John Bickford 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
          Birth: 1690
    Christening: 
          Death: 
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death: 
           AFN :
Parents 
         Father: Thomas Bickford
         Mother: Bridget Furber
John Bickford 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
          Birth: Mar 10, 1698 - Dover, NH
    Christening: 
          Death: 1762
         Burial: 
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Parents 
         Father: John Bickford
         Mother: Elizabeth Tibbetts
Spouses and Children 
1. *Judith Tibbetts
       Marriage: 
       Children:
                1. Martha Bickford
                2. Elizabeth Bickford
                3. Abigail Bickford
                4. John Bickford
                5. Jonathan Bickford
John Bickford 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
          Birth: Abt 1723
    Christening: 
          Death: Apr 7, 1807 - Barnstead, NH
         Burial: 
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Parents 
         Father: Thomas Bickford
         Mother: Esther Adams
Spouses and Children 
1. *Lydia Unknown
       Marriage: 
       Children:
                1. Charles Bickford
                2. Dorcas Bickford
                3. Lydia Bickford
                4. Esther Bickford
                5. Temperence Bickford
                6. Abigail Bickford
                7. John Bickford
Notes
General:
One of the proprietors of Barnstead.They had 7 children.

John Bickford 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
          Birth: 1768
    Christening: 
          Death: Jun 17, 1851
         Burial: Center Barnstead Cemetery, Barnstead, NH
 Cause of Death: 
           AFN :
Parents 
         Father: John Bickford
         Mother: Lydia Unknown
Spouses and Children 
1. *Nancy Hodgdon
       Marriage: Abt 1796 - Barnstead, NH
       Children:
                1. Daniel Bickford 76
                2. Abigail Bickford
                3. Lydia Bickford
John Bickford 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
          Birth: Dec 29, 1759 - Nottingham, NH
    Christening: 
          Death: Nov 24, 1842 - Northwood, NH
         Burial: in Canterbury Road Cemetery, Northwood, NH
 Cause of Death: 
           AFN :
Parents 
         Father: Solomon Bickford
         Mother: Susan Fox
Spouses and Children 
1. *Abigail "Nabby" Giles
       Marriage: Nov 12, 1786 - Northwood, NH
       Children:
                1. John Bickford
Notes
Marriage Notes (Abigail "Nabby" Giles)
Records of Rev. Ebenezer Hazeltine of Epsom.

John Bickford 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
          Birth: Abt 1730 - Newington, NH
    Christening: 
          Death: After 1801 - Piermont, NH
         Burial: 
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Parents 
         Father: Benjamin Bickford
         Mother: Deborah Babb
Spouses and Children 
1. *Mary Unknown
       Marriage: 
       Children:
                1. John Bickford
                2. Enoch Bickford
                3. Isaac Bickford
John Bickford 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
          Birth: Abt 1834
    Christening: 
          Death: 
         Burial: 
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Parents 
         Father: John P. Bickford
         Mother: Nancy Bryant
John Bickford 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
          Birth: Nov 15, 1795 - Chichester, NH
    Christening: 
          Death: Feb 20, 1815 - Chichester, NH
         Burial: 
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           AFN :
Parents 
         Father: Joseph Bickford
         Mother: Catherine
Notes
General:
NHVR - father Joseph Bickford, reported from Chichester, NH

John Bickford 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
          Birth: Apr 16, 1793 - Danville, VT
    Christening: 
          Death: Nob. 13, 1870 - Danville, VT
         Burial: in Massey Cemetery, North Danvile, Caledonia, Vermont
 Cause of Death: 
           AFN :
Parents 
         Father: Eli Bickford
         Mother: Abigail Rand
Spouses and Children 
1. *Maria G. Colby
       Marriage: Dec 25, 1823 - Danville, VT
       Children:
                1. Joseph W. Bickford
                2. Mary Abigail Bickford
                3. Reverend George H. Bickford
John Bickford 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
          Birth: Abt 1742
    Christening: 
          Death: After 1810
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death: 
           AFN :
Parents 
         Father: Eleazar Bickford
         Mother: Sarah Johnson
Spouses and Children 
1. *Phebe Johnson
       Marriage: 
       Children:
                1. Jonathan Bickford
                2. John Bickford
                3. Elinor Hill Bickford
                4. Sally Bickford
                5. Eleazer Bickford
                6. Joseph Bickford
                7. Priscilla Bickford
Notes
General:
Rockingham County Deeds 110-201 November 2, 1778
Bracket Johnson of Greenland yeoman, to John Bickford of Greenland, yeoman, a parcel of land in Epsom being a hundred acre lot being No. 50 in the second range I purchased of Capt. James Johnson of said county, the original proprietor of said lot.

