Hello everyone! Once again I am delving into my Pickmore ancestors who seem to have once been quite profuse but are now nearly extinct!
My latest conundrum is the parentage of Vice Admiral Francis Pickmore (1757-1818) an enterprising seaman, born and baptised in Chester:
Here are the basic details I have of him (there is much on him in the Naval archives)
His father, William Pickmore (possibly the owner of a dancing academy in Chester)
Married 22 January 1750, Holy Trinity, Chester, to Elizabeth Holland ca 1730, with
Elizabeth 1752
William 1754
Francis 1757-1818
Elizabeth and Francis both married and have descendance to this day.
My problem is trying to find the parents of both William and Elizabeth Holland. She might have been a member of the family of Holland of Mobberley, but I don't see her in this genealogy, so back to the drawing board with her! It is William Pickmore's parents that confounds me. I do know that he was part of the Pickmore family, but despite having a huge pedigree copied from the Chester archives, he does not seem to be in it.
As an intriguing aside:
John Pickmore/ Pickmere of Warrington, Wine merchant in 1818, received a gift of a Newfoundland dog from the ailing and soon to be deceased Admiral, his 'cousin', then Governor of Newfoundland - the first recorded dog of this breed in England ( I notified the Kennel club when I discovered this nugget). It so happens John Pickmore was a 2nd cousin of my ancestor Peter Jackson (+ 1811), man midwife and surgeon of Warrington - both had moved to Warrington from Middlewich. Peter Jackson was the seventh son of James Jackson, butcher, owner of the King's Arms, and salt mines, as well as farmer, and his wife Martha Pickmore. A bit of flesh to the Pickmore saga.
Anyhow, can anyone help me with the parents of Francis Pickmore?
