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Eunice (Warner) Hickox (1740 - bef. 1817)

Eunice Hickox formerly Warner
Born in Waterbury, New Haven County, Connecticutmap
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Wife of — married about 1759 [location unknown]
Wife of — married 15 Apr 1776 in Waterbury, New Haven County, Connecticutmap
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Died before before age 76 in Rutland, Jefferson County, New Yorkmap
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Biography

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Descendant of John Strong (1605-1699)..
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Descendant of Thomas Ford (1590-1676)..

Eunice Warner, daughter of Benjamin and Johanna Warner, was born on 2 Aug. 1740 at Waterbury, New Haven County, Connecticut.[1]



Death Date and Place

A death date and place of 7 October 1803 in Watertown, Connecticut was previously listed for Eunice (Warner) Hickox. Additional research has revealed that this referred to a different woman of the same name. A Eunice Hickox did die in Watertown, Connecticut on 6 Oct 1803. Per the Hale Collection, this Eunice Hickox was aged 79 and the widow of Ambrose Hickox.[2] From vital records of Waterbury, Ambrose Hickox, son of Ebenezer, married Eunice Clark, daughter of Caleb Clark, 11 Dec 1740.[3] This marriage took place in the same year that Eunice Warner, daughter of Benjamin and Johanna (Strong) Warner was born so these are clearly different women with the same first names and married names.

Second Marriage of Eunice Warner Hickox

The Waterbury vital records show that Eunice, the widow of John Hickox, Jr, married again on 15 April 1776 to Thomas Richason.[4] The births of three additional children for Eunice through her marriage to Thomas Richardson are also recorded in the Waterbury vital records. Thomas, Jr was born 12 Jun 1777[5], Margaret on 14 Aug 1779[6] and Eunice was born 21 December 1781.[7]

Removal from Waterbury

Thomas and Eunice Richardson were admitted as members of the First Congregational Church at Middlebury, Connecticut on 10 February 1796. [8] This same reference reports Thomas' death on 20 April 1804 and then Eunice's subsequent removal to Rutland, New York in 1808. Ada Baldwin Hickox, wife of Eunice's son David, was also admitted to the church at Middlebury on 5 May 1799 and removed to "Rutland NJ" [sic] [9]

Thomas Richardson's estate was recorded in the Middlebury, Connecticut probate records. His son, Thomas Richardson, Jr, served as the administrator. The probate record includes a land division among 4 of his heirs: his widow, Eunice, his son Thomas, and daughters, Margaret, wife of John Beecher; and Eunice, wife of Samuel Porter.[10]

Residence and Death in Rutland, New York

The Middlebury church record shows that Eunice removed to Rutland, NY in 1808. She was not enumerated as head of household in 1810, nor do the land records of Jefferson County indicate any transactions directly involving her. Her estate records also do not indicate land ownership in Jefferson County.

The probate of Eunice Richardson's estate was intiated as early as 31 January 1817 when Jonathan Smiley appraised her estate. Eunice's son, David Hickox served as the administrator. The estate account lacks a final distrubtion to heirs, but among those receiving and/or owing debts to the estate were Thomas Richardson, Samuel Porter, and John Beecher. The last two were sons-in-law, having married Eunice Richardson and Margaret Richardson, respectively.[11]


