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Samuel HICKS.5184. Robert HICKS was born in 1583 in Southwark, London, England. He died on 24 Mar 1647 in Plymouth, Plymouth, MA. He arrived in 1621 on the Fortune. Banks called him a fellmonge of Bermondsey and Southwark, County Surrey. Robert S. Wakefield, "The Children of Robert Hicks", TAG 51:57, shows that Hicks had at least nine children. Also see R. G. Rider, "More on the Robert Hicks Ancestry: Clues to the Identity of his Spouse," TAG 54:31, which should be read with a bit of caution. He wife was Margaret Hicks. q.v. Some interesting background is given on Hicks in the deposiition of Clement Briggs of Weymouth, Fellmonger, taken at New Plymouth 29 Aug 1638. Briggs said that about 22 years earlier he was dwelling and working for Mr Samuel Latham in Bermondsey Street, Southwark, London and a Thomas Harlow was dwelling with and working for Mr Robert Hicks. Harlow and Briggs often discussed how many pelts their masters pulled a week. Hicks pulled 300 a week and sometimes 600 or 700, and he sold his sheep's pelts for 40 shillings a hundred to Mr Arnold Allard, wheras Mr Samuel Latham sold his to the same man for 50 shillings a hundred, even though Mr Hick's pelts were better ware (PCR 12:35). In Plymouth, Hicks recorded with the court on 13 July 1639 a release whereby Thomas Heath of London, cooper, on 13 July 1619 had acquitted Robert Hicks, formerly a citizen and leatherseller of London, of all debts, including D180 pounds which Hicks had owed Heath (PCR 12:43). Hicks died at Plymouth 24 May 1647, and in his wife dated 28 May 1645, inventory 5 July 1647, he named his wife Margaret, oldest son Samuel, son Ephraim, grandson John Bangs, John Watson, and a number of nonrelative Plymouth residents (MD 8:143). He was married to Margaret WINSLOW @1603 in Surrey, England.
5185. Margaret WINSLOW
was born in 1589 in Droitwich, Worchestershire, England. She died in 1666
in Plymouth, Plymouth, MA. She signed a will Apr 1666 (proved) in Plymouth,
MA. Children were:
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Samuel HICKS.
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