Isaac Hicks (1755 - 1817)

Born 1755 in Brunswick, Virginia

Ancestors

Husband of Nancy Ann Cryer (Booth) Hicks — married 4 Apr 1782 in Brunswick, Virginia

Descendants

Died 20 Jun 1817 at about age 62 in Brunswick County, Virginia, United States

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Biography

Isaac Hicks, son of James and Judith (Collier) Hicks.

Captain Isaac Hicks married Ann Booth^[1] (Brunswick marriage bond dated 22 April 1782), daughter of Reuben Booth, deceased, and Rebecca.^[2][3]

Children

• Reuben Hicks, married Elizabeth Lewis^[1]
• Thomas Hicks, married Sarah E. Lewis^[1]
• Rebecca Hicks, married Gilliam Booth^[1] 25 August 1802 (Brunswick County bond, Isaac Hicks surety).^[4] Rebecca Booth, born 13 January 1784, died 12 March 1854; Gilliam Booth, Jr, born 26 October 1781, died 27 July 1821.^[5]
• Sarah "Sally" Hicks, married Benjamin Booth^[1] 29 October 1810.^[4] Sarah Hicks Booth, 1795-1879; Benjamin Booth, 1787-1834.^[5]
• Elizabeth B Hicks, married Robert C Booth 28 September 1809.^[4] Elizabeth Hicks Booth, born 2 May 1792, died 10 Oct 1853; husband Robert Cryer Booth born 3 Nov 1790, died 13 Nov 1850.^[5]
• Minerva Hicks, married John Cabinass 1 Dec 1818^[4]

Isaac died 20 June 1817 in Brunswick County, Virginia.^[1]

Will

"Will of Isaac Hicks of Brunswick County written May 10, 1817 proven June 23, 1817.

"To daughter Rebecca Booth, slaves Merrick, Charles, Dilcey and her children Gilbert, Phil Nancy and Edmunds, also Hannah, Lucy and Moses with their increase ; also $75.00 to be raised out of my personal estate, which I shall hereafter direct to be sold ;

"to daughter Elizabeth B. Booth, slaves Gabriel, Nat, Milly & her children Lavinia, Nancy, Maria also Suky, Harrison & nelly & their increase;

"to daughter Sally Booth, slaves Jerry, Charles, Ned, Judy 7 her five children, Isham, Patsey, Lizzy, Mary and Selly Call, also Betsey and her child Polly Mitty with their increase, also $200.00 to be raised out of the personal estate, etc:

"to daughter Minerva Hicks, slaves, Peter, Will, John, Matilda, & child, Alfred, Clarissa, Amanda, Robert, Almira, Minera & Lucinda with their increase, 1 feather bed and furniture

"to son Reuben B. Hicks slaves Jim, Will, Peg and and her 3 children, Polly, Edwin & Jincey, Pauline & Darb with their increase, also balance of my land lying in the east side of Hall's creek 107 acres, adjoining the late Burwell Wilkes, Charles Cordle, the Reuben B. Hicks, & Hall's creek;

"to son Thomas Hicks, slaves. Doctor, Lewis, Aggy and her three Children Isabel, Sally & Betty; also Sylvia, Milley, Dicey, & Tom, with their increase, also my negro boy Henry eight day clock, all my lands on west side of Hall's creek, 567 acres adjoining said Thomas Hicks, Meherrin river, Hall's creek.

"My part of my grist mill on Meherrin River to be sold and money arising to be equally divided between all of my children, Rebecca Booth, Elizabeth Booth, Sally Booth, Minerva Hicks, Reuben B. Hicks, Thomas Hicks. Proceeds arising from the residue of my estate already disposed of together with the debts & money due me after paying my just debts and after paying my daughter Sally Booth the $200.00 and my daughter Rebecca Booth the $70.00, the balance to be equally divided between my four daughters Rebecca Booth, Elizabeth B Booth, Sally Booth and Minerva Hicks."^[6][7]

