The Friend

The Friend
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Total Pages: 708
Release: 1857
Genre: Society of Friends
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The Life and Labors of Elias Hicks

The Life and Labors of Elias Hicks
Author: Henry Watson Wilbur
Publisher:
Total Pages: 266
Release: 1910
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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.