Individual Details
Mary Shepard
(ABT, 1760 - CA JUNE 19, 1840)
It is assumed that Mary, wife of John Hicks, is John Shepard's daughter, although not mentioned by name in his will.
John Hicks lives near John Shepard in the 1786 census for Onslow County, North Carolina.
Events
| Birth | ABT, 1760 |  | |||
| Miscellaneous | Children of John and Mary Hicks |  | | ||
| Marriage | Bef 1788 | North Carolina - John Hicks | | | |
| Miscellaneous | From JUNE 19, 1840 to NOVEMBER 30, 1840 | Estate Records - Autauga County, Alabama | | | |
| Death | CA JUNE 19, 1840 | Autauga County, Alabama | | | |
| Miscellaneous | 1842 | Estate Settlement - Autauga County, Alabama | | |
Families
| Spouse | John Hicks (1760 - 1836) |
| Child | William C. Hicks (1790 - ) |
| Child | John H. Hicks (1795 - ) |
| Child | Comfort Hicks (1798 - ) |
| Child | Christopher Thomas Hicks (1785 - ) |
| Child | Zephaniah Peter Hicks (1787 - 1838) |
| Child | Asa Hicks (1788 - 1840) |
| Child | James K. Hicks (1790 - ) |
| Child | Charity Hicks ( - ) |
| Child | Mary Hicks ( - ) |
| Child | Francis Hicks (1787 - ) |
| Father | John Shepard ( - 1809) |
| Mother | Unknown Shepard (Maiden Name Unknown) ( - ) |
| Sibling | John Shepard Jr. ( - ) |
| Sibling | Jacob Shepard ( - ) |
| Sibling | Elijah Shepard ( - ) |
| Sibling | Elizabeth Shepard ( - ) |
| Sibling | Abigail Shepard ( - ) |
| Sibling | Martha Shepard ( - ) |
| Sibling | Rachel Shepard ( - ) |
| Sibling | Susanna Shepard ( - ) |
| Sibling | Esther Shepard ( - ) |
Notes
Miscellaneous
The following children of John and Mary Hicks were determined from information found by Janis Hicks McIntosh, a descendant of David Elbert Hicks, in the final settlement of John and Mary Hicks' estates in Autauga County, Alabama; the listing of Hicks heads of households in the 1830 Autauga County, Alabama, Census; and the finding of the same names listed as land grant recipients in the St. Stephens Meridian of Autauga County, Alabama in the U.S. Bureau of Land Management records:Christopher Thomas Hicks
Zephaniah Hicks
Asa Hicks
William Charles Hicks
John Hicks
Comfort Hicks Norsworthy (only in the estate settlement of John and Mary Hicks)
Marriage
Date is based on Asa Hicks birth date.Location is based on Green Hicks indicating his father was born in NC on the 1880 Coryell Co.,TX Census.
Miscellaneous
On 6-19-1840, Asa Hicks was appointed administrator for the estate of his deceased mother Mary Hicks.Recorded on p. 386 in Autauga Co., AL, Bonds, Executors, Administrators, Guardians, Book 1.
On 9-21-1840, Green Hicks was appointed administrator for the estate of the deceased Mary Hicks, his grandmother.
Recorded on p. 385 in Autauga Co., AL, Bonds, Executors, Administrators, Guardians, Book 1.
On 11-30-1840, William C. Hicks was appointed guardian of Thomas Hicks, minor heir of Mary Hicks, deceased.
Recorded on p. 382 in Autauga Co., AL, Bonds, Executors, Administrators, Guardians, Book 1.
Note: It is not clear if this Thomas Hicks is a child of Mary and John Hicks or more likely an heir due to the death of one of Mary and John's sons who were known to have died near this time (Zephaniah or James K. Hicks.)
John and Mary Hicks' son Christopher Thomas would not be a minor in 1840.
Death
On 6-19-1840, Asa Hicks was appointed administrator of the estate of his deceased mother Mary Hicks.Recorded on p. 386 in Autauga Co., AL, Bonds, Executors, Administrators, Guardians, Book 1.
Final settlement of Mary Hicks' will was made in Autauga County, Alabama, in 1842.
Miscellaneous
Final settlement of John Hicks' estate was part of the settlement of Mary Hicks' estate in 1842.The following persons inherited Mary Hicks' estate as heirs of both John and Mary Hicks:
Thomas Hicks, children of Zephaniah Hicks, children of Asa Hicks, children of William C. Hicks, John Hicks, and children of Comfort Hicks Norsworthy.
Endnotes
1. Evelyn Johnson Lawrence, Family History, Recipient: Sherry Lawrence, Author Address: Gatesville, TX, Recipient Address: Gatesville, TX (2002), Family History Compiled by Evelyn Lawrence from personal communications, family bibles,etc..
2. Janis Hicks McIntosh -John Hicks Family, between 1961 and 1967, Gary D. Hill Family Records, photocopy, E-Mail Attachment.
3. 1830 U.S. Federal Census, Record Type: Microfilm image, Ancestry.com Website, www.ancestry.com..
4. Bureau of Land Management-General Land Office Records, Record Type: Internet Website Database, www.glorecords.blm.gov.
5. Evelyn Johnson Lawrence, Family History, Recipient: Sherry Lawrence, Author Address: Gatesville, TX, Recipient Address: Gatesville, TX (2002), Family History Compiled by Evelyn Lawrence from personal communications, family bibles,etc..
6. 1880 U.S. Federal Census, Record Type: microfilm image, Ancestry.com Website, www.ancestry.com., Transcription of Coryell Co., TX. Green Hicks indicates his father was born in NC..
7. Janis Hicks McIntosh -John Hicks Family, between 1961 and 1967, Gary D. Hill Family Records, photocopy, E-Mail Attachment.
8. Family Search, "Alabama Estate Files, 1830-1976," digital images of original records, Family Search, Family Search (www.familysearch.org: Accessed 14 December 2017), Estate Records for Hicks Family; citing Autauga County, Alabama, Bonds, Executors, Administrators, and Guardians, Book 1.
9. Evelyn Johnson Lawrence, Family History, Recipient: Sherry Lawrence, Author Address: Gatesville, TX, Recipient Address: Gatesville, TX (2002), Family History Compiled by Evelyn Lawrence from personal communications, family bibles,etc..
10. Janis Hicks McIntosh -John Hicks Family, between 1961 and 1967, Gary D. Hill Family Records, photocopy, E-Mail Attachment.
11. Family Search, "Alabama Estate Files, 1830-1976," digital images of original records, Family Search, Family Search (www.familysearch.org: Accessed 14 December 2017), Estate Records for Hicks Family; citing Autauga County, Alabama, Bonds, Executors, Administrators, and Guardians, Book 1.
12. Janis Hicks McIntosh -John Hicks Family, between 1961 and 1967, Gary D. Hill Family Records, photocopy, E-Mail Attachment.