Person:John Pickett (18)

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John Pickett, of Essex Co., VA
b.Est 1670 Virginia
d.Abt 19 Jul 1765
Parents and Siblings
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m. Est 1670
  1. John Pickett, of Essex Co., VAEst 1670 - Abt 1765
  2. James PickettEst 1675 - Bef 1703
  3. Sarah PickettEst 1677 - 1748
  4. Hannah PickettEst 1680 -
  5. William Pickett1682 - Bef 1744
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  John Pickett, of Essex Co., VAEst 1670 - Abt 1765
  • W.  Mary (add)
m. Est 1695
  1. Blessing PickettEst 1697 -
  2. William PickettEst 1705 - 1766
  3. Henry PickettEst 1712 - Bef 1771
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Facts and Events
Name John Pickett, of Essex Co., VA
Alt Name John Pickell
Gender Male
Birth? Est 1670 Virginia
Marriage Est 1695 to Mary (add)
Death? Abt 19 Jul 1765
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Records in Virginia

1692-5: (page 3) Henry Pickett appointed constable May 1692; (page 8) John Pickett, grand juror. [Essex County, VA Records].
1692-5: (page 101) March 11, 1697 [1697/8] John Brown a servant boy to John Picket was adjudged 12 years old. [Essex County, VA Records].
1699-1702: (Page 74) March 4, 1700, Henry Pickett and Elizabeth his wife relinquished right, title and interest to John Pickett, in 100 acres of land which Robert Armstrong and Dorothy his wife, had previously conveyed to said Henry Pickett (see ante). [Essex County, VA Records].
1718-1721 Essex County, Virginia Deed Book 16; [John Frederick Dorman]; Page 293-94. 5 Aug. 1720. John Pickle of St. Mary's Parish, Essex County, to Allen Frazier, of same. For 1500 pounds of tobacco. 150 acres, part of a patent granted to the orphans of Walter Proverb and to John Pickle for 517 acres. Jno. (J P) Pickell. Wit: Joseph Delany, Mark Clark, John Sanders. 3 Aug. 1720. Possession and seizin delivered to Allen Frazier. 16 May 1721. Acknowledged by John Pickle. [1]
1721-1724 Essex County, Virginia Deed Book 17; [Antient Press]; Page 25. TO ALL TO WHOM I JOHN PICKELL of the County of Essex & Parish of St. Marys send Greeting Know Ye that I for love I bear unto my Daughter BLESSING SANDERS & RICHARD SANDERS her husband have granted one plantation where sd Richard Sanders now dwelleth & 108 acres & a half of land which I took up in copartnership (between CATHERINE & ELIANER PROVERB & myself) as by Pattent during their natural life and after their decease to Blessing Sanders heirs begott & born of her own body & to them forever this 26th day of Decembr. 1721. Presence of LAW: TALIAFERRO, John Pickell, SAMUEL DAY, ZACH TALIAFERRO. At a Court held for Essex County the 20th day of Febry 1721 This Deed Poll of land is admitted to record. [2]
(page 25) Dec. 26, 1721 John Picket of St. Mary's Parish, Essex to his daughter Blessing Saunders and her husband Richard Saunders, conveying plantation whereon said Richard Saunders now dwells it being 182½ acres which said John Picket took up in co-partnership between Catherine and Elinor Provers (?) and himself as per patent. [Essex County, VA, Volume 1721-4, Deeds, &c.]
(page 46) May 15, 1722, John Pickett and Mary, his wife, of King & Queen Co., planter, to Peter Tribble, of Essex Co., cooper (for £30 sterling and 1,000 pounds tobacco) convey 100 acres on northside Piscataway Creek, (being part of a patent granted Robt. Young) and adjoining Thos. Gaines (formerly John White's) Wm. Johnson, Mr. Pettis, and road parting same from land of Argyle Blackstone. [Essex County, VA, Volume 1721-4, Deeds, &c.]
1721-1724 Essex County, Virginia Deed Book 17; [Antient Press]; Page 62-64. THIS INDENTURE made thirteenth/fourteenth day of July in year 1722 Between ALLIN FRAIZER of County of Essex of one part and WILLIAM BLANTON of the above said County of other part Witnesseth that said Allin Fraizer for sum of three thousand five hundred & fifty pds. of Tobacco & Cask hath granted unto William Blanton his heirs 150 acres of land being in Essex County being part of a tract of 517 acres formerly patten'd by JAS PICKLE [Pickell] & WALTER PROVERB lying in St. Marys Parish on the South side of Pewmansead Runn Beginning at two marked Hickory saplins standing in line of THOMAS MEADOWES land & running thence East with line of marked trees devideing the within menconed land & land of KATHARINE and ELINOR PROVERB to a red oak standing near the land of Col. CARTERs land thence North thence West with a line of marked trees devideing the within menconed land & the land of RICHARD SANDERS to three marked hickory saplins standing in the line of above said Thomas Meadows, thence East with said Meadows line to the first menconed beginning Presence of THOMAS SMITH, Allin Fraizer, WILLM BRAMLITT, GEO ROBINSON Joan Frazier. At a Court held for Essex County the 17th day of July 1722. This Lease and Release admitted to record. Also the same day Came into Court JOAN FRAIZER the Wife of Allin Fraizer & freely relinquished her right of dower which is also admitted to record. [3]
Page 75 - Aug. 15, 1746 - John Picket, and Mary of Caroline Co., to James Herndon, of Essex Co., for 5 shillings, convey 180 acres in Essex formerly purchased by said Picket from John Harper. [Source: Essex County Deeds & c., 1745-1749].
Page 24 - Feb. 20, 1765, John Pickett and Mary, his wife, of Caroline County, convey by deed of gift, to Mace Pickett, son of the said John and Mary Pickett, all that tract of land the said John and Mary Pickett hold in Southfarnham Parish, Essex County, containing 125 acres, and adjoining lands of William Cox and Henry Cox, and on Piscataway Creek.
Witnesses:
Edward Vauter
William Pickett, ir [jr.]
Mace (M, his mark) Pickett, junr.
[Source: Essex County, Virginia Deed Book 30].
References
  1.   The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 49, No. 2 (Apr., 1941), pp. 186-190, in Pickett Family of Virginia.
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