Hicks, Elias, 1748-1830

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Elias Hicks was an eminent Quaker minister from Jericho, Long Island, N.Y. He was a farmer, partner in a tannery, and had a knowledge of surveying. Elias Hicks was born on March 19, 1748, a birthright member of Westbury Monthly Meeting, New York, and the son of John and Martha (Smith) Hicks. At thirteen he went to live with his older brother and was apprenticed to a carpenter. During this time, he became increasingly devoted to religious principles. In 1771, he married Jemima Seaman, the daughter of Jonathan and Elizabeth (Willis) Seaman. He worked as a farmer and partner in a tannery. Elias Hicks was recognized as a minister in 1779 and during the next fifty years made sixty-three visits as a travelling Friend to meetings in the United States. Elias and Jemima had ten children, their four sons tragically dying before maturity of a congenital disorder.

Hicks was a traditional quietist Quaker and opposed to the emerging evangelical emphasis among some Friends. He resisted efforts by London and Philadelphia evangelical Friends to cease his ministry. The controversy in emphasis, with other issues, led to a schism in the Society of Friends in 1827/28. Friends who followed his teachings were labeled "Hicksites" by their opponents, a term that he and they resisted. Elias Hicks died on February 27, 1830, in Jericho, Long Island, New York.

From the description of Elias Hicks Manuscript Collection, 1779-1830. (Swarthmore College). https://archives.tricolib.brynmawr.edu/resources/hicksmss

