Giles Rickard

Judith Cogan and Giles Rickard immigrated on the Speedwell, departing from Weymouth, Dorset England, arriving 22 April 1637 in Plymouth, Plymouth Colony, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.

Married

• 1) Judith Cogan 7 jan 1623/4 West Hatch, Co. Somerset, England
• 2) Joan Tilson 20 may 1662
• 3) Hannah Pontus 25 jun 1669 widow of John Churchill

Cutter has his death date as 1684

Children by 1st wife include

1. Giles (1623-1709)
2. John (1625-)
3. Sarah (ca1627-?)

Links

• http://capecodgenes.com/web%20cards/ps14/ps14_026.html

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Source: wikitree.com: The Free Family Tree Giles Rickard Sr. (1597 - 1685) Giles Rickard Sr.'s Profile Family Tree & Genealogy Tools Giles "Gyles" Rickard Sr. Born 1597 in Taunton, Somerset, England Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown] [sibling%28s%29 unknown] Husband of Judith (Cogan) Rickard — married January 7, 1623 (to February 6, 1662) in West Hatch, Somerset, , England Husband of Joane (UNKNOWN) Rickard — married May 20, 1662 (to before June 1669) in Plymouth, Plymouth Colony, New England Husband of Hannah (Pontus) Rickard — married June 25, 1669 in Plymouth, MA Father of Giles Rickard Jr., John Rickard Sr. and Sarah Ricard Died February 1, 1685 in Plympton, Plymouth Colony (Massachusetts), New England Profile managers: Chet Snow [send private message], Kimball Everingham [send private message], Nicci Hogen [send private message], and Doug Albin [send private message] Last modified 5 May 2016. This page has been accessed 1,268 times.

Categories: Puritan Great Migration | Plymouth, Massachusetts.

This person migrated to New England during the Puritan Great Migration (1620-1640). Potential for Mistaken Identity

It is this John Rickard who became known as "Deacon John Rickard" in early Plymouth Colony records. He should not be confused with John Rickard who was born five years later on November 24, 1657, son of John Rickard, Sr. and Hester (Barnes) Rickard. The other John Rickard was often called "John Rickard, son of John Rickard" or "John Rickard Jr." To distinguish the two men, records referred to this John Rickard as "John Rickard, son of Giles Rickard" or "John Rickard Sr." It was the other John Rickard, "son of John Rickard," who married Mary Cooke, not the subject of this profile. Many earlier genealogies and family trees have confused these two contemporary men whose names were homonyms and who were also first cousins.

Biography

This John Rickard was the second son of Giles Rickard, Jr. and his wife Hannah (Dunham) Rickard. He was born in Plymouth, Plymouth Colony, New England, on September 16, 1652.[1]

The children of John Rickard, Sr., are logged in records of the town of Plymouth, which give their mother's name as Mary.[2] Mary's identity is uncertain. Records indicate that Mary Cooke married John Rickard in about 1678, but both John Rickard Sr. and his cousin John Rickard Jr. had wives named Mary, and there has been some uncertainty as to which cousin Mary Cooke married. In an article entitled "Which John Rickard married Mary Cooke?" in the August 1983 Mayflower Quarterly,[3] Eugene Stratton presented evidence that Mary Cooke's husband was John the son of John (i.e., John Rickard Jr.). As described by "jrich" in a personal genealogy page, Stratton based this conclusion primarily on a comparison of signatures.[4] It has long been conjectured that the wife of John Rickard Sr. was Mary Snow, daughter of William Snow and his wife Rebecca Brown.[5] This identification is reasonably likely, considering that Mary Snow survived to a mature adulthood (she was still living as of 1699 when her father made his will), but there is no other record of her marriage, and records indicate several other connections between the two families. Accordingly, she is identified here as John Rickard's wife.

John Rickard may have had an earlier wife. Torrey indicates a marriage to Hester Dunham "by 1677,"[6] and the Dunham Genealogy similarly indicates a marriage to "Hester D.",[7] but no other records have been found that mention this woman.

