Richard Ranney (1705 - 1759)

Born 18 Feb 1705 in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut

Ancestors

Husband of Margery (Miller) Ranney — married 9 Nov 1729 in East Middletown, Middlesex, CT

Descendants

Died 16 Sep 1759 at age 54 in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut

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Biography

Richard Ranney was born February 18, 1705/6 in Middletown, Connecticut; ^[1]the son of John Ranney and his wife Hannah (Turner) Ranney.^[2][1]

His Siblings

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1. Marce who was born December 28, 1695, at Middletown, Middlesex, Massachusetts. She married John Hall on July 19, 1722. She died Feb. 3, 1767.
2. Hannah was born June 1, 1699 and died November 26, 1699.
3. John was born September 12, 1700 and died September 20, 1700
4. John (2) was born October 1, 1703.
5. Deborah was born August 24, 1708.
6. Jeremiah was born January 25, 1713 and died February 16, 1713
7. Samuel was born August 12, 1715. He married Ann Miller who was born December 7, 1701, daughter of John Miller and his wife Marcy Bevins. He served in 7th Co., Capt Herlihy, 1st Reg., 1758, French-Indian War. Died August 21, 1758.

Marriage

On November 9, 1729 he married Margery Miller at East Middletown, Middlesex, Massachusetts.^[1][2]Margery was born February 23, 1706-7, the daughter of John Miller and his wife Marcy Bevins.^[1]

Children of Richard and Margery Ranney

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1. Jeremiah was born December 17, 1730.
2. Richard was born September 8, 1732.
3. Elijah was born October 6, 1735.
4. Stephen was born January 15, 1737-8
5. Marcy was baptized December 30, 1739.
6. Mary was born November 7, 1740.
7. Jabez was born February 12, 1742-3; He married Penelope Bowers on January 15, 1767. He served 1759 and 1762 in French-Indian War, also in Revolutionary War. He died May 16, 1811.
8. Edward was born April 29, 1746. He served in the French-Indian War in 1759, 1760, 1761 and died in the service, "by estimate November 15, 1762."
9. Abner was born March 15, 1747-8
10. Hannah was born April 5, 1750. She married Joel Hall.
11. Mary was born February 13, 1754.

Military Service

There was a Richard Ranney who served April 19 - September 30, 1758 in the 7th Company, 1st Regiment, and there was a drum in his inventory.^[1] But since four of his sons, one of them named Richard, were in the service, it is not certain if this service record is for Richard Ranney the father or Richard Ranney the son.^[1]

Interestingly enough, there was also in East Middletown, an Indian of very high intelligence whose name was also Richard Ranney. The Massachusetts Muster Rolls show that this man of Stockbridge was a private in Captain William Goodrich's Company of Indians and enlisted August 9, 1775.^[1]

Death

Probate records say Richard Ranney died September 16, 1759.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9} Charles Collard Adams, "Middletown Upper Houses: A History of the North Society of Middletown, Connecticut, From 1650 to 1800, with Genealogical and Biographical Chapters on Early Families and a Full Genealogy of the Ranney Family." Published by The Grafton Press, New York. 1908. page 169, #14.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Connecticut: Vital Records (The Barbour Collection), 1630-1870 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011.) From original typescripts, Lucius Barnes Barbour Collection, 1928. Middletown. p. 359

• Charles Collard Adams, "Middletown Upper Houses: A History of the North Society of Middletown, Connecticut, From 1650 to 1800, with Genealogical and Biographical Chapters on Early Families and a Full Genealogy of the Ranney Family." Published by The Grafton Press, New York. 1908. page 168, #14.see at archive.org

• Connecticut: Vital Records (The Barbour Collection), 1630-1870 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011.) From original typescripts, Lucius Barnes Barbour Collection, 1928. Middletown. p. 359.link for subscribers

• "Connecticut Marriages, 1640-1939," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7LW-KQN : 5 November 2017), Richard Ranny and Margery Miller, Marriage 09 Nov 1729, Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States; Connecticut State Library, Hartford; FHL microfilm 1,513,707.

• "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F735-74C : 11 February 2018), Richard Ranny, 18 Feb 1705; citing Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States; FHL microfilm 1,513,707.