'Ricketts1'Index links to: Lead / Letter
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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