John BICKNELL

1624 - 1679  (55 years)

• Name	John BICKNELL  [1]
  	John Bicknell, the carpenter, was a man in constant service in the new settlement, as soon as axes, adzes, and saw mills could convert the oak and pine forests into lumber for the more comfortable and commodious frame houses to take the place of the primitive log cabins. As he was a man well known in the town, it is probable that many of the old houses of Weymouth were built by our ancestor, whose hours of labor were from sunrise to sunset, and his compensation not exceeding a dollar a day. Even with small wages and frugal fare, John became an extensive landholder, was one of the strong supporters of the Congregational Church and worship, and in town and Colony business held high rank for intelligence, judgment, honesty and large capacity for public affairs. His children were bought up to habits of industry, his two oldest sons becoming landholders and farmers, and the younger, Thomas, a blacksmith. John died, January, 1679, aged 55, and was buried at Burial Hill, Weymouth. [1]
  Birth	1624	Barrington, England   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Fact	Son of Zachary and Agnes Bicknell   [1]
  Death	Jan 1679  [1]
  Person ID	I104228	Main Tree
  Last Modified	10 Aug 2022

  
  

  Family 1	Mary SHAW,   b. 18 Jun 1626   d. 25 Mar 1658 (Age 31 years)
  Children	+ 1. John BICKNELL,   b. 1653/4   d. 4 Aug 1737, Weymouth, Massachusetts (Age 83 years)
  Family ID	F43835	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	10 Aug 2022

  
  

  Family 2	Mary PORTER
  Marriage	2 Jan 1659  [1]
  Children	+ 1. Zachariah BICKNELL,   b. 7 Feb 1667/8   d. 1734 (Age 65 years)  [Birth] + 2. Thomas BICKNELL,   b. 27 Aug 1670   d. 17 Feb 1717/8, Middleboro, Massachusetts (Age 47 years)  [Birth]
  Family ID	F43836	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	10 Aug 2022

  
  

• Sources

  [S13180] Thomas Williams Bicknell, History and Genealogy of the BICKNELL Family and some collateral Lines of Normandy, Great Britain and America.