Hicks was born about 1790. Hicks Wheeler ... [1]
Ref1: From:BIOGRAPHIES OF JEFFERSON COUNTY, NEW YORK, Part 5
Biographical information was extracted from R. A. Oakes' 1905 Genealogical and Family History of the County of Jefferson, New York, Volume II by Marilyn Sapienza!
WHEELER, HICKS:
Hicks was the youngest of 19 children of Jonathan and Priscilla (Hicks) Wheeler. He was born 8 April 1790 at Lanesboro, MA and as a young man went to West Gallway, Saratoga Co., NY. In about 1811 he moved to Jefferson County where he purchased a tract of land in Ellisburgh near the village of Mannsvile. He paid for the land by working at the trade of shoemaker. During the War of 1812 he served at Sackets Harbor. His wife was Sarah James, who was born 10 June 1794 in Gallway, New York, daughter of Edward James. Hicks Wheeler died 21 august 1865 at 75 years.
Their children were:
Lucinda M. b 17 September 1813 and married at the age of 62 years to Norman Thompson of Oswego Co., NY
Anna b 23 July 1816, married Edmund Remington of Lorraine, NY
Diana b 8 June 1819; married Nelson Adsit of Orwell, Oswego Co., NY
Jonathan E. J. b 19 August 1820 and died at Sandy Creek, NY
David H.
Luther N. and Mary M., both died young
George N. b 28 December 1834, a farmer in Ellisburgh
Melissa J. b 24 May 1837; married John Woodall and lived later with her son at Canastota, NY
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