Catherine Fewkes was listed in the 1841 census as, 'Catherine Fewkes, age 15, stocking spinner'. Her future husband, Thomas became an apprentice at an early age and in the same census of Whitwick he was listed as "Thomas Hickin, age 15, stocking spinner'.
Catherine, her husband, Thomas (age 25) and three children, Elizabeth, Orson, and Addison, crossed the Atlantic Ocean on the sailing vessel Ellen.
This ship sailed under the direction of J.W. Cummings and left Liverpool on January 8, 1851 with four hundred and sixty-six Saints aboard. Due to an accident the ship put in at North Wales for repairs, where they remained eighteen days. They finally arrived in New Orleans March 14, 1851, ten weeks after setting sail. The accommodations were poor and the ten weeks of living with nearly five hundred people on the small ship was an ordeal of endurance.
They experienced more difficulties getting from New Orleans up the Mississippi River to Old Kanesville, now Council Bluffs. Thomas worked hard all that summer and the following winter at any kind of job he could get, to earn means to purchase an outfit for crossing the plains to Utah.
In the spring of 1852, her husband and Marshall Kinsman teamed together to help each other and they secured one yoke of oxen, two yokes of cows, and a wagon with which to cross the plains. They joined the Eli B. Kelsey Company and made the trying journey of a thousand miles without any very serious troubles.
The Hicken family reached Provo in the fall of 1852 and during their time there Thomas built two houses. Their fourth child, Thomas, was born in the first house on December 19. He told his children that "He was born in a 'wattle' house, one made by thrusting willows side-by-side in the ground and plastering them with mud."
The wattle house was just one of the many hardships Thomas, Catherine, and the family endured as part of their pioneer life. While in Provo Thomas was active in military affairs. He served in Captain Thomas' regiment during the Walker War and in Captain Todd's regiment in the Black Hawk War. He was ordained a seventy in Provo in 1855 by Henry Rogers. While in Provo, Catherine bore a fifth child, Benjamin, who died a year later. Their sixth child, John, was also born there.
The family moved to Heber City in the spring of 1860. Orson was eleven years old and he helped clear the ground for cultivation. He went with his father to the nearby streams to obtain cottonwood logs to build a cabin for their first home, which was in the old fort in the northwest corner of town.
After a few years they settled in the new townsite on one-half of a city block. The Thomas Moulton family lived on the other half and Addison later married one of the Moulton girls. In August 1861, Catherine's last child, David, was born.
-Hicken Histories
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Catherine Hewkes is the daughter of Ann Toon and Benjamin Fewkes.
She married Thomas Hicken June 30, 1845 in Witwick, Leicestershire, England.
Children not listed below: Orson Hicken and Benjamin Hicken
Catherine, her husband, Thomas (age 25) and three children, Elizabeth, Orson, and Addison, crossed the Atlantic Ocean on the sailing vessel Ellen.
This ship sailed under the direction of J.W. Cummings and left Liverpool on January 8, 1851 with four hundred and sixty-six Saints aboard. Due to an accident the ship put in at North Wales for repairs, where they remained eighteen days. They finally arrived in New Orleans March 14, 1851, ten weeks after setting sail. The accommodations were poor and the ten weeks of living with nearly five hundred people on the small ship was an ordeal of endurance.
They experienced more difficulties getting from New Orleans up the Mississippi River to Old Kanesville, now Council Bluffs. Thomas worked hard all that summer and the following winter at any kind of job he could get, to earn means to purchase an outfit for crossing the plains to Utah.
In the spring of 1852, her husband and Marshall Kinsman teamed together to help each other and they secured one yoke of oxen, two yokes of cows, and a wagon with which to cross the plains. They joined the Eli B. Kelsey Company and made the trying journey of a thousand miles without any very serious troubles.
The Hicken family reached Provo in the fall of 1852 and during their time there Thomas built two houses. Their fourth child, Thomas, was born in the first house on December 19. He told his children that "He was born in a 'wattle' house, one made by thrusting willows side-by-side in the ground and plastering them with mud."
The wattle house was just one of the many hardships Thomas, Catherine, and the family endured as part of their pioneer life. While in Provo Thomas was active in military affairs. He served in Captain Thomas' regiment during the Walker War and in Captain Todd's regiment in the Black Hawk War. He was ordained a seventy in Provo in 1855 by Henry Rogers. While in Provo, Catherine bore a fifth child, Benjamin, who died a year later. Their sixth child, John, was also born there.
The family moved to Heber City in the spring of 1860. Orson was eleven years old and he helped clear the ground for cultivation. He went with his father to the nearby streams to obtain cottonwood logs to build a cabin for their first home, which was in the old fort in the northwest corner of town.
After a few years they settled in the new townsite on one-half of a city block. The Thomas Moulton family lived on the other half and Addison later married one of the Moulton girls. In August 1861, Catherine's last child, David, was born.
-Hicken Histories
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Catherine Hewkes is the daughter of Ann Toon and Benjamin Fewkes.
She married Thomas Hicken June 30, 1845 in Witwick, Leicestershire, England.
