HICKS FAMILY HISTORY FOLLOWS:

HICKS FAMILY HISTORY FOLLOWS:

HICKS FAMILY

1 August 2016

(More Hicks ancestors before 1400.)

1.SIR ELLIS HICKS (1415-1455)

ELIZABETH FORTESSETTT (1415-1455)

SIR ELLIS HICKS was born about 1415, of Tortworth, South Gloucestershire, England, to Mr. and Mrs. John Hicks (1375-1415.) He married Elizabeth Fortessett in about 1453, Gloucestershire, England.

Ellis Hicks died about 1455, age 40, in England.

ELIZABETH FORTESSETTT was born about 1415, of Fortessett, Gloucestershire, England, to unknown parents. She married Ellis Hicks in about 1453, Gloucestershire, England.

Elizabeth Fortessett passed away about 1455, age 40, England.

Child of Sir Ellis Hicks and Elizabeth Fortessett:

1.John Hicks was born about 1455 of Fortessett, Gloucester, England, to Ellis Hicks (1415-1455) and Elizabeth Fortessett (1415-1455.) He married (1) *Joan Darney (1459-1487) in 1476; and (2) Elenor Vonderahe. John Hicks died about 1492, of Gloucester, England, age 37.

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2. JOHN HICKS (1455-1492)

JOAN DARNEY (1459-1487)

JOHN HICKS was born about 1455, of Fortessett, Gloucester, England, to Ellis Hicks (1415-1455) and Elizabeth Fortessett (1415-1455.) He married (1) *Joan Darney (1459-1487) in 1476; and (2) Elenor Vonderahe.

John Hicks died about 1492, of Gloucester, England, age 37.

JOAN DARNEY was born about 1459, of Fortessett, Gloucester, England, to William Darney and Unknown. She married John Hicks about 1476.

Joan Darney passed away about 1487, at Fortessett, England, age 28.

Children of John Hicks and Joan Darney:

1.John Hicks b. 1477, Gloucester, England.

2.Richard Hicks, b. 1480, England.

3.Baptist Hicks was born 1484, in England

4.Robert Hicks, b. 1486, England.

5.Thomas Hicks of Tortworth, Gloucestershire, was born about 1487, of Fortessett, Gloucestershire, England, to John Hicks (1455-1492) and Joan Darney 1459-1487.) He married (1) *Margaret Atwood, about 1524, of Fortessett, England; and (2) Joan Darnley (born 1485.) Thomas Hicks died about 1565, age 78.

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3. THOMAS HICKS (1487-1565)

MARGARET ATWOOD (1489-1565)

THOMAS HICKS, of Tortworth, Gloucestershire, was born about 1487, of Fortessett, Gloucestershire, England, to John Hicks (1455-1492) and Joan Darney (1459-1487.) He married (1) *Margaret Atwood, about 1524, of Fortessett, England; and (2) Joan Darnley (born 1485.)

Thomas Hicks died about 1565, age 78.

MARGARET ATWOOD was born about 1489, of Fortessett, Gloucestershire, England, to John Hewson Atwood and Margaret Atwood. She married Thomas Hicks about 1524, of Fortessett, England.

Margaret Atwood passed away about 1565 at Fortessett, Gloucestershire, England, age 76.

Child of Thomas Hicks and Margaret Atwood:

1.Baptist Hicks was born about 1526, at Fortessett, Gloucestershire, England, to Thomas Hicks (1487-1565) and Margaret Atwood (1489-1565.) He married Mary Nancy Everhard about 1548, at Fortessett, Gloucestershire, England. Baptist Hicks died about 1565, at Surrey, England, age 39.

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4. BAPTIST HICKS (1526-1565)

MARY NANCY EVERARD (1528-1567)

BAPTIST HICKS was born about 1526, at Fortessett, Gloucestershire, England, to Thomas Hicks (1487-1565) and Margaret Atwood (1488-1565.) He married Mary Nancy Everard about 1548, at Fortessett, Gloucestershire, England.

Baptist Hicks died about 1565, at Surrey, England, age 39.

MARY NANCY EVERARD was born about 1528, at Fortessett, Gloucestershire, England, to James Everard and Unknown. She married Baptist Hicks about 1548, at Fortessett, England.

