Pike Family
John Pike married Ann Young (both from Heytesbury) on 27.1.1777.
Their children were: Thomas, Elizabeth, Jenny and George.
Thomas Pike was baptised on 5.10.1777. Thomas Pike married Mary Ricketts on 12.10.1800 at Heytesbury. Mary was the daughter of James and Ann Cowdrey.
Thomas and Mary Pike’s son Thomas was baptised on 29.1.1804.
Thomas Pike (a botanist) married Susanna Herbert Clarke (born 21.11.1799 in Heytesbury) on 3.8.1823. Susanna was the daughter of Thomas Clarke who married Jane Harding on 26.12.1796 at Heytesbury in Wiltshire.
Thomas and Susannah Pike’s children were: Thomas, Joseph, Henry (born 14.7.1838) Charles (born 24.10.1841), Rachel, John, Rosa, Frederick, Edward, Mary and Ann (twins).
Charles, Henry and John (who became a postman) came to Australia. Thomas and Joseph went to America. Thomas Pike Snr. died at Heytesbury on the 4.12.1876 aged 72 years