Individual Details
John Hicks
(23 May 1725 - 19 Apr 1775)
Never came to Sutton. In the Battle of Bunker Hill. (NO)
About John Hicks
John Hicks is named as a participant in the Boston Tea Party. December 16, 1773.
John Hicks of Cambridge, Massachusetts. April 19, 1775. He was killed defending Cambridge from British soldiers as they retreated from Concord and Lexington. He died from action with them along the road back to their base in Boston.
American Revolutionary War Soldier. He was killed during the British retreat from Concord on the first day of the American Revolution, one of fifty Americans either killed or mortally wounded on that day. He was caught by surprise by British flankers at Watson's Corner.
He was the son of John and Rebeckah Champney Hickes, married on May 8, 1721, in Cambridge. He married Elizabeth Nutting, Jr., on April 26, 1748, in Cambridge.
from: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=7496994ere:
There is quite a long article about his house and his life in it here: http://www.cambridgehistory.org/node/8107
DAR registry #A054984.
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From Wiki trees
John Hicks II (1725 - 1775)
John
Hicks
II
Born 23 May 1725
in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts
ANCESTORS Son of John Hicks I and Rebeckah (Champney) HicksBrother of Rebeckah (Hicks) Cornell, Samuel (Hicks) Hickes and Hannah (Hicks) BondHusband of Elizabeth (Nutting) Hicks
— married [date unknown] [location unknown]DESCENDANTS Father of Willis Hicks, Samuel Hicks and James Hicks IDied 19 Apr 1775
in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay
Profile manager: Bob Keniston [send private message]Profile last modified 5 Oct 2021 | Created 28 Dec 2014This page has been accessed 654 times.John Hicks II is an NSSAR Patriot Ancestor.
NSSAR Ancestor #: P-180878
Rank: Minute ManBiography
John Hicks II was born in 1725 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay. [1] He was the son of John Hicks I and Rebeckah (Champney) Hicks. He married Elizabeth Nutting on April 26, 1748 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay. Together, they were the parents of 10 children: Elizabeth, John, Jonathan, Zachariah, Sarah, Samuel, Rebecca, James, William and Mary Hicks
John Hicks was killed in the first day of fighting in the Revolutionary War. He was one of fifty Americans either killed or mortally wounded during the British retreat from Concord. He was caught by surprise by British flankers at Watson's Corner. He passed away on April 19, 1775. [2] He was buried in the Old Burying Ground, in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay.
Sources
↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQXF-X62 : 15 January 2020), John Hickes, 1725.
↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4JK-FVD : 25 October 2020), John/Hickes, 23 May 1725; citing Birth, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009680.
Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed October 24, 2020), "Record of John Hicks", Ancestor # A054984.
Paiges, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877 : with a genealogical register. p413, 581
"Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQXN-9H7 : 15 January 2020), John Hicks in entry for Samuel Hicks, 1760.
"Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPZK-FVC5 : 31 October 2019), John Hicks and Elizabeth Nutting, 26 Apr 1748; citing Marriage, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009826.
"Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHWJ-CQS : 25 October 2020), John/Hicks, 26 Apr 1748; citing Marriage, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009680.
"Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPZ2-CPT7 : 31 October 2019), John Hicks and Elizabeth Nutting, 26 Apr 1748; citing Marriage, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009826.
"Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPZ2-WYDW : 31 October 2019), John Hicks and Elizabeth Nutting, 26 Apr 1748; citing Marriage, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009826.
"Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4JK-GJ4 : 25 October 2020), John/Hicks in entry for James/Hicks, 7 May 1765; citing Birth, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009680.
MA Town & Vital Records
MA Marriages
MA Town Death Records
SAR Membership Application dated 4 Feb 1929
Find A Grave: Memorial #7496994
John Hicks SAR Patriot #: P-180878
About John Hicks
John Hicks is named as a participant in the Boston Tea Party. December 16, 1773.
John Hicks of Cambridge, Massachusetts. April 19, 1775. He was killed defending Cambridge from British soldiers as they retreated from Concord and Lexington. He died from action with them along the road back to their base in Boston.
American Revolutionary War Soldier. He was killed during the British retreat from Concord on the first day of the American Revolution, one of fifty Americans either killed or mortally wounded on that day. He was caught by surprise by British flankers at Watson's Corner.
He was the son of John and Rebeckah Champney Hickes, married on May 8, 1721, in Cambridge. He married Elizabeth Nutting, Jr., on April 26, 1748, in Cambridge.
from: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=7496994ere:
There is quite a long article about his house and his life in it here: http://www.cambridgehistory.org/node/8107
DAR registry #A054984.
