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Hicks, Elias, 1748-1830
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1748-1830
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Elias Hicks (1748-1830), born in Hempstead, New York to John Hicks and Martha Hicks (neé Smith) was a member of a Quaker 'Society of Friends' in Philadelphia which split in 1820. A travelling liberal Quaker preacher, he is perhaps best known as a slavery abolitionist. Founder of the 'Charity Society of Jerico and Westbury Meetings in 1794' Wrote 'Observations on the Slavery of Africans and Their Descendents' in 1811. He had 11 children with his wife Jemima Hicks (neé Seaman).
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Hicks, Edward (unknown)
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family
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Possible relation of Elias Hicks; mentioned in Hicks' papers.
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Aldrich, Martha (1771)
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family
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Aldrich, Martha is the child of Hicks, Elias, 1748-1830
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Hicks, Jemima
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family
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Hicks, Jemima is the spouse of Hicks, Elias, 1748-1830
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2/1/1771
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Aldrich, Royal (1769)
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family
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Aldrich, Royal is the son in law of Hicks, Elias, 1748-1830
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Hicks, Valentine (1782)
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family
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Hicks, Valentine is the son in law of Hicks, Elias, 1748-1830
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Married Elias Hicks' daughter Abigail
Is also the son of Elias Hicks' first cousin, Samuel Hicks