Hickson, Rebecca

Birth Name Hickson, Rebecca
Gramps ID I0847
Gender female

Events

Event Date Place Description
Sources Notes
Birth 1837 Ohio, USA  
 
Census 1860 Union Twp, Huntington Cty, Indiana, USA  
1a
Census 1870 Pleasant View Twp, Cherokee Cty, Kansas, USA  
2a
Census 1875 Pleasant View Twp, Cherokee Cty, Kansas, USA  
3a
Census 1880 Pleasant View Twp, Cherokee Cty, Kansas, USA  
4a
Census 1900 Baker Twp, Crawford Cty, Kansas, USA  
5a

Families

    Family of DeWitt, Clark Edward Sr. and Hickson, Rebecca [F0022]
Married Husband DeWitt, Clark Edward Sr. [I0045] ( * 1824-05-31 + 1889-01-09 )
   
Event Date Place Description
Sources Notes
Marriage 1859-09-02 Huntington Cty, Indiana, USA  
6a
  Children
Name Birth Date Death Date
DeWitt, Belle Zora [I3966]1867-01-011902-07-29
DeWitt, Rosa [I3967]1870
DeWitt, William L. [I3968]1871-10-011887-08-20
DeWitt, Clark Edward Jr. [I3969]1874-04-121945-03-03
DeWitt, Warren Quimby [I3970]1878-03-111945-10-31
DeWitt, Clarence [I3972]1880-10-011885-12-10

Narrative

Her last name is recorded in the hand-written marriage record in an Indiana State ledger, and was written over the original mistaken entry, making it difficult to read. The indexer took it to be Hickson, and I can't say that I can read it any more clearly to come up with anything different at this point.

Her age is taken from my assumption that the indexer misread her age on the 1860 US Census; the index (as shown on FamilySearch.org) gives her age in 1860 as 23, but that would make her only ten years older than her oldest child. I think it more likely the age written was 33, making her only two years younger than her husband Clark and twenty years older than her eldest daughter, Sarah.

ADDENDUM: See the notes for Clark DeWitt, her husband; I believe now that Rebecca was Clark's second wife, and that his first wife died sometime after 1850 but before 1859, and that the ages given for Rebecca in the 1860 and 1870 US Census listings (as indexed) were correct. I've updated her birthdate accordingly.

SECOND ADDENDUM: The California death record (dated 31 Oct 1945) for her youngest son, Warren Quimby Dewitt, gives his mother's maiden name as Hickson. Rebecca was living with Warren and his wife in Baker Twp, Crawford Cty, Kansas in the 1900 US Census, listed as widowed, suggesting that her husband Clark had died sometime after 1880. In the 1910 US Census, her son Warren is counted in Baker Twp again, with his wife and his four-year-old son, but without his mother; at this point it seems likely she was deceased, but she may have been simply living elsewhere.

Pedigree

    1. Hickson, Rebecca
      1. DeWitt, Clark Edward Sr. [I0045]
        1. DeWitt, Belle Zora [I3966]
        2. DeWitt, Rosa [I3967]
        3. DeWitt, William L. [I3968]
        4. DeWitt, Clark Edward Jr. [I3969]
        5. DeWitt, Warren Quimby [I3970]
        6. DeWitt, Clarence [I3972]

Source References

  1. US Census of 1860 [S0044]
      • Date: 1860
      • Citation:

        "United States Census, 1860," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M4FK-RT5 : accessed 23 December 2014), Clark Dewitt, Union Township, Huntington, Indiana, United States; from "1860 U.S. Federal Census - Population," Fold3.com; citing p. 113, household ID 759, NARA microfilm publication M653, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.; FHL microfilm 803,267.

        Event Year: 1860
        Event Place: Union Township, Huntington, Indiana, United States
        Clark Dewitt M 35 Ind
        Rebecca Dewitt F 23 Ohio
        Sarah Dewitt F 13 Ind
        Rebecca Ann Dewitt F 12 Ind
        Elizabeth Dewitt F 7 Ind
        Lorence H Dewitt M 5 Ind

  2. US Census of 1870 [S0020]
      • Date: 1870-08-03
      • Citation:

        "United States Census, 1870," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MCJJ-SWT : accessed 23 December 2014), Clark Dewitt, Kansas, United States; citing p. 19, family 142, NARA microfilm publication M593, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington D.C.; FHL microfilm 545,929.

        Event Year: 1870
        Event Place: Kansas, United States
        Clark Dewitt M 45 Indiana
        Rebecca Dewitt F 33 Ohio
        Elizabeth Dewitt F 18 Indiana
        Lorenza Dewitt M 15 Indiana
        Belzora Dewitt F 3 Indiana
        Rosa Dewitt F 0 Kansas

  3. Kansas State Census of 1875 [S0391]
      • Citation:

        "Kansas State Census, 1875," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QL66-27ND : 12 March 2020), Clark Dewit, Cherokee, Crawford, Kansas, United States; citing Census, Cherokee, Crawford, Kansas, United States, 3, Kansas State Historical Society, Topeka; FHL microfilm 570,200.

        Kansas State Census of 1875
        Event Place: Pleasant View, Cherokee, Crawford, Kansas, United States
        Clark Dewit Male 49 Indiana
        R E Dewit Female 37 Ohio
        B Z Dewit Female 8 Indiana
        Wm L Dewit Male 4 Kansas
        B B Dewit Male 0 Kansas

         

  4. US Census of 1880 [S0045]
      • Date: 1880
      • Citation:

        "United States Census, 1880," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MFPL-X3J : accessed 23 December 2014), Rebecca Dewitt in household of Clark Dewitt, Pleasant View, Cherokee, Kansas, United States, 47; citing sheet 563B, film number 0376, NARA microfilm publication T9, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington D.C.; FHL microfilm 1,254,376.

        Event Year: 1880
        Event Place: Pleasant View, Cherokee, Kansas, United States
        Clark Dewitt Self M 45 Indiana, United States
        Belzora Dewitt Daughter F 13 Indiana, United States
        William Dewitt Son M 8 Kansas, United States
        Clark E Dewitt Son M 5 Kansas, United States
        Warren Dewitt Son M 2 Kansas, United States
        Rebecca Dewitt Wife F 43 Ohio, United States

  5. US Census of 1900 [S0039]
      • Date: 1900
      • Citation:

        "United States Census, 1900," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MMTD-PB5 : accessed 23 December 2014), Rebecca Dewit, Baker Township (part), Crawford, Kansas, United States; citing sheet 26B, family 550, NARA microfilm publication T623, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.; FHL microfilm 1,240,476.

        Event Year: 1900
        Event Place: Baker Township (part), Crawford, Kansas, United States
        Rebecca Dewit Head F 63 Ohio
        Warren I Dewit Son M 22 Kansas
        Ata E Dewit Daughter-in-law F 18 Kansas

  6. Indiana, Marriages, 1811-1959 [S0069]
      • Confidence: High
      • Citation:

        "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XXJS-BVQ : 5 November 2017), Clark Dewit and Rebecca Hickson, ; citing Huntington, Indiana, United States, various county clerk offices, Indiana; FHL microfilm 2,320,965.