BACKGROUND
INFORMATION
ON
THE
PICTON
FAMILIES
OF
WALES
– FEBRUARY 2012
as
researched, written and defined by
Brian Picton Swann
Identification of
Living Male Picton Descendants with Potential for Y-Chromosome DNA
STR and SNP Analysis
Go to Picton DNA Project Overview for Update as of August 2017 - by Brian Swann
Research into
the various Picton families in Wales for more than 45 years enables
certain conclusions to be drawn about their ancestral origins.
Almost all Picton families that appear in Carmarthenshire,
Cardiganshire, Glamorganshire and Anglesey in the nineteenth century
have their origins in Pembrokeshire. There is one, or possibly two
families in Monmouthshire whose ancestral origins are from England,
around the county of Buckinghamshire. The Picton surname occurs in
at least two other clusters in England, one based around and possibly
originating from the two hamlets of Picton in Cheshire and Flintshire
[Cheshire / Lancashire families] and another from the Buckinghamshire
/ Hertfordshire area, which has branches into London. There is also
a village called Picton in Yorkshire. The surname variant Pickton is
almost always found only in the families from the Cheshire /
Lancashire area.
The various
Welsh Picton families can be arranged into a number of family
groupings or clusters, as listed below. These are family clusters
are based on proven documentary trails back to gateway Picton
ancestors living around 1750-1800, using a combination of research
via Census Returns (1841-1911); births, marriage and deaths indexes,
1837-2006 and parish registers, indexed for Pembrokeshire from 1813
at the Pembrokeshire Record Office. The Northern and Southern branch
classification of the Picton surname was first used by Francis Green
in his pioneering article on the Picton families of Pembrokeshire:
The
Pictons of Poyston,
West Wales Historical Records, Volume X, 1924, which is now available
online. Further extensive research into the family was also
conducted by J. Glyn Picton (1912-1998) whose research results are
now contained in 4 boxes at the National Library of Wales.
Y-Chromosome DNA analysis has the best potential to address the
question first posed by Green in his 1924 article: ‘Do
these different branches of the Picton surname interconnect?
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Reference should also be made to important articles and books
available online in the Journal of Genetic Genealogy and elsewhere,
which relate this same approach in the utilisation of Y-DNA analysis
in surname reconstruction studies.
Chris
Pomery, The
Advantages of a Dual DNA/Documentary Approach to Reconstruct the
Family Trees of a Surname.
Journal of Genetic Genealogy, 5(2):86-95, 2009.
http://www.jogg.info/52/files/pomery.pdf
Chris
Pomery, Defining
a Methodology to Reconstruct the Family Trees of a Surname Within a
DNA/Documentary Dual Approach Project.
Journal of Genetic Genealogy, 6(1), 2010.
http://www.jogg.info/62/files/Pomery.pdf
James
M. Irvine, Towards
Improvements in Y-DNA Surname Project Administration.
Journal of Genetic Genealogy, 6(1), 2010.
http://www.jogg.info/62/files/Irvine.pdf
Debbie
Kennett, DNA
and Social Networking: A Guide to Genealogy in the 21st
Century,
The History Press, Oxford, 2011.
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The Deep
Ancestry of these Picton branches is revealed by their SNP Y-DNA
signature, and has been obtained by extensive Haplogroup analysis of
Y-SNP markers from samples provided by Owen S. Picton of Nebraska,
USA. Interested persons in this area are recommended to read
articles and FAQs on the Family Tree DNA (FTDNA) website and
elsewhere which explain how SNPs can be utilised to investigate Deep
Ancestry. There is no reason to doubt that his SNP Y-DNA profile is
not the same across all members of the Picton families below of Welsh
origin, and he has tested positive for a very large number of SNPs.
It is difficult, however, to assign yet even approximate dates to
times for when these individual SNP markers will have arisen. In
general the more common they are across different surnames and across
populations, the further back in time they are likely to have arisen.
Haplogroups provide the detailed classification as to how man
journeyed out of Africa and down to the present day. All Picton DNA
samples tested are classified into Haplogroup R1b1a2 (current FTDNA
and ISOGG nomenclature, 2011) on the basis of their STR profiles at
37 markers. This is done by proprietary algorithms in possession of
FTDNA, but correspond in principle to the methodology described by T.
Whit Athey in his paper Haplogroup
Prediction from Y-STR values using an Allele-Frequency Approach.
