Deacon John Rickard

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Potential for Mistaken Identity

It is this John Rickard who became known as "Deacon John Rickard" in early Plymouth Colony records. He should not be confused with John Rickard who was born five years later on November 24, 1657, son of John Rickard, Sr. and Hester (Barnes) Rickard. The other John Rickard was often called "John Rickard, son of John Rickard" or "John Rickard Jr." To distinguish the two men, records referred to this John Rickard as "John Rickard, son of Giles Rickard" or "John Rickard Sr." It was the other John Rickard, "son of John Rickard," who married Mary Cooke, not the subject of this profile. Many earlier genealogies and family trees have confused these two contemporary men whose names were homonyms and who were also first cousins.

Biography

This John Rickard was the second son of Giles Rickard, Jr. and his wife Hannah (Dunham) Rickard. He was born in Plymouth, Plymouth Colony, New England, on September 16, 1652.[1]

The children of John Rickard, Sr., are logged in records of the town of Plymouth, which give their mother's name as Mary.[2] Mary's identity is uncertain. Records indicate that Mary Cooke married John Rickard in about 1678, but both John Rickard Sr. and his cousin John Rickard Jr. had wives named Mary, and there has been some uncertainty as to which cousin Mary Cooke married. In an article entitled "Which John Rickard married Mary Cooke?" in the August 1983 Mayflower Quarterly,[3] Eugene Stratton presented evidence that Mary Cooke's husband was John the son of John (i.e., John Rickard Jr.). As described by "jrich" in a personal genealogy page, Stratton based this conclusion primarily on a comparison of signatures.[4] It has long been conjectured that the wife of John Rickard Sr. was Mary Snow, daughter of William Snow and his wife Rebecca Brown.[5] This identification is reasonably likely, considering that Mary Snow survived to a mature adulthood (she was still living as of 1699 when her father made his will), but there is no other record of her marriage, and records indicate several other connections between the two families. Accordingly, she is identified here as John Rickard's wife.

John Rickard may have had an earlier wife. Torrey indicates a marriage to Hester Dunham "by 1677,"[6] and the Dunham Genealogy similarly indicates a marriage to "Hester D.",[7] but no other records have been found that mention this woman.

Children of John Rickard, Sr., and Mary Snow were:[8][9]

Mary (or Marcy), born 27 October 1677 in Plymouth;[10] she may be the Mary Rickard who married Jabez Eddy in 1700 and died in 1711[11] Lydia, born 12 July 1679 John, born 29 December 1681 in Plymouth[12] Joseph, born 7 February 1683 in Plymouth[13] Mercy (or Marcy) born 14 May 1687 in Plymouth Joanna (aka Joannah) born 22 September 1691 in Plymouth Abigail born 22 May 1694 in Plymouth Rebeckah (Rebecca) born 3 January 1699 in Plymouth[14] The Plymouth Church Records also list the baptisms in 1686 of Eliezer, an infant son who died that same week,[15] and in 1690 of Patience, "daughter of John & Mary Rickard senior".[16]

Deacon John Rickard, son of Giles Rickard, died in Plympton, Massachusetts, on October 11, 1726, "in his 74th year."[17]

