Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records
(Hartford District),
Charles W. Manwaring,
Hartford, 1902,
Vol 2, p 523
Jehial HAWLEY, Middletown. Invt. £156-18-06. Taken 2 Jan 1727-8, by Joseph ROCKWELL, Robert WARNER, Benjamin HAWLEY & Thomas STEVENS.
Court Record, Page 165 -- 5 Sep 1727: Adms. granted to Hope HAWLEY, widow of sd. decd., who gave bond with Noadiah DIGGESON.
Page 17 (Vol. XI) -- 13 Apr 1730: Hope HAWLEY is appointed guardian to three of her children, viz., Samuel Stow HAWLEY, age 7 years, Hope HAWLEY, age 10 years, & Hannah HAWLEY, age 4 years. Recog. £100. Hope HAWLEY, widow, Adms. on her husband's estate, exhibits an account of her Adms. Accepted, and this Court grant her a Quietus Est.