Person:Benjamin Pickering (1)
Benjamin Pickering
b.7 Jul 1752 Bucks, Pennsylvania
d.27 Jan 1807 Greene, Tennessee, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. 30 Oct 1747
  1. Mary Pickering1748 - 1823
  2. Jacob Pickering1750 - 1832
  3. Benjamin Pickering1752 - 1807
  4. Sarah Pickering1754 -
  5. Samuel Pickering1757 - 1811
  6. Isaac Pickering1759 -
  7. Isaac Pickering1759 - 1798
  8. Jonathan Pickering1761 - 1833
  9. John Pickering1763 - 1839
  10. Grace Pickering1765 -
  11. Mercy Pickering1767 -
  12. Rachel Pickering1770 - 1804
  13. Hannah Pickering1773 - 1823
Spouse and Children
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m. 18 Oct 1775
  1. Ellis Pickering1780 - 1836
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Facts and Events
Name[1] Benjamin Pickering
Gender Male
Alt Birth? 9 Jan 1751/52 Bucks County, Pennsylvania
Birth? 7 Jul 1752 Bucks, Pennsylvania
Marriage 18 Oct 1775 Bucks County, PennsylvaniaFalls Meeting House
to Rebecca Ellis
Death? 27 Jan 1807 Greene, Tennessee, United States
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Will of Benjamin Pickering

In the Name of God Amen; Whereas I Benjamin Pickering of Greene County and state of Tennessee Being weak in health but sound in Memory & understanding thanks be to Almighty God for it, Do make and Constitute this my last will and Testament my body I Recommend to the Earth to be Buried In a Christian like manner at the Discretion of my Executor and as touching my worldly Estate I give and Demise and dissolve in the following Manner.

First, that all my Just debts & funeral Charges shall be paid

I give to my Several Sons Samuel, Ellis, Enos, Benjamin, Jonathan, and John, the sum of five Dollars to Each & Every of them and to my Daughters Rebeckah, Mary and Elizabeth five Dollars Each to be paid in two years after my Decease to as many of said Legatees as Shall be then arrived to the Lawful age of an Heir and to be paid to the Rest as they arrive at the age Aforesaid to be Raised and Levied out of my Estate and Discharged in Good trade. And all the Remainder of my Real and Moveable Estate I give Devise and Bequeath to my well Beloved wife Rebeckah to be in her actual possession & after my Decease to Sell & Convey the Same as She Shall See Cause and also I Constitute make and ordain her my said wife to be my Sole & absolute Executrix of this my Last will and Testament and I do hereby Revoke Disallow and Disannul all & Every other former testament, Wills, Legates, bequests and Executors by me in any wise Named willed and bequeathed Ratifying and confirming this and not other to be my last will and testament. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this Second Day of the Eight month One thousand Eight hundred and six.

Benjamin Pickering
Signed Sealed & pronounced by me the said Benjamin Pickering as my last will and testament in the presence of

John Jones Ellis Ellis

Source: http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/w/e/l/Christina-L-Wells/GENE8-0010.html

References
  1. ↑ OneWorldTree.

    Ancestry.com. One World Tree (sm) [database online]. Provo, UT: MyFamily.com, Inc.

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