Joseph Pike (abt. 1769 - 1842)

Born about 1769 in Williamstown, Berkshire, Massachusetts Bay Colony [uncertain]

Husband of Rebecca (Hawkins) Pike — married about Jan 1785 in Williamstown, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States

Descendants

Died 19 Feb 1842 at about age 73 in Colesville, Broome, New York, United States [uncertain]

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Biography

This profile is part of the Pike Name Study.

Joseph was born about 1769. He passed away in 1842.

Sources

• ABT 1759/60) : Birth - Massachusetts possibly

Date of birth as 1759-1760 determined from ages listed in Joseph's pension application. He was apparently 58 on April 30, 1818.

Sources: Rev. War Pension & Bounty Land Appl. - U.S. Govt., General Services Administration, National Archives and Records Service, Selected Records from Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land-Warrant Application Files. (Washington, DC, National Archives Microfilm Publications, 1969.) - W.498

• about 1790 : Marriage (with Rebecca HAWKINS) - Williamstown, Berkshire, MA

Rebecca signed her name as Hawkins on January 29, 1785 which meant she must have married after that time. Rebecca and Joseph may have been married after the 1790 Federal census was taken since the family is not listed in the Williamstown Census and it appears both were probably living there in 1790.

• Sources:
  • Judd, Oliver P. History of the Town of Coventry, NY - Judd, Oliver P., History of the Town of Coventry (Coventry, NY, 1912)
  • Tombstone
  • Hawkins Genealogy v. 2 - Hawkins, Ralph Clymer, A Hawkins Genealogy, Volume 2; Record of the descendants of Robert Hawkins of Charlestown, Massachusetts (Typescript given by author to New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, MA, 1973.)

• 1800 : Residence - Sunderland, Bennington, VT

Sources: 1800 Federal Census - 1800 U.S. Federal Census (Washington, D.C. National Archives microfilm publications) - Sunderland, Bennington, Vermont, p. 190

• 12 March 1820 : Marriage (with Sally [Parker]) - Coventry, Chenango, NY , Sources:
  • Rev. War Pension & Bounty Land Appl. - U.S. Govt., General Services Administration, National Archives and Records Service, Selected Records from Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land-Warrant Application Files. (Washington, DC, National Archives Microfilm Publications, 1969.) - W.498 for Sally Pike, widow benefits
  • DAR Patriot Index, 1990 - National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Patriot Index (Washington, D.C.: NSDAR, 1990) - p. 2316

• 19 February 1842 : Death - Colesville, Broome, NY

Joseph Pike's date of death determined from the inscription on his tombstone.

• Sources:
  • Rev. War Pension & Bounty Land Appl. - U.S. Govt., General Services Administration, National Archives and Records Service, Selected Records from Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land-Warrant Application Files. (Washington, DC, National Archives Microfilm Publications, 1969.) - W.498
  • Tombstone in Hawkins/Pike Cemetery - Tombstone in Hawkins/Pike Cemetery, Coventry, NY (Coventry, Chenango, NY)

• Burial - Hawkins/Pike Cem, Coventry, NY. Sources: Tombstone - Hawkins/Pike family cemetery on Broome/Chenango County line
  • Judd, Oliver P. History of the Town of Coventry, NY - Judd, Oliver P., History of the Town of Coventry (Coventry, NY, 1912)
  • Tombstone
  • Hawkins Genealogy v. 2 - Hawkins, Ralph Clymer, A Hawkins Genealogy, Volume 2; Record of the descendants of Robert Hawkins of Charlestown, Massachusetts (Typescript given by author to New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, MA, 1973.)
  • Memorial: Find a Grave (has image)
    Find A Grave: Memorial #89220995 (accessed 5 November 2023)
    Memorial page for Joseph Pike (1759-19 Feb 1842), citing Pike Hawkins Cemetery, Coventry, Chenango County, New York, USA.