When Elizabeth Chickering was born in 1601, in Ringsfield, Suffolk, England, her father, Henry Chickering, was 42 and her mother, Mary, was 34. She married Nicholas Wolnaugh before 11 July 1626, in Ringsfield, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom. She died before 11 July 1626, in England, United Kingdom.
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"The Pilgrims boarded the Mayflower in search of religious freedom in the New World in September 1620. The Mayflower set sail from Plymouth, England, with 102 passengers, 40 of whom called themselves ""Saints."" After two stormy months at sea, the ship reached the New World. Nearly half of the group died during their first winter due to malnutrition and the harsh New England winter."
English: unexplained. The surname seems to have died out in the British Isles.
History: The Chickering(e)s or Chickring(e)s who were in Dedham, MA, by c. 1670 were originally from Wrentham, Suffolk. However, only four Chickerings (all in Staffordshire) and one Chickring (from Devon) were recorded in the 1881 British census.
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