Individual Details
Sergt. William Ticknor
(Abt 1633 - 1696/97)
From Deane's History of Scituate:
"Sergeant William Tickner appears in Scituate 1656, in which year he married Hannah, the daughter of John Stockbridge, and succeeded to the mansion house of his father in law at the Harbour, (Mr. Stockbridge having removed to Boston about that time). Serj. Tickner was engaged in agriculture, navigation and mercantile pursuits. His 'warehouse' is mentioned in our records in 1660. His farm was three fourths of a mile south-west from the harbour, now [1831] the well known place of Abijah Otis. He was often engaged in municipal affairs, as selectman, assessor, surveyor, &c. He was also in Philip's war in 1676, being a Serjeant in Gen. Cudworth's guard or 'particular company.'"
"Sergeant William Tickner appears in Scituate 1656, in which year he married Hannah, the daughter of John Stockbridge, and succeeded to the mansion house of his father in law at the Harbour, (Mr. Stockbridge having removed to Boston about that time). Serj. Tickner was engaged in agriculture, navigation and mercantile pursuits. His 'warehouse' is mentioned in our records in 1660. His farm was three fourths of a mile south-west from the harbour, now [1831] the well known place of Abijah Otis. He was often engaged in municipal affairs, as selectman, assessor, surveyor, &c. He was also in Philip's war in 1676, being a Serjeant in Gen. Cudworth's guard or 'particular company.'"
Events
| Birth | Abt 1633 | England? | |||
| Marriage | 29 Oct 1656 | Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, British America - Hannah Stockbridge |  | ||
| Death | 1696/97 | Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, British America |
Families
| Spouse | Hannah Stockbridge (1637 - 1665) |
Endnotes
1. Samuel Deane, History of Scituate, Massachusetts: from its first settlement to 1831 (Boston, MA: J. Loring, 1831), 342-343; digital images, Google Books (http://books.google.com/ : accessed 26 October 2009.