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Author: David J. Perkins
Daniel Hickok was born in Danbury, CT (Bethel) in 1748 to Ebenezer and Esther Curtiss Beach Hickok.
He married on 23 Nov 1769, Lucy Starr of Danbury, CT (Bethel), daughter of Thomas Starr and Mary Sherman Starr. Lucy & Daniel had 6 children. He died 24 Dec 1835 in Danbury (Bethel) and is buried in the Congregational church cemetery in Bethel. Lucy was born in 1749 and died in 1795.
Daniel was a Captain in the 1st Battalion in Colonel Samuel Whiting’s Regiment of the Connecticut Militia (1776-1779). He turned out with his company to repel the enemy at New Haven in 1779. He was placed on the Pension Roll in 1832 at the age of 84.
Local legend has it that Capt. Daniel Hickok's house at 13 Blackman Ave in Bethel was used on the night of April 27, 1777 by Generals David Wooster, Gold Selleck Sillman and Benedict Arnold to plan the attack on British forces raiding Danbury.
After the war, Daniel returned to his trade as a shoemaker.
Children of Daniel Hickok and Lucy Starr are: Daniel Hickok Jr born 4 Feb 1771 in Bethel and died 29 May 1828 in Bethel Esther Hickok born 28 Aug 1772 in Danbury and died 13 Dec 1823. Noah Hickok born 6 Dec 1774 in Danbury and died 15 Sep 1842 in Bethel. Silas Hickok born 26 Nov 1777 in Danbury and died 10 Apr 1855 in New Canaan, CT. Lucy Hickok born 26 Nov 1777 in Danbury and died 27 Dec 1841. Amos Hickok born 17 Dec 1781 in Danbury and died in 1814 at Fort George, Florida.
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