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Giles Rickard Sr. (1597 - 1685)

Giles "Gyles" Rickard Sr.
Born in Taunton, Somerset, Englandmap
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of — married 7 Jan 1623 (to 6 Feb 1662) in West Hatch, Somerset, Englandmap
Husband of — married 20 May 1662 in Plymouth, Plymouth Colony, New Englandmap
Husband of — married 25 Jun 1669 in Plymouth, MAmap
Descendants descendants
Died at about age 88 in Plympton, Plymouth Colony, New Englandmap
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The Puritan Great Migration.
Giles Rickard Sr. migrated to New England during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640). (See The Directory, by R. C. Anderson, p. 283)
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Biography

Giles (Gyles) Rickard was born in England in about 1597. He apparently trained as a weaver in England, as he practiced that trade in later years in New England. He married Judith (Cogan) King, the widow of William King, at West Hatch, County Somerset, England, on 7 January 1623. His sons Giles and John were born in England.[1] [2]

The family emigrated to New England in 1637, aboard the Speedwell, which departed from Weymouth, Dorset, on 22 April 1637. Their party included Giles, his wife Judith and three children, plus one boy and one maid. According to Stratton, the three children were his sons Giles Rickard and John Rickard, and Samuel King, Judith's son by her first marriage. Judith's brother, Henry Cogan, was also on the ship.[1]

He settled in Plymouth, Massachusetts, where he was granted seven acres of land on 4 December 1637. John Barnes received seven acres nearby on the same day. Giles Rickard petitioned to be admitted a freeman on 6 March 1638; he was admitted a freeman on 7 September 1641.[1]

On 1 March 1642 he was made constable and surveyor of highways for Plymouth town. On 1 June 1658 he was selected again as constable for Plymouth.[1]

On 1 March 1659 he was granted a license to keep an ordinary (a tavern) at Plymouth for entertaining visitors to the town, but not townspeople. The license was renewed 7 March 1660, with a provision that he could also sell wine and strong liquors to townspeople of Plymouth, but only for consumption in their own houses. The license was renewed again on 10 June 1661, although he had been fined ten shillings on 5 March 1661 for selling wine to Indians. On 31 October 1666 his liquor license was revoked, but after he complained that the liquor on hand would be lost, he was allowed to sell his remaining stock to nonresidents of Plymouth, or to townspeople "for the relief of the weake or sicke".[1]

Judith died in Plymouth on 6 February 1662.[3] Giles married Joane Tilson, widow of Edmond Tilson, on 20 May 1662, as his second wife.[4] His third wife was Hannah (Pontus) Churchill, widow of John Churchill and daughter of William and Wybra (Hanson) Pontus; they were married on 25 June 1669.[5]

The Vital Records of Plympton, Massachusetts, list Giles' death some time before or after midnight on the night of 1 February 1685, at the reported age of 87.[6] He had made his will on 8 January 1684/5. His wife Hannah was named to inherit the lower and upper rooms, garret, and little bedroom of his house in Plymouth, plus one-half of his shop and barn, and the benefit of one-half of his land and orchard, plus his second best bed, suitable furniture, bedclothes, a pewter platter, other household items, and two cows. He also provided bequests to his grandson John Rickard, son of his son John, and to Giles and John Rickard, sons of his son Giles. The residue of his estate was left to his son Giles. When inventoried on 6 February 1685, his estate included real estate valued at £95 and about £66 in livestock and personal property, including some small books and two Bibles.[1][7]

Name

Name: Giles Rickard [or Giles Rickard Sr.]

Birth

Birth Date: 1597 in Taunton, Somerset, England

Marriages and Children

The following information is from McCracken, Early Cogans English and American in NEHGR 111:172.[8]

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[9] at West Hatch, Somerset, England. Judith died at Plymouth, Massachusetts on 6 Feb 1662. Their known children were

  1. Giles, married at Plymouth 31 October 1651, Hannah Dunham, born in Plymouth in 1630 [10]
  2. John, married at Plymouth 31 October 1851, Esther (also known as Hester) Barnes[10]

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 May 1662.[10]

After Joan(e)'s death, he married his third wife, Hannah Pontus, the widow of John Churchill, on 25 June 1669.[10]

Death

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

Research Notes

Sources listed in the Great Migration Directory: NGSQ 71:176; PCR 1:70, 75, 7:29; PCPR 1:52, 4:2:101-2; TAG 30:11; NEHGR 111:172,112:154; M&JCH 18:127-28, 25:56-57, 27:44-45

Sources

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 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_0702-00025?pid=2510579.
  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. 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 Torrey, p. 1275
  • Ancestry Family Trees. Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Repository: #R5 URLs:
https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/tree/3920139/family
https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/15043181/person/1609372333/facts
https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/10759248/person/-19439875/facts
https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/tree/15034595/family
New England Historical and Genealogical Register. New England Historic Genealogical Society. Boston. Page: 114:120
New England Historical and Genealogical Register. New England Historic Genealogical Society. Boston. Page: 111:172
Plymouth Colony It's History & People 1620-1691. Eugene Aubrey Stratton. 1986. Ancestry Publishing, Salt Lake City, UT
New England Historical and Genealogical Register. New England Historic Genealogical Society. Boston. Page: 9:314
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.
  • Torrey, Clarence Almon. New England Marriages Prior to 1700. New England Historic Genealogical Society. Accessed at AmericanAncestors.org.
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  • 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).


Acknowledgements

  • WikiTree profile Rickard-184 was created through the import of wikitree1.ged on Oct 17, 2012 by Kimball G. Everingham. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Kimball G. and others.




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7 Jan 1623 is confirmed marriage to Judith.

Somerset Heritage Service; Taunton, Somerset, England; Somerset Parish Records, 1538-1914; Reference Number: D\P\hat.w/2/1/6. by subscription at: https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/60856/42886_1831109331_0702-00025?pid=2510579

posted by Beryl Meehan
Rickard-184 and Rickard-30 appear to represent the same person because: Poor Giles (Rickard-184) somehow got orphaned, but was originally married to Judith Cogan, so please merge. Thanks.
posted by Kimball Everingham
Rickard-438 and Rickard-30 appear to represent the same person because: Clearly the same person. Rickard-30 is the lowest-numbered profile I've found for him.
posted by Ellen Smith
Rickard-447 and Rickard-30 appear to represent the same person because: Same birthdate, same son. Giles Rickard was an immigrant settler in Plymouth Massachusetts and is moderately well documented. I believe both of these profiles were intended to represent him.
posted by Ellen Smith
Rickard-97 and Rickard-30 appear to represent the same person because: same marriage to Judith.
posted by Liz (Noland) Shifflett

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