Dr. William Rickman

Director of hospitals of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War. He was a surgeon and physician for the English during the French and Indian War. William Rickman and his wife had four children. After his first wife died, William Rickman married Elizabeth Harrison (1775–1790). They had no children. Elizabeth Harrison was the daughter of Benjamin Harrison, a signer of the Declaration of Independence. She was a sister of the ninth President of the United States, William Henry Harrison.
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RYCKMAN, WILLIAM Ancestor #: A098840
Notice: PROBLEMS HAVE BEEN DISCOVERED WITH AT LEAST ONE PREVIOUSLY VERIFIED PAPER - SEE ANCESTOR’S FULL RECORD (WHY?)
Service: VIRGINIA Rank(s): PATRIOTIC SERVICE, COLONEL
Birth: CIRCA 1740
Death: ANTE 1-12-1784 CHARLES CITY CO VIRGINIA
Service Source: NARA, M881, COMP MIL SERV RECS, ROLL #1095; ABERCROMBIE & SLATTEN, VA REV PUB CLAIMS, VOL 1, PP 217, 224
Service Description:
1) ALSO DR, DIRECTOR OF CONTINENTAL HOSPITALS IN VA;
2) FURNISHED SUPPLIES

COMMENTS (Overview)

1) FAMPCL- NAME OF PATRIOT’S 1ST SPOUSE NOT SUFFICIENTLY PROVEN.
2) SEE DATACF. 6/18/15

RESIDENCE
Created: 2002-03-27 23:23:55.3, Updated: 2004-05-12 08:14:57.0, By: mhall 1) County: CHARLES CITY CO - State: VIRGINIA

SPOUSE
Number Name
1) X X
2) ELIZABETH BETSEY HARRISON

Child [Spouse #] Spouse
JESSE RILEY [1] MARY TRANTHAM

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The first American ancestor, Dr. William Rickman (1731-1784), settled near a hamlet called Milford in Virginia in 1770.

He lived at Kittiewan - see here for information: https://www.nps.gov/articles/kit.htm

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Dr. William Rickman date of birth (Unknown), was in French and Indian War., much controversy over his appointment to Director of Hospitals, was called a foreigner.

His children:

1. Peter
2. John
3. Tamar / Married John Washington Jr.
4. Jesse / born 1770 Charles City, Co., VA, died in 1860 married Mary Trantha

In 1760 when William was 45, he first married Sarah Van Meter, daughter of Isaac Van Meter & Annetje Wyncoop, in Charles City, Charles City, Virginia.

William Rickman Marriage Information: William married Elizabeth Harrison, daughter of Benjamin Harrison and Elizabeth Bassett.

(Elizabeth Harrison was born in 1751.)

http://users.legacyfamilytree.com/USPresidents/6542.htm

U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900

Name: William Rickman

Gender: male

Spouse Name: Elizabeth Harrison

Spouse Birth Place: VA

Spouse Birth Year: 1751

Marriage Year: 1772

Marriage State: VA

Number Pages: 1

Name: Dr. Wm. Rickman, heirs of

Nature of Claim: Commutation pay due deceased for services in revolutionary war

Congress: 26

Session: 1

1776--1780 Dir of Hospitals for Continental Army and State of VA.

Received 6,666 acres of land in payment.

Per History of Henderson Co, NC: Long line of Quakers--Eng. Maintained offices in Masonic Hall, Williamsburg. Served with troops during French & Ind wars.

Married the daughter of Benjamin Harrison (one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence.) They lived in "Kittiewan", Charles City Co, approximately 30 miles SE of Rickmond, VA off VA primary highway route 5.

