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house for his family. John Peter's wife was Rebecca (1799-1861). John Peter and Rebecca had five children:

John Peter Jr. (1825-1897) married Emeline Curtis of Wilmot Valley and farmed on the homestead.

Eliza (1833-1895) married Joseph Barwise Jr. of Wilmot Valley. Isabel (1834-1885) married Malcolm MacDonald. William Henry died in his youth.

Sarah Ann (Nov. 18l8-Nov. 1871) married William Maxfield. They moved to Western U.S.A. about 1850. Their children were John Peter, William Henry, Barbara Ann, Alma and Wilford.

John Peter Picketts Jr. married Emeline Curtis, daughter of William and Elizabeth (Brimacombe) Curtis of Wilmot Valley. They farmed on the Picketts homestead and are both buried in Freet0wn. They had seven

children: Minnie married George Barwise of Wilmot Valley. (See Barwise.)

John Rhodes (1856-1938) married Margaret Jane Cairns (1866-1910) and farmed at home.

Frederick married Euphemia Burns of Freetown and farmed there, on the farm now owned by Leonard Paynter. In 1907 they moved to western Canada. They had six children.

Rebecca (1859-1935) married Collingwood Reeves (1856-1937). They lived in Freetown and had seven children.

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The driving horse and hike-wheeled wagon belonging to Darrell Pickells (1924). Darrell drove horses long after cars became common, and could (flan be heard singing as he travelled down the Blues/rank.