An American Family History

Sarah Lupton Pickering

Pennsylvania is one of the 13 original states and was originally founded in 1681 as a result of a royal land grant to William Penn, the son of the state's namesake.

Sarah Lupton Pickering was born June 22, 1716 in Newtown Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Her birth was recorded in the Middletown Monthly meeting minutes. Her parents were Joseph Lupton and Mercy Twining.

She married her step brother, Isaac Pickering, in 1738 in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Isaac was the son of Mary Scarborough and Samuel Pickering. Isaac was born on February 23, 1716 in Solebury Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. He was a blacksmith and farmer.

Sarah and Isaac were members of the Buckingham Friends’ Meeting. Issac was overseer and elder for many years. He was also one of the trustees of the Stone School House at Centre Hill.

Their children included:
Joseph Pickering (1739, married Jane Paxon),
Sarah Pickering (1741, married Joseph Butler),
Mary Pickering (1743, died unmarried),
Mercy Pickering (1745, married Joseph Roberts),
twins, Isaac and Samuel Pickering (1747, died young),
Jonathan Pickering (1750, married Mary Williams),
Rachel Pickering (1752, married step-brother, Solomon Wright), and
Esther Pickering (1755, died young).

They did not move to Frederick County, Virginia with their families about 1740. In 1742, Isaac bought a farm which had been the property of his maternal grandfather, John Scarborough. This was next to his parent's farm.

Sarah died on May 27, 1778.

After her death, Isaac Pickering married Sidney Wright,

Isaac Pickering, of Solesbury Township in the County of Bucks and Province of Pennsylvania and Sidney Wright, of the County of Frederick and Coloney of Virginia; 8th day of 3d month, 1780; at Back Creek.

Sidney was the widow of Isaac Wright. In 1757, according to the Hopewell records, Isaac and Sidney and their four children were attacked by the indigenous people. In 1764 Isaac Wright was disowned. In 1773 Solomon Wright the son of Isaac

was bound to Abel Walker and Mary was bound out to Richard Ridgeway until

she came of age. Isaac's will was probated in 1777 in Frederick County.

Isaac died on December 31, 1798 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.

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First printed in Boston 1745

Newtown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania was founded by William Penn in 1684. It is north of Philadelphia and just west of Trenton, New Jersey.

The Society of Friends (Quakers) began in England in the 1650s, when they broke away from the Puritans. Pennsylvania was founded by William Penn, as a safe place for Friends to live and practice their faith.

Women played an essential role in American society as mothers and homemakers.

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