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My aim is to link as many Hickson families together as I can.
The various locations in Kent where Hicksons have been found
| Name | Approximate year of birth | Reference | Comments | |||||||||
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These people have been sorted by their year of birth. | ||||||||||||
| William de Hustedon | ca 1040 | StaffsHixon | The name Hixson seems to be taken from the Old English, Hyht's Dunn, which means hill. The spelling of the name changes as the generations progress. The oldest known ancestor of this line was William De Hustedon born in England about 1040 and died there in 1105. He is recorded in the Domesday book in 1086 and lived in Staffordshire, England. | |||||||||
| Thomas Hickson | about 1544-1622 | Stray | a Mariner, probate 1643 | |||||||||
| George Hixson | 1551 | IGI-MARR4 | married Elizabeth Dodge in 1572 in Maidstone | |||||||||
| Bennet Hickson | 1552 | IGI-Parent1 | son, Bennet, baptised in 1595 in Sandwich | |||||||||
| Thomas Higgeson | about 1558-1636 | Stray | of Lyd; wife Joane | |||||||||
| George Hickson | 1565 | IGI-Fhc1 | of London, his family moved to Greenwich (Kent) - see grandchildren born between 1620 & 1630 | |||||||||
| Anthony Hixson | 1578 | IGI-MARR2 | married Agnes Olyver in 1599 in Sandwich | |||||||||
| Margaret Hixon | 1578 | Marr7 | married Richard Lilborne in 1599 in Eltham | |||||||||
| Thomas Hicksonne | 1587 | IGI-Fhc25 | daughter, Mary, baptised 1620 in Greenwich | |||||||||
| John Hickson | ca 1587 | IGI-FHC11 | of Greenwich, a stray from the IGI | |||||||||
| Margaret Hickson | 1596 | fhc14 | married Richard Brenchley in 1617 in Canterbury | |||||||||
| William Hickson | about 1596-1675 | Stray | lived in Deptford; Will made 1695 | |||||||||
| Christopher Hickson | 1605 | IGI-FHC2 | married Anne Clarke in 1626 in Broadstairs (Thanet) | |||||||||
| Steven Hickson | 1609 | married Elizabeth | Hernehill; wife Elizabeth | |||||||||
| Mary Hickson | 1612 | Benton 1 | married Abraham Cruttenden in 1630 in Hawkhurst | |||||||||
| William Hickson | ca 1614 | SW19-Isolat | married Jenny? Edlington in 1635 in Beckingham | |||||||||
| Ann Hicksonn | 1617 | Marr1 | married John Hamon in 1637/8 in Sandwich | |||||||||
| Mrs Sarah Hixson | 1617 | IGI | She married, secondly, Bartholomew Fatly or Ratly in 1638 in Sandwich | |||||||||
| Alexander Hixon | 1619 | IGI-Fhc1 | married Ann Wiles in 1640 in Greenwich | |||||||||
| Margaret Hixin | 1631 | fhc14 | married Hopkin David in 1652 in Greenwich | |||||||||
| Anne Hixon | 1633 | marr1 | married John Budd in 1654 in Greenwich | |||||||||
| Margery Hixsonne | 1638 | marr7 | married John Wild in 1658/9 in Broadstairs (Thanet) | |||||||||
| Roger Hickson | 1644 | IGI-FHC21 | Dover; wife Sara | |||||||||
| John Hickson | 1648 | IGI-FHC12 | married Elisabeth Osmer in 1669 in Rochester | |||||||||
| Rebacka Hickson | 1649 | Marr9a | married Richard Hattenden in 1670 in Canterbury | |||||||||
| Thomas Hickson, Snr | ca 1650 | #1 | His descendants moved from Hertfordshire to Fairseat in Kent | |||||||||
| George Hickson | 1655 | IGI-FHC6 | married Sarah Wincott in 1676 in Dover | |||||||||
| John Hixson | 1662 | IGI-Paren10 | Rochester; wife Margaret | |||||||||