Journal of Genetic Genealogy, 1:1-7, 2006. For overviews of the R1b
Haplogroup tree and its branches, as revealed by SNP analysis, see
the most current webpages at: http://www.isogg.org/tree/index.html
and http://ytree.ftdna.com/index.php?
name=Draft&parent=root.
The Picton
family has remained at the forefront of activity in this area and has
not failed to participate so far in any new testing advances which
will further understanding in this area. The tantalizing possibility
is coming into play that it may be possible to bridge even further
back by DNA analysis and to cross the Channel into mainland Europe
using a combination of Y-SNP and Y-STR DNA analysis. In particular
all of the SNPs listed below for Owen S. Picton have also been found
in the Y-DNA of the renowned scientist J. Craig Venter. Owen Picton
has also taken part in the first Walk The Y DNA sequencing projects
run by FTDNA, in which about 100,000 base pairs of his Y-DNA was
sequenced to look for novel Y-SNPs, but none were revealed. Results
to date show that he has tested positive for the following SNPs:
R1b-U106/21+, then L48+, Z381+, Z301+, L47+, L44+, L46+, L45+, L163+,
L164+, L237+, L477+, L493+ and L525+. For the nomenclature of SNPs,
see the FTDNA website and the International Society of Genetic
Genealogy (ISOGG) Tree for Haplogroup R.
PICTON
FAMILY, NORTHERN BRANCH
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Picton
of Newport, Nevern, Whitechurch, Meline, Bridell, Llanboidy,
Trelech, Penrith, Llanvihangel a’r Arth, Llanelly, the USA
and elsewhere
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This
is the oldest and most senior Picton line, which can probably be
traced back to around 1270 at the small town of Newport in
Pembrokeshire. The likelihood is that all other Picton lines in
Pembrokeshire have their ancestral roots here, but it will prove
very challenging to establish this just by documentary examination
and pedigree reconstruction. This information is taken from the
Picton pedigree available in the Golden Grove Books, now at the
Carmarthen Record Office; and which is a fair copy made around
1765 of the same pedigree in the Protheroe V MS Collection at the
College of Arms. This was compiled by David Edwardes around
1685.
The
pedigree here shows that a Jenkin Picton owned approximately
one-fifth of the houses (burgages) of the town of Newport, as
recorded in a 1434 survey.
There
are a limited number of sources available for Welsh pedigree
research before 1600, when Welsh wills proved in the Archdeaconary
Court of St. Davids become available and are now online at the
National Library of Wales (NLW). Parish registers for
Pembrokeshire do not survive in any great numbers before the
middle of the 18th
century. However there is an extensive series of Manorial Records
relating to the Barony of Cemais (Kemes) at the NLW in the
Bronwydd MS, some of which pre-date 1600 and have never been
examined systematically. Some work has been done on the
Pembrokeshire Records in the Court of the Great Sessions, which go
back to 1542 – but again this represents a vast, un-indexed
resource at the NLW.
All
proven lines of descent down to the present day go through William
Picton of Whitechurch [d. 1696] and his only known son, Owen
Picton [d. 1738] and his grandson John Picton [d. 1793]. All
later members of this family also descend from Thomas Picton
(1749-1836), with the exception mentioned immediately below.
Descendants migrated from North Pembrokeshire into rural
Carmarthenshire and on to towns like Llanelly and Swansea in the
nineteenth century. One branch, headed by Stephen Picton
(1825-1896), emigrated to Kansas in 1870.
Another
branch of the family in the USA was started by Thomas Picton
(1775-1861), grandson of Owen Picton [d. 1738] and the only son of
Owen Picton [1744-1780], older brother to Thomas Picton
(1749-1836). He emigrated to New Jersey in 1796 and undertook
training to become a Presbyterian Minister from May 1798. His
first position was as a Minister at Woodbury, New Jersey, from
1799. He received an MA degree from Princeton University and
taught at West Point Military Academy as Professor of Geography,
Law and Ethics from 1811 to 1823. He left one son, John Moore
White Picton (1799-1859), who went on have a large family, and to
form a group of Picton descendants in Louisiana, Texas, Tennessee
and elsewhere in the USA; and one daughter, Mary Barton Picton,
who married Edwin A. Stevens. She died in childbirth in 1845 and
Edwin Stevens remarried. When he died in 1868 he was worth over
$18 million dollars, because of the family’s interests in
shipping, manufacturing and railroads. Strictly this is the most
senior line of all the Picton families and stems from John Picton,
son of Jenkin Picton of Newport, fl. 1434.
