Suffield Historical Society

Family history of Victory Sikes

++++++++++++ FIRST GENERATION ++++++++++++

1 Victory Sikes

b. 3 Mar 1648/49, Springfield, MA; d. 25 Apr 1708, Suffield, CT; son of Richard Sikes & Phoebe nln; m. (1) 29 Jan 1672/73, Springfield, MA, Elizabeth Burt; dau. of Jonathan Burt & Elizabeth Lobdell; b. 29 Dec 1652, Springfield, MA; d. 29 Sep 1683, Suffield, CT.

Children:

1 Jonathan Sikes, b. 16 Dec 1673, Springfield, MA; d. Aug 1674, Springfield, MA.

2‑2 Jonathan Sikes, b. 17 Jul 1675, Springfield, MA; m. Mary Lane.

3 Elizur Sikes, b. 11 Dec 1677, Springfield, MA; d. 18 Dec 1677, Springfield, MA.

4 Abel Sikes, b. 24 Feb 1678/79, Springfield, MA; d. 14 Mar 1678/79, Springfield, MA.

3‑5 Samuel Sikes, b. 3 Mar 1679/80, Springfield, MA; m. Mehitable Hanchett.

6 Benjamin Sikes, b. 16 Oct 1682, Suffield, CT; d. 4 Nov 1682, Suffield, CT.

7 Ebeneser Sikes, b. 24 Sep 1683, Suffield, CT; d. 14 Jan 1783/84, Suffield, CT.

m. (2) 16 Jul 1684, Suffield, CT, Elizabeth Granger; dau. of Launcelot Granger & Joanna Adams; b. 13 Mar 1662, Newbury, MA; d. 20 Mar 1691/92, Suffield, CT.

Children:

8 John Sikes, b. 18 May 1685, Suffield, CT; d. 25 Apr 1687, Suffield, CT.

9 Victory Sikes, b. 9 Nov 1686, Suffield, CT; d. 4 Dec 1686, Suffield, CT.

4‑10 Victory Sikes, b. 5 Sep 1689, Suffield, CT; m. Mary King.

11 John Sikes, b. Suffield, CT; d. 19 Apr 1690, Suffield, CT.

m. (3) 22 Dec 1692, Suffield, CT, Mary Pritchard; dau. of William Pritchard & Hannah nln; b. ca. 1652, Ipswich, MA; d. 6 Jun 1722, Suffield, CT.

On 20 Aug 1672, Victory and his brother Nathaniel were granted land, 30 acres on the northerly side of their father's land in Springfield, MA at Cowseek Brook with the condition they would not bother passage over their land in the times of the flood of the Old River.

On 4 Aug 1679, Victory Sikes and several other made a motion at a town meeting to have the town give them some land for a sawmill. Victory's first five children were born in Springfield, MA. On 10 Aug 1680 Victory was granted 50 acres of land in Suffield (part of Massachusetts until 1748). For running Boundaries between Springfield and Suffield in 1681, Victory was paid 3 shillings. This doesn't seem like much. Perhaps this explains why Suffield boundaries took so long to straighten out. He moved his family to Suffield in 1682. Victory was a carpenter by trade (all Suffield land grantees had to have a trade). With his brother Increase, he contracted to build a barn 52 by 24 feet, for Major Pynchon in Springfield, MA

The land grant in Suffield was 50 acres located on Springfield road which was changed to Crooked Lane and is now Mapleton Avenue. Dr. George Dimmock (Ref. 10) said that Victory lived on the north corner of North Street and Mapleton Avenue. Victory's first wife Elizabeth died during child birth shortly after moving to Suffield in 1683. Victory remarried 16 Jul 1684 to Elizabeth Granger. He had four more children by his second wife. Of his 11 children only three survived him. Jonathan, Samuel and Victory. In these days they were eager to carry on the family names. Victory was no exception. He had two Jonathan's, two John's, and two Victory's. There is a possible problem with the second John. There is only one birth date recorded in the Suffield v.r., but two death deaths, John son of Victory & Elizabeth d. 28 Apr 1687 & 19 Apr 1690, hardly enough time for the second John to be born between the two Victory's.