Mary Nancy Everard died about 1567, at Fortessett, England, age 39.

Children of Baptist Hicks and Mary Nancy Everard:

1.Sir Baptist Hicks, 1st Viscount Campden, England, b. 1548.

2.James Hicks was born about 1550, at Southwark (within present London,) Surrey, England, to Baptist Hicks (1526-1565) and Mary Nancy Everard (1528-1567.) He married Phebe Allen about 1582, at Southwark, Surrey, England. James Hicks died about 1601, at Southwark, Surrey, England, age 51.

3.Mary Hicks, b. 1555, England.

4.Robert Hicks b. 1559, Southwark, England.

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5. JAMES HICKS (1550-1601)

PHEBE ALLEN (1557-1657)

JAMES HICKS was born about 1550, at Southwark (within present London,) Surrey, England, to Baptist Hicks and Mary Nancy Everard (1528-1567.) He married Phebe Allen about 1582, at Southwark, Surrey, England.

James Hicks died about 1601, at Southwark, Surrey, England, age 51.

PHEBE ALLEN was born about 1557, at Southwark, Surrey, England, to Rev. Ephraim Allyne and Nancy Evarts. She married James Hicks about 1582, at Southwark, Surrey, England.

Phebe Allen passed away about 1657, at Southwark, England, age 100.

Children of James Hicks and Phebe Allen:

1.Baptist Hicks, b. 1570, England.

2.Michael Hicks, b. 1572, England.

3.John Hicks, b. 1574, England.

4.Ephraim Hicks, b. 1576, England.

5.Baptist Hicks, b. 1582, England.

6.Samuel Hicks, b. 1582, Southwark, England.

7.Robert Hicks was born about 1583, of Southwark, Surrey, England, to James Hicks (1550-1601) and Phoebe Allyn (1557-1657.) He married (1) Elizabeth Morgan; (2) *Margaret Winslow, daughter of Edward Winslow (1560-1620) and Eleanor Pelham (1560-1669,) in 1610, at Southwark, Surrey, England. Robert Hicks came from Southwark, England to Plymouth in the Fortune Nov. 11, 1621. He was descended from Sir Ellis Hicks, who was knighted by Edward the Black Prince in 1356. He was a man of education and active in the affairs of the colony until his death 24 March 1647, age 64.

8.Phebe Hicks, b. 1587, Southwark, England.

9.Zacariah Hicks, b. 1587, London, England.

10.Lydia Hicks, b. 1589, Southwark, England.

11.James Hicks, b. 1590, Southwark, England.

12.Thomas Hicks, b. 1598, Southwark, England.

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6. ROBERT HICKS (1583-1647)

MARGARET WINSLOW (1589-1666)

ROBERT HICKS was born about 1583, of Southwark, Surrey, England, to James Hicks (1550-1601) and Phoebe Allyn (1557-1657.) He married (1) Elizabeth Morgan; (2) *Margaret Winslow, daughter of Edward Winslow (1560-1620); and Eleanor Pelham (1560-1669,) in 1610, at Southwark, Surrey, England.

Robert Hicks came from Southwark, England to Plymouth in the Fortune Nov. 11, 1621. He was descended from Sir Ellis Hicks, who was knighted by Edward the Black Prince in 1356. He was a man of education and active in the affairs of the colony until his death 24 March 1647, age 64.

Between 1604 and 1617, Robert Hicks’ first eight children were indeed baptized at Bermondsey, London, England, where Robert was a “citizen and leatherseller.” Of these, three died young, and three came with their parents to New England. Two of those children were Richard (baptized in 1609) and John, who was baptized on 12 October 1605. Anderson says there is no further record of these two sons.

He arrived on the Fortune the first ship after the Mayflower to the Plymouth Bay Colony in 1621. He was a Puritan.

