Elias Hicks

Elias Hicks
Born(1748-03-19)March 19, 1748
Hempstead, New York
DiedFebruary 27, 1830(1830-02-27) (aged 81)
Jericho, New York, US
Occupation(s)Carpenter, farmer
Known forTraveling Quaker minister
Hicksite Quakerism
SpouseJemima Seaman (married January 2, 1771)
Children11

Elias Hicks (March 19, 1748 – February 27, 1830) was a traveling Quaker minister from Long Island, New York. In his ministry he promoted doctrines deemed unorthodox by many which led to lasting controversy, and caused the second major schism within the Religious Society of Friends (the first caused by George Keith in 1691).[1] Elias Hicks was the older cousin of the painter Edward Hicks.

  1. ^ Landsman, Ned C. (1985). Scotland and Its First American Colony, 1683–1765 (first ed.). Princeton: Princeton University Press. pp. 163–176. ISBN 0-691-04724-3.