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Note: The Novemdate that I had for Nathan Hicks is a birthdate attributed to a Nathan Hicks who was born in Sussex County, Virgina - the son of Robert Hicks and Mary _, he had a sister named Amy. 1758, daughter of JOHANN CONRAD and JENNIE ANI'-WA'YA. 1740 in Virginia, and died 1829 in Georgia. This record is for Nathan Hicks who was born in Sussex County, Virgina - the son of Robert Hicks and Mary _, he had a sister named Amy. Nathan Hicks b.1740 (Robert 2 John 1) Sussex ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The leader, and soon Alice's greatest ally, is Margery, a smart-talking, self-sufficient woman who's never asked a man's permission for anything. 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