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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

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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