This is an excerpt from a paper that was  given to me on the History of the BICKETT Family.  The notation states, "As copied from some very old records and from the Kentucky State Historical Society".

"On the Rolling Fork River near where now stands the town of Raywick, KY, and in the year 1798, there settled William Bickett, who emigrated with other families from Maryland, near Baltimore.  William Bickett's family consisted of him, his wife and seven children, five  boys and two girls, when he left Maryland; and on the way to Kentucky, somewhere in the Cumberland Mountains, another son was born, that was on March 15th, 1798.  His name was Nathaniel.  While the wife was sick and unable to travel, the rest of the  company opened a large sugar camp and  made enough sugar to do them twelve months.  William Bickett left behind him when he died, a name that has not ceased, and one that has been referred  to with veneration by his numerous descendants.  Some of these still live at Raywick, Marion County, Kentucky, Marion County having been a part of Washington County until 1834."

    The paper goes on to talk about the descendants of William Bickett, which I have listed in the pedigree below, and their vocations.  I got a chuckle out of part of the last paragraph.  Talking about all the sons of William Bickett, it says, "Combining the old Bicketts all together, they were industrious, sober, hard working men,  and I will say, spiritually, mentally and physically, few could excel them.  The seven older boys did not have the advantage of an education, yet their judgment was always in the right side.  They were all true blue democrats and what is more strange, their farms all joined my father's farm which happened to be in the middle and he could stand on his land and talk all around to his brothers."  This was a paper that was written by Seth Bickett, son of Nathaniel, the Bickett that was born in the Cumberland Mountains.

    On July 12, 1999 I drove through Raywick, KY.  While there, I found the house that William Bickett built in the very early 1800's.  Unfortunately, I could get no one to answer the door.  One day, however, I will return.  Take this link to view William Bickett's house.

    A couple  items to take note - I am told that William Bickett came  to Maryland from England as an indentured servant.  After working long enough to earn his freedom from his debt, there is a possibility that he later served as a Judge in Frederick County, Maryland.  Frederick County would have covered everything from just west of Baltimore to the western most end of the State.  Ironically, the area in which I now live.  I have researched this at the Maryland State Archives and cannot substantiate this claim.  It appears to me from personally looking at the original book that contains the "Oath of Allegiance", the "Judge" was someone else, not William.  Another I can not substantiate is the claim William was given the land grant in Kentucky for serving in the 50th Maryland Regiment during and after the Revolutionary War.  Although descendants have become members of the DAR because of this claim, the Archivist at the State Archives can find no evidence that the 50th Maryland Regiment ever existed.  

    There are several dates that I have not listed below.  This research was compiled by someone other than myself.  I have not validated the dates listed here, although it appears that the researcher does have documentation to back up the dates and claims.  Majority of the marriages appear to have happened In Raywick, KY and many of the people listed here look to be buried in St. Francis Xavier Cemetery in Raywick.  Some of the family also lived in Union Co., KY.  The information that I have received also lists the parents of some of the people that married the BICKETT's.

