Joanna (aka Johanna) Rickard was born in September 1691 in Plymouth, Massachusetts. She was baptized that year in the Plymouth Church.[1] She was the daughter of Deacon John Rickard and his second wife Mary (Snow) Rickard.
Joanna Rickard married Israel Dunham on June 18, 1713, in Plympton, Plymouth, Massachusetts. Their children included:
Sylvanus Dunham b: 26 MAY 1714 in Plympton, Mass.
Ebenezer Dunham b: 5 FEB 1719 in Plympton, Plymouth, Mass.
Two years after Israel Dunham's death in August 1726, she married Elisha Whiton, on October 10, 1728. They lived in Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts. They had 5 children together:[2]
Joanna WHITING b: 26 May 1731 in Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts
Mercy WHITING b: 1737 in Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts
Elisha WHITON b: Abt 1729 in Hingham, Plymouth, Mass.
Alpheus WHITON b: 1733 in Hingham, Plymouth, MA
Azariah WHITON b: Abt 1735 in Hingham, Plymouth, MA
Joanna died in 1767 in Plympton, Massachusetts, where she is buried. The inscription on her gravestone reads:[3]
Here Lies buried
Mrs. Joanna Witon
the Wife of Mr.
Elisha Witon [sic], Who
Dec'd Jan'y ye 6th
1767
About ye 75th year
of her age.
Sources
↑ Plymouth Church Records, page 271. [List of baptisms during 1691]: Joanna Daughter of John & Mary Rickard senior.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Joanna by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line.
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The following record gives Joannah Rickard Whitton's parents as John Rickard and Mary COOK, not Snow:
"Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database and images(FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHDG-JPJ : 13 July 2016)); Joannah Rickard, 22 Sep 1691; citing Birth, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States, town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 416,334.
I believe that Joannah Rickard was the daughter of Deacon John Rickard (son of Giles and Hannah), not the daughter of John Rickard son of John and Hester. Accordingly, I think that profile Rickard-95 is attached to the wrong parents.
"Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database and images(FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHDG-JPJ : 13 July 2016)); Joannah Rickard, 22 Sep 1691; citing Birth, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States, town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 416,334.