Sources

↑ Plymouth Vital Records, page 660. "John the son of Gyles Rickard Jr. born [date blank] 1652" ↑ Plymouth (Massachusetts) Vital Records, accessed at Ancestry.com (p. 26) and on Book One, p. 15, at AmericanAncestors.org (New England Historic Genealogical Society) ↑ Stratton, Eugene. "Which John Rickard married Mary Cooke?", Mayflower Quarterly, v. 49, p. 122, August 1983. ↑ jrich, Family:John Rickard and Mary Cooke (2), WeRelate.org, 29 March 2011. ↑ For example, see Torrey, p. 1275: "RICKARD, John & Mary [?COOKE]/SNOW (-1715+), ca 1677 1676?; Plymouth." ↑ Torrey, p. 1275. "RICKARD, John (?1652-1726, Plympton) & Hester [DUNHAM], by 1677; Plymouth" ↑ Dunham, page 13, V. - Hannah Dunham ↑ Plymouth (Massachusetts) Vital Records, accessed at Ancestry.com (p. 26) and on Book One, p. 15, at AmericanAncestors.org (New England Historic Genealogical Society) ↑ A Tree of Life - Mary Snow. ↑ Plymouth Vital Records, page 669: "Mary the daughter of John Rickard son of Gyles Rickard was born the 27th of Oct 1677" ↑ “New England Marriages Prior to 1700” by Clarence Almon Torrey, Pg. 242, and “The Eddy Family in America” compiled by Ruth Story Devereux Eddy, Pg. 61 ↑ Plymouth Vital Records, page 671: "John, the son of John Rickard, the son of Gyles Rickard, was born the 29th of Dec. 1681" ↑ Plymouth Church Records, page 254 reports the baptism in 1683 of "Joseph son of John & Mary Rickard Junior," but this assignment to John Jr. is assumed to be an error, because Plymouth Vital Records names his father as John Sr., and there is no mention of Joseph in the will of John Rickard Jr. ↑ Plymouth Vital Records gives the birthdate as 3 January 1699. It is not clear whether this is an old-style or new-style date. ↑ Plymouth Church Records, page 258. "Eliezer, son of John & Mary Rickard senior; it dyed the same weeke." ↑ Plymouth Church Records, page 268 ↑ Vital Records of Plympton, Massachusetts, p. 506. Dunham, Isaac Watson. Dunham genealogy. Deacon John Dunham of Plymouth, Massachusetts. 1589-1669. And his descendants. 1907. Plymouth Church Records, Vol 1, Part V. In: Publications of the Colonial Society of Massachusetts, Volume 22. Published in Boston, 1920. Torrey, Clarence Almon. New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Vital Records of Plympton, Massachusetts, published online by New England Historic Genealogical Society on AmericanAncestors.org Acknowledgments

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John Rickard's Profile Family Tree & Genealogy Tools Deacon John Rickard Born 16 Sep 1652 in Plymouth, Plymouth Colony, New England

Son of Giles Rickard Jr. and Hannah Dunham

Brother of James Rickard, Rebecca Mary Rickard, Abigail (Rickard) Whiton, Judith (Rickard) Faunce, Giles Rickard III, Samuel Rickard, Eleazer Rickard, Henry Rickard, Josiah Rickard, Hannah Rickard and Mercy Rickard

Husband of Mary (Snow) Rickard — married about 1676 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts

Father of Marcy Rickard (1), Lydia (Rickard) Tilson, John Rickard Jr., Joseph Rickard, Mercy Rickard, Joanna (Rickard) Whiton, Abigail Rickard and Rebeckah (Rickard) Pratt

Died 11 Oct 1726 in Plympton, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay

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Potential for Mistaken Identity

It is this John Rickard who became known as "Deacon John Rickard" in early Plymouth Colony records. He should not be confused with John Rickard who was born five years later on November 24, 1657, son of John Rickard, Sr. and Hester (Barnes) Rickard. The other John Rickard was often called "John Rickard, son of John Rickard" or "John Rickard Jr." To distinguish the two men, records referred to this John Rickard as "John Rickard, son of Giles Rickard" or "John Rickard Sr." It was the other John Rickard, "son of John Rickard," who married Mary Cooke, not the subject of this profile. Many earlier genealogies and family trees have confused these two contemporary men whose names were homonyms and who were also first cousins.

Biography

This John Rickard was the second son of Giles Rickard, Jr. and his wife Hannah (Dunham) Rickard. He was born in Plymouth, Plymouth Colony, New England, on September 16, 1652.[1]

The children of John Rickard, Sr., are logged in records of the town of Plymouth, which give their mother's name as Mary.[2] Mary's identity is uncertain. Records indicate that Mary Cooke married John Rickard in about 1678, but both John Rickard Sr. and his cousin John Rickard Jr. had wives named Mary, and there has been some uncertainty as to which cousin Mary Cooke married. In an article entitled "Which John Rickard married Mary Cooke?" in the August 1983 Mayflower Quarterly,[3] Eugene Stratton presented evidence that Mary Cooke's husband was John the son of John (i.e., John Rickard Jr.). As described by "jrich" in a personal genealogy page, Stratton based this conclusion primarily on a comparison of signatures.[4] It has long been conjectured that the wife of John Rickard Sr. was Mary Snow, daughter of William Snow and his wife Rebecca Brown.[5] This identification is reasonably likely, considering that Mary Snow survived to a mature adulthood (she was still living as of 1699 when her father made his will), but there is no other record of her marriage, and records indicate several other connections between the two families. Accordingly, she is identified here as John Rickard's wife.

