An American Family History

Nathan Ricketts

Indiana became a state in 1819. The north was settled by people from New England and New York, the center by people from the Mid-Atlantic states and Ohio, and the south by people from Southern states, particularly Kentucky and Tennessee.

Nathan Ricketts was born on August 26, 1759 in Frederick County, Maryland. His father was Edward Ricketts.

By 1771, his family was was in Pennsylvania.

He married Jane Wilson. At first they settled in Pennsylvania.

According to Orrell in the Descendants of Richard Cheney, Nathan and Jane's children included:
William Ricketts (1784, married Elizabeth Hyner, Rebecca Neal),
Rebecca Ricketts Neal (1785, married Thomas Neal),
Edward Ricketts (1787, married Elizabeth Cooper),
Susannah Ricketts Neal (1788, married John Neal, Jr.),
Abraham Ricketts (1790, married Malinda Huston),
Nathan Ricketts, Jr. (1794, married Effa Ross),
Elizabeth Ricketts Rich (1796, married Landon Rich),
Jane Ricketts Shepherd (1804), married James Shepherd),
Ann Ricketts (1810, married Landon Rich), and
Ephraim Ricketts (1811, married Excena Ishum).

In 1787 Nathan was on the tax list Huntingdon Township, Bedford County, Pennsylvania.

Part of Bedford County became Huntingdon County in 1787.

In 1788 he was on the tax list of Franklin Township, Huntingdon County.

In 1790 the Nathan Rickets household in Huntingdon, Pennsylvania consisted of:

a man over 16 (Nathan),
two boys under 16 (William and Edward)
and three females (Jane Rebecca, and Susannah).

The same census page listed Richard and Edward Rickets and William, George, David, James, and Robert Wilson.

In 1792 in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, Nathan Ricketts witnessed the sale of 400 acres on both sides of Clearfield Creek or a small branch called Beaver Dam Branch, from his father, Edward Ricketts, Sr., to Edward Ricketts, Jr.

They moved to Kentucky by 1800, Nathan Rickets was in Mason County, Kentucky. Robert, Roclif and Zachariah Ricketts were also in Mason County.

In 1812 Nathan Ricketts was in the Dearborn County Militia.

On January 7, 1826, Nathan received a land warrant for 77.24 acres in Switzerland County, Indiana on the authority of a cash entry sale of April 24, 1820.

In 1830, the household was in Switzerland County

Males - 5 thru 9: 2
Males - 15 thru 19: 1
Males - 30 thru 39: 1
Females - 10 thru 14: 2
Females - 15 thru 19: 1
Females - 40 thru 49: 1

Jane died on April 17, 1832 in Switzerland County.

In 1840 the household in Dearborn County, Indiana consisted of:

a man between 80 & 89 - Nathan age 81
a woman between 70 & 79
a woman between 30 & 39
a man between 20 & 29

Nathan died on January 10, 1847.

They are buried in Mt. Carmel Cemetery in Aberdeen, Ohio County, Indiana.

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

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