Research Notes

The Hicks family is an ancient one in Charles City, Prince George and Brunswick Counties, descending from a certain Robert Hicks, who was living in Charles City County, (later Prince George) as early as the last decade of the 17th Century. Robert Hicks (died 1739) of Prince George and later Surry and Brunswick Counties was a prominent Indian trader, and in November 1714, was in command of a group of rangers, and as such was paid for his services. (Surry Records, Order Book 1713-1718, page 43). He is referred to in the record books as captain. His home was on Hick's Ford on the Meherrin River, in Brunswick (now Greenville County). He was father of James Hicks d. 1793 of Brunswick County; he married Judith Collier and had issue: Isaac Hicks b. 1755, died June 20, 1817 of Brunswick County. He served as captain of the third Georgia Battalion, Continental Troops, commanded by Lt. Colonel John McIntosh, and made a prisoner at Briar Creek, March 3, 1779. After the war he returned to Brunswick County, Virginia and continued to reside there un tip his death. He married Nancy Cryer and had issue: Rebecca Hicks b. 1784 d. 1867, married Gilliam Booth, Jr. b. 1781 d. 1821 of Dinwiddie County.

http://www.bluegrassmessengers.com/surry-co--brunswick-co-early-hicks-pre-1820.aspx

https://books.google.com/books?id=-OcQAQAAMAAJ&pg=RA2-PA27&lpg=RA2-PA27&dq=George+Booth+and+Lucy+Gilliam&source=bl&ots=ekO_zIp_Rj&sig=2zU2AAIva-TbcZ95HsvCfQOP1rI&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjjkNG7_8rUAhVCwWMKHdoABjYQ6AEIWDAJ#v=onepage&q=George%20Booth%20and%20Lucy%20Gilliam&f=false

U.S., Newspaper Extractions from the Northeast, 1704-1930
DEATH, BURIAL, CEMETERY & OBITUARIESView Image
NAME: Captain Isaac Hicks
DEATH: Abt 1817 - VA
VITAL: Abt 1817 - VA
PUBLICATION: 5 Jul 1817 - Massachusetts

• Isaac Hicks is listed in the 1810 Census: St Andrews, Brunswick, Virginia; Roll: 66; Page: 714; Image: 00707; Family History Library Film: 0181426. Also listed Free White Persons - Males - 16 thru 25: 1; Free White Persons - Males - 45 and over: 1; Free White Persons - Females - Under 10: 1; Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 15: 1; Free White Persons - Females - 45 and over: 1; Numbers of Slaves: 8; Number of Household Members Under 16: 2; Number of Household Members Over 25: 2; Number of Household Members: 13.

• Isaac 3 Hicks (James2, Robert1) married Nancy Cryer, was captain of the Third Georgia Regiment, taken prisoner at Brier Creek, March 2, 1779. He was born in 1755, and died, in 1817, in the sixty-third year of his age. (Bible Register.) He had issue, 19 Rebecca, born 13 January, 1784, and died 12 March, 1867. She married Gilliam Booth, Jr. (son of Gilliam Booth), who was born October 26, 1781, and died July 27, 1821, father of the late Mr. Edwin Booth, born 11 May, 1810. (Bible Register.) The latter's son, Dr. E. G. Booth, owns "Carter's Grove, on James River. 20 Reuben Booth had Louisa, who married Gen. William E. Starke, C. S. A., killed at Sharpsburg; 21 Thomas, of Brunswick; 22 Sally, married Benjamin Booth, of Amelia; 23 Sally, married Robert C. Booth, of Dinwiddie; 24 Minerva. (Goode's Virginia Cousins.) Source: The William and Mary quarterly, Volume 11; By Earl Gregg Swem, Institute of Early American History and Culture (Williamsburg, Va.), College of William & Mary; publ. 1903 page 131; Transcribed by Andrea Stawski Pack.

• Dodd, Jordan R., et al. Early American Marriages: Virginia to 1850. Bountiful, UT, USA: Precision Indexing Publishers.

• Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970. Louisville, Kentucky: National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. Microfilm, 508 rolls, California Society, National No. 92195, State No. 3602.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5} Captain Isaac Hicks, DAR Patriot Ancestor #A054963 (accessed 27 February 2021).
2. ↑ WE.H2.1.1.3
3. ↑ "#29" http://hicksgenealogy.com/wvmiscrecords.html#births
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3} Brunswick County marriages http://news.rootsweb.com/th/read/BOOTH/2000-09/0969306939
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2} From tombstones in Dinwiddie County - http://news.rootsweb.com/th/read/BOOTH/2000-09/0969306939
6. ↑ http://www.bluegrassmessengers.com/surry-co--brunswick-co-early-hicks-pre-1820.aspx
7. ↑ WB 8, p 339 - http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=grantpinnix&id=I112587