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Owen
Picton of Nebraska, USA, DNA analysed.
Living
Picton descendants from English family identified and DNA
analysed: Living Picton
Male
descendants of Owen Picton of Eglwyswrw (1744-1780) and Rev.
Thomas Picton (1775-1861) identified. Rev. Thomas D. Picton of
Denver, DNA analysed.
All
identified living descendants of this branch come through John
Picton of Whitechurch (1713/4-1793), even though a document trail
exists back to Jenkin Picton of Newport, fl.
1434.
Other
Picton descendants would be nice to test. From documentary
reconstruction it would appear that Thomas D. Picton represents
the oldest surviving male Picton line of this global
family.
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PICTON
FAMILY, SOUTHERN BRANCH
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Picton
of Martletwy, Rudbaxton, Carew, Ewenny and the
USA
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This
is the second most senior branch, and can be followed back to
about 1543 in the parish of Martletwy. At Martletwy, the farm
they occupied was known as Pescaverne, but also as The Bush or
just Bush, which lies on the southern boundary of the parish,
adjacent to its boundary with the parish of Carew. One line of
this Picton branch moved from Martletwy to Rudbaxton around 1650,
and continued there until the nineteenth century. Sir Thomas
Picton (1758-1815) comes from this family. Although his father,
also called Thomas Picton (1723-1790), High Sheriff of
Pembrokeshire in 1749, had 14 children including 7 sons, all the
direct male line descendents became extinct by 1861, the last male
heir being Gervas Powell Turbervill of Ewenny in
Glamorganshire.
It
was a condition of the inheritance of the Ewenny Estate, that the
occupier should change their name to Turbervill. Gervas Powell
Turbervill’s father was Richard Turbervill Picton
(1751-1817), eldest brother of Sir Thomas Picton. He inherited
the Ewenny Estate in 1797 from his second cousin on his
wife’s
side of the family. After the death of Elizabeth Turbervill in
1867, sister of Gervas Powell Turbverill, the Ewenny Estate passed
to the descendants of the marriage of Catherine Picton, sister to
Sir Thomas Picton, to John Warlow. They assumed the hyphenated
surnames of Picton-Warlow or Picton-
Turbervill.
The
Picton surname after 1840 was also adopted by the heirs and
descendants of the Iscoed Estate acquired by Sir Thomas Picton in
1812 from the Mansel family, through various female lines as they
took over the ownership and management of the estate at Ferryside,
Carmarthenshire, from 1840 onwards, following the death of the
Rev. Edward Picton (1760-1835), younger brother of Sir Thomas
Picton, and of his wife, Charlotte Maria Picton (1755-1840)
without any children.
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No
known male descendants, except perhaps via illegitimate children
in Trinidad and Mauritius. The Trinidad children come from Sir
Thomas Picton (1758-1815) and his mistress, Rosetta Smith, whilst
he was Governor there (1797-1803).
The
will of Sir Thomas Picton mentions 4 children born to him and
Rosetta Smith over this period, 2 of whom were males, Thomas Rose
and Richard Rose. The sex of a third child, named in Sir Thomas
Picton’s will in 1815, was unknown to him at
least.
Recent
research developments have dramatically transformed knowledge in
this area and it is clear that he had two or possibly three sons,
Thomas Richard and Frederick Rose. Also a girl called Riquelina
Rose. Richard Rose was married and living in Trinidad in
1836.
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Picton
of Martletwy, Rudbaxton, Carew, Ewenny and the USA (contd.)
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One
sister of Sir Thomas Picton, Charlotte Picton (1759-1853), married
John Beete in 1798 and they emigrated to New York. After his
death, she remarried to James Gardner in 1814. She had two
children, a son and a daughter. Her daughter’s son took the
surname of Picton in lieu of Gardner, and became known as Colonel
Thomas Picton of New York (1822-1891). Upon his death this branch
of the Picton surname in America became extinct. An account of
his life and career appears in the Dictionary
of American Biography. A
long letter survives written by him to Charles Thomas Picton of
New Orleans in 1876 in which they were unable to establish they
were related (Randall MSS, NLW). In fact they share a common
ancestor in John Picton of Whitechurch (1713/4-
1793).
