BICKNELL Ancestry of Hannah Bicknell Campbell, Wife of John Campbell Compiled by Don Dyson Worth, 1996

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1 BICKNELL Ancestry of Hannah Bicknell Campbell, Wife of John Campbell Compiled by Don Dyson Worth, 1996

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3 First Generation 1 Hannah Bicknell. Born in Schnectady, New York. Died Buried in Groveside Cem., Brooklin, Canada. Hannah was the oldest of nine children, the others born in Ontario, Canada. Her brother, Alfred and his wife are buried near Napanee.66 She married John Campbell, 4 Nov in Ernestown, near Napanee, Ontario, Canada. Page 3

4 Second Generation 2 Nathan Bicknell. Born 1 Mar in Munson, Mass. Nathan was a United Empire Loyalist. Moved to Canada (near Napanee) around Nathan and Phoebe had nine children. Hannah was the eldest and the only one born in New York (all the others being born in Ontario, Canada) He married Phoebe Peters, in near Schnectady, New York. 3 Phoebe Peters. Page 4

5 Third Generation 4 Japhet first Bicknell. Born 6 Jan in Rehoboth, Mass. He married Hannah Childs. 5 Hannah Childs. 6 Richard Peters. He married Jerusha Sutton. 7 Jerusha Sutton. Page 5

6 Fourth Generation 8 Japhet Bicknell. Born in Middleboro, Mass. Died 12 Jul Occupation Blacksmith79. Japhet and Jerusha s intentions were published on 12 Sep They had two children (birth order unknown.) Japhet and Martha s intentions were received 12 Sept They had six children (one of whom was also named Japhet.) Japhet, the father, was a man of a jovial nature, a fine horseman and fond of sport He married Jerusha Allen, About 12 Sep Jerusha Allen. Jerusha was from Rehoboth, Mass.79 Page 6

7 Fifth Generation 16 Thomas Bicknell. Born 27 Aug in Weymouth, Mass. Died 17 Feb 1717/ in Middleboro, Mass. Occupation Blacksmith79. Thomas moved from Weymouth to Middleboro, Mass., where he died in He married Ann Turner, 16 Feb 1696/ in Scituate, Mass. 17 Ann Turner. Born 18 Aug Died Before Page 7

8 Sixth Generation 32 John Bicknell. Born in Barrington, England. Died 1678/ Occupation Carpenter, Deputy in General Court, Selectman79. John was the only child of Zachariah and Agnes Bicknell. He was a carpenter in the new settlement of Weymouth, as a record from 1661 indicates: Bro. Bicknell, for making the meeting house tite, 3 pounds. He served on the Board of Selectmen for Weymouth for several years and was a Deputy of the General Court for the Colony of Massachusetts Bay in 1677 and He died between 6 Nov 1678, when his will was written and 20 Jan 1679, when it was proved. John and Mary Shaw had three or four children. John and Mary Porter had nine children Research: There may have been a fourth child of the first marriage, Sarah Bicknell, b. 1648, who married Thomas Reed in He married Mary Porter, 2 Jan Mary Porter. Mary was from Weymouth, Mass. 34 Japhet Turner. Lived in Scituate, Mass.79 He married Hannah Hudson. 35 Hannah Hudson. Page 8

9 Seventh Generation 64 Zachariah Bicknell. Born About in Barrington, Somerset Co., England. Died About in Weymouth, Mass. On 20 March 1634/5, Zachariah, his wife Agnes, his only child, John, and an indentured servant sailed on the ship Assurance de Lo to the new world from Weymouth, England. The expedition was headed by Rev. Joseph Hull of Somersetshire and Devonshire. They landed after a fair voyage of 46 days in Massachusetts Bay at Weymouth, Mass. (then known as Wessaguscus, it s Indian name.) The Hull group established a town and it was renamed Weymouth in honor of their embarkation place. Twenty acres of land were sold to the Bicknell family on what is now Middle Street in East Weymouth. Zachariah died within two years of his arrival and his wife remarried and sold the land, moving to Braintree with her new husband.79 He married Agnes or Agnis Lovell. 65 Agnes or Agnis Lovell. Born About Died 9 Jul in Braintree, Mass. Agnes remarried after Zachariah s death, John Rockwood or Rockett of Braintree, Mass. (now Quincy) and had one son, also named John. She died at age Richard Porter. He married Ruth. 67 Ruth. 68 John Young John Turner. He married Ann James, Ann James. Page 9

