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Thomas Hicks, Judge

Thomas Hicks, Judge

Male 1640 - 1741  (100 years)


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  • Name Thomas Hicks  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10] 
    Title Judge 
    Birth 27 Jul 1640  Providence, Rhode Island, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 7, 8, 11] 
    Gender Male 
    Find A Grave Memorial #87971297 
    FSID LYWV-JH5  [1, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16] 
    Residence 12 Oct 1684  Madman's Neck, Long Island, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Title Captain 
    Death 26 Jan 1741  New York, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 4, 6, 7, 8] 
    Person ID I8863  footsteps
    Last Modified 1 Jul 2025 

    Father John Hicks,   b. 25 Oct 1607, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 14 Jun 1672, Hempstead, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 64 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Herodias Long,   b. 1623, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1722, Providence, Rhode Island, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 99 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Married 1636 
    Marriage 14 Mar 1637  Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Divorce 1643 
    Family ID F12923  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Mary Doughty,   b. 1658, Flushing, Queens, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Nov 1713, Queens, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 55 years) 
    Marriage 6 Jul 1677  Flushing, Queens, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    +1. Isaac Hicks, Judge ,   b. 1678, New York, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1745, New York, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 67 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F4941  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 1 Jul 2025 

    Family 2 Mary Butler,   b. 1639, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Sep 1689, Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 50 years) 
    Marriage Abt 1665  Hempstead, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    +1. Thomas Hicks,   b. 1667, Flushing, Queens, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Oct 1712, Flushing, Queens, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 45 years)  [Father: unknown]  [Mother: unknown]
    Family ID F24909  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 1 Jul 2025 

  • Notes 


    • Thomas Hicks, only son to John Hicks, inherited his father intellectual vigor and character, owned 4000 acres, owned a mansion,
      Thomas Hicks was Captain of the Queens Co. troops in 1676.

  • Sources 
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    2. [S273] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, \"New York, Wills and Probate Records, 1659-1999,\" database and images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com : accessed 24 Dec 2020), Will of Thomas Hicks made 5 May 1727 and proved 28 Jan 1741; citing Wills and Probate Records. New York, New York: New York County Surrogate\'s Court; Wills, Vol 0011-0013, 1730-1740; Wills and Administrations, Vol 014, 1740-1742, pages 182-186; images 717-719. Rec. Date: 13 May 2020; ; https://archive.org/details/calendarwillson00appegoog.
      In the name of God Amen Thomas Hicks of Flushing in Queens County on Nassau Island in the New York Gent. being now at this present Time in good Health and of sound Mind and Memory thanks be given to almighty God for the same therefore calling to mind the Mortality of Mans Nature and that it is appointed for all Men once to die do make and declare this to be my last Will and Testament that is to say principally and first of all, I give and recommend my soul in to the Hands of God who gave it hoping thro the Death Merits and Passion of my dear Redeemer Jesus Christ to have full pardon of all my Sins past and to inherit Everlasting Life after Death my Body I commit to the Earth to be buried in a Christian like and decent Manner at the Discretion of my Executors here after named nothing doubting but at the general Resurrection I shall receive the same again by the mighty Power of God and touching such worldly affairs as it hath pleased god to Bless me in this Lie I give devise & dispose of the same in Manner and form following viz. Imprimis It is my will and Desire that my funeral Charges and just Debts be honestly and faithfully paid & satisfied Item I give and bequeath to my grandson Thomas Hicks eldest son and Heir of my son Thomas Hicks deceased the sum of five Shillings Current Money of New York to be paid him by my Executor here after named within three Months after my decease Item I give and bequeath to my son Isaac Hicks my great History Book which is called Speed's Chronicles of England Item I give and bequeath to my son Benjamin Hicks my Silver Tankard Item I give and bequeath to my son Stephen Hicks all my Houses Lands and Meadows situate lying and being in the Bounds of Flushing in Queens County aforesaid or else where in any part of the said County of Queens County which I have not as yet already parted with (my Right on the great Plains in the Township of Hempstead only Excepted) To have and to hold the aforesaid Houses Lands Meadow Grounds and Premises with all and every of the appurtenances (Except as before Excepted) unto him the said Stephen Hicks his heirs and assigns for Ever Likewise I give and bequeath to my aforesaid son Stephen the Bed & furniture whereon he now lies also all the Remainder of my Books the two Hatchtts and likewise all my wearing apparel Item I give and bequeath to my six sons (Viz) John, Jacob, Isaac, Benjamin William and Stephen all my Right on the Great Plains in the Township of Hempstead in Queens County aforesaid (which I have already Reserved) To have and to hold the aforesaid Rights of Plains and Premises with all and every of the appurtenances unto them the said John Jacob Isaac Benjamin William and Stephen and to each of their heirs and assigns for Ever to be equally divided amongst them share and share alike Item I give & bequeath to my Daughter Phebe Simmons the sum of one hundred pounds lawful Money of New York to be paid to her or her assignes within two years after my decease by my Executor hereafter named Item I give and bequeath to my Daughter Charity Hicks the sum of two hundred and fifty pounds Current Money above said to be paid to her or her assigns within two years after my decease as aforesaid by my Executor abovesaid I likewise give to my said Daughter Charity the Bed and Furniture whereon she now lies and also my Chest of Drawers Item I give and bequeath to my Daughter Mary Rusher the Sum of one hundred pounds Current Money abovesaid to be paid to her or her assignes within two years after my decease by my executor aforesd. Item I give and bequeath to my Grand daughter Mary Hicks the daughter of William Hicks my Silver Tumbler Item It is my will and desire that as for the Remainder of my Houshold Goods within Doors (Cash Bills Bonds Books Accounts and other Reckonings which is or may be due or payable to me by any Person or Persons whatever Excepted) I give and bequeath the same to my four Daughters and my grand Daughter (viz) Phebe Elizabeth Charity Mary and Sara Evertt to be equally divided amongst them share and share alike; and it is further my desire tht my two sons Benjamin and Stephen be present at the Division of the goods abovesaid and to see that the same be done equally without partiality Item I give & bequeath to my son Stephen Hicks all the Money which is or shall be due or payable to me by any Person or Persons whatsoever at the time of my decease as also the Money which I shall have in my Possession or in the Hands or Possession of any Person or Persons in trust for me at the time of my decease as aforesaid Likewise all my Negroes and Indian Slaves Horses with their Kind neat Cattle Sheep Hoggs Waggon Plows Harrows and all other utencils belonging to my Farm to be and remain to my said son Stephen for Ever Item it is [my] will and desire that my two sons (vizt) Benjamin and Stephen be aiding and assisting to their sister Charity in such things and at her Request as may be serviceable to her in her affairs and Lastly I do hereby nominate constitute and appoint my said son Stephen Hicks my whole and sole Executor of this my last will and Testament and I do hereby disallow disannull and make void all and every other former Will or Wills by me at any time heretofore by me made or Executed allowing this and no other to be my last will and Testament In witness whereof I have put to my Hand and Seal this fifteenth day of May in the thirteenth year of the Reign of our Soveraign Lord George by the grace of God over Great Britain France and Ireland King Defender of the Faith &ca. And in the year of our Lord God one thousand seven hundred and twenty seven. Tho Hicks {LS} Signed Sealed published pronounced and declared by the said Thomas Hicks to be his last Will and Testament
      Cornelius Van Wyck, John Washburn, T. Whitehead

