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Ellis or Ellice[1] Hicks (c. 1315[2] – c. 1390) was an English knight.

Family[]

Ellis' son was John Hicks of Tortworth.[3] and his great grandson was Baptist Hicks, 1st Viscount Campden. Ellis Hicks is a direct paternal ancestor of Robert (James>Baptist>Thomas>John>Ellis) Hicks who immigrated to Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts, USA, on "The Fortune" 9 December 1621, and as such is an ancestor to many of the American Hicks.[3]

References[]

  1. Burke, Bernard (1868). A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire. 30th ed. London: Harrison. p. 573.
  2. Hicks (1982). Sir Ellis Hicks (1315), Captain John Ward (1598), John Wright (1500), Philip le Yonge (1295), and 7,812 descendants. Wilmington Printing Co. pp. 725. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of the State of Massachusetts. Lewis historical Publishing Company. 1910. p. 2685-. https://books.google.com/books?id=FM8UAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA2685. 
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