Whitehead Hicks
Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Script error: No such module "infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Script error: No such module "Check for conflicting parameters". Whitehead Hicks (August 24, 1728 – October 4, 1780) was the 42nd Mayor of New York City from 1766 to 1776.[1]
Family and early life
Hicks came from a Quaker family which settled and lent its name to Hicksville, New York. Hicks studied law under William Smith and was admitted to practice in 1750.[2] The son of Judge Thomas Hicks, he was a lawyer and served on the New York Supreme Court of Judicature.[3] He married Charlotte Brevoort, the daughter of John and Louisa (Kockerman) Brevoort.
Loyalism
Hicks was a Loyalist and was the first to appear in front of a committee of nine colonials formed by the New York Provincial Congress in 1776 to investigate "domestic enemies" "disaffected to the American cause". He met with this committee on June 15, 1776, indicating his loyalty to George III. He was subsequently put on parole.[4] A street in the Bronx, NY is named in his honor (Hicks Street)[5]
After resigning from the mayoralty, he served as a judge before eventually retiring to his farm on Long Island. He died there at the age of 52 years in 1780.[2]
Mayor from Queens
He was the first mayor to be born in what is now modern-day Queens.
References
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- ↑ Greenbook-Mayors of the City of New York, retrieved on September 8, 2008 [1] Template:Webarchive
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- ↑ Whitehead Hicks-Historical Society of the New York Courts, retrieved on January 24, 2017.
- ↑ Studies in History, Economics and Public Law. New York: Columbia University Press, 1902, pages 78-79
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