Rev. Joseph Pickering

Profile & Legacies Summary

???? - 1820

Biography

Annuitant under the will of Lucy Mary Billingsley (q.v.), and son of Joseph Pickering (q.v.).

'Joseph Pickering, son of Joseph Pickering of London, gent., matriculated Christ Church Oxford 26/11/1764 aged 16; B.A. 1768; M.A. 1771; Bar. at law Lincoln's Inn 1772. See Gent. Mag. 1820 i 566.' This reference to the GM is to the obituary of Joseph Pickering perpetual curate of Paddington, shown in the New Monthly Magazine Vol. 14 Aug. 1 1820 p. 232 as having previously been curate at Wickham Hampshire. The will makes no reference to his annuity or to any arrears on it.

Sources

Ancestry.com, Oxford Alumni 1500-1886 [database online].

Relationships (3)

Rev. Joseph Pickering

Legatee → Testator

Lucy Mary Billingsley (née Dottin)

Rev. Joseph Pickering

Son → Father

Joseph Pickering

Rev. Joseph Pickering

Brothers

Tobias Pickering

Addresses (1)

Paddington, London, Middlesex, London, England

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Further Information

People of Interest

Eliza Down Williams (née Griffith)

28^th Mar 1802 - 6^th May 1874

Daughter of a wealthy planter and wife of the rector of St Elizabeth, Jamaica. Bigamous convicted forger.

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Documents of Interest

Windsor and Williamsfield Inventory of Slaves 1814 p8

Document comprises 4 parts, written recto and verso across 5 folios: 1. An inventory and valuation of enslaved persons at Windsor Estate, St Elizabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 2. An inventory and valuation of enslaved persons at Williamsfield settlement, St Elisabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 3. An inventory of animals at Windsor Estate, St Elizabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 4. A cover note outlining the contents of the document.

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CITING THIS RECORD:
'Rev. Joseph Pickering', Legacies of British Slavery database, https://www.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146667167 [accessed 5th April 2026].

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