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Our Pickford family including EVERITT, DAVIDGE, WHITAKER and ROBOTTOM
Small numbers by a name refer to personal number in listing eg GABRIEL 2 PICKFORD - See 2 |
 Glastonbury Tor, Somerset |
HISTORY OF THE PICKFORD NAME :
Of all the Anglo-Saxon names to come from Britain, Pickford is one of the most ancient. The name is a result of the original family having lived in the parish of Pitchford found in the counties of Salop and Shropshire. The name has been spelt many ways including Peckford, Pikford, Pitchford, Peckfearde, Pecforth and many more.
The earliest evidence of the name Pickford was found in Shropshire. In their early history the family was recorded as Lords of the manor of Pitchford in Shropshire. Members were also recorded in Salop where John de Picford was living in 1273. In 1288 Alcock de Pykeford appeared in the Assize Rolls for Cheshire. Thomas Pikeford was recorded in the Subsidy Rolls for Sussex in 1332.The Pickford name spread to many different counties in England, where members of the family were enlisted into military, political, or religious service.
Early immigrants to North America include Mary Pickford who landed in Virginia in 1663, Isaac and John Pickford who arrived in New York in 1820, and John Pichford who landed in Philadelphia in 1823. John Pitford arrived in the Barbados in 1689.
This interesting name is of Anglo-Saxon origin, and is a locational surname deriving from either of the places called "Pickforde", in Ticehurst, Sussex, or "Pitchford", in Shropshire. The latter is recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 as "Piceforde", and in the Shropshire Fees Court records of 1242 as "Picford", and means "the ford where pitch could be found", derived from the Olde English pre 7th Century "pic", pitch, used here of mineral pitch, with "ford", ford. "Pickforde" in Sussex means "the pig ford", derived from the Olde English "picga", pig, and "frod", as before.
Locational names were usually given to the lord of the manor and to those former inhabitants who left to live or work in another area. One Robert Picford was one of the early settlers in the New World. He was granted a ticket for Virginia from Barbadoes in September 1679. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of John de Picford, which was dated 1273, in the "Shropshire Hundred Rolls", during the reign of King Edward 1, known as "The Hammer of the Scots", 1272 - 1307.
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Our Pickford family including EVERITT, DAVIDGE, WHITAKER and ROBOTTOM
Small numbers by a name refer to personal number in listing eg GABRIEL 2 PICKFORD - See 2 |
Glastonbury Tor, Somerset |
GENERATION ONE :
1. ~ ~ ~ DANIEL PICKFORD was born around 1700, and died 28 July 1772 in Elm, Somerset, England. He married JANE (surname unknown). She was also born around 1700, and died 18 December 1761 in Elm, Somerset.
Children of DANIEL and JANE PICKFORD were:
MICHAEL
PICKFORD,
born Abt. 1717; baptism 28 October 1717, Elm, Somerset.
GABRIEL
2
PICKFORD,
born 1724; baptism 2 September 1724, Elm, Somerset.
MARY
PICKFORD, born Abt 1726; baptism 11 March 1726/27, Elm, Somerset.
JANE
PICKFORD, Born 1729; baptism 8 December 1729, Elm, Somerset.
GENERATION TWO:
2. ~ ~ ~ GABRIEL PICKFORD (DANIEL) was born in 1724 and was baptized on 2 September 1724 in Elm, Somerset. He married ANNE CURTIS 15 May 1743 in Elm, Somerset. Jane was born around 1728.
Children of GABRIEL PICKFORD and ANNE CURTIS were:
JAMES
3
PICKFORD,
baptism 20 March 1753, Elm, Somerset.
JANE
PICKFORD, baptism 5 November 1744, Elm, Somerset.
DANIEL
PICKFORD, baptism 6 March 1747/48, Elm, Somerset.
JOHN
PICKFORD, baptism 13 October 1751, Elm, Somerset.
ANNE
PICKFORD, baptism 3 July 1757, Elm, Somerset.
GENERATION THREE:
3. ~ ~ ~ JAMES PICKFORD (DANIEL > GABRIEL) was born around 1753 and baptized on 20 March 1753 at St Mary Magdalene, Great Elm, Somerset, England. He married ELIZABETH (BETTY) EVERITT on 13 September 1775 in Great Elm, Frome, Somerset. Elizabeth was baptized on 31 July 1754 in Elm, Somerset and was the daughter of JOHN EVERITT and SARAH GULLY. In July 1775 James and Betty were living in Sojourner in Elm. Betty died on 7 November 1821 in Elm.