The
only son of John and Charlotte Beete, John Picton Beete
(1799-1886), eventually succeeded to the Iscoed Estate in 1883,
when he took the surname of Picton and became John Picton Picton.
He was followed by his son, Francis Picton Beete (1842-1909), who
took the surname of Picton when he succeeded his father in 1886,
and daughter, Caroline Beete, who married James Brogden. Francis
Picton died unmarried in 1909 and the Iscoed Estate was in the
hands of Caroline Brogden when it was eventually sold off in 1921.
This particular branch of the family became extinct with the
death of their only daughter, Lucy Eleanor Brogden, in 1954.
After her death, the surviving Picton family papers found their
way into the Archive Collection of the National Library of
Wales.
A
cadet branch of this Picton family remained at Martletwy,
occupying the same property where they had lived in the
16th
and 17th
centuries
at ‘The Bush’ or Bush Farm, also known as Pescavarne.
This Picton branch at Martletwy was represented by William Picton,
gent. (d. 1764) and his only surviving son, John Picton
(1732-1809). Upon his death, this branch became extinct. It is
mentioned here to ensure that it is not confused with a number of
other, more humble Picton families, who lived at Martletwy at
various times from the mid-18th
and during the 19th
centuries.
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His
younger brother, Major-General John Picton (1761-1815), died in
January 1815. He left a son by his mistress when he was serving
with the 12th Foot in India (1798-1810), and he was aged about 15
in 1817, when he was growing up at Mauritius. A couple of letters
concerning him are in the Randall MSS at the NLW, written to the
Rev. Edward Picton (1760-1835), his brother by the Army Agents in
Mauritius.
The
fate of Edward Picton of St. Issells, fl. 1622 to 1636/7, son of
Morgan Picton of Martletwy still needs some investigation, but
there is no evidence he was the ancestor of the other Picton
families listed below.
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All the
other fairly numerous Picton families, located almost exclusively
in southern Pembrokeshire, cannot be traced backwards beyond the
mid to late 18th
century because of the poor survival of parish and nonconformist
registers in Pembrokeshire. There are scattered references
further back to the surname in a number of parishes in southern
Pembrokeshire before 1760, but nothing that can be linked together
to any meaningful extent as yet. Examples include Alban Picton
(1677) and Philip Picton (1694) of Dale, who both left wills
proved in St. Davids Archdeaconary Court. Further back there is a
John Picton of Marloes, who left a will (1613) but with no male
heirs or Picton relations mentioned. Philip Picton had children
baptised at Haverfordwest St. Mary in the early 1700s and a Lewis
Picton, militiaman, born about 1730/1, married at Haverfordwest in
1761 and died at Llangwm in 1813, aged 82. There is a family
based around Llandisilio and Llandewi Velfry, who descend from a
David John Picton (1670), who left a will. There was also John
Picton who married Ann Key at Steynton in 1745 and David Picton
who married at Walwyns Castle in 1770 and who said he was from
Marloes. More research needs to be done in the various Manorial
Documents, Estate Papers and Court Rolls to see if anything
further can be gleaned on these Picton families in the
18th
century. A summary compilation of these miscellaneous, unplaced
Picton entries is available. Alongside this, it is necessary to
document carefully what does, and what does not, survive for
parish registers and transcripts for the relevant parishes.
Frequently too the parish register entries are incomplete or
missing for various years, again especially for the pre-1800
period.
As the DNA
results become available it may be necessary to recruit at least
two and possibly more members in any given branch and increase the
number of STR markers to be examined. At present FTDNA offer a
111 marker STR test at the top of their range. This is to enable
proper interpretation where DNA STR changes in the Y-DNA patterns
may have occurred in the various male lines. This process is
known as triangulation and is controlled to some extent by how
many male lines survive down to the present day. Eventually it
should be possible to build up a pattern of DNA Y-STR results
which will enable confident predictions to be made on how these
humble Picton families connect together and how the branches
separated in time, just on the basis of their Y-DNA signatures
alone.
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PICTON
FAMILIES IN PEMBROKESHIRE, OTHER LINES, 1757-1851 AND
BEYOND
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Picton
of Martletwy I, Picton of Martletwy II, Picton of Martletwy III,
Picton of Martletwy IV, Picton of Martletwy V and of the
USA
(1)
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These
families lived at Martletwy from 1767 onwards, the earliest entry
being the burial of a John Picton, collier. His son, Joseph
Picton (d. 1846), was the ancestor of an extensive family of five
sons, all of whom left male Picton descendants down to today.
