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?He arrived in 1621 on the Fortune. Banks called him a fellmonger (one who removes hair or wool from hides in preparation for leather making; a dealer in hides or skins, particularly sheepskin, who might prepare skins for tanning; the name is derived from the Old English 'fell' meaning 'skins' and 'monger' meaning 'dealer'. Fellmongery is one of the oldest professions in the worlde.- jcw, 18.02.2012) of Bermondsey and Southwark, County Surrey. Robert S. Wakefield, "The Children of Robert Hicks," TAG 51:57, shows that Hicks had at least nine children. See also R. G. Rider, "More on the Robert Hicks Ancestry: Clues to the Identity of his Spouse," TAG 54:31, which should be read with a bit of caution. His wife was Margaret Hicks, q.v. Some interesting background is given on Hicks in the deposition of Clement Briggs of Weymouth, fellmonger, taken at New Plymouth 29 August 1638. Briggs said that about twenty-two years earlier he was dwelling (and working for) Mr. Samuel Latham in Bermondsey Street, Southwark, London, and a Thomas Harlow was dwelling with (and working for) Mr. Robert Hicks. Harlow and Briggs often discussed how many pelts their masters pulled a week. Hicks pulled 300 a week and sometimes 600 or 700, and he sold his sheep's pelts for forty shillings a hundred to Mr. Arnold Allard, whereas Mr. Samuel Latham sold his to the same man for fifty shillings a hundred, even though Mr. Hicks's pelts were better ware (PCR 12:35). In Plymouth, Hicks recorded with the court on 13 July 1639 a release whereby Thomas Heath of London, cooper, on 13 July 1619 had acquitted Robert Hicks, formerly a citizen and leatherseller of London, of all debts, including £180 pounds which Hicks had owed Heath (PCR 12:43). Hicks died at Plymouth 24 May 1647, and in his will, dated 28 May 1645, inventory 5 July 1647, he named his wife Margaret, oldest son Samuel, son Ephraim, grandson John Bangs, John Watson, and a number of nonrelative Plymouth residents (MD 8:143).
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#1A #1B #46 #4, #10 #12 Came in "Fortune in 1621" Wife followed in "Ann" #28D #34 Marriage #36 #43 #45 In 1618 was a leatherdresser
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Robert Hicks
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Inaccurate version of a real person whose parents are not known.
Please read the Great Migration bio for Robert Hicks and let's stop perpetuating old errors. This person does not need more duplicates but does need his data and relationships on FS to be according to the most recent scholarly research.
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Robert Hicks' parents are uncertain
No evidence that he is the child of James Hicks and Phebe Allyne
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Note: He may have been a brother or nephew of Robert Hicks of Plymouth, but no proof of relationship as been found with him or John Hicks, another well-known Hicks American progenitor. There is no evidence that he was on the ship "Anne" in 1623 with Robert Hicks' family. Birth: ABT 1598 in England Death: 1653 in Scituate, Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts Note: Age at death: About 55. Immigration: BEF 1640 America Will: 10 JAN 1652/53 _SDATE: 10 JAN 1652 Note: It was reported to the court at Plymouth on June 9, 1653. The following are quoted excerpts from his will: "The last will of Thomas hicks of Scittuate in the pattent of New Plymouth In America; I being weake in body but Reasonalbe pfct in memory and understanding I blesse the Lord. I Will and bequeath unto my sonne Zachariah five shillings to bee paid by my wife Margrett hicks whome I make my whole exequitirx within a twelvemonth after my Decease; I will and bequeasth unto my wife Margrett and my two sonns Daniell and Samuell all my lands with Dwelling house and outhouses and gardens and all therto belonging and my house lott which is by estemation thirteen acres; as alsoe my hundred acres of upland with the Marsh thertobeonging which I bought of John Whetcome the elder of Scituate planter as be a Deed from him appears with the markes and bounds thereof; I give it my two sonns Daniell and Samuell upon this proviso that they bee Obedient unto Theire mother and carrys themselves as they ought and undewtyfully and unquietly with theire Mother that they cannot confortably live together then hee that soe carryeth himselfe shall Disinherit himselfe of his pts of this land During my wives life; and after her Death all this land abovewritten shalbee equally Devided between my sonnes Daniell and Samuell; My will is if my wife should chang her condition and Marry than shee shall have butt one third of my land above written; It I give unto my wife all my moveables and my two young Cattle; In Witness of the truth of this that it is my will I have sett my Marke." The will was signed by "The Marke of Thomas hicks," the witness Thomas Ensigns, and "the mark of John hewes." Residence: 1640 Scituate, Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts Note: His house lot was northeast of "Hickes' Swamp," a mile south of the harbor near Brushy Hill. There are also records of a "Hickeses hole" near the Great Swamp at Scituate.
Marriage 1 Margaret- b: ABT 1600 in London, England
Married: in England
Children
Zachariah Hicks b: ABT 1628 in England
Daniel Hicks b: BET 1630 AND 1635
Samuel Hicks b: ABT 1635
Birth: ABT 1598 in England, UK Death: 1653 in Scituate, Massachusetts, USA 1 Note:
The material below is copied directly from Hodge, Harriet Woodbury, "Hicks(Hix) Familes of Rehoboth & Swansea, Massachusetts, 1640-1850", privately published 1976 - LDS Film #1036844 - pp. 9-10. This excellent work, based on original research into land deeds, probate records, and, of course, vital records, and carefully documented has been a major source for this family file. (Note also pp.5-7 citing the absence of any proof of the oft-reported English ancestry of Thomas, or any relationship to Robert Hicks or John Hicks - other well-known Hicks American progenitors!)
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Please read before merging or making relationships that did not exist.
