Origin of the Pickett/Pigot name

The last few extractions I have made are from volume 7 and they deal with the 1500's and 1600's and 1700's mostly and the data comes from the newspapers, from official city books and ledgers and I am finding them to be quite interesting to read. In a separate message I am posting one or two things containing many names of people of the times. I am finding several "cores" if you will of Piggot names within the various time frames. The earliest reference I found to any Pigot was William the Sheriff of Shropshire who was called many unflattering things. He was quite cunning if not necessarily nice from what I read. But that was in England and I am concentrating on the name in Cork. The earliest generations I have found involved Alexander, John, George, Richard and Emmanuel. They were all either lawyers or clergymen or doctors. I developed a distinct dislike for Emmanuel, Esq. from some of the documents he crafted or put his name on, but this is perhaps not fair.

I am looking for some reading recommendations on the history of the entire country , especially for the 1600-1800's. I am especially interested in learning what part any Irish may have played in the Jacobite rebellions ( and I know of several between 1700's- 1745). My past reading has focused on the part the Scots played in them and have seen little on the Irish piece. Any suggestions would be very much appreciated.

The best description of the so called "Mother Lode of Irish Genealogy" as listed on the Irish Genealogical Society, International web page, are the O'Kief, Coshe Mang, Slieve Lougher and the Upper Blackwater in Ireland series. Dr. Albert Casey, a pathologist who lived in Alabama, is the man who funded and worked on this project. Ultimately 16 volumes were produced, covering the above areas which touch County Kerry, County Cork, but also include some data on other areas as well.

this may not work quite right just now so if you go there poke around a bit if it is not immediately in front of you. The IGSI web page is well worth the visit anyway.

Misc. Pickett/Piggott witnesses at Birth, Bpt, Marriages in Cork/Kerry

Trinity College students named Picket/Pigott

Index to 5040 Prerogative Grants for Cork and Kerry -Picket/Piggott 1595 to 1810

The government is just as interested if not moreso in a person who dies intestate as one who does not. Why? Usually there is an even greater opportunity of taxation. The assets of all deceased persons must be declared to the government. To be fair, it is also to ensure that those who are entitled to them by the law of the land actually get them. There are formal rules of distribution in the absence of a will, some of which cannot be over-ridden by a will.

A Prerogative Grant gets its name from the Prerogative Court which made it. I don't know if this court still exists in Ireland or Britain. I think in Britain at least these matter's would now be dealt with by the Probate Division of the High Court of Justice. Thus the expression 'probating a will', Probate Duty, etc.

Thomas Pickett, 1750, Monne, Co.Cork, farmer, I, 162

Thomas Pickett, 1731, Monee, Cork, Gentleman W/214

Thomas Pickett 1752, Co. Cork, farmer, W, 11

Emmanuel Pigott, Cork,Esq, W/242, 1762

Emmanuel Pigott, Cork, Esq W/13, 1762

Barbara Pickett, spinster, Cork, I/256, 1762

Alexander Piggott, Co. Cork,Esq, 1681 W/120

Thomas PIckett, Mooney sic probably Monee or however you really spell it) Cork, farmer, 1768, W/92, W/98

Perogative Wills Index 1536-1810

Cork Administrataive Bond Index 1612-1858

Cloyne Index of Wills, Alpha, C of I 1621-1838

Abstracts of Wills and Administrations 1858-1900

Misc wills

Excerpt from the Lismore Papers. Volume 3

I do not know enough yet about Sir Richard Boyle to say who he was and what he did but the data contained in the papers apply to the whole of Ireland, Co. Kerry, Co.Cork and other specific parts as well. Written in the narrative form of a journal or diary.

I send you this entry because I was totally astounded by the dollar value of the transactions mentioned.

from Volume 8 Page 1790, Volume 3 of the Lismore Papers

5-21-1631 Lisivigeen (which is in Kerry,correct?) Received my security for payment of 2000 A3 sterling to Sir John Cletworthy.
Sir Robert Piggott is to give Henry Kenny ***** a good horse*** for ****his saddle**** as Mr. Kenny at my request gave up a lease for 50 years that I made his father of Ayree lands in Queen's county in reverecon.