| Elizabeth Hixon | 1672 | marr3 | married Richard Waits in 1690 in Stoke, Kent | |||||||||
| Jacobi Hixon | 1678 | IGI-FHC12 | Saint Werburgh Hoo; married twice: (1) Elizabeth, (2) Mariae | |||||||||
| James Hixon | 1681 | IGI-MARR5 | married Elezebeth Webbland in 1702 in Rochester | |||||||||
| Thomas Hixton | 1682 | IGI-Paren19 | Strood, near Rochester; wife Mary | |||||||||
| Thomas S Hixson | 1711 | Kent | born in Greenwich, he married ca 1732 | |||||||||
| William Hixon / Hixson | 1714 | fhc6 | Shorne, Kent; wife Catherine | |||||||||
| William Hickson | 1727 | IGI-FHC26 | daughter, Mary baptised in 1760 in Gravesend | |||||||||
| Thomas Hixson | ca 1730 | FHC21 | of, or born in, Greenwich | |||||||||
| Thomas S Hixson | 1732 | IGI-FHC21 | married ca 1732 in Kent; wife of Greenwich (Kent) | |||||||||
| Joseph Hickson, Snr | 1735 | Kent 1 | married (1) Martha Hyland in 1756 in Kenardington married (2) Mrs Martha Gurr nee Law in 1772 in Kingsnorth | |||||||||
| John Hickson | 1749 | Stray | Faversham; wife Elizabeth | |||||||||
| William Hixon | 1753 | IGI-MARR12 | married Mary Hall in 1774 in Canterbury | |||||||||
| Thomas Hickson | 1756 | Stray | Buried at St John's, Margate 5th January 1798, aged 42 | |||||||||
| Sarah Hickstep | 1760 | marr12 | married Nicholas Finch in 1781 in Tenterden | |||||||||
| Elizabeth Hickson | 1767 | Stray | from Burham, she died in 1816 | |||||||||
| Elizabeth Hickson | 1768 | marr3 | married William Delver in 1789 in East Wickham | |||||||||
| George Hixson | 1769 | Stray | Labourer of Stone, near Dartford | |||||||||
| Sarah Hickson | 1773 | Stray | born in Holborn, lived in Margate. Is this her married name? | |||||||||
| Henry Hickson | 1780 | Stray | married Jane Ewers in 1801 in Erith | |||||||||
| Henry Hickton | 1780 | Stray | a Hatter of Chatham; married Ann | |||||||||
| William Hickson | 1780 | Stray | a Staymaker of Rochester; wife Sarah | |||||||||
| Soloman Hickson | 1784 | Stray | Burial: 1866 in Chatham | |||||||||
| Samuel Hickson | 1784 | HPAustrali6 | with wife Ann and son Samuel, he moved from Kent to Australia | |||||||||
| Henry Hixson | 1786 | Stray | Postmaster in Dartford; married Ann | |||||||||
| Samuel Hickson | 1787 | Stray | married Frances Jordan in 1817 in Rochester | |||||||||
| James Hickson | 1789 | Stray | Blacksmith of Chatham; married Ann | |||||||||
| Joseph Hixon | 1791 | Kent 1b | married Lucy Wood in 1822 in Boughton Aluph; was he the son of Joseph Hixon and Ruth Rikkon or possibly of Thomas Hickson & Ann Swaffer?- see Kent 1 | |||||||||
| Alice Hickson | 1792 | Kent | married James Webb in 1813 in Lewisham | |||||||||
| Richard Hickson | 1792 | IGI-Marr9a | married Peggy Jiscott in 1792 in Deptford | |||||||||
| Joseph Hickson | 1794 | Kent 1c | wife Mary; probably the son of Joseph Hixon and Ruth Rikkon - see Kent 1 | |||||||||
| James Hickson | 1794 | Stray | a Draper of Sheerness; married Ann | |||||||||
| Lt. Richard Hickson | 1794 | Stray | Royal Marines; married Elizabeth | |||||||||
| Thomas Hickson | 1794 | IGI-MARR11 | married Rachel Maid in 1815 in Strood near Rochester | |||||||||
| Thomas Hickson | 1795 | Stray | Blacksmith of Chalk. Son, John, became a Sawyer | |||||||||
