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These Pickstocks are so interesting! And so confusing! Strong coffee definitely needed when trying to sort them out. I am following these posts with much interest. Like Adrian I have done lots of searching re Sarah, Richard and Isaac.
I did have the five marriages as Adrian outlined in a previous post and took the signatures of each certificate to my family history group and all agreed they were from the same hand! I have also searched extensively for the burial/death of Hannah Pickstock nee Heeley. I have the burial of a Hannah Pickstock in 1825 and although the dates don't quite match I feel that this is a strong contender for the 4th wife of Richard. On the marriage certificate the age is not clear and maybe when she was buried no one knew her exact age. But then this poses another question. Why did Richard go to London and then marry Frances? And where was he between 1808 and 1820?
What has puzzled me is where Charlotte fitted in - the information above really helps to put her in the picture as a relative of Richard. And such an unusual record. But who is her father? In the rate books for Manchester I have a Richard and Isaac living at different times in Thomas Street, Carpenters Lane and Dean Street. The strange fact is that the address is given as a public house. This does not fit well with Richard being a Wesleyan Methodist so maybe not the same family. But as Adrian has pointed out the names are quite unusual. Brother Isaac was certainly in Manchester, his death announcement in the Cheshire Courant of January 1831 states that he is a tailor of Northwich, lately of Manchester. Richard seem to disappear about 1807 and then Isaac about 1813, when the new occupier is a Joseph Pickstock. I am wondering if they were the owners rather than the occupiers and sublet the property. Mr Pickstock (which one I am not sure) was recorded in an advert in Manchester Mercury of 1808 as living in the Sign of the Millstone on Thomas Street. Or is this a red herring!
I am going to slowly digest the last post from Adrian. Somewhere I have seen a post that suggests that Charlotte was the niece of Frances Gravette, the daughter of her sister, born in Madeira. I have some notes somewhere about that family - the sister's name didn't match or make sense but maybe Frances had a sister Sarah. Worth a look.
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Another small piece of the jigsaw - I have found a marriage for "Veteran Isaac", father of Charlotte. Via family search and Findmypast there is a marriage in June 1809 in Stoke Darnerel, Devon of an Isaac Pitchstock and Sarah Williams. Looking at the image it could be Pickstock but it also states that Isaac is a Private in the 2nd Royal Veteran Battalion so I think this is our man. Stoke Darnerel is in Plymouth and this is where the 2nd RVB was stationed before leaving for Madeira in July 1809. No baptism found for a Charlotte in Devon.