Saturday, March 20, 2010

George HICKCOX and Eunice HOLCOMB

Searching for some ancestors has just been hard. I learned at an early age to just be persistant and it has paid off many times. Such is the case with the parents of my ggg-grandmother Orpha (HICKCOX) Murray. Orpha is buried at the Austin Cemetery in Convis Township, Calhoun County, Michigan in a lot adjecent to my gg-grandparents Ezra and Charlotte (MURRAY) GRINNELL. (see Findagrave.com pages Austin Cemetery listings: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=52 )

Many years ago I was given Orpha's maiden name by my dad's cousin, a prominent genealogist and ornathologist Dr. Lawrence H. Walkinshaw. But the name Hickcox has so many spelling variations that I thougth I would never find them. With the help of published histories that were transcribed by volunteers on USGenWeb sites--success was had. The Hitchcox's or Highcoxs or HICKCOX's lived in or near Canandaigua, Ontario County, New York. George HICKCOX and his father Levi HICKCOX were early pioneers of Ontario County. Levi was also a celebrated Patriot of the American Revolution. Many of the HICKCOX's are buried in the Hunn or Woolhouse Cemetery in Ontario County. (http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=64928 )

Eunice HOLCOMB was the wife of George HICKCOX. The Holcombs have been a little more difficult and I am hesitant to conclusively confirm her parentage, but it appears that she was the daughter of Eldad HOLCOMB and Michal CHURCH. Birth records exist for a Eunice being born to Eldad and Michal in Granville, MA publications and George and Eunice name one of their daughters "Michael." So, I think I'm on the right track....but I'm hoping another peice of evidence surfaces. Interestingly, Eldad appears to be another one of those celebrated patriots of the American Revolution. How exciting to find this peice of information on two more ancestors.

Here is the family data:

James MURRAY (c1795-1855) and Orpha HICKCOX (1798-1863) Family
their children:
Nancy MURRAY (1821-1860) m: Hiram GRINNELL
Charlotte MURRAY (1823-1850) m: Ezra GRINNELL
Lydia MURRAY (1824-1880) m: Ezra GRINNELL
Rev. James Z. MURRAY (1828-aft. 1900) m: Hannah PERRY
Eunice MURRAY (1831-1851)

George HICKCOX (1772-1865) and Eunice HOLCOMB (1777-1845) Family
their children:
Orpha HICKCOX (1798-1863) m: James MURRAY
Eunice HICKCOX (1800-??)
George HICKCOX (1802-1899) m: Mary MALLORY
Luman HICKCOX (c1805-1810)
Michael S. HICKCOX (1807-aft 1900) m: Elias DURAND
Zophar HICKCOX (1810-??)
Luman C. HICKCOX (1812-1829)
Roxana HICKCOX (1815-??)
Candis HICKCOX (1819-??)