Edward Hickman

Abt 1716 - Bef 1797  (< 81 years)

• Name	Edward Hickman
  Birth	Abt 1716	Accomack County, Virginia, USA   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Will - Named in Father's will	20 Aug 1738	Accomack County, Virginia, USA   [2]
  	In his will Henry Hickman, wife no name, sons Henry, George & Edward & and grandson Richard. He also mentioned 4 sons & 3 daughters, but did not name them. John would have been the 4th son.
  Land - they sold land	28 Aug 1744	Cedar Island, Accomack Co, Virginia   [3]
  	Henry Hickman, George Hickman and Edward Hickman sold this tract to Ephraim Wessells for 30 pounds, a tract of 50 aces called Cedar Island "lying at the northermost end of Jobs Island running toward Roger Hickman's Parcel. Another deed, recorded in Sept 1744, sold 10 additional acres on Cedar Island to William Young Junr. This 10 acres was called the residue of 60 acres, 50 having been sold to Ephraim Wessells, and appears to have been the entire inherited tract.
  Land - they bought land	27 Nov 1746	tract A116, Rue, Accomack Co, Virginia   [4, 5]
  	It was on this date that Edward Hickman and his wife Elizabeth, purchased for 2 pounds, from Mary Wright, widow, the 50 acres "plantation where William Wright dec'd formerly lived" (Acc Deeds 1737-1746, p. 490). Since deeds do not normally name the wife when land is bought, this deviation indicates that Edwar's wife had been Elizabeth Wright, and she and her husband were buying her parent's land. A family connection is alsoo shown by the small price paid for the land. These 50 acres (actually 56) were located at the present-day Rue and formed a triangle with US 13 on one side and the road from Rue to Hopeton a second leg of the triangle.
  Land - they bought land	6 Aug 1754	tract A116, Rue, Accomack Co, Virginia   [5, 6]
  	Edward Hickman, planter, purchased another 50 acres of this tract from William & Elizabeth Miles for 16 pounds. This strip of land running east-west, located south of the 1746 purchase and adjacent to the 1,000 acre tract that his grandfather William had patented in 1667. The deed shows the land bordered on the west by land formerly owned by Joseph Hickman.
  Death	Bef 30 Oct 1797	Accomack County, Virginia, USA   [7]
  	It was on this date that administration on the estate of Edward Hickman was granted to George Hickman, son of Edward with John Teackle Sr. & Abel Wright securities.
  Land - they were named in a division of land	10 Feb 1798	Accomack County, Virginia, USA   [8, 9]
  	Edward Hickman's children were named in the division of his land in settling his estate. The northern 56 acres was divided into 3 portions, as was the southern 50 acre strip. Son Richard received 17 1/2 acres of the 56 acres, son George received 18 1/2 acres of the 56 acres, and Stephen & Robert Hickman jointly received 20 acres of the 56 acres and it is assumed they were the sons of a dec'd child who had died before Edward. The 56 acres that were divided into these 3 tracts eventually became owned by Zepporah Ann Hickman Morten, seemingly the orphan daughter of Richard Hickman and were sold by her and her husband Thomas Morten of Somersette County, New Jersey, to James Rew of Accomack County in 1830 (Acc Deeds 1828-1830, p. 446). Henry Hickman received 15 acres of the southern 50 acre tract and the deed names his wife Scissey Hickman. This was probably Lissa Bayly that Henry is recorded as marrying in 1789. Thomas Hickman received 16 acres of the southern 50 acre tract and Dennis Hickman received the remaining acres of the southern 50 acre tract although his deed is not included with the 5 recorded in the division of 1798. Dennis & wife Bridget signed the other deeds and the next year (1799) they made a deed selling his brother Thomas Hickman's 18 1/2 acres for 55 pounds "The whole that fell to him by the death of his father" (Acc District Court Wills & Deeds, 1789-1799, p. 445). In 1806 Dennis and Bridget signed another deed selling Thomas (of Edward) the 3 acres of land that was Dennis' share of his late brother Henry Hickman's land.
  Record ID	46131
  Siblings	4 brothers and 3 sisters
  + 1. (s_o Henry I) Hickman,   b. Abt 1698, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Bef 20 Aug 1738, Accomack County, Virginia, USA  (Age < 40 years)   2. John Hickman,   b. Abt 1700, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. North Carolina + 3. Henry Hickman, II,   b. Abt 1702, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown ╚═Susanna (of Daniel) Watson,   b. Abt 1716, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Between 1745 and 1746, tract A106, Brickhouse, head of Hunting Creek, Accomack Co, Virginia  (Age 29 years),  m. Abt 1735     4. George Hickman,   b. Abt 1704, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown   5. (1d_o Henry I) Hickman,   b. Abt 1706, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown   6. (2d_o Henry I) Hickman,   b. Abt 1708, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown   7. (3d_o Henry I) Hickman,   b. Abt 1710, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown + 8. Edward Hickman,   b. Abt 1716, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Bef 30 Oct 1797, Accomack County, Virginia, USA  (Age < 81 years) ╚═Elizabeth Wright,   b. Abt 1725, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown  ,  m. Abt 1744, Accomack County, Virginia, USA
  Origins
  Patriarch & Matriarch	William Hickman, I,   b. 1638   d. Bef 3 Jul 1683, Accomack County, Virginia, USA  (Age < 45 years)  (Grandfather)  Elizabeth Ewell, (Ewell?),   b. Abt 1680, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown  (Mother)
  Person ID	I46131	MilesFiles23
  Last Modified	23 Jul 2014

