Hester (Ketcham) Wicks (1652 - abt. 1746)

Born 4 Jul 1652 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts

Ancestors

Wife of John Wickes — married 23 Apr 1673 in Huntington, Suffolk, New York Colony

Descendants

Died about 1746 at about age 93 in Huntington, Suffolk, New York

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Biography

Hester (Ketcham) Wicks was born on 4 Jul 1652 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, daughter of John Ketcham I (1622 - 1697) and Susan (Payne) Ketcham (1623 - 1661).

Their siblings were:

1. Samuel Ketcham (1646 - ~1707)
2. John Ketcham II (1651 - ~1716)
3. Edward Ketcham (~1652 - 1722)
4. Philip Ketcham (~1656 - )
5. Thomas Ketcham (1676 - )
6. Bethiah (Ketcham) Reeder (1680 - 1725)
7. Nathaniel Ketcham (>1680 - <1732)
8. Sarah Ketcham (1681 - 1730)
9. Theophilus Ketcham (1683 - 1730)
10. Joseph Ketcham (1685 - 1749)
11. Jane (Ketchum) Rogers (1688 - )

Hester married John Wickes (~1653 - 1741) on 25 Apr 1673 in New York Colony. Their children were:

John Wickes Jr. 8 July 1674 – 18 December 1756

Esther Wickes Jarvis (1679 - 1740).

Robert Wicks 1682–1771

Nathaniel Wicks 9 September 1683 – 7 July 1771

Jonathan Wickes 1 July 1686 – 11 January 1750

Hester died about 1746 in Huntington, Suffolk, New York aged ~93.

Research Notes

Hester and John had a total of 6 children, only 2 of which are currently attached to this profile. See her Tree for a full listing.

Sources

• https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/KCCF-KN3/john-wicks-1651-1741
• https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/KCCF-KN3 Person
• https://www.familysearch.org/tree/pedigree/landscape/KCCF-KN3 Tree

• The Ancestry and Posterity of Joseph Davis [1]

• "Huntington Town Records, Including Babylon, Long Island, N.Y.: 1653-1688" [2]

• Thomas Weeks Immigrant to America, and the Lineage of his Descendant Thomas Wickes of Huntington, by Stephen Wickes, M.D, 1904

• Genealogy of the Family of George Weekes of Dorchester, Mass 1635=1650, with some information in regard to other families especially Thomas of Huntington, LI, by Robert D. Weeks, 1885

• Herbert Furman Seversmith, Colonial Families of Long Island, New York and Connecticut (5 vols., 1939-58, Washington, D.C., privately printed

• Long Island Surnames.com

• The Settlers of the Beekman Patent, Dutchess County, NY. Vol. VII p. 470. F.J. Doherty 2003.

• "New York, County Marriages, 1847-1848; 1908-1936," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2CL-DWTD : 22 July 2021), Hester Ketcham in entry for John Wicks, 25 Apr 1673, New York, British Colonial America; citing ref. ID , county clerk offices from various counties, New York; FHL microfilm 930,131.

• The Ketcham/Ketchum family in America, 1635-1991: by Chance, Dorothy Jane, 1924- pg 5