Nationality American Spouse(s) Hannah Emerson Parents Robert Hunkins Citizenship United States Name Robert Hunkins Relatives Eugene W. Chafin | Known for Historical figure Role American Politician Children Benjamin Hunkins Denomination Methodist Died 1853 | |
Born September 15, 1774 ( 1774-09-15 ) Vermont Occupation Settler, Pioneer, Farmer, Legislator | ||
Robert Hastings Hunkins (September 15, 1774 – March 11, 1853) was an American politician. He was an early settler of the Wisconsin territory and served in the Vermont House of Representatives.
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Biography
Hunkins was born in Vermont on September 15, 1774, the third son of Captain Robert Hunkins and his second wife, Lydia Chamberlin.
In 1806 Hunkins was both a selectman and treasurer for the town of Navy, Vermont. From 1811 to 1812 Hunkins was Town Representative to the Vermont General Assembly for the town of Charleston, Vermont. In 1811, the Vermont General Assembly was a unicameral legislature; in 1836, the Vermont Senate was added and the Vermont General Assembly became a bicameral legislature.
Three of Hunkins' sons, Sargeant, Robert and Benjamin, moved to the Wisconsin Territory. In 1839 Hunkins followed them and set up a large farm that he worked alongside his two other sons James and Hazen.
Hunkins died in New Berlin, Wisconsin in 1853. He was buried in the plot of his brother, the Hazen Hastings Hunkins plot, at Prairie Home Cemetery in Waukesha, Wisconsin.
Family
On November 15, 1798 Hunkins married Hannah, the daughter of Watts Emerson and Lois Trussel. They had five sons:
and some daughters, including: