Judith (Collier) Hicks (abt. 1733 - abt. 1799)

Born about 1733 in Colony of Virginia

Ancestors

Wife of James Hicks Sr — married before 1750 in Brunswick County, Virginia

Descendants

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Note: There were two Judith Colliers who married men named James Hicks. One is this Judith who married James Hicks, Sr. The other Judith Collier who married this Judith's son, James Hicks, in Brunswick County in 1787 is the daughter of Charles^[1] (see her profile for more information).

Biography

Judith (Collier) Hicks was a Virginia colonist.

Judith Collier, daughter of Isaac Collier^[2] and Ann (Vines) Collier, married in Brunswick County, Virginia.^[3] She is named in the will of James Hicks as "beloved wife Judith Hicks" (will proved 1793 in Brunswick County).^[4]

Children named in James Hicks' will, dated 20 March 1789 and proved in Brunswick County Court on 23 December 1793:^[5]

• son Charles Hicks^[6]
• son John Hicks
• son Isaac Hicks
• son George Hicks
• son Vines Hicks
• son James Hicks
• daughter Salley Hardaway
• daughter Nancy Vines Hicks

He named his sons Charles, John, and Isaac as executors.

The will was witnessed by Myhill Collier, Zachr Floyd, Chislen Curtis.

This "last Will and Testament of James Hicks Senr. decd. was proved according to law by oaths of the witnesses thereto and ordered to be recorded, and on the motion of Charles and John Hicks two of the exors therein named who made oath thereto and together with Vines Hicks, Robert Watson, and Robert Hardaway their securities entered into and acknowledged a bond in the penalty of four thousand pounds with condition as the law directs Certificate is granted them for obtaining a probate thereof in due form liberty being reserved for the other executor to join in the said probate when he thinks proper." ~ Will Book 5, page 518, Brunswick County, Virginia^[7]

Research Notes

Regarding relationships:

She was the sister of Elizabeth (Collier) Smith.

• Isaac Collier's 1771 will (see his profile) names daughters Judith Hicks and Elizabeth Smith. Hicks researchers are divided as to Judith's father-in-law (Robert or George).

Judith married James Hicks, the son of <s>Robert Hicks, about 1754 in Brunswick County, Colony of Virginia.^{[citation needed]} Research indicates she married James, son of George, but citation for date of marriage still needed.

Judith Collier m. James Hicks, of Brunswick Co., Va., and had two daughters and five sons, four of whom were officers in the Continental Army, and two of whom were captured by the British at the battle of Brier Creek, Ga. Probably lived at Hicksford, in that part of the county subsequently set aside as Greensville Co. Issue : — 52, Capt. Charles Hicks, revolutionary patriot. 53, Isaac, 54, George, d. in Georgia. 55, John, d. near Bruce's Church, Brunswick Co. 56, James, d. near Jericho, Brunswick Co. 57, Vines, moved to Tennessee. 58, Sarah, b. 1762, m. Robert Hardaway. 59, Ann Vines, b. 1766, m. Dr. William G. Walker.

Robert Hardaway, who was one of those securing the bond for her husband's estate, was the husband of daughter Salley Hardaway that James named in his will,^[8] but their marriage record was not found in the "Brunswick Marriages" reference.^[1] The FamilySearch Virginia Marriages database shows their marriage as 1 November 1783.^[9] The Sarah Hardiway found in Brunswick County's 1810 census is probably her (see [[Hicks-11237|her profile).^[10]

Nancy Hicks married "Dr. Wm. G Walker".^[11]

If the Myhill Collier who witnessed her husband's 1789 will is her brother, that shows he was living in 1789 (his profile has that he died "after 1776"). Isaac Collier's will names both son Myhill and daughter Judith Hicks (will dated 8 July 1771 and proved in Brunswick County).^[2]

Discrepancies: A variety of dates and birth/death locations have been given for her:

Birth:

• 25 August 1730 in Porto Bello, Brunswick, Virginia^[12]
• 1732
• c1733 in Brunswick County, Virginia
• c1733 in York, Virginia
• 1745

Death:

• 15 August 1773 in Brunswick, Virginia^[12]
• c1799
• after 1810 (assuming she is the 45+ female head of household in the 1810 Brunswick County census)^[10]
• c1830, Emporia, Virginia

Marriage:

• 1754^{[citation needed]}
• 8 July 1771, Brunswick County: Judith Collier, daughter of Isaac, married _____ Hicks same date as father's will, so "by... 1771"^[1] ... the entry in the source does not include her husband's given name and cites W.B. IV; 80, indicating the source is her father's will, not a record of their marriage.

Husband James Hicks

This profile represents Judith, daughter of Isaac Collier. Her niece, Judith Collier (daughter of her brother Charles), married a different James Hicks (son of James - apparently this Judith's husband).

The marriage date listed for Judith, daughter of Isaac, in Marriage Records of Brunswick County, Virginia, 1730-1852 - 8 July 1771 - matches the date her father wrote his will, naming her Judith Hicks, and the entry in the reference includes "(W.B.IV; 80)". The entry also does not include the given name of her Hicks husband, supporting that 1771 was not actually their marriage date.^[1]

A record of a Judith Collier marrying a James Hicks in 1754 is needed. That date appears to be based on the entry for "Hicks" in a book documenting Virginia's Sons of the Revolution.^[13] In that pedigree, it shows the soldier, Isaac Hicks, to have been born in 1755 to James and Judith (and shows James's father as Robert who died 1739). The "Hicks" information is followed by a note that "This descendant of the Hicks family is based on records of wills and deeds in Brunswick County, Virginia." However, it appears that the son James named in Robert's 1739 will was married to first Martha (who is named in a 1744 Brunswick County land record) and then Fathy (who is named in his 1760/61 will)^[14] and is a different James than the one who married Judith and left a will (naming her) dated 1789/proved 1793.

