Dear Peter, > I am new to the list Welcome. > and I am attempting to find the parents of a Paul > Hicks who was a grocer in Oxford. > ... > However an obituary in Jackson's Oxford Journal of 13th April 1839 has > the following:- > "Mr Hicks resided during NEARLY (my capitals) the whole of his life in > this his native city" > From this it seems as if he could have born some where other than Oxford. > ... It's my opinion that the writer, in using the words "native city", meant precisely that he was born in Oxford. So it seems to me altogether likely that the baptism from 1776 is the right one. I imagine "nearly" may cover a period of years when he was absent, perhaps as a young man apprenticed outside Oxford. > One further point, from the newspaper obituary, that I would very much > like to enlarge upon is the following sentence:- > "During the late war he was for some years a member of the Oxford > Regiment of Volunteers,passing through various gradations from private > to Captain" > I assume that this unit was a Home Guard type organisation raised to > combat any invasion from France during the Napoleonic War. I'm sure that's what it means. > Where could I find more information on this and do muster rolls exist? I don't know. However, I would suggest: * The Soldiers of Oxfordshire Trust: http://www.sofo.org.uk/ and http://www.sofo.org.uk/research-centre Among the regiments they sem to list the (cavalry) Yeomanry from the Napoleonic War, but not the (infantry) Volunteers - I may however have missed it. I'm sure they would be worth contacting though. * Oxfordshire Heritage Search: http://www.oxfordshire.gov.uk/heritagesearch (it would be worth searching with the terms 'volunteers' and 'militia', at least (and 'paul hicks'?) * searching Jackson's Oxford Journal online with a term like 'oxford n9 volunteers' will return many reports on the activities of the troops, although I haven't yet seen anything specific mention of Mr Hicks. Searching for Paul Hicks in JOJ also produced a few interesting hits. You might find more with various search terms. One item from the JOJ obituary you didn't mention was "His religious persuasion was that of a Baptist;". Did you know that the births of his children are recorded in the register of the New Road chapel? (see transcript available from Oxfordshire FHS). I wonder if any church book survives, that might record his admission or transfer to that church. Best wishes Paul -- Paul Betteridge, Leafield, Oxfordshire pbetteridge@pobox.com

Dear Paul, Thank you for your response to my queries I have contacted the Soldiers of Oxford Trust and drawn a blank there but haven't tried Oxfordshire Heritage Search. Earlier Jackson's Oxford Journal editions make mention of an Oxford Regiment of Loyal Volunteers, which I'm sure is the same unit as the Oxford Regiment of Volunteers,but no mention of a Captain Hicks found so far. I have found the baptisms of Paul Hicks' children at the New Road Chapel,you mention. One of these children,Henry Hicks,is one of my g.g.grandfathers. Looking for New Road Chapel records is some worth trying,thank you for the suggestion. Regards Peter Taylor Glossop On Sun, Aug 26, 2012 at 9:33 AM, Paul Betteridge <pbetteridge@pobox.com> wrote: > Dear Peter, > >> I am new to the list > > Welcome. > > > and I am attempting to find the parents of a Paul >> Hicks who was a grocer in Oxford. > > ... >> However an obituary in Jackson's Oxford Journal of 13th April 1839 has >> the following:- >> "Mr Hicks resided during NEARLY (my capitals) the whole of his life in >> this his native city" >> From this it seems as if he could have born some where other than Oxford. > > ... > > It's my opinion that the writer, in using the words "native city", meant > precisely that he was born in Oxford. So it seems to me altogether > likely that the baptism from 1776 is the right one. > > I imagine "nearly" may cover a period of years when he was absent, > perhaps as a young man apprenticed outside Oxford. > >> One further point, from the newspaper obituary, that I would very much >> like to enlarge upon is the following sentence:- >> "During the late war he was for some years a member of the Oxford >> Regiment of Volunteers,passing through various gradations from private >> to Captain" >> I assume that this unit was a Home Guard type organisation raised to >> combat any invasion from France during the Napoleonic War. > > I'm sure that's what it means. > >> Where could I find more information on this and do muster rolls exist? > > I don't know. However, I would suggest: > > * The Soldiers of Oxfordshire Trust: http://www.sofo.org.uk/ and > http://www.sofo.org.uk/research-centre > > Among the regiments they sem to list the (cavalry) Yeomanry from the > Napoleonic War, but not the (infantry) Volunteers - I may however have > missed it. I'm sure they would be worth contacting though. > > * Oxfordshire Heritage Search: > http://www.oxfordshire.gov.uk/heritagesearch > > (it would be worth searching with the terms 'volunteers' and 'militia', > at least (and 'paul hicks'?) > > * searching Jackson's Oxford Journal online with a term like 'oxford n9 > volunteers' will return many reports on the activities of the troops, > although I haven't yet seen anything specific mention of Mr Hicks. > > Searching for Paul Hicks in JOJ also produced a few interesting hits. > You might find more with various search terms. > > One item from the JOJ obituary you didn't mention was "His religious > persuasion was that of a Baptist;". Did you know that the births of his > children are recorded in the register of the New Road chapel? (see > transcript available from Oxfordshire FHS). I wonder if any church book > survives, that might record his admission or transfer to that church. > > Best wishes > > Paul > > -- > Paul Betteridge, Leafield, Oxfordshire > pbetteridge@pobox.com > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > OFHS Open Day - 6 October at Woodstock. > > See www.ofhs.org.uk > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to OXFORDSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message