Hello all, I'm looking for any information on the Hicks family of Hawley, in particular a Harriet, b 1866, and her brother Henry, b ca 1863. They are listed in the 1870 census of Hawley as children of McKendrick and Eliza Hicks. I would be very interested in any information available on them after 1880. My g-grandmother was Harriet Hicks, and I am trying to find out any information about her and her parents before she and brother Henry were left with the Shaker Sect in Enfield, CT. She appears there in the 1880 census of Enfield, CT. All we know about her is that she had a brother Henry, that he was a little older than her and did not remain with the Shakers. She always said her father's name was Thomas and her mother's was Elizabeth, but I can find nothing to substantiate it. She herself searched for many years to find her family and as far as we know had no success as did her daughter, my grandmother, with the same results. Although in her papers we found a letter from a postmaster in Sawyerville, Quebec, dated 1928, that he knew Henry Hicks, that he was working as a cook in a camp outside town, and would try to get a message to him. There is also a photo of a man taken in Sawyerville, but has no name on it, I assume it to be Henry Hicks. I don't know if this was the right Henry, or someone else. My Harriet married Frank King in 1888 and spent the rest of her life in Enfield, Ct. She and Grandpa King were very friendly with Cora and Lena Sears of Enfield. They accompanied them on several visits to Charlemont, Ma where The Sears' had family who owned a large farm there. My Mother says that Cora always gave the impression she knew more about Grandma's family but would not tell anything. Thank you for any help, Kathy ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ Owner of -- New England Genealogy http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~negenealogy/home.htm or ad free mirror site - http://homepage.myeastern.com/~kamaba/home.htm & New England Native American Mailing List http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Ethnic-Native/NEW-ENG-NATAM.html ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~