Children of JAMES PICKFORD and ELIZABETH EVERITT were:
ELIZABETH
PICKFORD,
baptism 3 March
1776, St Mary Magdalene, Great Elm, Somerset.
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more information about Elizabeth's family.
GENERATION FOUR:
4. ~ ~ ~ WILLIAM PICKFORD (DANIEL > GABRIEL > JAMES) was baptized on 1 September 1793, St Mary Magdalene, Great Elm, Somerset, England. He married MARY ANN (surname unknown) She was born around 1778 in Mells Village, Somerset and died on 11 April 1860 in Elm, Somerset.
Census entries for WILLIAM PICKFORD:
Census 1: 1841, Great Elm, age 55, Ag. Labourer
Census 2: 1851, 63 Elm Village, age 60, Ag. Labourer
Census 3: 1861, 26 Great Elm, Widower, age 70, Labourer
Census entries for MARY ANN (PICKFORD):
Census 1: 1841, Parish of Great Elm, age 60
Census 2: 1851, 63 Elm Village, aged 70
Children of WILLIAM PICKFORD and MARY (PICKFORD) were:
ELIZA
PICKFORD, baptism 4 August 1816, St Mary Magdalene, Great Elm,
Somerset.
MARY
PICKFORD, baptism 11 October 1817, St Mary Magdalene; died 10
February 1829, Elm, Somerset.
WILLIAM
PICKFORD, baptism 22 May 1825, St Mary Magadlene. William was
recorded as an Agricultural Labourer aged 20 years on the 1841
Census.
JOB
PICKFORD, baptism 22 May 1825 St Mary Magdalene; died 12 June 1825,
Great Elm, Somerset.
JAMES
PICKFORD, born around 1823.
JANE
PICKFORD, born around 1823, baptism 22 May 1825, St Mary Magdalene.
Jane was recorded aged 18 years on the 1841 Census.
BETSEY
PICKFORD, born 6 October 1825, baptism 6 November 1825, St Mary
Magdalene.
LOUISA
PICKFORD, baptism 25 November 1827, St Mary Magdalene, Great Elm,
Somerset. Christening 23 March 1834.
JOB
5
PICKFORD,
born around 1829, Great Elm, Frome, Somerset, baptism 23 March 1834,
St Mary Magdalene, Great Elm; died 5 April 1882, Elm, Somerset.
EMMA
PICKFORD, born around 1832, Great Elm, Somerset, baptism 23 March
1834, Elm. Emma was recorded aged 9 years on the 1841 Census.
GENERATION FIVE:
5. ~ ~ ~JOB PICKFORD (DANIEL > GABRIEL > JAMES > WILLIAM) was born around 1829 and was baptized on 23 March 1834 at St Mary Magdalene, Great Elm, Somerset, England. He married SARAH ANN DAVIDGE on 31 January 1853 in Frome Holy Trinity, Somerset. Sarah was born around 1832 in Orchardleigh Village, Laverton, Somerset and was the eldest daughter of WILLIAM and ANN DAVIDGE. She was baptized on 12 February 1832 in Laverton. Job died in April 1882 in Elm, Somerset and Sarah died in 1891.
Census entries for JOB PICKFORD:
Census 1: 1841, aged 11
Census 2: 1851, 63 Elm Village, age 21, Ag. Labourer
Census 3: 1861, 26 Great Elm, married, age 32, Labourer
Census 4: 1871, 21 Newlands, married, age 42, Ag. Labourer
Census 5: 1881, 56 Elm Village, married age 52, Farm Labourer
Census entries for SARAH DAVIDGE:
Census 1: 1841, Buckland, Denham, Somerset, age 9
Census 2: 1851, Elm, Somerset, unmarried, age 19
Census 3: 1891, Elm Village
Children of JOB PICKFORD and SARAH DAVIDGE were:
CAROLINE
PICKFORD, baptized 7 May 1854 in Elm, Somerset. Caroline married
GEORGE FORD in December 1874 in Chepstow, Gloucestershire, England.
Census entries for CAROLINE PICKFORD:
Census 1: 1861, 26 Great Elm, age 7
Census 2: 1871, Marston Bigot, Little Reyford, Frome, Somerset, Servant to Hannah Sheppard, Under Housemaid.
