Hickson Genealogy
Wiltshire
Early Hicksons found in Wiltshire - possible reconstruction from parish and other records
Index - Heads of families
Hickson
- Ann Hickson, 1770
- Jane Hickson, 1766
- John Hickson, 1763
- John Hickson, 1791
- Margaret Hickson, 1765
- Margaret Hickson, 1809
- Martha Hickson, 1762
- Mary Hickson, 1796
- Mary Hickson, 1809
- Rebeccah Hickson, 1760
- Thomas Hickson, 1722
- Thomas Hickson, 1737
- Thomas Hickson, 1747
- Thomas Hickson, 1758
- Thomas Hickson, 1779
- Thomas Hickson, 1780
- William Hickson, 1743
Hixon
Hixe and Hicks
Baptisms, marriages and burials in Amesbury
- married: 14 Aug 1689 Thomas Hixon (barber) & Mary Smith
- baptised: 24 Oct 1692 John son of Thomas & Mary Hickson
- burial: 19 Nov 1718 Joh. of Thomas & Mary Hixon
- baptised: 15 Nov 1692 Thomas son of Thomas & Mary Hixon
- baptised: 8 June 1694 Mary dau of Thomas & Mary Hixon
- baptised: 10 July 1696 Robert of Thomas & Mary Hixon
- burial: 11 Feb 1696/7 Robert of Thomas & May Hixon
- baptised: 23 Feb 1697/8 Goddard of Thomas & Mary Hixon
- - no record of marriage to Anne or even Jane
- baptised: 20 Oct 1717 Thomas of Goddard & Anne Hixon
- burial: 13 March 1719 Thomas Hixon
- not sure which of the above Thomas' this is
- baptised: 24 Oct 1719 Francis of Goddard & Anne Hixon
- baptised: 24 Dec 1722 Goddard of Goddard & Anne Hixon
- baptised: 1 Jan 1724/5 Mary of Goddard & Anna Hixon
- baptised: 3 April 1727 John of Goddard & Jane Hixon
- burial: 8 Feb 1736 Goddard Hixon - father or son?
- baptised: 18 Oct 1701 Anne of Thomas & Mary Hixon - Barber
- baptised: 25 May 1704 Elizabeth of Thomas & Mary Hixon
- Elizabeth Hixon married Thomas Lawrence on 20th January 1734. Residence: Milston, Wiltshire
- baptised: 29 March 1706/7 William of Thomas & Mary Hixon
- burial: 2 May 1709 William of Thomas & Mary Hixon
- baptised: 27 Nov 1708 Robert of Thomas & Mary Hixon
- Is this the marriage to Mary? :-
- Robert Hickson of Amesbury
married Mary Humphrys of Durnford on 13th June 1732 in Heytesbury, Wiltshire
(found in the IGI and confirmed from Parish Registers - BT Dunford)
- baptised: 30 Jan 1732 Mary of Robert & Mary Hixon
- baptised: 15 Jan 1735 Elizabeth of Robert & Mary Hixon
- baptised: 31 July 1739 Robert of Robert & Mary Hixon
- Is this the marriage to Elizabeth? :-
- Robert Hixson married Elizabeth Andrews on 14th April 1740 in Milston, Wiltshire
- baptised: 2 Dec 1740 Robert of Robert & Elizabeth Hixon
- baptised: 10 Dec 1741 Thomas of Robert & Elizabeth Hixon
- baptised: 2 Dec 1742 John of Robert & Elizabeth Hixon
- Do the following children also belong here?
- baptised: 12 Sept 1745 James son of Robert & Elizabeth Hickson
- burial: 11 Oct 1745 James Hickson
- burial: 10 Oct 1746 James Hickson - Was there a second James?
- baptised: 14 July 1747 John son of Robert & Elizabeth Hickson
- baptised: 8 Dec 1748 Michael son of Robert & Elizabeth Hickson
- - no record of marriage to Jane
- baptised: 10 Feb 1792 Robert of Michael & Jane Hickson
- burial: 11 July 1792 Robert Hickson, an infant
- burial: 20 June 1792 Michael Hickson
- baptised: 27 April 1750 Margaret dau of Robert & Elizabeth Hickson
- baptised: 7 Feb 1752 Elizabeth dau of Robert & Elizabeth Hickson
- burial: 20 Sept 1753 Elizabeth Hickson
- baptised: 25 Jan 1754 Sarah dau of Robert & Elizabeth Hickson
- baptised: 29 Sept 1757 Benjamin son of Robert & Elizabeth Hickson
- burial: 9 March 1759 Benjamin Hickson
- burial: 24 Sept 1762 Robert Hickson
Is William a brother to Thomas, above?
