Margaret Hicks

• Not the same as Margaret Hicks
• Not a proven daughter of Zachariah West & Hepzibah West

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Margaret

• aka West, Atwood
• Born about 1600 in England
• Died after 5 Jul 1666 after about age 66 in Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts
• Parents unknown
• Wife of Thomas Hicks — married 1625

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Biography

Updated 28 August 2023

Disputed origins for Thomas Hicks & for his wife, Margaret

Harriet Woodbury Hodge, in ‘’Hicks (Hix) Families of Rehoboth & Swansea, Mass., 1640-1850’’ (1976), LDS #1036844, pp 5-7; 9-10, reviewed land deeds, probate records, vital records and found no evidence of his English ancestry, parents or brother-relationship between Thomas Hicks, of Scituate and Robert Hicks of Plymouth.

Therefore, we do not show them as sons of James Hicks and Phebe Hicks, or as brothers.

Neither has any proof been found that Thomas Hicks, of Scituate came on the ship "Anne" in 1623 with Robert Hicks' wife and family.

There are numerous pedigree charts that list Margaret Hicks as arriving on the Anne in 1622, and claiming her husband was Thomas Hicks. That is incorrect. The Margaret Hicks who arrived on the Fortune in 1621 was the wife of Robert Hicks.

Margaret Hicks (wife of Thomas) is not proven to be the daughter of Zachariah West & Hepzibah West. There is no mention of her surname in original records. Scituate History 284. talks about Margaret but no mention of maiden name:

https://archive.org/stream/historyscituate01deangoog#page/n292/mode...

Family

3 children of Margaret and Thomas Hicks:

1. Zachariah Hicks, born 1628, England. Married Elizabeth Still.
2. Daniel Hicks, born 29 June 1630, England. Married Elizabeth or Rebecca Hanmore.
3. Samuel Hicks, born about 1635 in Scituate. Married Hannah Evans.

Evidence needed to support Phebe Blanton as daughter of Thomas Hicks, of Scituate & Margaret Hicks.

Will

Last Will & Testament

Written 10 Jan 1652/3, reported at Plymouth court 9 Jun 1653;[3] oath of Margratt Hicks to the inventory taken 3 Oct 1653.[4]

..."I will and bequeath unto my sonne Zachariah five shillings to bee paid by my wife Margrett hicks whome I make my whole exequitrix within a twelvemonth after my Decease; I will and bequeath unto my wife Margrett and to my sonns Daniell and Samuell all my lands with Dwelling house and out houses and gardens and all therto belonging and my house lott which is by estimation thirteen acres; as alsoe my hundred acres of upland with the Marsh therto belonging which I bought of John Whetcome the elder of Scituate planter... I give it my two sonnes Daniell and Samuell upon this proviso that they bee Obedient unto Theire mother and carrys themselves as they ought soe as they may live comfortably together but if the one or both live otherwise then they ought and undewtyfully ad unquietly with theire Mother that they cannot comfortably live together the 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 above written shalbee equally Devided between my sonnes Daniell and Samuell; My will is if my wife should change her condition and Marry then shee shall have but one third of my land above written; It I give unto my wife all my moveables and my two young Cattle..."[5]

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Disproved origins

Winchester Notes - By Fanny Winchester Hotchkiss

http://books.google.com/books?id=26dbAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA54&lpg=P...

Thomas Hicks came with his brother Robert, in the Ship 'Ann', to Plymouth, Mass., in 1623. (History of Scituate, Mass., p. 283) Thomas Hicks of London (Southwark) married Margaret West, daughter of Zachariah West, a linen raper of London. (From American Ancerstry, Vol. I, p. 37, The English Descent of Thomas Hicks of London, and Margaret West):

"Thomas Hicks was the son of James, m. Phebe---, perhaps a daughter of Rev. Ephraim Allyne of Hertforshire, son of Baptist, b. about 1526, m. Nancy, daughter of James Everhard, son of Thomas Hicks of Torworth, Gloucestershire, England, which estate he inherited from his father, John Hicks, and on the which he resided until his death."

http://books.google.com/books?id=26dbAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA54&lpg=PA54&dq=z...