Per House and Garden, May 1986, pg 88: group of houses that are open to the public less regularly or only to special groups.......Kittiewan, and this is the house to see, if you are lucky enough to arrive when it is open. The other houses try to strike a balance between the requirements of tourism and normal habitation, but William and Wilma Cropper have arranged Kittiewan almost purely for their own pleasure, and it is clearly the most personal and liven-in---the antithesis of Colonial Williamsburg. The parlor, now a bedroom, has exquisite paneling, which is un-restored, so the visitor has the sense of making a great find. The house is chockablock with furniture of all ages, Empire armoires next to craftsman chairs next to gas heaters, all of it of family descent through the Croppers; these are anything but period interiors. Scattered throughout the house is a broad and idiosyncatic collection of old issues of Southern Planter magazine, arrowheads, bits of pottery, World War I gun sights, vintage wedding invitations--all obviously collected as a personal endeavor, with marginal regard for anyone else's tastes. This rich trove of folk goods and family furniture, in counterpoint to majestic, untouched eighteenth-century paneling, is heady, Proustian stuff. "

A printed page, data furnished by Mrs. Paul L. Dent, a g-g-g-grand-daughter of Dr. Rickman., and referenced to Wyndham B. Blanton, History of Medicine in Virginia, Pg. 251. "Doctor William Rickman was living in Charles City County as early as 1760. His second wife was Elizabeth Harrison (1751-1791); the eldest daughter of Benjamin Harrison of Berkeley. They lived at Kittawan, a plantation now owned by Mr. and Mrs. William E. Cropper.

Dr. Rickman was a member of the Charles City Committee (1774-75) and on May 18, 1776 was appointed "Director and Chief Physician of the Hospital in Virginia in the Service of the Continent" by the Continental Congress. As such he served at the rank of Colonel in the Continental line. Dr. Rickman used four carriages in this work in charge of the Continental Hospital. He held the position as Director until his resignation on October 21, 1780. He later became Deputy Director of Hospitals for the Southern Department, and held that post until he resigned in 1781.

Dr. Rickman died in 1783 and was buried at Kittawan. In 1784 his widow Elizabeth Harrison Rickman was awarded 6666 2/3 acres of land for his services as a Colonel of the Continental line. She later married John Edmondson and live at Milford ( on present Route 615). In her will dated May 3, 1790, probated January 20, 1791, she requested that she be buried beside William Rickman and that the 'place may be enclosed with a brick wall'. This was done. Both now sleep at Kittawan. [my other notes say he died in 1780].

[Lizgen.ftw]

Manner Brought: Petition

Journal Page: 706

Referred to Committee: Rev. Claims

House Disposed: Laid on table

Report: Adverse

Date: 23 Jun 1840

Name: Dr. Wm. Rickman, heirs of

Nature of Claim: Commutation pay due deceased for services in revolutionary war

Congress: 27

Session: 2

Manner Brought: Petition

Journal Page: 61

Referred to Committee: Rev. Claims

House Disposed: Laid on table

Report: Adverse

Date: 25 May 1842

Kittiewan

12104 Weyanoke Road

National Register of Historic Places

Land given to Governor George Yeardley in 1617. Home of Dr. William Rickman appointed by Continental Congrees, May 16, 1776, in charges of hospitals in Virginia during the Revolutionary War. Occupied by Union Forces during the Civil War. Museum of Americana. Headquarters of the Archeology Society of Virginia.

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• Reference: Ancestry Genealogy - SmartCopy: Feb 3 2018, 6:30:53 UTC

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http://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/rickman/175/ :Any info you can supply or lead me to would be great. The written record of the family has either been lost or destroyed. All of my children are related to Dr. Rickman through Jesse. Descendants in this century are Dr. William Riley Rickman, D.D., buried in Hollywood Cemetery Richmond, VA and Mary Nelson Rickman Owen, daughter of the aforementioned Dr. Rickman and sister of William Villines Rickman, late of Danville, VA. I was at the reunion and dedication of the brick wall and grave sites in 1983and was back again after Wm. Villines Rickman's funeral. I haven't been there in atleast 5 years and would like to visit, but I also wish to get info in writing on the lineage. William Villines Rickman was the sucessor to Dr. Rickmans appointment to the Society of Cincinatti, and when he died it stopped with him. Email at baileys39@hotmail.com

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