Nel 1760 la famiglia si trasferì a Twickenham, dove Hawkins pubblicò una edizione di "The Complete Angler; Or, Contemplative Man's Recreation: Being a Discourse On Rivers, Fish-Ponds, Fish, and Fishing" di Izaak Walton. ###>He married Sidney Storer in 1753 and retired from all professional vocations in 1759 after his wife had received a large inheritance due to the death of her brother.