Person:William Pickett (17)

Capt. William Sanford Pickett

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m. Abt 1760

Facts and Events

Name^[1]^[2]^[3]	Capt. William Sanford Pickett
Gender	Male
Birth^[1]^[3]^[4]	1732	Cople Parish, Westmoreland, Virginia
Alt Birth^[3]	21 Feb 1735
Marriage	Abt 1760	to Elizabeth Metcalfe
Residence^[2]	1777	Fauquier, Virginia, United StatesLeeds Manor
Death^[3]	2 Feb 1798	Fauquier, Virginia, United States

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Jackson, Ron V. Virginia, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1607-1890.
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 ^3.3 L58V-671 (FamilySearch Family Tree), in FamilySearch Family Tree
last accessed Dec 2020.

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The Family Group Sheet gives his birth date as 21 Feb 1735. This is only possible if he was not the illegitimate child referred to in Nov 1732.
↑ William Sanford Pickett, in Ancestry.com. Public Member Trees: (Note: not considered a reliable primary source).

According to this tree, Martha Sanford was summoned before Church Wardens of Cople Parish, Westmoreland Co., Virginia in Nov 1732 regarding the birth of her illegitimate child within the past 6 months. She apparently named William Pickett as the father.