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.

Sarah Jane's mother's family, The Oxleys, 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.

John Douglas and Sarah Bonner 1663

Colonel John Douglas 1636

Sarah Bonner Douglas

Charles County, Maryland

• John Douglas
• Robert Douglas
• Sarah Douglas
• Elizabeth Douglas
• Joseph Douglas
• Charles Dougas

William Heard and Bridget Yowkins about 1665

William Heard
Bridget Yowkins

Charles County, Maryland

• Catherine Heard Douglas

• John Clare
• Elizabeth Clare Everett

John Douglas and Catherine Heard about 1680

Charles County, Maryland

• Benjamin Douglas
• John Douglas
• Anne Douglas
• Joseph Douglas

• Elizabeth Land

Richard Everett and Elizabeth Clare 1690

Hempstead, Queens (now Nassau) County, New York

• Priscilla Everett
• Abraham Everett
• Richard Everett
• Mary Everett Oxley
• George Everett
• Hannah Everett van Gelder
• Nicholas Everett

Benjamin Douglas and Elizabeth Land 1707

Charles County, Maryland

• Benjamin Douglas
• John Douglas
• Mary Douglas
• Joseph Douglas
• Penelope Douglas
• Sarah Douglas
• Thomas Douglas
• Jesse Douglas

Henry Oxley and Mary Everett 1722

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

Robert Wilson and Mary Douglas about 1740

Maryland

• Margaret Wilson
• Sarah Wilson
• Robert Wilson
• Euphon Wilson
• Martha Wilson
• Jane Wilson
• Susannah Wilson

Henry and Joannah Oxley before 1766

Loudoun County, Virginia
Fleming County, Kentucky

• Eli Oxley
• Levi Oxley

• Susannah Wilson Ricketts

Robert Ricketts and Susannah Wilson 1786
Robert Ricketts

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

William Ricketts
and Harriet Dean

• 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 Cavallin