Phebe (Allyn) Hicks (abt. 1557 - abt. 1657)

Born about 1557 in Southwark, Surrey, England

Ancestors

Wife of James Hicks — married about 1582 in Southwark, Surrey, England

Died about 1657 at about age 100 in Southwark, Surrey, England

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Because this profile represents a disputed parent of a Great Migration-era immigrant, it is being tracked and co-managed by the Puritan Great Migration Project.

Disputed Existence

The existence of James Hicks, his supposed father Baptist Hicks (distinct from Sir Baptist Hicks b 1556), his marriage to Phebe Allyn/Allen, her existence, and their being parents of Great Migration-era Robert Hicks was introduced to the world in the late 1800s in an undated manuscript by Benjamin D. Hicks, “Hicks MSS,” [sic], a multi-volume set, edited by Mrs Florence Youngs, available only in hard copy form at the Long Island Historical Society.^[1]

A careful analysis of sources revealed that this manuscript appears to be the earliest to introduce the lineage of the John Hicks (1470) --> Thomas Hicks m. Margaret Atwood --> Baptist Hicks m. Mary Everard --> James Hicks m. Phebe Allyn --> Robert Hicks, immigrant to New England.

In 1939, Seversmith reviewed this manuscript and pointed out that there is NO evidence to support this lineage, and that BDH offered no explanation for this branch. It is all the more unhappy to note that a persistent search in the available Gloucestershire, MIddlesex and London records has not uncovered James Hicks who married Phebe, or Baptist Hicks who married Mary Everard.^[2]

Since no contemporaneous documentation exists to support these claims, they have been detached as parents of these the PGM-era immigrants.

Biography

Phebe was born about 1557. Phebe Allyne ... She passed away about 1657.

Name Phebe Allyne

Birth 1557 Southwark, Surrey, England

Marriage 1582 Southwark, Surrey, England^{[citation needed]}

Husband: James Hicks

Death 1657 Southwark, Surrey, England^{[citation needed]}

• Fact: Christening (about 1558) Saint Mary Magdalene, Bermondsey, London, England^{[citation needed]}

Sources

1. ↑ Benjamin D. Hicks, “Hicks MSS,” [sic], undated (but sometime between 1867-1880), multi-volume set, edited by Mrs Florence Youngs, available only in hard copy form at the Long Island Historical Society, but excerpted and reviewed by Seversmith (1939)
2. ↑ Herbert F. Seversmith, Colonial Families of Long Island, New York, and New England, 3(c1939):368-383 ably disproves the lineage claims between Robert the immigrant and John Hickes of 1487. See pp 1356-1373; he points out that no marriage record is found for either James Hicks and Phebe [he doesn’t name “Allyn” as her maiden name] or of Baptist Hicks and Mary Everard.

See also:

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 24 February 2018, 01:47), entry for Phoebe Allyne(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:L5X3-Z9Y); contributed by various users.
• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 18 January 2018, 14:52), entry for Phoebe Allyne(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:L5X3-Z9Y); contributed by various users.