| Thomas Hickson | 1795 | fhc22 | of London, wife Alice It needs proving that Thomas James Hickson (boot & shoemaker who moved to Hythe) is both (1) the son of Thomas & Alice and (2) the husband of Eliza Turner | |||||||||
| Elisha Hickson | 1800 | IGI-MARR3 | married Elizabeth Wills in 1821 in Old Charlton | |||||||||
| Ann Hickson | est 1800-1828 | Stray | Ann & her child were placed in Medway Union Institute | |||||||||
| Charles Hickson | est 1800-1876 | Stray | Will: 1897 - Gentleman of Kent | |||||||||
| William Huckstep | 1803 | Stray | born in Ickham; with wife Jane moved to Ash (part of Ramsgate in Thanet) | |||||||||
| Thomas Hickson | 1804 | SW5 | married Ann Moore in 1822 in Gravesend | |||||||||
| William Hickson | 1804 | Stray | wife Mary Ann, son Henry baptised 20 Oct 1829 in Mersham | |||||||||
| James Hickson | 1805 | IGI-FHC18 | Storekeeper of Orpington; wife Eleanor. He was born in Lancashire. | |||||||||
| John Hixson | 1805 | IGI-Paren11 | Margate; wife Mary Beriton; son, Daniel born 1826 | |||||||||
| Henry Hickson | 1806 | Kent 22 | Pilot Waterman, married Susannah Harnett in 1825 in Frindsbury | |||||||||
| Edward Hickson | 1807 | Stray | a Tailor of Milton near Gravesend; wife Eliza | |||||||||
| Ellen Hickson | 1813 | Stray | House servant in Milton near Gravesend | |||||||||
| Frederick Hickson | 1814 | Stray | Groom. Daughter Eliza married in Chilham | |||||||||
| William Hickson | 1814 | Stray | born in Limehouse, Middx; married Sarah Louisa; Occupation Dividends & Annuities, lived in Poplar, then St Lawrence, Ramsgate | |||||||||
| Samuel Hickson | 1819 | Stray | Victualler. Born in Chatham, married Mary | |||||||||
| Harriet Hickson | 1822 | Stray | born in Chatham, moved to Norwich for 1851 census | |||||||||
| Edward Hickson | 1823 | Kent 2 | He was born in Tickhill, Yorkshire. Some of his descendents moved to Kent in the 1950s | |||||||||
| Amelia Jane Hickson | 1823 | Kent | married William Thomas Butcher in 1844 in Strood near Rochester | |||||||||
| Thomas Hickson | 1824 | Stray | born in Sheerness, Plumber in Ramsgate; he married Frances | |||||||||
| William James Hixon | 1824 | IGI-FHC11 | married Jemima Smith Browning in 1845 in Deptford | |||||||||
| Charles Hickson | 1827 | Stray | Warehouseman in Lee, he married Jane | |||||||||
| Charles Hickson | 1827 | Stray | unmarried Ship's Master. Born in East Peckham | |||||||||
| James Hickson | 1829 | IGI-FHC10 | married Georgina Laurimer and lived in Forest Hill | |||||||||
| John Hickson | 1832 | London 2 | married Mary Ann Gollop in 1853 in Deptford | |||||||||
| Mrs Eliza Hickson | 1833 | Kent 23 | Mr Hickson was a Waterman. They lived in Gillingham | |||||||||
| Thomas Hickson | 1834 | Stray | Chatham; married Eliza | |||||||||
| Harry Hickson | 1835 | Stray | born in Cheshire, an Agricultural labourer, he lodged in Newington, Kent | |||||||||
| Henry Hickson | 1835 | Stray | born in East Peckham, he was Master of the Ship "William Stone", Port of Rochester | |||||||||
| Sarah Hickson | 1835 | IGI-MARR10 | married Thomas Dickson Hudson in 1856 in Deptford | |||||||||
| Thomas Hickson | 1838 | Census | born in Buckinghamshire, he married Rebecca L. They farmed in Margate | |||||||||
| Mary Ann Hickson | 1839 | marr8 | married Walter Cox in 1860 in Deptford | |||||||||
