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Hickson

John James Hickson.
He mar 1809 to Sarah Day.
They had issue:

1. Mary Hickson, born 3 May 1811,
   bapt 7 May 1811 [Tralee CoI par records] (and other scan),
   died young.

   
   

2. Mary Agnes Hickson,
   born 27 November 1825, Nelson St, Tralee,
   bapt 1 December 1825 [Tralee CoI par records].
   Co.Kerry genealogist and historian.
   See wikipedia.
   See her works.
   See controversy with James Franklin Fuller in Kerry Evening Post 1893.
   See historical articles in Kerry Evening Post 1897.
   She wrote to Rev. Thomas Enraght Lindsay in 1897.
   She died unmarried in Mitchelstown, Co.Cork, 6 Apr 1899, age 73 yrs.
   She was bur St.John's graveyard, Tralee (a bit out of town N of St.John's church, see modern street view).
   See reprints of historical articles in Kerry Evening Post 1908.

Grave of Mary Agnes Hickson.
Near main entrance of St.John's graveyard, Tralee.
See full size. See other shot.
See wider shot showing location.
Photos 2006 by Kate Healy Coburn.

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Sources yet to be consulted

• Hickson copy (with hand-written notes) of Smith's History of Kerry [Smith, 1756].
  • See cover. Says owned by John James Hickson. But presumably the notes are by Mary Agnes Hickson.
  • See hand-written notes inside cover and on pp.52-53 and on pp.54-55 and page at back.