• Christened: 15 Aug 1749, Madron, Cornwall ¹
• Married: 28 Feb 1768, Madron, Cornwall ¹
• Died: 18 Jan 1828, Penzance, Cornwall
• Buried: 25 Jan 1828, Madron, Cornwall ¹

  Research Notes:

In 1782 Margaret the wife of Richard Hichens, Esquire, was a beneficiary of her mother's will.

In 1801 Margaret Hickens (i.e. Hichens) was a beneficiary of the will of her sister Anne Jenkins of Penzance, widow, receiving £100.

In 1806 Margaret the wife of Richard Hichens, Esquire, was a beneficiary of the will of her aunt Elizabeth Borlase of Penzance, spinster.

In 1813 Margaret Hichens was a beneficiary of the will of her aunt Mary Usticke of the town of Penzance, widow, receiving £10.

In 1825 Mrs. Margaret Hitchens was a beneficiary of the will of her aunt Caroline Borlase of Penzance, spinster, receiving £30.

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On the 18th inst., at Penzance, Mrs. Hichens, relict of the late Richard Hichens, Esq.

The Morning Chronicle (London), Tuesday, 22 Jan 1828, p. 4

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Margaret Hichens of Penzance died aged 78 years (burial record).

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Abstract of the Will of Margaret Hichens of the Town of Penzance in the County of Cornwall, Widow, written 9 Dec 1822, proved 11 Jun 1828. ²

Gives to her three daughters Margaret Trevelyan, widow, Lydia Lumsden, widow, and Ann Robyns, wife of the Reverend Thomas Robyns, and their heirs, her third share of all those messuages, lands and tenements, called Rosemergy, located in the parish of Morvah, the lands of inheritance of her late father George Veale, Gentleman, deceased.

Gives to her son Thomas Cuthbert Hichens her six silver table spoons which belonged to her late son, Richard Hichens, deceased.

Gives to her friend John Tremenheere, Gentleman, the rest of her plate and silverware, and also all her china, in trust, for the benefit of her grandson George Veale Hichens when he turns twenty-one.

All the rest of her personal and testamentary estate, goods & chattels, she gives to her three daughters Margaret Trevelyan, Lydia Lumsden and Ann Robyns, share and share alike, appointing them co-executrices and residuary legatees of her last will and testament.

(her sign)

Witnesses: W^m. Stevens, John Crocker, Walt^r. Amonds?