
Birth May 6 1732 in West Bradford, Chester, Pennsylvania, USA
Death Oct 28 1797 in West Bradford, Chester, Pennsylvania
Married to:
Joel BAILY
Birth 16 Dec 1732 in West Marlborough, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States
Death 29 Oct 1797 in West Bradford, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States
Issue of Elizabeth and Joel:
Abraham Baily Dr.
1760 ? 1825
Hannah Baily
1763 ? 1834
Emmor Baily
1767 ? 1848
Jacob Baily
1770 ? 1799
Rachel Baily
1774 ? 1853

Generation 15:
Jacob BAILY
Birth 28 Mar 1770 in Kennett, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States
Death 15 Apr 1799 in Kennett, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States
Married to:
Elizabeth WEBB
Birth 10 Sep 1773 in Kennett, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States
Death 24 Feb 1853 in Centreville, New Castle, DE, USA
Issue of Jacob and Elizabeth:
Mary Baily
1791 ? 1815
Ezekiel Baily
1793 ? 1858
Elizabeth Bailey
1795 ? 1846
Marshall Baily
1798 ? 1820

Generation 16:
Elizabeth BAILY
Birth Mar 22 1795 in Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death Sep 11 1846 in Champaign, Ohio, United States
Married to:
Ezra LAMBORN
Birth Jul 7 1786 in Wilmington, Ohio, USA
Death Oct 17 1844 in Champaign, Ohio, United States
Issue of Elizabeth and Ezra:
Sarah Lamborn
1816 ? 1816
Margaretta Lamborn
1817 ?
Marshall B Lamborn
1819 ? 1852
Rebecca Pearce Lamborn
1822 ? 1903
Nathan Lamborn
1824 ?
Ezekiel Lamborn
1828 ?
Elizabeth Ann Lamborn
1832 ? 1842

Generation 17:
Rebecca Pearce LAMBORN
Birth Jan 18 1822 in New Castle, Lawrence, Pennsylvania, United States
Death 13 Jul 1903 in Pueblo, Pueblo, Colorado, United States
Married to:
David Hale EDWARDS
Birth Sep 13 1815 in Marietta, Ohio, USA
Death jun 19 1888 in Belle Plaine, Benton, Iowa, United States
Issue of Rebecca and David:
Mary Elizabeth Edwards
1841 ? 1845
Fidelia Adelaide Edwards
1843 ?
Ezra L Edwards
1847 ? 1847
David Hale Edwards
1848 ? 1849
Margaretta "Rhettie" Edwards
1852 ? 1942
Hamilton Bell Edwards
1857 ? 1937
Mary Evalyn Edwards
1858 ? 1950

Generation 18:
Mary Evalyn EDWARDS
Birth Nov 1 1858 in Iowa
Death 05 Jan 1950 in Lebanon, Oregon, USA
Married to:
Theodore Fred PRILL
Birth Jul 10 1850 in Dayton Ohio, USA
Death Jan 1 1941 in Casper, Wyoming, USA
Issue of Mary and Theodore:
Lewis Merton Prill
1882 ? 1970
Margaretta Lula Prill
1887 ? 1982
Charles Otis Prill
1894 ? 1954
Mamie Veda Prill
1901 ? 1998
Fred Laverne Prill
1904 ? 1960

Generation 19:
Mamie Veda PRILL
Birth Jan 26 1901 in Belle Plaine, Iowa, USA
Death Jun 12 1998 in Corvallis, Oregon, USA
Married to Clarence Roy MCKINNON
Birth Jul 30 1889 in Coffee Pot, Oregon, USA
Death Nov 25 1959 in Carlton Yamhill Oregon USA
Issue of Mamie and Clarence:
Mava Lurhea McKinnon
1922 ?
Felice Grace McKinnon
1923 ? 2002
Robert Prill McKinnon
1928 ? 1999
Dale Lynn McKinnon
1932