William Bickett  ?-?  b in England
  +  Jane Hart  ?-?  b in England   m England
      2  James BICKETT  1775-1814  b Frederick Co., MD  d Marion Co., KY
         +  Judy HARRIS   b 18 July 1783   d abt 1810  m in MD
         +  Eleanor LIVERS   1789-?   m 19 Nov 1812 Washington Co., KY
             3  unknown child
      2  Sarah (Sally) BICKETT   1778-abt 1855
         +  Nicholas MILLS   ?-11 June 1814   m 4 Nov 1811
         +  John BOLES   ?-?   m 25 Jan 1815
         +  Zacharial RINEY   1763-1859   m 24 Feb 1824
      2  Anthony BICKETT   b 4 Aug 1783   d 14 April 1856
         +  Nancy Ann KNOTT   1791-1866   m 25 Jan 1813   Calvary, KY
             3  Hierone J. BICKETT   1814-?
                 +  Cynthia Ann McVAY   1815-?   m 28 June 1835
             3  Henry Thomas BICKETT   b 15 Jan 1816   d 2 May 1883
                 +  Mary F. GREEN   b 15 April 1816   d 10 Aug 1861
             3  James C. BICKETT   1819-?
                 +  Martha     b 1830
             3  Theresa E. BICKETT   1825-abt 1880
             3  Frances Priscella BICKETT   1826-?
             3  Sarah Ann BICKETT   1828-?
             3  Anthony L. BICKETT   b 13 Feb 1830   d unk
                 +  Jane Collect
                 +  Catherine Renfro
                 +  Sarah Gillian
             3  Ann J. BICKETT   1833-?
      2  Mary BICKETT   1784- 18 Nov 1825
      2  Henry BICKETT   1785- abt 1855
          +  Elizabeth Gannon GRAVES   ?-?   m 5 Jan 1810
              3  Mary BICKETT   1812-?
                  +  Isaac HARRIS  m 16 Nov 1830
              3  Ann BICKETT   b 6 Aug 1814   d 20 Oct 1835
              3  William G. BICKETT   1815-?
                  +  Margaret C. FAUNTLEROY   m 31 Aug 1841
              3  Edmund Graves BICKETT   b 16 Nov 1817   d 10 Jan 1890
                  +  Pamela RAY   b 18 Feb 1821   m 29 Oct 1839
              3  John S. BICKETT   1820-?
                  +  Mary
              3  Henry G. BICKETT   1821- 5 Sept 1850
                  +  Mary ?  b 1822(?)
           +  Jane Alvey LAMKIN   b 27 Sept 1803  d 15 Nov 1873
              3  Martha Ann BICKETT  b 7 Jan 1829   d 13 Oct 1903
                  +  Benjamin BLANTON
              3  Nancy BICKETT 1830-?
              3  James C. BICKETT   1833-?
                 +  Laura Ann MILLS   m 18 Nov 1851
              3  Priscella BICKETT   1839-1862
                 +  John WALKER   m 3 Jan 1853
                 +  Barnabus E. DALEY
              3  Mary Elizabeth BICKETT  1837-?
                 +  Jeff BLAIR
              3  Francis BICKETT  1843-?
              3  Robert D. BICKETT   1847-?
      2  Thomas BICKETT   b 15 Jan 1788   d 12 May
          +  Ann Martha ELDER   b 4 Dec 1795   d 11 Dec 1871   m 1 Jan 1815
      2  Samuel BICKETT
          +  Mary LIVERS   m 9 Oct 1818
              3  Billy BICKETT
              3  James BICKETT   ?-?
                 +  Mary MILES
                 +  Julia Ann WHITFIELD
                     4  Henry BICKETT
                     4  Wallace BICKETT
                     4  Leonard BICKETT
                     4  Edward BICKETT
                     4  Hugh Phillip BICKETT
                     4 Jesse Bernard BICKETT
      2  Nathaniel BICKETT   b 15 Mar 1798   d 18 Jun 1862
         +  Mary Ellen MILES   b 19 Feb 1802   d 29 Aug 1899
            3  James Arsenius BICKETT 1827-1911
               +  Isabella FLANNIGAN     9 children
            3  Magdalene Rosella BICKETT   1829-?
               +  Ignatious MILLS
            3  Cordellia BICKETT   1832-?
               +  John LYONS
            3  Martina BICKETT   ?-?
               +  Nathaniel ?, Jr.   1834-?
            3  Matilda BICKETT   ?-?
               +  James Scott                 1 child
            3  Seth BICKETT
            3  William Benton BICKETT   1838-1892
               +  Julia Ann HARDESTY    8 children
            3  Mary Ellen BICKETT   1839-?
               +  Stephen Nathaniel ALVEY
            3  Amanda Catherine BICKETT   1842-?
            3  Lewis Preston BICKETT   1845-1912
               + Catherine CROWDUS
                  4  Mary Frances BICKETT   1868-?
                     +  Albert Quinn HARDESTY
                  4  Martha BICKETT   1870-1900
                  4  Nathaniel Tyler BICKETT   1871-1949
                     +  Alpha Eulalia KELLY   1875-1952    m 9 Apr 1902
                         5  Anna Catherine BICKETT
                             +  John Oscar MORRIS
                                 6  Living Descendants   My Lines
                  4  Anne BICKETT   1867-?
                  4  Stephen BICKETT   1871-?
                  4  Unnamed daughter (stillborn)   1875
                  4  Annie BICKETT   1876-1942
                      +  Warner WRIGHT   1873-1958
                  4  Charles L. BICKETT   1880-1889
                  4  Joseph V. BICKETT   1885-1946
                      +  Minnie P. Kelley   1890-1949
                  4  Louis Earl BICKETT   1888-1946
                      +  Ella Gertrude WIMSETT
       2  Arnold BICKETT   b 25 Dec 1800   d 5 May 1875
           +  Julia PARSONS    m 5 Feb 1825    2 children
           +  ? HASKINS        2 children
           +  Eliza MILLS        11 children
 
 

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