John Rickard may have had an earlier wife.

Torrey indicates a marriage to Hester Dunham "by 1677,"[6] and the Dunham Genealogy similarly indicates a marriage to "Hester D.",[7] but no other records have been found that mention this woman.

Children of John Rickard, Sr., and Mary Snow were:[8][9]

Mary (or Marcy), born 27 October 1677 in Plymouth;[10] she may be the Mary Rickard who married Jabez Eddy in 1700 and died in 1711[11]

Lydia, born 12 July 1679

John, born 29 December 1681 in Plymouth[12]

Joseph, born 7 February 1683 in Plymouth[13]

Mercy (or Marcy) born 14 May 1687 in Plymouth

Joanna (aka Joannah) born 22 September 1691 in Plymouth

Abigail born 22 May 1694 in Plymouth

Rebeckah (Rebecca) born 3 January 1699 in Plymouth[14]

The Plymouth Church Records also list the baptisms in 1686 of Eliezer, an infant son who died that same week,[15] and in 1690 of Patience, "daughter of John & Mary Rickard senior".[16]

Deacon John Rickard, son of Giles Rickard, died in Plympton, Massachusetts, on October 11, 1726, "in his 74th year."[17]

Sources

↑ Plymouth Vital Records, page 660. "John the son of Gyles Rickard Jr. born [date blank] 1652" ↑ Plymouth (Massachusetts) Vital Records, accessed at Ancestry.com (p. 26) and on Book One, p. 15, at AmericanAncestors.org (New England Historic Genealogical Society) ↑ Stratton, Eugene. "Which John Rickard married Mary Cooke?", Mayflower Quarterly, v. 49, p. 122, August 1983. ↑ jrich, Family:John Rickard and Mary Cooke (2), WeRelate.org, 29 March 2011. ↑ For example, see Torrey, p. 1275: "RICKARD, John & Mary [?COOKE]/SNOW (-1715+), ca 1677 1676?; Plymouth." ↑ Torrey, p. 1275. "RICKARD, John (?1652-1726, Plympton) & Hester [DUNHAM], by 1677; Plymouth" ↑ Dunham, page 13, V. - Hannah Dunham ↑ Plymouth (Massachusetts) Vital Records, accessed at Ancestry.com (p. 26) and on Book One, p. 15, at AmericanAncestors.org (New England Historic Genealogical Society) ↑ A Tree of Life - Mary Snow. ↑ Plymouth Vital Records, page 669: "Mary the daughter of John Rickard son of Gyles Rickard was born the 27th of Oct 1677" ↑ “New England Marriages Prior to 1700” by Clarence Almon Torrey, Pg. 242, and “The Eddy Family in America” compiled by Ruth Story Devereux Eddy, Pg. 61 ↑ Plymouth Vital Records, page 671: "John, the son of John Rickard, the son of Gyles Rickard, was born the 29th of Dec. 1681" ↑ Plymouth Church Records, page 254 reports the baptism in 1683 of "Joseph son of John & Mary Rickard Junior," but this assignment to John Jr. is assumed to be an error, because Plymouth Vital Records names his father as John Sr., and there is no mention of Joseph in the will of John Rickard Jr. ↑ Plymouth Vital Records gives the birthdate as 3 January 1699. It is not clear whether this is an old-style or new-style date. ↑ Plymouth Church Records, page 258. "Eliezer, son of John & Mary Rickard senior; it dyed the same weeke." ↑ Plymouth Church Records, page 268 ↑ Vital Records of Plympton, Massachusetts, p. 506. Dunham, Isaac Watson. Dunham genealogy. Deacon John Dunham of Plymouth, Massachusetts. 1589-1669. And his descendants. 1907. Plymouth Church Records, Vol 1, Part V. In: Publications of the Colonial Society of Massachusetts, Volume 22. Published in Boston, 1920. Torrey, Clarence Almon. New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Vital Records of Plympton, Massachusetts, published online by New England Historic Genealogical Society on AmericanAncestors.org Acknowledgments

