THIS I HOPE, WILL LEAD OTHER MEMBERS OF THE HICKMAN FAMILY FROM OXFORDSHIRE,  OF WHERE WE CAME FROM. OUR ROOTS, OUR FAMILY LINE, OUR ANCESTERS, PAST AND THE  FUTURE FROM NOW, THAT OUR NAME LIVES ON.

AS I COME FROM HENLEY-ON-THAMES, IN OXFORDSHIRE, WE KNOW THAT THIS NAME HAS  LIVED IN THIS COUNTY BEFORE 1066. SOME OF MY ANCESTERS COME FROM OXFORD, AND EGHAM, KINGSTON, POPULAR IN LONDON, AND NOW I HAVE DISCOVERED WE HAVE CONNECTIONS IN STAFFORDSHIRE.

HOPEFULLY WE WILL HAVE A VERY LARGE FAMILY TREE WITH EACH BRANCH OF THE  FAMILY, WHICH WE HOPE WILL BE COMPLETED OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS.

NOT ALL MY ANCESTORS, COME FROM OXFORDSHIRE, SOME HAVE COME FROM HAMPSHIRE, BUCKINGHAMSHIRE, NORTHAMPTONSHIRE, LEICESTERSHIRE, GLOUCESTERSHIRE, ISLE OF WIGHT, STAFFORDSHIRE, SHROPSHIRE, DOWN DEVON WAY PLUS WE BE LOOKING AT ROOTS THAT CAME FROM GERMANY TO THE UK, AND THEN OVER TO IRELAND AND THEN TO THE USA.  AS EACH LINE EXTENDS, WE WILL  UNCOVER MORE ABOUT THE HICKMAN LINE. WHO SERVED IN THE ARMED FORCES, WHO WERE BARGEMAN  / LIGHTERMAN ON THE RIVER THAMES, POLICEMEN, LABOURERS, HAS WORKERS AND ANOTHER  OWNING A PUB. FOLLOWING OTHERS WHO SERVED IN BRITAIN'S MILITARY.

THE HICKMAN'S HAVE MANY COATS OF ARMS WITH THESE COMING FROM ENGLAND, GERMANY, IRELAND. THE HICKMAN'S I HAVE DISCOVERED COME FROM MANY EUROPEAN COUNTIES WHERE THE SPELLING OF THE SURNAME DIFFER. I WILL PLACE ALL COAT OF ARMS OF ALL FAMILIES ON THE TREE SO YOU CAN HOPEFULLY DISCOVER WHICH IS YOURS. THE HICKMAN FAMILY HAVE A TARTAN WHICH I WAS SURPRISED BY, THIS BEING AN IRISH TARTAN FROM COUNTY CORK WHICH HAS 2 TARTANS ( CLODAGH TARTAN AND THE CORK TARTAN ) I FOUND THAT HICKMANS WHERE RECORDED IN CORK AND SURROUNDING AREA MOVED THERE AROUND 1660.

AS YOU LOOK FURTHER, YOU WILL SEE THAT ONE LINE OF THE TREE GOES BACK BEYOND 800 AD AND THERE ARE SOME FASCINATING NAMES. SOME OF THESE PEOPLE ARE WELL KNOWN.


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