Gabriel PECKFORD/PICKFORD/PICKFATT

[stgiles_noke]

I wonder if anyone has come across Gabriel Peckford/Pickford born/baptised c.1780. He gave his birthplace as Frome on his army discharge papers in 1814, but the only Gabriel I could find in Frome or surrounding parishes born c.1780 was buried there in 1793. He was a sawyer by trade and may be the son of John Pickford, sawyer, living at Lower Gibbons Moor, close to the Longleat estate and the Wiltshire county boundary. I had assumed that they were related to the Gabriel, John and Daniel Pickfords who came from Great Elm, Somerset, but can't find a link in the Somerset records, and am wondering whether they in fact originated in Wiltshire?

If anyone has come across this family in the course of their research I would be most grateful to be pointed in the right direction.

Many thanks,
Anne

[yonderpeasant]

do you have this marriage
Gabriel Pickford bride Remalia Carier 09.08.1802 Frome witness T Jones and John Deacon

[stgiles_noke]

Thanks for this - yes I do have this marriage between Gabriel Pickford and Remalia Carier (Amelia Carter) - but I can't get back any further at the moment - I thought I had Gabriel baptised in 1780 in Frome, son of John, just the right age to tally with his army record, but there is a burial of Gabriel son of John 13 years later, and although there are 2 or 3 Pickford families in the area at this time I haven't been able to find another Gabriel - so it's a complete brick wall at the moment.
I am most grateful for your help,
Anne