An American Family History

Sarah Ricketts Winings was born on December 24, 1807 in Dearborn County, Indiana. She was the daughter of Robert Ricketts and Susannah Wilson.

Sarah married Abraham Winings when she was 17 on August 5, 1824 in Dearborn County, Indiana. He was the son of John Wining and Elizabeth Grider. He was born June 26, 1804 in Pennsylvania. His brother Daniel Winings married Sarah's sister Rebecca Ricketts.

Sarah and Abraham's children included:
William Squire Winings (1825, married Nancy Jane Chamerlin),
John Ricketts Winings (1831),
Martha Jane Winings Hughes (1833, married John Marion Hughes) and
Susan Elizabeth Winings (1841, died age 21).

In 1850 they were living in Ohio County, Indiana. The household consisted of Abraham age 46, Sarah age 42, Martha age 17 and Susan age 9.

At the time of the 1860 census they were living in Macon County, Illinois. The household consisted of Abram age 56, Sarah age 53, and Susan age 19.

William and Sarah died in Macon County, Illinois. Sarah died in 1862 when she was 54 and William died in 1870.

Children of Robert Ricketts and Susannah Wilson 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