 Jonas Hawkins was a son of Eleazer Hawkins, Sr. (1716–91) and Ruth Mills Hawkins (1721–91), who were married in 1739.Hawkins married Ruth Mills (1748–1840), a woman born 27 years after his mother who had the same maiden name.Their children were Micah, Julia Ann (m. Thomas Shepard Mount, mother of artist William Sidney Mount), Deborah, Ruth, Renelche, William Wickham, Jonathan, Jonas and Dorothy.