The Pickering genealogy : being an account of the first three generations of the Pickering family of Salem, Mass., and of the descendants of John and Sarah (Burrill) Pickering, of the third generation . s commercial transactions were withmany foreign ports, and that the articles dealt in were various. At theabove date, May 1, 1733, he had in stock twenty hogsheads of wine, eighteenhogsheads of Virginia tobacco, thirty barrels of raisins, and fourteen ])iecesof broadcloth. He had factors in London, Aberdeen, Rochelle, , Bordeaux, Amsterdam, etc., to whom he consigned variousgood
The Pickering genealogy : being an account of the first three generations of the Pickering family of Salem, Mass., and of the descendants of John and Sarah (Burrill) Pickering, of the third generation . s commercial transactions were withmany foreign ports, and that the articles dealt in were various. At theabove date, May 1, 1733, he had in stock twenty hogsheads of wine, eighteenhogsheads of Virginia tobacco, thirty barrels of raisins, and fourteen ])iecesof broadcloth. He had factors in London, Aberdeen, Rochelle, , Bordeaux, Amsterdam, etc., to whom he consigned variousgoods, and through whom he bought iron, wine, raisins, figs, wool, paper,linen, broadcloth, etc. He frequently insured the goods and vessels ofother merchants. He seems to have been fond of games of chance, for his books containa Wager Account, in which there are frequent entries. On one occasionhe bet on a horse-race, and won £15. Vmi he was not always the amount of his wagers, from June to October, was £67. Sometimes,after entering an account, he would write underneath : Observe. That 1 Records of the First Church, Salem, p. 124. ^ Essex Couuty Eegisti-y of Deeds, VoL 42, p. 273. = 2d Jf,mi Bo,c;lilrh. Anna. jrarv. ; b. 173-2. Unmarrnd2,27,1754, (\. d. 3, 2. 1813. whenshedtedsafann Bv will of 8. 2, , m. 8, 21, 1760. in Danvers to her bro. 12, 28, 1750, 1 (laii. of Joseph and Jonathan. wbi<h for- gives property to her Elizabeth (Hunt) Bowditch. Uncle Joseph. , of Ropes,! of Salem. ba. 10,1», 175C. ba. 4, 20, d. young. prob. d. young. arsral,ell 2d, 8,David 3, 30, Samuel = Lucindn Dicinht Hownj .30, 178r,. [ b. 8, 27, 1786. d. 10, 17, 1823. , 180;i. dan. of Rev. leel Howard, of Sprinj^eld, Mas*. Sophia. Wktmo b. .3, 6, 1810. b. G, 27, ISM. m. Dr. Chapin. d. 4, 27, atSpringtield, Mas9. ni. 3, 24, 1814,Luov Blanchard[53, vii. 300.] , Joseph = Snlli/ Fi
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