Judith (Cogan) Rickard (bef. 1594 - 1662)

Born before 13 Jun 1594 in Taunton, Somerset, England

Ancestors

Wife of William Kinge — married 13 Apr 1618 in Taunton St Mary Magdalene, Somerset, England

Wife of Giles Rickard Sr. — married 7 Jan 1623 (to 6 Feb 1662) in West Hatch, Somerset, England

Descendants

Died 6 Feb 1662 after age 67 in Plymouth, Plymouth Colony

Problems/Questions Profile managers: Puritan Great Migration Project WikiTree [send private message] and Steve Gilson [send private message]

Judith (Cogan) Rickard migrated to New England during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640). Join: Puritan Great Migration Project Discuss: pgm

Biography

Judith Cogan was born in Taunton, Somerset, England. She was baptized on 13 June 1594 at St Mary Magdalene, Taunton, Somerset, England. She was the daughter of Henry Cogan and Joan Boridge.^[1]

Marriage

In a double wedding with her sister Johane, Judith married Willim King 13 April 1618, at the same church where she was baptized.^[1]

William died in Taunton was buried 15 May 1619, just 13 months after their wedding.

She married her second husband, Giles Rickard on 7 January 1623/24 in West Hatch, Somerset, England.^[1][2]

Judith immigrated to New England with her husband, three children, and her son Samuel from her first marriage. They set sail on the Speedwell, departing from Weymouth, Dorset England, arriving 22 April 1637 at Plymouth Colony, [Giles Richard[sic], his wife, 3 children, 1 boy and 1 maid"]. Judith's brother Henry, and sister Frances, wife of John Whitcomb had already immigrated,^[3]

Judith Rickard, "wife of Giles," died 6 February 1661/2 at Plymouth,^[4] .

Child of Judith Cogan and William King:

• Samuel King b c1619,^[1] Taunton, Somerset, England m Anne Finney

Children of Judith Cogan and Giles Rickard: (some sources give their birth places as England, others Plymouth)

• Giles Rickard m 31 Oct 1651 Hannah Dunham ^[1]
• John Rickard m 31 OCt 1651 Esther Barnes^[1]
• (Maybe) Sarah m George Paddock^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6} 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.
2. ↑ "England Marriages, 1538–1973 ", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NKCP-946 : 13 March 2020), Judith Kinge in entry for Giles Richards, 1623.
3. ↑ Anderson, Robert C. The Great Migration Newsletter. Boston, MA: Great Migration Study Project, 2015) "Focus on the West Country" p. 117. for subscribers $
4. ↑ Plymouth Colony Records'.' The New England Historical & Genealogical Register (NEHGS, Boston, Mass., 1855) Vol 9,page 316.

• Barclay, Mrs. John E. Samuel King Family of Plymouth, Plympton and and Halifax, Mass, The American Genealogist (The American Genealogist, Barrington, RI, 1954). Pages 11-14. View with NEHGS Membership.