Robert (the taylor); Captain Robert Family- Workpage
Robert, the taylor; Captain Robert Hicks- Indian Trader (mid-1600s); Surry Co; Charles City Co., Brunswick Co. Virginia.
[This is one of the important early Hicks lines in Virginia and South Carolina. Surry County, Virginia has some very early settlers including several in the 1630s-1650s named Hux that may have been Hix relatives. The Surry Huxes include John; John Jr.; Mary; Thomas; Thomas Jr.; William-- all may have been associated with this line. Last names include Hicks, Hickes, even Heches.
Captain Robert's father, also named Robert (the tailor, as that was his trade), was sponsored by Hugh Lee, and had a land holding dated 1654 (see below). He was born c. 1636 and came into Virginia around 1654. The second holding of that land may be him or by 1694 it may have transferred his son Captain Robert (no record). Note the land adjoins the land of John Evans, the Captain's father-in-law. There are at least two John Evans (Sr. and Jr.) that are involved with the Hicks family in Charles City Co. According to The ancestry of Tennessee Williams - Page 38; 1993: John Evans Sr. b. 1649 of Bristol ( m. Mary) of Charles Co. later moved to Prince Georges Co. Robert Hicks, Sr., born ca. 1650; married by 1685, Charles City Co., VA.
1) April 8, 1654 Robert Hicks- Charles City Co., south side Appomattox River, north side 3rd. branch Blackwater (Creek), near Warrck Path (VPB#6,p.510) 2) Patent to Hugh Lee, dated April 8, 1654, for 2000 acres, named Aberconaway, Charles City County, for transportation of 40 persons, including Richrd, Sparkes, Hen. Neale, Jno. Crew, Andr. Crew, Richd. Dennis, Wm. Marsh, Morris Joyce, Hen. Allaman, Jno. Browne, Wm. Bernard, Tho. Clark, Tomasin Harris, Jno. Browne, Phill. Pledge, Mary Browne, Jno. Cox, Richd. Warren, Tho. Michell, Jno. Drennett, Barbara Petingall, Cha. Bartlett, Wm. Taylor, Jno. Floyd, Tho. Stanley, Joan Liswell, Sara King, Rebecka Love?, Sara Swetland, Jocabus Jonson, Eliz. Cooper, Tho. Woods, Tho. Dance, Jno. Burges, Tho. Ory?, Addam Bradshaw, Robt. Hyme?, Martha Gibbs, Robt. Hicks, Jno. Allen, and Tho. Alford, on South Side Appomattock River, on North side the 3rd branch of the Black Water; nigh Warrick Path. Virginia Patent Book 6, page 510.
3) April, 1694 Robert Hicks Charles City Co., Parish of Bristol, south side Appomattox, adjoining John Evan's land.
This is a work page, of assorted jumbles info relating to Surry County Hixes and members of this line.
R. Matteson 2014]
ROBERT HIX (The taylor)
CAPTAIN ROBERT HIX
I. Sarah Gardiner (Hicks) Pegues. b. Jan. 25, 1757, in Marlboro or Chesterfield Co., S. C., daughter of Col. George and Sarah (James) Hicks. She married William Pegues in Marlboro Co., S. C., Jan. 27, 1774. They lived on a rice plantation in Chesterfield Co., S. C., across the PeeDee River from William's father Claudius' plantation in Marlboro Co. All their children were born there. They had nine children. William died Mar. 18, 1818, in Chesterfield Co., and Sarah lived until after 1820, when she was listed in the Chesterfield Co., S. C., Federal Census of 1820 as head of household.
William was very involved in the events leading up to the American Revolution. He was a soldier, but very early in the war he lost an arm to a shotgun accident while at home, and was unable to be a soldier. He was a county magistrate and church officer.
He had been married to Elizabeth Saunders Murfee Nov. 22, 1769, and she died Mar. 1772, leaving him with a daughter, Elizabeth Marcia, b. Aug. 25, 1770 in Cheraw Dist.
William owned a large rice plantation. His home was burned by the British during the Revolution, while he fled and his family went to Claudius Pegues' plantation across the river.
II. Col. George Hicks. b. c. 1730 in Brunswick Co., Va., son of George, Sr., and Sarah ( ) Hicks of Brunswick Co., Va. They moved to Craven Co., S. C., from Virginia, and had a large plantation. George, Jr., served as a Colonel in the American Revolution. He married Sarah Gardiner James b. c. 1738 in the Welsh Tract, Cheraw District, S. C., daughter of Rev. Philip and Elizabeth ( ?) James. Rev. James was first pastor of the Welsh Neck Church. His father, James James, was leader of the Welsh colony from Delaware who settled in Craven Co., S. C. as early settlers. Col. George died in 1793 in Cheraw District, S. C. He had been married twice. He and his wife Sarah James had nine children. Their daughter, Sarah Gardiner Hicks, b. Jan. 25, 1757, S. C., married William Pegues, b. 1750, son of Claudius Pegues. (George Hicks, Jr., Will)
III. George Hicks, Sr. b. 1716 Brunswick Co. (later Greensville Co), Va., son of Robert (Robin) and Frances (?) Hicks of Brunswick Co. (later called Greensville Co., Va.) George had a plantation in Virginia, and he and his wife Sarah (surname unknown) (CAN ANYONE HELP?) moved nearer his father, Robin Hicks, and opened an ordinary (tavern). After his father and mother died, George and his family, plus other relatives, moved to Craven Co., S. C., where they took up large plantations. He died in Craven Co., S. C. in (George Hicks, Sr., Will)
IV. Robert (Robin) Hicks. b. 1658?, son of John Hicks of Charles City Co., Va. (LDS) He married first c. 1678 in Charles City Co., Va., Winifred Evans, daughter of John and Mary Evans, Quakers. (LDS) She died, and he remarried to Frances (surname unknown) (DOES ANYONE KNOW HER SURNAME?) Son George Hicks, Sr., was the son of Frances, the second wife.
Robin Hicks was an Indian trader in the South Carolina trade for pelts, and built a fort in the swamp at Greensville, Va. He was an associate of William Byrd of Westover Plantation, famous Virginia leader. He was mentioned in Byrd's book about the Virginia/North Carolina boundary. He was often called on to help negotiate treaties with the Indians, and once went to New York to negotiate a treaty with the tribes living there.
Robert Hicks had thirteen children by two wives. They lived at Hicks' Ford (Emporia), Brunswick Co. (now Greensville Co.), Va., and he took trips via the Indian trails to western North Carolina and South Carolina to trade furs and bring them back in pack trains.
Robert Hicks died in 1738, will probated Feb. 7, 1739, in Brunswick Co. Frances died in 1744, and her will showed her to be a wealthy woman in her time.
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Name: Robert HICKS, the Cleck [Not Captain Robert's line- no relation]
Sex: M
Birth: 1670 in Southwark , Surrey, England
Death: 1738 in Rockyhock, Chowan, North Carolina, United States
Note:
ROBERT HICKS
Wife: Esther Frances Luten
CH: Robert
Elizabeth
George
Rachel
Tabitha
Frances
John
Charles
James
Thomas
Mary
Martha
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ID: I2732
Name: George HICKS
Sex: M
Birth: 1695 in , Charles City, Virginia, United States
Death: 1762 in , Craven, South Carolina, United States
Note:
WILL of George Hicks, Jr.
Mentions land left to him by his father, George Hicks.
