An American Family History

Susannah Ricketts Moulton was born on February 21, 1794 (or January 31, 1794) in Nicholas (or Mason) County, Kentucky. She was the daughter of Robert Rickets and Susannah Wilson.

She married John S. Moulton in Nicholas County, Kentucky. John was born in Pennsylvania on March 24, 1793. His father was John Moulton. John's brother Jeremiah Moulton married, Susannah's sister, Vienna Louise Ricketts. John was a soldier in the War of 1812.

Susannah and John's children included:
Elizabeth Moulton Bailey (1816, married Parkinson Barkley),
Deliah Moulton Roszell (1818, married Greenberry Roszell),
Nancy Moulton Paramore (1819, Edward Paramore),
Thomas Moulton (1822, married Nancy Ann McCoy),
Martha Ann Moulton (1827),
Mary Jane Moulton (1829, died age 20),
John S. Moulton, Jr. (1831, married Sarah Morrow), and
Margaret F. Moulton (1834, died age 15).

They settled in Decatur County in 1824 and lived four miles east of Greensburg. John was a noted hunter and helped cut the Brookville road from Greensburg to Franklin County.

She was left a widow when John was killed by a horse on May 08, 1844 in Decatur, Indiana.

Mary Jane died of tuberculosis in August 18, 1849 and Margaret F. died on August 12, 1850.

At the time of the 1850 census she was living in Washington Township, Decatur County, Indiana.

She died on December 10, 1861 (maybe October 12, 1861) and is buried in Springer Cemetery, Decatur County, Indiana with her husband John and two of their daughters who died young.

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