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Unfortunately no further progress.  A visit to the National Archives last year looking at documents related to HMS Powerful found that there were in fact two Nicholas Hixons on that ship at different times - one from Tralee Ireland (but not ours), and another whose birth place was recorded as 'Venus Brigg'.  That doesn't appear to be a place, but a ship! So end of road??

Hello ‘CaroleW”
Thanks for your response and information.
I omitted to mention in my earlier post that I believe that my Uncle was married circa mid 1960’s (wife unknown), and had a child called Eliza circa late 1960’s. I think that he passed away sometime after 1974, and died relatively young. The death record that you identified in the September QTR 1985 at Swansea may well be him.  I have ordered a copy of this from the GRO.
Do you know whether it is possible to access death notices in Swansea around 1985? If I could, then this would be additional confirmation of his date of death
Thanks again.
Jacqueline Sutherland (nee Thomas)

My research indicates that my ancestors may have moved to Berwick Upon Tweed England in the late 18th century from Scotland. I have traced my 4th Great Grandfather (James Sutherland) and my 4th Great Grandmother (Hay Sutherland) to a gravesite at the Holy Trinity Church Cemetery at Berwick Upon Tweed, England.

The headstone inscription states the following:

IN MEMORY OF
HAY, WIFE OF JAMES SUTHERLAND
WHO DIED 18 TH NOVEMBER 1811:
AGED 64 YEARS. ALSO
JAMES SUTHERLAND WHO DIED THE
13 TH OF MAY 1819 AGED 80 YEARS:
ALSO WILLIAM SUTHERLAND
THEIR SON WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE
JULY 1ST 1845 IN THE 65 YEAR OF HIS AGE.
ALSO CATHERINE  1 ST WIFE
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE ON AUGUST 16 TH
1809 IN THE 26 YEAR OF HER AGE.
ALSO ELIZABETH SECOND WIFE OF
THE ABOVE WILLIAM SUTHERLAND
WHO DIED 7 TH APRIL 1864
AGED 80 YEARS

Unfortunately, this is where my Scottish research comes to an abrupt halt.  There was an IGI entry that stated that a marriage between James Sutherland and a Hay Urquhart occurred circa 1777 in Lanarkshire Glasgow Scotland.  But I have been unable to verify this statement.  The IGI record was submitted after 1991 by a member of the LDS Church. No additional information was available.  The IGI entry claimed that Hay Urquhart was born in Glasgow (circa 1756), and that the two wed in her hometown in 1777. They may have produced a daughter Jean c 1778 (IGI), and definitely a son William c 1780.

I would be grateful for any assistance anyone can offer!

Ian Sutherland

Thank you for your research notes.  We also found the deaths of Nicholas and Robert Hixon - both of whom died at a young age, as you have discovered.

The father of Jane Hickson was James Hickson who may have been born around Loughor circa 1750 at a guess. And as you say, possibly a relative of our Nicholas Hixon who was born circa 1758.

Unfortunately, the current Hickson family thinks that Nicholas came from elsewhere. As there were a lot of Hixons centred in the Swanage, Dorset area in the 1841 England Census we tried to find him there through the Dorset FHS - no joy.

Many thanks again for your thoughts.