Jotham PICKERING

Birth:
1761
Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts
Death:
1809
Gibson Hill, Susquehanna, Pennsylvania
Marriage:
12 Nov 1781
Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts
Sources:
WikiTree
The Annals of Mendon
Find A Grave Memorials
Massacusetts Soldiers & Sailors in the Revolutionary War
History of Susquehanna County, Blackman 1873, pp. 194-195
Commemorative Biographical Record of Northeastern Pennsylvania, including the county of Susquehanna
Mendon, Massachusetts, Vital Records
Notes:
                   The Annals of Mendon, p. 446 - states that Jotham lived in Mendon in the 6th district in 1791.  The 6th district, "Beginning at Hop Brook Bridge, thence to Anthony Chase including him, thence to Cumberland Line, thence to Bellingham Line, thence to Jotham Pickering's including him, thence to Ichabod Pickering's including him, thence to Seth Kelly's including him, thence to the first mentioned bound."

Jotham Pickering was a Revolutionary War soldier (A091041), came to Pennsylvania in 1795 while the area was still Luzerne County, first settling in the New Milford area, and later joining his friend, Captain Joseph Potter, in the Gibson area of the state, where he died. (FindAGrave)

In the Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailor in the Rev. War: "Jotham Pickering, Mendon, MA, Age 17 yrs. stature, 6 ft.; comp. dark; eyes brown; hair, dark brown; residence, Mendon, MA; engaged for the Town of Mendon, arrived at Fishkill, June 7, 1778; discharged, 6 Oct 1780."
Alice PICKERING
Birth:
27 Oct 1763
Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts
Notes:
                   Name: Called Alfe (probably the old way of writing an "s") in her father's will; Mendon Vital records show Alice, dau. of Edward & Abigail; Else for marriage to Jotham Pickering (Mendon Vital Records)
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John PICKERING
Birth:
2 Oct 1790
Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts
Death:
22 Jan 1857
Nicholson Twp, Wyoming, Pennsylvania
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Corbett PICKERING
Birth:
23 Oct 1797
New Milford, Luzerne, Pennsylvania
Death:
1 Jan 1878
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17 Sep 1818
 
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Jotham Pickering - Alice Pickering

Jotham Pickering was born at Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts 1761. His parents were Jonathan Pickering and Elizabeth Hunt.

He married Alice Pickering 12 Nov 1781 at Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts . Alice Pickering was born at Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts 27 Oct 1763 daughter of Edward Pickering and Abigail Chase .

They were the parents of 9 children:
John Pickering born 2 Oct 1790.
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Corbett Pickering born 23 Oct 1797.
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Jotham Pickering died 1809 at Gibson Hill, Susquehanna, Pennsylvania .