The Hicks Family Crest

In 1665, at the Convention called together at Hempstead, Long Island, by Governor Nicolls, to decide on the government of the Province, under English supremacy, John Hicks represented Hempstead, his adopted home. It is stated that this John Hicks was a close relation [probably a nephew] of Robert Hicks, born in England, and who settled in Scituate, Mass., before 1630. That Robert was the greatgrandson of Thomas Hicks of Tortwort, Co. Gloucester, England, which estate he inherited from hsi father, John Hicks, himself descended from that Sir Ellis Hicks, who was knighted by Edward, the Black Prince, in 1356. The grandson of John Hicks, of Hempstead, mentioned above, was Whitehead Hicks, Mayor of the City of New York from 1766 to 1776: later, appointed a Judge of the Supreme Court. Elias Hicks, the Apostle of the Society of Friends in America (born, 1748), belonged to these Hempstead, L. I., Hickses. Samuel Hicks, one of the leading New York merchants of the beginning and middle of this c

Family

Hicks

Motto

Tout en bonne heure.All in good time.Tout bien ou rien.All well or nothing.

Blazon

A Buck's Head, Couped At The Neck, Or, Gorged With A Wreath Of Laurel: Proper.

Source

America Hereldica