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(The Hlckcox Line).
Hickcox-Heacock Arms—Erminois, an elephant
azure on a chief of the second a sun between two
beehives or.
Crest—A hind sejant reguardant erminois col-
lared gules, reposing his dexter foot on a bee-
hive or.
This name comes from an old German
word, ikiko, contemporary in the tenth
century, which is a diminutive form of the
old Friesian ig, a point, sharp edge ; i. e.,
a little sword. This form developed
through the English as Heacock and Hic-
kock. The name itself is subject to a great
variety of forms. These range from
Hitchcock, Hickock, down to Hickox,
Hicks and Heacock. In this line the patronymic
is spelled Hickcox.
William Hickcox appears as "Mr. Hick-
cock" in New Haven as early as 1643, but
returned to England in 1648. On October
9, 1673, the General Court at Hartford
received a petition from twenty-six people
for a plantation in a "place called by ye
Indians Matitacook" (Mattatuck). Sam-
uel and Joseph Hickcox were signers in
this petition.
(I) Sergeant Samuel Hickcox and Joseph
Hickcox were very probably sons of
"Mr." William Hickcox, of New Haven,
Connecticut, and came to Waterbury
when that town was founded. Samuel
Hickcox and John Welton held the office
of Townsmen or selectmen in 1680, and
Samuel was one of the most influential
men in the town. He was sergeant in
the trainband, and from this time, 1686,
he was known as Sergeant Samuel Hickcox.
The inventory of his estate was
taken February 28, 1694-95. He married
Hannah. Children: i. Samuel, born in
1668; married Elizabeth Plumb. 2. Han-
nah, born in 1670; married John Dudd. 3.
Sergeant William, of whom further. 4.
Thomas, born in 1674; married Mary
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Brunson, March 27, 1700; he died June 28,
1728. 5. Joseph, born in 1677. 6. Mary,
born in 1680; married John Bronson. 7.
Elizabeth, born in 1682; married J. Norton.
8. Stephen, born in 1683. 9. Ben-
jamin, born in 1685. 10. Mercy, born in
1688. II. Ebenezer, born in 1692.
(II) Captain William Hickcox, son of
Sergeant Samuel and Hannah Hickcox,
was born in Waterbury, Connecticut, in
1673, and died November 4, 1737, and was
buried the following day. He was a propri-
etor and a man of note, grand juror, sur-
veyor, constable, townsman many times,
captain in 1727, and deputy in 1728. He
was always known as captain. He married
Rebecca Andrews, daughter of Abraham
and Rebecca Andrews, who was born
December 16, 1762. Children: i. William,
born February 14, 1699; died April 12,
1713. 2. Captain Samuel, of whom fur-
ther. 3. Abraham, born April 5, 1704;
died March 16, 1713. 4. John, born May
8, 1706; died April 26, 1713. 5. Rebecca,
born March 29, 1708; married Caleb
Thompson, August 16, 1731. 6. Rachel,
born May 16, 1710; married Jonathan
Prindle. 7. Hannah, born June 7, 1714;
married David Scott.
(III) Captain Samuel Hickcox, son of
William and Rebecca (Andrews) Hickcox,
was born May 26, 1702, and died May
13, 1765. He was called Captain Hickcox,
and he was the only son of William Hickcox
to survive the great sickness of 1713.
He married Mary Hopkins, daughter of
John Hopkins, who died August 19, 1768.
Children : i. Mary, born October 30, 1721
married Richard Seymour. 2. Mehitable,
born November 22, 1723 ;
married Stephen
Seymour. 3. William, born January 14,
1725-26. 4. Abraham, born January il,
1727-28. 5. John, born July 25, 1730. 6.
Samuel, born September 8, 1733. 7. Dor-
cas, of whom further.
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