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Capt. William Henry PICKENS

Capt. William Henry PICKENS

Male 1669 - 1735  (66 years)


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  • Name William Henry PICKENS 
    Prefix Capt. 
    Birth 1669  Campbelltown, Argyll and Bute, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    FamilySearch ID LJLZ-1DQ 
    Immigration Aft 1717  Pennsylvania, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    William Pickens' family arrived in America most likely no earlier than 1717 and no later than November 1722 
    Name Guillaume-Henri Picon  [1] 
    _UID 5443B05EC605456CA56CB367826C957C4BD3 
    Death 1735  Lancaster, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I594777304  Carney Wehofer 2024 Genealogy
    Last Modified 7 Sep 2024 

    Father Robert Andre PICKENS,   b. 22 Jul 1644, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1700, County Limerick, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 55 years) 
    Mother Esther Jeanne BONNEAU,   b. 1645, Doeuil-sur-le-Mignon, Departement de la Charente-Maritime, Poitou-Charentes, France Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1674, County Limerick, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 29 years) 
    Marriage 1665  La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, France Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Family ID F536731650  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Margaret PIKE,   b. Abt 1672, Limerick, County Limerick, Munster, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 1740, Bucks, Province of Pennsylvania, British Colony Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 68 years) 
    Marriage 1692  Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Captain Andrew PICKENS, I,   b. 1690, Ballymoney, County Antrim, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Nov 1756, Waxhaw, Lancaster, South Carolina, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 66 years)
     2. Israel Sydney PICKENS,   b. 1693, Ballymoney, County Antrim, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 May 1749, Brunswick, Virginia, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 56 years)
     3. Jonathan PICKENS,   b. 1693, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Dec 1781, South Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 88 years)
     4. Margaret PICKENS,   b. 1695, Lancaster, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1789, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 94 years)
     5. Robert Pike PICKENS,   b. 1697, County Limerick, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1793, Anderson, South Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 96 years)
     6. Thomas PICKENS,   b. 1700, Richland, South Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 1749, Augusta, Virginia, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 49 years)
     7. William Gabriel PICKENS,   b. 1705, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Nov 1783, Montgomery, Virginia, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years)
     8. Thomas PICKENS,   b. 1709, Bally Gully, Antrim, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1739, Middleboro, Middleborough, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 30 years)
     9. John PICKENS, Sr,   b. Jan 1710, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1773, South Carolina, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 62 years)
    Family ID F536731648  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 7 Sep 2024 

  • Notes 
    • Find A Grave # 88040957 Buried on homestead land.
      William Picken, son of Robert and Jean Picken with his wife Margaret, settled in North Ireland probably around 1690. In 1718-19, they migrated to Buck County, Pennsylvania. (2) At this time Pennsylvania stood unique in the history of the Colonies of the New World as a place of refuge from the persecuted and oppressed in the Old World. They had sons named Israel, Andrew, w Gabriel, William and Robert; a daughter named Lucy. This family and their descendants assisted in the achievement of our independence and many of them have lived to enjoy its freedom. The family of William Picken united with Bensalem Dutch Reformed Church in Buck County in 1819 by certificate from "Earlandt" as spelled in old records
      The Pickens family is a very old family and early records find the name spelled Pecin, Pecken, Peckin. The families that migrated to the United States later added an "s" to their name thus today we have "Pickens". It is said Robert Pickens, a Scotchman went to France during the reign of Charles II of England where he had a minor government position. In France, he married a Protestant French widow, Madam Jean (Benoit) Bonneau.
      In 1685 the Edict of Nantes was revoked by Louis XIV and all the privileges accorded the Protestants called Huguenot were withdrawn, their religion became illegal outside the pale of the law. The Massacre of Saint Bartholomew followed and by the thousands the Huguenots fled to other countries. Robert and Jean Picken escaped by Rochelle and went into Scotland and Ireland
      Birth: 1644, France
      Death: 1700
      County Limerick, Ireland
      A son of Andrew [aka Andre' Picon] and Isobell (Matthisone) Picken(s), Robert [aka Rob'ert Andre' Picon] married widow Lady Ester Jeanne (le Benoit) le Bonneau in 1665 in La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, France.
      Known child:
      1) William Henry Picken(s) (1669-1735), m: Margaret Pike.
      NOTE: This ancestor is still being researched. Available sources have some conflicting information, but the facts seem to hold up that the Pickens family was originally from Ireland by way of Scotland. At some point, some family members fled to France and records show a French spelling of the name; i.e. Henri' Picon. Some members were actually born in France during this time period, which most likely caused the confusion of ancestral roots.
      Excerpt from General Andrew Pickens (1739-1817) letter to General Lee in 1811:
      "There seems to be some support for the claim that one ROBERT PICON, a Scotchman or Briton at the court of France was a Protestant who fled from Scotland in 1661 to avoid persecution of Charles II. In France he is said to have married Madam Jean Bonneau, also a Protestant. They fled France after the revocation of the Edict of Nantes by King Louis XIV in 1685. Tradition continues that they went to Scotland, later to North Ireland."
      Miss Eliza Pickens, a gr-granddaughter of General Andrew Pickens, in a paper prepared for D.A.R., said: "General Andrew Pickens' first home was in Bucks Co PA. The Pickens were French Huguenots and left France after the revocation of the Edict of Nantes by King Louis XIV in 1685. General Pickens' gr-grandfather, Robert Pickens held a good position in France and with every inducement to remain, but he refused to live under Roman Catholic rule. He married an accomplished young widow, Madam Bonneau."
      Robert is my daughters' 8th paternal Gr-Grandfather through his son William Henry Picken(s) (1669-1735).
      Family links:
      Parents:
      Andrew Pickens (1624 - ____)
      Isobell Matthisone Pickens (1626 - 1661)
      Spouse:
      Ester Jeanne Benoit Pickens (1645 - 1674)*
      Children:
      William Henry Pickens (1669 - 1735)*
      *Calculated relationship
      Burial:
      Body lost or destroyed
      Created by: Bonnie's Daughter
      Record added: Apr 03, 2012
      Find A Grave Memorial# 88041522
      This information came from Kate Pickens Day Book "Pickens Family" Chapters 1 and 2 pages 17 and 23. Found in Library of Congress, Washington, DC. and old land records in Fredrcik, Maryland
      on find a grave:
      Birth:
      1669, France
      Death:
      1735
      Bucks County
      Pennsylvania, USA