| Thomas Hickson | 1840 | SW22 | Born in Banstead, Surrey, he was a Railway/Ticket Inspector, he married Eliza Day. Some children were born in Forest Hill | |||||||||
| Thomas Hickson | 1840 | IGI-MARR11 | married Eliza Webb in 1861 in Deptford | |||||||||
| Stephen Hickson | 1841 | Stray | Blacksmith, born in Ramsgate | |||||||||
| Adelia Higson | 1843 | Stray | Burial: 13 March 1897, Margate | |||||||||
| Mary Elizabeth Hixson | 1844 | marr9a | married George Edmead in 1865 in Deptford | |||||||||
| Margaret Hickson | 1847 | Stray | born in the Isle of Wight, Servant in 1871 in Broadstairs | |||||||||
| Adeline Hickson | 1848 | Stray | "Nurse Child" in Dartford in 1851 (or could it be "Nancy's Child"?) | |||||||||
| Martha Hixson | 1848 | Stray | married ca February 1869 in Medway, Kent | |||||||||
| Hickson family | father born about 1849 | Stray | siblings: Florance (1874-), Alice (1876-) & Ernest (1879-) Inmates at the Dartford Union | |||||||||
| Mary Ann Hickson | 1849 | IGI | married Walter Cox in 1860 in Deptford | |||||||||
| Edward Hickson | 1850 | Kent 10 | born in Congleton, Cheshire, he married Agnes Annie Macfadze. His family moved south, eventually to Swanley | |||||||||
| Mr Hickson | about 1850-1873 | SW17 | Chatham. Cabinet Maker, married Margaret Taylor who died ca 1947 | |||||||||
| Caroline Hicksen | 1851 | Stray | born in Sussex, unmarried Cook to Caroline Crump in Lewisham | |||||||||
| Richard Hickson | 1851 | Stray | Born in Deptford, married Eliza. | |||||||||
| John Dood Hixon | 1852 | Stray | married Frances Moon in 1873 in Waltham Church | |||||||||
| William Henry Hickson | 1854 | Kent 19 | Margate. Married Amelia Elizabeth Woodward | |||||||||
| William Hickson | 1855 | Census | Born in Sutton, Surrey, married Rachael and moved to Deptford | |||||||||
| Lydia Hixson | 1856 | Stray | Born in London, she was a boarder in St Lawrence in 1861 | |||||||||
| Arthur Hickson | ca 1857 | Kent 18 | married Dinah Slack; lived in Stoke on Trent, Staffs. Family moved to Kent about 1950 | |||||||||
| Rose Hickson | 1857 | Stray | Born in Birmingham, married Charles Gould and moved to Lewisham | |||||||||
| Alice Hicksen | 1859 | Stray | Born in Hythe | |||||||||
| Fred Hickson | ca 1860 | Kent 11 | from Lyminge (near Folkestone) | |||||||||
| Joseph Hickson | 1861 | Berkshire 5 | He was in the printing trade in the City of London and died in the 1930s. His family mainly moved to Berkshire & Kent | |||||||||
| Rose Hickson | 1862 | Stray | born and died in Chatham, aged 2 | |||||||||
| Jane Hickson | 1864 | Stray | born in Margate | |||||||||
| Mr Hickson | about 1867 | Staffs 3 | father of Frederick John Hickson (1900-1929) of Margate | |||||||||
| Mary Ann Hickson | 1868 | Stray | born in Greenwich | |||||||||
| Henry Hickson | 1868 | Kent 14 | Wife, Jane; lived in St Pancras. Family moved to Kent about 1930 | |||||||||
| William Higson | 1870 | Stray | pupil at the "South Metrolpolitan Schools Board", Herne | |||||||||
| Charles Brammer Hickson | 1872 | Y15 | son of John BRAMMER, he married Emma Jackson in 1898 in Manchester and died in Ramsgate | |||||||||
| Douglas Hickson | 1873 | Kent 3 | He was an LMS Signalman living in Derbyshire. His son Stanley moved to Kent | |||||||||