Family members migrated and spread out into Neath, Swansea and
into the mining valleys of Glamorganshire during the
19th
century.
Two
members of this family, John Picton (1824-1903) and George Picton
(1837-1898) [Picton of Martletwy I] emigrated from Martletwy to
the USA, via a short residence in Aberdare, where they settled
initially in Plymouth and Nanticoke in Luzerne County,
Pennsylvania, a key centre of the coal-mining industry of that
State. Four members of their family back in Martletwy had died in
the Garden Pit mining disaster in 1844 – the worst accident
in the history of the Pembrokeshire coalfield. All Picton
descendants of the Picton of Martletwy I line now only survive in
the USA.
There
are few living male descendants of the Picton of Martletwy II
line, which comes from John Picton (1803-1836) but the Picton of
Martletwy III line, coming from Thomas Picton (1805-1843) has left
many descendants. Some later members have settled abroad in the
20th
century, including Australia.
Descendants
of the two youngest sons of Joseph Picton, namely Mark Picton (b
1809) [Picton of Martletwy IV] and William Picton (1811-1863)
[Picton of Martletwy V] are being pursued. Mark Picton migrated
to the Upper Swansea valley, but William Picton remained at
Martletwy. Both left male Picton
descendants.
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There
should be many living male descendants. Picton of Martletwy III
has several candidates: Living Picton has been
tested.
George
Picton (1837-1898) emigrated to Pennsylvania in 1863 and left
several US branches of the Picton surname, who can be traced and
are being actively pursued. Living Picton is being tested. An
American descendant of the older brother, John Picton (1824-1903)
would be good to recruit. This is the Picton of Martletwy I line
and only survives in the USA.
A
male descendant of the Picton of Martletwy II line, Living Picton,
has been tested. Work has begun on trying to find living
descendants of brothers Mark and William Picton to test [Picton of
Martletwy IV and V].
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Picton
of Freystrop I, Picton of Freystrop II, Picton of Freystrop III,
Picton of Freystrop IV and Picton of Burton
(2)
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These
families descend from an Edward Picton (ca 1757-1817), whose
eldest son, John Picton, was baptised at Martletwy in 1780 and
died in 1869 at Freystrop (Picton of Freystrop II line). John
Picton was in the Royal Navy for 10 years and served at the Battle
of Trafalgar in 1805 on board HMS Africa.
Further sons and daughters of Edward Picton were baptised at
Jeffreyston (1784-1798) and later at Freystrop (1802-1807), both
coal-mining parishes at this time. An extensive Picton family
developed from 4 of these sons, and one branch, descending from
the youngest son, Edward Picton (1807-1848) settled at Burton from
1826 onwards, but no members of any of this extended Picton family
emigrated to the USA in the 19th century. Again, many of the
early members were miners in the coal mines at Jeffreyston and
Freystrop. Several families migrated into the coal-mining valleys
of Glamorganshire from the mid-nineteenth century
onwards.
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DNA
has been tested for Living Picton [Picton of Burton]; Picton of
Canada [Picton of Freystrop IV]; Living Picton of Pontypool
[Picton of Freystrop II] and Living Picton [Picton of Freystrop
IV].
Possibly
one more carefully targeted descendant in the Picton of Burton
line may be required.
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Picton
of Cosheston
(3)
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These
families descend from a John Picton, who married at Lamphey in
1785. His children were born between 1790 and 1805 in the
parishes of Nash and Cosheston, and later members of this family
are to be found at Pembroke, Pembroke Dock, Monkton and elsewhere.
John Picton was buried in 1815 and his wife, Jane Picton, in
1848, both at Cosheston. Living male descendants have been
identified. Current efforts have traced a small number of living
male descendants of John Picton (1789-1879), the eldest son, and
greater numbers from James Picton (1806-1876), the youngest
son.
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Living
Picton, descended from James Picton (1806-1876), tested. Living
Picton descended from John Picton of Pembroke (1789-1879),
tested.
