7. Thomas BICKHAM, Jr., son of Thomas BICKHAM and Elizabeth HOPPER, was born about 1727 in Gloucester County, New Jersey and died before 12 December 1754 in Gloucester
County, New Jersey.1
Recorded events in his life were:
• Will Abstract of Thomas
Bickham, Jr.,2of Greenwich Township, Gloucester Co. yeoman. The will was written 30 November 1754. His mother is
mentioned but not by name. Thomas named his brothers and sisters as Joshua, Patience, Caleb, Margret and Elisabeth. Both real
and personal estate are mentioned. The executor was named as James Hinchman. Witnesses were Abram Chattin, Joseph Lord, and
Nixon Chattin. The will was proved 12 December 1754.
• The Will of Thomas Bickham
was written 30 November 1754, in Greenwich Township, Gloucester County, New Jersey.3 "of the Township of Greenwitch
in the County of Gloucester . . . Being sick and very weake in Body . . . I give and bequeath to my dear and loving mother
the sum of twenty pounds to be paid by my executor here under named in one year after my decease and all the remainder of
my estate both real and personal to be equally divided between my brothers and sisters to say Joshua Patience Caleb Margret
and Elisabeth in one year after my deseas and whereas my Father by his last will being duly proved did make me one of his
executors and as ____ he before his deseas did bargain and sell his plantation lying and joyning on Delaware River in the
Township of Greenwitch aforesaid unto one John Halton . . . my trusty and beloved
Friend James Hinchman my hole and sole executor . . . " Witnesses were Abra. Chattin, Joseph Lord, and Nixon Chattin.
• The will of Thomas Bickham,
Jr. was proved 12 December 1754.3
• The Inventory3
of Thomas Bickham, Jr. was made on 5 June 1755, in Gloucester County, New Jersey, by Thos Wilkins and William Key, and signed
by Joshua Bickham, the executor. The value of the estate was L121.4.11.
