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.
Mary Pickering (1748, married Richard Fawcett)
Jacob Pickering (1750, married Hannah Ellis)
Benjamin Pickering (1752, married Rebecca Ellis)
Sarah Pickering (1754)
Samuel Pickering, Jr. (1757, married Phebe Lykins)
Isaac Pickering (1759)
Jonathan Pickering (1761)
John Pickering (1763, married Sarah Lykins)
Grace Pickering (1765, married James Jones)
Mercy Pickering (1767)
Rachel Pickering (1770)
Hannah Pickering (1773).
In 1771 the Hopewell Monthly Meeting in Frederick County, Virginia appointed Samuel Pickering as one of those to meet the committee from the quarterly meeting.
In 1773 Samuel, Grace, and their children Jacob, Samuel, and Sarah, signed his sister, Ann's, marriage certificate at Hopewell.
It 1778 they pledged 5£ for
...the Benefit of the Indians, who were formerly the Native Owners of the Lands, on which we now live, or thire descendents if to be found, and if not for the service, & benefit of Other Indians....
Frederick County, Virginia was formed in 1743 from Orange County. Old Frederick County included all or part of four counties in present-day Virginia: Shenandoah, Clarke, Warren, and Frederick, as well as five in present-day West Virginia: Hardy, Hampshire, Berkeley, Jefferson and Morgan.
