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The life of Benjamin Pickering
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Benjamin Pickering of Mendon was described as a yeoman in his will. The recorded will names his wife Marcy, sons Ichabod, Benjamin and Asa, and daughters Jenny Ballou and Marcy Cook. Its October 17, 1802 date conflicts with a Mendon register death entry dated September 1802, leaving his precise death date unresolved.
His birth necessarily preceded Asa’s birth on December 19, 1765. This broad limit is not an estimate of the most likely birth year. The conflicting death and probate chronology supports 1802 as his death year, while the month and day remain disputed.
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Described as yeoman in recorded will.
Mendon, Massachusetts, United States
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- Mason and Anna marriage names fathers
- Asa and Patience marriage
- Mendon vital records: Pickering birth entries
- Benjamin Pickering recorded will and probate, 1802
- Asa Pickering recorded will and probate, 1808–1809
- Asa birth explicitly naming Marcy, Mendon p 89
- Duplicate Asa birth naming Mary, Mendon p 86
- Benjamin and widow Marcy death entries, Mendon p 81