- William (butcher) & Elizabeth Hixon (no record of marriage found)
- baptised: 6 Oct 1698 Anne of William & Elizabeth Hixon
- baptised: 18 Oct 1700 Mary of William & Elizabeth Hixon - Butcher
- baptised: 30 Jan 1701/2 William of William & Elizabeth Hixon - Butcher
- baptised: 5 April 1703 Mary of William & Elizabeth Hixon
- married: 13 Sept 1718 Edward Blanchet & Mary Hixon
Is Elizabeth a sister to Mary, above?
- married: 17 Feb 1723 William Ludman & Elizabeth Hixon
- married: 7 April 1729 William Hixe & Elizabeth Thornton (Hixon erased)
- baptised: 14 July 1708 Henery of William & Elizabeth Hixe (Hixon erased)
- - dates don't fit, wrong person?
- married: 24 Nov 1729 John Henwood & Mary Hixe (Hixon erased)
- married: 14 Oct 1735 John Brown & Elizabeth Hicks
- Thomas & Susan (no record of marriage found)
- baptised: 7 March 1747 Thomas son of Thomas & Susan Hickson
- William & Elizabeth Hickson (no record of marriage found)
- - seems too late to be the butcher above
- baptised: 1 July 1750 Martha dau of William & Elizabeth Hickson
- baptised: 20 Sept 1753 Richard son of William & Elizabeth Hickson
- burial: 16 Jan 1762 Richard Hickson - Is this the same Richard?
- Thomas & Susana (no record of marriage found)
- baptised: 5 May 1762 Richard Street of Thomas & Susana Hickson
- burial: 12 May 1762 Richard Street Hickson
- burial: 1 Jan 1797 Susana wife of Thomas Hickson (Merchant)
- married: 1 June 1764 William Hickson tp & Anne Smith tp, by licence
- baptised: 18 June 1772 Ann of William & Ann Hickson
- Ann Hickson married unknown on 26th February 1701 in Amesbury
- married: 2 April 1768 Thomas Hickson tp & Mary Eyers tp, by banns
- baptised: 9 Nov 1770 Elizabeth of Thomas & Mary Hickson
- burial: 28 June 1771 Elisabeth Hickson (Infant)
- baptised: 2 May 1777 Elizabeth of Thomas & Mary Hickson
- baptised: 18 Jan 1780 John of Thomas & Mary Hickson
- baptised: 29 August 1782 Thomas son of Thomas & Mary Hickson
- Thomas & Hannah (no record of marriage found)
- baptised: 16 Oct 1783 Susannah of Thomas & Hannah Hickson
- burial: 13 April 1801 Elizabeth of Thomas & Hannah Hickson (Merchant)
- burial: 15 Jan 1802 Hannah wife of Thomas Hickson (Merchant)
- married: 14 Nov 1781 Francis Allen tp & Rebeccah Hickson tp, by licence
- married: 25 Aug 1783 William Allen bachelor tp & Martha Hickson tp, by licence
- married: 18 June 1784 John Hickson tp & Ann Hickson (sic) tp, by licence
- married: 25 Feb 1786 Thomas Wale bachelor of Wilsford & Margaret Hickson tp, by licence
- married: 5 July 1787 Robert Green tp & Jane Hickson tp, by licence
Are the above all siblings?
- married: 16 Aug 1791 John Barnaby tp & Ann Hickson tp, by licence
- married: 13th July 1801 Thomas Hickson & Mary Porter
(confirming the record found in the IGI)
- baptised: 24th June 1804 John of Thomas & Mary Hickson
- baptised: 28th Dec 1806 William of Thomas & Mary Hickson
- married: 23rd Nov 1812 Thomas Hickson widower tp & Elizabeth Goodin widower tp, by banns
in Amesbury
(confirming the record found in the IGI)
Are these the same person?
