Joseph Hickox

He was a bachelor proprietor 26 March 1699. He was Chimney Viewer 1701-1703. He moved from Waterbury to Durham with the Gaylords. He was a carpenter. Administration was granted 6 July 1725 to brother Stephen and son Joseph.

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(III) Joseph Hickox, son of Sergeant Samuel, born in 1678, married Feb. 8, 1699, or 1700, Elizabeth, daughter of Joseph Gaylord, Sr. He was accepted as a bachelor proprietor of Waterbury in 1699, was chimney viewer in 1701 and 1703. He removed, after the births of two of his children, Joseph and Hannah, at Waterbury, with the Gaylords to Durham, Conn. He was a carpenter by occupation, was one of the original proprietors of Durham in 1708, and on the organization of the

town government in 1706, he became the first town clerk. He died in 1725.