Summary
Parents and family
Her Baptism record identifies her parents as Benjamin STANES and
Susannah.
Birth
15 Feb 1809, Name Sarah STAINES, daughter of Benjamin
STANES and Susannah in the parish of
Great Saling, Essex. Details taken from a
photostat of the register birth entry held by H Baldwin.
She was Baptised at Mill Lane Congregational Church in
Stebbing, Essex.
The register entry reads -
Sarah
Daughter of Benjamin Stanes and Susannah his Wife, of the Parish of
Great Saling in the County of Essex (born on the 15th Day of February
1809) was Baptised on the 30th Day of May 1809 By me Samuel Torr,
Protestant Dissenting Minister.
(Register of Births and Baptisms at Mill Lane Independent
Chapel in Stebbing, Essex from 1793 to 1829)
Childhood and education
Unknown
Employment
Unknown
Marriage
On the 30 April 1830 she married John HICKS, son of John HICKS. Her
account is continued under the
Marriage
section of John HICKS' Biography.
Time as a
widow
Her husband John
probably died in 1856 for on the 1861 Census she is
shown as a widow and in service. She is in
Bardfield Saling, Essex, but no
road name is shown on the page.
- Robert HEICKS, Head, Mar[ried], 44, Ag Lab, Essex, Terling
- Sarah HEICKS, Wife, Mar, 45, , Suffolk, Haverhill
- George HEICKS, Son, Un[married], 1[8 or 0], Ag
Lab, Essex, Bardfield Saling
- Ellen HEICKS, Daur, Un, 9, Scholar, Essex,
Bardfield Saling
- Emily HEICKS, Daur, Un, 6, Scholar, Essex,
Bardfield Saling
- Eli HEICKS, Son, Un, 3, , Essex, Bardfield Saling
- William HEICKS, Visitor, ,7m, , London
- Sarah, Nurse, W[idow], 53, Nurse / not
[know?]
There is also a family group at Long
Green,
Bardfield Saling, Essex, which appears to include two of the children
who were
with John & Susan on the 1841 Census, Henry and Ellen (called
Helen). This group has no head and no parents listed. They also use the
same locally-odd spelling HEICKS. The details are:
- Henry HEICKS, Son, Un[married], 22, Ag Lab,
Essex, Bardfield Saling
- Sarah HEICKS, Daughter, Un, 18, Farmer's daughter, Essex,
Bardfield Saling
- Mary
A HEICKS, Daughter, Un, 16, , Essex, Bardfield Saling
- Selina HEICKS, Daughter, Un, 14, , Essex, Bardfield Saling
- Helen HEICKS,Daughter, Un, 10, , Essex, Bardfield
Saling
- Elizabeth
HEICKS,Daughter, Un, 5, , Essex, Bardfield Saling
In the preceeding entry (Parsonage farm) is listed
- Emma GROUGHT, Servant, Un, 17, General Servant, Essex,
Stebbing
In the one two before that (in Church Road) is listed
- Elizabeth STOCK, Boarder, W, 63, , Essex, Gt Saling
These may be significant given the inferred marriage of Sarah's eldest
daughter to first GROUT then STOCK husbands.
On
the 1871 Census she is listed at Greenfields in Felsted, Essex.
She is in service, a role often filled by those who were
widowed. No marital status is given.
- Samuel FRENCH, Head, Married, 48, Ag Labourer, Essex,
Bardfield
- Herbert FRENCH, Son [Wife crossed out], Unm[arried], 19, Ag
Labourer, Essex, Gt Saling
- Walter FRENCH, Son, Unm, 17, Ag Labourer, Essex, Gt Saling
- George FRENCH, Son, Unm, 13, Ag Labourer, Essex, Gt Saling
- Charles FRENCH, Son, Unm, 11, Scholar, Essex, Gt Saling
- Edward FRENCH, Son, Unm, 9, Scholar, Essex, Gt Saling
- Rayner FRENCH, Son, Unm, 5, Scholar, Essex, Gt Saling
- Sarah HICKS, Housekeeper, 64, , Essex, Gt
Saling
On the 1881 Census she is listed at Van Yard,
Stebbing, Essex, she is a Widow and in service.
- Thomas WOOD, Head, W[idowed], 87, Pauper, Lt Dunmow, Essex
- Sarah HICKS, Housekeeper, W, 73,
Housekeeper, Bardfield Saling, Essex
Last Will and Testament
Unknown
Death
Probably 1887. The only candidate registration is for Sarah HICKS, aged 77, 1887 Sep Quarter, Dunmow, Vol 4a, Pg 318.
Burial
Unknpwn
Descendants and notable relations
To be continued...