Beware of this source for its errors about maiden names of John Hicks 2nd and 3rd wives & about a fictitious wife Elizabeth Morgan for Robert Hicks of Plymouth or that his correct wife Margaret was named Winslow. No Winslow family records show a Margaret and they were from a different part of England and did not meet Robert Hicks until long after he was married to Margaret unknown. In numerous cases Torrey is notorious for conclusions that are mistakes that have been disproved by serious research or for which there are no records to be found to back up his conclusions.
Over the years many mistakes have been made in early colonial research. Much has been corrected for more than fifty years or more recently with The Great Migration Project. There is no value in mistakes and they should not be copied or perpetuated. Perpetuating untruths or old mistakes is a disservice to our ancestors and their other descendants who care about an accurate tree. Other more recent works by professional genealogist scholars at New England Historic Genealogical Society as well as the Thomas Starr family genealogy state no maiden names for either John Hicks 2nd or 3rd wife. A great example of a Torrey mistake is his error about giving a maiden name of Winslow for Margaret unknown, wife of Robert Hicks. Great Migration says there is no basis in fact for that claim. They also state there is no basis in any primary source record that Robert Hicks of Plymouth ever had a 2nd wife or one named Elizabeth Morgan. Notice that Torrey gives no sources and Great Migration says there are none in these cases to justify his claims for John and Robert Hicks. Torrey is a finding aid and useful to consult in many cases but every fact should be verified by a primary source before using it! That is the purpose of a finding aid. Torrey is a compiled source without citations. Not credible when primary sources dispute his facts or a serious effort to confirm them from a real record are not able to produce such facts. If these claims were true, there would be a historical record proof to prove it. Torrey's claim that John Hicks md. Herodias Long is proven by a marriage record. The wills of Robert Hicks and Margaret Hicks prove there is no connection to John Hicks of Long Island.
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Most of the Great Migration (by Robert Charles Anderson) was taken from Winthrop Migration, Laudian Migration and the Louis Effingham deForest
Robert Charles Anderson b. 1944 - The Pilgrim migration : immigrants to Plymouth Colony, 1620-1633
Director, Great Migration Study Project New England Robert Charles Anderson, was educated as a biochemist and served in the United States Army in electronics intelligence. In 1972 he discovered his early New England ancestry and thereafter devoted his time and energies to genealogical research.
In 1983 he received a Master’s degree in American History from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.
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'The Great Migration...' says he came in 1621 on the 'Fortune' and his first residence was Plymouth. It gives a deposition made by Clement Briggs of Weymouth 29 Aug 1638 saying 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. Roberte 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 Robert Heeks did pull three hundred pelts a week and diverse times six or seven hundred & more in 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 Robert Heek sold his sheep's pelts at that time for 40s. a hundred to Mr. Arnold Allard, whereas this deponents'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 Jul 1639 Robert Hicks of Plymouth, 'citizen & leather seller of London,' by a bill dated 6 Jul 1618 was indebted to Thomas Heath, citizen & cooper of London for L180, 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].' The article says he was in the 1633 list of Plymouth freemen, among those admitted before 1 Jan 1632/3 [PCR 1:3]. In the list of 7 March 1636/7 [PCR 1:52]. In the Plymouth section of the 1639 Plymouth Colony list of freemen, with the annotation 'dead' [PCR 8:173]. (should the date be 1649?) Also, 'In the 1623 Plymouth division of land, 'Robert 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 Mar 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 Feb 1629, Robert Hicks purchased two acres on the north side of town from Steven Dean [PCR 12:7]. On 29 Aug 1638, Clement Briggs acknowledged his sale of 'one acre of land in the upper fall near the second brook' to 'Mr. Roberte Heeks' [PCR 12:34]. On 9 Dec 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 Jul 1639 George Sowle acknowledged his sale of two acres of land to Robert Hicks of Plymouth [PCR 12:45]. On 20 Jul 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 Feb 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 Apr 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 Hand Creek to William Brett of Duxbury [PCR 12:80]. On 9 Oct 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 the 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 executric ... 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.' '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 L39 13s., with no real estate included [MD ('The Mayflower Descendant') 8:143-44, citing PCPR ('Plymouth Colony Probate Records')1:1:69]. 'On 23 Jan 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 Oct 1662 'Samuell Hickes' was offered an equal division with others in the lands of Mr. Robert Hickes at Accushen, 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 Oct 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].' 'Snow-Estes Ancestry' says Robert was a leather dresser or felmonger at Southwark, Surrey, near London ...' It says he 'came on the Fortune, Nov., 1621, and in the 1621 division of land in Plymouth, he received one acre; his wife and children came in the Anne, 1623, in which year he and his wife were granted four acres. In the Division of Cattle, 1627, the 'twelfth lot fell to John Jene & his company joined to him' ...', the list included Robert, Margaret, Samuel, Ephraim, Lidya and Phebe Hicks. It said 'To this lott fell the great white black cow which was brought over with the first in the Ann, to which cow the keeping of the bull was joined for these psonts to provide for. here also two shee goats.' It says further 'He was the twenty-third signer of the agreement between Plymouth Colony and William Bradford, Capt. Miles Standish, and Isaac Allerton and others, dated at London, Nov. 17, 1628. (In) 1633, member of the General Court. On 7/17 Jan'y, 1632/3, Robert Hicks and Francis Cooke were appointed arbitrators to settle a difference about accounts between Dr. Samuel Fuller and Peter Brown. Oct. 2, 1634. he took the inventory of Stephen Dean's estate, and Feb. 27, 1643, that of John Atwood's estate.' 'Windecker-Gross and Allied Families' gives some of the same information but calls him a 'fellmonger or hide and wool merchant of London.'
