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Jane Dorcas Hicks 1652–1700 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 14 February 1652

Birth Location: Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA

Death Date: 1700

Death Location: Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island

Father: Samuel Hicks

Mother: Lydia Doane

Spouse(s): Edmund Sherman

Children(s): David I

Jane Dorcas Hicks was born in 1652 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA, the child of Samuel Hicks And Lydia Doane. Jane Dorcas Hicks married Edmund Sherman, and had children including David Sherman I. Jane Dorcas Hicks passed away in 1700 in Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island.

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Biography

  • Jane Dorcas Hicks was born in 1652 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA, the child of Samuel Hicks And Lydia Doane.
  • Jane Dorcas Hicks married Edmund Sherman, and had children including David Sherman I.
  • Jane Dorcas Hicks passed away in 1700 in Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island.

Immediate Family

Parents

Samuel Hicks
1611–1676
Birth Location: St Mary Magdalen, Bermondsey, Southwork, London, London, England, United Kingdom
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Lydia Doane
1626–1672
Birth Location: Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA
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Spouses(s)

Edmund Sherman
1641–1718
Birth Location: Portsmouth, (Present Newport County), Colony of Rhode Island, USA
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Children(s)

David I
1680–1755
Birth Location: Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA
DI

Jane Hicks's Ancestors

Self
Jane Hicks
1652–1700
Birth Place: Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA
Parents
Samuel Hicks
1611–1676
St Mary Magdalen, Bermondsey, Southwork, London, London, England, United Kingdom
Lydia Doane
1626–1672
Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA
Grandparents
Margaret (Winslow [1621) Fortune]
1589–1670
Kempsey, Droitwich, Worcs., Eng., Herefordshire and Worcester, England, United Kingdom
Great-Grandparents
Edward Winslow
1560–1620
Eleanor Pelham
1560–1669
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Lady Thatcher
1550–1593

Jane Hicks's Descendants

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Jane (Dorcas) Hicks (14 February 1652–1700) m. Edmund Sherman (April 1641–1718)
  1. 1. David (Sherman) I 1680–1755
    1. 1. Margaret Sherman 1711–1782 m. Roger (II) Braley 1698–1778
      1. 1. Solomon Briley 1738–1795 m. Betsy Tyson 1745–1822
        1. 1. Unity Braley 1773–1822 m. Caleb Moore 1760–1821
        2. 2. Eunice Braley 1765–1822

Jane Hicks's Timeline

3 Records

1652
14 February 1652
Birth of Jane Dorcas Hicks in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA
Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA
1675
4 March 1675
Age 23
Jane Dorcas Hicks was married in Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island, USA
Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island, USA
1700
1700
Age 48
Death of Jane Dorcas Hicks in Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island
Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 14 February 1652
    Event Place: Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 4 March 1675
    Event Place: Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island, USA
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1700
    Event Place: Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index
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