William Hickox (abt. 1672 - 1737)

Born about 1672 in Waterbury, New Haven, Connecticut

Ancestors

Husband of Rebeckah (Andrews) Hickox — married 1699 in Waterbury, New Haven, Connecticut

Descendants

Died 4 Nov 1737 at about age 65 in Waterbury, New Haven, Connecticut

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Biography

William HICKOX was born calculated 1672. He died 4 Nov 1737 in Waterbury, New Haven, CT. William married Rebeckah ANDRUS calculated 1696.

William was a proprietor and a man of note, grand juror on school committee, a surveyor, a constable, selectman many times, and a deputy in 1728. In 1727 he was captain and was always know thereafter as Captain. He lived where the First Congregational Church now stands. (from privately published book) "American Families" page, 366.

He lost 3 sons, William, Abraham and John, to the "great Sickness of 1713" (measles epidemic).

His Will includes among his effects: "Lewis, a negro man at 140 (pounds) and Fillis, a negro woman at 100 (pounds).". page 150 The History of Waterbury Connecticut by Henry Bronson

Name

William Hickok/Hickox/Hickock

Birth

1671, 1672, 1673, 1674 Waterbury, New Haven, Connecticut (Yates)

Marriage

1695 or 1699 Waterbury, New Haven, Connecticut (Yates)

Wife: Rebecca Andrews

Child: Samuel Hickox

Child: William Hickok

Child: Rebecca Hickok

Child: Rachel Hickox

Child: Hannah Hickox

Death

4 Nov 1737 Waterbury, New Haven, Connecticut (Barbour Collection)

Sources

• Anderson, Joseph. The Town and City of Waterbury, Connecticut, From the Aboriginal Period to the Year Eighteen Hundred and Ninety-Five (Price & Lee Co., New Haven, 1895) Ap8.
• The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records - White, Lorraine Cook, ed. (Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD, 1994-2002) Vol. 50 - Waterbury, p. 288. " ... of Waterbury ...", Page 163
• Jacobus, Donald Lines. History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield (For the Eunice Dennie Burr Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, 1930) vol 1, p 273.
• Bronson, Henry. The History of Waterbury, Connecticut (Bronson Brothers, Waterbury, 1858) p. 133.
• Yates Publishing, U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 (Generations Network, Inc., Provo, UT, USA, 2004)

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