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'The Great Migration...' says he came in 1621 on the 'Fortune' and his first residence was Plymouth. It gives a deposition made by Clement Briggs of Weymouth 29 Aug 1638 saying 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. Roberte 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 Robert Heeks did pull three hundred pelts a week and diverse times six or seven hundred & more in 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 Robert Heek sold his sheep's pelts at that time for 40s. a hundred to Mr. Arnold Allard, whereas this deponents'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 Jul 1639 Robert Hicks of Plymouth, 'citizen & leather seller of London,' by a bill dated 6 Jul 1618 was indebted to Thomas Heath, citizen & cooper of London for L180, 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].' The article says he was in the 1633 list of Plymouth freemen, among those admitted before 1 Jan 1632/3 [PCR 1:3]. In the list of 7 March 1636/7 [PCR 1:52]. In the Plymouth section of the 1639 Plymouth Colony list of freemen, with the annotation 'dead' [PCR 8:173]. (should the date be 1649?) Also, 'In the 1623 Plymouth division of land, 'Robert 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 Mar 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 Feb 1629, Robert Hicks purchased two acres on the north side of town from Steven Dean [PCR 12:7]. On 29 Aug 1638, Clement Briggs acknowledged his sale of 'one acre of land in the upper fall near the second brook' to 'Mr. Roberte Heeks' [PCR 12:34]. On 9 Dec 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 Jul 1639 George Sowle acknowledged his sale of two acres of land to Robert Hicks of Plymouth [PCR 12:45]. On 20 Jul 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 Feb 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 Apr 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 Hand Creek to William Brett of Duxbury [PCR 12:80]. On 9 Oct 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 the 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 executric ... 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.' '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 L39 13s., with no real estate included [MD ('The Mayflower Descendant') 8:143-44, citing PCPR ('Plymouth Colony Probate Records')1:1:69]. 'On 23 Jan 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 Oct 1662 'Samuell Hickes' was offered an equal division with others in the lands of Mr. Robert Hickes at Accushen, 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 Oct 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].' 'Snow-Estes Ancestry' says Robert was a leather dresser or felmonger at Southwark, Surrey, near London ...' It says he 'came on the Fortune, Nov., 1621, and in the 1621 division of land in Plymouth, he received one acre; his wife and children came in the Anne, 1623, in which year he and his wife were granted four acres. In the Division of Cattle, 1627, the 'twelfth lot fell to John Jene & his company joined to him' ...', the list included Robert, Margaret, Samuel, Ephraim, Lidya and Phebe Hicks. It said 'To this lott fell the great white black cow which was brought over with the first in the Ann, to which cow the keeping of the bull was joined for these psonts to provide for. here also two shee goats.' It says further 'He was the twenty-third signer of the agreement between Plymouth Colony and William Bradford, Capt. Miles Standish, and Isaac Allerton and others, dated at London, Nov. 17, 1628. (In) 1633, member of the General Court. On 7/17 Jan'y, 1632/3, Robert Hicks and Francis Cooke were appointed arbitrators to settle a difference about accounts between Dr. Samuel Fuller and Peter Brown. Oct. 2, 1634. he took the inventory of Stephen Dean's estate, and Feb. 27, 1643, that of John Atwood's estate.' 'Windecker-Gross and Allied Families' gives some of the same information but calls him a 'fellmonger or hide and wool merchant of London.'
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Robert Hicks of Plymouth was proven back in 1975 when Robert S. Wakefield published his article in, “The Children of Robert Hicks,” in “The American Genealogist,” v. 51: 57-58
Robert Hicks
(Research):!Initial source: Family group sheet of Robert Hicks and Elizabeth Morgan in the FGRA (Family Group Record Archives) collection of the Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah, submitted by Eva D. Nebeker, of Pocatello, Idaho. Her sources: Hicks (Hix) Rec. B13 C19 pp 360, 361. It was adjusted for Thyrle N. Stapley by Charles Stapley Fam. c/o Gladys J. Bushby , Rt#1, Box 386, Mesa, AZ. Note at the bottom of the sheet says children no. 3, 4, 5 added by Grace R. Johnson, San Luis Obispo, Cal. A family group sheet of Robert Hicks and Margaret Winslow from the same collection submitted by Elsie Geneva Pace, Delta, Utah, compiled from 'The Hicks Family' by Grace C. Toler pg 67-70; will of Margaret Winslow 1665 (A2D2 - Snow Estes Anc.) V. 1 pg 168-176), and 'Col. Fam. of Amer.' (Am 190) V. 18 pg 46-50, V. 8 pg 329, 330, Bital pg 1372. The first sheet showed Robert Hicks born 1583, Southwark, London, Eng., son of James Hicks and Phebe Allyne, died 24 Mar 1647, married (1) 1600, London, Middlesex, Engl, to Elizabeth Morgan, (LDS proxy sealing 14 May 1953 IFALL), b. abt 1585 of Eng.; died 1607, Southwark, London, Eng., daughter of John Morgan. The second sheet has the same data, married (2) 1610, Margaret Winslow, born abt 1589, of Southwark, daughter of Edward Winslow and Magdalene Ollyver, wd (will dated) 1665 Plymouth. 