Benjamin BICKNELL

Other Events and Attributes:

• Fact: Son of John and Sarah Bicknell

Benjamin married Susannah HUMPHREY on 21 Nov 1717 in Boston, Massachuetts. Susannah was born on 6 Apr 1695 in Weymouth, Massachusetts; died on 13 Jan 1767 in Weymouth, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Benjamin married Bethiah ADAMS on 9 May 1767 in (int.) Weymouth, Massachusetts. Bethiah (daughter of Joseph ADAMS, Jr. and Hannah BASS) was born on 13 Jun 1702 in Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; was christened on 14 Jun 1702 in Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; died on 3 Feb 1796 in Weymouth, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Name:
John Bicknell spent the whole of his long and useful life in Weymouth. His occupation was that of a farmer and cooper, as shown by the inventory of his personal estate. It is probable that he built the east part of the old house now standing at North Weymouth, known as "the John Bicknell House," and that this house was his home for a considerable part of his life.

He was buried at Burial Hill, between North and East Weymouth. The headstone of his grave bears this inscription:

HERE LYES YE ODY OF
MR. JOHN BICKNELL, SENR.,
DEC. AUGUST 4TH,
1737,
IN YE 84TH
OF HIS AGE

John married Sarah ?. Sarah died on 12 Feb 1730. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]