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John Rickard (1652 - 1726)

Deacon John Rickard
Born 16 Sep 1652 in Plymouth, Plymouth Colonymap
ANCESTORS ancestors
Son of Giles Rickard Jr. and Hannah (Dunham) Rickard
Brother of Giles Rickard III, Abigail (Rickard) Whiton, Judith (Rickard) Faunce, Samuel Rickard, Eleazer Rickard, Henry Rickard, Josiah Rickard, Hannah Rickard and Marcy Rickard
Husband of Mary (Snow) Rickard — married about 1676 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusettsmap
DESCENDANTS descendants
Father of Mary (Rickard) Eddy, Lydia (Rickard) Tilson, John Rickard Jr., Joseph Rickard, Eliezer Rickard, Mercy (Rickard) Tilson, Patience Rickard, Joanna (Rickard) Whiton, Abigail Rickard and Rebeckah (Rickard) Pratt
Died 11 Oct 1726 at age 74 in Plympton, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Baymap
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1 Potential for Mistaken Identity
2 Biography
2.1 Probate
3 Sources
4 Acknowledgments
Potential for Mistaken Identity

It is this John Rickard who became known as "Deacon John Rickard" in early Plymouth Colony records. He should not be confused with John Rickard who was born five years later on November 24, 1657, son of John Rickard, Sr. and Hester (Barnes) Rickard. The other John Rickard was often called "John Rickard, son of John Rickard" or "John Rickard Jr." To distinguish the two men, records referred to this John Rickard as "John Rickard, son of Giles Rickard" or "John Rickard Sr." It was the other John Rickard, "son of John Rickard," who married Mary Cooke, not the subject of this profile. Many earlier genealogies and family trees have confused these two contemporary men whose names were homonyms and who were also first cousins.

Biography

This John Rickard was the second son of Giles Rickard, Jr. and his wife Hannah (Dunham) Rickard. He was born in Plymouth, Plymouth Colony, New England, on September 16, 1652.[1][2]

The children of John Rickard, Sr., are logged in records of the town of Plymouth, which give their mother's name as Mary.[3] Mary's identity is uncertain. Records indicate that Mary Cooke married John Rickard in about 1678, but both John Rickard Sr. and his cousin John Rickard Jr. had wives named Mary, and there has been some uncertainty as to which cousin Mary Cooke married. In an article entitled "Which John Rickard married Mary Cooke?" in the August 1983 Mayflower Quarterly, Eugene Stratton presented evidence that Mary Cooke's husband was John the son of John (i.e., John Rickard Jr.). This conclusion is based in part on a comparison of signatures. The will of John Rickard, son of Giles, is missing from its envelope at the Register of Deeds, but Stratton identified an earlier document that carries this man's signature. In 1714 he signed a document as administrator for the estate of his unmarried sister, Mercy Rickard. The signature is distinctly different from two other surviving signatures of "John Rickard," the signature on the will of the John Rickard who died in 1712 (who could not have signed a document in 1714) and the signature of John Rickard on a 1701 guardianship document for Josiah Doty. The similarity of the latter two signatures identifies them as belonging to the same man, and because the orphan Josiah Doty was the son of Mary Cooke's sister Elizabeth, there is a good basis for identifying the John Rickard who adopted Josiah Doty as the John Rickard who was married to Mary Cooke. Thus, this man (John Rickard, son of Giles) is not the John Rickard who married Mary Cooke.[4]