Since these people are considered Oldcomers, their backgrounds have been investigated, but little can be proved conclusively (for example, the allegation that Margaret was a Winslow). We do know that Robert was born in England, but dates vary from 1570 to 1583. He was a fellmonger, which is a dealer in sheepskins and wool, a man who separates or “pulls” the wool from the pelts. Banks found that Robert Hicks was indeed a fellmonger on Bermondsey Street in Southwark, London, in 1616, and that he had previously lived in Bermondsey, which is next to Southwark. He came to Plymouth in the ship Fortune in 1621 and Margaret and four children arrived two years later in the Anne. They settled in Plymouth and all shared in the 1627 distribution of cattle. Later they owned land in Duxbury and Scituate. He was jury foreman and an arbitrator in 1632/3 and a rate maker the following year. He died in Plymouth 24 Mar 1647 and his will showed the family to be in comfortable circumstances.

The Robert Hicks family settled in Plymouth, where they had a son, Ephraim, born circa 1625. Robert dated a very detailed will on 28 May 1645, mentioning “my loving wife Margaret,” son Ephraim, “Samuell my eldest son,” and his Bangs and Watson grandchildren (children of his daughters Lydia and Phoebe, who would have received part of Robert’s estate in their dowries).

NOTES: Robert Hicks of Plymouth mentioned in his will dated 28 May 1645, a field on the north side of Plymouth that he had "lately purchased" from Mr. Joh Aldin (The Mayflower Descendant, Vol 8:144).

Margaret (Winslow) Hicks and her four children followed her husband to America in the Anne in 1623.

Robert Hicks died at Plymouth, Massachusetts, 24 March 1647, age 64.

FIRST RESIDENCE: Plymouth

OCCUPATION: Fellmonger (in England).

FREEMAN: In the "1633" list of Plymouth freemen, among those admitted before 1 January 1632/3.

EDUCATION: His inventory included "3 books" valued at 8s. His widow, Margaret, signed her will.

ESTATE: In the 1623 Plymouth division of land, "Robart Hickes" was granted one acre as a passenger on the Fortune, and his wife and children were granted four acres as passengers on the Anne [PCR 12:5, 6].

In the 1627 Plymouth division of cattle Robert Hicks, Margaret Hicks, Samuel Hicks, Ephraim Hicks, Lydia Hicks and Phebe Hicks were the sixth through eleventh persons in the twelfth company [PCR 12:13].

Assessed 18s. in the Plymouth tax list of 25 March 1633 and 12s. in the list of 27 March 1634 [PCR 1:9, 27]. "Robert Hickes" was thirty-seventh on the list of Purchasers [PCR 2:177].

On 10 February 1629 Robert Hicks purchased two acres on the north side of town from Steven Dean [PCR 12:7].

On 29 August 1638 Clement Briggs acknowledged his sale of "one acre of land in the upper fall near the second brook" to "Mr. Rob[er]te Heeks" [PCR 12:34].

On 9 December 1639 "Mr. Rob[er]te Hicks" rented five acres at Reed Pond to John Smyth for three years, Smyth to fence the east side of the land [PCR 12:51].

On 13 July 1639 George Sowle acknowledged his sale of two acres of land to Robert Hicks of Plymouth [PCR 12:45].

On 20 July 1639 John Barnes of Plymouth, yeoman, acknowledged his sale of four acres of meadow at High Pynes to Mr. Robert Hicks [PCR 12;45].

On 11 February 1639[/40] Mr. Robert Hicks of Plymouth, planter, sold to Samuell Hicks his eldest son all his house, outhouses and garden in Plymouth, together with four acres of land and eight acres of land and all the meadow at the Heigh Pynes and Iland Creek, and all his right title and interest in the land, and three cows [PCR 12:54].

On 7 April 1642 Mr. Robert Hicks sold two acres of marsh at Heigh Pines to Mr. William Bradford [PCR 12:79].

On 7 May 1642 Mr. Robert Hicks sold seven acres of upland at Iland Creek to William Brett of Duxbury [PCR 12:80]. On the same day he acknowledged his deed to John Reynor of three acres of marsh meadow at Heigh Pynes [PCR 12:80].

On 9 October 1645 Mr. Robert Hicks sold to Georg Partrich a parcel of marsh meadow consisting of two acres [PCR 12:115].

