[1] He was a son of Sir Thomas Hawkins (died 1617) of Nash Court, Boughton under Blean, Kent, and his wife, Ann Pettyt; the family was recusant, with Sir Thomas Hawkins and Henry Hawkins the Jesuit being elder brothers.
[2] Hawkins appeared in John Gee's list of Popish Physicians in and about the City of London in 1624 as residing in Charterhouse Court.
[2] He was not elected to the College of Physicians of London.
[1] Hawkins published:[2] Hawkins married Frances, daughter of Francis Power of Bletchingdon, Oxfordshire.
[2] This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Stephen, Leslie; Lee, Sidney, eds.