'Snow-Estes Ancestry', by Nora E. Snow, 1939, gives both wills in full. His, dated 28 May 1745. It names wife, Margaret. 'Windecker-Gross and Allied Families' from 'Americana' (973 B2a, 1942) also gives him two wives, quotes his and Margaret's wills, filed at Plymouth, Mass. It says the family moved to Duxbury, Massachusetts, as in 1642 two of his sons, John and Stephen, left his home and went to Long Island. (No source was given for this information and neither John nor Stephen are named in either will. Also, the will, dated 1645, says Robert was of Plymouth. (See further.) An article in 'THE AMERICAN GENEALOGIST', vol. 51 pg 57, by Robert S. Wakefield, says: 'Although some writers credit Robert Hicks with two wives, no burial of a first wife was found in Bermondsey, and I do not know of any evidence that would prove he had any wife other than Margaret.' 'The Great Migration Begins', also by Robert S. Wakefield and published in 1995, names only one wife, Margaret _____. It says 'Death: Plymouth 24 May 1647 (from inventory). (Savage and Pope both give this date as 24 March, apparently based on the abstract of the inventory published in 1850 [NEHGR 4:282]. On the original the month of death is in the upper right corner of the page, and is worn, so that only 'Ma' can now be read on microfilm. Bowman saw this as May, and his reading is followed here.)' LDS proxy temple ordinances are from the FGRA sheet and that of his parents. Children on the FGRA sheet of Robert and Elizabeth: Thomas, b 1601, Southwark, md 1625, Margaret Atwood; Robert, abt 1603, Southwark; Elizabeth, abt 1605, of Southwark, md John Dickinson; John, abt 1605, of Southwark, w.p. 14 Jun 1672, md (1) 14 Mar 1637 (div) Herodias or Horod Long, (no 2nd marriage on the sheet); Stephen, abt 1607, of Southwark. (see further, article from 'American Genealogist')
Children on the FGRA sheet of Robert and Margaret: Samuel, abt 1611, Southwark, married 11 Sep 1645, Lydia Doane; Ephraim, abt 1613, Southwark, married 13 Sep 1649, Elizabeth Tilley Howland, died 2 Dec 1649; Lydia, abt 1615, Chichester, Sussex, Eng., married 1633, Edward Bangs, died 1677; Phebe, abt 1616, Chichester, married 1635, George Watson, died 22 May 1663. (see further, article in 'American Genealogist') 'Cape Cod Series' V. 2 pg 70 says children of his first wife were Elizabeth (married John Dickinson), Thomas, John (b 1607, died Long Island, N.Y., May 1672, married Herodia Long) and Stephen. (see further, article in 'American Genealogist') 'Snow-Estes Ancestry' gives only Thomas as child of the first wife and children of the second wife as Samuel, Ephraim, Lydia and Phebe. (see further, article in 'American Genealogist') It also gives wills of Robert and Margaret in full. His will names eldest son Samuel, son Ephraim, grandson John Bangs, and others with no relationship given. Margaret's will, dated 8 Jul 1665, names son Samuel, daughter-in-law Lydia, son Ephraim, deceased, son-in-law George Watson, husband of her daughter Phebe, deceased. and grandchild John Bangs. The Windecker-Gross...' article says children of the first marriage were Thomas, baptized in Bermondsey, buried Apr 1604; John, baptized 12 Oct 1605, one of the patentees to whom Governor Kieft in 1645, granted the township of Flushing, Long Island. Children of the second marriage, Sarah bapt. 25 Oct 1607, Samuel, not shown in Bermondsey records, Stephen, Ephraim, Phebe, and Lydia. (see next source) The 'American Genealogist' article says: 'Charles Edwards Banks, in his 'English Ancestry and Homes of the Pilgrim Fathers' (1929), p. 119, lists the baptisms of three of the children of Robert Hicks, who came to Plymouth Colony in the Fortune in 1621, that he found in the parish of Bermondsey, and then he states, 'As there are no further entries in the register he probably removed to Southwark after the last-named date' (1607). 'This erroneous statement has probably been responsible for the long delay in finding the baptisms of more of the children of Robert Hicks, for there are baptismal records of five more children ... in the parish of St. Mary Magdalene, Bermondsey, Surrey, the same parish where the three entries quoted by Dr. Banks appear! 'The early records of this parish are printed and indexed, and, no doubt, this is the source of Dr. Banks' information, but he should have noted they end in 1609.' He lists the children as they are shown here, with the burials of Thomas, Sara, and Mary. He says Ephraim died three months after his marriage and it was his widow, Elizabeth, who married John Dickenson and not the 'fictional eldest daughter often credited to Robert Hicks.' Also, he says that Ephraim was 'apparently born 1624-7 in Plymouth, as Robert and Margaret Hicks apparently had three children with them in 1623-4 when the division of land was made, yet had four children when the division of cattle was made in 1627 (Samuel, Ephraim, Lidia, and Phoebe).' And 'As far as the other purported children of Robert Hicks are concerned, it should be noted that they are not named in the wills of Robert or Margaret and were not with them during the 1623-1627 period. It appears that John and Richard died before 1623. It should also be noted that Robert Hicks calls Samuel his eldest son.' 'The Great Migration...' gives a 'Bibliographic Note' at the end of the account of Robert Hicks which says 'In 1938 Louis Effingham deForest compiled a comprehensive summary of all that was known about Robert Hicks at that date [Moore Anc 295-308]. (This summary includes children Elizabeth and Daniel, for whom there is no evidence.)