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Sources:
Author: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Title: Ancestral File (TM)
Publication: July 1996 (c), data as of 2 January 1996
Repository:
Name: Family History Library
Salt Lake City, UT 84150 USA
Estel Murdock
Rootsweb.com
Aug 2001
http://members.aol.com/_ht_vafdking/hicks.htm
Father: Robert HICKS b: 1670 in Southwark , Surrey, England
Mother: Esther Frances LUTEN b: 1673 in Charles City County, Virginia
Marriage 1 Sarah Jane GARDENER b: Abt 1699 in Virginia
Married: Abt 1716 in Virginia
Children
Has No Children Catherine HICKS b: Abt 1718 in , , Virginia, United States
Has Children Lucy HICKS b: 1720 in , Brunswick County, Virginia, United States
Has No Children Robert HICKS b: Abt 1724 in , , Virginia, United States
Has No Children James HICKS b: 1728 in , Brunswick County, Virginia, United States
Has Children George HICKS b: 1730 in , , Prince George, Virginia
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George HICKS [jr]
Sex: M
Birth: 1730 in , , Prince George, Virginia
Death: 1793 in Pee Dee River, South Carolina
Note:
Colonel George Hicks
Copy of Mr. Geo. Hicks and his account of Provision and for age for North Carolina Militia in 1780. Charged 63.13 poun ds thirteen shillings.
Military: Revolution War
WILL of George Hicks dated January 1793, recorded in Will B ook A, Page 18, March 1793, Case 1, Box 4, J. Winfield, Cle rk
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Justice of the Peace 1756 SC
Captain of the King's Guard 1762 SC
Came to SC from VA in 1746, "with a family of 9 whites an d eleven blacks"; became a large land holder and quite weal thy. Member of the
Provincial Congress and First General Assembly of SC.
Source:
Geoffrey Oosterhoudt
Gcoost@aol.com
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North Carolina Militia Pay for Provision and forage in 1780 . 63 pounds and thirteen shillings and half penny sterling . #144, Book R to George Hicks
WILL dated January 5, 1793, recorded March 1793 in Will Boo k A, Page 18, Case 1, Box 4, J. Winfield, Clerk. Bennettsv ille, S. C.
Will mentions all the children.
Bible records birth and death
From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 5 JAN 1998.
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Updated: Sat Aug 25 14:12:59 2001
Contact: Estel Murdock
Sources:
Author: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Title: Ancestral File (TM)
Publication: July 1996 (c), data as of 2 January 1996
Repository:
Name: Family History Library
alt Lake City, UT 84150 USA
Reference Number: TNQW-MH
Father: George HICKS b: 1695 in , Charles City, Virginia, United States
Mother: Sarah Jane GARDENER b: Abt 1699 in Virginia
Marriage 1 Sarah Naomi JAMES b: Abt 1723 in , , Pennsylvania, United States
Married: 1750 in , Of, Virginia, United States
Children
Has No Children Sarah HICKS b: Abt 1750 in Pee Dee River, South Carolina
Has Children Mary "Polly" HICKS b: Abt 1752 in Of, South Carolina
Has No Children Lucy HICKS b: Abt 1754 in Pee Dee River, South Carolina
Has No Children Charlotte HICKS b: Abt 1756 in Pee Dee River, South Carolina
Has No Children James HICKS b: Abt 1758 in Pee Dee River, South Carolina
Has No Children George HICKS b: Abt 1762 in Pee Dee River, South Carolina
Has No Children Nancy HICKS b: 27 Aug 1766 in Pee Dee River, South Carolina
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I. Sarah Gardiner (Hicks) Pegues. b. Jan. 25, 1757, in Marlboro or Chesterfield Co., S. C., daughter of Col. George and Sarah (James) Hicks. She married William Pegues in Marlboro Co., S. C., Jan. 27, 1774. They lived on a rice plantation in Chesterfield Co., S. C., across the PeeDee River from William's father Claudius' plantation in Marlboro Co. All their children were born there. They had nine children. William died Mar. 18, 1818, in Chesterfield Co., and Sarah lived until after 1820, when she was listed in the Chesterfield Co., S. C., Federal Census of 1820 as head of household.
William was very involved in the events leading up to the American Revolution. He was a soldier, but very early in the war he lost an arm to a shotgun accident while at home, and was unable to be a soldier. He was a county magistrate and church officer.
He had been married to Elizabeth Saunders Murfee Nov. 22, 1769, and she died Mar. 1772, leaving him with a daughter, Elizabeth Marcia, b. Aug. 25, 1770 in Cheraw Dist.
William owned a large rice plantation. His home was burned by the British during the Revolution, while he fled and his family went to Claudius Pegues' plantation across the river.
II. Col. George Hicks. b. c. 1730 in Brunswick Co., Va., son of George, Sr., and Sarah ( ) Hicks of Brunswick Co., Va. They moved to Craven Co., S. C., from Virginia, and had a large plantation. George, Jr., served as a Colonel in the American Revolution. He married Sarah Gardiner James b. c. 1738 in the Welsh Tract, Cheraw District, S. C., daughter of Rev. Philip and Elizabeth ( ?) James. Rev. James was first pastor of the Welsh Neck Church. His father, James James, was leader of the Welsh colony from Delaware who settled in Craven Co., S. C. as early settlers. Col. George died in 1793 in Cheraw District, S. C. He had been married twice. He and his wife Sarah James had nine children. Their daughter, Sarah Gardiner Hicks, b. Jan. 25, 1757, S. C., married William Pegues, b. 1750, son of Claudius Pegues. (George Hicks, Jr., Will)
III. George Hicks, Sr. b. 1716 Brunswick Co. (later Greensville Co), Va., son of Robert (Robin) and Frances (?) Hicks of Brunswick Co. (later called Greensville Co., Va.) George had a plantation in Virginia, and he and his wife Sarah (surname unknown) (CAN ANYONE HELP?) moved nearer his father, Robin Hicks, and opened an ordinary (tavern). After his father and mother died, George and his family, plus other relatives, moved to Craven Co., S. C., where they took up large plantations. He died in Craven Co., S. C. in (George Hicks, Sr., Will)
IV. Robert (Robin) Hicks. b. 1658?, son of John Hicks of Charles City Co., Va. (LDS) He married first c. 1678 in Charles City Co., Va., Winifred Evans, daughter of John and Mary Evans, Quakers. (LDS) She died, and he remarried to Frances (surname unknown) (DOES ANYONE KNOW HER SURNAME?) Son George Hicks, Sr., was the son of Frances, the second wife.
Robin Hicks was an Indian trader in the South Carolina trade for pelts, and built a fort in the swamp at Greensville, Va. He was an associate of William Byrd of Westover Plantation, famous Virginia leader. He was mentioned in Byrd's book about the Virginia/North Carolina boundary. He was often called on to help negotiate treaties with the Indians, and once went to New York to negotiate a treaty with the tribes living there.
Robert Hicks had thirteen children by two wives. They lived at Hicks' Ford (Emporia), Brunswick Co. (now Greensville Co.), Va., and he took trips via the Indian trails to western North Carolina and South Carolina to trade furs and bring them back in pack trains.
Robert Hicks died in 1738, will probated Feb. 7, 1739, in Brunswick Co. Frances died in 1744, and her will showed her to be a wealthy woman in her time.
