Hickson Genealogy

Yorkshire

Hicksons found in Yorkshire, England:

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Aberford (map)

Aberford, where I lived as a small boy, is near Kippax, Boston Spa, Clifford, Healaugh, Tadcaster, Wetherby, Church Fenton, Carleton, Castleford, Knottingley, Pontefract, Normanton, Wakefield, Chapel Allerton, Hunslet, Leeds and Swillington

Airmyn, Doncaster

Airmyn is a Chapelry in the parish of Snaith.

It is 3 miles from Howden, 5.3 miles from Wressell, 5.5 miles from Balkholme, 6.6 miles from Hemingbrough, 8 miles from Thorne, 10.5 miles from Aughton, East Riding of Yorkshire, 11.3 miles from Fishlake and 13 miles from Stainforth.


Aldborough (near Boroughbridge)

Aldborough is 9.5 miles from Farnham, 9.9 miles from Tollerton, 10.2 miles from Knaresborough, 10.5 miles from Cundall, 11.3 miles from Ripon, 11.3 miles from Kirk Deighton, 11.9 miles from Easingwold, 12.7 miles from Follifoot, 13.6 miles from Harrogate, 19.6 miles from York,

Almondbury


Amotherby

Amotherby is in the parish of Appleton le Street. To the East is New Malton, Old Malton, Norton by Malton and Swinton. To the West is Barton le Street and Slingsby. Not far to the North is Kirby Misperton and to the South is Huttons Ambo. A bit further away can be found Kirkbymoorside, Great Edstone, Pickering, Thornton-le-Dale, Rillington, Thorpe Bassett, Wintringham and Langton.

Appleton le Street

Appleton-le-Street is near Amotherby and Swinton. To the East is New Malton, Old Malton, Norton by Malton and To the West is Barton le Street and Slingsby. Not far to the North is Kirby Misperton and to the South is Huttons Ambo. A bit further away can be found Kirkbymoorside, Great Edstone, Pickering, Thornton-le-Dale, Rillington, Thorpe Bassett, Wintringham and Langton.

Attercliffe

Attercliffe is in the parish of Sheffield and is near Darnall, Brightside Bierlow, Ecclesall Bierlow, Nether Hallam, Ecclesfield, Wentworth, Wortley, Swinton (near Rotherham), Handsworth, Todwick, High and Low Bradfield and 4 miles from Rotherham.

The following were born in Attercliffe:


Atwick

Atwick is near Barmston, Foston on the Wolds, North Frodingham, Ulrome, Bridlington, Leven, Sigglesthorne, Withernwick, Beverley, Great Driffield, Lowthorpe and Rudston. It is 2 miles north of Hornsea, by the sea, and 20 miles from Kingston-upon-Hull.

Aughton

There are places called Aughton in Lancashire, Wiltshire and Yorkshire, not to mention the numerous places called Haughton. This Aughton is near East Collingwith, or Cottingwith, in East Yorkshire, between York, Selby and Market Weighton

It is also near Wressell, Airmyn, Balkholme, Howden, Snaith, Hemingbrough and Wheldrake

Austerfield

Austerfield is near Bawtry, Blyth or Blythe, Rossington, Barnby Dun, Cantley, Hatfield Woodhouse, Conisbrough, Stainton by Tickhill, Tickhill, Wadworth by Doncaster, Doncaster, Marr, Warmsworth, and Finningley.

Balkholme

Balkholme is 3 miles from Howden and near to Airmyn, Goole, Aughton, East Riding of Yorkshire, Wressell, Fishlake, Stainforth, Thorne, Snaith and Hemingbrough.


Barmston

Barmston is near Atwick, Foston on the Wolds, North Frodingham, Ulrome, 6 miles south of Bridlington and near Leven, Sigglesthorne, Withernwick, Beverley, Great Driffield, Lowthorpe and Rudston.
Were William & Jane siblings?

Barnby Dun

Barnby Dun is near Cantley, Hatfield Woodhouse, Fishlake, Stainforth, Thorne, Blyth or Blythe, Bawtry, Austerfield, Conisbrough, Doncaster, Marr, Warmsworth, Fenwick and Owston.