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'The Great Migration...' says he came in 1621 on the 'Fortune' and his first residence was Plymouth. It gives a deposition made by Clement Briggs of Weymouth 29 Aug 1638 saying 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. Roberte 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 Robert Heeks did pull three hundred pelts a week and diverse times six or seven hundred & more in 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 Robert Heek sold his sheep's pelts at that time for 40s. a hundred to Mr. Arnold Allard, whereas this deponents'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 Jul 1639 Robert Hicks of Plymouth, 'citizen & leather seller of London,' by a bill dated 6 Jul 1618 was indebted to Thomas Heath, citizen & cooper of London for L180, 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].' The article says he was in the 1633 list of Plymouth freemen, among those admitted before 1 Jan 1632/3 [PCR 1:3]. In the list of 7 March 1636/7 [PCR 1:52]. In the Plymouth section of the 1639 Plymouth Colony list of freemen, with the annotation 'dead' [PCR 8:173]. (should the date be 1649?) Also, 'In the 1623 Plymouth division of land, 'Robert 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 Mar 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 Feb 1629, Robert Hicks purchased two acres on the north side of town from Steven Dean [PCR 12:7]. On 29 Aug 1638, Clement Briggs acknowledged his sale of 'one acre of land in the upper fall near the second brook' to 'Mr. Roberte Heeks' [PCR 12:34]. On 9 Dec 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 Jul 1639 George Sowle acknowledged his sale of two acres of land to Robert Hicks of Plymouth [PCR 12:45]. On 20 Jul 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 Feb 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 Apr 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 Hand Creek to William Brett of Duxbury [PCR 12:80]. On 9 Oct 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 the 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 executric ... 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.' '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 L39 13s., with no real estate included [MD ('The Mayflower Descendant') 8:143-44, citing PCPR ('Plymouth Colony Probate Records')1:1:69]. 'On 23 Jan 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 Oct 1662 'Samuell Hickes' was offered an equal division with others in the lands of Mr. Robert Hickes at Accushen, 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 Oct 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].' 'Snow-Estes Ancestry' says Robert was a leather dresser or felmonger at Southwark, Surrey, near London ...' It says he 'came on the Fortune, Nov., 1621, and in the 1621 division of land in Plymouth, he received one acre; his wife and children came in the Anne, 1623, in which year he and his wife were granted four acres. In the Division of Cattle, 1627, the 'twelfth lot fell to John Jene & his company joined to him' ...', the list included Robert, Margaret, Samuel, Ephraim, Lidya and Phebe Hicks. It said 'To this lott fell the great white black cow which was brought over with the first in the Ann, to which cow the keeping of the bull was joined for these psonts to provide for. here also two shee goats.' It says further 'He was the twenty-third signer of the agreement between Plymouth Colony and William Bradford, Capt. Miles Standish, and Isaac Allerton and others, dated at London, Nov. 17, 1628. (In) 1633, member of the General Court. On 7/17 Jan'y, 1632/3, Robert Hicks and Francis Cooke were appointed arbitrators to settle a difference about accounts between Dr. Samuel Fuller and Peter Brown. Oct. 2, 1634. he took the inventory of Stephen Dean's estate, and Feb. 27, 1643, that of John Atwood's estate.' 'Windecker-Gross and Allied Families' gives some of the same information but calls him a 'fellmonger or hide and wool merchant of London.'
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[dHatch.FTW] [Hatche.ftw] Appendixes of The Real Founders of New England Appendix A page 146 When the four pilgrim ships had come in there were in Plymo uth, in the winter of 1623-24, excluding seamen, servants , children, the dead, and the absent, about 50 men and 30 w omen. Not all of these were Separatists, for many like Robe rt Hicks, although unhappy, remained. There were at Cape An n, Casco Bay, Damerill's Cove, Monhegan, Natascot, Pemaquid , Piscataqua and Wessagusset at least 75 men and a few wome n, almost all nominal members of the Church of England. The se had come largely from the south and west coasts of Engla nd, while the Plymouth group came chiefly from the vicinit y of Aldgate Ward, London, half a mile north of the presen t Bank of England, housed in the lanes and courts off Cornh ill and Leadenhall Street. A few had come from Leyden, wher e they had been settled for about ten years. (Mass. Hist. S oc. Proc., volume 61.) [p.146]
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Plymouth Colony: Its History and People 1620-1691 Part Three: Biographical Sketches Biographical Sketches: Hicks, Margaret xxx —A daughter of Robert and Margaret; Lydia arrived in 16 23 with her mother on the Anne. Lydia later married Edwar d Bangs, q.v. See the article under Robert Hicks.
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Plymouth Colony: Its History and People 1620-1691 Part Three: Biographical Sketches Biographical Sketches: Hicks, Robert xxx —Margaret Hicks arrived at Plymouth in 1623 on the Ann e with her children Samuel and Lydia to join her husband Ro bert, q.v. In her will dated 8 July 1665, exhibited 6 Marc h 1665/66, the widow Margaret Hicks of Plymouth named her s on Samuel Hicks, daughter-in-law Lydia Hicks, son Samuel' s seven children, grandchild John Bangs, and the children o f her loving deceased daughter Phebe, who had married Georg e Watson (MD 16:157-58). [p.302]
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Plymouth Colony: Its History and People 1620-1691 Part Three: Biographical Sketches Biographical Sketches: Hicks, Samuel xxx —He arrived in 1621 on the Fortune. Banks called hi m a fellmonger of Bermondsey and Southwark, County Surrey . Robert S. Wakefield, "The Children of Robert Hicks," TA G 51:57, shows that Hicks had at least nine children. See a lso R. G. Rider, "More on the Robert Hicks Ancestry: Clue s to the Identity of his Spouse," TAG 54:31, which should b e read with a bit of caution. His wife was Margaret Hicks , q.v. Some interesting background is given on Hicks in th e deposition of Clement Briggs of Weymouth, fellmonger, tak en at New Plymouth 29 August 1638. Briggs said that about t wenty-two years earlier he was dwelling (and working for) M r. Samuel Latham in Bermondsey Street, Southwark, London, a nd a Thomas Harlow was dwelling with (and working for) Mr . Robert Hicks. Harlow and Briggs often discussed how man y pelts their masters pulled a week. Hicks pulled 300 a wee k and sometimes 600 or 700, and he sold his sheep's pelts f or forty shillings a hundred to Mr. Arnold Allard, wherea s Mr. Samuel Latham sold his to the same man for fifty shil lings a hundred, even though Mr. Hicks's pelts were bette r ware (PCR 12:35). In Plymouth, Hicks recorded with the co urt on 13 July 1639 a release whereby Thomas Heath of Londo n, cooper, on 13 July 1619 had acquitted Robert Hicks, form erly a citizen and leatherseller of London, of all debts, i ncluding £180 pounds which Hicks had owed Heath (PCR 12:43) . Hicks died at Plymouth 24 May 1647, and in his will, date d 28 May 1645, inventory 5 July 1647, he named his wife Mar garet, oldest son Samuel, son Ephraim, grandson John Bangs , John Watson, and a number of nonrelative Plymouth residen ts (MD 8:143). [dHatch.FTW] [Maclachlan.FBK.FTW] Appendixes of The Real Founders of New England A ppendix A page 146 When the four pilgrim ships had come in there were in Plymo uth, in the winter of 1623-24, excluding seamen, servants , children, the dead, and the absent, about 50 men and 30 w omen. Not all of these were Separatists, for many like Robe rt Hicks, although unhappy, remained. There were at Cape An n, Casco Bay, Damerill's Cove, Monhegan, Natascot, Pemaquid , Piscataqua and Wessagusset at least 75 men and a few wome n, almost all nominal members of the Church of England. The se had come largely from the south and west coasts of Engla nd, while the Plymouth group came chiefly from the vicinit y of Aldgate Ward, London, half a mile north of the presen t Bank of England, housed in the lanes and courts off Cornh ill and Leadenhall Street. A few had come from Leyden, wher e they had been settled for about ten years. (Mass. Hist. S oc. Proc., volume 61.) [p.146]
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Plymouth Colony: Its History and People 1620-1691 Part Three: Biographical Sketches Biographical Sketches: Hicks, Margaret xxx —A daughter of Robert and Margaret; Lydia arrived in 16 23 with her mother on the Anne. Lydia later married Edwar d Bangs, q.v. See the article under Robert Hicks.