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George W. Hicks. command of all South Carolina militia. ... Among his riders were Benjamin, George, John and Robert Hicks all decedents of militia Colonel George Hicks living near the Cheraw community.25 By early August Francis Marion's ...
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I Robert Hicks of the County of Greensville and State of Virginia being weak in Body but of perfect mind and memory do make this my last Will and Testament in manner and form following vizt. Item I lend unto my trusty friend John Watson during his natural life my plantation named New market in South Carolina with fifty Acres of Land on Raeford Creek bought of Frederick Spagner Also nine Negroes and their increase vizt Jack, Pamela, Cyrus, Toney, Jenny, Charlotte, Robin, Sizey and Delsey, also my young black mare and bay Horse named Parker together with the Stock of Cattle and Household furniture for the use & benefit and support of himself my daughter Mary the daughter of my first wife Angelina Hicks deceased, and Children if there should be any surviving begotten of her Body. If John Watson should decease before my daughter Mary I leave the Estate in the hands of Hicks Chappell and John Hopkins as Trustees for my Daughter Mary and Children if there be any. After the death of John Watson and my Daughter Mary if my daughter should have any Children that should live to Lawful Age begotten of her Body my will and desire is that Estate shall belong to them share and share alike to them and their heirs and assigns forever. if there is not any Children that survives, the Issues of my Daughter Mary, My will and desire is that the above Estate shall belong to my Daughter Martha Dixon Greenway Hicks and the Child my wife Mary Hicks is pregnant with, to them their heirs and Assigns forever. Item I lend unto my loving wife Mary Hicks all my Estate both real and personal not heretofore lent nor given during her widowhood for the benefit and support of her and her Children. If she should mary (sic) I lend her one third part of the Estate during her natural life, and the remainder of the Estate both real and personal I give to my Daughter Martha Dixon Greenway Hicks and the Child that my wife is pregnant with and if either of them should die before they comes of lawful Age the surviving one of the two it shall belong to, to them their heirs and Assigns forever. My will and desire is that if both my Children of the wife of Mary Hicks should die before they comes of lawful age that the Estate may descend unto my Grand Children if they be any surviving one of my Daughter Mary's to them their heirs and Assigns forever. I do appoint my friends Winfield Mason, and James Parham, and my wife Mary Hicks Executors, and Executrix of this my last Will and Testament. In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my Hand and affixed my Seal this first Day of March being in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Ninety Six.
Signed Sealed delivered & acknowledged Robt. Hicks (L.S.)
in the presence of
Jas. Parham
Eliza Parham Dolly Peterson
Greensville County Court June 1798. This Will was proved according to Law by James Parham and Eliza Parham, Witnesses thereto and ordered to be recorded and on the Motion of Mary Hicks the Executrix therein named who qualified thereto according to Law and with Martha Greenway and John Blunt Turner her Securities acknowledged Bond in the Penalty of Twenty Thousand Dollars with Condition as the Law directs Certificate was granted her for obtaining a probate thereof in due form. Liberty being reserved for the Executors therein named to qualify thereto when they think fit.
Teste P. Pelham
Will Book 1, page 378-379, Greensville County, Virginia
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Hicks Newsletter II.: 1993-1999 - Volumes 2-7 - Page 11
Virginia Hicks
1765-1770 (son of Robert) will cause some researchers to question his wives.
Thomas Hicks born in VA son of Robert Hicks (d. aug. 22, 1800)
Thomas b. 1765 d. after 1826
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In the name of God Amen I Robert Hicks of the parish of St. Andrews in the County of Brunswick being [weak] in body but of a sound and perfect disposing mind and memory [__________] for the same in calling to mind the mortality of men [______] that it is appointed for all persons once to dye to make and ordain this to be my last will and Testament in manner and form following hereby revoking all other wills [and codicils] by me heretofore made. First, I commend my soul unto the hands of God that [ ________ ] my body I commend to the earth to be buried in decent Christian manner by my executrix hereinafter named and as touching the disposition of all such temporal estate as it hath pleased Almighty God to bestow upon me [ _______ ] I give devise and dispose thereof al follows. Impimis I will that my debts and funeral expenses be duly paid and discharged by my wife my executrix. Item. I give unto my son Nathaniel the plantation whereon Richard Johnson now lives and an entry of land on the Great Creek being approximately 200 acres. I give and bequeath unto my son Nathaniel 3 negroes Jules Holcey (?) and Jack. Item. I give and bequeath unto Elizabeth a negro boy named Sam. Item. I give to my daughter Winyfred a negro girl named Dinah and the child dark now goes with. Item I give unto my daughter Martha my negro girl Platt. Item. I give unto my daughter Sarah my negro London. Item. I give unto my daughter Mary negro Charles. Item. I give unto Capt. John Turner his heirs executors and assign all my lands at Great Swamp being 400 acres bought of Arthur Kavanaugh one hundred fifty I bought of Capt. Brown one hundred and thirty five I bought of Col. Allen. Item. I give unto my loving wife all my goods and chattels both real and personal which are not hereintofore given and disposed of and I do hereby nominate and appoint my wife and son full and sole executors of this my last will and Testament. In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and fixed my seal this twentieth day March in the year of our Lord Christ 1735. My estate to be inventoried but not appraised. Signed by Robert Hicks (Seal) Signed sealed and published by the sd. Robert Hicks the Testator as his last Will and Testament in the presence of us the subscribers, viz. Benjamin Chapman Donaldson, Simon Turner, Robert Clark.
At a court held for Brunswick County on the 7th day of October Anno Domino 1737 this will was presented in Court by Elizabeth Hicks the Executrix therein named who made oath thereto and the same being proved by Simon Turner and Robert Clark witnesses thereto it is admitted to record.
Deed and Will Book 1, page 285, Brunswick County, Virginia
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Court for October 7, 1736. The Last Will and Testament of Robert Hicks, dec'd., was presented in Court by Elizabeth Hicks, the Executrix therein named, and the same being proved by Simon Turner and Robert Clarke, two of the witnesses thereto, it is ordered to be recorded.
Order Book 1, page 137, Brunswick County, Virginia
Inventory of the estate of Capt. Robert Hicks, deceased, by Elizabeth Hicks, Executrix, and returned to Court on June 7, 1737.
Deed and Will Book 1, page 319, Brunswick County, Virginia
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Will of Richard Ransom of St. Andrews Parish, dated June 27, 1748 and proved October 6, 1748.
Directed slaves, Anaren, Lucy and Peter, now in the possession of his father in Gloucester County, to be sold. Wife, Frances Ransone. Sons, James Ransone and Robert Hicks Ransom. All rest of estate to be equally divided among my three children, James, Robin, and Elizabeth. Friends, Col. John Wall and Col. Nathaniel Edwards, named as Executors and as guardians of my two sons. . .and desire they may have bound apprentices. . .when they come to the age of sixteen years. Witnesses were Samuel Bennett and John Wall, Jr.
Will Book 2, page 153, Brunswick County, Virginia
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Will of George Hicks, dated November 14, 1761, proved May 25, 1762, Craven County, South Carolina.
Devises land to wife, and after her death to son, Robert Hicks. Son, George. Grand-daughter, Elizabeth Hicks. Grandson, Benjamin Hicks. Executor: Robert Hicks. Witnesses: Henry Bedingfield, George and Luke Paul.
Will Book QQ, 1760-1767, page 196 (or page 176), Charleston, Craven County, South Carolina.
