Hickmotts of Brenchley KENT 1550-1850
Sources: IGI (M1558-1876), C (1733-1875) Horsmonden Parish Registers: B (1703-1840) Ancestry.com ‘All England & Wales Marriages, 1538-1940’
Mary (1637, Brenchley; Robert & Mary Hammes) igi Mary’s father Robert Hickmott may have been the son of John and Mary Hickmott nee Stonestreate of Horsmonden.
Elizabeth (1659, Brenchley; Wm & Mildred) igi
17 Oct 1661 Leonard HICKMOTT/Susannah PATTISON Brenchley anc
05 Mar 1673 Eliz HICKMOTT/George FISHENDEN Brenchley anc
20 May 1678 Mary HICKMOTT/James REYNOLDS Brenchley anc
John (1693, Brenchley; Wm & Alice Welch) anc Thomas (1698, Brenchley; Wm & Alice Tyler) anc
William (1700, Brenchley; Wm & Alice Tyler) anc Ann (1701, Brenchley; Wm & Alice Tyler) igi
06 Apr 1703 John HICKMOTT/Mary SENNOCK Brenchley anc
Mary (1703, Brenchley; Wm & Alice Tyler) igi John (1706, Brenchley; John & Mary Sennock) anc John (1709, Brencley; John & Mary Sennock) anc
Elisabeth (1713, Brenchley; John) igi Anne (1716, Brenchley; John) igi Mary (1719, Brenchley; John) igi
09 Oct 1722 John HICKMOTT/Judith SAXBY Brenchley anc
John (1724, Brenckley; John) anc
13 May 1736 Thomas HICKMOTT/Elisabeth GIBBONS Brenchley anc
10 Oct 1738 John HICKMOTT/Elizabeth MILES Brenchley anc
John (1742, Brenchley; John) anc Anne (1744, Brenchley; John)=William Hutson (?) igi
01 Oct 1745 William HICKMOTT/Sarah HODGE Brenchley anc 15 Jun 1746 Mary HICKMOTT/John OUTRIDGE Brenchley anc
Mary (1746, Brenchley; John & Eliz Miles) igi Sarah (1748, Brenchley; Wm & Sarah Hodge) igi John (1748, Brenchley; John & Eliz Miles) anc John or William (1750, Brenchley; Wm & Sarah Hodge) anc
Note: The Marden Poor Law Records show that William and Sarah Hickmott and their children Ann, John, Sarah and Mary were brought from Brenchley to Marden on 13 April 1751.
Sarah (1751, Brenchley; John & Eliz Miles) igi Alice (1753, Brenchley; John & Eliz Miles) igi Elizabeth (1753, Brenchley; Wm & Sarah Hodge) igi Susanna (1753, Brenchley; Wm & Sarah Hodge) igi William (1755, Brenchley; Wm & Sarah Hodge) anc
[14 Aug 1757 John HICKMOTT/Mary WHITTLE Yalding igi]
Thomas (1759, Brenchley; Wm & Sarah Hodge) anc
12 Jun 1760 Eliz HICKMOTT/Thomas REEVE Brenchley igi
Judy (1764, Brenchley; John & Mary Whittle)=Edward Whitley in 1784 igi
16 Dec 1765 John HICKMOTT Brenchley reg
John (1766, Brenchley; John & Mary Whittle) anc
19 Nov 1766 Sarah HICKMOTT, wife of William Brenchley reg
25 Jan 1767 Anne HICKMOTT/William HUTSON Brenchley igi
07 May 1768 Alice HICKMOTT Brenchley reg
12 Oct 1769 Eliz HICKMOTT/Thomas GOLDSMITH Brenchley igi
02 Jan 1770 Anne HICKMOTT/James MARTINS Brenchley igi
11 Dec 1772 Thomas HICKMOTT Brenchley reg
09 Jan 1773 The widow HICKMOTT Brenchley reg
26 Dec 1777 John HICKMOTT/Susannah SALES Brenchley igi John was born at Lamberhurst in 1746, the son of John and Mary Hickmott. He and Susannah lived at Brenchley after their marriage and had at least three children there: Susannah (1778-80), John (1781-6) and William (1783). Susanna (1778-80, Brenchley; John & Susannah) igi
12 Apr 1778 Susannah HICKMOTT Horsmonden reg
14 Feb 1780 Susanna HICKMOTT, dau of John Brenchley reg
31 Oct 1780 Sarah HICKMOTT/John CLIFTON/ Brenchley igi We think that Sarah was the youngest daughter of Thomas Hickmott and Elizabeth Inge, born at Lamberhurst in 1764.
