The deposition of Suffiah Combs of Jessamine County, Kentucky, taken at her residence, on this the 7 day of May 1839, to be used as evidence in the favor of the application of Mrs. Mary Hicks, widow of William Hicks, deceased, for a pension under the act of congress passed July 7, 1838.

Deponent being of forty-eight years old on the 20th day of September last deposest and said that she is the fourth child of William Hicks and Mary Hicks, whose name before marriage was Mary Swanger.

She further states that she has her father's old Pocke Book, now in her possession, which book contains the family register of the marriage of her father and mother and the ages of their children-said register occupying two pages. The handwriting is that of the deponent's father and has been there since the deponent's earliest collection. On the right hand page is first is some old accounts and nearly middle way down is entered the parent's marriage, but to dim now but to make out the month and the year.

They were married which appears to be 2nd Jan 1784, and immediately below is listed the ages of their sixth and seventh children to wit: William Hicks was born 4 Dec., 1894, Abaigail Hicks was born 20 May 1896. The left hand page also commenced with some old accounts and near half way down there is an entry (but not entirely legible) the age of William and Mary Hicks second child (the first child as the deponent said as she remembered died at about 3 months of age). This entry seems to make their second child, Moses Hicks, to have been born, 7 Sept 1786. The third child's age is legible and in these words" Abraham Hicks, son to William and Mary Hicks, born the 30th September (Oct.) 1788". The next is the deponent's own age, Suffiah Hicks was born 20th Sept. 1890. Then comes the name and age of the fifth child, of the said William and Mary Hicks, which states their Samuel Hicks, was born the 16th January 1892. All of which entries are specified in said family register was legible when the deponent's past recollection of seeing them, which was many years, prior to her fathers death. But it will be observed that the deponent's father has made a very obvious mistake in putting down the years of all the children, except the first two, Moses and Abraham. The deponent's having made use of 1890, etc. in place of 1790, and with this correction she, the deponent, firmly believes from every information from she has received from her mother and her father and other sources that the whole of said register is correct. The deponent further saidth that she knows that the said pocket book containing said register is her father and was in his possession many years before his death. Her father the said William Hicks died 25 Oct at that time the book containing the register came into the possession of the deponent and has remained in her possession ever since. Which register this day described by her, she makes part of this deposition and further saith not.

Suffiah Combs

State of Kentucky

Jessamine County

The above deposition of Suffiah Combs was this day sworn and subscribed by the said Suffiah Combs before me, Jos. H. Chrisman, A Justice of the Peace, for the County of Jessamine and the state of Kentucky, and I swear that Suffiah Combs is a good woman of moral character, person of truth and veracity Given under my hand this 7th day of May 1839.

Jos. H. Chrisman

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