'Ricketts1'
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Families covered: Ricketts of Combe, Ricketts of Jamaica, Jervis of St. Vincent
| Thomas Ricards (d Lichfield 1646, Colonel) | |||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Rugley of Rugeley | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | John Ricards (dsp) | ||||||||||||||
| 2. | William Ricards, later Ricketts (d 1700, to Jamaica) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1678) Mary Goodwin (b c1662, d 1758, dau of Robert Goodwin of Winchendon) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | William Ricketts of Ridgeland, Jamaica, later in New Jersey (2nd son) had issue in North America | ||||||||||||||
| m. Mary Walton | |||||||||||||||
| B. | George Ricketts of Canaan, Jamaica (b 1680, d 1760, Maj. General, 4th son) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Sarah Wayte (dau of Raynes Wayte of Chertsey) | |||||||||||||||
| BLG1952 reports that George had a total of 27 children born alive, apparently from this marriage alone. | |||||||||||||||
| i. | John Ricketts of Prospect, Jamaica | ||||||||||||||
| m. (04.03.1750) Anne Crawford (d 1782, dau of Alexander Crawford of Crail) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | George Crawford Ricketts of Ashford Hall and Combe (d 1811) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (19.03.1775) Frances Bourke (dau of Nicholas Bourke of Jamaica) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Thomas Bourke Ricketts of Combe (b 28.09.1780, d 23.04.1864, 2nd son) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (04.08.1804) Harriet Loftus (dau of Gen. William Loftus of Kilbride and London) | |||||||||||||||
| (2) | John Bourke Ricketts (5th son) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. Isabella Parker (d 11.1830, dau of Thomas Parker) | |||||||||||||||
| (3) | Mary Bourke Ricketts (d 04.1821) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1798) Roberts Anderson (Captain) | |||||||||||||||
| (4) | Eliza Bourke Ricketts (d 14.04.1814) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (29.08.1803) Robert Fitzwilliam Halifax (rector of Richards Castle, son of Samuel, Bishop of St. Asaph) | |||||||||||||||
| (5)+ | other issue - George Crawford (d young), George (d young), Sir George William (d unm 15.07.1831, judge in Madras), Mary Anne (d young), Louisa Frances, Anne (d 1805) | ||||||||||||||
| b. | Alexander Ricketts (b 30.08.1753, 3rd son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Wayte | |||||||||||||||
| (1)+ | issue - Henry John (a 1824, Governor of Sierra Leone), George Crawford, Barret (d young), Marianne, Elizabeth Williams | ||||||||||||||
| c. | William Ricketts (b 1755) | ||||||||||||||
| (1) | George St. John Ricketts in Jamaica | ||||||||||||||
| (2) | daughter | ||||||||||||||
| m. Alexander Bayley of Jamaica | |||||||||||||||
| a.+ | other issue - John (d unm), Jacob (d unm), Anne (d young) | ||||||||||||||
| ii. | Jacob Ricketts of Midgham, Jamaica | ||||||||||||||
| m. (01.11.1748) Hannah Poyntz (dau of Joseph Poyntz) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | George Poyntz Ricketts, Governor of Barbados (d 1800) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sophia Watts (d 1830, dau of William Watts of South Hill and Hanslope Park) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | George Poyntz Ricketts had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Pierce (dau of Capt. _ Pierce) | |||||||||||||||
| (2) | Charles Milner Ricketts had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. Ellen Predergast (dau of Myles Predergast) | |||||||||||||||
| (3) | Mordaunt Ricketts (b 1786, d 29.07.1762) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Maria Elizabeth Crommelin (dau of Charles Russel Commelin) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Charlotte Elizabeth Fitzgerald (dau of Martin Fitzgerald) | |||||||||||||||
| (4) | Frederick Ricketts (d 23/8.03.1843, rector of Eckington) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. Mary Anna Sturt (d 10.07.1851, dau of Charles Sturt of Crichel) | |||||||||||||||
| (5) | Isabella Ricketts | ||||||||||||||
| m. Stanlake Batson of Horseheath Lodge and Mixbury | |||||||||||||||
