Rebecca 'Rebeckah' Hickman

Abt 1784 - 1866  (82 years)

• Name	Rebecca 'Rebeckah' Hickman
  Birth	Abt 1784	Accomack County, Virginia, USA   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Will - Named in Grand Mothers will	10 Sep 1793	Accomack County, Virginia, USA
  	In her will Anne Hickman named son Hampton Hickman, granddaughters Rebeckah & Peggy Hickman, daughters of Isaiah Hickman.
  Will - Named in Fathers will	20 Nov 1806	Accomack County, Virginia, USA   [2]
  	She was shown as a daughter Rebeccah Wright in the will of Isaiah Hickman. A survey and division of this land was made on 20 October 1808, and it was found to contain 135 acres, of which Rebecca Wright received 76 acres (Acc Co Surveyors Record #4, p. 23).
  Will - Named in Husbands will	22 Jul 1848	Accomack County, Virginia, USA   [3]
  	She was shown as wife Rebeccah in the will of Thomas Wright Sr. On 25 December 1848, Rebecca Wright, widow of Thomas Wright, Senr, renounced her husband's will (Acc Co Deeds 1848 - 1849, p. 363). Apparently, Rebecca needed more than the law allowed her to live on and wished to dispose of her "maiden" land herself.
  Census with son	1850	Accomack Parish, Accomack County, Virginia, USA   [1]
  	She was shown as Rebecca Wright, age 66 in HH#469 headed by Wm. T. Wright, a 24 year old farmer.
  Will	8 Sep 1857	Accomack County, Virginia, USA   [4]
  	She left her daughter Elizabeth Wright one-half of 138 acres "known as the Isaiah Hickman tract". She left daughter Sally, "wife of William Hope", the other half and $100. She gave daughter Catherine Wright $100, also daughter Mary Raw, "wife of James H. Rew". She gave granddaughter Catherine Hope $100. Sons Samuel Wright and William Thomas Wright were each to receive $30. The balance of her estate was left to daughter Elizabeth and Elizabeth was named executrix. John A. Bundick, John P. Barnes and Edward Wright witnessed her will.
  Census head of household	1860	Accomack Parish, Accomack County, Virginia, USA   [5]
  	She was shown as Rebecca Wright the head of HH#1339, age 77 with real estate valued at $1,800 and personal property valued at $1,000. Listed with her were Elizabeth Wright, age 55, with personal property valued at $800 and Catherine Wright, age 45, with real estate valued at $600 and personal property valued at $800. Elizabeth and Catherine were her unmarried daughters.
  Marr Name	Rebecca 'Rebeckah' Wright
  Death	May 1866  [4]
  	Thomas Wright and his wife, Rebecca Hickman Wright, were likely buried on his land, without tombstones, in a family plot, which today contains the stones of their two sons.
  Probate	28 May 1866	Accomack County, Virginia, USA   [4]
  Record ID	36584
  Origins
  Patriarch & Matriarch	William (father of Isaiah & Isaac) Hickman, Junr,   b. Abt 1720, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Bef 28 Jul 1778, Accomack County, Virginia, USA  (Age < 58 years)  (Grandfather)  Elizabeth (--?--),   b. Abt 1675   d. Yes, date unknown  (3 x Great Grandmother)
  Siblings	1 sister
  + 1. Rebecca 'Rebeckah' Hickman,   b. Abt 1784, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. May 1866  (Age 82 years) ▻ Thomas S. Wright,  m. 27 Jul 1802   2. Peggy Hickman,   b. Abt 1787, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown
  Half-siblings	1 half sister (family of Isaiah (of Wm) Hickman and Polly or Sarah (of Ralph) Justice)
  > 1. Polly Hickman,   b. Abt 1796, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown ▻ (--?--) Savage,  m. Abt 1815
  Half-siblings	1 half brother (family of Isaiah (of Wm) Hickman and Mildred Mary 'Milly' Long)
  + 1. Isaac R. (of Isaiah) Hickman,   b. Aft 27 Jun 1808, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Bef 1840, Accomack County, Virginia, USA  (Age < 31 years) ▻ Margaret H. Dix,  m. 24 Dec 1831
  Person ID	I36584	MilesFiles23
  Last Modified	30 Jul 2014

  
  

