A genealogy of the Bickford family of Durham New Hampshire as extracted from the History of Durham New Hampshire and other sources.
George Bickford and William Bickford were inhabitants east of the Kennebec River in 1664. Andrew Bickford, Lawrence Bickford and William Bickford and others had a grant of the lower end of Arrowsic Island, near the mouth of the Kennebec, in 1679. John Bickford was of the Isles of Shoals in 1642, and his estate was administered by Philip Tucker in 1662, Edward Bickford was of Portsmouth, 1660-86, and had wife and children. He was a carpenter and lived on Sagamore Creek and was licensed innkeeper, 8 Oct. 1686. Mary Bickford and her son, Nicholas, are named in records of Court at Portsmouth in 1676. Elizabeth Bickford was a witness in 1669 and 1679. Samuel Bickford, born 1642, was of Salisbury, Mass., in 1667. He married Mary, daughter of Edward Cottle, and removed to Nantucket. He had daughter Mary born in Amesbury, Mass., 8 June 1668.
John Bickford, grandson of Richard Cator, died about 1690, leaving widow, Jane, who married John Dockum, and daughters, Agnes and Mary. Agnes married Samuel Lary of Exeter. Mary was a cripple and died, unmarried, before 1709.
All these are mentioned in order that they may not be confused with the families here traced.
- Genealogy of the John Bickford Family of Durham New Hampshire
- Family of John Bickford of Oyster River, New Hampshire
- Family of Thomas Bickford of Oyster River, New Hampshire
- Family of John Bickford of Dover, New Hampshire
- Family of Benjamin Bickford of Oyster River, New Hampshire
- Family of John Bickford of Durham, New Hampshire
- Family of Eleazar Bickford of Oyster River and Durham, New Hampshire
- Family of Joseph Bickford of Oyster River and Durham, New Hampshire
- Family of Thomas Bickford of Newington, New Hampshire
- Family of Jethro Bickford of Newington, New Hampshire
- Family of Winthrop Bickford of Durham, New Hampshire
- Family of Robert Bickford of Durham, New Hampshire
- Genealogy of the Thomas Bickford Family of Durham New Hampshire
- Family of Thomas Bickford of Dover, New Hampshire
- Family of John Bickford of Dover, New Hampshire
- Family of Thomas Bickford of Madbury, New Hampshire
- Family of John Bickford of Dover, New Hampshire
- Family of Joseph Bickford of Dover, New Hampshire
- Family of Samuel Bickford of Epsom, New Hampshire
- Family of Jonathan Bickford of Dover and Wolfeboro New Hampshire
- Family of Ephraim Bickford of Dover, New Hampshire
- Genealogy of the Benjamin Bickford family of Durham, New Hampshire
- Family of Benjamin Bickford of Newington, New Hampshire
- Family of Benjamin Bickford of Durham and Newington New Hampshire
- Family of Thomas Bickford of Newington, New Hampshire
- Family of John Bickford of Oyster River and Rochester New Hampshire
- Family of Joseph Bickford of Newington, New Hampshire
- Genealogy of the Henry Bickford Family of Durham New Hampshire
- Family of Henry Bickford of Portsmouth, New Hampshire
- Family of Thomas Bickford of Portsmouth, New Hampshire
Family of John Bickford of Portsmouth, New Hampshire
There was a John Bickford of Portsmouth, who married Elizabeth Britten, 15 Sept. 1718. She renewed her baptismal covenant, 22 July 1722, and they had children baptized at the South Church.
- John bapt. 23 Sept. 1722.
- Mary bapt. 31 March 1733/4
- Sarah bapt. 31 March 1733/4; twin to Mary; m. Francis
- Peters, 4 Aug. 1765. Ann bapt. 25 July 1736. Hannah bapt. 3 Oct. 1742.
Unclassified Bickfords found in Durham, New Hampshire Records
- Moses Bickford born 16 June 1780. m. Sally Ellison, of Barrington, 1802.
- m. 7 Oct. 1792, Benjarnin Bickford and Peggy Mitchell,
- m. 19 Aug. 1804, Samuel Follet of Lee and Mrs. Peggy Bickford.
- m. 16 March 1794, John Bickford and Sally Bracey.
- m. 10 May 1795, Sally Bickford and Benjamin French Brown,
- m. 21 April 1799, Reuben Bickford and Deborah Durgin. He d. 12 Oct. 1838, aged 78.
- m. 17 Nov. 1803, Andrew Bickford and Susannah Follett. She d. 13 Apr. 1836.
- m. 28 Nov. 1782, Abraham Bickford and Elizabeth Langley.
- m. 1 May 1803, Josiah Bickford and Polly Crommett.
- m. 15 Dec. 1805, Joseph Arlin and Miss Abigail Bickford.
- m. 1807, Abraham Mathes and Love Bickford.
- m. 20 Aug. 1820, David Bickford and Elizabeth Jenness.
- m. 20 Aug. 1820, Ephraim L. Bickford and Sally Davis,
- m. 11 May 1823, James Bickford and Ann Arlin.
- m. Nov. 1825, John S. Whitehouse and Abigail Bickford.
- m. 11 Feb. 1841, Asa Dame and Lucia Bickford.
- James Bickford d. 19 July 1808.
- Thomas Bickford d. 4 Oct, 1818.
- Bickford, pauper, d. 15 Dec. 1842, aged 73.
- John Bickford d. 15 Aug. 1845, aged 33.
- Widow Deborah Bickford d. in Durham, 15 Nov. 1855, aged 80.