No trace of this family’s origins has been found, though the first John was a farmer in Skelton, which lies in the parish of Overton to the north-west of York. This suggests that his family was already established there. Only a DNA test will reveal to which Pickering family the two Johns belong.

1st Generation

1. John PICKERING farmer, bookkeeper, married Ann UNKNOWN.
Children:
1.1. John PICKERING

2nd Generation

1.1. John PICKERING master blacksmith, veterinary surgeon, innkeeper and supplier of cabs, gigs and horses, King’s Arms, Beverley, innkeeper Trent Port Hotel, Saundby, Nottinghamshire, born Skelton, North Riding, baptised 13 March 1818 Overton, North Riding, married 21 November 1843 Settrington, North Riding Mary BIELBY (daughter of Michael BIELBY and Mary UNKNOWN) baptised 12 June 1823 Settrington, East Riding.
Children:
1.1.1. Ann PICKERING
1.1.2. Ann Elizabeth PICKERING

3rd Generation

1.1.1. Ann PICKERING baptised and buried 22 July 1844 Settrington, East Riding.

1.1.2. Ann Elizabeth PICKERING baptised 25 December 1846 Settrington, East Riding.