      One of at least three sons born to Robert Andrew and Ester Jeanne (Widow Benoit aka Lady le Bonneau) of France, William married Margaret Pike in 1692 in Ireland. They immigrated to America in 1719, joining the Dutch Reform Church in Bensalem, Bucks Co PA.

      US & Int'l Marriage Records 1560-1900:
      Name: Margaret Pike
      Gender: Female
      Birth Place: Ireland
      Birth Year: 1672
      Spouse Name: William Henry Pickens
      Spouse Birth Year: 1669
      Marriage Year: 1692
      Marriage State: Ireland
      Number Pages: 1

      Children with Margaret:
      1) Israel Sidney Pickens (1693-1749), m: Martha Ann Davis.
      2) Margaret Pickens (1695-1789)
      3) Robert Pike Pickens (1697-1787), m: Miriam Davis.
      4) Col Andrew Pickens (1699-1756), m: Nancy Anne Davis.
      5) Lucy Pickens (1702-1762)(twin), m1: Matthew Gillespie, m2: John Carr [aka Kerr].
      6) Anne Pickens (1702-1750)(twin), m: Robert Davis Sr.
      7) William Pickens (1705-aft 1783), m1: Widow Elizabeth Ann Scott; m2: Ann Oliver.
      8) Thomas Pickens (b. c1709)
      9) John Pickens (1714-1773), m: Eleanor Baskin.
      10) Gabriel Pickens (1715-1775), m: Zerubiah Smith.

      Ref:
      "History of Bucks County Pennsylvania", JH Battles, Pg 437.
      "Pickens Families of the South", EM Sharp, 1963 Memphis TN.

      From Bolton's "SCOTCH-IRISH PIONEERS" Church, (Neshaminy) Bensalem, Bucks Co.: No. 5, 1912-14:
      "In the records of the Dutch Reform Church, Bensalem, Bucks Co PA, under the heading of "Entries made by Elder Christophel Van-Sandt, during the Ministry of Rev. Malachi Jones 1719 - 1722", there is a list of "Newcomers from Earlandt" who joined the church, in which we find:
      "1719 - Willem Pecken and his wife, by certificate.
      1720 - Iserell Pecken by profession.
      1722 - Margaret Picken by profession.""


      Family links:
      Parents:
      Robert Andre Picken (1644 - 1700)
      Ester Jeanne Benoit Pickens (1645 - 1674)

      Spouse:
      Margaret Pike Pickens (1672 - 1740)*

      Children:
      Andrew Pickens (1690 - 1756)*
      Israel Sidney Pickens (1693 - 1749)*
      Robert Pike Pickens (1697 - 1787)*
      John Pickens (1714 - 1771)*

      *Calculated relationship

      Burial:
      Non-Cemetery Burial
      Specifically: Buried on homestead land

  • Sources 
    1. [S1160] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 7 Sep 2024), entry for William Henry PICKENS, person ID LJLZ-1DQ. (Reliability: 3).

    2. [S1160] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 7 Sep 2024), entry for Robert Andre Pickens, person ID LR6M-8W3. (Reliability: 3).



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