Abraham Pickering

Brief Life History of Abraham

Abraham Pickering was born on 8 July 1776, in New Market, Prince William, Virginia, United States. He married Ann Pickering Looker on 25 March 1799, in Rockingham, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. He died on 23 June 1833, in Pickerington, Violet Township, Fairfield, Ohio, United States, at the age of 56, and was buried in Dovel Memorial Cemetery, Beals, Violet Township, Fairfield, Ohio, United States.

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Family Time Line

Abraham Pickering
1776–1833
Ann Pickering Looker
1776–1840
Marriage: 25 March 1799
Elizabeth Pickering
1800–1890
James Pickering
1801–1876
Mary Pickering
1804–1842
Daniel Pickering
1810–1876
Martha Pickering
1812–
Jacob Hampton Pickering
1819–1862

Sources (3)

  • Abraham Pickering, "Virginia, County Marriage Records, 1771-1943"
  • Abraham Pickering, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Abrm Pickering, "Virginia, Vital Records, 1715-1901"

World Events (8)

1780 · Richmond Becomes the Capital

On April 18, 1780 Richmond became the capital of Virginia. It was the temporary capital from 1780-1788.

1781 · The First Constitution

Serving the newly created United States of America as the first constitution, the Articles of Confederation were an agreement among the 13 original states preserving the independence and sovereignty of the states. But with a limited central government, the Constitutional Convention came together to replace the Articles of Confederation with a more established Constitution and central government on where the states can be represented and voice their concerns and comments to build up the nation.

1794 · Creating the Eleventh Amendment

The Eleventh Amendment restricts the ability of any people to start a lawsuit against the states in federal court.

Name Meaning

English: habitational name from Pickering in North Yorkshire, named with an Old English group name, Piceringas, meaning ‘the people of a man named Pīcer’.

History: John Pickering of Newgate, Coventry, Warwickshire, England, came to MA in the early 1630s. He married Elizabeth Alderman in Ipswich, MA, in 1636 and moved a year later to Salem.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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