Bucks County PA Archives Biographies.....Pickering, Henry Y.
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Source: History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania; edited by 
J.H. Battle; A. Warner & Co.; 1887
Lower Makefield Township


   HENRY Y. PICKERING farmer, P.O. Yardley, was born in 
Philadelphia, Pa., January 9, 1854, and is a son of Thomas 
E. and Mercy P. (Paist) Pickering.  His paternal grandfather 
was Yeomans Pickering, a farmer and a resident of Lower 
Makefield.  Later he removed to Newtown and died there.  Mr. 
Pickering's maternal grandfather was Robert Paist, of 
Marion, Pa.  Thomas E. Pickering was a native of Bucks 
county.  He was a carpenter by trade, and for many years was 
in business in Philadelphia.  In 1856 he located permanently 
in Lower Makefield township on the farm now occupied by 
Henry Y., where he died in 1869 at the age of 48 years.  
Henry Y. Pickering was the only child and succeeded to the 
homestead.  He married Lizzie W., daughter of Jacob and 
Rebecca L. (Pitman) Taylor, of Yardley.  He is a member of 
the Society of Friends and politically is a republican.