JOB
PICKFORD, baptized 30 December 1855 in Elm, Somerset. In 1871 Job
was living in Newlands, and was working in the Iron Works. By
November 1877 he was a resident of Elm and he married CHARLOTTE
WILKINS on 15 January 1878 in Frome, Somerset.
Census entries for JOB PICKFORD
Census 1:1861, 26 Great Elm, age 5
Census 2: 1871, 21 Newlands, age 15, Labourer in Iron Works
Census 3: 1891, 44 Windsor Yd, St Lukes, London, age 36
Census 4; 454 Dottridge Mews, Shoreditch, London, Horse-Keeper
JOHN
PICKFORD, baptized December 1857 in Elm, Somerset; died 16 March
1859 Elm, Somerset.
JOHN
HENRY PICKFORD, baptized 16 December 1859 in Elm, Somerset; died 03
July 1861 Elm, Somerset.
WILLIAM
PICKFORD; baptized 02 February 1862 in Elm, Somerset.
Census entries for WILLIAM PICKFORD:
Census 1: 1871, 21 Newlands, age 9, Scholar
Census 2: 1881, 56 Elm Village, aged 19, Edge Tool Worker
Census 3: 1901, Bellbroughton, Worcestershire, age 39, Hook Finisher
EMANUEL
6
PICKFORD,
born 09 August 1863 in Kilmersdon, Frome, Somerset and baptized on
30 August 1863 in Elm, Somerset.
Census entries for EMANUEL PICKFORD:
Census 1: 1871, 21 Newlands, Great Elm, age 7, scholar
Census 2: 1881, 56 Elm Village, age 17, Farm Labourer
Emanuel immigrated to New Zealand on the ship “Ionic” in 1884 and settled in the Hawkes Bay area of the North Island. He found employment as a Ploughman at "Longlands Station" south of Hastings and after 1886 settled in the Rangitikei district where he later farmed on his own account.
Emanuel married KATHERINE ELIZABETH WHITAKER on 28 December 1887 in Hastings, NZ. Katherine was the eldest daughter of GEORGE WHITAKER and ELIZABETH HANNAH ROBOTTOM. Katherine had arrived in NZ from Sydney, Australia with her mother around 1873. Emanuel died on 14 October 1937 in Marton, NZ.
Refer
to separate page for Emanuel
Pickford
for
more information about his and Katherine's descendants.
Refer
to the WHITAKER
family
and
the
ROBOTTOM
family
for more information about Katherine's family.
ROSA
EMMA
PICKFORD,
born 13 July 1864 in Bath, Somerset. Emma was nominated by her elder
brother Emanuel and immigrated to New Zealand on the maiden voyage
of the ship "Rimutaka" in 1885. Her occupation at the time
was listed as a Cook. She arrived in NZ on 03 March 1885 and married
AUGUSTINE
THOMAS MAY
on
09 February 1886 in Sandon, Fielding, NZ. He had arrived in NZ on
the same ship as Emanuel and they became friends on the voyage. Rosa
died on 04 September 1948 in Raetihi, NZ aged 83 years.
ELLEN
PICKFORD, born 9 May 1867 and baptized on 30 May 1867 in Elm
Somerset.
Census entries for ELLEN PICKFORD:
Census 1: 1871, 21 Newlands, age 3
Census 2: 1881, Hapsford House, Kilmersdon, Elm age 14, Scholar
Census 3: 1901: Clapham, London, age 33, Cook, Domestic Servant
ELIZA
JANE PICKFORD, baptized 11 April 1869 in Elm, Somerset.
Census entries for ELIZA PICKFORD:
Census 1: 1871, 56 Elm Village, aged 2
Census 2: 1881, 56 Elm Village, age 12, Scholar, Scholar
FLORENCE
ANNIE PICKFORD, baptized 03 December 1871 in Elm, Somerset. Florence
married ARTHUR HENRY BARNSDALE in June 1893 in Shoreditch, London.
She died in 1940 in London, England.
Census entries for FLORENCE ANNIE PICKFORD:
Census 1: 1881 56 Elm Village, age 9, Scholar
Census 2: 1891, 145 Highbury New Park, Islington, London, age 20, Domestic servant.
Refer
to the DAVIDGE
family
for
more information about Sarah's family.
Refer
to the MAY family
for
more information about Augustine's family and descendants of Rosa
and Augustine.
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