An American Family History

Rebecca Nicholson Ricketts was born in 1681 in Anne Arundel County, Maryland. Her parents were John Nicholson and Rebecca Beard.

Rebecca Beard's parents were Richard Beard and Rachel Robins. Richard was a planter and large land owner. He became a Quaker. In the early 1700s, their grandson, Richard Clark, terrorized Annapolis.

Rachel Robins' parents were Edward Robins and Jane Cornish. They married in England, immigrated to Virginian and then moved to Anne Arundel County where they were planters.

Rachel's mother Jane Cornish married Captain George Puddington after her father's death.

 

• Edward Robins
• Obedience Robins

• Jane Cornish Robins Puddington

Edward Robins and Jane Cornish about 1630

England
Northampton, now Accomack County, Virginia
Anne Arundel County, Maryland

• Rachel Robins Beard
• Thomas Robins
• Christian Robins
• Elizabeth Robins Burgess

Richard Beard and Rachel Robins about 1648

Anne Arundel County, Maryland

• Ruth Beard
• Rachel Beard Clark Stimpson Proctor Kilburn Freeborn
• Richard Beard, Jr.
• John Beard
• Rebecca Beard Nicholson

John Nicholson and Rebecca Beard about 1680

Anne Arundel County, Maryland

• Rebecca Nicholson Ricketts
• Elizabeth Nicholason Welsh
• John Nicholson
• Rachel Nicholson Cheney
• Susanna Nicholson Hopper
• Richard Nicholson