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Robert Pegid Hicks (1715 - 1780)

Robert Pegid Hicks
Born in Albemarle Parish, Surry, Virginiamap
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Husband of — married about 1740 in Brunswick, Colony of Virginiamap
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Died at age 64 in Albemarle Parish, Sussex, Virginia, United Statesmap
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Biography

1776 Project
Robert Hicks served with Civil Service, Virginia during the American Revolution.

Robert Hicks was born in Surry County, Virginia. He married Mary Courtney in Surry County, Virginia c1740[1])

She was the daughter of (?) Courtney, (1710-1752) and Anne Clack Courtney, (1716-1772). She was born in 1718 Brunswick, Virginia, and died in 1770 in Surry County, Virginia in 1766.[2] (Most likely that area in Surry County is now Brunswick, Virginia)

One supposed set of children:[citation needed]

  1. Martha Sarah Hicks b: 1740
  2. Tabitha Hicks
  3. Susannah Hicks
  4. Jean Hicks
  5. Elinor Hicks
  6. Amy Hicks Culllum, born 07 MAR 1742 in Albemarle, Surry, Virginia.[3]
  7. Charles Hicks b: 1743
  8. Nathan Hicks b: 06 NOV 1743 in Albermarie Parrish, Sussex, Virginia. He is believed by some to have-- at the age of 13-- become a trader, coupled and started a family with with a Cherokee woman named Na Ye Hi Wolf (1743-1770) , of the Cherokee Nation East, Georgia, [4]

Children named/referenced in Robert's 1782 will (in this order):

  1. Nathan
  2. Daughter who married Paul Tatum [some say she was Elinor]
  3. Daughter who married Benjamin Bass [some say she was Martha or Sarah]
  4. Mary Hicks, single as of 1782
  5. Daughter, m James Vaughan
  6. Daughter, m James Bruce
  7. Daughter, m Lewis Peebles
  8. Tabitha Hicks, single in 1782

Research Notes

From a transcription of his will,[5] the following are probably his daughters and sons-in-law:

"...Paul Tatum, Mary Hicks, Tabitha Hicks, James Vaughan, James Bruce and Lewis Peebles, and lastly I constitute and appoint my son-in-law Paul Tatum my whole and sole executor...
son Nathan and son-in-law Benjamin Bass are also named in the will.

Which daughter was married to Tatum, Vaughan, Bruce, Peebles, and Bass is not stated in the will.

DAR records show that Martha Sarah married Benjamin Bass.[6]

The reference to Paul Tatum and Elinor Hicks is as follows:

[Item 2] The Tatum appears as "son-in-law Robert" in 1980 book, Wills and Administrations of Surry County, Virginia, 1671-1750. Appears as "son-in-law" Edward in 1976 book, William Rose of Surry County, Virginia: Page 46 [also in Boddie]. After viewing a transcription of the actually will- it's clear John refers to son-in-law Edward Tataum. In the Will of Nathaniel Tatum, 1714 he mentions his sons: Edward Tatum (d. 1744 m. Martha -will), Peter, Christopher, Henry. His son Edward Tatum m. Martha in his 1744 will children are: Jesse, Edward (Jr.), Cheney, and John (his will witnessed by Robert Hicks, whose daughter Elinor m. Paul Tatum). There is no Robert mentioned in either will and Edward is married to Martha-- so he is not the correct Edward Tatum.[1][7]

The same source lists Robert's children and their spouses[1]

Children of ROBERT HICKS [2] (b. 1720, d. 1782) [lived with John Tatum] and MARY COURTNEY (b. 1718, d. 1770) are
MARTHA [3] "SARAH" HICKS (1740 - May 23, 1791) m. Benjamin Bass (Sarah Leigh)
AMY [3] HICKS (March 7, 1742 - 1775) m. William Cullum
NATHAN[3] SR. HICKS, b. abt.1740, Surry/Sussex Virginia; d. 1829 ::Cherokee Nation Georgia. He married NA-YE-HI ANI'-WA'YA Abt. 1758, ::daughter of JOHANN CONRAD and JENNIE ANI'-WA'YA. She was born Abt. ::1743. (see Source for Notes)
TABITHA[3] HICKS Married 25 May 1789 to BANJAMIN GOODRICH
MARY[3] HICKS Married 26 Aug 1782 to WILLIAM ATKINSON
ELINOR "NELLAPY" HICKS m. PAUL TATUM
SUSANAH HICKS; Married to JAMES VAUGHAN
ANN HICKS; Married to JAMES BRUCE
JEAN HICKS; Married 25 Jan 1779 to LEWIS PEEBLE

