Elias Hicks Manuscript Collection, 1779-1948 1779-1830 (bulk).

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, th...

Hicks, Jemima, 1750-1829.

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Judge, Hugh, approximately 1750-1834

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Hugh Judge was a Quaker minister. Judge was born about 1750 to Hugh and Margaret Judge, Irish Catholic immigrants to British North America. His father died when Judge was quite young, and Hugh grew up in Philadelphia under the care of his mother, and was placed out as an apprentice. Judge started attending meetings of the Society of Friends as a young man. Upon finishing his apprenticeship, he moved to Springfield and learned the milling trade from Samuel Levis for a year, then worked at a mill ...

Poole, William, 1764-1829

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William Poole was a Quaker of Wilmington, Delaware. He was born in 1784, the son of William and Elizabeth Shipley Canby Poole. In 1791 he married Sarah Sharpless. He died in 1829. Poole was a distant relative of Benjamin Ferris, also of Wilmington. From the description of Letters to Benjamin Ferris, 1821-1825. (Swarthmore College). WorldCat record id: 34015646 ...

Churchman, George, 1730-1814

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George Churchman (1730-1814) was born on October 28, 1730, in Nottingham, Pennsylvania, the son of John and Margaret (Brown) Churchman. In 1752, Churchman married Hannah James, the daughter of Mordecai and Gaynor (Lloyd) James. The couple had ten children. Churchman was a surveyor by profession, and in 1750, he succeeded his father as clerk of Nottingham Monthly Meeting, and served as clerk for 20 years. Churchman was a pioneer in the promotion of schools for Friends, including Westtown School. ...

Seaman Valentine, 1770 1817.

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Mott, James, 1788-1868

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Abolitionist. From the description of Circular letter of James Mott, 1860. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79454648 American abolitionist and advocate for women's rights. From the description of Autograph note signed : Philadelphia, 1858 Aug. 18. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 640128449 ...

Ferris, Benjamin, 1780-1867

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Benjamin Ferris was a prominent member of the Hicksite branch of the Society of Friends in Wilmington, Delaware. He was born a Quaker in 1780, the son of Ziba and Edith (Sharpless) Ferris. Benjamin Ferris married Francis Canby in 1804. Among their ten children were Deborah, born in 1813, Anna M., born in 1815, and David, born in 1821. Fanny Ferris died in 1833 and Benjamin Ferris married his second wife, Hannah Gibbons, in 1835. He died in Wilmington in 1867. From the description of ...

Kimber, Emmor, 1775-1850

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Hicks, Edward, 1780-1849

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Edward Hicks (April 4, 1780 – August 23, 1849) was an American folk painter and distinguished religious minister of the Society of Friends (aka "Quakers"). He became a Quaker icon because of his paintings. Edward Hicks was born in his grandfather's mansion at Attleboro (now Langhorne), in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. His parents were Anglican. Isaac Hicks, his father, was a Loyalist who was left without any money after the British defeat in the Revolutionary War. After young Edward's mothe...

Kersey, Jesse, 1768-1845

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Jesse Kersey of Downingtown, Pennsylvania, was a prominent minister in the Society of Friends. The son of William and Hannah Kersey, he married Elizabeth Coates and had eleven children. From the description of Letter, 1817 8mo 5, Downingtown [to] Samuel Bettle, Philadelphia. (Swarthmore College). WorldCat record id: 20031262 A minister in the Society of Friends. From the description of Letter : to Samuel Bettle, Philadelphia, Pa. Undated. (Bryn Mawr College). Wor...

Fisher, Samuel Rowland, 1745-1834

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Fisher was a Quaker merchant in Philadelphia and a surviving partner in Joshua Fisher & Sons. From the description of Diaries and Account books, 1767-1856. (Historical Society of Pennsylvania). WorldCat record id: 122585082 ...

Garrigues, Edward, 1756-1845

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Edward Garrigues, the son of Samuel and Mary Ralph Garrigues, was born a birthright Quaker in 1756. In 1779 he married Margaret Price, daughter of Philip and Hannah Price. Edward Garrigues became an elder of Darby Monthly Meeting in 1807 and died in 1845. From the description of Collection of Lewis-Garrigues family papers, 1753-1840. (Swarthmore College). WorldCat record id: 31403589 ...

Seaman, David, 1791-1844.

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David Seaman was a birthright Quaker. The son of William and Mary Seaman of Jericho Monthly Meeting of Friends in New York, he was born in 1770. He married Sarah Kirby in 1791. A Hicksite, he was a friend and follower of Elias Hicks throughout the controversy. David Seaman died in 1844. From the description of Correspondence, 1808-1843. (Swarthmore College). WorldCat record id: 31403437 ...

McClintock, Thomas, 1792?-1876

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Shoemaker, Nathan, 1788-1868

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