From Lea L. Dowd and her cousin, Patti
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Will of Robert Hicks, dated February 12, 1765, proved July 9, 1765. Wife, Mary. Sons, Benjamin and Robert Hicks. Daughter, Elizabeth Hicks. Brother, George Hicks. Executor: Wife and Brother, George Hicks. Witnesses: Phil Dill, William Heustess, John Forrester.
Will Book 1760-1767, page 552, Berkely County, South Carolina
Volume 10, page 715-716, Berkeley County, South Carolina
From Lea L. Dowd and her cousin, Patti.
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Robert Hicks was born about 1658. By the 1690s he lived at Fort Henry near Petersburg and led traders to the Indians on the southern frontier. About 1709 he moved here to the future site of Hicksford (present-day Emporia) and became captain of the Surry County Rangers, a frontier militia unit. He commanded Fort Christanna from about 1714 to 1718. In 1722 he helped Virginia Lt. Gov. Alexander Spotswood conclude a peace treaty with the Iroquois in Albany, New York. He briefly joined William Byrd II and his crew surveying the Virginia-North Carolina boundary line in 1728. Hicks died nearby before 7 Feb. 1739/40.
Department of Historic Resources, 1997
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Our Turner and Walker families in Mississippi: our family ... - Page 183:
Among the earliest licensed traders were; William Byrd, Edward Mumford, Robert Hicks, Benjamin Harrison, Robert Bolling, Peter Poythress and Richard Kennon. Captain Robert Hicks' settlement at Hicks Ford was the most remote of all the settlements during this time. He had twelve men at the fort with him, plus several black slaves, who were the first in the county. He also had Indians living at the fort and is credited with establishing the first school for Indian children, with the help of a Quaker teacher.
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Various Catawba Records and the Jeffries Family
S. Pony Hill
The Tyler family is well documented to descend from Priss Tyler (born about 1718) a "Catawba Indian who was induced by an Indian trader named Captain Robert Hicks to come to Virginia with him in about 1733". Hicks sold her into slavery. Her children (Joseph Tyler, Nan Tyler, Betty Tyler, Priss Tyler, Bartlett Tyler) all sued for their freedom in Louisa County Court in 1769 and 1771
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John Poythress(3) (c. 1676-aft. 1724), son of John Poythress(2)
Poythris, John 24 Oct. 1701, Charles City County, 350a. On the North side of Nottoway river on the upper end of Umatora old fields....in Surry. Patents 9, 1695-1706, p. 396.
In 1701, John Poythress, Sr., of Deep Bottom, was credited with transporting Henry Snellgrove to Virginia: "Grant to John Poythress, Sr., of Deep Bottom, 350 acres lying on the north side of the Nottoway River, for the transportation of seven persons; John Lee, Robt. Boreman, Humphry Hix, Henry Snelgrove, Mary Drin, U. Standback, Wm. Lambud. 24, Oct 1701."
According to Dr. Claiborne T. Smith, Jr., these abstracts, from the same deed, refer to John Poythress(3), son of John Poythress(2). These abstracts refer to John Poythress of Deep Bottom. John Poythress'(3) father was still living at this time, but John Poythress(3), according to Dr. Smith, is still referred to as John Poythress, Sr., in this deed. If he is in fact the man referred to as an attorney by William Byrd, in Byrd's diaries, then it should be easier to identify him in subsequent records. He would be John Poythress'(2) oldest son and would be entitled to the benefits as the oldest son, according to that time frame and custom. However, it is noted that his cousin John Poythress(3), son of Francis Poythress(2), is addressed as a Captain also in some of the forthcoming material.
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Robert Hicks [WE.H1]
Robert Hicks was a headright when Hugh Lee secured a patent to 2,000 acres in Charles City County in 1674. He appeared again when Daniel Higdon got a patent for 265 acres in Westover Parish, Charles City County, in 1683. A later patent identified this Robert Hicks as a tailor perhaps to distinguish him from the Indian trader of the same name. Lee had sold 209 acres to Hicks. Hicks paid quit rents on 1,000 acres in Prince George County in 1704.
Robert married Winifred Evans, a daughter of John Evans Sr., by 2 April 1690 when her father gave them 90 acres in Charles City County. Robert Hicks first secured a patent to 600 acres next to John Evans in Bristol Parish 20 April 1694.
Robert’s son was John Hicks. In September 1728 John Hicks of Surry County got 400 acres on the north side of the Meherrin River on Stevens Branch and 960 acres on the south side of the Meherrin River on the Indian line.
Son of Robert Hicks
2› John Hicks [WE.H1.1] died in Surry County identifying wife, Rebecca —, and the following children and sons-in-law (will dated 30 Sept. 1728 recorded 20 Aug. 1729).
Rebecca was the wife of William Parker by 1742 when she gave her dowry in the land to her son Robert Hicks.
Children of Robert and Rebecca (—) Hicks
3› Robert Hicks [WE.H1.1.1] and his wife, Mary —, sold their entire 209-acre inheritance in May 1742. Later that year Robert Hicks of Surry County leased 425 acres on the north side of Reedy Creek in Brunswick County from John Jackson.
4› Amy Hicks [WE.H1.1.1.1] (7 Mar. 1741/2 )
4› Nathaniel Hicks [WE.H1.1.1.2] (6 Nov. 1743 ) had godparents were Edward Lee, John Ellis, and Elizabeth Lee.
4› Stephen Hicks [WE.H1.1.1.3] received 263 acres as a gift from his parents 11 June 1764.
3› John Hicks [WE.H1.1.2] was still in Surry County in 1734.
3› Daniel Hicks [WE.H1.1.3].
3› Joshua Hicks [WE.H1.1.4] was married to Amy — by 28 October 1765 when they sold 50 acres that had belonged to Lawrence House to Robert Blanks.
3› Rebecca Hicks [WE.H1.1.5] married Edward Tatum. See their family
3› Abigail Hicks [WE.H1.1.6] married John Rose (c.1694-1781) who is thought to be the son of William Rose and Lucy (Corker) Jordan, the widow of Thomas Jordan.
Rose secured a patent to 300 acres on the north side of Meherrin River in Kelly’s path 7 July 1726 and added 410 acres in 1733. He had 100 acres in Surry County 22 February 1724/5 also. John and Abigail, his wife, sold the latter tract to William Ray 15 April 1729.
John Rose was the surveyor of the road from Reedy Creek to the Court House in 1732. He gave his name to Roses Creek in central Brunswick County. Rose was an officer of the Brunswick County militia September 1758.
John Rose died in Brunswick County naming children but no wife in his will (will dated 7 Aug. 1780 recorded 22 Feb. 1781).
4› William Rose [WE.H1.1.6.1] was given 400 acres on Rose’s Creek by his father. It consisted of parts of his 1728-patent and 1733-patent.
4› John Rose [WE.H1.1.6.2] (-1792) married Elizabeth Davis in Brunswick County 28 January (bond) 1775.
John died in Brunswick County in 1792 in a “weak and low state of health.” His will remembered his wife, Betsy, and five sons. Among the witnesses was Thomas Sadler, possibly his brother-in-law (will dated 4 June 1792 recorded 23 July 1792).
5› Hugh Merritt Rose [WE.H1.1.6.2.1].
5› Littleton Rose [WE.H1.1.6.2.2].