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Role Title Holding Repository
referencedIn Seaman, David, 1791-1844. Correspondence, 1808-1843. Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
referencedIn Long Island miscellany, 1648-[ca. 1985] New York State Historical Documents Inventory
creatorOf Sullivan, William, 1774-1839. Miscellaneous papers, 1795-1839. Boston Athenaeum
referencedIn Tallcot, Joseph, 1768-1853. Family papers, 1724-1857 (bulk 1788-1853). Haverford College Library
referencedIn Papers, 1747-1849. New York State Historical Documents Inventory
referencedIn Ferris Family. Papers 1737-1940. Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
referencedIn Isaac Hicks Family Papers, 1798-1956 (bulk 1798-1818) Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
creatorOf Hicks, Elias, 1748-1830. Elias Hicks Manuscript Collection, 1779-1948 1779-1830 (bulk). Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
creatorOf Ogden, Charles Smith, 1822-1904. Family papers, 1681-1938. Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
referencedIn Society of Friends collection, 1775-1829. Princeton University Library
referencedIn Bettle, Samuel, 1774-1861. Letters : Philadelphia, Pa., New Cornwell, [N.Y.], and Mount Pleasant, Ohio, to Jane Temple Bettle, Pennsbury and Philadelphia, Pa., 1802-1803, 1813 July 23, 1817 Aug. 18, and 1828 Sept. 7. Bryn Mawr College, Mariam Coffin Canaday Library
referencedIn Manuscripts and rare books, 1700-1926. New York State Historical Documents Inventory
referencedIn Briggs, Isaac, 1763-1825. Isaac Briggs papers, 1691-1886. Library of Congress
referencedIn Price family. Papers, 1809-1878. Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
referencedIn Hunt, John, 1740-1824. Papers, 1770-1828. Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
referencedIn Mott, Richard, 1767-1856. Papers, 1799-1863. Haverford College Library
creatorOf Papers, 1781-1829. New York State Historical Documents Inventory
referencedIn Trenton Friends Association (Trenton, N.J.). Records, 1892-1908 & n.d. Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
referencedIn Barbour, Hugh. Lecture papers, 1975. Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
referencedIn Fox, Josiah, 1763-1847. Papers, 1826-1836. Western Reserve Historical Society, Research Library
referencedIn Wetherald, Thomas, 1791-1832. Papers, 1823-1828. Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
referencedIn Amy Kirby papers 1824-1825 Kirby, Amy William L. Clements Library
creatorOf Woolman, John, 1720-1772. Quakers and slavery in America : a collection of manuscripts, early pamphlets, and books, 1715-1947. Morgan State University
creatorOf Price, R. ALsS, 1827-1830, Philadelphia, Pa. to John Watson. Haverford College Library
creatorOf Hicks, Elias, 1748-1830. Elias Hicks Manumission, 1778 December 14. Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
referencedIn Roberts, David, ca. 1792-1880. Letter. 5 mo 23rd 1828, [s.ℓ., s.n.] to Elisha Hunt. Haverford College Library
referencedIn Lockwood, John, 1793?-1859. Papers, 1827-1828. Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
referencedIn Hurnard, Hannah, 1778?-1835. Family letters, 1804-1836. Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
referencedIn Hart, Samuel, 1783-1863. Papers, 1749-1937. Bucks County Historical Society
creatorOf American Friends' Letters, 1682-1986 Haverford College Library
referencedIn Freeport (N.Y.) documents, 1796-1934, 1897-1934 (bulk) New York State Historical Documents Inventory
referencedIn Brown, Amos, b. 1779. Cadbury-Brown family papers, 1804-1900. Haverford College Library
creatorOf Post, Mary, 1806-1892. Post family papers, 1742-1908. Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
referencedIn Poole, William, 1764-1829. Letters to Benjamin Ferris, 1821-1825. Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
referencedIn Deeds, 1828-1832. New York State Historical Documents Inventory
creatorOf Matlack family. Papers, 1685-[1919]. Haverford College Library
referencedIn Garrigues, Edward, 1756-1845. Collection of Lewis-Garrigues family papers, 1753-1840. Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
referencedIn Local History Collection, ca. 1830-1990. New York State Historical Documents Inventory
referencedIn Collection of Isaac T. Hopper papers, 1833-1902 [bulk 1833-1845] Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
referencedIn Griscom, Samuel S., 1802-1878. Journal of a Tour thro N. Jersey, Penna., and N. York : with occasional remarks on the people, Literary Characters, Ladies Institutions etc., 1824. Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
referencedIn Bean, Joel, 1825-1914. Collection of Quaker Poetry, 1794-1922. Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
referencedIn Some memorandum of the proceedings of the Select Preparative and Monthly Meeting of Jericho, in the case of Anne Willis, Thomas Willis, and Phebe Willis, ca. 1828. Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