Barningham

Barningham is 3 miles from Rokeby, 3.5 miles from Brignall 4.9 miles from Wycliffe, 7.8 miles from Bowes, 8.4 miles from Forcett, 9.3 miles from Melsonby, 9.4 miles from Marske in North Yorkshire and 11.2 miles from Stanwick St John

Barton

or Barton St Marys, not to be confused with Barton le Street in Yorkshire. It is about 3 miles east of Stanwick St John and 3 miles due south of Manfield.

Melsonby is 5 miles from Barton which is about 11 miles from South Cowton

Barton is 6.8 miles from Eryholme


Bawtry

Bawtry is near Austerfield, Blyth or Blythe, Rossington, Barnby Dun, Cantley, Hatfield Woodhouse, Conisbrough, Stainton by Tickhill, Tickhill, Wadworth by Doncaster, Doncaster, Marr and Warmsworth.

Bedale

Bedale is near Bolton on Swale, Catterick, Hornby, Kirkby Fleetham, Langthorne, Northallerton, Kirklington, Pickhill, Ripon and Swinton (near Masham)

Bentham


Beverley


Birstall


Blyth


Bolton upon Swale


Boston Spa

My home village!

Bowes


Bradfield


Bradford


Brandesburton


Bridlington


Brightside Bierlow

A lot of Hicksons lived in Brightside Bierlow from time to time, but most were born, baptised or married in Sheffield


Brignall


Brompton by Sawdon


Calverley


Cantley


Carleton or Carlton


Carleton in Craven


Carlton (East Carlton)

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Carlton/Carleton in other counties


Castleford


Catterick


Chapel Allerton


Church Fenton


Clapham

Clapham touches Horton in Ribblesdale and Giggleswick

Clayton

There are three places in Yorkshire called Clayton: Clayton in Bradford, Frickley with Clayton and Clayton West which is part of High Hoyland. Clayton with Frickley and Clayton West are either side of Barnsley, 20 miles apart
Frickley with Clayton
Clayton West
Clayton (not specified)

Clifford

Clifford, Boston Spa and Thorp Arch are almost one large village.

Conisbrough


Cottingham


Cundall


Danby in Cleveland (Danby by Egton)


Danby and West Witton


Darfield


Darnall


Doncaster

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For Driffield, see Great Driffield


Drypool


Dudley Hill


Easingwold


East Collingwith

or should it be East Cottingwith?

East Harlsey


Ecclesfield


Ecclesall Bierlow


Eryholme


Eston

North Riding of Yorkshire

Farnham


Fenwick


Filey


Fishlake


Flasby


Follifoot


Forcett


Foston on the Wolds


Giggleswick

The record does not say for what R stands


Gisburn

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Burials


Great Driffield

Many of the descendants of this family were also born, baptised and married in Driffield

Great Edstone


Guisborough


Halifax


Handsworth


Harrogate


Hatfield or Hatfield Woodhouse, Doncaster


Healaugh


Heaton


Hemingbrough


Hessle


Hooton Pagnell


Hornby


Horton in Ribblesdale

No Hicksons have been found in Horton in Ribblesdale, but see: Horton in Bradford

Howden


Huddersfield


Hull

See Kingston-upon-Hull

Hunslet


Hutton Rudby


Huttons Ambo


Keighley


Keyingham


Kildwick


Kingston-upon-Hull

Births
Baptisms
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Deaths in Hull

If anyone can add to this list I would be very grateful


Kippax


Kirby Misperton


Kirby Underdale


Kirk Deighton


Kirkby Fleetham


Kirkbymoorside


Kirkdale

There is a street called Kirkdale in Guisborough and another place called Kirkdale in Cumbria

Kirkleatham

Marriages
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Burials

Kirklington


Knaresborough


Knottingley


Langthorne

In the 1851 census, Sarah Ann Hickson is shown as born 1832 in Longthorne. She was a Kitchen maid in Brough, Catterick

