Benjamin Hickok (abt. 1686 - 1745)

Born about 1686 in Waterbury, New Haven, Connecticut Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah (Lockwood) Hickok — married after 3 Feb 1713 in Stamford, Connecticut

Descendants

Died 17 Nov 1745 at about age 59 in Wilton, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony

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Biography

Benjamin was born about 1686 . Benjamin Hickok ... He passed away about 1745 in Wilton CT. ^[1][2][3][4]

1732 Benjamin was appointed the first deacon of the Wilton Church. He also served in the Hartford General Assembly and was a Justice of the Peace for Fairfield County. ^[1]

There is a transcription of Benjamin and Sarah's wills in the Hickok Genealogy. The wills were filed and probated in Norwalk CT (the town that at the time included Wilton). Their living children and a grandson by their deceased daughter Sarah are all mentioned. ^[1]

Silas b 1714

Ezra b 1716

Abigail b 1718 ^[5]

Bethel b 1720 ^[6]

Sarah b 1725

Benjamin was married to Sarah (Lockwood) Selleck after she was widowed. They were married on February 3 of either 1713 or 1714 in Stamford CT. ^[1]

According to the Henry Bronson in "The History of Waterbury, Connecticut", page 150. Benjamin "had a suit in the Superior Court at Fairfield about a negro boy, Dunboy, whom he claimed and attached."

The will of Benjamin Hickox of Norwalk, Fairfield, was dated 7 June 1745 and proved 24 Nov 1745. He names wife Sarah, eldest son Silas, 2d son Ezra, grandson Silas Clark, son of Daughter Sarah decd., son Bethal, grandson Nathan Hickox, grandson Ezra Hickox, daughter Abigail. Sons, Silas and Ezra, named executors.^[7]

FamilySearch: Benjamin Hickock L52C-TPW​​, Birth 1686 Waterbury, New Haven, Connecticut Death 17 November 1745 Wilton, Fairfield Co., Connecticut

His inventory dated in Norwalk on 23 December 1745 was presented to the probate court on 3 September 1765 shortly after his widow's death.^[8]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} The Hickok genealogy : descendants of William Hickocks of Farmington, Connecticut, with ancestry of Charles Nelson Hickok; Hickok, Charles Nelson, 1879-1945; Publication date 1938; Rutland, Vt. : The Tuttle publishing company, inc. https://archive.org/details/hickokgenealogyd00hick/page/10
2. ↑ Entered by Josh Felter, Thursday, October 24, 2013.
3. ↑ "Connecticut Deaths and Burials, 1772-1934," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7K3-63K : 10 February 2018), Benjamin Hickcokx, 17 Nov 1745; citing , reference v 56 p 4; FHL microfilm 3,372.
4. ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVVR-W7Q7 : 13 December 2015), Benjamin Hickcox, 1745; Burial, Wilton, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States of America, Sharp Hill Cemetery; citing record ID 24579868, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
5. ↑ "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F77K-T8L : 11 February 2018), Benjamin Hiscox in entry for Abigail Hiscox, 13 Nov 1718; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown.
6. ↑ "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGY2-8TH1 : 20 February 2019), Benjamin in entry for Bethell Hiscox, 4 Jan 1720; citing Birth, Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, British Colonial America, Compiled by Lucius A. and Lucius B. Barbour, housed at State Library, Hartford, Connecticut; FHL microfilm 008272233.
7. ↑ Connecticut. Probate Court (Fairfield District); Probate Place: Fairfield, Connecticut. Notes: Probate Records, Vol 9-10, 1741-1755 Accessed at Ancestry ($). Clerks copy.
8. ↑ “Probate Records, v. 15-16, 1764-1775”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L92K-Y9ST-L  : 15 June 2022), FHL microfilm 007627304, image 77-79, Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, Vol 15, 1764-1767, Page 127-131.

• FamilySearch.org https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/L52C-TPW
• Bronson, Henry. The History of Waterbury, Connecticut (Bronson Brothers, Waterbury, 1858)
• Rockwell, Kenneth W., Genealogies of Early Families of Ridgefield, CT: a Bibliographical Essay, Connecticut Ancestry (Connecticut Ancestry Society, Inc., Stamford, Conn., Nov 2010) Vol. 53, No. 2, Page 75.
  • He was "an original Proprietor of Ridgefield, sold his share in the town to Thomas Rockwell and returned to Norwalk (later Wilton), if he lived at Ridgefield at all."