OLD

Eleventh Generation

http://bradsport.com/cWalterBLeonard1887/b157211.htm#P46511

1586. Thomas HICKS was born in 1598 in Southwark, Surrey, England. He died on 19 January 1653 at the age of 55 in Scituate, Plymouth Co, MA. Margaret WEST and Thomas HICKS were married about 1643.

1587. Margaret WEST was born in 1600 in London, England. She died on 5 July 1666 at the age of 66 in Scituate, Plymouth Co, MA.

Children were:

793 i. Phebe HICKS. Married William Blanton

References

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Hicks-231

1. International Genealogical Index, citing LDS film numbers 1761158, 1903855, 1903880, 1985238, 1985291, 1985304, 1985359, 1985406, 1985441, 1985514, 1985606, 1985710
2. ↑ New England Marriages Prior to 1700, Genealogical Publishing Co.; Baltimore, MD, USA; Volume Title: New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Source Information: Ancestry.com. U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2012. Original data: Torrey, Clarence A. New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2004. Vol 2, Page 750 See: NEHGS: Text: HICKS, Thomas (-1653) & Margaret [WEST], dau Zachariah of London; by 1625?; Scituate/Marblehead {East Hampton LI 301; Scituate Hist. 284; Hicks 3; Chute xc; Blood Anc. 67; Foster 76; Winchester (1912) 63; Preston Rec. (ms); MD 11:160; Reg. 5:260, 88:307}
3. ↑ ”Abstracts of Earliest Wills,” in ‘’NEHGR,’’ vol 5 (1851), p 260
4. ↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-897D-VSKB?cc=2018320&w... : 20 May 2014), Wills 1633-1686 vol 1-4 > image 131 of 616; State Archives, Boston."Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-897D-VSKB : 5 March 2023), Wills 1633-1686 vol 1-4 > image 131 of 616; State Archives, Boston. Page 121
5. ”Earliest Wills of Plymouth,” in ‘’Mayflower Descendant,’’ vol 11(1909):160

See also:

1. Harriet Woodbury Hodge, ‘’Hicks (Hix) Families of Rehoboth & Swansea, Mass., 1640-1850,’’ Winetka, IL (1976); LDS #1036844, pp 5-7; 9-10,
2. J.O. Austin, One Line of the Hicks Family, Providence, RI (1894), p3 ff
3. Samuel Deane, History of Scituate, Massachusetts, Boston, MA (1831)
4. "Vital Records of Scituate," in The Mayflower Descendant, 2:33
5. "Plymouth Colony Records," 19:22
6. Shurtleff and Pulsifer, eds., Records of the Colony of New Plymouth in New England (1855-1861), 2:165; 3:37; 4:76; 7:129-30; 7:206
7. James Savage, Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 4 L, p ??
8. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s; digital copy (subscription required)
9. Meredith B Colket Jr., ‘’Founders of Early American Families: Emigrants from Europe, 1607-1657.’’ Cleveland: General Court of the Order of Founders and Patriots of America, 1975. 366p. P 144
10. A genealogy and history of the Hute [i e Chute] family in America : with some account of the family. Publisher? Year? Page? Digital copy at Ancestry ] (subscription required)
11. Torrey, Clarence A., ‘’New England Marriages Prior to 1700.’’ Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2004. Volume 2, Page 750. digital copy (AmericanAncestors.org subscription required):
12. HICKS, Thomas (-1653) & Margaret [WEST], dau Zachariah of London; by 1625?; Scituate/Marblehead {East Hampton LI 301; Scituate Hist. 284; Hicks 3; Chute xc; Blood Anc. 67; Foster 76; Winchester (1912) 63; Preston Rec. (ms); MD 11:160; Reg. 5:260, 88:307}
13. Find A Grave: Memorial #146990380 Retrieved Thomas Hicks.
14. research of Veldon Hix (Idaho)
15. https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/521230/who-were-the-parents-of-pgm-imm...