Ephraim Pickard (1748 - 1811)

Born 7 Mar 1748 in Rowley, Essex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Abigail (Davis) Pickard — married 10 Dec 1772 (to 9 Oct 1807) in Beverly, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Province

Died 3 May 1811 at age 63 in Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Private Ephraim Pickard served with Essex County, Massachusetts Militia during the American Revolution.

Ephraim Pickard is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A085574.

Ephraim Pickard is an NSSAR Patriot Ancestor.
NSSAR Ancestor #: 270120
Rank: Private

Ephraim Pickard was a Private in the Revolutionary War serving in Lt. Moses Bradstreet's detachment in defence of Gloucester harbor in 1775. ^{[1] [2]}

Ephraim Pickard was born on March 7, 1748 in Rowley, Essex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay, son of Jonathan Pickard (1716–1765) and Mary Hammond (1719–1748).

Ephraim (24) and Abigail Davis (23) were married on December 10, 1772 in Beverly, Essex County.

Abigail was born about 1748 in Beverly, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Province.

Their children were:

1. Mary Pickard (1773– )
2. Abigail Pickard (1774– )
3. Jane Pickard (1776–1848)
4. Elizabeth Pickard (<1779–1807)
5. John Davis Pickard (1782–1800)
6. Ephraim Pickard (1784– )
7. Thomas Pickard (1788–1800)

Ephraim died on May 3, 1811 in Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, aged 63.

Sources

1. ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 2023-10-22), "Record of Ephraim Pickard", Ancestor # A085574.
2. ↑ Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War

• George Brained Blodgette and Amos Everett Jewett. Early Settlers of Rowley, Massachusetts. 1933. Reprinted by the New England History Press, Somersworth, New Hampshire. 1981. Page 296. Also available at: [1]

• Find A Grave: Memorial #50326249 Ephraim Pickard

• "Massachusetts, Revolutionary War, Index Cards to Muster Rolls, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQZ-V78N-R?cc=2548057&wc=QZZQ-MZH%3A1589088719 : 27 January 2017), Phips, David - Pike, William > image 149 of 2374; Massachusetts State Archives, Boston.

• Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War (Wright & Potter, Boston, 1896-1908) Vol. 12, 347
  • "Pickard, Ephraim. Private, Lieut. Moses Bradstreet's detachment; account rendered for wages and billeting, dated Rowley, Nov. 15, 1775, and sworn to at Ipswich ; service, 14 days, in defence of Gloucester harbor by order of Selectmen and Committee of Correspondence of Rowley ; enlistment, 14 days."

• "United States Rosters of Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS3Q-C3HZ-5?cc=2546162&wc=WD6Q-RMN%3A1588791497 : 24 January 2018), Massachusetts, vol 12, Peabadey, Francis-Razey, Joseph > image 349 of 1022; citing various published state rosters, United States.