Hibernian Chronicles excerpt

1785 p.o. 17 March et seq to be sold pt of Estate of Henry Cole Bowen of Kilmurry Co. Limerick - Ballynaconay, Killavullen, Shanballyduff,Killilane, Rahatassenig,all near Mallow, A3 94.10 a year - a lease of three lives renewable for ever paying A340 on the fall of each life and Ballinveskey within one mile of Mallow , list to Thomas Piggot, apply to Henry Cole Bowen, Bowen's Court.

Three lives - how long would that be does anyone know? sounds like a lot of money for the times?

Pickett/Piggott names on Tombstone Inscriptions Castlemagner church

Extract from Council Book of Youghal 1123-1800

Cork, Cloyne, Ross C of I Clerical and Parochial Records 1291-1860

Piggott and St. Leger names/ with

Sir Robert Piggott to receive bond (Knight of Dysart) in the Queen's Co., which he erected into a manor by patent 7-2-1639. He married first Anne daughter of William St. Leger, son of Sir Anthony St. Leger, Lord Deputy for Ireland, by whom he had two sons and two daughters. Secondly Thomasine daughter of Christopher Peyton, Esq. widow of Captain Baptiste Castillion by whom he had two sons and two daughers. He is now represented by Sir Charles Piggott of Knapton, Queens Co, Baronet

so there is a family connection between those two names. Not connected to my own Pickett to the best of my knowledge.

Somebody on the genforum surname page for Pickett sent me information that states that the Picot, Pichot and Pigot name came from two families that were established in the shire of Cambridge England after the Norman Conquest in 1066. Their lands were confiscated for rebellion during the reign of William Rufus (1087-1100). Another family settled on the border of Wales in Cheshire and it is from this family that the Richard Pigot of Cheshire married the daugher and heiress of Sir Richard Peshale and obtained the Chetwynd estate in Shropshire, held by Piggott for 12 generations but sol by Robert Pigot in 1776. The spelling of the name Pigott was adopted by Robert Pigott of Chetwynd who was Sheriff of Shropshire in 1517 and this is the name Pickett originated from" per K. Lund on the genforum page.

However, I have read someplace that the Pickett name in County Cork first was spelled Becket. Now I do wish I could find where that was stated.

Cork and Ross, C of I, Marriage Bonds 1623-1750

Index of marriages 1716-1841, Diocese of Cork and Ross

Marriage Bonds Cloyne Diocese C of I 1801-1866

1847 Alms and Work House Records, St. John Co. New Brunswick

From two photocopied pages of Alms and Workhouse Records for parts of 1847, from the actual books themselves, as well as a photocopy of a transcribed page from a book along the same lines.

The book is called "The Irish in New Brunswick and their Origins" by Johnson, published 1985. I have one page from this book as a reference copy and the following names appear on this page covering part of July 1847:
All from CORK
DANLLEY, Patrick
HAGGIRTY, Patrick
HAGGIRTY, Jerry
HAGGIRTY, Danl
COUCHLIN, John
REGAN, John
SOUCE,Beckey ( she also appears on the actual ledger pages with data listed below,
COLLINS OR SOUCE, Mary (DITTO)
LEARY, Johanna (ditto)
DONNELLY, Ellen (DITTO)
HURLEY,Mary
CROWLEY, Cornelius
CARNEY, Mrs. Johanna
DESMOND, Humphy

there is more information on them and if you recognize the name please email me directly.
The two actual pages from the records cover June and July 1847 in part.
The following names are for County Cork:
name, age, religion, place of nativity, circumstances of disability, died or discharged, date of discharge or death, vessels name, whence sailed, where and when landed 7-9-1847, ANNE HARTT, age 16, RC, Cork, fever, died, August 9, PALLAS, Cork, June 21 1847

7-9-1847 QUINLAN, NOIRIE, 27, RC, Cork, died Aug 21, PALLAS, Cork, June 21, 1847

7-9-1847 No name DONNELLY, 9, RC, died, Aug 21, PALLAS,Cork, June 21,1847

7-12-1847 HANORA HICKSON, 36, Prot, from Kerry, sprain, disch 7-26-1847, ship's name Sally, sailed Cork, arrived St. John 7-18-1847

7-12-1847 MARGARET HICKSON, 9 =BD, Prot, from Kerry, destitute, discharged 7-26-1847, ship is SALLY, sailed from Cork , as above