10 Eighth Generation 128 Zacharie Bicknell. Died 1620/ in Barrington, Somerset Co., England. Buried in Barrington Parish Churchyard79. The name Bicknell derives from a place name in Somersetshire, Beacon Hill, which is near the city of Taunton. The place was referenced in the Domesday Book as Bichehalda and Bichenhalle - both corruptions of the original Saxon name for the manor there, Bykenhulle; bykene or beacon, and Hulle or hill. The manor of Bykenhulle consisted of 1,500 acres of land surrounding the hill, and was first held by Aluric, a Saxon, prior to the conquest. Following the coming of William, the Conqueror, the estate was given to William de l Estra, whose daughter, Johanne, married Robert de Pavilly of Normandy in 1260 A.D., bringing the estate to Robert as part of her dowery. (As a side note, Johanne s father was not living at the time, and it was the law that permission to marry should be obtained from the King, Henry III. This was not done, and Robert was put in prison for a period, eventually securing his release upon payment of 20 marks, or about sixty-five dollars.) The Pavilly s ancestry goes back to Lord Amalbert de Pavilly of France who founded a monastery in Pavilly, Rouen in 664 A.D. Robert and Johanne s son, John, changed his name from de Pavilly to reflect his current holding as was the custom of the time just prior to his death in As such, he became John de Bykenhulle. By the fourth generation following John the French de had been dropped from the name, and the name underwent a number of spelling changes down through the centuries (Bikenoll, Bykenyll, Bycknell, etc.) before finalizing on Bicknell. Although the exact ancestry of Zacharie Bicknell is not known, without a doubt he descends from Robert de Pavilly and Johanne de l Estra. Included in this line are Knights and high members of the church. It is also evident that several generations of Zacharie s immediate ancestors lived and died in Barrington, Somerset, which is near to the Bicknell manor.79 He married Johan. 129 Johan. Died 1621/ in Barrington, Somerset Co., England. Buried in Barrington Parish Churchyard Humphrey Turner. He came with his wife and his eldest son, John, to Plymouth in Our John was his second son by that name.79 He married Lydia Gamen. 137 Lydia Gamen. Page 10

11 Reference Note 66 Genealogical records of Ralph Hix concerning Woods, Hoover, Campbells, Anshutz, and other related families. (EF#58, SN#66, 26 Mar 1977) Reference Note 79 History and Genealogy of the Bicknell Family and Some Collateral Lines of Normandy, Great Britain, and America, Editor & Publisher Thomas Williams Bicknell, Providence, RI, (EF#67, SN#79, 11 Apr 1977) Reference Note 604 The Corporal Hugh Campbell Family History, W. Colin Crozier, (EF#404, SN#604, Jun 1993) Page 11

12 Index, Johan 129, Ruth 67 Allen, Jerusha 9 Bicknell, Hannah 1 Bicknell, Japhet 8 Bicknell, Japhet first 4 Bicknell, John 32 Bicknell, Nathan 2 Bicknell, Thomas 16 Bicknell, Zachariah 64 Bicknell, Zacharie 128 Childs, Hannah 5 Gamen, Lydia 137 Hudson, Hannah 35 James, Ann 69 Lovell, Agnes or Agnis 65 Peters, Phoebe 3 Peters, Richard 6 Porter, Mary 33 Porter, Richard 66 Sutton, Jerusha 7 Turner, Ann 17 Turner, Humphrey 136 Turner, Japhet 34 Turner, John Young John 68 Page 12

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