John (1781-6, Brenchley; John & Susannah) igi
21 Jun 1781 Celia HICKMOTT of Brenchley Horsmonden reg
William (1783, Brenchley; John & Susannah)=Harriet igi
07 Nov 1784 Judith HICKMOTT/Edward WHITLY Brenchley igi Judith was probably the daughter of John Hickmott and Mary Whittle. She was born at Brenchley in 1864.
08 Feb 1786 John HICKMOTT, 4, son of John Brenchley reg
31 Oct 1788 Stephen HICKMOTT/Hannah SCRACE Brenchley igi Born around 1757 and 1767 respectively, Stephen and Hannah lived at Brenchley for much of their married lives and had 13 children there: John (1789), Hannah (1791), Stephen (1793), Alice (1795), Mary (1797), Edward (1798), Sophia (1800), Priscilla (1802-2), Thomas (1803), William (1809), Elizabeth (1811), Abraham (1813) and Ann (1813). At the time of the 1841 census, Stephen and Hannah were living at Horsmonden. With them was their 25 year-old daughter Ann Hickmott and her two children Benjamin (3) and William Hickmott (5 weeks). Stephen and Hannah both died at Pembury, probably at the local union house, in 1844 and were buried at Brenchley. We haven’t as yet been able to determine Stephen’s parents.
John (1789, Brenchley; Stephen & Hannah) igi
[01 Jan 1789 Stephen HICKMOTT of Brenchley/Rebecca HOBBS Horsmonden igi] Stephen and Rebecca had two children at Horsmonden – Stephen (1789) and Harriet (1792) – and then three at Brenchley: John (1795), Richard (1797) and David (1800). We haven’t as yet been able to determine Stephen’s parents although his marriage record notes that he was from Brenchley.
17 Nov 1790 Lydia HICKMOTT/ Edward JEFFERY Brenchley igi Born at Lamberhurst in 1773, Lydia was the daughter of James and Mary Hickmott. She and Edward had nine children, all born at Brenchley: James (1791), Phoebe (1793), Mary (1795), Rachel (1797), Edward (1799), Alice (1801), John (1803), Thomas (1805) and William (1808). Lydia died the year of William’s birth. Edward died in 1849 and is buried at Brenchley. Their son William and his wife, Mary Ann Martin, and their family emigrated to Australia in 1838. One of his cousins, Edward Jeffery, and his family emigrated to New Zealand in 1874. Hannah (1791, Brenchley; Stephen & Hannah) igi Stephen (1793, Brenchley; Stephen & Hannah) igi
17 Feb 1795 Eliz HICKMOTT, 79, widow of John Brenchley reg This is probably Elizabeth Miles who married John Hickmott at Brenchley in around 1740 and had at least four children there: Anne (1744), Mary (1746), Sarah (1751) and Alice (1753).
Alice (1795, Brenchley; Stephen & Hannah) igi John (1795, Brenchley; Stephen & Rebecca) igi
Mary (1797, Brenchley; Stephen & Hannah) igi Richard (1797, Brenchley; Stephen & Rebecca) igi Edward (1798, Brenchley; Stephen & Hannah Scrace) igi
1800s
David (1800, Brenchley; Stephen & Rebecca) igi Sophia (1800, Brenchley; Stephen & Hannah) igi
07 Mar 1801 John HICKMOTT, 53 Brenchley reg We think John was the son of John and Mary Hickmott of Lamberhurst. He married Susannah Sales at Brenchley in 1777 and had three children there: Susannah (1778-80), John (1781-6) and William (1783).
Priscilla (1802-2, Brenchley; Stephen & Hannah) igi
17 Mar 1803 Susannah HICKMOTT, 56 Brenchley reg Probably Susannah Sales, wife of John Hickmott.
Thomas (1803, Brenchley; Stephen & Hannah)=Elizabeth Day igi
04 Jun 1809 Mary HICKMOTT, 78 Brenchley reg Probably Mary Whittle, wife of John Hickmott of Yalding and mother of Judith (1764, Brenchley).
