Edward Pickering1
M, #14, (b 1732-1800)
Edward Pickering|b. b 20 Aug 1732\nd. May 1800|p14.htm|Edward Pickering|b. 18 Nov 1701\nd. b May 1788|p19.htm|Hannah Bancroft|b. 5 Mar 1702\nd. 19 Oct 1764|p47.htm|Benjamin W. Pickering|b. 15 Jan 1665/66\nd. 12 Jan 1718|p37.htm|Jane Hobby|b. c 1672\nd. 1750|p39.htm|John Bancroft|b. 3 Feb 1651\nd. 25 Jan 1740|p56.htm|Elizabeth Eaton|b. 8 Sep 1662\nd. 12 Mar 1705|p177.htm|
Relationship=Great-grandfather of Cordelia Pickering.
Last Edited=7 Jun 2008
�����Edward Pickering was born before August 20, 1732 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, USA.1 He was the son of Edward Pickering and Hannah Bancroft. He married Abigail Chase, daughter of Isaac Chase and Amy Anthony, on April 10, 1757 in Cumberland, Rhode Island, USA. He died in May, 1800 in Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA.1
�����He was in the Massachusetts militia during the French & Indian War and participated in the invasion of Quebec by British forces from 1754 to 1759.2 He served as private during Revolutinary war in April, 1775.3
�����He was in the Massachusetts militia during the French & Indian War and participated in the invasion of Quebec by British forces from 1754 to 1759.2 He served as private during Revolutinary war in April, 1775.3
Child of Edward Pickering and Abigail Chase
- Alice Pickering+ (1763 - 1797)
Citations
- [S1] Ancestry.com, OneWorldTree.
- [S19] John G. Metcalf, Annals Of Mendon, pg 284-285; “The campaign this year for the invasion of Canada ended in the conquest of Quebec by the army under the command of Wolfe, on the 13th of September, and the capture of Ticonderoga and Crown Point by the forces under the command of Lord Amherst. The soldiers furnished by Massachusetts were attached to the army of the latter General. The names of Mendon soldiers are found in the Muster Rolls, Vol. 97, the following on p. 95. Return of men enlisted or impressed for his Majesty's Service within the Province of Massachusetts Bay, in Col. Whiting's Regiment, under the Command of Jeffrey Amherst, Gen. and Commander in Chief of his Majesty's Forces for the Invasion of Canada….. Edward Pickering (out 6 Apr 1759)”.
- [S19] John G. Metcalf, Annals Of Mendon, pg 339-40; "The four companies which responded to the alarm on the 19th of April from Mendon, except those who enlisted for three months, soon returned home. The Muster Rolls at Boston credit Mendon with the following three months men, whose service expired in August, 1775: Edward Pickering."
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