When John Bickford was born in 1638, in Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States, his father, John BICKFORD, was 31 and his mother, Elizabeth CATOR, was 18. He married Jane Bickford about 1656, in Strafford, New Hampshire, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He died in 1690, in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, United States, at the age of 52.
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English: habitational name from either Beckford Farm in Membury (Devon), Bickford Town in Plympton Saint Mary (Devon), or Bickford in Staffordshire. Beckford Farm is from the Old English personal name Becca + Old English ford ‘ford’, whereas the other two examples are derived from the Old English personal name Bicca + ford ‘ford’. The surname is more common in Devon and Cornwall.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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