Rockingham County Deeds 161-102 May 13, 1801
John Bickford Sr. of Meredith to John Bickford Jr. of the same Meredith, my homestead farm in Epsom, part of the Lot No. 50 in the second range beginning at Enoch Brown's land and running westardly till it comes to Mr. Ephraim Davises land, excepting seven rod which I deeded to Jonathan Marston, said seven rods was measured of the North side of said lot containing one hundred acres more or less. John and Phebe Bickford.

A John Bickford and John Bickford Jr. pay tax in Epsom 1793 (prob father and son)
Jonathan and John Bickford Jr. in 1794
A John Bickford and John Bickford Jr. pay tax in Epsom 1795
John Bickford only in 1797, 1798, 1799
No John Bickford 1800
John Bickford appears 1801, and does not appear thereafter.


1795 Epsom Poll info:
John Bickford
2 polls
tillage 2
mowing 6
pasturing 4
horses 1
cows 1
cattle 2 - 4
cattle 1 - 2
acres - 85

1800 US Census for Epsom:

John Bickford
1 male 10 to 15
1 male 16 to 25
1 male 45 and over
1 female under 10
1 female 16 to 25
1 female 45 and over

The census might suggest that one of the children is married and living with 2 children in the household. The 45 and over would be John Bickford and wife.

Deed - June 17, 1807 Reuben Marston Sr., to John Bickford
A certain piece of land, in the town of Meredith, which is my homestead farm, containing 50 acres, it being out of lot No. 4 in the fith range and first deivision, to be taken off the south side of said lot. Also one other piece of land containing 2 acres and 19 rods....except a privilege reserved to the widow Deborah Mead to make the cider which she annual makes in the cider mill that belongs to said farm.

1810 US Census Meredith
1 male and one female 45 and over

Deed - Feb. 20, 1815 John Bickford to Ebenezer Weeks
A certain piece or parcel of land in Meredith which was the homestead farm of Reuben Marston Sr., as by said Marston's deed to me will appear, also one other piece of land containing 2 acres and nineteen square rods, the same being purchased of Reuben Morgan (Marston?) containing in the whole, 52 acres and 19 rods, with the buildings thereon.

The History of Durham traces mainly two Bickford lines. The predominant Epsom line is from Thomas Bickford, born 1640 who married Joanna Libbey. They had a son John who married Elizabeth Tibbetts, who in turn had son Thomas who married Esther Adams. Of this family, sons Thomas and Samuel were of Epsom, son John ws of Barnstead, son Joseph had the Madbury home farm, and son Charles.

The other Bickford line followed is that of Thomas born 1660 son of John and Temperane) who married Bridget Furber. Of this family were sons John, Eleazer who married Sarah Johnson, Joseph and Thomas.

Eleazer married Sarah Johnson of Greenland, and only five children's names are found in Church records: Brdiget, baptized at Greenland, 1723; Ebenezer, 1725 at Oyster River; Eleazer, 1727/8 at Oyster River; Sarah 1729 at Oyster River; and Margaret, 1740 back in Greenland. There is no information on the next genereation of this family in the History of Durham, except three children born to Ebenezer and wife Elizabeth Critchett. By 1751, Sarah (Johnson) Bickford is a widow, meainng Eleazer had died leaving some minor children.

John Bickford is not recorded anywhere in records to date. He is placed in this family through primarily the research done on his descendants. Certainly he would have been a minor at the time of his father Eleazer's death, and with a son born 1766 (Jonathan) he would have been born, say, 1742 or earlier. As a fatherless minor child, it is hard to say if he was raised by his mother or another family. Eleazer is the only Bickford found with ties to Greenland. Both his sister Bridget and Margaret where baptised there, and his mother, Sarah Johnson, was of a large contingent of Johnson families in that town. In all the other Greenland records of this time period, only one Phebe shows as a possible spouse, Phebe Johnson, daughter of Nathan Johnson, who was baptised in Greenland in 1743.

Only the children of John and Phebe (Johnson) Bickford continue the use of the family names Eleazer, John and Ebenzer for several generations. John buys his land in Epsom in 1778 from Bracket Johnson, and the name Bracket Bickford appears in this line for several generations. Perhaps the Johnson family helped in the raising of John after the death of his father.

John and Phebe name children Jonathan, John, Elinor (after his grandmother, whose last name was Brackett), Sally (Sarah) after his mother, Eleazer (after his father), Prisciall, and perhaps a Joseph. His son Jonathan names chidlren Lydia (after his wife's mother) Bracket (perhaps after Bracket Johnson, or his grandmothers father), Jonathan, Phebe (after his mother), John, Ebenezer (after a brother to his father), Priscilla (after his sister), James, Abigail and Mahala.
John and Phebe's son John names a son Ebenezer.
Son Eleazer names a son Eleazer.
And the same continues into the next generation with additional Brackets, Eleazer and Ebenezers.

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