Miriam (Blakeslee) Pickett (1688 - 1776)

Born 2 May 1688 in New Haven, Connecticut

Ancestors

Wife of Thomas Pickett — married 13 Dec 1716 in New Milford, Connecticut

Descendants

Died 23 Jun 1776 at age 88 in New Milford, Litchfield, Connecticut

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Biography

Birth and Early Life

Miriam Blakeslee was born on 2 May 1688 in New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut to Samuel Blakeslee, Jr. (1662-1732) and Sarah Kimberly (1663-about 1732). Name is later spelled Blakesley.

Marriage and Family

Miriam Blakeslee married twice.

1. Caleb Mallory (1681-1716) on 13 February 1707 in New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut when she was 18 and he was 25. He died on 20 August 1716.
2. Thomas Pickett (abt.1689-1774) (1689-1774) on 13 December 1716 in New Milford, Litchfield, Connecticut.

Children of the Mallory-Blakeslee Marriage

1. Meream Miriam (Mallory) Hitchcock (1708-1776) was born on 23 May 1708 in New Milford, Litchfield, Connecticut. Miriam married Jonathan Hitchcock on 16 October 1728 in New Milford, Litchfield, Connecticut. She died on 23 June 1776 in New Milford, Litchfield, Connecticut.
2. Deborah (Mallory) Hitchcock (1710-1809) was born on 11 May 1710 in New Milford, Litchfield, Connecticut. She died on 23 January 1809 in Bloomfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States.
3. Caleb Mallory, Jr. was born on 3 August 1712 in New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut. He died on 3 February 1780 in New Milford, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States.
4. John Mallory (1715-) was born on 7 April 1715 in New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut. He died in 1793 in Roxbury, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States.

Children of the Pickett-Blakeslee Marriage

1. Ebenezer Pickett (1717-abt.1776) was born on 20 December 1717 in New Milford, Litchfield, Connecticut. He died in 1776 in New Milford, Litchfield, Connecticut.
2. Daniel Pickett (1719-1794) was born on 23 August 1719 in New Milford, Litchfield, Connecticut. He died on 14 December 1794 in New Milford, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States.
3. Benjamin Pickett (1724-1819) was born on 2 October 1724 in New Milford, Litchfield, Connecticut.
4. Hannah (Pickett) Soule (1728-1771) was born on 26 March 1728 in New Milford, Litchfield, Connecticut. She died in 1771 in New York.

Death and Burial

Miriam died on 23 June 1776 in New Milford, Litchfield, Connecticut at the age of 88 and two years after her husband, Thomas.

Sources

• Vital Records of New Haven, 1649-1850 (Order of the Founders and Patriots of America. Connecticut Society, 1917-1924) Part 1, Page 62 & Page 102.
• Shepard, James. Samuel Blakesley of New Haven, Connecticut, and His Descendants (David Clapp & Son., Boston, 1902) Page 7.
• Orcutt, Samuel. History of the Towns of New Milford and Bridgewater, Connecticut, 1703-1882 (Case, Lockwood and Brainard Company, 1882) Page 63.
• Connecticut Town Marriage Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection) about Thomas Pickett and Miriam Mallery. Page 168 of index. Volume LR2, page 357 of New Milford Vital Records.
• Connecticut Town Birth Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection) about Miriam Mallory daughter of Miriam and Caleb.
• Parke, N. Grier, II. The Ancestry of Lorenzo Ackley & His Wife Emma Arabella Bosworth. Woodstock, VT: Parke, 1960. Page 129.