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John Pickering
John's first wife died. He then married Ann Reay on 10 April 1803, in the Parish Church of Whitburn. They then moved to Sunderland. In 1804 John was a Shoemaker, and in 1806-1810, a Cordwainer, and in 1811, a Shoemaker again. A Cordwainer was originally a term used for a person who worked with Cordovan, a special soft leather from Spain. Later it became the term used for Shoemaker.
Ann Reay                                       1767-
Ann was born about 1767, the daughter of James Reay and Grace Stafford, in Plessey, Stannington Parish, Northumberland (5m S E of Morpeth). She was a 35 year old spinster when she married John.

They had the following children:
John Born 29 May 1799   Plessey, Northumberland Married Jane ?
Matthew Born 7 Mar 1804   Sunderland Died 18 March 1811, Age 7
Mary Born 16 Feb 1806   Sunderland Married William Miller
Dorothy Born 3 Jul 1808   Sunderland
Ann Born 5 Jul 1810   SunderlandMarried Ralph Kirton Thompson

Birth of Parents
John Pickering No Data (Not Baptized in Chester le Street)

Ann Reay c: 25 Oct 1767  Stannington Parish, Northumberland County
Daughter of James Reah and Grace Reah
Child
John Reay b: 29 May 1799   c: 28 Jul 1799           Stannington Parish, Northumberland
Illigitimate son of Ann Reay, single woman, Native of Plessey

Marriage
10 Apr 1803
John Pickering
Anne Reah 		Whitburn, County Durham
Widower
Spinster, both of this Parish
Wit: George Hunter and Ann Taylor
Children
Matthew Pickering b: 7 Mar 1804  c: 29 Jul 1804           Holy Trinity, Sunderland, County Durham
of John Pickering, Shoemaker, of Chester le Street and Ann Reay of Stannington (Plessey)
Died 18 Mar 1811 Age 7 Buried: 19 Mar 1811, Holy Trinity, Sunderland, County Durham
son of John Pickering, Shoemaker, and Ann Reay, Mauds Lane, cause: Worms.
Mary Pickering b: 16 Feb 1806   c: 28 Sep 1806           Holy Trinity, Sunderland, County Durham
of John Pickering, Cordwainer, of Chester le Street and Ann Reay of Stannington (Plessey)
Dorothy Pickering b: 3 Jul 1808   c: 25 Oct 1809           Holy Trinity, Sunderland, County Durham
of John Pickering, Shoemaker, of Chester le Street and Ann Reay of Stannington (Plessey)
Ann Pickering b: 5 Jul 1810   c: 5 Aug 1810           Holy Trinity, Sunderland, County Durham
of John Pickering, Cordwainer, of Chester le Street and Ann Reay of Stannington (Plessey)

Death
John Pickering No Data
Ann (Reay) Pickering No Data