Elias Hicks was born 19 March 1748 in Hempstead on the North side of Long Island, New York and was the fifth child born to John and Martha Smith Hicks. He married Jemima Seaman 2 January 1771 and they lived in Jericho, New York. Although Elias worked as a carpenter and surveyor, he began his life as a minister in New York ca. 1778 and traveled all over the New England states to preach his sermons in the meetings of the Friends. Elias died in the year 1830.
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1910 edition. Excerpt: ... APPENDIX. A DESCENDANTS OF ELIAS HICKS. The only lineal descendants of Elias Hicks are through his daughters, Abigail and Sarah. Abigail's husband, Valentine, was her cousin, and Sarah's husband, Robert Seaman, was a relative on the mother's side. Descendants of Valentine and Abigail Hicks. CHILDREN OF THE ABOVE. Grandchildren Of Elias Hicks.--Caroline, married Dr. William Seaman; Phebe, married Adonijah Underbill (no children); Elias 1 licks, married Sarah Hicks; Mary (unmarried ). Great-grandchildren Of Elias Hicks. Children Of Dr. William Seaman And Caroline Hicks.--Valentine Hicks Seaman, married Rebecca Cromwell: Sarah Seaman, married Henry B. Cromwell; Samuel Hicks Seaman, married Hannah Husband. Children Of Elias Hicks And Sarah Hicks.--Mary, married Peter R. Franklin; Elias Hicks (unmarried), deceased; Caroline (unmarried), deceased. GREAT-GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN OF ELIAS HICKS. Children Of Valentine H. And Rebecca C. Seaman.---William, married Addie W. Lobdell; Caroline (infant);1 Henry B.,2 married Grace Dutton; Edwin H. (infant); Howard (unmarried), deceased; Valentine H. (unmarried); Emily C. (unmarried); Frederic C., married Ethel Lobdell. Children Of Henry B. And Sarah Sf-vman CromWell.--George3 (unmarried); Henry B. (unmarried), deceased. 1 Note--Those marked "(infant)" died in infancy. Those without notation are under age and living. 1 Henry B. Seaman is a graduate of Swarthmore College, class of 1881. and received degree of C. E. in 1884. Was for three years Chief Engineer, of the Public Service Commission of Greater New York. He resigned this position Tenth month I, 1910, because he could not approve estimates desired by the authorities. Since then these estimates have been held up as excessive. 'When Greater New York was...
For 175 years, the prevailing image of Elias Hicks has been a false one. His opponents in the Religious Society of Friends have successfully misrepresented him as denying Christ and the Scriptures. In his last year of life, Hicks reluctantly penned a reply to these charges, recounting in his journal how God had ordered his life. But the published journal was edited into a bland portrayal of one of the most dynamic figures in Quaker history. Paul Buckley has meticulously compiled a new edition of "The Journal of Elias Hicks" from the original manuscripts--most in Hicks' own handwriting-- that restores more than 100 pages of missing material.--Publisher's description.
This book details the beliefs, practices, doctrines, laws, organizational structure and government of the New York Yearly Meeting of the Society of Friends.
Timothy C. F. Stunt has gathered a range of his essays, both published and unpublished in a collection of largely biographical studies. His subjects range from discontented Quakers hesitating over their identity, to respectable Anglicans who were fascinated with the charismatic phenomena of tongue speaking and healing. Some of the characters with whom he is concerned can be described as "mavericks" on account of their strikingly individualist inclinations. Occasionally their unpredictability takes on a quasi-comic identity, which could even qualify them to be described as "loose cannons." On the other hand, some of them like Edward Irving, Norris Groves, and John Darby played a crucial part in the development of nineteenth-century evangelicalism. In their quest for the ideal church of their dreams, they were often disappointed but one cannot but admire the single-mindedness of their quest.
