Honor Bickford was born in 1674, in Whimple, Devon, England, United Kingdom. She married Joseph Bickford about 1690, in Ottery St Mary, Devon, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. She died about 1753, in Ottery St Mary, Devon, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 80, and was buried in Ottery St Mary, Devon, England, United Kingdom.
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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.
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