Saretta G. Hicks papers on Lady Deborah Moody 1558-1656, 1963-1965

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Saretta G. Hicks papers on Lady Deborah Moody 1558-1656, 1963-1965

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This collection consists of papers gathered and, in many cases, written by author Saretta G. Hicks during the period 1963 to 1965. The material includes her notes and research for an unfinished book about Lady Deborah Moody titled . Lady Moody is best known as the founder of the town of Gravesend in what was then New Amsterdam and later became a part of Brooklyn, N.Y. Of particular note is the inclusion of copies of original documents pertaining to Lady Moody's family history. There is also a four-page typed transcript of Gravesend town meeting records from 1656. Dangerous Woman: A Biography of Deborah, Lady Moody of Coney Island

1.46 linear feet; in three full manuscript boxes and one half manuscript box.

Center for Brooklyn History (2020-)

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Hicks, Saretta G.

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Born circa 1583 in Avebury, England, Deborah Dunch "…was the daughter of a barrister, granddaughter of a Bishop, wife of a member of Parliament," and a distant relative to Oliver Cromwell by marriage. Her husband, Sir Henry Moody, was made a baronet by King James I in 1622. After her husband passed away in 1629, Lady Moody was beset with financial difficulties and, finding the political atmosphere in England increasingly insupportable, immigrated to Lynn, MA in 1639. At ...

Moody, Deborah, Lady, 1600-1659

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