In his will, dated 28 May 1645 and proved 15 May 1648, "Robert Hicks of Plymouth ... being full of infirmities of body" bequeathed to "my son Ephraim all that my dwelling house barn and buildings with the gardens ... in Plymouth," also "all those three fields one lying on the north side of the said town of Plymouth ..., the second which I lately purchased of Mr. John Aldin and the third called the south field"; "but my mind and will is that my executrix hereafter named shall have and enjoy three rooms in the said house during her life she keeping herself unmarried, viz. the hall and chamber over and cellar underneath, and also that my said son Ephraim shall pay her the thirds of the said lands during her life and widowhood"; to "my said son Ephraim all my lands lying at Iland Creek on Duxbery side except two lots of upland of twenty acres apiece lying next unto Mr. Kemp's lands, which I hereby give and bequeath unto John Banges my grandchild"; to "my executrix ... the rents of the said land not set and let forth for six years yet to come if she shall so long live, but all the rest of my lands ... I give unto my said son Ephraim";

"I give unto John Reyner the son of Mr. John Reyner our teacher fifty acres of the purchased lands accruing ... to me as a purchaser of my share of lands lying at Seawams or Secunck if the said Mr. John Reyner his father do remain at Plymouth"; to "Samuell my eldest son" fifty acres; to "my said son Ephraim" fifty acres; to "John Watson" fifty acres; to "John Bangs" fifty acres; to "the younger of Mr. Charls Chancy's sons which his wife had at one birth when he dwelt at Plymouth" fifty acres; to "my said son Ephraim" household goods; to the Town of Plymouth one cow calf; to "William Pontus" 20s.; to "John Faunce" 20s.; to "Nathaneell Morton" 20s.; to "Thomas Cushman" 20s.; "Margaret my loving wife" sole executrix and residue; Mr. John Howland, Mannasses Kempton and Thomas Cushman overseers; to John Howland and Mannasses Kemton 10s. each for a remembrance; to Joshua Prat "a suit of my wearing clothes with a pair of shoes and stockings"; to Samuell Eddy a pair of wearing stockings; to "my said son Ephraim ... my four oxen, paying my loving wife ... the thirds of the profits of the lands as is before mentioned ... and to draw her twenty loads of wood yearly to her house in Plymouth during her life" [ MD 8:144-46, citing PCPR 1:1:703].

The inventory of the estate of "Mr. Robert Hicks deceased the 24th of May 1647 taken the fifth of July in the year aforesaid also exhibited upon oath the 4th of May 1648" totalled £39 13s., with no real estate included [MD 8:143-44, citing PCPR 1:1:69].

On 23 January 1648 John Rogers of Duxbury bought the rent of lands improved by Mr. Robert Hicks now deceased from Ephraim Hicks of Plymouth [PCR 12:155-56].

On 1 May 1660 "Gorge Watson," on behalf of his son John Watson and nephew John Banges, requested that, because "Samuel Hickes" was mistakenly entered in the court records as purchaser of lands at Cushenah and Accoaksett, etc., and it should have been "Mr. Robert" Hickes, it be corrected; the matter was referred to a later court [PCR 3:186].

On 3 October 1662 "Samuell Hickes" was offered an equal division with others in the lands of Mr. Robert Hickes at Accushena, Coaksett, etc., but he declined [PCR 4:27]. Margaret and Samuel could not agree on the division of goods in Robert's estate and the matter was taken to court 7 June 1661 [PCR 3:217].

On 7 October 1662 "Margarett Hickes of Plymouth, widow, as sole executrix to my husband Mr. Robert Hickes," confirmed his bequest of fifty acres to "Elnathan Chauncye the younger of the twins of Mr. Charles Chauncye" [MD 17:240-41, citing PCLR 2:2:107].

On 22 March 1663[/4] "Mistris Hickes" and "Sam[uel] Hickes" were granted Lot 7 in the Plymouth lands at "Puncateesett Necke" [ PTR 1:64].

COMMENTS: The major breakthrough on this family was made when Robert S. Wakefield discovered additional baptismal entries in the St. Mary Magdalen, Bermondsey, register.

[Several sources give Robert Hicks two wives: Elizabeth Morgan and Margaret Winslow. No record has been found of any marriage for Robert Hicks, and his only known wife was Margaret.

