Thomas Pickering1

b. say 1656, d. before 1730
Thomas Pickering|b. s 1656\nd. b 1730|p10167.htm|John Pickering|b. 1609\nd. 11 Jan 1668/69|p10187.htm||||||||||||||||

6th great-grandfather of Ruth Minerva Fairfield.
8th great-grandfather of Laura Jane Munson.
Family Background:
Fairfield and Allied Families
Appears on charts:
Pedigree for Ruth Minerva Fairfield
     Thomas Pickering was born say 1656; (about age 23 in 1679; about age 50 in 1706).1 He was the son of John Pickering.2 He married Mary Gee, daughter of John Gee and Hazelelponi Willix, by 1686.3 He died before 1730 in which year his widow was living in Newington, New Hampshire.1
     
     Thomas Pickering was a shipwright who lived in Portsmouth, Greenland and Newington, New Hampshire.1

Additional Data
Thomas Pickrin was mentioned in his father John Pickering's will dated 11 January 1668/69.4 Administration on the imperfect will of John Pickering was granted to son John Pickering on 29 June 1669.5 The same day "Rebecca Pickering & Abigall Pickering came before this Court and chose Mr. Joshua Moodey to be their guardian. Thomas Pickering being under age & not in legal capacity to choose his guardian, this Court therefore appoints Mr. Joshua Moody to be his guardian."6

Thomas Pickering was a Portsmouth constable in 1700.1

In his will made 14 August 1719 and proved 20 April 1720, he names his wife and all children except John, the oldest.1

Children of Thomas Pickering and Mary Gee

Citations

  1. [S869] Charles Thornton Libby, Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire (Portland, Maine: The Southward Press, 1928), 552.
  2. [S869] Charles Thornton Libby, GDMNH, 551, 552.
  3. [S761] The New England Historical and Genealogical Register; (Online database: NewEnglandAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001), (Orig. Pub. New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, MA. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 148 vols., 1847-1994) 68: 82.
  4. [S912] "John Pickering", citing Provincial Papers, Documents and Records Relating to the Province of New Hampshire from 1686 to 1722, 40 volumes, Nathaniel Boulton, ed. (Manchester, N.H., 1867-1943) 31: 111, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633, online http://www.newenglandancestors.org/, printout dated 2005. Previously published in hard copy (Boston: NEHGS, 1995).
  5. [S912] TGMB John Pickering, online, citing Provincial Papers, Documents and Records Relating to the Province of New Hampshire from 1686 to 1722, 40 volumes, Nathaniel Boulton, ed. (Manchester, N.H., 1867-1943) 31: 112, citing New Hampshire Provincial Deeds, New Hampshire Division of Records Management and Archives, Concord, New Hampshire; NHPP 40: 248.
  6. [S912] TGMB John Pickering, online, citing Provincial Papers, Documents and Records Relating to the Province of New Hampshire from 1686 to 1722, 40 volumes, Nathaniel Boulton, ed. (Manchester, N.H., 1867-1943) 40: 248.