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| Born | (1774-09-15)September 15, 1774 Vermont |
| Nationality | American |
| Citizenship | United States |
| Occupation(s) | Settler, Pioneer, Farmer, Legislator |
| Known for | Historical figure |
| Spouse | Hannah Emerson |
| Children | 6 verified, including Benjamin |
| Parent(s) | Captain Robert Hunkins and Lydia Chamberlain |
| Relatives | Eugene W. Chafin |
Robert Hastings Hunkins (September 15, 1774 – 1853) was an American politician. He was an early settler of the Wisconsin territory and served in the Vermont House of Representatives.
Early life
Hunkins was born in Vermont on September 15, 1774. He was the third son of Captain Robert Hunkins and his second wife, Lydia Chamberlin.
Career
In 1806 Hunkins was treasurer in the town of Navy, Vermont. That same year he was a Selectman for the town of Navy. From 1811 to 1812 Hunkins was Town Representative to the Vermont General Assembly for the town of Charleston, Vermont.
In 1839, Hunkins moved from Vermont to Wisconsin Territory with his wife Hannah and sons James and Hazen. He set up a large farm on which he and his sons worked. He had been preceded in the move by sons Sargeant, Robert W. and Benjamin.
Hunkins died in New Berlin, Wisconsin, in 1853. Both he and his wife Hannah are buried in his brother Hazel's plot (the Hazen Hastings Hunkins plot) at the Prairie Home Cemetery in Waukesha, Wisconsin.
Personal life
Hunkins married Hannah Emerson on November 15, 1798. Emerson was the great-great-granddaughter of Hannah Emerson Duston, a colonial Massachusetts Puritan mother taken captive by Indians and escaped by scalping all ten of her captors. Hannah was also cousin of the famed essayist Ralph Waldo Emerson.
With wife Hannah, Hunkins had five sons:
- Sargeant Roger Hunkins, born March 12, 1802. He married Rebecca Whitcher (b. September 6, 1807) on September 25, 1825.
- Robert W. Hunkins
- Benjamin Hunkins, born 1810. Benjamin was called twice to service in the territorial legislature of Wisconsin. He was a delegate to the first constitutional convention of Wisconsin and served in the State Legislature in 1860.
- James Hunkins
- Hazen Hastings Hunkins
Hunkins and Hannah also had daughters together, including:
- Carrie Arvilla Hunkins, who married Eugene W. Chafin
Robert H. Hunkins was the second cousin twice removed of Quaker poet John Greenleaf Whittier.
References
- Hemenway, Abby Maria, ed. (1877). The Vermont Historical Gazetteer: A Magazine Embracing a History of Each Town, Civil, Ecclesiastical, Biographical and Military, Vol. 3: Orleans and Rutland Counties. Claremont, NH: Claremont Manufacturing Company. p. 115. Retrieved March 9, 2014.
- ^ McKeen, Silas (1875). A History of Bradford, Vermont. J. D. Clark and Son. p. 207.
- Hemenway, p. 115
- Hemenway, p.114.
- 'Journals of the General Assembly of Vermont, General Assembly of Vermont convened at Montpelier on October 12, 1809, The Legislature: 1810, Sereno Wright, printer, pg. 3, 5
- ^ Hunkins, Hazen Hendricks (1961). Genealogical records of the Robert Hastings Hunkins family. University of Wisconsin. p. 4.
- Hunkins, p.5.
- Memorial and Biographical Record and Illustrated Compendium of Biography. Chicago: Geo. A. Ogle. 1899. p. 1101. Retrieved March 9, 2014.
- Quaife, Milo M., ed. (1919). The Convention of 1846. Publications of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin. Vol. 27. Madison: State Historical Society of Wisconsin. p. 778.
- Metcalf, Henry Harrison (1881). The Granite Monthly: A New Hampshire Magazine Devoted to History, Biography, Literature, and State Progress, Volume 4. H.H. Metcalf. pp. 336–337.