Abigail Hicks (1782 - 1850)

Born 3 Mar 1782 in Jericho, Nassau, New York, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Valentine Hicks — married 22 Feb 1804 in Jerico, Long Island, New York, USA

Descendants

Died 26 Feb 1850 at age 67 in Jericho, Nassau, New York, United States

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Biography

Abigail was a Friend (Quaker)

Abigail Hicks, daughter of Elias Hicks and Jemima (Seaman) Hicks, married Valentine Hicks on 22 February 1804 at the Friends Meeting House in Jerico, Long Island, New York^[1]

Valentine was one of the Executors for the Will of Elias Hicks in which Abigail Hicks was named one of the surviving heirs.^[2]

Abigail died in 26 February 1850^[3][4] after suffering 14 days with dysentery.^[5] Valentine survived her by less than ten days, dying in New York City, on 5 March 1850.^[6][7]

Research Notes

The following is from the Poole Genealogy:

Married at Jericho on February 23/1804, her second cousin, Valentine Hicks

She was born March 3/1782, died February 26/1850, a week before her husband

Daughter of Elias and Jemima (Seaman) Hicks, see page 5.^[8]

Source

1. ↑ Ancestry.com, database with images, "U.S., Newspaper Extractions from the Northeast, 1704-1930" > New York > New York Weekly Museum [newspaper] > Abanather-Kyle > Hicks, Valentine and Abigail Hicks, marriage on 22d ult, Jerico, L.I., published 3 March 1804; Index of Marriages and Deaths in New York Weekly Museum 1788-1817, compiled by American Antiquarian Society (Worcester, Massachusetts, USA), 1952. Ancestry Record 50015 #866106 with Image. Image shared from Ancestry https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/17609973?h=a2fa3f
2. ↑ Ancestry.com, database with images, "New York, Wills and Probate Records, 1659-1999" > Queens > Real Estate Wills, Vol F-G, 1827-1835 > Elias Hicks, Vol G, pgs 13-15, Last Will and Testament; "Wills and Probate Proceedings, 1787-1881," New York, Surrogate's Court (Queens County), Real Estate Wills, Vol F-G, 1827-1835. Ancestry Record 8800 #4509619 with attached Image. Shared image of page 14 on which Abigail and her husband are mentioned.
3. ↑ James E. Hazard Index, The Records of New York Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends at Friends Historical Library, Swarthmore College.; Call Number J 451; Volume 3.1; Page 12; ID 102417.
4. ↑ Ancestry.com, database with images, "U.S., Newspaper Extractions from the Northeast, 1704-1930" > New York > New York Evening Post > Death > 1848-1849 > Abigail (68y), wife of Valentine Hicks, died 26 February 1850 at residence of son in law Dr William Seaman, published 26 February 1850; Deaths taken from the New York Evening Post, 26 Aug 1848-27 Jun 1849, Volume 25, compiled by Gertrude A Barber, 1940. Ancestry Record 50015 #15734 with Image. Image shared from Ancestry https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/17609973?h=a2fa3f
5. ↑ "United States Census (Mortality Schedule), 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3YK-ZBH : 4 August 2017), Abigail Hicks, New York county, New York, New York, United States; citing line 7, NARA microfilm publication T655 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,415,128.
6. ↑ Ancestry.com, database with images, "U.S., Newspaper Extractions from the Northeast, 1704-1930" > New York > New York Evening Post > Death > 1848-1849 > page 97, Valentine Hicks (68y), this morning, published 5 March 1850; Deaths taken from the New York Evening Post, 26 Aug 1848-27 Jun 1849, Volume 25, compiled by Gertrude A Barber, 1940. Ancestry Record 50015 #15779 with Image.
7. ↑ "United States Census (Mortality Schedule), 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3YK-ZBC : 4 August 2017), Valentine Hicks, New York county, New York, New York, United States; citing line 8, NARA microfilm publication T655 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,415,128.
8. ↑ Poole, Herbert Armstrong. Poole Genealogy, publication: 1905-1960. Repository http://www.antonymaitland.com/hptext/hp0266.txt NOTE: Website has exceeded its bandwith and his not viewable.

See Also:

• Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 07 September 2019), memorial page for Abigail Hicks Hicks (3 Mar 1782–26 Feb 1850), Find A Grave Memorial no. 24591799, citing Jericho Friends' Burial Ground, Jericho, Nassau County, New York, USA ; Maintained by Donna (contributor 46910450) .