Last name | Hicks |
First name | Willet |
Display name | Willett Hicks |
Other names | Willet Hicks |
Birth date | 1765 |
Death date | 1845 |
Birth place | Long Island |
Death place | New York City |
Gender | m |
Affiliations | Society of Friends, New York Friends meeting, New York Yearly Meeting of Friends. Indian Committee |
Bio notes | Born in Westbury in 1765, the son of Silas and Mary. Transferred to New York Monthly Meeting in 1789, and married Mary Matlack in 1792. Died in 1845 in New York. NY Indian Committee 1801-1824; appointed to visit Oneida. At the seperation Willett Hicks kept with Race St Friends. Was called "Bishop of the Quaker Church." |
Data notes | Birth date approximate |
Minutes of the Committee on Indian Concern No 1
Reports of the Indian Committee to New York Yearly Meeting, 1795-1806
Subscriptions from Shrewsbury Monthly Meeting for Promoting the Civilization and Well-Being of the Indian Natives