Brief Life History of Japhet
When Japhet Bicknell was born on 27 October 1797, in North Kingstown, Washington, Rhode Island, United States, his father, Jesse Bicknell, was 27 and his mother, Elizabeth Austin, was 23. He married Amey Bennett on 6 February 1820, in Rhode Island, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Smithfield, Providence, Rhode Island, United States in 1850. He died on 15 March 1866, at the age of 68, and was buried in Joseph Bennett Lot, Warwick, Kent, Rhode Island, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (17)
- Japtha Bicknall, "United States Census, 1860"
- Japeth Bicknell, "Rhode Island, Births and Christenings, 1600-1914"
- Japheth Bicknell, "Find A Grave Index"
Spouse and Children
1797–1866 Male
1797–1874 Female
Children (7)
1821–1883 Male
1824–1899 Female
1825–1827 Female
1826–1837 Female
1831–1907 Male
+2 More Children
Parents and Siblings
1770–1817 Male
1774–1817 Female
Siblings (10)
1794– Female
1796– Male
1797–1866 Male
1799–1893 Male
1802–1871 Male
+5 More Children
World Events (8)
1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.
Age 3
1811 · USS Revenge
Age 14
1819 · Panic! of 1819
Age 22
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from Bickenhill in Warwickshire, Bickenhall in Somerset or Bignell in Oxfordshire. The former two are named with the Old English personal name Bicca + Old English hyll ‘hill’, but in the Somerset name the final element alternates with Old English h(e)all ‘hall’. Bignell is named with the Old English personal name Biga + hyll ‘hill’. Compare Bignell .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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