Stephen Hickmott was born July 27, 1823 in Horsmonden, County Kent, England. He immigrated to the United States in May of 1851, landing first in New York City and then migrated to Avon Township, Oakland County, Michigan. He was a passenger on the ship Wisconsin that set sail from London on May 20, 1851. He was reportedly a carpenter at this time. Stephen immigrated with his brother James. Another brother, William also immigrated, but he came on a different ship landing in a different area with his family. Stephen and James were single at the time of their immigration.

In April of 1856, he petitioned to become a naturalized citizen of the United States. The immigration process at the time required a 5 year wait after the initial application, but so far no other naturalization records have been found for Stephen. It could be that he had applied initially in New York when he arrived, and the document found in 1856 in Oakland County, Michigan was in reality the “final” paperwork, but I haven’t been able to determine that. Regardless, in 1900 he reported himself as a naturalized citizen.

In August of 1859, Stephen married Eliza J. Powell in Avon Township. The entry is found at the bottom of the page and continued on the top of the next page of the Michigan County Marriage Records 1822-1940 book for Oakland County.

Sometime between 1860 and 1870, Stephen moved his new family to New Haven in Shiawassee County. The community is just north of Owosso. Eliza died there on September 15, 1894. Stephen died on March 15, 1910 in Chesaning in Saginaw County Michigan. He is buried in West Haven Cemetery in New Haven, Shiawassee County, Michigan next to his wife.