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===DNA Evidence===

===DNA Evidence===

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===

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>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>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.  

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>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>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>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>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.

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, and further testing may be needed.

==Arrival in Georgia==

==Arrival in Georgia==