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Plymouth Colony: Its History and People 1620-1691 Part Three: Biographical Sketches Biographical Sketches: Hicks, Robert xxx —Margaret Hicks arrived at Plymouth in 1623 on the Ann e with her children Samuel and Lydia to join her husband Ro bert, q.v. In her will dated 8 July 1665, exhibited 6 Marc h 1665/66, the widow Margaret Hicks of Plymouth named her s on Samuel Hicks, daughter-in-law Lydia Hicks, son Samuel' s seven children, grandchild John Bangs, and the children o f her loving deceased daughter Phebe, who had married Georg e Watson (MD 16:157-58). [p.302]
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Plymouth Colony: Its History and People 1620-1691 Part Three: Biographical Sketches Biographical Sketches: Hicks, Samuel xxx —He arrived in 1621 on the Fortune. Banks called hi m a fellmonger of Bermondsey and Southwark, County Surrey . Robert S. Wakefield, "The Children of Robert Hicks," TA G 51:57, shows that Hicks had at least nine children. See a lso R. G. Rider, "More on the Robert Hicks Ancestry: Clue s to the Identity of his Spouse," TAG 54:31, which should b e read with a bit of caution. His wife was Margaret Hicks , q.v. Some interesting background is given on Hicks in th e deposition of Clement Briggs of Weymouth, fellmonger, tak en at New Plymouth 29 August 1638. Briggs said that about t wenty-two years earlier he was dwelling (and working for) M r. Samuel Latham in Bermondsey Street, Southwark, London, a nd a Thomas Harlow was dwelling with (and working for) Mr . Robert Hicks. Harlow and Briggs often discussed how man y pelts their masters pulled a week. Hicks pulled 300 a wee k and sometimes 600 or 700, and he sold his sheep's pelts f or forty shillings a hundred to Mr. Arnold Allard, wherea s Mr. Samuel Latham sold his to the same man for fifty shil lings a hundred, even though Mr. Hicks's pelts were bette r ware (PCR 12:35). In Plymouth, Hicks recorded with the co urt on 13 July 1639 a release whereby Thomas Heath of Londo n, cooper, on 13 July 1619 had acquitted Robert Hicks, form erly a citizen and leatherseller of London, of all debts, i ncluding £180 pounds which Hicks had owed Heath (PCR 12:43) . Hicks died at Plymouth 24 May 1647, and in his will, date d 28 May 1645, inventory 5 July 1647, he named his wife Mar garet, oldest son Samuel, son Ephraim, grandson John Bangs , John Watson, and a number of nonrelative Plymouth residen ts (MD 8:143). !NAME:Book, Pioneers of Massachusetts, Pioneers of Massachu setts, A Descriptive List, Drawn from Records of the Coloni es, Towns, and Churches, and other C ontemporaneous Document s, Charles Henry Pope, (Bowlie MD, Heritage Books, Inc., 19 91), facsimile reprint, 232 !DEATH:Book, Great Migration Begins, The Great Migration Be gins, Robert Carrles Anderson, Boston: New England Historic al & Genealogical Society, 1995 !DEATH:FTM, FTM !DEATH:Book, Pioneers of Massachusetts, Pioneers of Massach usetts, A Descriptive List, Drawn from Records of the Colon ies, Towns, and Churches, and other Contemporaneous Documen ts, Charles Henry Pope, (Bowlie MD, Heritage Books, Inc., 1 991), facsimile reprint, 232
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SOURCE: http://www.gendex.com/users/rtwgen/mwheeler/d0012/g0000006.html#I32293 Robert Hicks arrived in New England in 1622, one of 35 on the ship "Fortune." His wife and daughter Phebe arrived in 1623 on the "Ann." "Hickes/Heekes" was apparently a fellmonger, a dealer pelts & hides. According to a deposition taken in early Plymouth, he had lived on Bermondsey St., Southwark, London about 1616. Robert and his family lived in Duxbury before settling in Plymouth, where he died. His will is dated 28 May 1645; the inventory, taken 5 July 1647, was valued at 39 pounds, 13. In it he mentions wife Margaret, sons Ephraim, eldest Samuel and grandson John Bangs; no mention of Phebe Watson or her children, although a "John Watson" is mentioned, perhaps the only child of Phebe & George born at the time. Could a first wife have been Elizabeth (Morgan) Hicks - see NEHGS "Register," Vol 91, pg. 288 - who died in England? He is said to have had 2 children by her who were left in England - Thomas who took over his father's business in London, and John who came later to New England. However, this is disputed by Hicks researcher Arthur Connolly: [arcpmc@worldnet.att.net] who has son Thomas dying 1604. He MAY have first married Elizabeth Morgan who was definitely the mother of John Hicks, b. 1605-07; according Connolly. This marriage is, apparently not proven as being THIS Robert Hicks.
