Whitehead Hicks
Whitehead Hicks | |
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| 42nd Mayor of New York City | |
| In office 1766–1776 | |
| Preceded by | John Cruger Jr. |
| Succeeded by | David Mathews |
| Personal details | |
| Born | August 24, 1728 Flushing, Queens, New York |
| Died | October 4, 1780 (aged 52) Flushing, Queens, New York |
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
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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
[edit | edit source]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] He was buried in Queens.
Mayor from Queens
[edit | edit source]He was the first mayor to be born in what is now modern-day Queens.
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Greenbook-Mayors of the City of New York, retrieved on September 8, 2008 [1] Archived 2012-05-14 at the Wayback Machine
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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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- 1728 births
- 1780 deaths
- 18th-century mayors of places in New York (state)
- Loyalists in the American Revolution from New York (state)
- Mayors of New York City
- People from Flushing, Queens
- Politicians from Queens, New York
- People from the Province of New York
- 18th-century American lawyers
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