TIMOTHY PICKERING

Pickering, Timothy (1745-1829) — of Salem, Essex County, Mass.; Luzerne County, Pa.; Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa. Born in Salem, Essex County, Mass., July 17, 1745. Son of Timothy Pickering and Mary (Wingate) Pickering; married, April 8, 1776, to Rebecca White (1754-1828). Farmer; Essex County Register of Deeds, 1774-77; common pleas court judge in Massachusetts, 1775, 1802-03; member of Massachusetts state legislature, 1776; colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; delegate to Pennsylvania state constitutional convention, 1789; U.S. Postmaster General, 1791-95; U.S. Secretary of War, 1795; U.S. Secretary of State, 1795-1800; U.S. Senator from Massachusetts, 1803-11; U.S. Representative from Massachusetts, 1813-17 (at-large 1813-15, 2nd District 1815-17); member of Massachusetts Governor's Council, 1817-18. Unitarian. Member, Society of the Cincinnati. Censured by the Senate in 1811 for violating an injunction of secrecy. Died in Salem, Essex County, Mass., January 29, 1829. Interment at Broad Street Cemetery, Salem, Mass.
Parents: Deacon Timothy Pickering, Mary Wingate
Spouse: Rebecca White
Marriage Place: Bradford, MA
Marriage Date: 8 Apr 1776
Born: 18 JUL 1754 Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts
Died: 15 AUG 1828 Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts
Children
Samuel Pickering
John Pickering 1777–1846
Timothy Pickering 1779–1844
Henry Pickering 1781–1838
Charles Pickering 1784–1796
William Pickering 1786–1814
Edward Pickering 1787–1793
George Pickering 1789–1826
Octavius Pickering 1791–1868
Elizabeth Pickering 1793–1819
Mary Pickering 1793–1863

Sources:
United States Federal Census
Massachusetts Vital Records
The Political Graveyard
Submitted by Deborah Crowell