Series II. Fourth Generation Business and Personal Papers span the years 1702 to 1772. They include a coroner's inquest following the death by drowning of Lydia Pickering (1698-1702) at age 4 years. The papers belonging to Theophilus Pickering (1700-1745) deal mainly with the purchase of land in Ipswich (now Essex), Massachusetts, where Theophilus settled. Papers of Timothy Pickering (1702 -1778), who was both a farmer and church deacon, include information on First Church of Salem affairs, notes on biblical texts and drafts of sermons, and a record of marriages performed. There is also a ledger detailing twenty-five years of his farm's accounts.