Judith Collier-6331 was born in 1732 to Isaac Collier and Ann Collier. She passed away in 1798. She is listed as a devisee in her father's, Isaac Collier's, will.^[15]

Research Notes

This Judith (Collier) Hicks-6331 is the older cousin of Judith (Collier) Hicks-4008 who was born in 1766. The son of this Judith and her husband James, James Hicks, Jr., married his cousin, Judith Collier the younger, in Brunswick County, VA in 1787. According to the marriage record dated 26 November 1787, the bride of James Hicks, Jr. is Judith Collier, daughter of Charles Collier. ^[16] Her mother is Susanna Smith (Charles Collier and Susanna Smith were married in Sussex Co., VA January 27, 1759).4 Charles Collier was the son of Isaac Collier and Ann Vines (see the Will of Isaac Collier on page 8).

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} Google Book, page 54
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} She is named as daughter Judith Hicks in Isaac Collier's will, dated 8 July 1771 and proved 28 October 1771 in Brunswick County, Virginia (transcription on his profile, accessed 17 February 2021).
3. ↑ The source for the marriage date of 8 July 1771 implies that it is the date of the marriage bond but is probably based on the date of her father's will, especially considering their children were born before 1771. ~ Noland-165, 20 Feb. 2021
4. ↑ Although the record found of her 1771 marriage does not include her husband's given name, it is believed that she is the Judith named as his wife in his will based on witnesses and land records (see Carol Morrison's research, posted on this webpage, accessed 17 Feb. 2021).
5. ↑ The will was the only text in the biography for the profile for James Hicks prior to 20 February 2021. The source list given (as of 24 July 2018, and possibly duplicated in the source list for Judith):
   • Marriage Records of Brunswick County, Virginia, 1730-1852 Author: Augusta Bridgland Fothergill. Publisher: Genealogical Publishing Com, 1953. Page: 54.
   • Colliers of York County The William and Mary Quarterly Vol. 8, No. 4 (Apr., 1900) Page 256.
   • William and Mary College quarterly historical magazine Volume 11 Author: Earl Gregg Swem. Published 1892. Page 131.
6. ↑ Based on the will being written in 1789, the following is inferred as to the children's ages:
   • Charles, John, and Isaac, being named Executors, would have been 21 or older, so born 1768 or earlier. usually... see circumstances when under 21 executors are named in "Bob's Genealogy Filing Cabinet" article Legal Age (by Robert W. Baird).
   • His daughter Salley was married, so she would probably have been born within 5 years of 1768.
   • Bequests to Charles and James included "land joining the land whereon he now lives" (Charles) and "the plantation whereon he now lives" (James). He left "the plantation whereon I now live" and other lands to his son Vines. I believe that in colonial Virginia, you had to be 21 to own land.
   • It is unclear by the bequests made to Nancy whether she was of age or not (e.g., no provision for her care or mention of a dowry).
7. ↑ See Hicks-1942 for full transcription of will (accessed 17 Feb. 2021).
8. ↑ http://www.usgenwebsites.org/vagenweb/brunswick/court/wills/hicksjames.htm
9. ↑ Virginia Marriages: Robert Hardaway and Sarah Hicks, daughter of James Hicks, married 01 Nov 1783, Brunswick, Virginia. Citing this Record:
   • "Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XRQF-5Q4 : 11 February 2018), James Hicks in entry for Robert Hardaway and Sarah Hicks, 01 Nov 1783; citing Brunswick, Virginia, reference ; FHL microfilm 30,659.
10. ↑ ^{10.0 10.1} 1810 Census, Meherrin, Brunswick County, Index, page 0750
11. ↑ this article, which also says James is son of Robert (see comment on Hicks-1942).
12. ↑ ^{12.0 12.1} From merged profile (Collier-3607), citing Hicks Family Tree (https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/37784075/person/19276547167/facts) and Edmund West, comp., Family Data Collection - Individual Records.
13. ↑ "Hicks" (page 28), "Sons of the Revolution in State of Virginia Quarterly Magazine, Volumes 1-2" (accessed 17 February 2021).
14. ↑ 1760/61 will of James Hicks, son of Captain Robert Hicks.
15. ↑ Notes: Will Books, Vol 4-5, 1761-1795. Will Books (Brunswick County, Virginia), 1732-1925; General Index to Wills, 1732-1948; Author: Virginia. County Court (Brunswick County); Probate Place: Brunswick, Virginia. Online link
16. ↑ Brunswick County Marriage Records, page 47.

• Marriage Records of Brunswick County, Virginia, 1730-1852 Author: Augusta Bridgland Fothergill. Publisher: Genealogical Publishing Com, 1953. Page: 54.
• Colliers of York County The William and Mary Quarterly Vol. 8, No. 4 (Apr., 1900) Page 256.
• William and Mary College quarterly historical magazine Volume 11 Author: Earl Gregg Swem. Published 1892. Page 131.
• website. http://www.patch.net/hardaway/hrdg09.html#655