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Sarah Hicks (Reeves)

Also Known As: "Rives"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Oxford, Granville, North Carolina, USA
Death: 1792 (65-74)
Oxford, Granville, North Carolina, United States
Immediate Family:

Daughter of William Reeves, of Granville County and 1st wife of William Reeves
Wife of Robert Hicks, Surveyor of Albemarle Co, NC
Mother of Capt. Benjamin Hicks of Guilford Community in Lumberton SC to MS; Sarah Martha Medearis; Abigail Yancey; Thomas Hicks; Isaac Hicks and 6 others
Half sister of Olive Douglas; Burgess Reeves, I and Anna Reeves

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About Sarah Hicks


Reeves, Sarah

Summary
Father: William Reeves
Mother: Unknown

Birth: c1722, probably North Carolina
Birth Source: 1751 Will of William Reeves and age approximate from children's dates of birth.

Death: 1806, Granville County, North Carolina
Death Source: Will of 7 Feb 1797 proved Aug 1806, Granville County NC Will Book 6, p294

Spouse1: Robert Hicks, m. c1745

Narrative

Children of Sarah Reeves and Robert Hicks:

  1. Sarah Hicks, b. 3 Oct 1746, m. Thomas Bell
  2. Abigail Hicks, b. 15 Dec 1748, m. William Yancey
  3. Elizabeth "Betsy" Hicks, b. 1750-1760
  4. Faithy Hicks, b. 20 Nov 1751 - may have died as a child
  5. Thomas Hicks, b. 25 Dec 1753, m. Constance Parham Hester
  6. Lucretia Hicks, b. c1755 m. Robert Boyd, Rowland Jordan and John Locke
  7. Robert B. Hicks, b. c1759 (aka Robert B. Hicks, Jr.), m. Sarah Raven
  8. Isaac Hicks, b. c1760, m. Elizabeth Hines

Proof that this Robert and his brother William Hicks of Granville County were the two men who returned in June 1758 to Long Island for a brief stay is that in North Carolina Archives can be found the original of a surety bond among the Estate papers of William Hicks Orange County, 1827. The bond evidences that in New York on July 3, 1758.

Will

The will of Robert Hicks, made April 15, 1788, proved May Court, 1792.
Robert Hicks, Sr., wills to my daughter, Abagail Yancy, a large looking glass, all pictures and maps, silver tankard, 6 large silver spoons now in my possession provided that Thomas Hicks never marries, and also 40 pounds, in hands of Robert Hicks, Jr., also my coopers tools; also all household goods and furniture to my wife Sarah Hicks for her lifetime, and then to my daughter Betsey Hicks the bed and bedstead and all the furniture called her bed, cotton and flax wheels, 2 pair cotton cards, a Negro slave; and to my wife a horse also; to daughter Lucretia Lock and Betsey Hicks, 5 pounds each in the hands of Robert Hicks, Jr. to Abagail Cooper and Luty White, 20 pounds each. Execut: Thornton Yancey, John Young. Wit: Elizabeth Yancey, Wiley Yancey. Inventory, August term 1792, Robert Hicks, Sr., deceased, by Sarah Hicks, Adinstr.


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Sarah Hicks's Timeline

1722
1722
Oxford, Granville, North Carolina, USA
1742
1742
St George, Craven, South Carolina, United States
1745
1745
1746
October 3, 1746
Granville County, Province of North Carolina
1748
December 15, 1748
Granville County, North Carolina, United States
1751
1751
North Carolina, USA
1753
December 25, 1753
Granville, NC
1755
1755
Granville, Granville, North Carolina, USA
1758
1758
Granville Co., North Carolina