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 .. . , in Frankfort, Me. 5. Harriet; b. in Frankfort, Me. 6. Oliver; b. in Frankfort, Me. 7. Lemuel; b. in Frankfort, Me. 8. Betsey; b. in Frankfort, Me. 9. Mary; b. in Frankfort, James; b. in Frankfort, Me. Oliver Parker died in Frankfort, Me., Aug. 5, 1816. Lydia Bicknell died in Frankfort, Me., Nov. 10, 1851. Oliver and Lydia (Bicknell) Parker were of the pioneers
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 .. . , in Frankfort, Me. 5. Harriet; b. in Frankfort, Me. 6. Oliver; b. in Frankfort, Me. 7. Lemuel; b. in Frankfort, Me. 8. Betsey; b. in Frankfort, Me. 9. Mary; b. in Frankfort, James; b. in Frankfort, Me. Oliver Parker died in Frankfort, Me., Aug. 5, 1816. Lydia Bicknell died in Frankfort, Me., Nov. 10, 1851. Oliver and Lydia (Bicknell) Parker were of the pioneers inthe wilds of Maine, then a part of the territory of was born in Natick, was a soldier in the RevolutionaryWar, and in 1789, three years after his marriage, removed fromWeymouth with his wife, Lydia Bicknell, and two daughters,Susan and Lydia, the former two years old and the younger onlynine months, to Frankfort, a town on the Penobscot River, whichwas incorporated that year. He settled on the Parker farm,built a log house, cleared the forests of spruce and pine for hisfirst planting, and brought his little family from Weymouth. Thefirst settlers got their living by hunting deer, moose, beaver and. Lvdia (BrcKXKix) Froma water color portrait painted about 18, in the possession ofJames H. Brehaut of Roxbury, Mass. Sixth Generation 63 muskrats, by fishing in the Penobscot, and by an abundance ofwild fowl, ducks and geese. For several years the early settlershad a hard struggle for their support, but the natural food sup-plies and a fruitful soil soon gave the Parker family an abun-dance, and eight children were born on the Penobscot. was endowed with great ability and energy, and was awoman of fine character and of great worth to the new settlement. Lemuel6 [134], (Lemuel, Zachariah, John, John, Zachary), sonof Lemuel and Ruth (Vining) Bicknell; b. at Weymouth,Mass., Jan. 24, 1770; m. Abigail, Dec. 24, 1792, dau. ofWilliam and M
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