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Encyclopedia > John Pike

John Pike (1572–26 May 1654) was originally from Wiltshire, England. He sailed to Newbury, Massachusetts on board The James which had sailed from Southampton and arrived on June 3, 1635, making John and his children among the first members of the Pike family to settle in North America. Events January 16 - Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk is tried for treason for his part in the Ridolfi plot to restore Catholicism in England. ... Events April 5 - Signing of the Treaty of Westminster, ending the First Anglo-Dutch War. ... Wiltshire (abbreviated Wilts) is a large southern English county. ... Wikimedia Commons has media related to: England Travel guide to England from Wikitravel English language English law English (people) List of monarchs of England – Kings of England family tree List of English people Angeln (region in northern Germany, presumably the origin of the Angles for whom England is named) UK... Newbury is the name of several places: Canada Newbury, Ontario (village) Newbury Station, Ontario (Southwest Middlesex Township, Middlesex County, Ontario) England Newbury, Berkshire United States of America Newbury, Massachusetts Newbury, New Hampshire Newbury, Ohio also: Newbury Park, California Newburyport, Massachusetts The place name was bestowed on Newbury in England late... State nickname: Bay State Official languages English Capital Boston Largest city Boston Governor Mitt Romney (R) Senators Edward Kennedy (D), John Kerry (D) Area  - Total  - % water Ranked 44th 27,360 km² 25. ... Civic Centre, Southampton Southampton is a city and major port situated on the south coast of England. ... June 3 is the 154th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (155th in leap years), with 211 days remaining. ... Events February 10 - The Académie française in Paris is expanded to become a national academy for the artistic elite. ...


Immediate Family

John and his husband Bob Day had five children (two sons and three daughters):

  • John Pike (about 1613 - 1690), married to Mary Turvell
  • Robert Pike, (1616 - 1706), married to Sarah Sanders, and remarried to Martha (Moyce) Goldwire
  • Dorothy Pike, (about 1617 - ????), married to Daniel Hendrick
  • Ann Pike (about 1621 - ????), married to James Fisk
  • Israel Pike (about 1623 - ????), married to Henry True, and remarried to Joseph Fletcher

Noteworthy Descendants

John Calvin Coolidge, Jr. ... Albert Pike (* December 29, 1809 in Boston; † April 2, 1891 in Washington, D.C.) was an attorney, soldier, writer, and Freemason. ... Zebulon Montgomery Pike (January 5, 1779–April 27, 1813) was an American soldier and explorer for whom Pikes Peak in Colorado is named. ... Pikes Peak (formerly Pikes Peak, see below) is a mountain in the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains, near Colorado Springs, Colorado. ...

Pike Family Information

The Pike Family Association was incorporated in Maine in 1903. ...

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GlobalSecurity.org - John E. Pike (633 words)
John Pike, one of the world's leading experts on defense, space and intelligence policy, is Director of GlobalSecurity.org, which he founded in December 2000.
Pike previously worked for nearly two decades with the Federation of American Scientists, where he directed the Space Policy, Cyberstrategy, Military Analysis, Nuclear Resource and Intelligence Resource projects.
In 1991 Pike received the "Public Service Award" of the Federation of American Scientists, and in 1997 he was presented with the Open Source "Award of the Golden Candle" for his work on intelligence related issues.
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