Children of John Rickard, Sr., and Mary Snow were:[8][9]

Mary (or Marcy), born 27 October 1677 in Plymouth;[10] she may be the Mary Rickard who married Jabez Eddy in 1700 and died in 1711[11] Lydia, born 12 July 1679 John, born 29 December 1681 in Plymouth[12] Joseph, born 7 February 1683 in Plymouth[13] Mercy (or Marcy) born 14 May 1687 in Plymouth Joanna (aka Joannah) born 22 September 1691 in Plymouth Abigail born 22 May 1694 in Plymouth Rebeckah (Rebecca) born 3 January 1699 in Plymouth[14] The Plymouth Church Records also list the baptisms in 1686 of Eliezer, an infant son who died that same week,[15] and in 1690 of Patience, "daughter of John & Mary Rickard senior".[16]

Deacon John Rickard, son of Giles Rickard, died in Plympton, Massachusetts, on October 11, 1726, "in his 74th year."[17]

Sources

↑ Plymouth Vital Records, page 660. "John the son of Gyles Rickard Jr. born [date blank] 1652" ↑ Plymouth (Massachusetts) Vital Records, accessed at Ancestry.com (p. 26) and on Book One, p. 15, at AmericanAncestors.org (New England Historic Genealogical Society) ↑ Stratton, Eugene. "Which John Rickard married Mary Cooke?", Mayflower Quarterly, v. 49, p. 122, August 1983. ↑ jrich, Family:John Rickard and Mary Cooke (2), WeRelate.org, 29 March 2011. ↑ For example, see Torrey, p. 1275: "RICKARD, John & Mary [?COOKE]/SNOW (-1715+), ca 1677 1676?; Plymouth." ↑ Torrey, p. 1275. "RICKARD, John (?1652-1726, Plympton) & Hester [DUNHAM], by 1677; Plymouth" ↑ Dunham, page 13, V. - Hannah Dunham ↑ Plymouth (Massachusetts) Vital Records, accessed at Ancestry.com (p. 26) and on Book One, p. 15, at AmericanAncestors.org (New England Historic Genealogical Society) ↑ A Tree of Life - Mary Snow. ↑ Plymouth Vital Records, page 669: "Mary the daughter of John Rickard son of Gyles Rickard was born the 27th of Oct 1677" ↑ “New England Marriages Prior to 1700” by Clarence Almon Torrey, Pg. 242, and “The Eddy Family in America” compiled by Ruth Story Devereux Eddy, Pg. 61 ↑ Plymouth Vital Records, page 671: "John, the son of John Rickard, the son of Gyles Rickard, was born the 29th of Dec. 1681" ↑ Plymouth Church Records, page 254 reports the baptism in 1683 of "Joseph son of John & Mary Rickard Junior," but this assignment to John Jr. is assumed to be an error, because Plymouth Vital Records names his father as John Sr., and there is no mention of Joseph in the will of John Rickard Jr. ↑ Plymouth Vital Records gives the birthdate as 3 January 1699. It is not clear whether this is an old-style or new-style date. ↑ Plymouth Church Records, page 258. "Eliezer, son of John & Mary Rickard senior; it dyed the same weeke." ↑ Plymouth Church Records, page 268 ↑ Vital Records of Plympton, Massachusetts, p. 506. Dunham, Isaac Watson. Dunham genealogy. Deacon John Dunham of Plymouth, Massachusetts. 1589-1669. And his descendants. 1907. Plymouth Church Records, Vol 1, Part V. In: Publications of the Colonial Society of Massachusetts, Volume 22. Published in Boston, 1920. Torrey, Clarence Almon. New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Vital Records of Plympton, Massachusetts, published online by New England Historic Genealogical Society on AmericanAncestors.org Acknowledgments

WikiTree profile Pickerd-1 was created through the import of greenwald-millerGEDCOM.ged on 27 September 2010. WikiTree profile Rickard-60 was created through the import of fitzmaster032511.ged on 27 March 2011. WikiTree profile Rickard-186 created through the import of Oct 14 2012.ged on Nov 10, 2012 by Pam Carter. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Pam and others. WikiTree profile Rickard-445 was created by David Sylvester through the import of DunhamRobbins.ged on Oct 19, 2014.

Name: Giles Rickard [or Giles Rickard Sr.][6] Birth

Birth Date: 1597 in Taunton, Somerset, England Marriages and Children

The following information is from the New England Historic Genealogical Register[7]

Giles married three times.