It has long been conjectured that the wife of John Rickard Sr. (this man) was Mary Snow, daughter of William Snow and his wife Rebecca Brown.[5] Although it is not proven by marriage records or other sources, this identification is reasonably likely, considering that Mary Snow survived to a mature adulthood (she was still living and apparently was married as of 1699 when her father made his will), and records indicate several other connections between the two families. Robert Wakefield quoted Shaw's Families of the Pilgrims: Peter Brown as stating that Mary Snow "probably married John Rickard, but conclusive proof has not been discovered." Wakefield speculated that "this opinion is apparently based on the fact that Mary's sisters Hannah and Rebecca married Giles and Samuel Rickard" (brothers of John Rickard). He stated, "While possible, this assumption is not accepted by by the Mayflower Society."[6] Mary Snow is identified here as John Rickard's wife.

John Rickard may have had an earlier wife. Torrey indicates a marriage to Hester Dunham "by 1677,"[7] and the Dunham Genealogy similarly indicates a marriage to "Hester D.",[1] but no records have been found that mention this woman.

Children of John Rickard, Sr., and Mary Snow recorded on Plymouth town records were:[8]

Mary (or Marcy), born 27 October 1677 in Plymouth;[9] she may be the Mary Rickard who married Jabez Eddy in 1700 and died in 1711[10]
Lydia, born 12 July 1679
John, born 29 December 1681 in Plymouth[11]
Joseph, born 7 February 1683 in Plymouth[12]
Mercy (or Marcy) born 14 May 1687 in Plymouth
Joanna (aka Joannah) born 22 September 1691 in Plymouth
Abigail born 22 May 1694 in Plymouth
Rebeckah (Rebecca) born 3 January 1699 in Plymouth[13]
The Plymouth Church Records also list the baptisms in 1686 of Eliezer, an infant son who died that same week,[14] and in 1690 of Patience, "daughter of John & Mary Rickard senior".[15]

Deacon John Rickard, son of Giles Rickard, died in Plympton, Massachusetts, on October 11, 1726, "in his 74th year."[16]

Probate

His will is dated 27 September 1726 in Plympton and proved on 12 January 1726/27. He mentions his wife (but does name her), and his children, John, Joseph, Mary Eddy, Lydia Tilson, Mercy Tilson, Joanna Donham, Rebeckah Platt, and his grandchildren, Mary Rickard, wife of Giles Rickard, Samuel Ransome, James Rickard, John Rickard (son to Joseph Rickard), Joseph Rickard (son to Joseph Rickard), and Deborah Rickard (daughter to Joseph). His inventory was taken on 21 November 1726 in Plympton.[17]

