When Jacob Hicks was born on 9 January 1784, in Milan, Dutchess, New York, United States, his father, John Hicks, was 22 and his mother, Elizabeth Doty, was 20. He married Hannah Martin on 23 October 1805, in Milan, Dutchess, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in North East, Dutchess, New York, United States in 1810 and Elkhart Township, Elkhart, Indiana, United States in 1840. He died on 13 February 1851, in Cleveland Township, Elkhart, Indiana, United States, at the age of 67, and was buried in Carleton Cemetery, Elkhart, Indiana, United States.
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Caused by war veteran Daniel Shays, Shays' Rebellion was to protest economic and civil rights injustices that he and other farmers were seeing after the Revolutionary War. Because of the Rebellion it opened the eyes of the governing officials that the Articles of Confederation needed a reform. The Rebellion served as a guardrail when helping reform the United States Constitution.
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English: variant of Hick , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s. This is a widespread surname in England, and is also common in southwest and southern Wales.
German: patronymic from Hick . Compare Hix .
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