When Ezra Bickford was born on 19 May 1806, in Rochester, Strafford, New Hampshire, United States, his father, John Bickford, was 44 and his mother, Lovey Brown, was 28. He married Abigail Hartford in 1829, in Eaton, Strafford, New Hampshire, United States. He died in July 1850, in Grand Island, Hall, Nebraska, United States, at the age of 44.
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Atlantic slave trade abolished.
In 1808, Concord became the capital of New Hampshire. It was originally the Penacook Plantation given to the state by the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
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.
Possible Related NamesEzra Bickford Ezra Bickford was born May 19, 1806 in Rochester, Strafford, NH to John and Lovey Bickford. Married about 1829 to Abigail Hartford, probably in Eaton, Strafford County, as that was their …
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