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==Parents Discussion==

==Parents Discussion==

{{anchor|pd paragraph 1}}Many [[:Category:Online Genealogies|online genealogies]] list [[David Hickox|David's]] parents as Ruben Hickox (15 Dec 1760 - 1850) and Elizabeth Sickels (1760 - 1845). I have been unable to locate any [[:Category:Primary Sources|primary sources]] linking David to these individuals. So far, all documented links appear to be circumstantial (same name, about the same time, in the same state).

Many online genealogies|online genealogies list [[David Hickox|David's]] parents as [[Ruben Hickox]] (15 Dec 1760 - 1850) and [[Elizabeth Sickels]] (1760 - 1845). I have been unable to locate any primary sources linking David to these individuals. So far, all documented links appear to be circumstantial (same name, about the same time, in the same state).

{{anchor|pd paragraph 2}}The first claims about David's parents being {{Notes links first and last  |First_Name =Ruben |Last_Name =HICKOX  |TNG_ID =700117802198}} and {{Notes links first and last  |First_Name =Elizabeth |Last_Name =SICKELS  |TNG_ID =700117802294}} on the internet seem to have come from from Basil King.  In the late 1990's,  Basil was trying to join the Sons of the American Revolution and needed a documented Revolutionary War ancestor<ref group="note">. In light of the recent [[#DNA Discussion|DNA evidence]], Basil's research may now be relevant to [[David Hickox]]. According to the NSSAR Record Copy Clerk Basil joined under [[Nathan Sweat]]^{[[#Footnote Sources|[??]]]}.  Nathan is not known to be an ancestor at this time.</ref> He assumed he had found David's parents when he found Ruben and Elizabeth son about [[David Hickox]]'s age named David. He put the claim on the internet, where it has spread.  He eventually rescinded his assertion of David's parentage.<ref group="note">Basil originally found Reuben and Elizabey by census records for all the David Hickoxes of about the age of our David. It was then that he thought was our David as the son of Reuben (I) & Eliz. Hickox.  Later Basil found found (now believed to be incorrectly) Reuben and Elizabeth's David living in the mid-west with his widowed mother Elizabeth during the time when our David was clearly living in Georgia. I think he somehow confused this latter David with the son of Reuben & Eliz. that we now have good reason to believe was our YD, and retracted his assertion that he had found YD’s parents. ^{[[#Footnote Sources|[??]]]}</ref> ^{[[#pd sources|[??]]]}

The first claims about David's parents being [[Ruben Hickox]] and [[Elizabeth Sickels]] on the internet seem to have come from from Basil King.  In the late 1990's,  Basil was trying to join the Sons of the American Revolution and needed a documented Revolutionary War ancestor<ref group="note">. In light of the recent [[#DNA Discussion|DNA evidence]], Basil's research may now be relevant to [[David Hickox]]. According to the NSSAR Record Copy Clerk Basil joined under [[Nathan Sweat]]^{[[#Footnote Sources|[??]]]}.  Nathan is not known to be an ancestor at this time.</ref> He assumed he had found David's parents when he found Ruben and Elizabeth son about [[David Hickox]]'s age named David. He put the claim on the internet, where it has spread.  He eventually rescinded his assertion of David's parentage.<ref group="note">Basil originally found Reuben and Elizabeth by census records for all the David Hickoxes of about the age of our David. It was then that he thought was our David as the son of Reuben (I) & Eliz. Hickox.  Later Basil found found (now believed to be incorrectly) Reuben and Elizabeth's David living in the mid-west with his widowed mother Elizabeth during the time when our David was clearly living in Georgia. I think he somehow confused this latter David with the son of Reuben & Eliz. that we now have good reason to believe was our YD, and retracted his assertion that he had found YD’s parents. ^{[[#Footnote Sources|[??]]]}</ref> ^{[[#pd sources|[??]]]}

{{anchor|pd paragraph 3}}Some sources list David's place of birth specifically as New Haven, Connecticut. I have been unable to locate any primary sources to confirm this information.

Some sources list David's place of birth specifically as New Haven, Connecticut. I have been unable to locate any primary sources to confirm this information.

===DNA Evidence===

===DNA Evidence===

{{anchor|pd paragraph 4}}In 2013 [[O.J. Hickox]] submitted a DNA sample to ancestry.com. Through their analysis the DNA matched an individual with 95% confidence, whose 3x great grand father was {{Notes links first and last  |First_Name =Ruben II |Last_Name =HICKOX  |TNG_ID =700117802198}} (1793-1884), a documented son {{Notes links first and last  |First_Name =Ruben |Last_Name =HICKOX  |TNG_ID =700117802198}} and {{Notes links first and last  |First_Name =Elizabeth |Last_Name =SICKELS  |TNG_ID =700117802294}}, and a 5th to 8th cousin, with “moderate“ confidence, whose 4x Great Grand Father was also Reuben Hickox. Ancestry.com also matched several other 5th to 8th cousins defending from {{Notes links first and last  |First_Name =William |Last_Name =HICKOX  |TNG_ID =700117802296}} William Hickox (son of Ruben Hickox II). <ref group="note">For help understanding these relationships, see Ruben's [http://crewsgenealogy.com/tng/descend.php?personID=I700117802293&tree=Jason-Shannon&display=compact&generations=3 decendancy chart].</ref>Because we can document O.J. is the 3x great grand son of David this suggests with high degree of likelihood a common male relative, and that male relative is likely Reuben Hickox.  Documenting this connection is more difficult.     

