John Pickett (d. 11 Apr 1684), was married to a woman named, Margett [...] (b. c. 1622 - d. 06 Oct 1683).[1]
John immigrated to America in 1648, living first at Salem, Massachusetts. He relocated to Stratford Twp., Fairfield, Connecticut in 1660 and served as Constable in 1667. In 1669 he was a Selectman; he was Deputy to the Colonial Assembly in 1673-1675.[1]
JOHN PICKETT had been at Salem, Mass., as early as 1648, but appears in Stratford in 1660, with a family of four sons and two daughters. The town granted him a homelot, April 1, 1665 and he thereafter resided here until his death April 11, 1684. He was constable at Stratford in 1667, towns- man in 1669, and deputy to the General Court in 1673. His son Daniel, settled at Danbury about the year 1700.
Pickett-289 Briscoe Family Tree.ged on Aug 8, 2011
Pickett-229 BDM7-7-11.ged on Jul 8, 2011
History of Stratford, CONNECTICUT 1639-1939. By Wm. HOWARD WILCOXSON. PUBLISHED UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE STRATFORD TERCENTENARY COMMISSION. STRATFORD, CONNECTICUT. 1939, pgs. 215,317.
Disambiguation
John Pecket, sheriff of York, Yorkshire in 1673, married to Margaret, dau. of Richard Metcalfe of Northallerton, Yorkshire & Anne Palleser.
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My suggestion is to change John's wife to "Margett", remove the maiden name, and put her birth year as 1622, per ref 1. Since you are listed as the first profile manager, I will defer to you. Roger Poole.
Pickett-229 and Pickett-3015 appear to represent the same person because: Same person; same death date, wife, bio. I don't think there are any differences, just additional info in Pickett-3015. I couldn't find Pickett-229 when I created Pickett-3015.
My suggestion is to change John's wife to "Margett", remove the maiden name, and put her birth year as 1622, per ref 1. Since you are listed as the first profile manager, I will defer to you. Roger Poole.