Capt. Joseph J. Hawk ^{1 2 3}

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Census in 1850 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA. ¹ The 1850 census recorded Joseph Hawk, house carpenter, 26, living with wife Mary Jane, 23, and daughter Isabella, 1. They were in the household headed by James P. Webb, carpenter, 29, and his wife Catherine, 22, and their son Joseph, 3 months. Also in the home was Mary Webb, 58. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania except Mary in New Jersey.

2. Census in 1860 in Trenton, Mercer, NJ. ² The 1860 census recorded Joseph J. Hawk, carpenter, 37, living with wife Mary J., 33; and daughter Isabella W. Hawk, 12. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania. Joseph's house was valued at $2500.

3. Military from 25 Aug 1862 to 8 Nov 1864 in , , NJ: Civil War: Captain, 14th Regiment, New Jersey Infantry. ⁴

4. Census in 1880 in Trenton, Mercer, NJ. ⁵ The 1880 census recorded on Second Street: Joseph J. Hawk, carpenter, 56, living with wife Mary J., 52. Also in the home are two boarders: James J. Webb, laborer, 27, and John Klien, laborer, 45, born in Prussia. Joseph and James and their parents were born in Pennsylvania. Mary was born in Pennsylvania and her father in Connecticut and mother in New Jersey.

5. Census in 1890 in Morrisville, Bucks, PA. ⁴

Joseph married Mary Jane. (Mary Jane was born in 1827 in , , PA,^{1 6} died in 1908 ⁶ and was buried in Blawenburg: Blawenburg Cemetery, Somerset, NJ ⁶.)