Mary Bickley

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Husband's Bio (from Ancestry.com family stories)

2015 update of JRT's 2012 Comment

John Bickley, was born December 7, 1713 in King and Queen County, VA. His will was probated in Amherst County, Sep 16, 1793.

John was one of six sons of Joseph Bickley of Stratton-Major Parish, King and Queen County, and his wife Sarah Shelton Gissage, who were married in March 1704 [sic]. She was the widow of, first, a Mr. Shelton and second Richard Gissage.

John Bickley married first, Mary Hurt, and lived in Louisa Co, Virginia; .

He married 2nd second, Mrs. Susannah Harding Ellis, widow of Charles Ellis of "Red Hill," Amherst County, Virginia. who died August 14, 1760.

John married Susannah February 6, 1769 and went to live at "Red Hill" where he is buried.

By his first wife he had issue: Charles, William, Joseph, Elizabeth Coleman, Mary Ann Carter, Jane Holland, Humphrey, Matilda, Hannah, James, and Frances. By his second wife he had a daughter, named Mildred.

JRT Note: CAVEAT – The original document included no sources & should not be added to any other trees without including this CAVEAT. I have incorporated Malinda Sherida’s comment correcting Susannah’s 1st husband’s given name to Charles. Josiah was their son - not her husband.

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Rev.1 to BIO with edits & CAVEAT jacktempleton27 originally shared this on 31 Oct 2015

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Children (from WikiTrees https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Hurt-147)

Humphrey Bickley, James Bickley, Sarah (Bickley) Blackwell, Joseph Bickley, Hannah Bickley, Mary Ann (Bickley) Carter, John Bickley, Elizabeth Bickley, Jane (Bickley) Holland, Charles Bickley, Frances (Bickley) Lasley, William Bickley and Caroline Matilda (Bickley) Bow

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Find a Grave Entry

Mary Hurt Bickley BIRTH 1713 King William County, Virginia, USA DEATH 1762 (aged 48–49) Amherst County, Virginia, USA BURIAL Unknown MEMORIAL ID 156503298

MARY was the daughter of James & Ann(Stennard)Hurt. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, Mary married John Bickley, 14 April 1736 in King William, Virginia. Mary Hurt was the first wife of John Bickley.

Family Members Spouse Photo John James Bickley 1713–1793

Children Mary Ann Bickley Carter 1746–1820

Photo Charles William Wesley Bickley 1753–1839

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(1) Source-"Family History from Robert H

(1) Source-"Family History from Robert Hurt, d. 1583 Ashbourne, Staffordshire, England Through Leon Jesse Hurt,d.1956" Compiled by Mary Lee Hurt 1985 married a Bickley (2) records from Varla Wright, Phoenix, Arizona - June 1996 AFN: HLIW-FS a. Bickley Family Bible b. AF information submitted by Eileen S. McMorrough, 303 Hillcrest Dr. Aberdeen, MS 39730. John Bickley md (2) 21 Dec 1767, Susanna Harding AFN: HL1W-TV, suggesting that Mary Hurt died shortly after the birth of her 12th child. (3) information also from Thomasine Elefant (1997). b. date listed as abt 1713. (4) May 2002: Pedigree Resource File CD 31 submitted 8 Jun 2001 by Vickie Dale Beard Thompson, 341 East Deer Valley Dr., PO Box 177, Morgan, Utah 84050-0177 phone: 801/829-4267/829-5073 Birth date given as about 1706 in Caroline County, Virginia.

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Genealogies of Virginia Families, Vol. 1, page 135-137 (from Ancestry.com family stories)

in the Genealogies of Virginia Families, Vol. 1, page 135-137, the following is stated about John Bickley: "They were a generation of small farmers. It was John Bickley, born on Dec. 7, 1713, who continued the westward progress of the Bickleys in Virginia. He was the third son of the original Joseph; his first wife, whom he married April 14, 1736, was Mary Hurt of Louisa County, and his second was Susannah Harding, widow of Charles Ellis of Red Hill, Pedlar River, Amherst County. Ellis died May 4, 1759 on December 21, 1767, Susannah Ellis became Mrs. John Bickley. Bickley received her dowry, and a tract of the Ellis plantation and the mansion house in dower right: 143 acres of land in Amherst County, on the south side and joining of Pedlar River. John and Susannah Bickley lived at Red Hill for the rest of their lives. Bickley is listed in the Virginia Census of 1783 as "John Beckley", owner of five slaves.(U.S. Dept. of Commerce and Labor. Bureau of the Census, "Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States, Washington D.C., 1900, pp. 48, 82, 112).

in his will he left house and furniture to his wife, and to his children 325.17.6 pounds plus the slaves, Isaac, Arthur, Silvey, Oney, and Bartlett together worth 170 pounds.

He died in 1793 and is buried at Red Hill".