2013 Pidcock Family Reunion to start at 12 noon on Saturday, Aug. 17

Thompson-Neely House

Reunion to begin with picnic lunch

The centennial reunion of the Pidcock Family Association will begin at 12 noon on Saturday, August 17, with a picnic lunch at the Captain James Moore Pavilion, Bowman's Hill Wildflower Preserve, 1635 River Road, New Hope PA 18938.

The Family Association will provide soft drinks, water and hot dogs, rolls and condiments. Please bring a covered dish to share with other family members.

Games for children

Games for children will begin at 1 o’clock, and the formal reunion program will start at 1:30. Speakers will include descendants of Lenni Lenape Indians and Revolutionary War re-enactors. Our family genealogist will present the revised Pidcock genealogy, and our family historian will release “The Pidcock Chronicles,” a new book about three early Pidcocks.

Please contact us

We’re eager to know how many Pidcock cousins plan to attend our Aug. 17 reunion. Even if you’re just thinking about coming or need more information and details, please send us an email. Our address is: pidcock2013@yahoo.com 

You may also use this address if you have comments or questions about our organization.

Captain James Moore Pavilion

Captain Moore Pavilion

 The Captain James Moore Pavilion is across from the Thompson-Neely House, which is part of Washington Crossing Historic Park in Bucks County. Family traditions say that John Pidcock built the original part of the house in the early 1700s. Captain Moore was an officer in General George Washington's Continental Army.

Van Sant Covered Bridge, built in 1875, spans Pidcock Creek

The 1913 reunion

Our grandparents and great-grandparents established the Pidcock Family Association a century ago. They held the first reunion on Aug. 22, 1913, along Pidcock Creek at a place then called Neely’s Mill. This was where our original Delaware River ancestor John Pidcock had settled, perhaps as early as 1678. This scenic spot, where the stream flows alongside Bowman’s Hill before joining the Delaware, was the location of a Native American village called Win-Na-Haw-Caw-Chunk. It is about three miles south of present-day New Hope, Pa., along River Road.

Jonathan Pidcock

Association members trace our descent from Jonathan Pidcock, 1729-1812. A resident of present-day Lambertville, N.J., he was a merchant, a miller and owner/operator of a small fleet of Durham boats, commercial vessels that worked the river between Lambertville (then called Coryells Ferry) and Philadelphia. During the Revolutionary War, Jonathan and two of his sons belonged to the New Jersey Militia and served in 1776 and 1777. Official records disclose that Jonathan sold flour to General Washington’s army. His grave is on Bowman's Hill.

Jonathan's descendants

Over the centuries, Jonathan’s descendants have prospered, multiplied and scattered. Many continue to live in Bucks County, Pa., and Hunterdon County, N.J., two neighboring counties divided by the Delaware River where the Pidcocks first lived. But hundreds of other Pidcocks and Pidcock descendants live throughout the United States. If you include Jonathan Pidcock among your ancestors, please consider this as your invitation to our Aug. 17 reunion.