Person:William Hickocks (2)

The Identity of William Hickocks

"In all probability, the family came from Stratford-on-Avon, Warwickshire, England. As a great many of this family removed to London as early as 1567, it is the Compiler's [Charles Nelson Hickok's] belief that our William was born in London, but he was not the Willyam, son of Thomas Hyccocks, baptized at Stratford, December 10, 1609, as has so often been stated, as in a thorough search in the Parish Records, as shown in Parish Register Society, volumes 6, 16, and 55; Stratford-on-Avon. … Willyam, bapt. 10 Dec. 1609; bur. 18 May 1627. "William Hickockes, son of Elizabeth Wheeler." … our William Hickocks … could hardly be the Willyam above who was buried in 1627."^[1]

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} Foreword; William Hickocks, in Hickok, Charles Nelson. The Hickok Genealogy: Descendants of William Hickoks of Farmington, Connecticut: With Ancestry of Charles Nelson Hickok. (Rutland, Vt.: The Tuttle Publishing Company, 1938)
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   William Hickocks, was one of the original settlers of Farmington, Conn.; purchased home lot, and died soon after 1645; he married Elizabeth, who died 3 August 1655; she married (2) William Adams, died 18 July 1655, who came to Hartford from Massachusetts, in 1648, removed to Farmington and died in 1653. … When the inventory of the Adams Estate was taken, 6 September 1655, the two Adams children were listed together with Samuel Heacock age 12, and Joseph Heacock age 10.