First, he married Judith Cogan, daughter of Henry Cogan and Joan Borige. She was the widow of William King, who died in Taunton, Somerset, England, in May 1619. Giles and Judith were married on 7 Jan 1623 (or 1623/4)[8] at West Hatch, Somerset, England. Judith died at Plymouth, Massachusetts on 6 Feb 1662. Their known children were

Giles, married at Plymouth 31 October 1651, Hannah Dunham, born in Plymouth in 1630 [9]

John, married at Plymouth 31 October 1851, Esther (also known as Hester) Barnes[9]

Some sources also name a daughter, Sarah, possibly the wife of George Pidcock. However, Stratton states: "There is no evidence that the Sarah Rickard who married George Pidcock on 16 May 1640 was his daughter, and it is most unlikely."[1]

Glies married for the second time to Joan(e) Tilson, widow of Edmond Tilson, on 20 June 1662.[9]

After Joan(e)'s death, he married his third wife, Hannah Pontus, the widow of John Churchill, on 25 June 1669.[9]

Death

Death Date: February 1-2, 1685 in Plympton, Plymouth County, (Massachusetts), New England Sources

References

1. WikiTree contributors, "Giles Rickard Sr. (1597-1685)," WikiTree: The Free Family Tree, (https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Rickard-30 : accessed 07 December 2024). cites
   1. Stratton, Plymouth Colony, p. 343-5
   2. Somerset Heritage Service; Taunton, Somerset, England; Somerset Parish Records, 1538-1914; Reference Number: D\P\hat.w/2/1/6. Behind the Pay Wall at: https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/60856/42886_1831109331_0702-00....
   3. Vital Records of Plymouth, p. 663. "Judith, the wife of Gyles Rickard, died the 6th day of February 1661/62."
   4. Vital Records of Plymouth, p. 663. "Gyles Rickard Sr. married to Jone Tilson the 20th day of May 1662."
   5. Vital Records of Plymouth, p. 666. "Gyles Rickard Sr. was married to Hannah Churchill Sr. the 25th of June Anno Domini 1669"
   6. Vital Records of Plympton, p. 506
   7. "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L97D-V3VH : 16 March 2023), Wills 1633-1686 vol 1-4 > image 588 of 616; State Archives, Boston.
   8. McCracken, George. E. Early Cogans English and American,The New England Historical & Genealogical Register (NEHGS, Boston, Mass., July 1957) Vol. 111, Page 172. View with NEHGS membership.
   9. Torrey, p. 1274
   10. Torrey, p. 1275
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   14. https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/10759248/person/-1...
   15. https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/tree/15034595/family
   16. Kew, David. Giles Rickard, a.k.a. Gyles Richards. Rootsweb, March 4, 2015. Citing:
   17. New England Historical and Genealogical Register. New England Historic Genealogical Society. Boston. Page: 114:120
   18. New England Historical and Genealogical Register. New England Historic Genealogical Society. Boston. Page: 111:172
   19. Plymouth Colony It's History & People 1620-1691. Eugene Aubrey Stratton. 1986. Ancestry Publishing, Salt Lake City, UT
   20. New England Historical and Genealogical Register. New England Historic Genealogical Society. Boston. Page: 9:314
   21. Robert Charles Anderson. "William Pontus" in The Great Migration Begins. Immigrants to New England 1620-1633. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society. Great Migration Study Project. 1995.
   22. Stratton, Eugene Aubrey. Plymouth Colony, Its History & People, 1620-1691. Ancestry Publishing, 1986.
   23. Torrey, Clarence Almon. New England Marriages Prior to 1700. New England Historic Genealogical Society. Accessed at AmericanAncestors.org.
   24. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, Yates Publishing, Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004. http://www.Ancestry.ca
   25. Vital Records of Plymouth, Massachusetts to the Year 1850. Camden, Maine: Picton Press, 1993. Accessed at AmericanAncestors.org (New England Historic Genealogical Society).
   26. Vital Records of Plympton, Massachusetts to the Year 1850. Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1923. Accessed at AmericanAncestors.org (New England Historic Genealogical Society).
2. http://aleph0.clarku.edu/~djoyce/gen/report/rr02/rr02_447.html#P19771
3. https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Giles_Rickard_%285%29 Death 2 Feb 1685
4. Stratton, Eugene Aubrey. Plymouth Colony, Its History & People 1620 - 1691. (Provo, Utah: Ancestry Publishing, 1986) 343. "Will of Giles Ricard, dated 8 Jan 1684/85, proved 5 Mar 1684/85, mentions wife Hannah, grandson John Rickard son of son John; grandsons Giles and John Rickard sons of son Giles, residue to Giles. Inventory 6 Feb 1684/85."