In 1881, Yale awarded him the degree of A.M., and he was elected as president of the Yale Medical Society in 1894.
    He was active in fraternal work, as a member of the 1.0. O.F. and the F & A M.

CHARLES HAWKINS

    Charles Hawkins lived in Quaker Farms in Oxford. He was born March 30, 1828 in the house which was originally built by his grandfather, Captain Zachariah Hawkins.
    The background of this family is so interesting that a slight digression is needed. Captain Zachariah Hawkins was a prominent man in Oxford's early days and was a captain in His Majesty's Militia and very active in local affairs. He served as selectman and in various town offices. He was by trade a shoemaker. His tombstone at the Hillside Cemetery, not far from the old homestead, is one of the most interesting stones in Oxford. It recites his family's growth, including his four wives' names, and those of his 14 children. It notes that his children all survived him, and at the time of his death he had 14 children, 82 grandchildren, and 95 great-grandchildren.
    One of his sons, Silas, married first Sibyl Perry and second Sarah Minere Loveland. In the second marriage the son Charles was born.
    Charles Hawkins was educated in the Oxford public schools. At the age of 16, after his father's death, he went to Newtown where he learned the hatter's trade. He worked later at shoemaking for several years. When his brother Silas died, the Hawkins property was deeded to Charles. Charles Hawkins farmed a large area, owning several tracts of land which totaled more than 170 acres. He carried on general farming, with a special interest in dairying. He also owned considerable city property located at Hawkins Street, Waterbury.
    Hawkins married Miss Louise Jane Johnson of Watertown on December 17, 1848. The couple had six children - Sarah M., who died at age 10; Mary, who died at age 20; Charles Nathan, who died at age 6; Ira L., who became a tack manufacturer in Waterbury; Grace A., who married Frank Roberts; and Robert, who remained home with his parents to work the family farm.