Benjamin Bickford, Sr.

Benjamin Bickford was the son of John Bickford of Oyster River & Temperance Hull.

Family

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4. Benjamin Bickford (John), born 20 Oct. 1672, had wife, Sarah, said to have been Sarah Bassum. Was she not Sarah Barsham, dau. of John and Mehitabel, born 167-? She married (2) about 1700 Jotham Odiorne.

Benjamin Bickford had a daughter Temperance who, 18 April 1718, was wife of John Underwood. (His estate adminstered in 1727 and in 1743-62 she was Temperance Walton.) The Underwood children in 1743 were John, Benjamin and Mary, all of Portsmouth. Mary was Mary Hardison in 1747.

Biography

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Bickford-96

From: "A RECORD OF THAT BRANCH OF HAMPSHIRE BICKFORDS FROM ONE JOHN BICKFORD OF BLOODY POINT (NEWINGTON) N. H. DOWN HARRIET ELENOR BICKFORD MUELLER OF COUNCIL BLUFFS, IOWA."[1]

"Benjamin Bickford was the son of John Bickford and Elizabeth Cator Bickford. The date of his birth is unknown and was probably about 1660. He was living as late as March 18, 1733—34, as his name appears under that date in a "Final Division of Common Lands.

"Benjamin Bickford, in 1694, had a grant of thirty acres next to his house on the highway leading from Bloody Point to Greenland, over against John Hudson's house. He was constable about this time. Dec. 7, 1702, he and his wife Sarah, deeded to John Knight sixteen acres now in his actual possession, formerly the land of the said Benjamin Bickford's father, lying betwixt Pine Point and Bloody Point, bounded by the river on the east, by road on the west, on the north by land of Henry Langstaff and on the south by land of said Knight, formerly of Richard Cator, with one fourth of a sawmill between Knight's and the land now sold. This looks as thoughBenjamin Bickford might have been son of the Bickford who married a daughter of Richard Cator. The will of Benjamin Bickford Of Newington, 4 April 1724 — 2 June 1725, is signed by the same mark as the above deed, a well drawn capital B."

Family

The children of Benjamin and Sarah Bickford, according to his will, were:

• • I. Mary Bickford m. Joshua Crockett, Dec. 8, 1707
• • II. Benjamin Bickford prob. of age in 1711 m. to Deborah Baur (?) Oct. 23, 1718 by Rev. Jos. Adams. Benj. died near 1767. (9 children)
• • III. Thomas Bickford m. Sarah Simeson, July 26, 1711 (8 Children)
• • IV. Abigail Bickford m. Zebulon Dam, Aug. 16, 1716
• • V. Elizabeth Bickford m. John Dam, Feb. 20, 1718
• • VI. Deborah Bickford m. Joshua Babb, Dec. 12, 1720
• • VII. John Bickford- m. Sarah Hodgdon, 23 Feb. 1725 Rochester, NH, (4 children)
• • VIII. Joseph Bickford m. Margery________ He was dead before Nov. 15,1754 (3 children)
• • IX. Temperance Bickford
• • X. Hannah Bickford "Was there also Hannah who m. John Carter, July 27, 1721 died before her father's will was made?

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From: "History of the Town of Durham, New Hampshire"[3]

"Benjamin Bickford (John), born 20 Oct. 1672. m. SARAH BARSHAM NH) had wife, Sarah, said to have been Sarah Bassum. (Was she not Sarah Barsham, dau. of John and Mehitabel, born 11 Aug. 1676 Watertown, d. 23 June 1752 Newcastle? She married (2) about 1700 Jotham Odiorne?)"

"Benjamin was living at Bloody Point when he witnessed a deed in 1680. He was also constable for the town."