- John Hickson bachelor tp, a Cooper, married Elizabeth George spinster tp,
who was born 1786 in Frome, Somerset, by banns
on 27th July 1812 in Amesbury.
- Ann was baptised: 22nd Nov 1812 in Amesbury
- Thomas, a Cooper, born 1815 in Amesbury
- William George, a Whitesmith, born 1819 in Amesbury married Betsy Shail Dobson
- John, a Draper, born 1825 in Amesbury
married Mary of Wem Shropshire and they had a son, Richard John in 1855
- Mary Elizabeth, a Seamstress, born 1826 in Amesbury
References: parish records, 1841, 1851, 1861, 1881 censuses and a marriage certificate
- married: 24 Dec 1811 Henry Munday & Mary Hickson by licence
in Amesbury
Mary Hickson was probably born ca 1809
- married: 24th June 1830 James Waters & Mary Hickson by licence
in Amesbury
(confirming the record found in the IGI)
- married: 24th June 1830 William Whitmarsh & Margaret Hickson by licence
in Amesbury
(confirming the record found in the IGI)
Were Mary & Margaret sisters?
Other burials in Amesbury
- burial: 29 Nov 1759 Betty Hickson (illegit)
- burial: 18 Jan 1764 Grace the wife of William Hickson
- burial: 6 March 1767 Mary Hickson
- burial: 21 May 1768 William Hickson
- burial: 14 March 1772 John Hickson
- burial: 6 Jan 1784 Thomas Hickson
- burial: 25 Feb 1785 Elizabeth Hickson
- burial: 2 Sept 1792 William Hickson
- burial: 16 Sept 1792 Ann, Wife of I Hickson
- burial: 9 March 1796 Thomas Hickson (Spirit Merchant)
- burial: 17 June John Hickson (Fox Inn)
from burials in the Churchyard at Amesbury
Marriages and baptisms in other places in Wiltshire
- John Higson, born in the late 1600s, married Mary who died before him in 1718.
They lived at Winsley, near Bradford-on-Avon and she was buried on 8th May 1718 in Barthomley, Cheshire
- James Hiscox of Laycock married Sylvia Lawrence (otp) on 23rd June 1790 in Corsham, Wiltshire, by licence.
- Robert Hickson, a Cooper, was born 1774 in Seagry (Chippenham) and he married Ann who was born 1773 in Norton. They had three children:
- Robert 1817 in Seagry
- Harriet 1823 and
- Jane, born 1825, married William Simpkins in 1846 in Seagry
References: 1841 and 1851 censuses
- Thomas Hickson who was born 1779 in Sengrey (Seagry),
married Elizabeth who was born 1809 in King Sutton, Oxfordshire.
In 1851, a Commission Agent (glue gums), they were living at 38 Warren Street, Clerkenwell, Middlesex.
- William Hickson married Elizabeth Brewer on 26th October 1795 in Wootton Bassett.
Both
of this parish
- Matthew Hixon married Sarah and they had a daughter, Mary who was baptised 22nd June 1854
at St Marks, Swindon
- John Hickson, born 10th January 1902, died October 1985 in the Swindon area
- Minnie Hickson, born 15th October 1894, died 16th October 1994 in Swindon.
She is thought to have married a John Hickson when he was aged 45.
- Alfred J Hickson or Hickman, a Butcher, was born 1855 in Devizes.
He had moved to London by 1883 (1891 census)
- Susanna Hickson married John Simms on 1st January 1743 in St Martin, Salisbury
- James Hickson, a Currier, born 1786
outside Hampshire
married Anne Bell (born 1781 in Bradford) on 31st March 1813 in St Edmunds, Salisbury
- William Henry, born 3rd April 1815
- Charles, a fishmonger, born 24th August 1816 in Salisbury, married Sarah Taylor in 1867
- Amelia Ann, fund holder, born 29th December 1817 in Salisbury, married Seba Burch in 1871
- Elizabeth, born 19th August 1821 in New Street, Salisbury, married George James Ridges in 1845
- Dorothie Hicson married Mathew Poore on 23rd November 1612 in Britford, Wiltshire
- Thomas Hickson married Elizabeth Blake on 27th May 1672 at Britford, Wiltshire.
Britford (or Burford) is 1 mile SE of Salisbury
- Anne Hixon married Thomas Quinton on 1st March 1722 in Downton, Wiltshire