Name: Robert Pegid Hicks. Given Name: Robert Pegid. Surname: Hicks. [8]

Residence 1755 Granville County, North Carolina. [8]


Sources

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Bluegrass Messengers (accessed 23 March 2021).
  2. ↑ According to an online tree formerly posted to CherokeeRegistry.com but subsequently removed.
  3. ↑ Albemarle Parish Register of Surry and Sussex Counties, Virginia 1700-1800
  4. ↑ Edison GEDCOM (WorldConnect)
  5. ↑ 1782 Will of Robert Hicks
  6. ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, (database online). "Record of Robert Hicks", Patriot Ancestor #A055048 (accessed April 10, 2015).
  7. ↑ Transcription of 1744 will of Edward Tatum (accessed 23 March 2021).
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 North Carolina, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1790-1890 Ancestry.com Operations Inc 1999 Provo, UT, USA Record Collection 3566; Ancestry Record 3566 #16688843

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Ken Spratlin
Hicks-2593 and Hicks-746 do not represent the same person because: No reason to confuse a person living 1715–1780 with a living person.
posted by Ken Spratlin
Norman Dodge
Hicks-3762 and Hicks-746 do not represent the same person because: because dates do not line up
posted by Norman Dodge
Hofmann-545 Hans Hofmann
Hicks-19199 and Hicks-746 appear to represent the same person because: Both are linked / married to same spouse
posted by Hans Hofmann
Ebert-456 Cari (Ebert) Starosta
Hicks-16304 and Hicks-746 appear to represent the same person because: same spouse, child, death
posted by Cari (Ebert) Starosta
Chuck Vaughan
James Vaughan who married Susanna Hicks was a son of Binns Vaughan, In the 1806 tax list it has (SB) and i am pretty sure this means James 'Son of Binns'. Now this being said Binns Vaughan was a son of James and this son of Binns was 'overseer' of his grandfathers, James Estate which resulted in a very lengthy chancery case over a 100 acres tract of land.
posted by Chuck Vaughan
Davis-22213 Teresa Davis
I agree with the possible wrong marriage date. I believe it was before 1742. Amy their daughter was born in 1742. The 1766 marriage date should be changed.
posted by Teresa Davis
Smith-32867 Jillaine Smith
Where does the 1766 marriage date come from? Makes no sense, especially if they were having children in the 1740s. And if Mary really was born in 1718, it is not likely she started having children in her late 40s (which a 1766 marriage implies).

Also dates of childrens' births are in 1740s, not 1760s/70s)

posted by Jillaine Smith
Noland-165 Liz (Noland) Shifflett
Bluegrass Messenger says c1740. 1766 appears to have been added in 2018 (see this page). It may be from one of the Ancestry links (I'm not a member, so don't know what those links might hold).

On the cited page for Bluegrass Messenger, is the following:

...................... +Mary COURTNEY? m: 1739 in Surry Co., VA src: = Twigs & Branches; Cosby d: Bef 28 May 1770 Father: ? COURTNEY Mother: = Ann CLACK

The source is apparently Twigs and branches: Hanna and allied families, compiled and typed by Estelle Bass Cosby (self-published in 1980 per FS/1989 per Google). See

Google Book copy is not searchable & FS just links to WorldCat.

I would recommend changing to c1740. I resolved the issue that got me into the Hicks profiles, so I'm not as involved as I was. The most active Hicks researcher I'm aware of is Patricia Hicks, but I don't think she follows this branch.

posted by Liz (Noland) Shifflett
Noland-165 Liz (Noland) Shifflett
P.S. I checked the info I'd collected while researching the two sets of Judith Collier m James Hicks & found nothing to help with the question of their marriage date.
posted by Liz (Noland) Shifflett
[Living Munn]
Hicks-3762 and Hicks-746 do not represent the same person because: Different dates different wives
posted by [Living Munn]

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