| Alfred William and his brother Benjamin Hickson | 1875 & 1893 | Kent 12 | Alfred was area manager of Coop Bus Co (wife Elizabeth). Benjamin married Beatrice Gale and lived in Folkestone | |||||||||
| James Albert Hickson | about 1880-1888 | Kent 15 | East London; wife Florence. Grandson moved to Kent | |||||||||
| Alexander Hickson | 1885 | Stray | Sergeant RM, married Clarissa | |||||||||
| Joshua Hickson | 1887 | Kent 5 | born in Stepney, he married Eliza | |||||||||
| James Joseph Hickson | Bef 1892 | London 4 | Greenwich, married Lily Roseina McCartney | |||||||||
| H C Hickson | 1880-1905 | Stray | Mr H C Hickson left Rochester for his new appointment as postmaster of Ingatestone, near Chelmsford, on Monday. Before his sermon on Sunday morning, the Rev W J Gray, RD, the Vicar of St Nicholas Church, Rochester (where Mr Hickson was People's Warden), referred to Mr Hickson's work and expressed his gratitude "for the services rendered in this old Church so devotedly, lovingly, and faithfully." - Chatham News 28 March 1930 | |||||||||
| Reference | Name | Approximate year of birth | Comments | |||||||||
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Sorted by my reference numbers | ||||||||||||
| Kent 1 | Joseph Hickson, Snr | b.c.1735 | married Martha Hyland | |||||||||
| Kent 1b | Joseph Hixon | b.c.1791 or 1797 | married Lucy Wood | |||||||||
| Kent 1c | Joseph Hickson | b.c.1794 | married Mary | |||||||||
| Kent 1d | Joseph Hicksum | b.c.1755 | married Martha | |||||||||
| Kent 1e | George Hickson | b.c.1655 | married Sarah Wincott | |||||||||
| Kent 1f | Roger Hickson | b.c.1644 | married Sara | |||||||||
| Kent 2 | Edward Hickson | b.c.1823 in Tickhill, Yorkshire | ||||||||||
| Kent 3 | Douglas Hickson | b.c. 1873 | family originates in Derbyshire | |||||||||
| Kent 5 | Joshua Hickson | b.c.1887 in Stepney | ||||||||||
| Kent 9 | William George Hickson | b.c.1885 | married Henrietta Hall and had 21 or 22 children (I have met two of them). Lived in Lambeth Walk (then Leroy Street) off Old Kent Road, London | |||||||||
| Kent 10 | Edward Hickson | born 1850 | originates in Cheshire | |||||||||
| Kent 11 | Fred Hickson | b.c.1860 | from Lyminge, near Folkestone, Kent | |||||||||
| Kent 13 | Benjamin Hickson | b.1893 & brother Alfred William Hickson, b.c.1875 | moved from London (Battersea) to Dover | |||||||||
| Kent 14 | Henry Hickson | b.1868 | of Mornington Crescent, London | |||||||||
| Kent 15 | James Albert Hickson | b.c.1884 | East End of London | |||||||||
| Kent 16 | Joseph Hickson | b.1861 | was in the Printing trade in the City of London. Lived off Edgeware Road | |||||||||
| Kent 17 | "Mr Hickson" | b.c.1877 of Kent | but a distant cousin lives in Sunderland, Newcastle | |||||||||
| Kent 18 | Arthur Hickson | b.c.1857 | originates in Stoke on Trent | |||||||||
| Kent 19 | William Henry Hickson | b.1854 in Birchington, Kent | ||||||||||
| Kent 20 | "Mr Hickson" | b.c.1870 | very mobile family, but appears to originate in the North of England (Yorkshire) | |||||||||
| Kent 22 | Henry Hickson | b.1806 in Kent (maybe Upnor), | married Susannah Harnett in 1825 in Frindsbury | |||||||||
| Kent 23 | "Mr Hickson" | b.c.1833 | married Eliza who was born in Gillingham, Kent | |||||||||
Queries should be directed to Anthony Hickson
My aim is to link as many Hickson families together as I can.