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Picton
of Haroldston West, Lambston, Cosheston, Herbrandston,
Llanstadwell and the USA
(4)
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These
families descend from a Thomas Picton (1769-1849), a labourer at
Williamston farm in the parish of Haroldston West, who was
probably baptised in 1769 at Pembroke St. Mary, the son of Lewis
and Mary Picton. Thomas Picton died at Lambston in 1849, with his
age given as 77. He left 12 children, six of whom were sons, and
his descendants dispersed into several parishes in southern
Pembrokeshire. The second daughter [Ann Picton] and two sons
[Thomas and Joseph Picton] emigrated to America between 1844 and
1858. Both these sons left extensive Picton families in the USA.
The daughter had important Mormon connections and settled in Utah.
Henry Picton (1811-1885), another son, remained in Pembrokeshire
and also left an extensive network of male Picton descendants,
including a family who migrated north to Barrow-in-Furness, via
Bermuda.
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Living
Picton USA and Living Picton USA, both descendants of Thomas
Picton (1816-1855), tested. Living Picton of Barrow-in-Furness
from the Picton of Herbrandston line, tested. A descendant of
Joseph Picton (1824-1901), who emigrated to America in 1844,
should be recruited.
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Picton
of Carew, Llawhaden and Anglesey
(5)
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These
families descend from a Philip Picton of Williamston in the parish
of Carew, who died in 1820, aged 64. One branch moved from Carew
to Anglesey, via a marriage in 1846 [George
Picton].
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Living
descendants in the UK have now been traced and are being
recruited. One Picton descendant in the USA has been
tested.
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Picton
of Camrose, Haverfordwest and the USA
(6)
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These
families descend from a David Picton of Marloes, labourer, who
married in January 1770 at Walwyns Castle. David Picton was
living at Keeston in the parish of Camrose in 1793 and died in
1820 at Camrose. He had an eldest son, John Picton, bapt. in June
1770 at Roch, and who died at Haverfordwest in 1837, aged 67. He
was the gateway ancestor to a significant family of Picton
descendants. David Picton was also probably the father of Richard
Picton of Camrose [d. 1849] (see 10 below).
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Living
descendants identified and the recruitment process is underway.
This is a key missing family now.
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Picton
of Llandissilio, Lampeter Velfry, Llandewi Velfry and
Kiffig
(7)
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These
families all descend from a David John Picton of Llandissilio, who
died in 1670 and left a will. They are to be found in the
parishes listed, which lie on the border of Pembrokeshire and
Carmarthenshire. There are several living male lines of descent
from about 1800 downwards.
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Living
Picton tested. High potential for other living male Picton
descendants. Analysis of pedigrees for potential DNA testing is in
progress.
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Picton
of Steynton
(8)
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This
family descends from a William Picton of Hill Moor in the parish
of Steynton [d. 1836]. He is almost certainly the son of Lewis
Picton, married at Haverfordwest in 1761, and had a son, William
Picton, baptised at Martletwy in 1764. This family connects into
the family of Thomas Picton of Haroldston West (see 4 above) with
William Picton being an elder brother to Thomas Picton. He had
one surviving daughter at the time of his death in
1836.
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No
living male Picton descendants known or
anticipated.
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Picton
of Dale and Marloes
(9)
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There
is a fairly disjointed pedigree going back to a William Picton of
Dale in 1543. John Picton of Marloes and Philip Picton of Dale
were both living at the beginning of the 17th century. Later
there were an Alban Picton of Dale (1677) and Philip Picton of
Dale (1694), a mariner, who both left testamentary documents. It
may be worth noting that there are children of a Philip Picton
baptised at Haverfordwest around 1710 and the Christian name
Philip occurs later in the Picton family of Carew and a marriage
at Burton in 1808. The Christian name Alban is unusual but there
were an Alban Owen and an Alban Stepney [Stepneth] both living at
this time-period, which is probably significant. It might reflect
the name of the owner of the land upon which this Picton family
was living at the time, and give a clue to the Estate Records to
be examined.
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No
living male Picton descendants known.
However
this could be the possible ancestral lineage to all other Picton
families recorded here. More research is needed in the records of
Dale, Marloes and Haverfordwest to begin
with.
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Picton
of Camrose and Roch
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There
are Picton events occurring in these parishes from about 1780 to
1836, notably several female Picton marriages, but the families
involved do not seem to have survived into the time of civil
registration in 1837 and the 1841 and 1851 Census Returns of
Pembrokeshire.
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Families
probably linked into either the Picton of Haverfordwest branch (6)
or the Picton family below (10).
