Rachel Piggott
- Born: 4 Jan 1775
- Marriage (1): Joshua Buckingham
- Died: 7 Sep 1844, Age 69Y 8M 3D at age 69
- Buried: sec 45 Jericho Cemetery, Winchester, Randolph, Indiana
 
Graves - Jericho Friends Meeting Winchester
 Noted events in her life were:
• Notes. Rachel was one
of two known children of Jeremiah & Rachel (Maynor) Piggott. Her
paternal grandparents were John & Margarery (Browne) Piggott from
Maryland.
Rachel's only known sibling was an older brother Jeremiah.
On
24 Oct 1793 in Cane Creek, Orange County, NC Rachel married Joshua
Buckingham. The couple had six children while living in Orange County,
NC.
In 1823 the family moved to Indiana where they settled in Randolph County.
It
was the Pikes and the Picketts who first used the mound, near the
present Meeting-house for burials. This began in 1833. The land and
burying-ground for the Meeting-house was not acquired from John Pike
till 1836.
Rachel married Joshua
Buckingham, son of James Buckingham and Mary Jane Chambers. (Joshua
Buckingham was born on 15 Apr 1769 in New Castle County, Delaware, died
on 13 Oct 1864 in Randolph Co Indiana and was buried in sec 45 Jericho
Cemetery, Winchester, Randolph, Indiana.)
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