Name/Title
Pickersgill of EllingstringEntry/Object ID
2014.013.0103Description
These first three pages are a write-up of Hope's genealogical research on both the Pickersgills and a bit of the Cunliffes.
Page one starts with the earliest she can trace the Pickersgill family with a John Pickersgill. Information on him was given anecdotally from a descendant of his whom still lived in Ellingstring in the early 1900s. From what Hope could gather John was living in Ellingstring by 1609 and had supposedly lived in a long, low stone home with a thatched roof. Apparently above the door someone had carved "J.P. 1609." By 1902 the home had completely vanished.
Hope makes a note of saying that in the family there is usually more daughters born than sons. She mentions that the male line of the family died out by 1960 with her great aunt Evelyn's son.
The first actual Pickersgill with recorded facts was also a man named John Pickersgill who was born in 1760. He was Hope's great great great grandfather. He had a son named also named John (unsurprisingly) whom a substantial about of information on his later years is available.
His son John Pickersgill was born in 1785 at Ellingstring. He was Hope's great great grandfather. There is information about him at the bottom of page one that continues into page two. Information of his early years is scarce but what is known is that he was already a business owner by the time he was twenty-five. The first documentary evidence on him is from when he married Sophia Cunliffe on August 2nd 1810.
Page two continues starting with where they got married. Hope mentions that while John was a merchant living in London, that he did not sell his land in Ellingstring until after his mother died. He and his wife settled in the parish of St. Lawrence which wasn't far from his business. They had eleven children. The directory of the City of London, 1822-23, mentions both "J. Pickersgill, hatter, 19 Charlotte Terrace, Lambeth marsh." and a "Jn. Pickersgill, 16 Wood st. Sptflds. - silk manufacturer.". Hope believes it's this latter name that is her ancestor. In his later years he was partnered with his now adult second surviving son John. Hope says the directory at that time had an entry labled "Merchants: Pickersgill & Son, 4 warnford ct. Throgmorton st., EC." and Hope says that is definitely her ancestor. Around about 1830 he bought a newly built house in Tavistock Square. He later moved his family to a farm he bought named "Netherne Farm" in Mersham, Surrey but didn't sell the house in Tavistock Square.
Page three continues with mentioning that John died at Mersham on November 11, 1865 at the age of eighty-eight. Sophia lived for another nine years until she passed on December 20, 1874 at eighty-four. Of their eleven children only fewer than half survived to adulthood.Collection
Hope Grace Research CollectionPublication Details
Date Published
1989 - 1998Location
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Hope Grace Collection, Box 3Table
Archives 2 Work TableRoom
Archives 2Building
Tudor HallContainer
Hope Grace Collection, Box 3Table
Archives 2 Work TableRoom
Archives 2Building
Tudor HallRelationships
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Pickersgill (1760), JohnPerson or Organization
Pickersgill (1785), JohnPerson or Organization
Pickersgill (1609), JohnPerson or Organization
Pickersgill, Sophia