7-12-1847 MARY HICKSON, 5, Prot, from Kerry, Destitute, disch as above, same ship and date of arrival

7-12-1847 JOHANNA HICKSON, 4 months, Prot, from Kerry, Destitute, all the rest same as above
7-13-1847 JOHANNA COONEY, 27, RC, from Cork, fever, disch 7-20-1847, ship Sally, same dates as above

7-13-1847 MRS. MARY HEGARTY, 35, RC, of Cork, fever, died 8-8-1847, from the ship Malvina, sailed Baltimore (Cork) Ireland landed July 2.

7-13-1847 MARY KIDNEY, 22, RC, Cork, fever, dec July 30, ship ELLAN? sailed Cork, landed June 18

7-13-1847 JUDY HAINIHAN ? 6, RC, Cork, fever, discharged 8-2, PERSEVERANCE out of Londonderry, arrived July 19

7-13-1847, BESS ROBERTS, 12, RC, Cork, fever, died 7-19-1847, PERSEVERANCE, sailed Londonderry, landed July 19

7-13-1847 CATHERINE TOOMEY, 11, RC Cork, fever, disch July 27, ship DALY from Bantry, landed June 18

7-15-1847 MARY DALY, 24, RC, Cork, Poor, dish 7-17-1847, PALLAS, sailed from Cork, landed June 21

7-15-1847 JOHANNA Casey or Carey, 18, RC, Cork, Poor, disch 7-17, PALLAS, Cork sailed, landed June 12

7-15-1847 PEGGY DALY, 1 BD RC,Cork,fever, disch 7-17, ship PALLAS, from Cork, landed June 12

7-16-1847 PEGGY MURPHY, 14, RC, Cork, fever, disch 9-8, ship GARLAND sailed from Cork, landed July 1

7-16-1847 MARGARET BUTTER, 25, RC, Cork, fever, disch 8-13, ship Ambassadress of Liverpool, arrived July 13

7-16-1847 MARY HEGARTY, 8 months, RC, Cork, fever died 7-23, ship Shakespeare from Liverpool

7-16 1847, BECKEY SOUCE, 12, RC, Cork, Fever, Disch 7-29, ship PERSEVERANCE, from Cork, landed June 23

7-16-1847 MARY COLLINS (Or Souce I think it says) 50, Rc, Cork, destitute, disch 7-24, ship PERSEVERANCE from Cork as above

7-16-1847 JOHANNA LEARY, 16, from Cork, fever, died either Aug 20 or it might even be Feb 20, ship PERSEVERANCE, from Cork, as above

7-16-1847 ELLEN DONNELLY, 27, RC,Cork, fever, died 7-20, ship Malvinian or Malvinia, from Baltimore Cork, Ireland, landed July 2.

7-15-1847 MRS. MARY HARRINGTON, 30,RC, Kerry, destitute, disch 7-17, ship MARY from Cork, arrived June 12

7-15-1847 MARY HARRINGTON, 14, RC Derry, destitute, disch 7-17- ship MARY MURRAY, from Cork, landed June 12

The copies I have are larger than legal sized paper from the actual ledgers, and the handwriting is a bit hard to read. I notice that the actual ledgers I have the copies of list only women, but the book also incorporates men's names and so assume there was a place for men separate from the women. Under New Brunswick - Minorities - History the only work mentioned in FHLC is The Irish in Atlantic Canada, 1780-1900 Power, Thomas P

The following from the Grosse Ile lists may be of interest. People who died and were buried on Grosse Isle in 1847:

Name         		Age     Vessel       	Port            Date of Death
Pigott, Ann  		60      Wakefield   	Cork          	July 18 -24
Pigott, John 		5m   	John Francis 	Cork         	May 29 -Jun 5
Pigott, Mary 		30   	Elizabeth     	Liverpool   	Aug 29 - Sep 4
Pigott, Wm.  		36  	John Francis  	Cork        	Jun 6 - 12

People who died on ships at sea or in quarantine on Grosse Ile
Pigott, Catherine  	26  	John Francis  	Cork  		April 10 - June 10
Pigott, Maurice  	27  	Wakefield  	Cork        	May 28 - Jul  12