William (1809, Brenchley; Stephen & Hannah)=Mary Apps in 1833 igi Elizabeth (1811, Brenchley; Stephen & Hannah) igi Abraham (1813, Brenchley; Stephen & Hannah)=Caroline Burton in 1838 igi Ann (1815, Brenchley; Stephen & Hannah) igi Martha (1821-21, Brenchley; Mary Hickmott) igi
16 Oct 1821 Martha HICKMOTT, 1m Brenchley reg Illegitimate daughter of Mary, daughter of Stephen and Hannah.
Caroline (1823, Brenchley; Stephen & Mary) igi
[27 Aug 1827 Charles HICKMOTT/Eliza ROCHESTER Lamberhurst reg Born at Lamberhurst in 1802, Charles was the youngest son of Thomas Hickmott and Elizabeth Whibley. Eliza was born at Rotherfield in Kent in 1804. They had six children: George (1831, Lamberhurst)=Mary Ann Butcher in 1852, John, (1833, Lamberhurst), Frances (1836, Lamberhurst), Mary Ann (1838, Lamberhurst), Sophia (1841, Brenchley)=William Pearman and Elizabeth (1843, Brenchley).]
26 Dec 1833 William HICKMOTT/Mary APPS Brenchley igi Born at Brenchley in around 1809, William was the son of Stephen Hickmott and Hannah Scrace. They were living at Brenchley in 1841.
Hester (1835, Brenchley; Elizabeth Hickmott) igi
[1838 Abraham HICKMOTT/Caroline BURTON Malling bdm] The censuses show Abraham, the son of Stephen Hickmott and Hannah Scrace, was born at Brenchley and Caroline at Horsmonden. They had at least twelve children: Mary Ann (1838, Horsmonden). Ellen (1841, Horsmonden), William (1843, Horsmonden), Dallsey (1845, Brenchley)=Thomas Waghorn, Thomas (1847, Brenchley), Sarah (1850, Brenchley), Charles (1853, Horsmonden)=Fanny Wilmshurst, Anna (1855, Brenchley), Kate (1856, Brenchley)=Thomas Hook, Henry (1859, Brenchley), Frederick (1861, Brenchly) and Caroline Minnie (1872). The Catherine House records show that a Caroline Hickmott, aged 55 years, died in the Tonbridge registration district in 1876.
Fanny (1838, Brenchley; John & Elizabeth) reg Stephen (1838, Brenchley; John & Elizabeth) reg
07 Mar 1838 Abraham HICKMOTT, 5 of Union House Pembury Brenchley reg
Sophia (1841, Brenchley; Charles & Eliza Rochester) bdm Elizabeth (1843, Brenchley; Charles & Eliza Rochester) bdm
1845 Benjamin HICKMOTT, 7 Brenchley reg
Thomas (1847, Brenchley; Abraham & Caroline) Tonbridge bdm
05 May 1850 James HICKMOTT/Margaret BURTON Brenchley igi Born at Lamberhurst in 1820, James was the eldest son of Thomas Coxe and Mary Hickmott nee Hodgskin. Margaret was born at Brenchley in 1828. After their marriage they lived at Brenchley until around the mid 1870s when they moved to Bromley in outer London. They had six children we know of, all born at Brenchley: Edwin Burton (1850), Virgil (1851), Izanna (1854), Walter (1857), Horace (1862) and Albert, (1866). James and Margaret died at Bromley in Kent in 1890 and 1908 respectively.
Edwin Burton (1850, Brenchley; James & Margaret) Tonbridge bdm
07 Aug 1850 Charles James HICKMOTT, 22 Brenchley reg
Virgil (1851, Brenchley; James & Margaret) igi
07 Nov 1852 George HICKMOTT/Mary Ann BUTCHER Brenchley igi George was born at Lamberhurst in 1839, the eldest son of Charles Hickmott and Eliza Rochester. Mary Ann was born at Southwark in Surrey. They seemed not to have had any children.
Izanna (1854, Brenchley; James & Margaret)=Joseph Shaw in London igi Anna (1855, Brenchley; Abraham & Caroline) igi Kate (1856, Brenchley; Abraham & Caroline)=Thomas Hook in 1875 igi Walter (1857-57, Brenchley; James & Margaret) igi Henry (1859, Brenchley; Abraham & Caroline) igi Frederick (1861, Brenchley; Abraham & Caroline) igi Horace (1862, Brenchley; James & Margaret) igi
02 Jun 1863 Isaac HICKMOTT/Frances DARTNALL Brenchley igi Isaac was born at Lymbush in Kent in 1836, the son of Thomas Coxe and Thirza Hickmott nee Smith. Frances was born at either Tonbridge Brenchley in 1842. They had three daughters: Ann (Brenchley, 1864), Ellen (Tonbridge, 1866) and Mary (Tonbridge, 1868).
03 Jul 1864 Dallsey HICKMOTT /Thomas WAGHORN Brenchley igi Born at Brenchley in 1845, Dallsey was the daughter of Abraham Hickmott and Caroline Burton.