      George Clarke Esqr. His Magesties Lieutenant Governour and Commonander in Chief of the Province of New York and the Territories thereon depending in in America &ca. To all to whom these presents shall come or may concern Greeting. Know ye that at Queens County on the day of the date hereof before Adam Lawrence Esqur. being thereunto delegated and appointed, the last Will and Testament of Thomas Hicks deceased (a Copy whereof is hereunto annexed) was proved, and approved and allowed of by me; the said deceased having whilst he lived and at the time of his death Goods Rights and Credits in divers places within this Province, By means whereof the full Disposition of all and singular the Goods Rights and Credits of the said deceased, and the granting Admin of them as also the hearing of Account Calculation or Reckoning and the final Discharge and Dismission from the same unto me, solely and not unto any Inferior Judge are manifestly known to belong and the administration of all & singular the Goods Rights and Credits of the said deceased and his last will and Testament in any manner of ways concerning was granted unto Stephen Hicks the executor therein named Chiefly of well and and truely administring the same and of making a true and perfect Inventory thereof and Exhibiting it unto the Registry of the Prerogative Court in the Secrets. Office of this Province at or before the twenty eighth day of July next Ensuing and of Rendring a just and true Account Calculation or Reckoning thereof when thereunto required, The said Stephen Hicks having been duely sworn to the true Execution and performance of the said will In Testimony whereof I have caused the Prerogative Seal of the said Province to be hereunto affixed this twenty eighth day of January one thousand seven hundred and forty one.
      Geo. Jos. Moore
      Depu. Secry

    3. [S273] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, Book by Christoph, Peter & Florence (Balt:Gen.Pub, 1982.) in FHL, p. 161.
      July the 6th 1677. Lycence of Marriage to Capt. Tho: Hicks of Hempstead and Mary the Daughter of Elyas Doughty of Flushing.

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      Bio. of family plus his Will.

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    15. [S273] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, Corrections by Moriarty and The Great Migration in 1995 and other pros refute the old mistaken inaccurate relationship of this person's descent from Robert Hicks of Plymouth.This person's father is NOT known. No mention of any of the L. I. Hicks in Robert Hicks' will at Plymouth.

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      https://search.ancestry.com/collections/3824/records/53541


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