  Father	Isaiah (of Wm) Hickman,   b. Abt 1750, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Bef 27 Jun 1808, Accomack County, Virginia, USA (Age < 58 years) Other Partners: ╚═Polly or Sarah (of Ralph) Justice,   b. Abt 1766, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Bef 21 May 1828, Accomack County, Virginia, USA  (Age < 62 years)  m. Abt 1790    ╚═Mildred Mary 'Milly' Long,   b. Abt 1770   d. Yes, date unknown  m. 13 Sep 1803
  Mother	Elizabeth (of Rich IV) Hickman,   b. Abt 1763, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Bef 10 Sep 1793, Accomack County, Virginia, USA (Age < 30 years)
  Marriage	Bef 1783	Accomack County, Virginia, USA   [6]
  Family ID	F8720	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Thomas S. Wright,   b. Abt 1772, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Aug 1848 (Age 76 years)  Other Partners: ╚═Margaret Belote,   b. Abt 1770   d. Yes, date unknown  m. 16 Dec 1793
  Marriage	27 Jul 1802	Worcester Co, Maryland   [7, 8]
  	He was shown as Thomas Wright and she as Zebrina? (probably Rebecca) Hickman. No other information was given.
  Children	1. Samuel Wright,   b. 7 Sep 1803, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. 21 Aug 1877 (Age 73 years)   2. Elizabeth Wright,   b. 1806, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. 10 Apr 1870, Metompkin, Accomack Co, Virginia (Age 64 years) + 3. Mary Ann Wright,   b. Abt 1810, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. 1893 (Age 83 years) ╚═ James H. (of Charles) Rew  (Age 69 years)  m. 5 Aug 1830   4. Catharine Wright,   b. Abt 1818, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. 26 Oct 1893 (Age 75 years) + 5. Ann 'Nancy' Wright,   b. Abt 1820, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Bef 1850 (Age < 29 years) ╚═ William K. Hope  (Age 53 years)  m. 2 Apr 1839 + 6. William Thomas Wright, I,   b. Abt 1824, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. 18 Dec 1876 (Age 52 years) ╚═ Mary S. Carey  (Age 65 years)  m. 18 Nov 1857 + 7. Sarah 'Sally' Wright,   b. Abt 1825, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Mar 1890, Accomack Parish, Accomack County, Virginia, USA (Age 65 years) ╚═ William K. Hope  (Age 53 years)  m. 4 Jul 1850
  Family ID	F11659	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	13 Mar 2023

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - Abt 1784 - Accomack County, Virginia, USA Will - Named in Grand Mothers will - 10 Sep 1793 - Accomack County, Virginia, USA Will - Named in Fathers will - 20 Nov 1806 - Accomack County, Virginia, USA Will - Named in Husbands will - 22 Jul 1848 - Accomack County, Virginia, USA Will - 8 Sep 1857 - Accomack County, Virginia, USA Probate - 28 May 1866 - Accomack County, Virginia, USA  = Link to Google Earth
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• Sources

  [S638] Family Tree Maker's Family Archives, 1850 Virginia Census Microfilm Records, CD#309, 6 CD set, (Broderbund Software, Inc., 1997), 638. [S688] Moody K. Miles III & Barry W. Miles, Accomack Co, VA, Wills & Administrations, 1800-1860, (Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, Inc., 2000), p. 263 (will of Isaiah Hickman, Acc Parish), 688. [S688] Moody K. Miles III & Barry W. Miles, Accomack Co, VA, Wills & Administrations, 1800-1860, (Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, Inc., 2000), p. 627 (will of Thomas Wright Sr.), 688. [S58] Acc Co Wills 1846-1882, p. 207 (will of Rebecca Wright, widow of Thomas), 58. [S7] 1860 Accomack County, Virginia, Federal Census, (National Archives Microfilm), 7. [S570] Stratton Nottingham, Accomack Co, VA, Wills & Administrations, 1663-1800, (Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, Inc., 1990), p. 366 (will of Richard Hickman, wife Anne), 570. [S743] Mary Frances Carey, Carey, Wrights of Acc Co, VA, (Self Published, New Church, VA, 1994), 743. [S594] Powell, Jody - Worcester Co, MD, Marriage Records 1795-1865, (Roanoke, TX: Jody Powell, 1990), 594.