Children not listed below: Orson Hicken and Benjamin Hicken
Catherine Fewkes was listed in the 1841 census as, 'Catherine Fewkes, age 15, stocking spinner'. Her future husband, Thomas became an apprentice at an early age and in the same census of Whitwick he was listed as "Thomas Hickin, age 15, stocking spinner'.
Catherine, her husband, Thomas (age 25) and three children, Elizabeth, Orson, and Addison, crossed the Atlantic Ocean on the sailing vessel Ellen.
This ship sailed under the direction of J.W. Cummings and left Liverpool on January 8, 1851 with four hundred and sixty-six Saints aboard. Due to an accident the ship put in at North Wales for repairs, where they remained eighteen days. They finally arrived in New Orleans March 14, 1851, ten weeks after setting sail. The accommodations were poor and the ten weeks of living with nearly five hundred people on the small ship was an ordeal of endurance.
They experienced more difficulties getting from New Orleans up the Mississippi River to Old Kanesville, now Council Bluffs. Thomas worked hard all that summer and the following winter at any kind of job he could get, to earn means to purchase an outfit for crossing the plains to Utah.
In the spring of 1852, her husband and Marshall Kinsman teamed together to help each other and they secured one yoke of oxen, two yokes of cows, and a wagon with which to cross the plains. They joined the Eli B. Kelsey Company and made the trying journey of a thousand miles without any very serious troubles.
The Hicken family reached Provo in the fall of 1852 and during their time there Thomas built two houses. Their fourth child, Thomas, was born in the first house on December 19. He told his children that "He was born in a 'wattle' house, one made by thrusting willows side-by-side in the ground and plastering them with mud."
The wattle house was just one of the many hardships Thomas, Catherine, and the family endured as part of their pioneer life. While in Provo Thomas was active in military affairs. He served in Captain Thomas' regiment during the Walker War and in Captain Todd's regiment in the Black Hawk War. He was ordained a seventy in Provo in 1855 by Henry Rogers. While in Provo, Catherine bore a fifth child, Benjamin, who died a year later. Their sixth child, John, was also born there.
The family moved to Heber City in the spring of 1860. Orson was eleven years old and he helped clear the ground for cultivation. He went with his father to the nearby streams to obtain cottonwood logs to build a cabin for their first home, which was in the old fort in the northwest corner of town.
After a few years they settled in the new townsite on one-half of a city block. The Thomas Moulton family lived on the other half and Addison later married one of the Moulton girls. In August 1861, Catherine's last child, David, was born.
-Hicken Histories
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Catherine Hewkes is the daughter of Ann Toon and Benjamin Fewkes.
She married Thomas Hicken June 30, 1845 in Witwick, Leicestershire, England.
Children not listed below: Orson Hicken and Benjamin Hicken
Catherine, her husband, Thomas (age 25) and three children, Elizabeth, Orson, and Addison, crossed the Atlantic Ocean on the sailing vessel Ellen.
This ship sailed under the direction of J.W. Cummings and left Liverpool on January 8, 1851 with four hundred and sixty-six Saints aboard. Due to an accident the ship put in at North Wales for repairs, where they remained eighteen days. They finally arrived in New Orleans March 14, 1851, ten weeks after setting sail. The accommodations were poor and the ten weeks of living with nearly five hundred people on the small ship was an ordeal of endurance.
They experienced more difficulties getting from New Orleans up the Mississippi River to Old Kanesville, now Council Bluffs. Thomas worked hard all that summer and the following winter at any kind of job he could get, to earn means to purchase an outfit for crossing the plains to Utah.
In the spring of 1852, her husband and Marshall Kinsman teamed together to help each other and they secured one yoke of oxen, two yokes of cows, and a wagon with which to cross the plains. They joined the Eli B. Kelsey Company and made the trying journey of a thousand miles without any very serious troubles.
The Hicken family reached Provo in the fall of 1852 and during their time there Thomas built two houses. Their fourth child, Thomas, was born in the first house on December 19. He told his children that "He was born in a 'wattle' house, one made by thrusting willows side-by-side in the ground and plastering them with mud."
The wattle house was just one of the many hardships Thomas, Catherine, and the family endured as part of their pioneer life. While in Provo Thomas was active in military affairs. He served in Captain Thomas' regiment during the Walker War and in Captain Todd's regiment in the Black Hawk War. He was ordained a seventy in Provo in 1855 by Henry Rogers. While in Provo, Catherine bore a fifth child, Benjamin, who died a year later. Their sixth child, John, was also born there.
The family moved to Heber City in the spring of 1860. Orson was eleven years old and he helped clear the ground for cultivation. He went with his father to the nearby streams to obtain cottonwood logs to build a cabin for their first home, which was in the old fort in the northwest corner of town.
After a few years they settled in the new townsite on one-half of a city block. The Thomas Moulton family lived on the other half and Addison later married one of the Moulton girls. In August 1861, Catherine's last child, David, was born.
-Hicken Histories
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Catherine Hewkes is the daughter of Ann Toon and Benjamin Fewkes.
She married Thomas Hicken June 30, 1845 in Witwick, Leicestershire, England.
Children not listed below: Orson Hicken and Benjamin Hicken
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