Joseph Hick

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Joseph Hick
 

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Joseph Hick was a confectioner and businessman in the city of York.

 

1822 – Joseph Set up in business as a confectioner at 48 Coney Street.1

Some directories list Joseph Hick as a confectioner at 48 Coney Street, and others list him at 47. Charles B. Knight suggests this is likely because property numbering was newly introduced and inconsistent initially.

1829 – youngest of Hick’s three children is born; daughter Mary Ann.

Directory listings

Hick’s business listed in the following directories of York:

  • Pigot’s, 1829 (Confectioner at 48 Coney Street)
  • Pigot’s, 1834
  • White’s, 1838
  • White’s, 1840
  • William’s, 1843 (Confectioner, Wholesale and Retail)
  • White’s, 1846
  • White’s, 1851 (Confectioner and Tea Dealer)
  • Melville’s,1855

Probate

“Under his Will, his estate was equally divided between his three children- a son and two daughters – of whom Mary Ann was the youngest.”2

1.
Knight CB. M. A. Craven & Son Limited: History of the Company. Unpublished; 1948:9.
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Knight CB. M. A. Craven & Son Limited: History of the Company. Unpublished; 1948:9.