In 2013 [[O.J. Hickox]] submitted a DNA sample to ancestry.com. Through their analysis the DNA matched an individual with 95% confidence, whose 3x great grand father was {{Notes links first and last  |First_Name =Ruben II |Last_Name =HICKOX  |TNG_ID =700117802198}} (1793-1884), a documented son {{Notes links first and last  |First_Name =Ruben |Last_Name =HICKOX  |TNG_ID =700117802198}} and {{Notes links first and last  |First_Name =Elizabeth |Last_Name =SICKELS  |TNG_ID =700117802294}}, and a 5th to 8th cousin, with “moderate“ confidence, whose 4x Great Grand Father was also Reuben Hickox. Ancestry.com also matched several other 5th to 8th cousins defending from {{Notes links first and last  |First_Name =William |Last_Name =HICKOX  |TNG_ID =700117802296}} William Hickox (son of Ruben Hickox II). <ref group="note">For help understanding these relationships, see Ruben's [http://crewsgenealogy.com/tng/descend.php?personID=I700117802293&tree=Jason-Shannon&display=compact&generations=3 decendancy chart].</ref>Because we can document O.J. is the 3x great grand son of David this suggests with high degree of likelihood a common male relative, and that male relative is likely Reuben Hickox.  Documenting this connection is more difficult.     

===Other Evidence===

===Other Evidence===

{{anchor|pd paragraph 5}}In 1842 {{Notes links first middle last  |First_Name = James | Middle_Name =Henry |Last_Name =HICKOX |TNG_ID= 700117802297}}, eldest son of Reuben and Elizabeth, gave a deposition naming his siblings, including a brother David. <ref group="note">I would like to locate the actual deposition.</ref> Further, as is shown below, a bible from the family of a woman who married their son Benjamin Hickox (1793/5-?) also lists a David Hickox as a family member, along with the other siblings of her husband. I received a responce, need to update. While a number of other David Hickoxes of the right approximate age have been found, no clear connection to Reuben and Elizabeth has been established with any of them.  

In 1842 {{Notes links first middle last  |First_Name = James | Middle_Name =Henry |Last_Name =HICKOX |TNG_ID= 700117802297}}, eldest son of Reuben and Elizabeth, gave a deposition naming his siblings, including a brother David. <ref group="note">I would like to locate the actual deposition.</ref> Further, as is shown below, a bible from the family of a woman who married their son Benjamin Hickox (1793/5-?) also lists a David Hickox as a family member, along with the other siblings of her husband. I received a responce, need to update. While a number of other David Hickoxes of the right approximate age have been found, no clear connection to Reuben and Elizabeth has been established with any of them.  

{{anchor|pd paragraph 6}}Despite the lack of a clear paper trail our David is a probable candidate for the elusive son of [[Reuben Hickok]] and [[Elizabeth Sickels]]  . He would have been the right age at the right time, and he fits neatly into the chronological list of their children mentioned above. While he is not found in the 1820 census, we know he moved to southern Georgia about that time then because he married {{Notes links first and last |First_Name=Elizabeth |Last_Name=Knowles |TNG_ID=I700117802203 }} in 1821 (who died soon thereafter).  In 1830 the census taker recorded that David was born in Connecticut in 1798. That statement shows up in several later census records<ref group="note">See also [[#1880 Census Discussion|1880 Census Discussion]]</ref>, including those of some of his children. He also drew land in North Georgia in the 1832 land-lottery<ref group="note">See also [[#Land Lottery Discussion|Land Lottery Discussion]]</ref>, possibly as a result of his father’s Revolutionary War service, in which Reuben Hickox was a veteran. Finally, our family lore records that our David came to Georgia with a brother looking for timber to buy for northern interests, got sick, was taken in by a local family, and met and married a local girl (Knowles) while the brother returned to the north.  Family lore also relates that he communicated with relatives in Pennsylvania for some time before the Civil War, and we know that [[Reuben Hickox II]] moved there in 1823. None of this identifies the the relative with whom David was communicating, nor does it prove a connection with Reuben and Elizabeth, but it is consistent with both the established facts and family lore.  

Despite the lack of a clear paper trail our David is a probable candidate for the elusive son of [[Reuben Hickok]] and [[Elizabeth Sickels]]  . He would have been the right age at the right time, and he fits neatly into the chronological list of their children mentioned above. While he is not found in the 1820 census, we know he moved to southern Georgia about that time then because he married {{Notes links first and last |First_Name=Elizabeth |Last_Name=Knowles |TNG_ID=I700117802203 }} in 1821 (who died soon thereafter).  In 1830 the census taker recorded that David was born in Connecticut in 1798. That statement shows up in several later census records<ref group="note">See also [[#1880 Census Discussion|1880 Census Discussion]]</ref>, including those of some of his children. He also drew land in North Georgia in the 1832 land-lottery<ref group="note">See also [[#Land Lottery Discussion|Land Lottery Discussion]]</ref>, possibly as a result of his father’s Revolutionary War service, in which Reuben Hickox was a veteran. Finally, our family lore records that our David came to Georgia with a brother looking for timber to buy for northern interests, got sick, was taken in by a local family, and met and married a local girl (Knowles) while the brother returned to the north.  Family lore also relates that he communicated with relatives in Pennsylvania for some time before the Civil War, and we know that [[Reuben Hickox II]] moved there in 1823. None of this identifies the the relative with whom David was communicating, nor does it prove a connection with Reuben and Elizabeth, but it is consistent with both the established facts and family lore.  

So, while the DNA points right in their vicinity and the circumstantial evidence is strong, the search for documentation firmly linking our David to Reuben and Elizabeth must continue.^{[[#pd sources|[??]]]}

So, while the DNA points right in their vicinity and the circumstantial evidence is strong, the search for documentation firmly linking our David to Reuben and Elizabeth must continue.^{[[#pd sources|[??]]]}