You're Harwell's wife Nora did a lot of research on this Hawkins line. It is proven that Tyree Balsom Mauldin Hawkins was the son of Rebecca Hawkins 1813, Abbeville,NC and daughter of Benjamin Hawkins and Sarah Mauldin and so on back many generations in Maryland and then back to Devonshire England. I'm happy to share the details some of which are still being determined, but this is the general line. Note: Rebecca never married as far as I can tell. This would account for the naming of her son Tyree with her family sir names to best identify him and his heritage. Twila