History and genealogy of the Bicknell family and some collateral lines, of Normandy, Great Britain and AmericaComprising some ancestors and many descendants of Zachary Bicknell from Barrington, Somersetshire, England, 1635 .. . venly rest. We seemed to see the golden gates ajar, And hear the welcomes of those loved in life. Our tears were stayed—the Fathers home was reached; The Mansion now received the welcomed child. —T. W. B. Edward [862], (Joshua, Joshua, Joshua, Joshua, Zachariah,John, Zachary), son of Joshua and Elizabeth Marchant(Sissions) Bicknell; b. in Providence, R. I., Oct. 13,
History and genealogy of the Bicknell family and some collateral lines, of Normandy, Great Britain and AmericaComprising some ancestors and many descendants of Zachary Bicknell from Barrington, Somersetshire, England, 1635 .. . venly rest. We seemed to see the golden gates ajar, And hear the welcomes of those loved in life. Our tears were stayed—the Fathers home was reached; The Mansion now received the welcomed child. —T. W. B. Edward [862], (Joshua, Joshua, Joshua, Joshua, Zachariah,John, Zachary), son of Joshua and Elizabeth Marchant(Sissions) Bicknell; b. in Providence, R. I., Oct. 13, 1819;m. Oct. 18, 1840, Eleanor Proctor Najac; b. at Providence,April 25, 1821. —1. Edward; b. March 18, 1842, Providence; m., 1900, Effie B. Taylor; no issue. Residence, —2. Frank Joshua; b. Feb. 14, 1845, Providence; m. ElizaFenner; no issue; she died Feb. 4, 1886. Residence, Proctor (Najac) Bicknell died Dec. 26, J.,8 on the death of his father, in 1821, spent his boy-hood at Barrington, R. I., in the home of his grandfather, JudgeJoshua Bicknell. At 15 he entered the store of Seth Adams, inProvidence, where he obtained a good business education. Later. Martha EeizabETh Bickneee, Daughter of Thomas W. BicknEee. Eighth Generation 303 he was clerk and general manager in the commission house ofC. C. Mowry, until, in 1851, he formed a partnership with DariusS. Skinner, with the firm name of Bicknell & Skinner. Thisfirm did a successful Southern and Eastern trade until reverses,caused by the memorable financial panic, swept away in a fewdays the results of all their labors. After that Mr. Bicknelldevoted his time to real estate and mercantile transactions. Dur-ing his whole life he carried the highest love and veneration forhis grandfather, adopting the spelling of his name, Bicknall,because Grandfather Bicknall spelled it so. Olive [864], (James, Joshua, Joshua, Joshua, Zachariah,John, Zachary), dau. of James
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