Fanny (Delony) Hicks (abt. 1765 - 1840)

Ancestors

Wife of Daniel Hicks — married 22 Sep 1788 in Meckllenburg County, Virginia, USA

Descendants

Biography

Fanny, daughter of Henry Delony and Rebecca Broadnax, married Daniel Hicks in Mecklenburg County, Virginia on 22 September 1788.^[1][2] Daniel Hicks and Fanny's brother, William, signed the Mecklenburg County marriage bond, dated 18 September 1788.^[3]

Fanny Hicks, wife of Daniel Hicks, died 12 April 1840.^[1]

Research Notes

Estimated Birth Date: Born about 1765, based on birth of her husband. Daniel Hicks was born between 1757 and 1762 (his pension application file includes several options; his profile datafield has "about 1760").^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Hicks Family Bible (transcribed here, accessed 8 March 2021). The transcribed entries are preceded by the statement "Hicks Famliy Bible Record; Brunswick County, Virginia (1788-1861)" and a second list of entries follows a second statement: "HICKS BIBLE by Barbara Browder; The photostat of the original is at the Virginia State Archives. The Hicks Bible was published by M. Carey & Son, Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, 1817." See also the transcription by Carol Morrison contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives (here), which includes the following information: Accession No. 29683, Library of Virginia, continued in Accession No. 29685.
2. ↑ DAR Patriot Ancestor #A054993.
3. ↑ "Virginia, County Marriage Records, 1771-1943," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG12-29Z9 : 13 November 2020), Daniel Hicks and Fanny Delong, 18 Sep 1788; citing Marriage, Mecklenburg, Virginia, United States, Circuit court clerk offices, Virginia. Image, accessed 9 March 2021.
4. ↑ Daniel Hicks' pension application (pdf), bounty land application transcribed by Nancy Poquette; additional transcription/annotations by Will Graves; posted by Southern Campaign American Revolution Pension Statements (accessed 8 March 2021).

• Henry Delony's will, dated 29 April 1785, named among his children Fanny Delony, Lucy Brookings, and William Delony (transcription on Henry's profile, accessed 9 March 2021).