Alice Pickering

Alice was arraigned before the Essex County Court, in 1652, for wearing a silk hood; but, proving she was worth 200 pounds was discharged. She subsequently married John Pickering, and lived in a house in Broad Streee, which in 1860 was still standing, and owned by one of her decendants.

Family

Alice Flint (William /Flint/, (Unknown) /Flint/) was born 1636 in Salem, Essex, MA, and died 4 MAR 1713 in Salem (Essex) MA.

She married

1. Henry Bullock on 1652 in Salem, Essex, MA. He was born 1627, and died 1656.
2. John Pickering on 22 AUG 1657 in Salem, Essex, MA, son of Elizabeth /Alderman/ and John /Pickering/. He was born 5 JUL 1637 in Salem, Essex, MA, and died 5 JUL 1694 in Salem, Essex Co, Massachusetts.

Children of Alice /Flint/ and Henry /Bullock/ are:

1. John Bullock was born BEF 1656 in Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts.
2. Alice Bullock was born 13 JAN 1674/5 in Salem Essex MA.

Children of Alice /Flint/ and John /Pickering/ are:

1. John Pickering was born 10 SEP 1658 in Salem, Massachusetts, and died 19 JUN 1722 in Salem, Massachusetts.
2. Jonathan Pickering was born 27 SEP 1660 in Salem, Essex MA, and died died young in Salem, Essex MA.
3. Joseph Pickering was born 16 SEP 1663 in Salem, Essex MA, and died BEF 1694 in Salem Essex MA.
4. Benjamin Pickering was born 15 JAN 1665/6 in Salem, Essex MA, and died 6 JAN 1716/7 in Salem, Essex MA.
5. Sarah Pickering was born 7 SEP 1668 in Salem, Essex MA, and died 1692.
6. William Pickering was born 11 JAN 1670 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, and died 1723.
7. Elizabeth Pickering was born 7 SEP 1674 in Salem, Essex MA, and died BEF 1734 in Salem Essex MA.
8. Hannah Pickering was born 2 JUL 1677 in Salem, Essex MA, and died ABT 29 JUL 1714

Notes

From “ The Hidden Rules of the Puritan Fashion Police.” Slashed sleeves, frizzed hair, or a gold hatband could land you in court. By Sarah Laskow, JULY 10, 2017. Retrieved 13 February 2020 from link

For decades the colony continued to refine these laws. In 1639, the colony instituted a stricter law against lace and forbade clothes with short sleeves. In the 1650s, the law became more class-conscious. Only those who had more than 200 pounds to their estates were allowed to wear gold and silver buttons and knee points, or great boots, silk hoods, or silk scarves. Exempt from the rule were magistrates and public officers, their wives and children, as well as militia officers or soldiers, and anyone else whose with advanced education or employment, or “whose estate have been considerable, though now decayed.” In 1679, the colony also started worrying about hair, since “there is manifest pride openly appearing among us by some women wearing borders of hair, and their cutting, curling, and immodest laying out of their hair.”

References

• https://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=ryder10&id=I2801
• “Women in Early America: Struggle, Survival, and Freedom in a New World.“ Dorothy A. May. (2014). Page 383-384. GoogleBooks

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GEDCOM Note

She was arraigned before Essex County Court in 1652 for wearing a silk hood, but providing she was worth 200 Pounds Sterling (English Currency), was discharged.

Lived in a house on Broad Street in Salem, MA