5› William Rose [WE.H1.1.6.2.3] inherited 200 acres on Schoolhouse Branch. He married Elizabeth Meredith in Brunswick County 23 December (bond) 1801. The bride was a daughter of David Meredith and his wife, Elizabeth —.
5› John Rose [WE.H1.1.6.2.4] inherited 150 acres. He married Elizabeth Talley 18 December 1801.
5› Henry Rose [WE.H1.1.6.2.5] inherited 200 acres. He married Martha Malone in Brunswick County 24 December 1811.
6› Adelia L. Rose [WE.H1.1.6.2.5.1] (1828) married Henry Micajah Vaiden, an attorney, in Brunswick County 11 November 1846. The Census of 1850 counted Henry and Adelia, ages 24 and 22, with one son then in their household. Henry served from Brunswick County during the Civil War.
Civil War Soldiers from Brunswick County, Virginia devotes a topic to the family and military experience of Henry Micajah Vaiden. Learn more
6› Theophane Rebecca Rose [WE.H1.1.6.2.5.2] (1819) married John Hardaway Seymour in Brunswick County 13 December 1837. The 1850 census of Brunswick County counted John and Theophane, ages 40 and 31, with six children ages 2 to 11. Two children were born later.
Among their sons was Octavius Littleton Seymour who served in the Mecklenburg Spartans during the Civil War.
Civil War Soldiers from Brunswick County, Virginia devotes a topic to the family and military experience of Octavius Littleton Seymour. Learn more
Their daughter, Leona Quintilla Seymour married Henry Robinson Thomas, a veteran of the Civil War.
Civil War Soldiers from Brunswick County, Virginia devotes a topic to the family and military experience of Henry Robinson Thomas. Learn more
6› Latinus Rose [WE.H1.1.6.2.5.3] attended the College of William and Mary.
5› Lucy Rose [WE.H1.1.6.2.6] was omitted in her father’s will, perhaps because he chose to mention only sons. Hugh M. Rose was surety when she married William Seymour 14 December (bond) 1808.
4› Amy Rose [WE.H1.1.6.3] married — Williams.
4› Martha Rose [WE.H1.1.6.4] married — Sadler.
4› Eleanor Rose [WE.H1.1.6.5] married James Trotter in Brunswick County 12 January 1801.
4› Tabitha Rose [WE.H1.1.6.6] married Benjamin Davis, son of Henry Davis and Mary Marriott.
Capt. Robert Hicks (1658-1739) [WE.H2]
Capt. Robert Hicks, or Robert Hix, as his name sometimes appeared, settled in what is today Emporia in Greensville County, Virginia. The area was in Surry County when he secured his land patents there and was added to Brunswick County in 1732. Greensville was formed in 1782.
In February 1735/6 the Brunswick County court granted Robert Hicks leave to keep a ferry over the Meherrin River at Hicks ford. Emporia was known as Hicks’ Ford or Hicksford, until the Civil War.
When Robert Hix got a patent to 1,070 acres in Surry County on the north side of the Meherrin River in 1716, he listed his own name among his headrights. The name of David Crawley also appeared. He and Crawley together signed some probate records for Robert Humphrey in 1714. David Crawley was the brother of William Crawley who married Sarah (—) Chappell, the widow of Robert Chappell.
Robert added 140 acres on the north side of Mirey Branch in Surry County in 1724. Robert had surveyed 1,400 acres next to these two tracts and secured the combined parcel of 2,610 acres with a patent 28 September 1730. Ralph Jackson sold Hicks 25 acres next to land he already owned in 1728.
In 1726 Robert began to dispose of his land in Surry and Prince George counties. That year he sold 200 acres to Arthur Kavenaugh and 500 acres on the north side of the Meherrin River to Daniel Hicks. He sold to John Fitzgerald 1,120 acres on the south side of the Appomattox River in Prince George County. In 1730 he gave his son George Hicks, 500 acres on the north side of the Meherrin River in Southwark Parish.
In 1728 William Byrd mentioned 70-year-old Robert Hicks. He wrote that he, “turn’d his Hand to everything, not withstanding his great Age, disdaining to be thought the worse for Threescore & ten. Beauty never appear’d better in Old Age, with a Ruddy complexion, & Hair as white as Snow.”
Robert bought 195 acres joining the first great creek above Fort Christanna in February 1734/5 via deeds of lease and release. The grantor was John Ray of St. Andrew’s Parish.
Retaining a patent required seating and cultivating the land within a few years. To induce Cornelius Keith to seat and cultivate some of his land, Hicks gave Keith 100 acres in 1734. He likewise gave 580 acres to his son-in-law Samuel Clark Jr. in 1734. In 1742 Keith sold the tract to Thomas Twitty.
Robert Hicks Gent. of Brunswick County secured a patent to 650 acres in Surry County on the north side of the Meherrin River 2 January 1737/8.
Captain Hicks was indicted by a Surry County jury for allowing his Indian servant to hunt with a gun on the Sabbath.
The St. Andrew’s Parish compensated Capt. Robert Hicks for caring for Jane Roberts in November 1736, August 1737, and December 1737.
Capt. Robert Hicks Sr. died in Brunswick County in 1739 (will dated 6 Mar. 1738/9 recorded 7 Feb. 1739/40). On 5 March 1739/40 they inventoried his estate. The parish vestry in March 1739 paid Widow Hicks for keeping Jane Roberts and they did so again in October 1741. His wife was Frances —, whom we have not identified.
Widow Frances Hicks died in Brunswick County in 1744 (will dated 7 May 1744 recorded 5 July 1744).
Posited children of Robert Hicks
2› George Hicks [WE.H2.1] (-1762) was a resident of Surry County in 1726 when he got 429 acres on the south side of the Meherrin River and 265 acres on the north side of Roanoke River on Poplar Creek. George added 260 acres on the south side of the Meherrin River above the upper fork of the first great creek above Fort Christanna in 1727. In 1730 his father, Robert Hicks, gave his son George Hicks, 500 acres on the north side of the Meherrin River in Southwark Parish, Surry County.
George Hicks with wife, Sarah —, leased much of their land to Daniel Carrell and Alexander Finney in 1732. He mortgaged two slaves and some furniture to his brother James Hicks who sold the property to George’s son James for £93 on 27 August 1753.
Hicks was a Brunswick County justice first in 1739.
George Hicks died in Craven County, South Carolina, leaving land to his wife and after her death to Robert Hicks. He mentioned also son George and grandchildren Elizabeth and Benjamin Hicks (will dated 14 Nov. 1761 recorded 25 May 1762). Sarah left her will in Brunswick County naming daughter Lucy Seawell, son-in-law Benjamin Seawell, and granddaughter Sarah Hicks, daughter of son George Hicks (will dated 19 Mar. 1769 recorded 23 April 1770).
In 1766 James Hicks of Brunswick County and George Hicks of Craven County sold 200 acres in Craven that had belonged to their father, George.
3› James Hicks [WE.H2.1.1] (-1793) married likely Judith Collier, a daughter of Isaac Collier and Ann Vines. Collier’s 1771-will mentioned daughter Judith Hicks.
As James Hicks Jr., he got 240 acres on the lower side of Genito Creek in 1762 and added 40 acres west of Genito Creek in 1773.
In 1772 James Hicks and his wife, Judith, sold his 240-acre patent.
He was likely the James Hix Jr. appointed justice in Brunswick County first in 1754.
