Timothy Ricketson Sr. (1711 - 1786)

Born 18 Feb 1711 in New Bedford, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Bathsheba (Wilbore) Ricketson — married 3 Feb 1732 in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died 1786 at about age 74 in Richmond County, Georgia, United States

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Biography

Timothy was a Friend (Quaker)

Timothy was born 18 February 1710/11 in New Bedford, Massachusetts, recorded as the son of Jonathan Rickertson.^[1]

He was the son of Jonathon Ricketson.^[2]

He married Bathsheba Wilber, daughter of Benjamin Wilber, on 3d 12m 1731/2 [3 Feb 1732].https://www.dartmouthhas.org/uploads/1/0/0/2/100287044/bmd_1699-1880_p_201-301_signed.pdf#page=29

Children of Timothy and Bathsheba

Source of the following list was not given. It is consistent with a somewhat less detailed list given by Doherty in Settlers of the Beekman Patent.^[3]

1. Abednego, born September 23, 1733, Dartmouth, Bristol, Province of Massachusetts Bay; died December 23, 1797, Annapolis, Annapolis County, Nova Scotia
2. Gordius, born September 1, 1735, Dartmouth, Bristol, Province of Massachusetts Bay; died March, 1774, Craven County, North Carolina
3. Judith, born April 26, 1737, Dartmouth, Bristol, Province of Massachusetts Bay; died Dutchess County, New York
4. Bathsheba, born October 27, 1739, Dartmouth, Bristol, Province of Massachusetts Bay
5. Abigail, born about 1740, Dartmouth, Bristol, Province of Massachusetts Bay
6. Marmaduke, born 1741, Dartmouth, Bristol, Province of Massachusetts Bay; died after 1785, Nova Scotia
7. Huldah, born August 14, 1742, Dartmouth, Bristol, Province of Massachusetts Bay; died March 18, 1820, Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts
8. Timothy, Jr., born 1745, Dartmouth, Bristol, Province of Massachusetts Bay; died 1805, Bardstown, Nelson County, Kentucky
9. Jordan, born 1746, Dartmouth, Bristol, Province of Massachusetts Bay
10. Miriam, born about 1752, Dutchess County, Province of New York

Timothy was expelled from their local Quaker community in Dartmouth in 1747 for attempting to collect a bond which had already been repaid. The family moved to Nine Partners in Duchess County, New York. By 1754, the sheriff had seized the New York property for debts. The family moved again to the south, eventually settling in Richmond County, Georgia. At some point, Bathsheba died and Timothy remarried, as his wife is Martha in his 1786 will.^[4] He passed away in 1786 in Richmond, Georgia.

On February 8, 1785, Samuel Elbert, Governor of the State of Georgia, granted Timothy a parcel of land in Richmond County, Georgia, containing 300 acres.^[5] (https://vault.georgiaarchives.org/digital/collection/platindex/id/29517/rec/5)

On February 10, 1785, Samuel Elbert, Governor of the State of Georgia, granted Timothy a parcel of land in Washington County, Georgia, containing 287.5 acres. ^[6](https://vault.georgiaarchives.org/digital/collection/platindex/id/29516/rec/4)

Timothy made his Last Will on March 2, 1786, in Richmond County, Georgia, and the estate was probated the same year. Provisions of the will include:^[7]

• Son, Timothy Ricketson to receive ten shillings sterling money of Georgia, with the understanding that he shall have no more of "my estate, real or personal, I having given him a sufficient part of my estate before."
• The same sum, in similar manner, to be given to his son, Marmaduke, and to his daughter, Abigail Laughtrip of Georgia.
• He bequeathes to his "dear and loving wife Martha" during her natural life his best bed and furniture and during her widowhood or natural life the one third part of all his estate, she giving sufficient security not to embezzle or wast (sic) such part.
• He gives and bequeathes to his grandson Jordain Ricketson the land and plantation and premises whereon he himself now resides, and also all within the state, and this estate of stock, tools and utensils for farming, together with all real and personal estate, reserving the share for his wife which is to revert to said Jordain Ricketson on her marriage or death.
• In case of death of said Jordain without issue, the entire estate is to be equally divided between Timothy Ricketson's daughter, Abigail Laughtrip and her five children, Huldy Laughtrip, Bathsheba Laughtrip, Mary Laughtrip, John Laughtrip and Benjamin Laughtrip, with Timothy's son, Marmaduke
• He appoints his wife, Martha Ricketson and William Glascock, Esq., executors, and his loving wife is to bring up grandson Jordain Ricketson carefully and to have him carefully educated until his or her death.

Sources

1. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29G-45W3 : 10 November 2020), Timothy Ricketson, 18 Feb 1711; citing Birth, New Bedford, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009325.
2. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L979-996C?cc=2061550&wc=Q4DW-4W5%3A353350701%2C353461901%2C353496501 : 22 October 2020), Bristol > New Bedford > Births 1686-1787 > image 67 of 207; citing Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston.
3. ↑ Doherty, Frank J. The Settlers of the Beekman Patent, Dutchess County, New York: An Historical and Genealogical Study of All the 18th Century Settlers in the Patent, ten volumes. 1990–2003. Dutchess County, NY: The Settlers of the Beekman Patent (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2016), Vol. 10, page 851.
4. ↑ Edes, Grace Williamson. William Ricketson, William Ricketson, Jr., and Their Descendants, Boston, Massachusetts, 1917-1982. Volume II, 1932.
5. ↑ "Georgia, Headright and Bounty Land Records, 1783-1909," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:9392-XT9P-P?cc=1914217&wc=M61W-HTP%3A200748801 : 2 February 2022), Register of grants 1784-1785, vol FFF > image 756 of 892; Georgia State Archives, Morrow.
6. ↑ "Georgia, Headright and Bounty Land Records, 1783-1909," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:9392-XT9G-V?cc=1914217&wc=M61W-HTP%3A200748801 : 2 February 2022), Register of grants 1784-1785, vol FFF > image 826 of 892; Georgia State Archives, Morrow.
7. ↑ Timothy Ricketson, Sr. Will Transcript from William Ricketson and his Descendants, by Grace Williamson Edes. Richmond Co, GA - 1786. Posted on "Family Tracks" website of Carrie Smith, https://carrie8836.tripod.com/timothy_ricketson_Sr_will.htm

• "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L979-996C?cc=2061550&wc=Q4DW-4W5%3A353350701%2C353461901%2C353496501 : 22 October 2020), Bristol > New Bedford > Births 1686-1787 > image 67 of 207; citing Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston.

• http://www.genealogy.com/ftm/r/i/c/Johnny-L-Ricketson/BOOK-0001/0002-0003.html

• "Georgia, Headright and Bounty Land Records, 1783-1909," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:9392-XT9P-P?cc=1914217&wc=M61W-HTP%3A200748801 : 2 February 2022), Register of grants 1784-1785, vol FFF > image 756 of 892; Georgia State Archives, Morrow.

• Timothy Ricketson, Sr. Will Transcript from William Ricketson and his Descendants, by Grace Williamson Edes. Richmond Co, GA - 1786. Posted on "Family Tracks" website of Carrie Smith, https://carrie8836.tripod.com/timothy_ricketson_Sr_will.htm