referencedIn Post, Amy Kirby, b. 1802. Amy Kirby papers 1824-1825. William L. Clements Library
creatorOf Ford, Alice, 1906-. Research notes for the biography of Edward Hicks, c. 1952. Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
creatorOf Vaux collection of correspondence, documents and graphics, 1659-1978 Haverford College Library
referencedIn Woolman, John, 1720-1772. Papers, 1669-1830 (inclusive), 1669, 1752-1800, 1830 (bulk). Historical Society of Pennsylvania
creatorOf Jackson, John, 1809-1855. Correspondence, 1834-1835. Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
referencedIn Willis, Thomas, 1770 or 71-1864. Writings relating to the Separation and Quaker testimonies, 1807-1848. Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
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associatedWith Barbour, Hugh. person
associatedWith Bettle, Samuel, 1774-1861. person
associatedWith Braithwaite, Anna, 1788-1859. person
associatedWith Briggs, Isaac, 1763-1825. person
associatedWith Churchman, George. person
associatedWith Churchman, George, 1730-1814. person
associatedWith Doughty family. family
acquaintanceOf Evans, Joshua, 1731-1798 person
associatedWith Ferris, Benjamin, 1780-1867. person
associatedWith Ferris Family. family
associatedWith Fisher, Samuel Rowland, 1745-1834. person
associatedWith Ford, Alice, 1906- person
associatedWith Fox, Josiah, 1763-1847. person
associatedWith Garrigues, Edward, 1756-1845. person
associatedWith Griscom, Samuel S., 1802-1878. person
correspondedWith Hart, Samuel, 1783-1863. person
relativeOf Hicks, Edward, 1780-1849 person
associatedWith Hicks, Edward, 1780-1849. person
associatedWith Hicks, Isaac, 1767-1820. person
spouseOf Hicks, Jemima, 1750-1829. person
associatedWith Hicks, Rachel, 1789-1878. person
associatedWith Hicks, Valentine, fl. 1817. person
associatedWith Hicksville Public Library (Hicksville, N.Y.) corporateBody
associatedWith Historical Society of the Westburys (Westbury, Nassau County, N.Y.) corporateBody
acquaintanceOf Hunt, John, 1740-1824 person
associatedWith Hurnard, Hannah, 1778?-1835. person
associatedWith Jackson, John, 1809-1855. person
associatedWith Judge, Hugh, 1750?-1834. person
acquaintanceOf Judge, Hugh, approximately 1750-1834 person
associatedWith Kersey, Jesse, 1768-1845. person
associatedWith Kimber, Emmor, 1775-1850. person
associatedWith Lockwood, John, 1793?-1859. person
associatedWith Matlack family. family
associatedWith McClintock, Thomas, 1792?-1876. person
correspondedWith Mifflin, Warner, 1745-1798 person
associatedWith Monthly Meeting of Friends of Westbury and Jericho (Orthodox : 1828-1870) corporateBody
acquaintanceOf Mott, James, 1742-1823 person
associatedWith Mott, James, 1788-1868. person
associatedWith Mott, Richard, 1767-1856. person
associatedWith New York Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Orthodox : 1828-1955). Meeting for Sufferings. corporateBody
associatedWith Ogden, Charles Smith, 1822-1904. person
associatedWith Parsons, Samuel. person
associatedWith Poole, William, 1764-1829. person
associatedWith Poole, William, fl. 1820-1828. person
associatedWith Post, Amy, b. 1802 person
associatedWith Post, Amy Kirby, b. 1802. person
associatedWith Post, Mary, 1806-1892. person
associatedWith Price family. family
associatedWith Price, R. person
associatedWith Randall and Miller (Brooklyn, N.Y.) corporateBody
associatedWith Rickman, William, fl. 1781. person
associatedWith Roberts, David, ca. 1792-1880. person
acquaintanceOf Rotch, Thomas, 1767-1823 person
correspondedWith Routh, Martha Winter, 1743-1817 person
associatedWith Seaman, David, 1791-1844. person
associatedWith Seaman, Gideon, fl. 1781-1822. person
associatedWith Seaman Valentine, 1770 1817. person
associatedWith Shoemaker, Nathan, 1788-1868. person
associatedWith Sullivan, William, 1774-1839. person
associatedWith Tallcot, Joseph, 1768-1853. person
acquaintanceOf Titus, Daniel, 1762-1826 person
associatedWith Trenton Friends Association (Trenton, N.J.) corporateBody
associatedWith Vaux, George. person
associatedWith Wetherald, Thomas, 1791-1832. person
acquaintanceOf Whitall, Joseph, 1770-1847 person
associatedWith Willets, Joseph, fl. 1784. person
associatedWith Willis, John, fl. 1781. person
associatedWith Willis, Martha, fl. 1808. person
associatedWith Willis, Rachel, fl. 1828. person
associatedWith Willis, Samuel, fl. 1808-1828. person
associatedWith Willis, Thomas, 1770 or 71-1864. person
associatedWith Woolman, John, 1720-1772. person
Place Name Admin Code Country
New York
Oyster Bay (N.Y.)
New York (State)
Subject
Church controversies
Society of Friends
Hicksites
Lay ministry
Quakers
Sermons, American
Slaveholders
Slaves
Occupation
Abolitionists
Clergy
Farmers
Quakers
Slaveholders
Surveyors
Tanners
Activity

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Birth 1748-03-19

Death 1830-02-27

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