[TAG 54:31-34].Clement Briggs of Weymouth, fellmonger, deposed 29 August 1638 that about two and twenty years since this deponent then dwelling with one Mr. Samuell Lathame in Barmundsey Streete in Southwarke a fellmonger and one Thomas Harlow then also dwelling with Mr. Rob[er]te Heeks in the same street a fellmonger the said Harlow and this deponent had often conference together how many pelts each of their master pulled a week. And this deponent deposeth and saith that the said Rob[er]te Heeks did pull three hundred pelts a week and diverse times six or seven hundred & more a week in the killing seasons, which was the most part of the year (except the time of Lent) for the space of three or four years. And that the said Rob[er]te Heeks sold his sheep's pelts at that time for 40s. a hundred to Mr. Arnold Allard, whereas this deponent's Mr. Samuell Lathame sold his pelts for 50s. per hundred to the same man at the same time and Mr. Heeks pelts were much better ware [PCR 12:35].

On 13 July 1639 Robert Hicks of Plymouth, "citizen & leatherseller of London," by a bill dated 6 July 1618 was indebted to Thomas Heath, citizen & cooper of London for £180, which amount was demanded by letter of attorney made by Hannah Cugley but Hicks showed an acquittance of all debts to Heath, having paid it long ago [PCR 12:43].

On 6 March 1649[/50] administration of the estate of Ephraim Hickes was granted to Margaret Hicks and Thomas Willet [PCR 2:148]. The nuncupative will made by Ephraim to Mr. Thomas Southworth was set aside, Ephraim being "not in a capacity in regard of his said manner of death to make a legal will" [PCR 3:202]. The court ordered that Ephraim's estate be set aside for the benefit of his mother, "Mistris Margaret Hickes," but the order was not recorded and Margaret had to go back to court many years later to insist it be recorded, 3 December 1660 [PCR 3:203].

Sources

Rep Men & Old Families of Rhode Island V. 3, pg 1609

Sir Ellis Hicks and descendants pg 77

Morman Microfeche - Co Surrey, England Lists as children of Robert & Margaret (Winslow) Hix

From Little Comptons Families vol 1 page 338;

The Hicks Family

For additional information on the Hicks family see the Pearce papers in the New Bedford public library, the Woodworth Genealogy, the Leonard papers, the Tabor collection at the Rhode Island Historical Society.

Robert Hicks died at Plymouth, Massachusetts, 24 March 1647, age 64.

MARGARET WINSLOW was born about 1580, to Edward Winslow (1560-1620) and Eleanor Pelham (1560-1669.)

Margaret is thought to have married Robert Hicks (born about 1575 Southwark, Surrey, England) about 1610 in London, Middlesex, England, but there is no known marriage record. Some sources assert that the marriage was about 1606 Southwark, England; or before 1603 based on baptism dates.

Margaret Winslow arrived at Plymouth in 1623 on the Anne with her children, to join her husband Robert Hicks, who had come on the Fortune in 1621.

Margaret Winslow was the second child of Edward Winslow and Eleanor Pelham, also she is the sister of the Mayflower Winslow’s. She is one of twelve children of Edward Winslow, Sr.

The Winslow’s had interests in London similar to those of Robert Hicks. Edward Winslow (father of Gov. Edward), yeoman farmer and salter of St. Peter's Manor, Droitwich, was married in St. Bride's Church, Fleet Street, London. Being a salter, he would have had business dealings with leather dressers (who needed salt in their business), and if he had a sister Margaret, she could have met Robert through him. The Winslow’s and the Hicks’s knew each other in New England, and Samuel Fuller's will in Plymouth, written by his brother-in-law Gov. Edward Winslow, was witnessed by John Winslow and Robert Hicks, and "Joh. Winslow and Mrs. Heeks" are mentioned in the body of the will. Rider doubted that Robert's marriage records will be found, since most likely parish registers have been searched to no avail.

Margaret Hicks was thought to have been the first woman teacher in America. In his will dated 30 July 1633, Dr. Samuel Fuller says, "I give unto Mrs. Heeks the full sum of twenty shillings: wit, Robert Hicks . . . my will is that when my daughter Mercy is fitt to goe to scole that Mrs. Heeks may teach her as well as my sonne."