James made his will in Brunswick County naming wife, Judith, and eight children, including married daughter Sally Hardaway (will dated 20 Mar. 1789 recorded 23 Dec. 1793). It is said four of his five sons were officers in the Continental Army during the Revolution.
4› Capt. Charles Hicks [WE.H2.1.1.1] received as a gift from his parents, James and Judith Hicks, 650 acres on Avent’s creek 24 November 1771.
4› John Hicks [WE.H2.1.1.2] died near Bruce’s Church, Brunswick County.
4› Capt. Isaac Hicks [WE.H2.1.1.3] married Ann Booth, a daughter of Reuben Booth, deceased and Rebecca —, 22 April (bond) 1782.
Hicks left a will in Brunswick County in 1817.
4› George Hicks [WE.H2.1.1.4].
4› James Hicks [WE.H2.1.1.5] married Judith Collier, a daughter of Charles Collier, in Brunswick County 26 November (bond) 1787. He died near Jericho, Brunswick County.
4› Vines Hicks [WE.H2.1.1.6] moved to Tennessee.
4› Sarah Hicks [WE.H2.1.1.7] married Robert Hardaway in Brunswick County 24 November (bond) 1783.
4› Nancy Vines Hicks [WE.H2.1.1.8] married Dr. William G. Walker in Brunswick County 21 November (bond) 1797.
4› Elizabeth Hicks [WE.H2.1.1.9] married William Hardaway Jr. in Brunswick County 25 October (bond) 1784. Her father’s will omitted her.
3› George Hicks [WE.H2.1.2].
4› Sarah Hicks [WE.H2.1.2.1] was a legatee of the 1769-will of her grandmother Sarah.
3› Robert Hicks [WE.H2.1.3] (-1765) died in Berkeley County, South Carolina, in 1765 mentioning brother George Hicks, wife Mary —, and three children (will dated 12 Feb. 1765 recorded 9 July 1765).
4› Benjamin Hicks [WE.H2.1.3.1].
4› Robert Hicks [WE.H2.1.3.2] (-1798) was head of a household of five whites and 24 blacks in Greensville County in 1783.
He left a will in Greensville County (will dated 1 Mar. 1796 recorded June 1798).
4› Elizabeth Hicks [WE.H2.1.3.3].
3› Lucy Hicks [WE.H2.1.4] married Benjamin Seawell. As Benjamin Seawell Sr., he and Lucy sold 200 acres in Meherrin Parish to Robert Hicks and 300 acres on both sides of Great Creek to Benjamin Hicks 25 March 1771.
The Genealogy with Historical and Personal Comments of the Known Descendants of Col. Benjamin Seawell Sr. and … Lucy Hicks was published by their great grandson Ben Lee Seawell in 1935.
Benjamin and most of his family moved to Bute (now Warren and Franklin) County, North Carolina, where Benjamin left his will in 1778.
4› Col. Benjamin Seawell [WE.H2.1.4.1] (c.1741- 16 July 1821) married first Mary Booker who died in 1786. He married second Susan (Brown) Tullocks (-1815), the widow of Thomas Tullocks. Susan died in Wilson County, Tennessee. A colonel during the Revolution, he represented Franklin County, North Carolina, in the state senate.
4› Joseph Seawell [WE.H2.1.4.2] (10 Mar. 1744/5 - 4 July 1827).
4› Elizabeth Seawell [WE.H2.1.4.3] married Seth Mabry in Brunswick County 16 June (bond) 1772. See their family
4› Mary Seawell [WE.H2.1.4.4] married Green Hill in Brunswick County 5 June 1773 {2 June (bond) 1773 }.
4› Sallie Seawell [WE.H2.1.4.5] married John King 14 December 1775.
4› Nancy Seawell [WE.H2.1.4.6].
4› Rebecca Seawell [WE.H2.1.4.7].
4› Mildred Seawell [WE.H2.1.4.8].
4› Thomas Seawell [WE.H2.1.4.9].
4› Frances Seawell [WE.H2.1.4.10] was married to Isaac Collier by 23 March 1772 when Benjamin Seawell Sr. gave two slaves to “son Isaac Collier and his wife, Frances.” His 1778-will omits her, perhaps because this was her inheritance.
3› Sarah Hicks [WE.H2.1.5].
2› Daniel Hicks [WE.H2.2] (-1735) was living in Surry County when he got 137 acres in Brunswick County on the north side of the Meherrin River next to the upper Indian line 7 July 1726. The next year he added 355 acres in Brunswick County on the south side of the Meherrin River, on the Indian line next to land of Capt. Robert Hicks and George Hicks. This tract was later in the hand of Durham Hall. Daniel’s father gave him 500 acres on the north side of the Meherrin River in Surry County 20 April 1726. Daniel was a Brunswick County justice first in 1734.
Daniel left a will in Brunswick County identifying his wife as Edith — and making bequests to four children (will dated 7 Dec. 1734 recorded 3 April 1735). They appraised his estate in 1735.
3› Thomas Hicks [WE.H2.2.1].
3› Daniel Hicks [WE.H2.2.2] (-1762) married Comfort —. He was living in North Carolina in 1751 when he sold the land he inherited from his father to Robert Jones Jr. Daniel left a will in Onslow County, North Carolina, naming four children (will dated 3 Jan. 1762).
3› Mary Hicks [WE.H2.2.3].
3› Benjamin Hicks [WE.H2.2.4] inherited 150 acres in the fork of Reeves Swamp that he sold to Nathaniel Edwards 24 February 1756. He got 223 acres below Fort Christanna and next to Robert Hicks in 1769.
2› Capt. Robert Hicks [WE.H2.3] (-1737), as Robert Hicks Jr., held 195 acres in Brunswick County on the north side of the Roanoke River on Poplar Creek in 1726. In September 1728 he got patents in Brunswick County for 580 acres on the north side of the Roanoke River, and 280 acres on the south side of the Meherrin River and the north side of Genito Creek. Robert Hicks Jr. added 130 acres on the south side of the Meherrin River 23 March 1733/4. When Robert Clark got a patent on the Meherrin River in 1733, a neighbor was described as Capt. Robert Hicks Jr.
Robert Hicks Jr. of Brunswick County leased his 195-acre tract on Poplar Creek to John Steed in 1735 for one year. He also acquired via deeds of lease and release 155 acres on the east side of Great Swamp in 1735.
Hicks was a Brunswick County justice from 1734 until his death.
Robert Hicks died in Brunswick County leaving a will that identified his wife as Elizabeth — and named five children (will dated 20 Mar. 1735/6 recorded 7 Oct. 1737). The inventory of Capt. Robert Hicks included thirteen slaves.
Elizabeth was evidently Elizabeth Irvin, the daughter of Capt. Nathaniel Irvin. His wife, Elizabeth —, mentioned “my son-in-law Robert Hicks” and “daughter Elizabeth Hicks” in her 1725-will in Brunswick County (will dated 4 Mar. 1725/6 recorded 1 April 1736). She had given him 420 acres on the south side of the Meherrin River in 1733.
When Elizabeth Hicks made her will in Brunswick County, her daughters were still unmarried (will dated 28 July 1739 recorded 2 Oct. 1740). They inventoried her estate 23 May 1741 and reported estate accounts in 1742.
A 1744-deed in Brunswick County continues to refer to land belonging to Capt. Robert Hicks Jr. so perhaps his estate was yet to be divided.
