Temperance (Hull) Bickford (bef. 1625 - bef. 1697)

Born before 20 Mar 1625 in Northleigh, Devon, England

Ancestors

Wife of John Bickford — married 1647 in Oyster River, Strafford, New Hampshire

Descendants

Died before 1 Sep 1697 at about age 72 in Dover, New Hampshire

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Biography

Temperance (Hull) Bickford immigrated to New England as a child during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640).

Temperance (Hull) Bickford was a passenger on a ship with Reverend Hull's company, 1635^[1]

baptized 20 Mar 1625/6, Northleigh, Devon, England [TAG 68:149 ]

Death: 1697, Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire^{[citation needed]}

Death (Alternate): 07 Oct 1697, Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire^{[citation needed]}

Death (Alternate): before 1 Sep 1697^{[citation needed]}

before 1694, list of expenses for her estate.

Marriage & Family

Spouse: John Bickford

Marriage: 1647, Dover, Strafford, NY

Children:

1. Elizabeth Bickford
2. Joseph Bickford
3. Lydia Bickford
4. Mary Bickford
5. Thomas Bickford
6. John Bickford
7. Temperance Bickford
8. Hannah Bickford
9. Joanna Bickford
10. Benjamin Bickford

Temperance died sometime before 1 September 1697 when her son-in-law John Redman petitioned the court regarding her estate. She had left a will but not named an executor.^[2] In the settlement of Temperance Bickford's affairs a list of expenses dated 1694 a reference by Thomas Bickford is made to "brother Smith," to "brother Burnham" and to "brother Bickford."^[3]

Research Notes

Needs Research: This profile needs to be researched, and there is conflicting information regarding there husband. (The notes on his profile indicate there were two John Bickford's, and two possible candidates for his wife). In addition to sources needed for death and children.

Sources

1. ↑ Source: Anderson, Robert Charles; George F. Sanborn; and Melinde Lutz Sanborn. The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635. (NEHGS, 1999-2011) p 453
2. ↑ State of New Hampshire, (Batchellor, Albert Stillman, ed). State Papers Series, Vol. XXXI (Probate Records of the Province of New Hampshire, Vol. I). Concord, NH: Rumford Printing Co., 1907. Page 297
3. ↑ State of New Hampshire, (Batchellor, Albert Stillman, ed). State Papers Series, Vol. XXXI (Probate Records of the Province of New Hampshire, Vol. I). Concord, NH: Rumford Printing Co., 1907. p 391

• https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LZYD-8BK

• History of the town of Durham, New Hampshire (Oyster River Plantation) : with genealogical notes
• Maine Pioneers, 1623-60

Acknowledgments

• Thank you to Doris (Muller) Wheeler for importing the data for Temperance (Hull) Bickford from MASTER2011WIKITREE.GED
• Hull-2387 was created by Sue Durling through the import of eliza jane caswell.ged on May 27, 2014.