Sources

  1. ↑ "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7W9-82W : 3 December 2014), Eunice Warner, 02 Aug 1740; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown.
  2. ↑ " "Connecticut, U.S., Hale Collection of Cemetery Inscriptions and Newspaper Notices, 1629-1934," database, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2900/images/32971_301944-00187?treeid=&personid=&hintid=&usePUB=true&usePUBJs=true&_ga=2.8960566.2057171913.1638678453-1407837569.1634879204&pId=388074 : 4 December 2021), Old Cemetery, Watertown, CT,
  3. ↑ "Connecticut, U.S., Town Marriage Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection)," database, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/248075:1062 : 4 December 2021), Citing Waterbury Vital Records, Book 1, p 342.
  4. ↑ "Connecticut, U.S., Town Marriage Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection)," database, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/1062/images/VBMDUSACT1634_0050-0166?pId=452578 : 4 December 2021) Citing Waterbury Vital Records, Book 2 p 136. See also: Anderson, Joseph, ed., The Town and City of Waterbury, Connecticut: From the Aboriginal Period to the Year Eighteen Hundred and Ninety-Five, Vol 1, Appendix: Family Records, p 113,
  5. ↑ "Connecticut, U.S., Town Birth Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection)", database, Ancestry.com,, (https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/447209:1034?ssrc=pt&tid=66349322&pid=322331503580 : 4 December 2021). Citing Waterbury Vital Records, Book 2, p 236.
  6. ↑ "Connecticut, U.S., Town Birth Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection)", database, Ancestry.com, (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/1034/images/VBMDUSACT1634_0050-0304?pId=447083  : 4 December 2021), Citing Waterbury Vital Records,, Book 2, p 236.
  7. ↑ "Connecticut, U.S., Town Birth Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection)", database, Ancestry.com, (https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/447209:1034?ssrc=pt&tid=66349322&pid=322331503580) : 4 December 2021). Citing Waterbury Vital Records, Book 2, p 236.
  8. ↑ "Connecticut, U.S., Church Record Abstracts 1630,1920," database, Ancestry.com, (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/3032/images/41107_620303988_0356-00047?pId=580376 : 4 December 2021), Citing "Connecticut Church Records: State Library Index, Middlebury - First Cong. 1790 - 1916," pp 44, 45.
  9. ↑ "Connecticut, U.S., Church Record Abstracts 1630,1920," database, Ancestry.com, (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/3032/images/41107_620303988_0356-00031?pId=580376 : 4 December 2021), Citing "Connecticut Church Records: State Library Index, Middlebury - First Cong. 1790 - 1916," p 28.
  10. ↑ Thomas Richardson, estate, Middlebury, Connecticut Probate Book 3, pp 346-350, FamilySearch, microfilm number 6139, digital images, 484-486 of 598, (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L92K-5LCH?cat=331607 : 4 December 2021).
  11. ↑ Eunice Richardson, estate packet, Jefferson County, New York Surrogates Court, Loose Papers, R-3, packet, R37, FamilySearch, microfilm number 528044, digital images, 572-583 of 1156, (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89HG-DCFJ?i=571&cc=1920234&cat=316042 : 4 December 2021). For appraisal date and David Hickox as administrator, see images 574 and 577; For Thomas Richardson, see account at image 578; for Samuel Porter, see images 578 and 581 ; for John Beecher, see image 581..




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Darryn Lickliter
Eunice Warner, born 1740, would have been 63 in Aug 1803. The woman who died in 1803 was 79. Waterbury VR show Eunice Hickox, widow of John marrying Thomas Richardson 15 Apr 1776. She and Thomas had two children whose births were recorded in Waterbury, Thomas, (12 Jun 1777), and Eunice, (21 Dec 1781). Evidently they moved to Middlebury, CT as Thomas died there in 1804 and in 1808, church records show Eunice removed from Middlebury to Rutland, NY. The same church records show David Hickox and his wife, Adah, being admitted to the church in Middlebury and removing to Rutland, New Jersey, (not New York, but this could be a typo).

In 1810, Thomas Richardson and David Hickox are enumerated as heads of household in Rutland, Jefferson County, New York. In 1817, David Hickox served as administrator of Eunice Richardson's estate, (NY Surrogate's Court, Jefferson County, Estate Papers, Box R #37, FHL microfilm number 528,044, digital images 572-583, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89HG-DCFJ?i=571&cc=1920234&cat=316042). The appraisal was completed 31 Jan 1817 so Eunice died before that date, (image 577). Thomas Richardson is among those owing to the estate. Unfortunately, the heirs are not named.

Based on these findings, I would suggest an update to the date and place of death, as well as the addition of her second husband, Thomas Richardson and the two children their marriage produced. I am happy to provide more complete citations for the church and vital records.

posted by Darryn Lickliter

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