An American Family History

The Ricketts family were in Maryland by 1765 when Robert Ricketts was born. Robert's family moved to Pennsylvania where he served as a private in the American Revolution. The family moved from Pennsylvania to Kentucky to Indiana and to Illinois. Sarah Jane Ricketts Fox's family moved from Illinois to Missouri and then moved on and settled in Lucas County, Iowa.

The Oxley family settled in Hopewell, New Jersey and moved on to Loudoun County, Virginia. They were Baptists and members of the Hopewell Baptist Church with the Bonhams in New Jersey and the Ketoctin Baptist Church in Virginia.

When John Newton Fox, married Sarah Jane Ricketts in 1863, they again united the Baptist families (Yerkes, Ricketts, Oxley, Fox, Bonham) who had settled in New Jersey and had been moving together and intermarrying since the 17th century.

Henry Oxley and Mary Everit 1722

Mary Everit

Hopewell, Mercer (formerly Hunterdon) County, New Jersey
Loudoun County, Virginia

• Everit Oxley
• Mary Oxley Howell
• Elizabeth Oxley (died at age 14)
• Hannah Oxley Stephens
• Henry Oxley
• Rachel Oxley
• Clare Oxley
• John Oxley

Henry and Joannah Oxley

Loudoun County, Virginia
Fleming County, Kentucky

• Eli Oxley
• Levi Oxley

Robert Ricketts and Susannah Wilson 1786
Robert Ricketts
Susannah Wilson

Bedford (then Huntington, now Mifflin) County, Pennsylvania
Mason County, Kentucky
Dearborn (now Ohio) County, Indiana

• John Ricketts
• Phoebe Ricketts Sheridan
• Hannah Ricketts Buchanan
• William Ricketts
• Susannah Ricketts Moulton
• Robert Ricketts
• Isaac Ricketts
• Edward M. Ricketts
• Elizabeth Ricketts Larew Blankenship
• Rebecca Ricketts Winings
• Margaret Ricketts Kelso
• Sarah Ricketts Winings
• Vienna Louise Ricketts Moulton

Eli and Margaret Oxley 1793

Fleming County, Kentucky

• William Oxley
• Elizabeth Oxley Ricketts
• Celia Oxley McDowell
• Polly Oxley Busby
• Prior Oxley
• Samuel Oxley
• Rachel Oxley
• Eli Oxley, Jr.

William Ricketts and Elizabeth Oxley 1812

Randolph Township, Dearborn (now Ohio) County, Indiana
Cazenovia Township, Woodford County, Illinois

• Celia Ricketts Holmes
  
• John Ricketts
  
• Eli Ricketts
  
• Mary Ann Ricketts Planck Clutter
  
• Isaac Ricketts
  
• William Ricketts
  
• Prior Ricketts
  
• Eliza Ricketts
  
• James Ricketts
  
• Elizabeth Ricketts

• Garrett Larew Ricketts
• Robert L. Ricketts
• Sarah L. Ricketts Edwards
• Isabella Ricketts King
• Samuel Lowe Ricketts
• Susanna Ricketts
• Marian Amanda Ricketts Kent
• George Washington Ricketts
• Andrew Jackson Ricketts
• Noah J. Ricketts

Isaac Ricketts and Catherine Simpson 1839

Catherine Simpson

Cole Creek Township, Montgomery County, Indiana
Henry Township, Marshall County, Illinois
Clark Township, Chariton County, Missouri
Chariton, Lucas County, Iowa

• Eliza Ann Ricketts Baker Clark
• William H. Ricketts
• Sarah Jane Ricketts Fox
• James M. Ricketts
• Caroline Tilena Ricketts Cole
• Catherine Paulina Ricketts King
• Clara M. Ricketts Cavalin

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