Abigail Pickering1

b. say 1653
Abigail Pickering|b. s 1653|p10195.htm|John Pickering|b. 1609\nd. 11 Jan 1668/69|p10187.htm||||||||||||||||

6th great-grandaunt of Ruth Minerva Fairfield.
8th great-grandaunt of Laura Jane Munson.
Family Background:
Fairfield and Allied Families
     Abigail Pickering was born say 1653 (between 14 and 21 in 1669).1 She was the daughter of John Pickering.1 She "apparently" married William Cotton.2
     
Additional Data
Abigall Pickering was mentioned in her father John Pickering's will dated 11 January 1668/69.3 Administration on the imperfect will of John Pickering was granted to son John Pickering on 29 June 1669.4 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."5

Citations

  1. [S912] "John Pickering", 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).
  2. [S869] Charles Thornton Libby, Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire (Portland, Maine: The Southward Press, 1928), 164, 551.
  3. [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: 111.
  4. [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.
  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) 40: 248.