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5/31/91; Boston Transcript, Dec 8,1902, #4328; Newell Ancestry, He was a fellmonger, or dealer in hides, in Southwark, Surrey, in 1616. Properly of the Pilgrim party, he came to Plymouth in the ship Fortune in 1621, and two years later his wife Margaret and children joined him, arriving on Ann. He acquired property, holding lands in Duxbury and Scituate, Ma., as well as Plymouth;
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ROBERT HICKS ORIGIN: London MIGRATION:
ROBERT HICKS ORIGIN: London MIGRATION: 1621 on Fortune FIRST RESIDENCE: Plymouth OCCUPATION: Fellmonger (in England). FREEMAN: In the "1633" list of Plymouth freemen, among those admittedbefore 1 January 1632/3 [PCR 1:3]. In list of 7 March 1636/7 [PCR1:52]. In the Plymouth section of the 1639 Plymouth Colony list offreemen, with the annotation "dead" [PCR 8:173]. 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" wasgranted one acre as a passenger on the Fortune, and his wife andchildren were granted four acres as passengers on the Anne [PCR 12:5,6]. In the 1627 Plymouth division of cattle Robert Hicks, MargaretHicks, Samuel Hicks, Ephraim Hicks, Lydia Hicks and Phebe Hicks werethe sixth through eleventh persons in the twelfth company [PCR 12:13]. Assessed 18s. in the Plymouth tax list of 25 March 1633 and 12s. inthe list of 27 March 1634 [PCR 1:9, 27]. "Robert Hickes" wasthirty-seventh on the list of Purchasers [PCR 2:177]. On 10 February 1629 Robert Hicks purchased two acres on the north sideof town from Steven Dean [PCR 12:7]. On 29 August 1638 Clement Briggsacknowledged his sale of "one acre of land in the upper fall near thesecond brook" to "Mr. Rob[er]te Heeks" [PCR 12:34]. On 9 December1639 "Mr. Rob[er]te Hicks" rented five acres at Reed Pond to JohnSmyth for three years, Smyth to fence the east side of the land [PCR12:51]. On 13 July 1639 George Sowle acknowledged his sale of twoacres of land to Robert Hicks of Plymouth [PCR 12:45]. On 20 July1639 John Barnes of Plymouth, yeoman, acknowledged his sale of fouracres of meadow at High Pynes to Mr. Robert Hicks [PCR 12;45]. On 11February 1639[/40] Mr. Robert Hicks of Plymouth, planter, sold toSamuell Hicks his eldest son all his house, outhouses and garden inPlymouth, together with four acres of land and eight acres of land andall the meadow at the Heigh Pynes and Iland Creek, and all his righttitle and interest in the land, and three cows [PCR 12:54]. On 7April 1642 Mr. Robert Hicks sold two acres of marsh at Heigh Pines toMr. William Bradford [PCR 12:79]. On 7 May 1642 Mr. Robert Hicks soldseven acres of upland at Iland Creek to William Brett of Duxbury [PCR12:80]. On the same day he acknowledged his deed to John Reynor ofthree acres of marsh meadow at Heigh Pynes [PCR 12:80]. On 9 October1645 Mr. Robert Hicks sold to Georg Partrich a parcel of marsh meadowconsisting of two acres [PCR 12:115]. The above info is from "The Geart Migration Begins" by Robert CharlesAnderson [ROBERT HICKS' WILL] [fol. 70] Mr Robert hicks will: In the name of God Amen I Robert hicks of Plymouth this xxviiith dayof may Anno dm 1645 being full of Infermities of body and conssideringthe brevity of this mortall life but of very good and perfecte memorydoe ordaine and make this my last will and Testament in maner andforme foloing first I give and bequeath my soule to Almighty god in certaine hopeand assurance of a Joyfull Reseurection and my body to bee buried indecent maner And as concerning all my worldly goods and estate my mind and will isas foloweth first I give and bequath unto my soon Ephraim all ye mydwelling house barn and buldings with the gardins therunto belongingsittuate in plymouth aforsaid: and allso all those three feilds onelying on the north side of the sd towne of plymouth betwext the ffirstand second brook the second wh I latly purchased of Mr John Aldin andthe third called the south feud lying on the south side of the sdtowne of Plymouth Colony Wills and Inventories 145 plymouth both all and singuler the appurtenances to the said house andlands belonging to have and to hould unto him the sd Ephraim hisheaires and Asigus for ever: but my mind and will is yt my executrixheerafter named shall have and Enjoy three Romes in the sd houseduring her life shee keeping her selfe unmaried viz the hall andchamber over and seller underneath: and allso yt my sd s oon Ephraimshall pay her the thirds of the sd lands during her life andwiddowhood: and lickwise shee shall Enjoy the garden next 'unto thewatter side with the sd Romes as aforsaid allso I give and bequeathunto my sd soon Ephraim all my lands lying at iland creek on Duxberyside except two lots of upland of twenty acars of peece lyeng nextunto Mr Kemps lands which I heerby give and bequeath unto John Banzesmy Grandchild to have and to hould to him and his heires for ever andallso my mind and will is Ye my executrix heerafter named shall haveand Enjoy the Rents of the sd land now set and let forth for six yearsyet to com if shee shall so long live: but all the Rest of my landsboth upland and. medow there I give unto my sd soon Ephraim to haveand to hQuld to him and his heires for ever allso I give unto JohnReyner the soon of Mr John Reyner our Teacher fifty acares of thepurchased lands acruing and coming unto mee as a purchaser: of myshare of lands Lyeng at Seawams or Secunck if the said Mr John Reynerhis father doe Remayn at plymouth: and fifty