Langton


Lastingham


Leake


Lebberston


Leeds

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Leeds Parish Church of St Peter
Baptisms
births in Leeds | more baptisms in Leeds
Marriages
Hickson and Higson
Does anyone know if and where their children are recorded?
John married : Grace Holliday 24 Jan 1774
Hannah married : William Child 20 Dec 1776
Catherine married : Samuel Liversedge 14 June 1779
Benjamin married : Dorothy Hewitt 20 July 1780
William married : Mary Vickers (Widow) 21 May 1782
Martha married : William Killingbeck 12 Oct 1795
Ann, of Thornton married : John Ingham, Soldier, 1st West Yorks Militia 3 June 1800
Thomas married : Ruth Firth 5 Oct 1807
John married : Susanna Booth 25 Sept 1809
Thomas married : Harriet Scholes 21 Dec 1824
Susanna (Farnley) married : Christopher Machel 23 Feb 1829
Elizabeth (Armley) married : Francis Knapton (Armley) 25 Dec 1829
William married : Mary Wlaker (Holbeck) 11 Sept 1833
Hannah married : Francis Septon 13 Oct 1833
William (Kirkstall) married : Eunice Booth 6 Dec 1835
Mary married : Isaac Bland 18 July 1836
James married : Sarah Taylor, Widow 24 Mar 1837
more marriages in Leeds
Burials
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Leeds - other sources (IGI, BMD, census, word of mouth etc)
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Parish Church of St Peter, Leeds
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at St Peter, Leeds, or not specified Holy Trinity, Meanwood, Leeds Holy Trinity, Rothwell, Leeds Leeds Registered Building, Leeds Mount Pisgah Chapel, Town Street, Armley, Leeds St Alban the Martyr, Leeds St Augustine, Wrangthorn Church, Leeds St Chad, Far Headingley, Leeds St Clement, Sheepscar, Leeds St Luke, Beeston Hill, Leeds St Mark, Woodhouse, Leeds St Martin, Potter Newton, Leeds St Mary the Virgin, Hunslet, Leeds St Matthew, Little London, Leeds St Silas, Hunslet, Leeds St Thomas, Leeds Leylands, Leeds St Wilfrid, Calverley, Leeds
Deaths

Leven


Lowthorpe


Malton


Manfield


Market Weighton


Marr


Marske in Cleveland


Masham


Melsonby


Middlesbrough


Nether Hallam


New Mill


Newington, Hull, Yorkshire


Normanton


North Frodingham


Northallerton


Northowram


Norton by Malton


Otterburn


Over Silton


Owston


Pickering


Pickhill

From the YPRS:


Pontefract


Richmondshire


Rillington


Ripon


Rokeby


Rossington


Rotherham


Rudston


Saddleworth

Strictly, Saddleworth is in Lancashire, in the parish of Rochdale from which town it is 9 miles distant. It is 12 miles from Huddersfield and Manchester, but the church is in the deanry of Pontefract.

Scarborough


Sculcoates (incl. Southcoates)


