Pickering, John (1737-1805)

Name:

Pickering, John (1737-1805)

Title:

Representative, Assembly of the Province of New Hampshire, 1774
Delegate, Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia, 1787
Delegate, NH convention to ratify U.S. Constitution, 1788
Chief Judge, NH Superior Court
Judge, U.S. District Court, 1795-1804; he was removed by impeachment
Member, N.H. House, Senate, and Executive Council
Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Born:

09/22/1737

Birthplace:

Newington, NH

Died:

04/11/1805

Death Location:

Portsmouth, NH

Residence:

Greenland, NH
Newington, NH
Portsmouth, NH -- set up law practice

Nationality:

American

Occupation:

Lawyer

Father:

Pickering, Joshua (c.1683-c.1767)

Mother:

Smithson, Deborah (c.1700-)

Relations:

Siblings:
Pickering, Joseph (1726-; b. Newington, NH)
Pickering, Joshua (c.1728-; b. Newington,NH)
Pickering, Deborah (1730-; b. Newington, NH)
Pickering, Samuel (1732-1797; b. Newington, NH)
Pickering, Ephriam (1733-1803; m. Lydia Coleman; 12 children; res. Newington, NH)
Pickering, Daniel (1735-; b. Newington, NH)
Pickering, Mary (1739-; b. Newington, NH)
Pickering, Elizabeth (c. 1742-;'b. Newington, NH)
Pickering, Sarah (c.1745-; b. Newington, NH)
GRANDPARENTS: Mary Gee and Thomas Pickering

Spouse:

Married Abigail Sheafe (1744-1805)

Children:

Pickering, Abigail (1770-1838; b. Portsmouth, NH; m. William King Atkinson; res. Dover, NH; children)
Pickering, Frances (c.1775-1822; b. Portsmouth, NH)
Pickering, Lucretia (1778-; b. Portsmouth, NH; m. Isaac Lyman; 10 children)
Pickering, Susan (1783-1838; b. Portsmouth, NH)
Pickering, Hannah
Pickering, Jacob Sheafe

Notes:

Pickering had studied Divinity prior to studying law.
ILLNESS: Suffered from illness his entire life, and was a hypochondriac.
MARRIAGE: Married Abigail Sheafe (1744-1805). Abigail was the daughter of Hannah Seavey and Jacob Sheafe.
DEATH: buried in Portsmouth, NH
SEE ALSO (sister-in-law): Pickering, Lydia / Coleman, Lydia
SEE ALSO (niece): Pickering, Anna / Fabyan, Anna
SEE ALSO (niece): Pickering, Elizabeth / Stone, Elizabeth
SEE ALSO (son-in-law): Atkinson, William King
SEE ALSO (great grandson): Lyman, John Pickering
SEE ALSO (great-great granddaughter): Marble, Frances Atkinson
SEE ALSO (great-great granddaughter): Pike, Martha W.
SEE ALSO (great-great granddaughter): Appleton, Alice Atksonson
SEE ALSO (great-great granddaughter): Appleton, Lucy Frances

Charles H. Bell, The Bench and Bar of New Hampshire, Including Biographical Notices of Deceased Judges of the Highest Court, and Lawyers of the Province and State and a List of Names of Those Now Living. (Cambridge, Massachusetts: The Riverside Press, 1894), 44-47.