acares there also I giveunto Samuell my eldest soon and fifty acars to my said soon Ephraim:and fifty to John watson there allso and fifty acares to John bangslyeng there and fifty acares to the yonger of Mr Charls Chancys sonnswhich his wife had at one beyrth when he dwelt at plymouth: ailso Igive unto my said soon Ephraim the bedsted in the hall and the Tablewith the feather bed and flockbed two bolsters two pillows the greenRug and two blankits and my cloth gowne faced with Conny flir and thegreat kittle; Item I give unto the Town of plymouth one cow calfe Itemto William pontus I give twenty shillings to bee payed him in thecuntry pay within six months after my dessease Item I give untopheneas prat xxs to be payed in lick maner Item I give unto Johnffaunce xxs to bee payed in maner as aforsald Item I give untoNathaneell Morton xxs and to Thomas Cushman xxs to bee payed them inlicke maner as is before sd: allso I doe ordayne and make Margerett myloveing wife the sole Executrix of this my last will and Testamentgiveing and bequeathing unto her all the Rest of my goods Cattells anddebts deu unto mee whatsoever not heerby 146 Bill of Mortality in the South Parish of Eastharn given and bequeathed my funerall charges and other my debts beingdischarged And I doe Entreat Mr John howland Mannasses Kemton and Thomas Cushman to bee my overseers to seethis my last will and Testemnt performed giveing and bequeathing untothe sd John howiand and Mannasses Kemton xs apeece to buy them somthing to keepe in Remembrance of mee lastly I give and bequeath untoJoshua prat a suit of my wearing clothes with a payer of shoos andstockings to bee delivered him by my executrix within one month nextafter my dessease and to Samuell Eddy a payer of my wearing stockings:and it is allso my mind and will yt my said soon Ephraim shall have myfoure oxen payeng my loveing wife my executrix the thirds of thepfitts of the lands as is before mensioned and expressed: and to drawher twenty loads of wood yearly to her house in plymouth during herlife in wittnes wherof I have published and declared this to bee mylast will and Testament Revoking all other wills legacies and bequestsnot heerin and heer with expressed and have heerunto sett my hand andSeall the day and year abovewriten Read sealid and published as my last will and Testament in the psenceof Nathaneel Sowther Robert hicks Nathaneell Sowther Testifyeth uppon Oath that himselfe writt this willfor Robert hicks and yt Robert hicks did in his presence sett his handto it as above: and did then declare it to bee his last will andTestament: taken upon Oath this l5th of May 1648 before mee John Winthrop Printed from Mayflower Descendant Legacy CD-ROM - All rights reserved.Copyright ~ 1996 - 1998 by Search & ReSearch Publishing Corp., WheatRidge, CO 80033 BIRTH: By about 1578 based on estimated date of marriage. DEATH: Plymouth 24 May 1647 (from inventory). (Savage and Pope bothgive this date as 24 March, apparently based on the abstract of theinventory published in 1850 [NEHGR 4:282]. On the original the monthof death is in the upper right corner of the page, and is worn, sothat only "Ma" can now be read on microfilm. Bowman saw this as May,and his reading is followed here.) MARRIAGE: By 1603 Margaret _____; she died at Plymouth between 8 July1665 (date of will) and 6 March 1665/6 (probate of will). CHILDREN (first eight baptized at St. Mary Magdalen, Bermondsey,Surrey [TAG 51:58]): i THOMAS, bp. 19 February 1603/4; bur. 23 April 1604. ii JOHN, bp. 12 October 1605; no further record. iii SARA, bp. 25 October 1607; bur. 24 February 1617/8. iv RICHARD, bp. 17 September 1609; no further record. v SAMUEL, bp. 18 August 1611; m. Plymouth 11 September 1645 LydiaDoane [PCR 2:88], daughter of JOHN DOANE. vi LYDIA, bp. 6 September 1612; m. by about 1633 EDWARD BANGS. vii PHOEBE, bp. 15 March 1614/5; m. by about 1636 George Watson (theirdaughter Phebe m. Jonathan Shaw on 22 January 1656 [PVR 662]). viii MARY, bp. 11 May 1617; bur. 14 September 1619. ix EPHRAIM, b. Plymouth about 1625; m. Plymouth 13 September 1649Elizabeth Howland [PCR 8:8], daughter of JOHN HOWLAND; Ephraim Hicksd. 12 December 1649 "a violent death" [PCR 3:202] and his widow m. (2)Plymouth 10 July 1651 John Dickenson [PCR 8:13]. COMMENTS: The major breakthrough on this family was made when RobertS. Wakefield discovered additional baptismal entries in the St. MaryMagdalen, Bermondsey, register [TAG 51:57-58]. Several sources give Robert Hicks two wives: Elizabeth Morgan andMargaret Winslow. No record has been found of any marriage for RobertHicks, and his only known wife was Margaret; the argument thatMargaret was a Winslow has little basis [TAG 54:31-34]. Clement Briggs of Weymouth, fellmonger, deposed 29 August 1638 thatabout two and twenty years since this deponent then dwelling with oneMr. Samuell Lathame in Barmundsey Streete in Southwarke a fellmongerand one Tho
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ROBERT HICKS
ORIGIN: London
MIGRATION: 1621 on Fortune
FIRST RESIDENCE: Plymouth
OCCUPATION: Fellmonger (in England).
FREEMAN: In the "1633" list of Plymouth freemen, among those admitted before 1 January 1632/3 [PCR 1:3]. In list of 7 March 1636/7 [ PCR 1:52]. In the Plymouth section of the 1639 Plymouth Colony list of freemen, with the annotation "dead" [ PCR 8:173].
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 ... t
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