Settle


Sheffield

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More from Sheffield

  1. Catherine Hickson of Sheffield married John Allen in 1591 in Sheffield
  2. John Hickson married Margery Osgathorpe 1610 in Sheffield. They had three children: John (1612-1613), Thomas (b. 1612) & John (b. 1617) all baptised in Sheffield. John (was this the father or the last son?) died in 1617 in Sheffield
  3. Yorks 154 - Thomas Hickson married Anna Taylor 1640 in Sheffield. They had a daughter, Margaret who waws baptised in Sheffield in 1641
  4. Yorks 141 - John Hickson of Sheffield, married Sara Colton 1642 in Sheffield. They had five children: Anna, William, John & Richard
  5. Yorks 157 - Bridget Hickson married John Olley in Sheffield in 1650
  6. Y1680 - Thomas & Anne Hickson of Darnall, parish of Sheffield. He was a cutler. Will & Probate 1680
  7. Yorks 142 - John Hickson had three children: Anna (1672), Hanna (1673) & Valentine (1677), all baptised in Sheffield
  8. Yorks 148 - Thomas Hickson married Elizabeth Dungworth in 1693 in Sheffield. They had three children: Margaret, Samuel & Elizabeth, all baptised in Sheffield
  9. Yorks 139 - Sarah Hickson married George Newbold 1702 in Sheffield
  10. Check next two entries
  11. Yorks 165 - Samuel Hickson married Margaret Turner in Sheffield in 1705
  12. Yorks 155 - Samuel Hickson married Margaret Turner in Sheffield in 1718
  13. Yorks 143 - William Hickson had three children: Thomas (1744), Hannah (1746) & Laurance (1752), all baptised in Sheffield
  14. Yorks 162 - Margaret Hickson married Samuel Hawksley in Sheffield in 1746
  15. Yorks 158 - Elizabeth Hickson married Joseph Leadbeater in Sheffield in 1760
  16. Yorks 140 - Thomas Hickson married Ann Wardlow 1764 in Sheffield. They had five children: Ruth, Ann, Fanny, John & Christopher
  17. Yorks 164 - Mary Hixon married Samuel Johnson in Sheffield in 1766
  18. Yorks 166 - Thomas Hickson married Jenny Beeks in Sheffield in 1768
  19. Yorks 149 - Thomas and Jane Hickson had two children: Elizabeth in 1779 and William in 1782, both baptised in Sheffield
  20. Yorks 156 - Ann Hickson married John Hill in Sheffield in 1786
  21. Yorks 160 - Amey Hickson married Hugh Chaloner in Sheffield in 1786
  22. Yorks 150 - George Hickson married Rebecca Ward in 1787. They had a son, George, who was baptised 1788 in Sheffield
  23. Yorks 144 - Thomas and Mary Hickson had five children: Harriott (1790), Mary (1791), Ann (1793), William (1795 & Ann (1797) all baptised in Sheffield
  24. Yorks 151 - John Hickson married Elizabeth Singleton in 1793 in Sheffield. They had three children: Mary, 1797; John, 1800 and Frederick, 1810; all baptised in Sheffield
  25. Yorks 127 - Thomas Hickson married Anna Dakin in 1798 in Rotherham. They had four children: Sarah (1799), Thomas (1801), Jane (1803) & Mary Ann (1808) all baptised in Sheffield
  26. Yorks 159 - Edward Hickson married Mary Greaves in Sheffield in 1808
  27. a Miss or Mrs Hickson died ca June 1839 in Sheffield. Ref: IGI Deaths in Sheffield XXII 450 or 430, #15
  28. John Hickson died in 1842 in Sheffield
  29. Yorks 153 - John & Sarah Hickson had two children: John in 1817 and Mary Ann in 1828. Both were baptised in Sheffield
  30. Yorks 161 - Elizabeth Hickson married Francis Galley in Sheffield in 1822
  31. Yorks 167 - Thompson Hickson married Harriet Himsworth in Sheffield in 1822
  32. Yorks 130 - Thomas & Harriett Hickson (born ca 1801) had a son, Charles, born 1824 in Sheffield
  33. Yorks 131 - John & Elizabeth Hickson (born 1802 & 1809 in Nottinghamshire) lived in Sheffield where their six children were born
  34. Edward Hickson was a Director of the Consolidated Life Assurance Company. Source: Directory and Gazetteer of Leeds, Bradford, Halifax, Huddersfield, Wakefield and the whole of the Clothing Districts of the West Riding of Yorkshire. Sheffield 1853
  35. Yorks 168 - Martha Hickson married Lawrence Keenan in Doncaster in 1828. In 1831 they had their son Thomas baptised in Sheffield
  36. Yorks 117 - William Hickson, born 1813 in Sheffield, married Mary Ann, born 1821 also in Sheffield. They had a daughter, Ann, in 1855 and a son, Frank, in 1857, borth in Sheffield
  37. Yorks 132 - John & Hannah Hickson (born 1822 in Sheffield & 1818 in Barnsley) lived in Sheffield with their daughter Mary Hannah (born 1844). He was a mason & builder
  38. Yorks 136 - Joseph Hickson, born 1828 in Macclesfield married Maria Bagshawe who was born 1824 in Sheffield. He was a machinist living in Ecclesall Bierlow in 1861
  39. Yorks 137 - John Hickson, born 1831 in Sheffield married Mary who was born 1839 in Ireland. They had two daughters, Mary & Emily. He was a Soldier
  40. Yorks 107 - George & Sarah Hickson, both born in 1831, George in Sheffield, Sarah in Derbyshire, had seven children between 1854 & 1871, all born in Sheffield
  41. Mrs Sarah Hickson, born 1832 in Sheffield, a widow in 1901
  42. Yorks 115 - Joseph Hickson was born 1837 in Sheffield to Susan Holmes. He married Emily and they had three children
  43. Yorks 133 - John Hickson, born 1839 in Tickhill married Susannah Anderson 1862 in Sheffield where they had their daughter Maud in 1867. He was a grocer in Tickhill
  44. Yorks 134 - Mrs Fanny Hickson, a widow in 1901, was born 1844 in Sheffield. She had a daughter, Sarah A in 1873 in Sheffield who married Richard Wildgoose
  45. Yorks 169 - William Hickson, who was born in Sheffield in 1844, was married to Ms Lions census 1881. They lived in Ecclesall Bierlow
  46. Yorks 163 - Lydia Hickson married Samuel Pearson Webster in Sheffield in 1869
  47. Elizabeth Hickson married unknown in Sheffield in 1869
  48. Yorks 110 - George Higson, born 1849 in Stockport and Mary Ann, born 1848 in Loxley, Yorkshire, were the parents (Ref: 1881 census) of George P Bowker who was born 1868 in Sheffield
  49. Frances Charlotte Hickson was born in 1849 in Sheffield and died there within a year
  50. Y23 - Frank Hickson, born 1851. Lived in Sheffield
  51. Yorks 102 - Brothers, John Thomas & Richard Beal Hickson were born in Sheffield, 1852 & 1859
  52. Yorks 138 - Edward Hickson was born 1854 in Sheffield. He married Jane Jane in 1875 in Victoria, Australia
  53. John Hickson, born 1854 in Sheffield, a surveyor in 1901
  54. Yorks 106 - John & Elizabeth Hickson, born 1855 & 1856 in Sheffield, had three children, Florence 1875, John 1878 & William 1880
  55. Clara Hickson was born 1857 in Sheffield
  56. Harry Hickson, born 1864 in Sheffield, a Labourer in 1901
  57. Yorks 135 - Alfred Hickson, born 1869 in Macclesfield married Sarah who was born 1863 in Bursham. They had three sons, Bertram, Percy & Cyril and the family lived in Sheffield. He was a master tailor
  58. Elizabeth Hickson was born 1877 in Sheffield. In 1881 she was a patient in Sheffield General Infirmary
  59. Harry Hickson, born 1885 in Sheffield, was a Coal Miner Getter in 1901, living in Sheffield
  60. Leicester 2 - Thomas Hickson, born ca 1889, married Ethel Hunt. Sheffield
  61. Y46 - Arthur Hedley Hickson, born ca 1892, married Mabel Louise Pullein. They lived in Ashover between Sheffield & Matlock
  62. Lancs 35 - William Clough Hickson married Annie Kerwin about 1920. He moved from Sheffield, via Middleton to Darwin
  63. George Hickson used to live in Benty Lane, Sheffield before his death