| iii. | William Henry Ricketts of Canaan, Jamaica, and Longwood (b 1736) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (19.04.1757) Mary Jervis (d 12.03.1828, dau of Swynfen Jervis of Meaford, sister of John, 1st Viscount, Earl of St. Vincent) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | William Henry Ricketts, later Jervis (b 04.11.1764, d 26.01.1805, Captain RN) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (09.11.1793, div 1799) Elizabeth Jane Lambart (dau of Richard Lambart, 6th Earl of Cavan) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Martha Honoria Georgiana Jervis (d 26.02.1865) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (1822) Osborne Markham (b 27.05.1769, d 22.10.1827) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (02.07.1834, sp) Sir William Cockburn of that ilk, 6th Bart (d 19.03.1835) | |||||||||||||||
| (2) | Henrietta Elizabeth Mary Jervis | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1817) Edmund Palmer (Captain RN) | |||||||||||||||
| b. | Edward Jervis Ricketts, later Jervis, 2nd Viscount of St. Vincent (b 01.04.1767, d 25.09.1859) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (div 1798/9) Mary Cassandra Twisleton (b 11.06.1774, d 06.1843, dau of Thomas Twisleton, Lord Saye and Sele) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | William Jervis (b 11.10.1794, dvp 11.02.1838) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (28.07.1815) Sophia Vincent (d 08.11.1828, dau of George Narbonne Vincent) | |||||||||||||||
| (2) | Maria Jervis (d 13.02.1869) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (25.10.1833) George Wilkie (d 04.03.1876) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (14.04.1810) Mary Anne Parker (b c1773, d 31.01.1855, dau of Thomas Parker of Park Hall) | |||||||||||||||
| (3) | John Edward Jervis (d 16.01.1837) | ||||||||||||||
| (4) | Edward Swynfen Jervis, later Parker-Jervis of Aston Hall and Park Hall (b 03.02.1815, d 03.01.1896) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (12.03.1838) Mary Barker (d 24.06.1884, dau of J. Barker) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (15.07.1886, sp) Maude Mainwaring (d 17.12.1924, dau of Rev. Charles Henry Mainwaring) | |||||||||||||||
| (5) | Mary Anne Jervis (b c1813, d 07.03.1893/5) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (26.09.1840) David Ochterlony Dyce Sombre of Sirdhanah (d 01.07.1851) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (1862) George Cecil Weld-Forester, 3rd Lord Forester (dsp 14.02.1886) | |||||||||||||||
| c. | Mary Ricketts (d 20.11.1835) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (09.12.1788) William Carnegie, 7th Earl of Northesk (b 10.04.1756, d 28.05.1831, Admiral) | |||||||||||||||
| iv. | Sarah Ricketts (dsp) | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Woodcock | |||||||||||||||
| v. | Mary Ricketts | ||||||||||||||
| m. Richard Houghton of Esher, Jamaica | |||||||||||||||
| vi.+ | other issue including William Raynes (RN), Thomas Wayte (d 1743) | ||||||||||||||
| m2. Sarah Bennet (dsp, widow of John Lewis of Cornwall, Jamaica) | |||||||||||||||
| m3. Elizabeth Cleaver (dau of William Cleaver of Westmorland, Jamaica) | |||||||||||||||
| vii. | George William Ricketts of New Caanan, Jamaica, and Twyford (b 13.11.1760, d 17.07.1842) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (04.11.1791) Letitia Mildmay (d 29.03.1839, dau of Carew Mildmay of Shawford House and Mildmay Park) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | George Robert Ricketts (b 18.08.1792) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1843) _ Beadon (dau of Rev. Frederick Beaton) | |||||||||||||||
| b. | Sir Henry Ricketts of Surbiton (b 25.03.1800, d 02.05.1886, 3rd son) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (06.1823) Jane Carpenter (dau of Gen. George Carpenter) | |||||||||||||||
| c. | William Ricketts (dsp 04.1844, rector of Kibworth) | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Lukin (dau of Robert Lukin) | |||||||||||||||
| d. | Edward Ricketts (b 26.05.1808) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (01.1836) Isabella Gibson | |||||||||||||||
| e.+ | other issue - Carew Mildmay (b 12.07.1793, d 04.1849), Letitia (b 1796, d 1812), Elizabeth (b 1798), Marianne (b 1800) | ||||||||||||||
| C. | Rachel Ricketts | ||||||||||||||
| m. Thomas Johnson | |||||||||||||||
| D.+ | other issue - John (dsp), Jacob, Benjamin (dsp), Oswald (Captain RN), Violetta (d unm) | ||||||||||||||
Main source(s): BLG1952 (Ricketts formerly of Twyford, Hants) with a little input from BP1934 (St. Vincent)
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