He held many town offices in Suffield: Sealer of the Weights and Measures, Constable, and even read the service in the old church. Victory in 1691 took James King to court because King had some clapboards that Victory had made from a tree he had cut down on the Common. King had brought the clapboards back when he found out who the owner was. The Judge found the clapboards to be Victory's but didn't fine King because King had thought the clapboards to be from his land.

As Constable, Victory had the job on 5 Apr 1697 to take William Peirce of Suffield, CT from court in Springfield to Suffield and to keep him in custody until he paid a 15 shillings fine and received a whipping on the naked body with eight stripes. Four as punishment for his profaning the Sabbath day and four stripes for his said theft.

Victory's second wife Elizabeth died 20 Mar 1691/2. He remarried a third time to the widow Judah (Pritchard) Trumble. He died 25 Apr 1708, age 59.

Reference Documents: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 10, 11, 12, 16, 110, 114, 177

++++++++++++ SECOND GENERATION ++++++++++++

2 Jonathan Sikes

b. 17 Jul 1675, Springfield, MA; d. 25 Sep 1710, Suffield, CT; son of Victory Sikes & Elizabeth Burt; m. 11 Dec 1707, Suffield, CT, MAry Lane; dau. of Samuel Lane & Sarah Dickinson; b. 7 May 1684, Suffield, CT; d. 20 Mar 1756, Suffield, CT.

Children:

5‑1 Jonathan Sikes, b. 24 Oct 1708, Suffield, CT; m. Mary Adams.

6‑2 Posthumous Sikes, b. 19 May 1711, Suffield, CT; m. Rachel Adams.

Jonathan Sikes & Mary Lane m. int. Feb 1706/7.

His son Posthumous was born 7 months after his death. Widow Mary (Lane) Sikes married Daniel Adams Dec 24, 1712, they had: Zebulon, Gideon, Mary, Stephen, Elizabeth, & Daniel Adams.

Reference Documents: 1, 2, 3, 4, 8, 10, 11, 12, 110

3 Samuel Sikes

b. 3 Mar 1679/80, Springfield, MA; d. 25 Oct 1747, Suffield, CT; son of Victory Sikes & Elizabeth Burt; m. 24 Nov 1709, Suffield, CT, Mehitable Hanchett; dau. of John Hanchett & Esther Pritchett; b. 22 Jan 1686/87, Suffield, CT; d. 12 Feb 1739/40, Suffield, CT.

Children:

7‑1 Elizabeth Sikes, b. 14 Dec 1710, Suffield, CT; m. Jonathan Dewey.

8‑2 Victory Sikes, b. Mar 1711/12, Suffield, CT; m. Jemima Barker.

3 Mehitable Sikes, b. 17 Jun 1714, Suffield, CT; d. 18 Aug 1714, Suffield, CT.

9‑4 Deliverance Sikes, bp. 16 Feb 1717/18, Suffield, CT; m. Moses Rising.

10‑5 Mehitable Sikes, b. 2 Dec 1719, Suffield, CT; m. Moses Adams.

6 Mercy Sikes, b. 31 Jul 1723, Suffield, CT; d. 26 Aug 1726, Suffield, CT.

Samuel Sykes was a farmer. He had moved to Suffield, in about 1682 with his father. He also carried on a saw mill business. The mill was in use until about 1860 ‑ the descendants of Victory owning and carrying it on. The dam connected with the mill was carried away during the great "freshet" of 1858.

Church records: Mehitable bp 27 Jul 1714, Samuel & Mehitable church members 28 Mar 1721, & Mercy bp 4 Aug 1723.

