Johann Jacob Ricker, Jr

Johann Jacob Ricker Jr. was born c 1728 in Germany, and died 1801, Lower Coverdale, Albert Co. NB

Family

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Ricker-117

• son of Johann Jacob+ RICHTER Sr. (~1705 - ~1785) & Anna Maria (Mrs. Jacob Richter) (~1710 - <1766)
• Husband of Anna Elizabetha (Orner) Ricker — married 16 May 1749 in Philadelphia, PA
• Husband of Judith Rosanna (Dieter) Ricker — married 20 Feb 1753 in Williams Township, Penn
• Husband of Maria Christina (Null) Ricker — married after 1768 in Moncton, Nova Scotia Colony. Widow of Mathias Somer.

Father of Mary (Ricker) Lutz, Rosanna (Ricker) Treitz, Michael Ricker, Christina (Ricker) Jones, Michael Ricker, Sarah (Ricker) Wilson, Jacob Ricker 3rd and Rebecca Ricker

About the Reicker Family

http://monctonpermanentsettlers1766.ca/people/jacob-reicker/

• Name: Jacob Reicker Anglicized: Jacob Ricker
• Family (Original): Wife: Anna Maria Reicker,
• Son: Georg Reicker
• Son: Jacob Jr – born c. 1730
• Job: Miller
• Origin: Germany
• Birth Date: Jacob Reicker was born c.1705,
• Emigrated From: Bodelshausen
• Wife: Anna Maria
• Children: 2 sons, 6 daughters
• Proprieter/Sponsor: William Smith

Arrived in America: around 1750

There were two Rickers aboard the Lovey, both named Jacob, father and son. Jacob Sr was a widower and Jacob Jr. was the only male heir. Jacob Jr’s wife died soon after arrival at The Bend, probably related to childbirth of a daughter who survived. Jacob Jr then married the widow of Matthew Sommer in 1769, as it is recorded that he paid the Expenses of a lawsuit, and undertook to settle the Division of the Estate among one son and five daughters.

The Ricker family moved downriver to Hillsborough in 1770 along with the Stiefs, Lutzs and Wortmans. The Ricker family had predominately daughters, and grew the most flax of all the Petitcodiac Germans. It was even claimed that they supported their family by weaving.

• Reference: Ancestry Genealogy - SmartCopy: Jan 7 2019, 7:00:26 UTC
• http://www.trenholm.org/allensNB/WC72/WC72_159.htm
• https://www.genealogy.com/ftm/o/g/i/Robert-R-Ogilvie/WEBSITE-0001/U...