Elizabeth Russell was born on April 5, 1723 in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts. She was the daughter of Seth Russell and Hannah (Allen) Russell.[1][2][3] Elizabeth married John Hicks on May 8, 1740 in Tiverton, Rhode Island.[4][5] The couple then settled in Charlestown, Rhode Island. Her husband went to investigate Nova Scotia on behalf of the New England Planters in 1759, and the family emigrated in May 1760 with four ships of Rhode Island Planters to establish Falmouth Township in Hants County. John Hicks and their son Benjamin were original Falmouth grantees.[6][7] The family moved to Granville Township in Annapolis County in 1765; the first Quakers to settle in the county.[8][9] A community grew up around "Hicks' Ferry" which eventually became Bridgetown.[10] Many online trees state that Elizabeth Russell Hicks died in Tiverton, Rhode Island on April 8, 1799, but this has not yet been documented. If this is confirmed, it would mean that she returned to New England after her husband's 1790 death.
↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29G-TFFP : 5 November 2017), Elizabeth Russell, 05 Apr 1723; citing Birth, Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 775,496.
Hicks, F. H. “Hicks, John,” in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 4. University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003–, accessed November 21, 2017.
Longley, R. S. “The Coming of the New England Planters to the Annapolis Valley,” Nova Scotia Historical Society Collections, XXXIII (1961), pp. 81–101. Reprinted in Margaret Conrad, ed. They Planted Well: New England Planters in Maritime Canada. Fredericton, NB: Acadiensis, 1988.
"Births, Marriages, and Deaths from the Records of the Ancient Town of Dartmouth, Mass." Vital Records from The NEHGS Register. Vol. 66, p. 69. (via AmericanAncestors.org)
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