At 02:43 PM 4/1/00 -0500, you wrote: Ruth, See my info intermingled below. > >Is anyone else on this list researching the Edmund Beckford/Bickford >family that settled, for a time, in Lyndeborough (previously called >Salem-Canada), New Hampshire. > >Edmund Bickford, b. December 4, 1735 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, d. >September 8, 1814 in ?. There is no record for an Edmund B* born in Salem for that date. The only other Edmund [besides the one below] is: Edmond, s/of George and Elizabeth, bapt 1 Oct 1727, Salem VR 1:90 George Bickford and Elizabeth Batter 30 July 1722, Salem VR 3:108 >Married Elizabeth Clough on December 15, 1758 in Salem, Essex, >Massachusetts. Edmund [Edward intention] and Elizabeth Clough 16 Aug 1758, Salem VR 3:109 She was born December 5, 1737 in ?. Elizabeth Clough, d/of Joseph and Susannah (Reeves), born 6 Dec 1737, Salem VR 1:185 Joseph Clough and Susannah Reeves [2 Jan 1730/31 intentions], Salem VR 3:222 > >Children of Edmund and Elizabeth: > >Elizabeth, b. 1760, d. August 1792 Elizabeth, bapt 17 Feb 1760, Salem VR 1:90 >Joseph, b. 1762-1763, d. October 1814 Joseph, bapt 9 Jan 1763, Salem VR 1:91 >Daniel, b. February 14, 1765, d. March 22, 1834 Marries Hannah Pickering >and then Mehitable Russell The VR do not have a record for a Daniel born to Edmund and Elizabeth. There is a record for..... David, bapt 17 Feb 1765, Salem VR 1:90 >Edmund, b. December 21, 1766, d. 1841 Married Lydia Rose Edmund, s/of Edmund, bapt 4 Jan 1767, Salem VR 1:90 >Nathaniel, b. 1768, d. September 9, 1769 Nathaniel, bapt 17 April 1768, Salem VR 1:92 >Judith, b. 1770, d. September 23, 1771 Judith, bapt 1 July 1770, Salem VR 1:91 >Nathaniel, b. 1773, d. June 20, 1850 Nathaniel, bapt 3 Jan 1773, Salem VR 1:92 >George, b. 1775, d. January 10, 1776 George, bapt 22 Jan 1775, Salem VR 1:91 >George, b. 1777, d. ? George, bapt 26 Oct 1777, Salem VR 1:91 >Sally, b. July 12, 1779, d. September 20, 1859 Source: Early Vital Records of Essex County, Massachusetts to about 1850 [CD]; Search & Research Publishing Corporation, Wheat Ridge, CO 80033, 1998 available at http://www.essexbooks.com Mariana Mariana Bean Ruggles pnt@chesapeake.net http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~mariana/ http://www.pieces-n-time.com Listowner MAESSEX Mail List Rootsweb.com Donor