Born in Dorchester, Westmorland, New Brunswick
Ancestors 
Daughter of Ira Hicks
and Sarah (Thornton) Hicks
Sister of
Israel Hicks, Abigail (Hicks) Wry, Ira Hicks, Sarah (Hicks) Patterson, Rebecca (Hicks) Wry, Valentine Hicks and Charles Hicks
Wife of
Daniel Sears
— married
1806 in Jolicure, Westmorland, New Brunswick
Descendants 
Mother of
Miles Sears, William Sears, Sarah Sears, Rebecca (Sears) Babcock, Daniel Sears and Anne Sears
Died about
at about age 64
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
| Created 10 Nov 2014
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Biography
Thankful Hicks was born about 1787. She was the daughter of Ira Hicks and Sarah Thornton. She married Daniel Sears in 1806 in Jolicure. In 1851 she was living in the household of her daughter a Rebecca and her son in law. Thankful is thought to have died the same year.
Sources
- 1851 Census: https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/1851/Pages/item.aspx?itemid=1263922
- Doug Ayer – Descendants of John Hicks - #62: Thankful Hicks
- Descendants of James Wheaton – to be confirmed
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Thankful by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Thankful:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Thankful by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Thankful:
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~3.12%
~3.12%
Anonymous Hayward 
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch XF2440408 [compare]
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~1.56%
~6.25%
Krista-Lee (Patterson) Bailey :
23andMe
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~1.56%
~3.12%
Kimberley Hayward :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Alexander Fisher :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch PV9320489 [compare], Ancestry member ajfisher1970
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Categories: Census of New Brunswick, 1851 - Sackville Parish, Westmorland