Reference Documents: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 110, 158

4 Victory Sikes

b. 5 Sep 1689, Suffield, CT; d. 12 Sep 1749, Suffield, CT; son of Victory Sikes & Elizabeth Granger; m. 8 Nov 1711, Suffield, CT, MAry King; dau. of James King & Elizabeth Fuller; b. 30 Apr 1692, Suffield, CT; d. 8 May 1769, Suffield, CT.

Children:

11‑1 Elizabeth Sikes, b. 23 Mar 1712, Suffield, CT; m. (1) Thomas Norton; m. (2) Thomas Palmer.

2 Mary Sikes, b. 14 Sep 1714, Suffield, CT; d. 9 Aug 1715, Suffield, CT.

12‑3 Mary Sikes, bp. 9 Sep 1716, Suffield, CT; m. (1) Zaccheus Hanchett; m. (2) Samuel Granger.

4 Samuel Sikes, b. 17 Jul 1718, Suffield, CT; d. 7 Jun 1732, Suffield, CT.

5 Agnes Sikes, b. 24 Nov 1720, Suffield, CT; d. 1 Jan 1721/22, Suffield, CT.

6 Victory Sikes, b. 20 May 1722, Suffield, CT; d. 1 Jun 1732, Suffield, CT.

13‑7 Agnes Sikes, b. 13 Mar 1723/24, Suffield, CT; m. Samuel Towsley.

14‑8 Titus Sikes, b. 15 Jun 1726, Suffield, CT; m. Rhoda Miller.

9 Sylvanus Sikes, b. 7 Oct 1728, Suffield, CT.

10 Mercy Sikes, b. 2 Mar 1731, Suffield, CT.

15‑11 Hannah Sikes, b. 22 Apr 1734, Suffield, CT; m. Billy Munger.

Suffield church records: Samuel bp 17 Aug 1718, Mercy bp 14 Jul 1722, and widow wife of Victory listed as church member 30 Oct 1726.

Widow Mary (King) Sikes married John Harmon. They settled in the western part of Suffield, CT.

Reference Documents: 1, 3, 4, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 29, 110

++++++++++++ THIRD GENERATION ++++++++++++

5 Jonathan Sikes

b. 24 Oct 1708, Suffield, CT; d. Suffield, CT; son of Jonathan Sikes & Mary Lane; m. 1 Jan 1735/36, Suffield, CT, MAry Adams; dau. of Jacob Adams & Mercy Gillet; b. 17 Feb 1716/17, Suffield, CT; d. 18 Mar 1758, Suffield, CT.

Children:

1 Jonathan Sikes, b. 24 Mar 1737, Suffield, CT; d. 14 Oct 1741, Suffield, CT.

16‑2 Lot Sikes, b. 10 Aug 1739, Suffield, CT; m. Jemima Sikes.

17‑3 Mary Sikes, b. 17 Jul 1743, Suffield, CT; m. Enos Lane Jr.

18‑4 Jonathan Sikes Jr., b. 2 Mar 1745/46, Suffield, CT; m. Sarah Lane.

19‑5 Paul Sikes, b. 1 Dec 1748, Suffield, CT; m. Margaret Ferry.

20‑6 John Sykes, b. 25 Aug 1753, Suffield, CT; m. Lucy Harvey.

21‑7 David Sikes, b. 9 Jan 1756, Suffield, CT; m. Lucy Sikes.

Jonathan was a farmer in the northeast part of Suffield.

Jonathan Sikes & Mary Adams m. int. 3 Jan 1733/4. Church records: Jonathan church member 27 Feb 1736/7, & Jonathan bp 27 Mar 1737.

Reference Documents: 1, 3, 4, 8, 9, 10, 12, 126

6 Posthumous Sikes

b. 19 May 1711, Suffield, CT; d. 16 Mar 1756, Suffield, CT, ae. 44 yrs.; bur. Old Center cem., Suffield, CT; son of Jonathan Sikes & Mary Lane; m. 8 Dec 1743, Suffield, CT, Rachel Adams; dau. of Jacob Adams & Mercy Gillet; b. 4 Sep 1725, Suffield, CT; d. 1 Oct 1809, Suffield, CT, ae. 84 yrs.