Perhaps another Robert Hicks had a patent for 454 acres in Brunswick County north of Rattlesnake Creek in 1769. He added 204 acres on the north side of the Meherrin River in 1770.
3› Nathaniel Hicks [WE.H2.3.1] witnessed deeds in Brunswick County in 1737. It was likely he who served from Brunswick County during the French and Indian War.
His wife was Mary — when he sold 280 acres on the south side of the Meherrin River in Brunswick County 25 March 1750.
3› Winifred Hicks [WE.H2.3.2].
3› Elizabeth Hicks [WE.H2.3.3] may have been the wife of Thomas Lanier. Lanier left a will in Granville County, North Carolina, naming second wife, Frances (—) Clanton, three sons, and seven married daughters (will dated 1804 recorded Feb. 1806).
Among their daughters was Rebecca Lanier, the ancestor of Tennessee Williams, as described in The Complete Ancestry of Tennessee Williams, (Brayton).
3› Martha Hicks [WE.H2.3.4].
3› Sarah Hicks [WE.H2.3.5].
3› Mary Hicks [WE.H2.3.6].
2› James Hicks [WE.H2.4] (-1761) inherited from his father, Capt. Robert Hicks, 1,010 acres where he had lived. James sold 200 acres to Benjamin Seawell and the remainder to George Hicks in 1744. James’ wife, Martha —, relinquished her right of dower. James held 272 acres in the fork of Great Creek next to Benjamin Seawell 3 March 1760.
James was a Brunswick County justice first in 1746, and served during the French and Indian War.
James Hicks died in Brunswick County leaving a will that remembered his wife, Faith —, and identified the following children (will dated 12 Feb. 1760 recorded 23 Feb. 1761).
3› Benjamin Hicks [WE.H2.4.1].
3› Robert Hicks [WE.H2.4.2].
3› James Hicks [WE.H2.4.3].
3› Lewis Hicks [WE.H2.4.4] with his wife, Sarah —, sold Robert Hicks 112 acres on Little Creek in Brunswick County 27 February 1775. They sold to Thomas Claiborne 223 acres Benjamin Hicks held below Fort Christanna 26 April 1784 and 510½ acres of the 960-acre patent to John Hicks to William Batte Jr. of Greensville County 22 December 1783.
3› John Hicks [WE.H2.4.5].
3› Mary Hicks [WE.H2.4.6].
3› Martha Hicks [WE.H2.4.7].
3› Frances Hicks [WE.H2.4.8].
2› Tabitha Hicks [WE.H2.5] married Thomas Jaco
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From The North Carolina Genealogical Society Journal, Volume XX, No. 2, May 1994, pg. 82.
This manuscript traces several Chickasaw Indian traders who lived along the Roanoke River near Plumtree (Mush) Island, the Occoneechee Neck, and Quankey Creek. Using the names of "Licensed Indian traders," a list of Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolina traders was created. A partial list includes Robert Long, Charles Hicks, John Brown, William Gilchrist, Abraham Colson, James Anderson, William Kemp, James Moore, Richard Hyde, John Sims, William Williams, and John Pettygrew. One of the first families to live at Sandy Bluff was the Turbevilles. North Carolina records show that between 1713 and 1726, the Turbevilles had lived on the Occoneechee Neck of the Morattuck (Roanoke) River (in present day Northampton County). In May of 1726, William and Walter Turbeville moved to Plumbtree Island (now called Mush Island in Halifax County). In addition to the Turbevilles and Colsons, many other families that had previously lived on the Roanoke River moved to Sandy Bluff. Among th!
em were the Gibsons, Chavis [Chavers], Goins [Goings], and Sweets [Sweat]. According to Gregg, Gideon Gibson was one of the wealthiest men at Sandy Bluff. He was also a "Free Man of Color." So were the Chavis, Goins and Sweat families. All four families were related by marriage. The Goins family had originally come from Virginia before migrating to North and South Carolina. (Goins Island is located at Lake Gaston on the Roanoke River a few miles up river from Hyde Island and Plumbtree Island). Chavis [Chavers], on the other hand, lived on the Quankey Creek, which is below Plumbtree Island. Gideon Gibson had lived near the Occoneechee Neck adjacent to land owned by Arthur Kavanaugh, Ralph Mason, and Richard Turbeville before buying land on Quankey Creek from Robert Long [Lang], a Chickasaw and Cherokee Indian trader. Long also owned land at Elk Marsh and Plumbtree Island. Long had received his land patents at Quankey Creek and Plumbtree Island on 1 March 1719/1720. According !
to Gregg, Gideon's brother, Jordan, went West with Daniel Boone. Benjamin Cutbirth (also known as Calvert/Colbert) was also a member of Daniel Boone's
entourage. Robert Long and Gideon Gibson were not the only woodsmen who lived at Quankey Creek in North Carolina. Joseph Sims and James Moore also lived there. Like the Colsons and Turbevilles of Plumbtree Island, these woodsmen traded with the Chickasaws. During the off-season they often rested at Sandy Bluff before returning to North Carolina. In 1732, Joseph Sims and James Moore witnessed the selling of land between two men from Albermarle County, North Carolina, at Quankey Creek. A third witness was James Logan. William Williams, a former owner mentioned in the above sale, had traded with the Chickasaw Nations since the early 1720s. Peter Jones had accompanied Joseph Colson, Robert Hicks, Major Mumford, and William Byrd II during the survey of "Eden." "On the south side of the James below the mountains the frontier at this time was represented by the Welsh settlement on the Mcherrin; Col.Byrd's improvements on the Roanoke above Sandy Creek, including the three charming i!
slands, Sapponi, Occoneechee and Totero; Major Munford's Quarter near-by; Col.Byrd's Land of Eden on the Dan and Major Mayo's Survey adjoining; Richard and William Kennon's grant on Cub Creek which supplied farmsteads for John Caldwell's Presbyterian Colony... Three years later, on 24 June 1724, Joseph Calvert bought an additional 250 acres from John Gray "on Morratuck River and Plumbtree Island adj. William Green, Near Foltera Fort." The lands bought by Colson/Calvert, and Turbeville on the north side of the Morratuck (Roanoke) River were near an Indian path leading to the courthouse in Brunswick County, Virginia, and to the plantation of Major Robert Mumford [Munford]. Further research revealed that the Turbevilles, Colsons, and Calverts worked for Major Robert Mumford of Brunswick County, Virginia, and with Thomas Whitmell. Major Mumford was a large land speculator and the descendant of an Indian trading family. The Mumfords had traded alongside men like Abraham Wood, Ben!
jamin Harrison, Robert Bolling, William Byrd I, Peter Poythress, and Robert Hicks since the late 1600s. The Turbevilles learned of the Occoneechee Neck on the Roanoke through their association with Arthur Kavanaugh and Major Robert Mumford. By 1712, both Kavanaugh and Mumford were large landowners in Virginia and North Carolina. Kavanaugh began selling his North Carolina patents in 1713 and Mumford acted as his attorney. Thomas Whitmell, the Indian trader, bought six hundred acres from Kavanaugh on the north side of the Morattuck River in 1715. Before moving to North Carolina, the Turbevilles sold land they owned in Prince George County, Virginia, to Peter Mitchell, an Indian trader and land speculator. (Mitchell lived high on the Roanoke River near the Caldwells and James Logan). Anderson was also an Indian trader and land speculator who worked with Mumford. Prior to 1722, Anderson lived with his family on the Occoneechee Neck of the Roanoke River. Before moving to the Roan!
