Rebecca (Pinson) Bickford (abt. 1678 - 1761)

Born about 1678 in Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts [uncertain]

Ancestors

Wife of John Bickford — married 8 Feb 1698 in Marblehead, Essex County, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 12 Mar 1761 at about age 83 in Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

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Biography

Rebecca Pinson was born, probably Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts, about 1678 (age at death). She was the daughter of William Pinson and his wife, Rebecca Greene.

She married at Marblehead, Essex County, Massachusetts, 8 February 1697/8, John Bickford.^[1] He was born, probably Marblehead, Essex County,^[2] about 1674 (age at death).^[3]

Rebecca Bickford, wife of John Bickford, died at Reading, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, 12 March 1761, aged 82 years.^[4] She is buried North Reading, at Riverside Cemetery; her tombstone is broken, but the inscription is mostly decipherable.^[5]

Here lyes the body of Mrs. Rebecca Bickford, wife of John Bickford, departed this life March 12, 1761, aged 8_ years;

Sources

1. ↑ Bickford-Pinson 1697/8 marriage, Vital Records of Marblehead, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849, 2 vols. (The Essex Institute, Salem, Mass., 1908) 2:35 (Bickford); digital images, Hathi Trust.
2. ↑ "Beckford-Bickford Genealogy,'"The Essex Antiquarian ..., 8 (1904):60; digital images, Hathi Trust.
3. ↑ John Bickford 1771 death, citing "G. R. 3 [Riverside Cemetery, North Reading]," Vital Records of Reading, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1850 (Boston, Mass., [Wright & Potter printing company] 1912), 497 (Bickford); digital images, Hathi Trust.
4. ↑ Rebecca Bickford 1761 death, citing "G. R. 3 [Riverside Cemetery, North Reading]," Vital Records of Reading, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1850 (Boston, Mass., [Wright & Potter printing company], 1912), 497 (Bickford); digital images, Hathi Trust; also at The Massachusetts Vital Record Project.
5. ↑ Rebecca Penson Bickford tombstone; FindAGrave.

See Also:

• Ancestry.com, index of records and family trees of possible relevance to Rebecca Pinson.