Children:

22‑1 Amos Sikes, b. 17 Oct 1744, Suffield, CT; m. Agnes Austin.

23‑2 Stephen Sikes, b. 12 Oct 1746, Suffield, CT; m. Anna Bacon.

24‑3 Shadrack Sikes, b. 21 Jun 1750, Suffield, CT.

25‑4 Gideon Sikes, b. 28 May 1753, Suffield, CT; m. (1) Silence Granger; m. (2) Keziah Cooper; m. (3) Mercy Leonard.

Posthumous was a farmer in Suffield. The house that he build in 1743 on Mapleton Avenue still stands in Suffield today, (1999). Widow Rachel (Adams) Sikes remarried Jonathan Hopkins, 27 Jul 1758 in Suffield, CT.

Church records: Posthumous bp 20 May 1711, Posthumous full church member 28 Oct 1744.

Reference Documents: 1, 3, 4, 8, 9, 12, 110, 126, 203

7 Elizabeth Sikes

b. 14 Dec 1710, Suffield, CT; d. 1784; dau. of Samuel Sikes & Mehitable Hanchett; m. 24 Feb 1731/32, Suffield, CT, Jonathan Dewey; son of Samuel Dewey & Sarah Weller; b. 3 Jun 1708, Westfield, MA; d. 1759.

Children:

1 Jonathan Dewey, b. 21 Oct 1732, Suffield, CT; m. Lydia Cooper.

2 Samuel Dewey, b. 3 Aug 1734, Suffield, CT.

3 Elizabeth Dewey, b. 29 Oct 1736, Suffield, CT; d. 17 Nov 1768, Suffield, CT.

4 Sarah Dewey, b. 4 Oct 1739, Suffield, CT; m. Shadrach Terry.

5 Pelatiah Dewey, b. 24 Jul 1744, Suffield, CT; m. Sarah Norton.

6 Huldah Dewey, b. 25 Aug 1746, Suffield, CT.

7 Rhoda Dewey, b. 22 Feb 1748/49, Suffield, CT.

8 Oliver Dewey, b. 11 Jan 1750, Suffield, CT.

Elizabeth Sikes daughter of Samuel and Jonathan Dewey m. int. 4 Feb 1731/2, Suffield v.r. The Loomis (Ref. 12) has the children born in Suffield, George Dimmock has them being born in Sheffield, MA.

Reference Documents: 1, 3, 4, 8, 10, 12, 189

8 Victory Sikes

b. Mar 1711/12, Suffield, CT; d. 13 Dec 1793, Suffield, CT, ae. 83 yrs.; bur. Old Center cem., Suffield, CT; son of Samuel Sikes & Mehitable Hanchett; m. 1 Jun 1749, Suffield, CT, Jemima Barker; dau. of Oliver Barker & Mary Bodurtha; b. 18 Jun 1720, Springfield, MA; d. 1 Oct 1807, Bernardston, MA, ae. 87 yrs.

Children:

26‑1 Jemima Sikes, b. 29 May 1750, Suffield, CT; m. Lot Sikes.

27‑2 Samuel Sikes, b. 13 Oct 1751, Suffield, CT; m. Eunice Hopkins.

3 Victory Sikes, b. 31 Jul 1753, Suffield, CT; d. 18 Nov 1754, Suffield, CT.

28‑4 Mehitable Sikes, b. 23 Jan 1755, Suffield, CT; m. Elijah Woolworth.

29‑5 Mercy Sikes, b. 22 May 1757, Suffield, CT; m. Bildad Fowler.

30‑6 Victory Sikes Jr., b. 19 Oct 1758, Suffield, CT; m. Lucy Burbank.

