Individual Details

Birth

Original text:
Attleborough, Pa. 11 Dec. George Hicks, b Sept 11, 1736 nr Quakertown, of the Soc. of Friends, emigrant from England, m. Miss Mary Goheen at the age of 27, settled in Bensalem township, 1 son 6 daughters, all born in one house

Marriage

George Hicks Taylor and Richard Goheen both of Bucks County Pensilvania Province are holden and do ftand juftly indebted unto his Excellency Willm Franklin Esq Gist over the Coltry of New Jersey in tghe Sum of Five Hundred Pounds, of current lawful Money of New Jerfey; to be paid to his Succeffors or Affign: For the which Payment well and truly to be made and done, We do bind over felved them, Joyntly and Severally firmly by thefe Prefents. Sealed with our Seals: Dated this Eleventh DAy of October AD 1763
The Condition of this Obligation is fuch, That whereas the above-bounded George Hicks hath obtained Licence of Marriage for himwelf of the one Party, and for Mary Goheen Spinster of the other Party: Now, if it fhall not hereafter appear, that they the faid George Hicks and Mary Goheen have any lawful Let or Impediment, of Pre-contract, Affinity or Confanguinity, to hinder their being joined in the Holy Bands of Matrimony, and afterwards their living together as Man and Wife; then this Obligation to be void, or elfe to ftand and remian in full Force and Virtue.

Death

Hicks, George died at Attleborough, Pa., Dec 11, 1833, age 97 years, 3 months. He was born Sept 11, 1736, near Quakertown, his parents being of the Society of Friends, who emigrated from England. At the age of 27, Mr. Hicks married Mary Goheen, and settled in Bensalem Township, where he raided a family of one son and six daughters, all of whom are living. He leaves 55 grandchildren and 108 great-grandchildren. He was buried in Johnson's burial ground in Bensalem, alongside his wife where she has lain for 37 years, followed by the son and five daughters, four of whom are widows, the eldest 69, and the youngest 55; a number of his friends and grandchildren. (dated Jan 18)

Note

The Hicks family of Bucks County descend from Pilgrim stock, their first American progenitor being Robert Hicks who landed at Plymouth, Massachusetts, November 11, 1611, having sailed from London in the ship "Fortune," which followed the "Mayflower," and brought over those left behind the previous year by that famous vessel. The family of Robert Hicks were natives of Gloucestershire, England, and traced their ancestry in an unbroken line back to Sir Ellis Hicks, who was knighted by Edward, the Black Prince, on the battle field of Poitiers, September 9, 1356, for conspicuous bravery in capturing a stand of colors from the French. Robert Hicks settled at Duxbury, Massachusetts, and died there at an advanced age, His sons John and Stephen in 1642 joined an English company which acquired by patent an extensive tract of land about Hempstead and Flushing, Long Island.
Stephen Hicks purchased several thousand acres at Little Neck, Long Island, and erected a large mansion where he lived to an advanced age and died without leaving male descendants.
John Hicks settled at Hempstead, and from him are descended the extensive family of the name on Long Island, in New York, Philadelphia, and Bucks County, as well as many other parts of the Union, He was educated at Oxford, and was a man of intelligence and natural force of character,and therefore soon became a leader in the youthful colony, and took an active part in public affairs, his name appearing in nearly all the important transactions of the time."
From Friends Meeting:
Took certificate from Richland Meeting of friends to Middletown in 1757, according to his marriage bond he was a tailor.