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PVT Samuel Hicks

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PVT Samuel Hicks Veteran

Birth
Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
Death
1 Mar 1797 (aged 68)
Sutton, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
Burial
Sutton, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA Add to Map
Plot
South Section (right of Center Drive), Row 3, Hicks lot
Memorial ID
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Son of John & Rebeckah (Champney) Hicks. The surname is spelled Hickes on Pg. 349 of the published Vital Records of Cambridge.

He and Elizabeth Leland married in Sutton on January 24, 1760.

He is identified as a Private in the Massachusetts militia prior to the Revolutionary War on Pg. 779 of the History of Sutton, 1704 - 1876.

Revolutionary War Veteran. He was placed on the Honor Roll of Revolutionary War veterans buried at Dodge Cemetery in the Veterans Grave Registration project report issued May 7, 1942. He is the Samuel Hicks recorded on Pg. 826 of Vol. 7 of the Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the Revolutionary War: "Private, Capt. Abraham Batcheller's co., Col. Jonathan Holman's regt.; service, 10 days; company marched to Providence, R.R., on an alarm in Dec., 1776. Roll sworn to in Worcester Co." Capt. Batcheller, who is also interred at Dodge Cemetery, commanded what was also called the East Sutton company which included this area and the later named Wilkinsonville district of Sutton.
Son of John & Rebeckah (Champney) Hicks. The surname is spelled Hickes on Pg. 349 of the published Vital Records of Cambridge.

He and Elizabeth Leland married in Sutton on January 24, 1760.

He is identified as a Private in the Massachusetts militia prior to the Revolutionary War on Pg. 779 of the History of Sutton, 1704 - 1876.

Revolutionary War Veteran. He was placed on the Honor Roll of Revolutionary War veterans buried at Dodge Cemetery in the Veterans Grave Registration project report issued May 7, 1942. He is the Samuel Hicks recorded on Pg. 826 of Vol. 7 of the Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the Revolutionary War: "Private, Capt. Abraham Batcheller's co., Col. Jonathan Holman's regt.; service, 10 days; company marched to Providence, R.R., on an alarm in Dec., 1776. Roll sworn to in Worcester Co." Capt. Batcheller, who is also interred at Dodge Cemetery, commanded what was also called the East Sutton company which included this area and the later named Wilkinsonville district of Sutton.

Inscription

Mr. Samuel Hicks died March 1, 1797 in the 69 year of his age.

Gravesite Details

Age: 69



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