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Many online genealogies [[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).

Many online genealogies [[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).

The first claims about David's parents being [[Ruben Hickox]] and [[Elizabeth Sickels]] on the internet seem to have come from from {{has person |name=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>. 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]].  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  He eventually rescinded his assertion of David's parentage.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>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.</ref>

The first claims about David's parents being {{has person |name=Ruben Hickox}} and {{has person |name=Elizabeth Sickels}} on the internet seem to have come from from {{has person |name=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>. 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]].  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>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.</ref>

Some sources list David's place of birth specifically as {{has location |city=New Haven |state=Connecticut}}. I have been unable to locate any primary sources to confirm this information.

Some sources list David's place of birth specifically as {{has location |city=New Haven |state=Connecticut}}. I have been unable to locate any primary sources to confirm this information.