Sources

↑ 1.0 1.1 Deacon John Dunham of Plymouth, Massachusetts, 1589-1669, and His Descendants: Page 13 V. - Hannah Dunham m Giles Rickard Issue: John Rickard, b Sep 16 1652 m Hester D . Issue: Abigail Richard, m Nathaniel Jackson
↑ Plymouth Vital Records, page 660. "John the son of Gyles Rickard Jr. born [date blank] 1652"
↑ Plymouth (Massachusetts) Vital Records, accessed at Ancestry.com (p. 26) and on Book One, p. 15, at AmericanAncestors.org (New England Historic Genealogical Society)
↑ Stratton, Eugene A. "Which John Rickard married Mary Cooke?", Mayflower Quarterly, v. 49, p. 122, August 1983.
↑ For example, see Torrey, p. 1275: "RICKARD, John & Mary [?COOKE]/SNOW (-1715+), ca 1677 1676?; Plymouth."
↑ Wakefield, "The Tilson Family of Plymouth Colony," page 39, footnote
↑ Torrey, p. 1275. "RICKARD, John (?1652-1726, Plympton) & Hester [DUNHAM], by 1677; Plymouth"
↑ Plymouth (Massachusetts) Vital Records, accessed at Ancestry.com (p. 26) and on Book One, p. 15, at AmericanAncestors.org (New England Historic Genealogical Society)
↑ Plymouth Vital Records, page 669: "Mary the daughter of John Rickard son of Gyles Rickard was born the 27th of Oct 1677"
↑ “New England Marriages Prior to 1700” by Clarence Almon Torrey, Pg. 242, and “The Eddy Family in America” compiled by Ruth Story Devereux Eddy, Pg. 61
↑ Plymouth Vital Records, page 671: "John, the son of John Rickard, the son of Gyles Rickard, was born the 29th of Dec. 1681"
↑ Plymouth Church Records, page 254 reports the baptism in 1683 of "Joseph son of John & Mary Rickard Junior," but this assignment to John Jr. is assumed to be an error, because Plymouth Vital Records names his father as John Sr., and there is no mention of Joseph in the will of John Rickard Jr.
↑ Plymouth Vital Records gives the birthdate as 3 January 1699. It is not clear whether this is an old-style or new-style date.
↑ Plymouth Church Records, page 258. "Eliezer, son of John & Mary Rickard senior; it dyed the same weeke."
↑ Plymouth Church Records, page 268
↑ Vital Records of Plympton, Massachusetts, p. 506.
↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-897D-FH49 : 20 May 2014), Probate records 1724-1731 and 1838-1842 vol 5-5T > image 161-162 of 596; State Archives, Boston.
Plymouth Church Records, Vol 1, Part V. In: Publications of the Colonial Society of Massachusetts, Volume 22. Published in Boston, 1920.
Torrey, Clarence Almon. New England Marriages Prior to 1700.
A Tree of Life - Mary Snow.
Vital Records of Plympton, Massachusetts, published online by New England Historic Genealogical Society on AmericanAncestors.org
Wakefield, Robert S. "The Tilson Family of Plymouth Colony." The American Genealogist, vol. 69 (1994), pages 37 ff.
Dunham, Isaac Watson. Deacon John Dunham of Plymouth, Massachusetts, 1589-1669, and His Descendants (Bulletin Print, Norwich, Conn., 1907)
Acknowledgments

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Other than the Plymouth "Vital Records," few contemporary sources exist that discuss the lives of the Rickard and Snow families in the late 1600s. For example, many have confused the lives and families of first-cousins & homonyms, John Rickard, mixing together John Rickard Jr. who was born in 1657 and who married Mary Cooke with "Deacon John Rickard" who was born in 1652 and who married Mary Snow, subject of this profile .

Mary Snow's husband, "Deacon John Rickard," died in 1726 at age 74. She would have been about 68. Some family genealogies, but with No sources, state that she remarried to "Ephraim Tinkham" after John's death but this remains unproven. Her exact death date and location are also unproven unless further research uncovers them. It is assumed that she died after 1726 in any case and most-likely in Plymouth, Massachusetts. '

Mary (Snow) Rickard's Profile Family Tree & Genealogy Tools Mary Rickard formerly Snow aka Tinkham

Born about 1658 in Bridgewater, Plymouth colony, New England [uncertain]

Daughter of William Snow Sr and Rebecca (Browne) Snow

Sister of William Snow Jr., Hannah (Snow) Howes, Joseph Snow Sr, James Snow, Lydia Snow, Benjamin Snow and Rebecca (Snow) Rickard

Wife of Ephraim Tinkham — married [date unknown] in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States

Wife of John Rickard — married about 1676 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts

Mother of Marcy Rickard (1), Lydia (Rickard) Tilson, John Rickard Jr., Joseph Rickard, Mercy Rickard, Joanna (Rickard) Whiton, Abigail Rickard and Rebeckah (Rickard) Pratt Died after 1726 in Plymouth, province of Massachusetts Bay, New England Profile managers: Chet Snow [send private message] and Kathryn Greenwald [send private message] Snow-259 created 27 Sep 2010 | Last modified 6 Jan 2016 This page has been accessed 459 times.

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Her date of birth is based on her parents' wedding date; her own wedding date (1676) and being named first on her father's Will.

Biography

Mary Snow was a daughter of William Snow and his wife, Rebecca Brown(e), who was a daughter of Mayflower passenger Peter Brown(e). Mary is the first of four daughters named in William Snow's will, suggesting that she may have been the oldest.[1] She was born in the Plymouth Colony of New England, probably in the town of Bridgewater where her father was named a Freeman in 1657. Her birthdate is estimated to be about 1658.