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From Wiki trees
John Hicks II (1725 - 1775)
John
Hicks
II
Born 23 May 1725
in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts
ANCESTORS Son of John Hicks I and Rebeckah (Champney) HicksBrother of Rebeckah (Hicks) Cornell, Samuel (Hicks) Hickes and Hannah (Hicks) BondHusband of Elizabeth (Nutting) Hicks
— married [date unknown] [location unknown]DESCENDANTS Father of Willis Hicks, Samuel Hicks and James Hicks IDied 19 Apr 1775
in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay
Profile manager: Bob Keniston [send private message]Profile last modified 5 Oct 2021 | Created 28 Dec 2014This page has been accessed 654 times.John Hicks II is an NSSAR Patriot Ancestor.
NSSAR Ancestor #: P-180878
Rank: Minute ManBiography
John Hicks II was born in 1725 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay. [1] He was the son of John Hicks I and Rebeckah (Champney) Hicks. He married Elizabeth Nutting on April 26, 1748 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay. Together, they were the parents of 10 children: Elizabeth, John, Jonathan, Zachariah, Sarah, Samuel, Rebecca, James, William and Mary Hicks
John Hicks was killed in the first day of fighting in the Revolutionary War. He was one of fifty Americans either killed or mortally wounded during the British retreat from Concord. He was caught by surprise by British flankers at Watson's Corner. He passed away on April 19, 1775. [2] He was buried in the Old Burying Ground, in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay.
Sources
↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQXF-X62 : 15 January 2020), John Hickes, 1725.
↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4JK-FVD : 25 October 2020), John/Hickes, 23 May 1725; citing Birth, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009680.
Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed October 24, 2020), "Record of John Hicks", Ancestor # A054984.
Paiges, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877 : with a genealogical register. p413, 581
"Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQXN-9H7 : 15 January 2020), John Hicks in entry for Samuel Hicks, 1760.
"Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPZK-FVC5 : 31 October 2019), John Hicks and Elizabeth Nutting, 26 Apr 1748; citing Marriage, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009826.
"Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHWJ-CQS : 25 October 2020), John/Hicks, 26 Apr 1748; citing Marriage, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009680.
"Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPZ2-CPT7 : 31 October 2019), John Hicks and Elizabeth Nutting, 26 Apr 1748; citing Marriage, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009826.
"Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPZ2-WYDW : 31 October 2019), John Hicks and Elizabeth Nutting, 26 Apr 1748; citing Marriage, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009826.
"Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4JK-GJ4 : 25 October 2020), John/Hicks in entry for James/Hicks, 7 May 1765; citing Birth, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009680.
MA Town & Vital Records
MA Marriages
MA Town Death Records
SAR Membership Application dated 4 Feb 1929
Find A Grave: Memorial #7496994
John Hicks SAR Patriot #: P-180878
Events
| Birth | 23 May 1725 | Westboro, Massachusetts Bay, British America | |||
| Marriage | 26 Apr 1748 | Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay, British America - Elizabeth Nutting | |||
| Death | 19 Apr 1775 | Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay, British America | |||
| Military | Rev War Patriot |  |
Families
| Spouse | Elizabeth Nutting (1726 - 1825) |
| Father | John Hicks (1697 - 1772) |
| Mother | Rebeckah Champney (1703 - 1779) |
| Sibling | Benjamin HICKS (1740 - 1825) |
| Sibling | Rebekah Hicks ( - ) |
| Sibling | Hannah Hicks ( - ) |
| Sibling | Ruth Hicks ( - ) |
| Sibling | Zachariah Hicks ( - ) |
| Sibling | Samuel Hicks ( - ) |
| Sibling | Elizabeth Hicks ( - ) |
| Sibling | Joshua Hicks ( - ) |
| Sibling | Lydia Hicks ( - ) |
| Sibling | Joseph Hicks ( - ) |
Notes
Military
From SAR ApplicationJohn Hicks built and occupied the house now standing on the south-east corner of Dunster and Wintrop streets in Cambridge, Massachusetts. After his death the north room was used for a commissary office by the direction of Gen Washington and General Putnam during the stay of the army in Cambridge.
From the first John Hicks was a most zealous and determined whig, not with standing his constant business relations with his near neighbir General William Brattle. General Brattle had charge of the public stores and was fully in the confidence of General Gage.
On the afternoon of April 19, 1775, John Hicks armed himself, mounted his horse and called for his friend Richardson who livwd on Holmes Place. Together they rode toward Menotomy to meet the enemy. They began firing on the British from behind a stonewall. The right flank guard seeing this sent a small detachment who succeeded in getting close in their rear. Hicks was shot in the heart, Richardson was mortally wounded and soon killed by the bayonetts of the soldiers. Toward evening Mrs. Hicks sent her son Zechariah to search for his father. He found his body with that of Richardson and they were taken in an ox-cart and hastily buried with only the clothes they fell in for a covering. General Warren promised that a proper burial should be made in a few days when the excitement was over. But this was only the beginning of a long war. General Warren was killed soon after, and the remains of Hicks and Richardson were never disturbed. In 1870 the City of Cambridge erected a monument to mark the spot of their burial.
(Menotomy was a village inside of the boundaries of Cambridge, MA, settled in 1635.