Pickworth (Y-DNA)
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Status summary
As of April 12, 2026:
- Unknown if any surviving Y-DNA/patrilineal line. Anyone who believes they are a Y-DNA/patrilineal descendant of John Pickworth is encouraged to Y-DNA test and contact MayflowerDNA1620@gmail.com
Paper trail
First Generation
John Pickworth was born, presumably in England abt 1606, date, place and parentage currently unknown. He died Manchester bef 25 Aug 1663. He married Plymouth Colony bef 6 Feb 1632 Anna ____[1] and they had nine children: Ruth (c1633), Hannah (c1636), John (c1638 unm.), Samuel (c1640), Joseph (bp 1642/3), Rachel (bp 1646), Benjamin (bp 1648), Sarah (bp 1650 d.y.) and Abigail (bp 1652).
Second Generation
Samuel Pickworth was born Salem (now Manchester) abt 1640 and died during King Philip's War likely on 21 Apr 1676 during the "Sudbury Fight." He married 3 Nov 1667 Sarah Marston and they had four children: Sarah (1668), Hannah (1670), Samuel (1672) and Mary (1675).
Joseph Pickworth was baptized Salem 12 Feb 1642/3. He married bef 1668 Abigail Elithorpe but their further history is unknown.
Benjamin Pickworth was baptized Salem 2 Jul 1648 and died abt 1710. It is currently Unknown if he ever married.
References and External Resources
- Anderson, Robert Charles, The Pilgrim Migration: Immigrants to Plymouth Colony 1620-1633 (New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 2004), pp. 353-356.
- ↑ Some sources claim she was a daughter of Edmund Chandler of Duxbury.