  
  

  Father	Henry Hickman, I,   b. Abt 1676, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. 1742, Accomack County, Virginia, USA (Age 66 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Ewell, (Ewell?),   b. Abt 1680, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	Abt 1698	Accomack County, Virginia, USA   [1, 10]
  Family ID	F29135	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Wright,   b. Abt 1725, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	Abt 1744	Accomack County, Virginia, USA   [4, 11]
  Children	+ 1. (d_o Edward) Hickman,   b. Abt 1750, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Bef 3 Jun 1785, Accomack County, Virginia, USA (Age < 35 years) ╚═ Constable Thomas Hickman  (Age < 76 years)  m. Abt 1770   2. Henry Hickman,   b. Abt 1760, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Bef 27 Jun 1803, Accomack County, Virginia, USA (Age < 43 years) ╚═ Lissa Bayly  m. 10 Oct 1780 + 3. Dennis Hickman,   b. Abt 1765, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Bef 1810, Accomack County, Virginia, USA (Age < 44 years) ╚═ Bridget Dix  m. 2 Apr 1792   4. George Hickman,   b. Abt 1768, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Bef 30 Apr 1805, Accomack County, Virginia, USA (Age < 37 years) + 5. Thomas (of Edward) Hickman, (blacksmith,   b. Abt 1770, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. 30 Jul 1827, Accomack County, Virginia, USA (Age 57 years) ╚═ Lucretia Middleton, (Middleton?)  m. Abt 1795 + 6. Richard Hickman,   b. Abt 1770, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Bef 30 Dec 1816, Accomack County, Virginia, USA (Age < 46 years) ╚═ Ann 'Nancy' (--?--)  (Age < 46 years)  m. Abt 1795
  Last Modified	13 Mar 2023
  Family ID	F14311	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - Abt 1716 - Accomack County, Virginia, USA Will - Named in Father's will - 20 Aug 1738 - Accomack County, Virginia, USA Marriage - Abt 1744 - Accomack County, Virginia, USA Death - Bef 30 Oct 1797 - Accomack County, Virginia, USA Land - they were named in a division of land - 10 Feb 1798 - Accomack County, Virginia, USA  = Link to Google Earth
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• Sources

  [S1988] Hickman, Research Files, 1988. [S570] Stratton Nottingham, Accomack Co, VA, Wills & Administrations, 1663-1800, (Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, Inc., 1990), p. 126 (will of Henry Hickman, wife no name), 570. [S2420] Mary Frances Carey, Carey, Hickman, (New Church, VA, self published photo copies, 1984), p. 6 (Acc Deeds 1737-1746, p. 424 & 431), 2420. [S2420] Mary Frances Carey, Carey, Hickman, (New Church, VA, self published photo copies, 1984), p. 6 (Edward Hickman, the 3rd Generation), 2420. [S572] Ralph T. Whitelaw, Virginia's Eastern Shore (A History of Northampton and Accomack Counties), in a 2 volume set, (Gloucester, Mass.: Peter Smith, 1968), p. 1125 (tract A116), 572. [S2420] Mary Frances Carey, Carey, Hickman, (New Church, VA, self published photo copies, 1984), p. 6 (Acc Deeds 1747-1757, p. 523), 2420. [S570] Stratton Nottingham, Accomack Co, VA, Wills & Administrations, 1663-1800, (Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, Inc., 1990), p. 438 (adm of Edward Hickman to George Hickman of Edward), 570. [S609] Accomack Co, VA, Deeds, No. 009, 1797-1800, p. 207-212 (division of land of Edward Hickman), 609. [S2420] Mary Frances Carey, Carey, Hickman, (New Church, VA, self published photo copies, 1984), p. 7 & 8, 2420. [S572] Ralph T. Whitelaw, Virginia's Eastern Shore (A History of Northampton and Accomack Counties), in a 2 volume set, (Gloucester, Mass.: Peter Smith, 1968), p. 1123 (tract A115), 572. [S743] Mary Frances Carey, Carey, Wrights of Acc Co, VA, (Self Published, New Church, VA, 1994), 743.