Shipley

see also Shipley Cemetery

Sigglesthorne


Silkstone


Slingsby


Skeffling


Skelton by Guisborough (Skelton in Cleveland)


Skipton


Slaithwaite


Sledmere


Snaith - none in YPRS parish records, parts 1 & 2


South Cowton


South Kirkby


Sowerby (Bridge)


Stainforth near Doncaster


Stainton by Tickhill


Stanwick St John


Stirton cum Thorlby


Sutton on Hull (Sutton in Holderness)


Swillington


Swine


Swinton


Tadcaster


Terrington


Thongsbridge


Thorne


Thornhill


Thornton Dale


Thornton in Craven

Quite a few more Higsons lived in Thornton le Craven who were born in Barnoldswick, Earby, Foulridge and Kelbrook, Lancashire

Thornton-in-Lonsdale


Thorpe Bassett


Thurnscoe


Tickhill

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Births
Baptisms in Tickhill
Marriages in Tickhill
Deaths in Tickhill
Burials in Tickhill

Hicksons found in the Parish Register of Tickhill: Volume 2, 1674-1771

The Yorkshire Archaeological Society

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Burials

Todwick


Tollerton


Ulrome


Waddington


Wadworth (by Doncaster)

Are Wadworth and Wadsworth the same place?


Wakefield


Warmsworth


Weaverthorpe


Welwick


Wentworth


West Heslerton


West Witton


Wetherby


Wheldrake


Wintringham


Withernwick


Wombwell


Wortley


Wressell or Wressle


Wycliffe


Yarm

Yarm is in the borough of Stockton on Tees which itself is in the County of Durham, however Yarm is in Yorkshire. Nevertheless I feel it would be useful to include the entries for Hicksons from Stockton on this page. For that reason they are listed here with those from Yarm.


York, incl. St Crux

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Births in York
Baptisms in York
Marriages in York
Deaths in York
Burials in York