Their son, Ephraim Hicks, died a violent death, 12 September 1649-50, age 25. (If anyone knows the cause of his death please let us know.) On 6 March 1649, Mrs. Margaret Hicks exhibited an inventory of her son Ephraim, in connection with which...there follows the agreement in full which was made by her son Samuel "being possesed of the whole estate of my Brother Ephraim Hickes Deceased" to pay certain sums to his mother. It was dated 1 Mar 1650.

Anderson says "On 6 March 1649/50 administration of the estate of Ephraim Hickes was granted to Margaret Hicks and Thomas Willet [PCR 2:148]. The nuncupative will made by Ephraim to Mr. Thomas Southworth was set aside, Ephraim being 'not in a capacity in regard of his said manner of death to make a legal will' [PCR 3:202]. The court ordered that Ephraim's estate be set aside for the benefit of his mother, 'Mistris Margaret Hickes,' but the order was not recorded and Margaret had to go back to court many years later to insist it be recorded, 3 December 1660 [PCR 3:203]."

In her will, the widow Margaret Hicks of Plymouth named her son Samuel Hicks, daughter-in-law Lydia Hicks, son Samuel's seven children, grandchild John Bangs, and children of her loving deceased daughter Phebe, who had married George Watson.

In her will, dated 8 July 1665 and proved 6 March 1665/6, "Margarett Hickes widow of the town of Plymouth" bequeathed to "my son Samuell Hickes" £5; to "my daughter-in-law Lydia Hickes" 30s.; to "my son Samuell's children" 10s. each "there being seven of them"; said legacies to be paid by "son Samuell Hickes" from his debt "he having already received a large portion of that which God hath given me not only in lands but also in goods and chattels which was not only my husband's and son Ephraim's estate formerly but also given to me by will at my son Ephraim's death"; to "my grandchild John Banges" 40s.; residue to "the children of my son-in-law Gorg Watson and my loving daughter that is deceased Phebe Watson," also said estate to be "at the dispose of my son-in-law Gorg Watson"; "my son-in-law Gorg Watson and my friend Captain Southworth" overseers [PCPR 2:2:32, abstracted in MD 16:157-58].

The inventory of Margaret Hickes, taken 5 March 1665[/6], totalled £53 12s. 6d. and included no real estate [PCPR 2:2:33, abstracted in MD 16:158].

On 6 March 1665/6 "Gorge Watson" was granted administration on the estate of "Mistris Margarett Hickes, deceased" [PCR 4:117].

Margaret Winslow passed away 5 March 1666, age 87, in Plymouth, Massachusetts.

Children of *Robert Hicks and *(2) Margaret Winslow:

(Married about 1610, London.)

1. Margaret Hicks was born about 1609, of Bermondsey, Surrey, England, to Robert Hicks (1560-1647) and Margaret Winslow (1589-1666.) She married Edward Griswold in about 1628, in England. Margaret Hicks Griswold passed away 23 August 1670.

Margaret Hicks Griswold’s headstone is one of the oldest at the Indian River Cemetery, Clinton, Middlesex, Connecticut.

2.Samuel Hicks, b. 18 Aug 1611, Bermondsey, Surrey, England; came to New England with his mother in 1623, and in 1642-3 settled at Eastham, Massachusetts, where he was a constable in 1646, represented the town in the Colony Court in 1647-1649. He returned to Plymouth in 1652. He was at Barnstable, Massachusetts, on 3 Oct 1662, and at Dartmouth in 1667. He married Lydia Doane on 11 Sep 1645, born probably before her parents left England, daughter of Deacon John Doane of Plymouth and his wife Abigail. He had many lawsuits over his brother Ephraim’s estate and his father’s estate, see the long account in Moore Genealogy issue.

3.Lydia Hicks, b. 6 Sep 1612, Bermondsey, Surrey, England.

4.Phebe Hicks, b. 15 Mar 1615, Bermondsey, Surrey, England.

5.Mary Hicks, b. 11 May 1617, Bermondsey, Surrey, England.

6.Ephraim Hicks, b. 1624, Plymouth; md. Elizabeth Howland; violent death 12 Sep 1649-50. (How did he so tragically die so young?)

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