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About Francis Hickman
Hickman family biogaphical sketch from Futhey and Cope's "History of Chester County, Pennsylvania, with genealogical and biographical sketches" Philadelphia (1881) PRESS OF J. B. LIPPINCOTT & CO.
"HICKMAN. — Letters written to some of the early settlers from Marlborough, in Wiltshire, England, mention persons of this name, and in one, dated 6, 2, 1684, William Hitchcock informs John Harding, of Chichester, of " a little fardle of things ffrancis Hickman's wife left w* me to send to her daufter, thy servant mayde."
Francis Hickman and Elizabeth, his wife, had arrived in Pennsylvania and purchased land prior to Nov. 27, 1685, the date of his will. It is uncertain where they were settled, but after his death the family came to Thornbury township, where the widow died in 1698. Her first hus- band was a Chamberlin, by whom she had children, some or all of whom came to America before their mother. The children of Francis and Elizabeth Hickman were Joseph, Benjamin, Mary (married to Joseph Edwards), and Han- nah (married to Robert Way).
Joseph Hickman was living in Cain in 1709, and after- wards at Pequea, in Lancaster County, beyond which noth- ing is known of him or his family. Benjamin Hickman married, in 1701, Ann, daughter of Richard Buffington,of Bradford, and settled in Westtown on property immediately east of the boarding-school. The site of their first resi- dence, a cave, is marked by an evergreen tree on the farm of the late William C. Hickman.
Their children were as follows : Mary, b. 3, 9, 1702 ; m. Joseph Hunt. Elizabeth, b. 1, 19, 1704 ; d. 1788 ; m. Thomas Cheyney and Jacob Vernon. John, b. 2, 5, 1706 • d. unmarried at the age of ninety-two. For some reason he was nicknamed " Nunkey," perhaps a corruption of "Uncle." Francis, b. 5, 27, 1708; m. Ann Marshall. Benjamin, b. 9, 18, 1710 ; d. 1760 ; m. Hannah Trego. Ann, b. 12, 14, 1713 ; m. John Cheyney. Hannah, b. 3, 21, 1715 ; d. 5, 23, 1806 ; m. Joseph James. Three of these were born in the cave above mentioned. The father died 10, 7, 1742.
Francis Hickman's wife was the daughter of Thomas and Hannah Marshall, of Concord, b. 9, 18, 1719, to whom he was married, in Philadelphia, about the beginning of 1737. In 1745 they were living in West Cain, but re- turned to Westtown five years later. Their children were Hannah, m. to Caleb Strode ; Joseph, d. 8, 5, 1820, un- married. Thomas, d. 12, 17, 1825 ; m. Mary Jeflferis. Sarah, b. 9, 20, 1741 ; d. 4th mo., 1822 ; m. Richard
Strode. William, m. Hannah Chamberlin. Moses, m. Hannah Jefferis. Benjamin, unmarried. Ann, m. to Ezra Hoopes. Francis, b. 1, 17, 1760 ; d. 12, 28, 1844 ; m. 4, 25, 1799, to Alice Cheyney. Mary, d. 2, 21, 1846, aged about eighty ; m. Joseph James.
Benjamin Hickman, Jr., married Hannah, daughter of William and Margaret Trego. She died Oct. 13, 1756, and he in 1760. Their children were Ann, b. April 1, 1745 ; m. Phinehas Lewis. Lucy, b. July 8, 1747 ; d. Oct. 2, 1756. Benjamin, b. Sept. 27, 1749 ; d. March 25, 1826 ; m. Lucy Cheyney, March, 1774. Francis, b. May 6, 1752 ; d. 1827. He went to Tennessee. Elisha, b. Oct. 1, 1755 ; d. Oct. 27, 1756.
Thomas Hickman married Mary, daughter of James and Ann (Cheyney) Jefferis, born 9, 9, 1750, died 9, 11, 1812. They resided in Thornbury, where Thomas died at the age of eighty-two years. Their children were John, b. 3, 20, 1769 ; died 7, 2, 1846 ; m. Sarah JeflFeris. Ann, b. 7, 13, 1770 ; m. Henry Myers. Thomas, b. 9, 13, 1773 ; d. 10, 29, 1838 ; m. Elizabeth Battin. James, b. 3, 14, 1776 ; d. 2, 17, 1855 ; m. Hannah Grubb and Elizabeth Cheyney. Emmor, b. 4, 28, 1778 ; d. 4, 4, 1825 ; m. Susanna Sharpless. Mary, b. 10, 27, 1780 ; d. 1861 ; m. Benjamin Hickman. Francis, b. 11, 6, 1784; d. 9, 1, 1834; m. Hannah James. Benjamin, b. 3, 25, 1786 ; m. Susan James. Martha, b. 7, 20, 1789 ; d. 3, 3, 1859 ; m. Gibbons Gray.
Moses Hickman married, Jan. 4, 1786, Hannah Jef- feris, daughter of' James and Ann, b. 10, 19, 1757, died 6, 13, 1815. They lived in East Bradford, on the farm . now of John M. Hildeburn. He died in 1819. Their children were Elizabeth, b. 9, 12, 1786 ; d. 10, 7, 1812 ; m. Emmor Moore. Jacob, b. 8, 8, 1790 ; d. unmarried. Sarah, b. 9, 21, 1792 ; m. Joseph Townsend, of West Chester. Joseph, b. 7, 7, 1795 ; m. Nancy Davis. Moses, b. 3, 5, 1798 ; d. unmarried.
John Hickman, son of Thomas, married Sarah, daughter of Emmor and Charity Jeffferis, of East Bradford, and had three children, — Benjamin, Hannah (married to Edward Gheen), and John, late member of Congress.
Thomas Hickman, Jr., married Elizabeth, daughter of Marshall and Susannah Battin, born 12, 7, 1782, died 8, 8, 1871. They resided in West Bradford, now Pocopson township, and were the parents of Dr. Joseph, Marshall B. Hickman, and others."
MARRIED. Elizabeth Woolston 1657 at Marlborough, Wiltshire, England; MARRIED. m.31 Oct 1664 at Lambourn, Berkshire, England to Elizabeth Stroud - WIDOW OF Sir Robert Chamberlyn Sr (c.1630 Wiltshire - 14 February 1664 Berks, England)
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Francis Hickman's Timeline
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September 26, 1630
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Lamborne Woodlands, Berkshire, England
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| 1665 |
November 17, 1665
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Lambourne Woods, Berkshire Parish, Wiltshire, England (United Kingdom)
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September 15, 1668
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Lambourn Woodlands, Wiltshire, England
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September 23, 1670
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Marlborough, Wiltshire, England
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March 13, 1673
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Lamborne Woodlands, Berkshire, England
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| 1677 |
August 4, 1677
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Lambourne Woodlands, Bershire Parish, Wiltshire, England
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| 1685 |
November 27, 1685
Age 55
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Thornbury, Chester County, Pennsylvania
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