Mary (--?--), (the widow Groves)

Abt 1690 - Aft 1757  (67 years)

• Name	Mary (--?--)  [1]
  Suffix	(the widow Groves)
  Birth	Abt 1690	Sussex Co, Delaware   [2]
  Gender	Female
  Administrator of an estate - Named as an Administrator of an estate	2 Sep 1740	Sussex Co, Delaware   [3]
  	It was on this date that Thomas Grove, who married Mary Hickman, Admx of Joseph Hickman, filed the inventory valued at £199.14.7. Distribution was to the widow with residue to 7 heirs (unnamed, eldest getting 2 shares). William Hickman and Thomas Groves gave bond for heirs of Joseph Hickman. During the same court term Thomas Groves, Admin. of the estate of Mary Groves filed her inventory valued at £36.9.0. (NOTE: This must have been a dec'd first wife.)
  Land - they were named in a deed	4 Feb 1756	tracts Hickman's Field & Bowman's Farms, Slaughter Neck, Sussex Co, Delaware   [4]
  	Joseph Hickman of Sussex Co., bricklayer, for £25 quit claim unto Jacob Hickman of same place, cooper, his right in ½ part of the land that fell to him by the death of his father Joseph Hickman who d. intestate, with the rest of his bros. and sisters, 105 a. in Slaughter Neck adj. John Bennet, newcomers, Robert Hodson, blacksmith, and Thomas Bailey, where the said Jacob Hickman now lives and his mother the widow Grove, and is part of the land that the said Joseph Hickman, his grandfather bought of Henry Bowman and was called Hickmans Field and was one of the tract called Bowmans Farms ... likewise quit claim all his share and right unto that tract of land whereon his bro. William Hickman now lives in Slaughter Neck, 200 a. to his bro. Jacob Hickman it descending to the said Joseph Hickman at the same time by heirship from his father.
  Marr Name	Mary Groves
  Marr Name	Mary Hickman
  Record ID	88668
  Will	16 Oct 1757	Sussex County, Delaware, USA   [5]
  	Mary, widow of Joseph Hickman, later married Thomas Groves and in her will, as Mary Groves dated 16 Oct 1757, she bequeathed £20 to daughter Patience Bennett. (NOTE: This will is not in Valinger's Calendar of Sussex County, Delaware Probate Records, 1680-1800 and Ed. Wright cites Hill, citing Sussex Co. Will Book B2:135)
  Death	Aft 16 Oct 1757	Sussex County, Delaware, USA   [5]
  	Her will was written on this date.
  Origins
  Person ID	I88668	MilesFiles23
  Last Modified	1 Nov 2024

  
  

  Family 1	Joseph Hickman, I,   b. Abt 1670, Somerset Co, Maryland d. 2 Sep 1740, Sussex Co, Delaware (Age 70 years)  Other Partners: ╚═Frances (--?--),   b. Abt 1675   d. Yes, date unknown  m. Abt 1692
  Marriage	Abt 1715  [2]
  Children	+ 1. Patience (of Joseph) Hickman,   b. 30 Dec 1716, Sussex Co, Delaware d. Yes, date unknown ╚═ John (of John Jr) Bennett, III  (Age < 51 years)  m. Abt 1725   2. Jacob (of Joseph) (cooper) Hickman,   b. Abt 1720, Sussex Co, Delaware d. Yes, date unknown   3. John Hickman,   b. Abt 1730, Sussex Co, Delaware d. Bef 1 Mar 1757, Sussex Co, Delaware (Age < 27 years)
  Last Modified	1 Nov 2024
  Family ID	F29133	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Thomas Groves,   b. Abt 1690   d. Yes, date unknown  Other Partners: ╚═Mary (--?--),   b. Abt 1700, Sussex Co, Delaware d. Sep 1740, Sussex Co, Delaware  (Age 40 years)  m. Abt 1720
  Marriage	Bef 2 Sep 1740  [3]
  Last Modified	13 Mar 2023
  Family ID	F29151	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S971] Wright, Col Fam of DE, Vol. 4, (Delmarva Roots, 217 Schley Ave., Lewes, DE, 2001), p. 87 & 94 (William Hickman Family), 971. [S971] Wright, Col Fam of DE, Vol. 4, (Delmarva Roots, 217 Schley Ave., Lewes, DE, 2001), p. 87 (William Hickman Family), 971. [S971] Wright, Col Fam of DE, Vol. 4, (Delmarva Roots, 217 Schley Ave., Lewes, DE, 2001), p. 88 (William Hickman Family), 971. [S971] Wright, Col Fam of DE, Vol. 4, (Delmarva Roots, 217 Schley Ave., Lewes, DE, 2001), p. 94 (William Hickman Family), 971. [S2403] Wright, Col Fam of DE, Vol. 11, (Delmarva Roots, 217 Schley Ave., Lewes, DE, 2001), p. 2 (The John Bennett Family), 2403.