31‑7 Mary Sikes, b. 13 Aug 1760, Suffield, CT; m. (1) Joel Kent; m. (2) Seth Kent; m. (3) Levi Hayden.

32‑8 Lucy Sikes, b. 30 Dec 1761, Suffield, CT; m. David Sikes.

33‑9 Eleanor Sikes, b. 16 Jul 1769, Suffield, CT; m. William Ferry.

Jemima Barker married 1st Thomas Copley 22 Dec 1742. He was "drowned in ye greate River" (Connecticut), 15 Apr 1744, leaving one son Thomas, b. 28 Dec 1743.

g.s. In Memory of / Mr. Victory Sikes / who departed this / life Dec 13 1793 / in the 83d year / of his age. / Tis but one youth and short that / mortals have / And one old age dissolves our / feeble frame / But there's a heavenly art to / elude the Grave / The art of hope and faith in / Jesus name. Victory died at Suffield, 13 Dec 1793 ae 81 yrs, g.s.‑ says in his 83 year.

Jemima died at Bernardston, MA, at the home of her son Samuel, 1 Oct 1807, ae 87 yrs.

Church records: Victory bp 30 Mar 1711/2; Victory Sikes and Jemima Copley married 1 Jun 1749, Victory bp 28 Oct 1753.

Reference Documents: 1, 3, 4, 8, 9, 10, 12, 110

9 Deliverance Sikes

bp. 16 Feb 1717/18, Suffield, CT; d. Jun 1797, Suffield, CT; dau. of Samuel Sikes & Mehitable Hanchett; m. 6 Apr 1742, Suffield, CT, Moses Rising; son of John Rising & Mary McLaflin; b. 25 Aug 1713, Suffield, CT; d. 7 Jul 1778, Suffield, CT.

Children:

1 Phoebe Rising, b. 12 Feb 1742/43, Suffield, CT.

2 Lucy Rising, b. 3 Mar 1743/44, Suffield, CT; m. Thomas Austin.

3 Mary Rising, b. 19 Feb 1747/48, Suffield, CT.

4 Ruth Rising, b. 29 Nov 1751, Suffield, CT; m. Nathaniel Austin.

5 Russell Rising, bp. 2 Mar 1755, Suffield, CT; m. Hulda Allen.

6 Deliverance Rising, bp. 20 Mar 1757, Suffield, CT; m. Aaron Pratt.

Moses Rising and Deliverance Sikes marriage intention 12 Mar 1742. Moses married first Mary Warner. They had no children.

Reference Documents: 1, 3, 4, 8, 9, 12, 18, 86

10 Mehitable Sikes

b. 2 Dec 1719, Suffield, CT; d. 27 Apr 1813, Suffield, CT, ae. 93 yrs.; dau. of Samuel Sikes & Mehitable Hanchett; m. 30 Oct 1746, Suffield, CT, Moses Adams; son of John Adams & Abigail Rowe; b. 8 Jan 1723, Suffield, CT; d. 18 Oct 1809, Suffield, CT, ae. 87 yrs.

Children:

1 Seth Adams, b. 15 Feb 1747, Suffield, CT; m. (1) Elizabeth Lane; m. (2) nfn Fairman; m. (3) Lydia Taylor.

2 Tryphena Adams, b. 7 Nov 1748, Suffield, CT; m. John Lane.

3 John Adams, b. 22 Oct 1750, Suffield, CT; m. Abigail nln.

4 Abigail Adams, b. 29 Jan 1753, Suffield, CT; m. Charles Granger.

5 Moses Adams, b. 27 Dec 1754, Suffield, CT; m. Roxanna Kent.

6 Lucy Adams, b. 22 Jan 1757, Suffield, CT; m. Charles Lane.

7 Thaddeus Adams, b. 10 May 1759, Suffield, CT; m. Polly Plumb.

8 Jonathan Adams, b. 7 Feb 1762, Suffield, CT; m. Eunice Allen.