The Ancestors of My Grandchildren

     Robert Hicks was born s 1580 in London, England.¹ He married Margaret.¹ He died on 24 May 1647 in Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts.¹

Other information:
Robert immigrated on 9 Nov 1621 on the 'Fortune' to Plymouth Colony.¹
     In 1623 he was granted in Plymouth Colony one acre of land as a passenger on the "Fortune," and his wife Margaret Hicks and her children were granted four acres as passengers on the "Anne." In 1627 Robert Hicks, Margaret Hicks, and Samuel Hicks, Ephraim Hicks, Lydia Hicks and Phoebe Hicks all received cattle.¹ He became a freeman before 1633.¹
     On 11 Feb 1639/40 Mr. Robert Hicks of Plymouth Colony, planter, sold to Samuel Hicks, his eldest son all his house, outhouses and garden in Plymouth Colony, together with several acres of land, and three cows.¹
Robert Hicks made a will on 28 May 1645. It was proved 15 May 1648. He gives to his son Ephraim Hicks his house, barn, buildings and gardens in Plymouth Colony, as well as several fields north of Plymouth Colony. He appoints his wife Margaret as executor, and gives her the right to three rooms in the house, plus the income from a third of the lands he gives to Ephraim, plus yearly twenty loads of wood, as long as she stays unmarried. Samuel Hicks, Ephraim Hicks, John Watson and John Bangs each 50 acres, and a number of other, smaller bequests.¹

Edward Bangs, Robert Hicks, and John Rogers all were in Plymouth Colony, and are mentioned on all kinds of lists in Stratton's book "Plymouth Colony: Its History and People." A number of other surnames (i.e. Pratt, Washburn, Leonard, Warren) occur in our genealogy and are in Plymouth Colony, but a connection has not been found.