An American Family History

Edward Ricketts 1758

Ricketts is also spelled Rickeots, Rickeotts, Rickett, Rickets, Ricket, Rickel, Rickle, Rickels, and Rickles.

Edward Ricketts was born in Maryland in 1758. He was the son of Cheney Ricketts.

Edward served in 2nd Battalion, 1st Company between 1775 and 1783 in Bedford County, Pennsylvania.

He married Millicent Green on November 3, 1784. She was the daughter of George Green and Sarah Musgrove.

Sarah Ricketts (1785, married Richard Courtwright),
Mary Ricketts (1786, married Jackson McIntosh),
Elizabeth Ricketts (1788, married Jeremiah Ricketts),
John Cotton Ricketts (1790, married Mary Ricketts),
Ruth Ricketts (1792, married John Philip Hubler),
Clemuel Green Ricketts (1794),
Nancy Ricketts (1797),
Letitia Ricketts (1799),
Pleasant Ricketts (1800, married Thomas Sims),
Elijah Green Ricketts (1803, married Margaret Lockhart), and
Isaac Ricketts (1805).

Millicent died about 1828.

Edward Ricketts died circa 1852 at Ohio.

Barree Township, Pennsylvania was formed in 1767 and was originally part of of Cumberland County, then it became part of Bedford County until 1787 when it became part of Huntingdon County.

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