I am looking for info on my part of the Hickin family and to try and see how it links with all the other Hickins/Hickens scattered around and about. My Great Great Grandfather Richard Hickin was a coachbuilder in London, he left the business early in the 20th century to go to America where he is supposed to have worked for Henry Ford. After several years in America he returned to London and died around 1930.His son, William John Hickin, my Great Grandfather, took over the coach building business when Richard left for the USA, apparently this caused some bad blood between them. William John had two sons, my Grandfather Richard William Hickin and John F Hickin. John had no children and is still alive aged 95, my Grandfather had one child, my Father Richard Lewis Hickin. Between 1959 and the mid 1970's John corresponded with an American lady, Verda Hicken of Logan Utah USA who was tracing the family.Verda traced back to a Thomas Hicken in Woodhouse Leicestershire, christened 1773, who was a soldier who fought at Waterloo, he is reputed to have been an ADC to the Duke of Wellington. He won two medals which are now with the family Hicken in America. Verda also found relatives in Canada who she corresponded with. I believe Verda has passed away. If anyone has any info that links with what I know please contact me at Email: steve.hickin@tube.tfl.gov.uk