John Pickard (1653 - 1697)

Born 1 Mar 1653 in Rowley, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah (Smith) Pickard — married 11 Feb 1680 (to 28 Sep 1689) in Rowley, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Husband of Johanna (Tuttle) Whipple — married 5 Mar 1691 (to 1 Nov 1697) in Rowley, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Province

Descendants

Died 1 Nov 1697 at age 44 in Rowley, Essex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

John Pickard was born on 1 Mar 1653, in Rowley, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony. He was the son of John Pickard and Jane Crosby.^[1]

John married Sarah Smith, daughter of John Smith, in Rowley on 11 Feb 1679.^[2] Sarah died on 28 Sep 1689, in Rowley.^[3]

John remarried on 5 Mar 1690/1, in Rowley. His second wife was Johanah Bishop,^[4] born Johanna Tuttle.^[5]

When John Pickard died intestate on 1 Nov 1697, in Rowley,^[6] his widow, Johanna, was named the administrator of his estate,^[7] valued at L584 in real estate and L143 s6 d2 in personal property according to the inventory accepted into probate on 28 Mar 1699.^[8]

Johanna provided her accounting of expenses as administrator on 29 Mar 1700.^[9] Also on 29 Mar 1700, Johanna signed three guardianship bonds for John Pickard's minor children, with Samuel Pickard of Rowley and John Tuttle of Ipswich as her sureties: John Pickard, age 15, and Sarah Pickard, age 8,^[10] David Pickard, age 6, and Jane Pickard, age 2,^[11] and Jonathan Pickard, age 13, and Frances Pickard, age 10.^[12]

Sources

1. ↑ "Pickard, John, s. John and Jane, 1: 1m: 1653:" Massachusetts Vital Records Project, Rowley - Births, p. 163 (accessed 19 Mar 2018).
2. ↑ "Pickard, John, Jr.:" Massachusetts Vital Records Project, Rowley - Marriages, p. 372 (accessed 19 Mar 2018).
3. ↑ Massachusetts Vital Records Project, Rowley - Deaths, p. 507 (accessed 19 Mar 2018).
4. ↑ "Pickard, John, and Johanna Bishop:" Massachusetts Vital Records Project, Rowley - Marriages, p. 372 (accessed 19 Mar 2018).
5. ↑ Blodgette, Early Settlers of Rowley, Massachusetts, pp. 292-3.
6. ↑ Massachusetts Vital Records Project, Rowley - Deaths, p. 506 (accessed 19 Mar 2018).
7. ↑ Administration bond, dated 28 Mar 1699: Essex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1638-1881, #21788 (accessed 19 Mar 2018).
8. ↑ Inventory dated 28 Mar 1699: Essex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1638-1881, #21788 (accessed 19 Mar 2018).
9. ↑ Accounting, dated 29 Mar 1700: Essex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1638-1881, #21788 (accessed 19 Mar 2018).
10. ↑ Guardianship bond, dated 29 Mar 1700: Essex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1638-1881, #21789 (accessed 19 Mar 2018).
11. ↑ Guardianship bond, dated 29 Mar 1700: Essex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1638-1881, #21789 (accessed 19 Mar 2018).
12. ↑ Guardianship bond, dated 29 Mar 1700: Essex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1638-1881, #21789 (accessed 19 Mar 2018).

• George Brained Blodgette and Amos Everett Jewett, Early Settlers of Rowley, Massachusetts, 1933, repr. New England History Press, Somersworth, New Hampshire, 1981, pp. 292-3. Also available at: [1]
• Essex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1638-1881. Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives.) (subscription required)