Mary Snow married John Rickard, son of Giles Rickard, in 1676, in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts. They had 8 children that lived:[2][3]

Mary (or Marcy), born 27 October 1677 in Plymouth;[4] she may be the Mary Rickard who married Jabez Eddy in 1700 and died in 1711[5] Lydia, born 12 July 1679 John, born 29 December 1681 in Plymouth[6] Joseph, born 7 February 1683 in Plymouth[7] Mercy (aka Marcy) born 14 May 1687 in Plymouth Joanna (aka Joannah) born 22 September 1691 in Plymouth Abigail (aka Abigaiel) born 22 May 1694 in Plymouth Rebeckah (aka Rebecca) born 3 January 1699 in Plymouth[8] Other than the Plymouth "Vital Records," few contemporary sources exist that discuss the lives of the Rickard and Snow families in the late 1600s. For example, many have confused the lives and families of first-cousins & homonyms, John Rickard, mixing together John Rickard Jr. who was born in 1657 and who married Mary Cooke with "Deacon John Rickard" who was born in 1652 and who married Mary Snow, subject of this profile .

Mary Snow's husband, "Deacon John Rickard," died in 1726 at age 74. She would have been about 68. Some family genealogies, but with No sources, state that she remarried to "Ephraim Tinkham" after John's death but this remains unproven. Her exact death date and location are also unproven unless further research uncovers them. It is assumed that she died after 1726 in any case and most-likely in Plymouth, Massachusetts.

Sources

↑ Snow, page 7 ↑ Plymouth (Massachusetts) Vital Records, accessed at Ancestry.com (p. 26) and on Book One, p. 15, at AmericanAncestors.org (New England Historic Genealogical Society) ↑ A Tree of Life - Mary Snow. ↑ Plymouth Vital Records, page 669: "Mary the daughter of John Rickard son of Gyles Rickard was born the 27th of Oct 1677" ↑ “New England Marriages Prior to 1700” by Clarence Almon Torrey, Pg. 242, and “The Eddy Family in America” compiled by Ruth Story Devereux Eddy, Pg. 61 ↑ Plymouth Vital Records, page 671: "John, the son of John Rickard, the son of Gyles Rickard, was born the 29th of Dec. 1681" ↑ Plymouth Church Records, page 254 reports the baptism in 1683 of "Joseph son of John & Mary Rickard Junior," but this assignment to John Jr. is assumed to be an error, because Plymouth Vital Records names his father as John Sr., and there is no mention of Joseph in the will of John Rickard Jr. ↑ Plymouth Vital Records gives the birthdate as 3 January 1699. It is not clear whether this is an old-style or new-style date. See also:

Source: Robert S. Wakefield, Mayflower Families through Five Generations, Volume 7, Peter Brown, Plymouth MA: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2002. David Huntington & Suzannah Vencill Family Tree - Mary Snow A Tree of Life - Mary Snow Snow, Edwin H. The William Snow family. Descendants of William Snow, who landed at Plymouth, Mass., in 1635. Providence, R.I.: Snow & Farnham Co., Printers. 1908. Source S42 World Family Tree, Volume 1, pre-1600 to present. WFT Family #3567 Fitzpatrick Home Library Acknowledgements

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'John Rickard married Mary (___) (not demonstrably a Snow),

and was the son of Giles and Hannah (Dunham) Rickard

and the grandson of Giles and Judith (Cogan) Rickard.

-- Dale H. Cook, Member, NEHGS and MA Society of Mayflower Descendants;

Plymouth Co. MA Coordinator for the USGenWeb Project

• http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/MAYFLOWER/2006-11/116...

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!Children - Source: Rita Lace

1. MARCY RICKARD b: 27 OCT 1677 in Plymouth, Plymouth, MA

2. LYDIA RICKARD b: 12 DEC 1680 in Plymouth, Plymouth, MA

3. JOHN RICKARD b: 29 DEC 1681 in Plymouth, Plymouth, MA

4. JOSEPH RICKA

8. REBECCA RICKARD b: 3 JAN 1699 in Plymouth, Plymouth, MA

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