27 Aug 1864 Eliza HICKMOTT /Henry KITCHENHAM Brenchley igi Eliza was born at Lamberhurst in 1844, the daughter of Thomas Coxe and Thirza Hickmott nee Smith. Henry was born at Wadhurst in 1843. They had four children all born at Brenchley: Mildred, Adelaide, Henry and Herbert Kitchenham.
Ann (1864, Brenchley; Isaac & Frances Dartnall)=John Simmonds in 1883 igi
13 Dec 1865 Ellen HICKMOTT/ Frederick BURR Brenchley igi
Albert (1866, Brenchley; James & Margaret) igi
15 Jul 1867 George HICKMOTT/Clarissa ROSE Brenchley igi George was born at Lamberhurst in 1846, the fourth son of Thomas Coxe and Thirza Hickmott nee Smith. Clarissa was born at Lamberhurst in 1847. The couple and their nine children - George (1870), John (1873), William (1875), Alice (1878), Louisa (1880), Horace (1882), Clarissa (1883), Elsie Eva (1886), Charles (1888) – emigrated to New Zealand in 1874.
Thomas (1868, Brenchley; George & Clarissa) igi
03 Jan 1869 Jacob HICKMOTT/Sarah ROBERTS Brenchley igi Jacob was born at Lamberhurst in 1839, the son of Thomas Coxe and Thirza Hickmott nee Smith. Sarah was born at Brenchley in 1848. The censuses indicate that they lived all their lives at Brenchley and had fifteen children there: George William (1869), Charles Frederick (1871), Louisa Emily (1872), Thomas Edward (1874), Thirza (1876), Albert J. (1877), Ellen E (1878), Daisy Jane (1881), Jacob (1883), Isaac (1884), Agnes (1886), Robert (1887), Florence (1888), Horace (1889) and Ernest (1890). Jacob died in Brenchley in 1890.
George William (1869, Brenchley; Jacob & Sarah Roberts)=Emily Fever igi Charles Frederick (1871, Brenchley; Jacob & Sarah)=Harriet Hudson igi Caroline Minnie (1872, Brenchley; Abraham & Caroline) igi Kate (1872, Brenchley; Abraham & Caroline) igi Louisa Emily (1872, Brenchley; Jacob & Sarah) bdm
03 Apr 1874 Charles HICKMOTT/Fanny WILMSHURST Brenchley igi Charles was probably the son of Abraham Hickmott and Caroline Burton. He was born at Brenchley in 1853. Fanny was born at Horsmonden. They had nine children all born at Brenchley: Edward (1875-82), Ann (1876), Carrie (1878), Thomas (1880), Jesse , Edwin (1885), Rose (1886) Frances Rebecca (1889) and Fred (1892).
Thomas Edward (1874, Brenchley; Jacob & Sarah) igi
13 Nov 1875 Thomas HOOK/Kate HICKMOTT Brenchley igi Kate was born at Brenchley in 1857, the daughter of Abraham and Caroline Hickmott. Thomas was born at Brenchley in 1837. In 1881 they had two children: Caroline (4) and Ernest Hook (2).
Edward (1875, Brenchley; Charles & Fanny) bdm Annie (1876, Brenchley; Charles & Fanny) bdm Thirza Ann (1876, Brenchley; Jacob & Sarah) bdm Albert James (1877, Brenchley; Jacob & Sarah)
[1878 Frederick HICKMOTT/Mary HARTFIELD Tonbridge bdm] ?
Carrie (1878, Brenchley; Charles & Fanny)=Renton William Hudson in 1900 bdm Ellen Elizabeth (1879, Brenchley; Jacob & Sarah) bdm Thomas (1880, Brenchley; Charles & Fanny) bdm Daisy Jane (1881, Brenchley; Jacob & Sarah) Jesse (1882, Brenchley) census Ebenezer S. (1883, Brenchley; Frederick & Mary census Isaac Henry (1884, Brenchley; Jacob & Sarah) bdm Edwin (1885, Brenchley; Charles & Fanny) bdm Robert Horace (1886, Brenchley; Jacob & Sarah) bdm Rose (1886, Brenchley; Charles & Fanny) bdm Florence Beatrice (1888, Brenchley; Jacob & Sarah) Tonbridge bdm Ernest Frank (1889, Brenchley; Jacob & Sarah) Tonbridge bdm Frances Rebecca (1889, Brenchley; Charles & Fanny) Tonbridge bdm Fred (1892, Brenchley; Charles & Fanny) Tonbridge bdm