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Zachariah Hicks

(4 Aug 1628 - 5 Aug 1702)

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Zachariah Hicks Sr. (1628 - 1702)
Zachariah
 Hicks
 Sr.
Born 4 Aug 1628
 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Son of Thomas Hicks and Margaret (Unknown) HicksBrother of Daniel Hicks I and Samuel HicksHusband of Elizabeth (Still) Hicks
 — married 28 Oct 1652 in Cambridge,Middlesex, MassachusettsHusband of Elizabeth (Scill) Hicks
 — married 28 Oct 1652 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay ColonyDESCENDANTS Father of Elizabeth (Hicks) Needham, Zachariah Hicks Jr, Joseph Hicks and Hannah (Hicks) StaceyDied 5 Aug 1702
 in Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
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1 Biography
1.1 Children
1.1.1 Research notes
2 Sources
Biography

Zachariah Hicks, son of Thomas and Margaret (West) Hicks of Scituate, Massachusetts, was born about 1628/9. [1]
He married, at Cambridge, Massachusetts on October 28, 1652 [2],Elizabeth Sill (Syll/Schell/Scill) who was born about 1637, daughter of John and Joanna Sill [1] and came to New England with her parents between June and December. 1637. [3]
They resided on Brighton Street and his estate extended from Winthrop Street to Mt. Auburn Street. [1]
1663: May 27: Zecheriah Hicks Freeman Massachusetts Bay Colony [4]
1665: February: Zachariah Hicks one of the signers in the Cambridge Book of Records Vol. 112: p. 163, to the General Court[ Record No. 2043] regarding land grants and rights of common lands. [5]
1671: February 20: Boston Constables of Cambridge ordered to send men to serve on the Grand Jury and Jury Trials: Zec. Hicks, freeman, among others, chosen to serve on the Jury Trials. [Early Suffolk Court Files, No. 1084] in: [6]
Zachariah died at Cambridge on August 5, 1702, aged 73. [2] [1] He is buried in the Old Burying Ground, Cambridge. His inscription reads: HERE LYES THE BODY OF ZACHARIAH HICKS WHO DIED AUGST 5TH 1702 IN YE 74TH YEAR OF HIS AGE [7] [8] [9]
His widow Elizabeth died there on September 12, 1730, aged 93. [2][1] She is also buried in the Old Burying Ground, Cambridge. [7][10] [11]
1710: March 29: Widow Elizabeth Hicks and siblings Zachariah Hicks, Joseph Hicks, Margaret Hicks, Thomas Stacy and wife Hannah, release to Elizabeth Needham and Needham grandchildren, marsh lands of their deceased husband and father. [Middlesex Deed: XV:532] [6]
1724: July: Siblings Zachariah and Joseph Hicks, Hannah Stacey and Margaret Fuller sell lands in Groton. [Middlesex Deed XXIV: 77] [6]
1727: Jan. 30: Surviving siblings of the late Zachariah Hicks Sr., being Zachariah and Joseph Hicks, Hannah Stacey and Margaret Weld, sell lands of their father to his grandson John Hicks. [ Middlesex Deed: XXVII: 207] [6]
1736: November 17: Siblings Zachariah and Joseph Hicks, Hannah Stacey and Margaret Weld, wife of John sell land at Cambridge. [Middlesex Deed: XXXVII; 663] sell land at Cambridge. [6]Children