oke River and the Occoneechee, Anderson
had lived in Prince George County, Virginia. Prince George County records reveal that in the 1740 "Rent Roll of all the Lands held in the County," the following names were listed: Jno. Anderson, Lewis Green, Peter Jones, Peter Mitchell, Hubert Gibson, Coll. Bolling, Coll. Harrison, Arthur Kavanaugh, Francis Poythres, Sr., Dan'll Hickdon [Higdon], Coll. Byrd, Rob't. Hix, Robt. Munford, Rich'd. Turberfield, and Wm. Eppes. In 1722, Major Mumford and John Anderson were the first individuals to apply for a patent in present-day Mecklenburg County in Virginia. It was for "2811 acres in the fork of Cock's (now Poplar) Creek" and the Roanoke River. When Richard Turbeville and his family moved to North Carolina, they lived on the Occoneechee with other Chickasaw traders and next to Anderson, Colson, Pace, Mason, Gibson, Lang (Long), and Thomas Whitmell. On 1 March 1720, the Lords Proprietors of North Carolina issued patents to Plumbtree Island and on the south side of Plumbtree Swamp!
abutting the island. These patents went to Thomas Whitmell, William Green, John Cotton, John Geddes, William Reeves, Barnaby Milton, and Robert Lang (Long).
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George Hicks [WE.H2.1] (-1762) was a resident of Surry County in 1726 when he got 429 acres on the south side of the Meherrin River and 265 acres on the north side of Roanoke River on Poplar Creek. George added 260 acres on the south side of the Meherrin River above the upper fork of the first great creek above Fort Christanna in 1727. In 1730 his father, Robert Hicks, gave his son George Hicks, 500 acres on the north side of the Meherrin River in Southwark Parish, Surry County.
George Hicks with wife, Sarah —, leased much of their land to Daniel Carrell and Alexander Finney in 1732. He mortgaged two slaves and some furniture to his brother James Hicks who sold the property to George’s son James for £93 on 27 August 1753.
Hicks was a Brunswick County justice first in 1739.
George Hicks died in Craven County, South Carolina, leaving land to his wife and after her death to Robert Hicks. He mentioned also son George and grandchildren Elizabeth and Benjamin Hicks (will dated 14 Nov. 1761 recorded 25 May 1762). Sarah left her will in Brunswick County naming daughter Lucy Seawell, son-in-law Benjamin Seawell, and granddaughter Sarah Hicks, daughter of son George Hicks (will dated 19 Mar. 1769 recorded 23 April 1770).
In 1766 James Hicks of Brunswick County and George Hicks of Craven County sold 200 acres in Craven that had belonged to their father, George.
3› James Hicks [WE.H2.1.1] (-1793) married likely Judith Collier, a daughter of Isaac Collier and Ann Vines. Collier’s 1771-will mentioned daughter Judith Hicks.
As James Hicks Jr., he got 240 acres on the lower side of Genito Creek in 1762 and added 40 acres west of Genito Creek in 1773.
In 1772 James Hicks and his wife, Judith, sold his 240-acre patent.
He was likely the James Hix Jr. appointed justice in Brunswick County first in 1754.
James made his will in Brunswick County naming wife, Judith, and eight children, including married daughter Sally Hardaway (will dated 20 Mar. 1789 recorded 23 Dec. 1793). It is said four of his five sons were officers in the Continental Army during the Revolution.
4› Capt. Charles Hicks [WE.H2.1.1.1] received as a gift from his parents, James and Judith Hicks, 650 acres on Avent’s creek 24 November 1771.
4› John Hicks [WE.H2.1.1.2] died near Bruce’s Church, Brunswick County.
4› Capt. Isaac Hicks [WE.H2.1.1.3] married Ann Booth, a daughter of Reuben Booth, deceased and Rebecca —, 22 April (bond) 1782.
Hicks left a will in Brunswick County in 1817.
4› George Hicks [WE.H2.1.1.4].
4› James Hicks [WE.H2.1.1.5] married Judith Collier, a daughter of Charles Collier, in Brunswick County 26 November (bond) 1787. He died near Jericho, Brunswick County.
4› Vines Hicks [WE.H2.1.1.6] moved to Tennessee.
4› Sarah Hicks [WE.H2.1.1.7] married Robert Hardaway in Brunswick County 24 November (bond) 1783.
4› Nancy Vines Hicks [WE.H2.1.1.8] married Dr. William G. Walker in Brunswick County 21 November (bond) 1797.
4› Elizabeth Hicks [WE.H2.1.1.9] married William Hardaway Jr. in Brunswick County 25 October (bond) 1784. Her father’s will omitted her.
3› George Hicks [WE.H2.1.2].
4› Sarah Hicks [WE.H2.1.2.1] was a legatee of the 1769-will of her grandmother Sarah.
3› Robert Hicks [WE.H2.1.3] (-1765) died in Berkeley County, South Carolina, in 1765 mentioning brother George Hicks, wife Mary —, and three children (will dated 12 Feb. 1765 recorded 9 July 1765).
4› Benjamin Hicks [WE.H2.1.3.1].
4› Robert Hicks [WE.H2.1.3.2] (-1798) was head of a household of five whites and 24 blacks in Greensville County in 1783.
He left a will in Greensville County (will dated 1 Mar. 1796 recorded June 1798).
4› Elizabeth Hicks [WE.H2.1.3.3].
3› Lucy Hicks [WE.H2.1.4] married Benjamin Seawell. As Benjamin Seawell Sr., he and Lucy sold 200 acres in Meherrin Parish to Robert Hicks and 300 acres on both sides of Great Creek to Benjamin Hicks 25 March 1771.
The Genealogy with Historical and Personal Comments of the Known Descendants of Col. Benjamin Seawell Sr. and … Lucy Hicks was published by their great grandson Ben Lee Seawell in 1935.
Benjamin and most of his family moved to Bute (now Warren and Franklin) County, North Carolina, where Benjamin left his will in 1778.
4› Col. Benjamin Seawell [WE.H2.1.4.1] (c.1741- 16 July 1821) married first Mary Booker who died in 1786. He married second Susan (Brown) Tullocks (-1815), the widow of Thomas Tullocks. Susan died in Wilson County, Tennessee. A colonel during the Revolution, he represented Franklin County, North Carolina, in the state senate.
4› Joseph Seawell [WE.H2.1.4.2] (10 Mar. 1744/5 - 4 July 1827).
4› Elizabeth Seawell [WE.H2.1.4.3] married Seth Mabry in Brunswick County 16 June (bond) 1772. See their family
4› Mary Seawell [WE.H2.1.4.4] married Green Hill in Brunswick County 5 June 1773 {2 June (bond) 1773 }.
4› Sallie Seawell [WE.H2.1.4.5] married John King 14 December 1775.
4› Nancy Seawell [WE.H2.1.4.6].
4› Rebecca Seawell [WE.H2.1.4.7].
4› Mildred Seawell [WE.H2.1.4.8].
4› Thomas Seawell [WE.H2.1.4.9].
4› Frances Seawell [WE.H2.1.4.10] was married to Isaac Collier by 23 March 1772 when Benjamin Seawell Sr. gave two slaves to “son Isaac Collier and his wife, Frances.” His 1778-will omits her, perhaps because this was her inheritance.