6. Richard
BICKHAM, son of Richard BICKHAM and Mary WOOD, was born about 1730 and died bef 4 Sept 1798.1 Other
names for Richard were Richard BICKHAM , Inn keeper 2, and Richard BICKHAM, Merchant. 3
Recorded events in his life were:
• Quaker Activity, Haddonfield Mm,
Gloucester County, New Jersey. Request for Membership, November 1768.4
• Quaker Activity, Philadelphia
Monthly Meeting, Southern District. Charter Member, 1772. Richard was received on certificate from Haddonfield MM5
• He was licensed for an Inn or
Tavern in Deptford, Gloucester County, New Jersey, in March 1776.2 He was also licensed in March 1777.
• TAVERN - RECOGNIZANCE
COUNTY OF GLOUCESTER, SS.
Richard Bickham of the County of Gloucester, Inn-holder, acknowledges
in himself to owe to our Sovereign Lord the King Twenty Pounds.
Wm Cooper of the County of Gloucester, Yeoman, acknowledges in himself
to owe to our Sovereign Lord the King Twenty Pounds.
Danl. Cozens of the County of Gloucester, Yeoman, acknowledges in himself
to owe to our Sovereign Lord the King Twenty Pounds.
The Condition of the above Recognizance is such, THAT WHEREAS the above-bounden
Richard Bickham is Licenced by the Court of Quarter-Sessions for the County of Glouchester, to keep a Public-House and Inn,
at the Place where he now dwelleth, in the Township of Deptford in the County of Gloucester. IF THEREFORE the said Richard
Bickham during the Continuance of the said Licence, shall not himself Game, or suffer any Person to Game in his House, for
Money, or the Value of Money, but shall, during the said Time, in all Things respecting him, as a Public-House-Keeper, or
Inn-Keeper, use and maintain good Order and Rule, and find and provide good and sufficient Entertainment for Man, and Profision
for Horse, then the above Recognizance to be void, otherwise in Force.
Taken and acknowledged in Open Sessions, this [blank] Day of [blank] in
the Year of our Lord, 17 [blank].
On back of document: - Small Actions, Rich. Bickham, L6 L106
• Quaker Activity, Philadelphia
Monthly Meeting, Southern District. Granted Certificate, 2 October 1776. The granted certificate was to Haddonfield MM7
• On 24 April 1777, an election was held, in Deptford Township, "by the
Freeholders of this Town, assembled at Richard Bickham's, by an order of the Justices, agreeable to an act of General Assembly
in Such Case provided."8
• Richard paid taxes,9
in 1779, in Deptford Township, Gloucester County, New Jersey. He paid in both February and November.
• In the account books, covering
1779 to 1789, of Samuel Mickle, a merchant of Woodbury, New Jersey, Richard Bickham is listed as a merchant of Woodbury.3
• Military Service, Militia, 19
July 1780, Deptford Township, Gloucester County, New Jersey.10 Among some original manuscripts sold at auction
in Philadelphia were lists of Col. Joseph Ellis' Regiment of Gloucester County Militia.
The captains were Jehu Wood, John Stokes, William Harrison, Joseph Thorn, Jacob Browning and _____ Maddox. Jehu Wood was of Depford township and the names of the men of his company will be recognized as the ancestors
of a great many persons now living in the vicinity of Woodbury.
Governor Livingston, on July 17th, 1780 issued an order which was re-issued
by Col. Ellis on July 19th, to the effect that twenty-five men of his regiment from militia classes one to four inclusive
were to appear at Haddonfield well armed and accoutered with five days' rations to march to Morristown where they were to
await the orders of General Washington and continue in the service for one month unless sooner discharged. Inasmuch as only twenty-five men were required from the six known companies of the regiment it may be justly
surmised there was no great rush to comply the call. All able-bodied New Jerseymen
between the ages of sixteen and forty-five years of age, unless exempted by law, were automatically members of the State militia. Those who failed to submit satisfactory reasons for not answering the call were fined
in accordance with the then prevailing laws of the State of New Jersey. Sergeant
Earl Davis was ordered to warn the men of Capt. Wood's company to report for duty. Their
names follow. First Class . . . Richard Bickham, Caleb Bickham . . ." Richard
Bickham would have been approximately 50 years of age.
• Richard paid taxes,11
in 1780, in Deptford Township, Gloucester County, New Jersey. He paid in both February and May.
• Richard paid taxes,12
in July 1781, in Deptford Township, Gloucester County, New Jersey.
• Richard paid taxes,13
in 1782, in Deptford Township, Gloucester County, New Jersey. He paid in both April and August.
• Richard paid taxes,14
in July 1783, in Deptford Township, Gloucester County, New Jersey.
