Hickson Genealogy

Hicksons in Liverpool, Lancashire

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Heads of families

- can anyone help me link these together?

  1. John Hickson of Liverpool, Mariner died ca 1782
  2. John Hickson was recorded as a Roper in the 1790s
  3. Joseph Hickson was the father of 5 children between 1748 & 1763
  4. Mary Hickson married Peter Painter in 1769
  5. Richard Hickson, father of Ellen, Mary, Richard, Alice & Margaret, baptised between 1737 & 1743
  6. William Higson married Mary Falconer, died 1775
  7. William Hickson was a Cooper in 1790
  8. William Hickson died 1838 in Liverpool

(Other) Hickson / Higson families which have some connection to Liverpool, even if somewhat remote

I am looking for their parents

The following people were found in various directories in Liverpool:

Ref: Directories

The following people were found in Poll Books in Liverpool:

Ref: PollBooks

The following people were found in census records in Liverpool:

Name approx dob birth location census
Catherine Hickson 1784 Lancashire 1841
Mary Hickson 1786 Lancashire 1841
Hannah Hickson 1801 outside Lancashire 1841
Betsey Hickson 1806 Scotland 1841
Peter Hickson 1806 outside Lancashire 1841
Mary A Higson 1806 London 1881
John Higson 1806 Lancashire 1841
William Hickson 1806 Scotland 1841
Job Hickson 1881 outside Lancashire 1841
Francis Hickson 1811 Scotland 1841
Eliza Hickson 1815 ? 1841
Ralph Hickson 1816 Lancashire 1841
William Higson 1819 Outside Lancashire 1841
Harriet Hickson 1824 Lancashire 1841
Henry Hickson 1826 Lancashire 1841
Ann Hickson 1828 Scotland 1841
Mary Hickson 1830 Scotland 1841
William Henry Higson 1831/2 Liverpool 1861, 1871
Betsey Hickson 1834 Scotland 1841
Amelia Ann Higson 1835 Lancashire 1841
John Higson 1837 Lancashire 1841
Elizabeth Hickson 1838 Lancashire 1841
Margaret Higson 1839 Lancashire 1841
Ann Hickson 1839 Lancashire 1841
William Hickson 1840 Lancashire 1841
Sarah Hickson 1841 Lancashire 1841
William Higson 1841 Lancashire 1841
Thomas W Hickson 1849 Liverpool 1881, 1901
Elizabeth Hickson 1860 Warrington 1901
Samuel Hickson 1865 Barnton, Cheshire 1901
Walter Hickson 1868 East Macclesfield 1881
Levinia Hickson 1872 Liverpool 1881
Ernest Hickson 1874 Liverpool 1901
Thomas Hickson 1874 Liverpool 1901
Mary Hickson 1876 Liverpool 1901
George Hickson 1896 Liverpool 1901
Arthur Hickson 1897 Macclesfield 1901
Arthur S Hickson 1898 Liverpool 1901

Most 1901 census records excluded

Ref: Census

There was a Liverpool Brewery called Hicksons (Higsons?) which was bought out by Boddingtons, which in turn was bought out by Greenhall Whitney.

I have many more found in the IGI records and many strays also connected to Liverpool.