Elizabeth born Apr. 28, 1654; died Feb. 4, 1690/1; married John Needham on Oct. 10, 1679.[2] [12] [7]
Zachariah born Sept. 27, 1657; married Ruth Green daughter of John, born Nov. 26, 1661 at Cambridge and died by 1704.[2] [13] He married second Mrs. Seeth Andrew, widow of William on June 22, 1704. [12] [14]
John born Apr. 10, 1660; died June 5, 1660. [2] Appendix [7]
Joseph baptized Jan. 12, 1661. CR1[2]; died at the age of 84 in 1746; married Bethiah Green in March, 1693. She was born Jan. 20, 1672 and sister of Ruth, his brother Zachariah's wife. [13] She died in Apr., 1708 [7]; he married second, Rebecca Palfrey on Nov. 29, 1716. [12] [14]
Thomas baptized July 3, 1664 CR1[2]; probably died young.
Hannah baptized Mar. 4, 1665-6. CR1; married Thomas Stacie (Stace/Stacey) at Cambridge on June 20, 1683. [2] [12]
Margarett born July 3, 1668; [2] married first John Fuller on Oct. 11, 1714; married second john Weld at Roxbury on June 6, 1723. [12]
Jno. born Sept. 15, 1676; died Sept. 25, 1676. [2] Appendix [7]
Thomas born Sept. 15, 1676; died Sept. 27, 1676. [2] Appendix[7]Research notes
Cambridge Marriages
HICKES, Zachariah and Elizabeth Scill, Oct. 28, 1652. (p. 195)Hicks, Elizabeth and Jno. Needham, Oct. 10, 1679. (p. 195)Hicks, Hannah and Thomas Stacie, June 20, 1683. (p. 195)Hicks, Zechariah and Ruth Greene, Nov. 18, 1685. (p. 195)Hicks, Zechary and Seeth Andrews, June 26, 1704. (p. 195)Hicks, Margaret and John Fuller of Newton, Oct. 14, 1714. (p. 194)Hicks, Jos. and Rebeccah Palfray, Nov. 29, 1716. CR1 (p. 195)
Cambridge Births/Baptisms
Children: Hickes/HicksElizabeth, d. Zachariah and Elizabeth, Apr. 28, 1654. (p. 349)Zachariah, s. Zachariah and Elizabeth, Sept. 27, 1657. (p. 350)John, s. Zachariah and Elizabeth, Apr. 10, 1660. (p. 349)Joseph, s. Zechariah and Elizabeth, bp. Jan. 12, 1661. CR1 (p. 349)Thomas, s. Zechariah and Elizabeth, bp. July 3, 1664. CR1(p. 350Hannah, d. Zechariah and Elizabeth, bp. Mar. 4, 1665-6. CR1 (p. 349)Margarett, d. Zachary and Elizabeth, July 3, 1668. (p. 249)Jno., s. Zachariah and Elizabeth, Sept. 15, 1676. (p. 349)Thomas, s. Zachariah and Elizabeth, Sept. 15, 1676. (p. 350)
Cambridge Deaths
HICKS, Elizabeth, wid. Zechariah, Sept. 12, 1730, in her 94th y. GR1 (p. 600)HICKS, Zechariah, Aug. 5, 1702, in his 74th y. GR1 (p. 600)Hicks, John, June 5, 1660. (p. 600)Hicks, Jno., s. Zechariah and Elizabeth, Sept. 25, 1676. (p. 600)Hicks, Thomas, s. Zechariah and Elizabeth, Sept. 27, 1676. (p. 600)Hickes, Bethiah, w. Joseph, Apr. 12, 1708 (a. 55 y. GR1) (p. 600)[2]
New England Marriages
HICKS, Zachariah (1628-1707) & Elizabeth SCELL/SILL/SILLS (1666-1730); 28 Oct 1652; Cambridge [15]
Zachariah Hicks Sr. Immigration: ABT 1630 Scituate, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA Birth: 04 AUG 1628 Death: 15 AUG 1702 in Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
Father: Thomas Hicks b: ABT 1598 in England Mother: Margaret West b: ABT 1600 in London, London, England
Marriage 1 Elizabeth Sill b: ABT 1635 in Massachusetts, USA c: in England Married: 28 OCT 1652 in Cambridge, Middlesex\Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA Children
Joseph Hicks Sr. b: BEF 12 JAN 1662 in Cambridge, Middlesex\Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
Hannah Hicks b: BEF 04 MAR 1665/66 Hannah Mercy Hicks b: 04 MAR 1664 in Cambridge, Middlesex\Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
John Hicks b: APR 1660 in Cambridge, Middlesex/Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
Elizabeth Hicks b: 28 APR 1654 in Scituate, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA
Daniel Hicks b: 1655 in Cambridge, Middlesex\Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
Zachariah Hicks Jr. b: 27 SEP 1657 in Cambridge, Middlesex\Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
Sources

↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Winchester Notes, Fanny W. Hotchkiss, Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Company, New Haven, CT, 1912
↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 Vital Records of Cambridge Massachusetts to the Year 1850, compiled by Thomas Baldwin, NEHGS, Boston, MA, 1915
↑ Americana: (American Historical Magazine)., Volume 13, American Historical Company, Incorporated, 1919
↑ Massachusetts: Miscellaneous Censuses Substitutes, 1630–1788, 1840, 1890 (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2013. From records supplied by Ancestry.com)
↑ Massachusetts Archives Collection (1629 - 1799) http://www.sec.state.ma.us/ArchivesSearch/RevolutionaryDetail.aspx?VolNbr=112&Page=163
↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 The History of Peter Parker and Sarah Ruggles of Roxbury, Mass. and Their Ancestors and Descendants, by John William Linzee, Priv. Print, Samuel Usher, Boston, MA, 1918
↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.6 Epitaphs from the old burying-ground in Cambridge: With notes, By William Thaddeus Harris, J. Owen Publ., Cambridge, MA, 1845
↑ Find A Grave Memorial# 20823133
↑ http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=20823133
↑ Find A Grave Memorial# 20915365
↑ http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=pv&GRid=20915365&PIpi=7136131
↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 12.4 History of Cambridge Massachusetts: Supplement and Index, by By Mary Gozzaldi, Heritage Books, Dec 1, 1986
↑ 13.0 13.1 Some Descendants of John Green (1636-1691) and Ruth Mitchelson (1638-1728) of Cambridge, Massachusetts, P.M. Jangaard, Jan 1, 2007
↑ 14.0 14.1 An Historic Guide to Cambridge, Massachusetts Daughters of the American Revolution. Hannah Winthrop Chapter, Cambridge, 1907
↑ New England Marriages Prior to 1700, by Clarence Almon Torrey, Genealogical Publishing Com, 1985
"Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQX6-TQ2 : 15 January 2020), Zachariah Hickes in entry for Elizabeth Hickes, 1654.

Events

Birth4 Aug 1628England or Massachusetts
Death5 Aug 1702Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay, British America
MarriageElizabeth Sill

Families

SpouseElizabeth Sill (1635 - )
ChildZechariah Hicks (1657 - 1752)
FatherThomas Hicks Sr (1598 - 1653)
MotherMargaret West (1600 - 1666)

Notes