The name ‘Hicks’ originates from England. it is thought to have derived from the name ‘Hick’ from the medieval name ‘Hicke’, a pet form of ‘Richard’ . The substitution of H- as the initial resulted from the inability of the English to cope with the velar Norman R-; cf. Hibb, Hodge, and also Hann. ‘Hick(e)s’ is widely distributed, but is most common in the West Country. Compiled information from Historical and Private archive’s has confirmed that the name ‘Hicks’ and or it’s variant’s, dates as far back as the 13th century were a ‘Hikke de Sauteby ‘, from the County of Yorkshire, England, is recorded on the Hundred Rolls in 1273. The exact period of settlement in North America has not been definately determined but Information extracted from Public and Civil registry archive’s confirm that one of the first settlers was a certain ‘Robert Hicks’, from London, England, emigrated to America in 1634, aboard the ship named the ‘Fortune’, and settled on Long Island, New …
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