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Picton
of Tredegar, Gelligaer, Bedwellty, Mountain Ash, Trehafod and the
USA
(10)
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Richard
Picton is the earliest ancestor, who married Mary Rees in 1814 at
Camrose, Pembrokeshire, and died in 1849 at Heol Evan Gwyn in the
parish of Gellygaer, Glamorganshire, aged 66. He had at least two
sons and probably three daughters. The eldest son, Job Picton,
was born in 1823 and was living at Back Row, Tredegar, in the 1841
Census. He emigrated to Pennsylvania in 1848 and has left male
Picton descendants in the USA.
He.
Richard Picton needs to be traced in the 1841 Census. Mary
Picton died in 1869, aged 72. A careful search of the 1841 Census
Returns for Tredegar and Bedwellty in Monmouthshire, and Gelligaer
and Merthyr Tydfil in Glamorganshire is required, but some 1841
Returns for Merthyr are missing [see also Picton of Camrose and
Roch, above].
Thomas
Picton, the younger son, was born in 1830. He cannot be located
yet in the 1851 Census. He was a miner of Rhymney and married
Charlotte Apryel in 1855 at Bedwellty. In the 1861 Census he was
living at Bedwelly and his parish of birth was given as Coedcenlas
in Pembrokeshire. His place of death has yet to be located and it
might be in America with his brother, Job
Picton.
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Contact
established with Living, descended from Thomas Picton (b 1830) and
with Living. Picton and Living Picton of Wyomissing, both
descended from Job Picton (b 1823), DNA tested. Family probably
comes from David Picton of Camrose (6) and then migrated to
Coedcanlas. Camrose baptism registers missing before
1795.
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Picton
of Monmouthshire
(11)
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There
is a marriage of a John Picton and Mary Edwards, both of Newport,
on 28 June 1829 at Newport. The earliest Picton births in
Newport, Monmouthshire, are for a Mary Picton in 1852 [Newport,
December 1852, 11a 140] and a John Jenkins Picton in 1859
[Newport, March 1859, 11a 161]. One Picton familiy in
Monmouthshire in the 1851 Census, headed by Jesse Picton, comes
from the parishes of Little Kimble and Monks Risborough in
Buckinghamshire. Family reconstructions from the Census Returns
and other indexes is in progress.
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No
likely connection. It could be useful to DNA test one member of
this family for completeness.
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Picton
of Cheshire and Lancashire
(12)
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There
are numerous families based in this region; Sir James Allanson
Picton (1804-1889) of Liverpool, son of William Pickton is from
this area. Work will need to document how many families there
were in this area in the 19th century from the Census Returns and
draw up the various family trees. The spelling variation Pickton
is common in this branch of the surname. The origin of the
surname could lie in the hamlets of Picton, which lie about five
miles north-east of Chester and in Flintshire. There is also a
village called Picton in Yorkshire.
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DNA
testing completed Living Picton which shows no significant overlap
with the DNA from Welsh families with the Picton
surname.
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Summary of
Picton Family Pedigree Accounts Available
[2012]
Picton
of Newport and Nevern -- Northern Branch, 1250-1700.
Picton
of Whitechurch and Trelech -- Northern Branch, 1650-present day.
Picton
of Martletwy and Rudbaxton -- Southern Branch [Sir Thomas Picton’s
family], 1540-present day.
(1) Picton
of Martletwy I; Picton of Martletwy II; Picton of Martletwy III;
Picton of Martletwy IV; Picton of Martletwy V
(2) Picton
of Freystrop I; Picton of Freystrop II; Picton of Freystrop III;
Picton of Freystrop IV; Picton of Burton
(3) Picton
of Cosheston
(4) Picton
of Haroldston West, Lambston and Cosheston; Picton of Herbrandston;
Picton of Lewisburg; Picton of Pembroke and Barrow-in-Furness
(5) Picton
of Carew, Llawhaden and Anglesey
(6) Picton
of Haverfordwest
(7) Picton
of Llandissilio
(8) Picton
of Steynton
(9) Picton
of Dale and Marloes
(10) Picton
of Camrose and the USA
(11) Picton
of Monmouthshire
(12) Picton
of Liverpool (Family of Sir James Allanson Picton)
Picton
DNA Overview
Version
1.10 February 2012
This site designed and maintained by Owen
Picton.
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