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Cheney Ricketts |
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Cheney (Chaney) Ricketts was born in Anne Arundel, Maryland about 1732. His parents were Edward Ricketts and Mary A. Cheney. Cheney served 13 days under Captain Moses Chapline during the French and Indian War in Maryland. According to Karl Larew in Garret Larew: Civil War Soldier, he married, his cousin, Nancy Ann Cheney, in 1754 in Maryland. Nancy was Charles Cheney's daughter. She was born 1734 in Maryland. Larew says that "Nancy was a very frank lady and had no secrets." Cheney's children probably included: Shaver's Creek Manor in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania was reserved by the proprietaries of the province for their own use. The warrant for its survey was dated October 30, 1760. Edward and Cheney Ricketts received Lot 8 which was 284 acres and 50 perches. The family was in Huntingdon County during the American Revolution. In 1780 Cheney Ricketts was in Barree Township. In 1784 he purchased land in Barree Township. In Huntingdon/Bedford County, Pennsylvania, he obtained 400 acres next to Edward Ricketts, Jr. along Clearfield Creek in Frankstown Township. In 1788, Edward, Jeremiah, John and Reason Ricketts were in Little's company. The family moved to on to Fairfield County, Ohio and were there by 1806 when Jeremiah Ricketts married Polly Cole in April, 1805 in Fairfield County. Sarah Ricketts married Richard Courtright in December, 1806. Cheney appeared on the tax list of Fairfield County, Ohio in 1808. He died on May 14, 1814 of "tubercular pnemonia" and was buried on the family farm in Fairfield County. Nancy died on September 13, 1813 in Hancock County, Ohio.
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