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1716 On day 15 of month 2, Thomas Rickey, child of Alexander and Ann Rickey, was born, according to records of the Quaker Falls monthly meeting in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5].

1735 On 28 of month 8 (October), Thomas Rickey, witnessed the marriage of Thomas Laramar and Sarah Downey. Hannah Downey was also a witness. [6]

1737 On 25 of month 8 (October), Catharine Rickey, Thomas Rickey, and John Rickey witnessed the marriage of Samuel Mead and Mary Downey. Hannah Downey Jr was also a witness. [7]

1742 Thomas Rickey was taxed in Lower Makefield Twp, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. [8]

1742 On 27 of month 8 (October), Catharine Rickey, Thomas Rickey, and John Rickey witnessed the marriage of Samuel Woolston and Hannah Palmer. [9]

1746 On 7 of month 8 (October), Hannah Rickey, Katharine Rickey, Rachel Rickey, Alex Rickey, Hannah Rickey Jr, and John Rickey witnessed the marriage of John Millnor, late of Burlington and Hannah Harvey, daughter of Thomas of Makefield. [10]

1747 On May 5, Katherine, Thomas, and John Rickey witnessed the marriage of George Brown (son of Samuel Brown of Falls Twp) and Martha Worall. [11]

1749 Thomas Rickey signed the marriage certificate of brother John Rickey and Mary Hutchinson. [12]

1750 A payment was made to Thomas Rickey by the treasurer of Bucks County. [13]

1750 "Philadelphia, October 25. 1750. Run away, on the 21st of this instant October, from Thomas Rickey, of Maxfield [Makefield] township, Bucks county, shoemaker, an apprentice lad, named Michael Chapman, about 16 years of age, is very tall and slim, of a pale complexion, and his hair cut off: Had on when he went away, a linnen cap, and felt hat, a dark brown cloth coat and breeches, a brown jacket, with silk buttons, ozenbrigs shirt, blue yarn stockings, single sol'd shoes, with steel buckles in them. Whoever takes up and secures said lad, so as his master may have him again, shall have Thirty Shillings reward, and reasonable charges, paid by Thomas Rickey. N.B. All masters of vessels are forbid carrying him off at their peril." [14]

1753 Thomas Rickey was taxed in Lower Makefield Twp, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. [15]

1757 Ann Rickey Jr, daughter of Alexander Rickey, married Mahlon Kirkbride, son of Mahlon Kirkbride, both of Lower Makefield Twp, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, on day 30 of month 11, at the Falls Meeting. Witnessed by Alexander and Ann Rickey, Mahlon and Ann Kirkbride, Tho and Hannah Rickey, John and Mary Rickey, James Rickey, Alex Jr Rickey, Rachel Rickey, Keirll Rickey, Randle (not Catherine) Hutchinson, and many others. [16] [17]

1758 Son, Thomas Rickey, was named in the will of Alexander Rickey, of Lower Makefield Twp, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, dated 1 October 1758. [18] [19]

1759 The will of Hannah's father, James Downey of Lower Makefield Twp, named Hannah as the wife of Thomas Rickey. [20] [21] [22]

1760 The will of Randal Hutchinson of Lower Makefield, Bucks County, Pennsylvania was witnessed by Thomas Rickey and Keirll Rickey. [23]

3.41. Randal Hutchinson of Lower Makefield, Mason.
11th mo., 8th day, 1760. Proved January 10, 1761.
Wife Catharine and son Mathias, exrs.
Sons James and Mahlon.
Wit: Thomas Rickey, Keirll Rickey, Thos. Canby. Letters to widow only.

1761 The will of James Downey of Lower Makefield Twp, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, Mason, was dated 3rd mo., March 5, 1759 and was proved February 25, 1761. Wife Hannah and son James, exrs. Daus. Sarah, wife of Thomas Laramore and Hannah, wife of Thomas Rickey. Granddau. Mary Wilson. Wit: John White, Wm. Yeardley. Letters to James only. [24]

3.48. James Downey, Lower Makefield Twp.
3rd mo., March 5, 1759. Proved February 25, 1761.
Wife Hannah and son James, exrs.
Daus. Sarah, wife of Thomas Laramore and Hannah, wife of Thomas Rickey.
Granddau. Mary Wilson.
Wit: John White, Wm. Yeardley. Letters to James only.

1763 Hannah Rickey, daughter of Thomas Rickey of Bucks County, married Samuel White, son of Joseph White, at Falls meeting on 12 day, month 1. Witnessed by Joseph and Hannah White, Tho' Rickey, Wm Bigood, Wm Rickey, Martha White, Mary Rickey, Katherine Hutchinson, Kirl Rickey, Mahlon Jr and Ann Kirkbride, John and Mary Rickey, Simes Betts, Jn Derbyshire, Tho Rickey Junr, James Rickey, Alex Rickey, and many others. [25]

1764 The will of uncle John Keirl [brother of mother Ann Keirl Rickey] of Bristol Twp, Bucks County, named Thomas Rickey, John Rickey, Alexander Rickey, James Rickey, Keirl Rickey, Rachel and Mary Rickey, Catharine Hutchinson, and Ann Kirkbride as children of Alexander and Ann Rickey and as kinsmen. [26] [27]

1764 Thomas Rickey was taxed in Lower Makefield Twp, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. [28]

1765 Hannah, wife of Thomas Rickey, was named in an Orphans Court record, as a sister of James Downey, deceased, of Lower Makefield, who left no issue. [29]

1765 Thomas Rickey's Daughter, Mary, married George White. [30] [31]

1766 Keirl Rickey, son of Alexander Rickey deceased, married Sarah Milnor, on April 9, at the Falls Monthly Meeting, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Witnessed by Thomas Rickey, Thomas Rickey Jr, William Rickey, and many others. [32] [33]

1766 Hannah, wife of Thomas Rickey was named in the estate proceedings of Hannah's brother, James Downey, of Lower Makefield Twp, on December 8, by the Orphans' Court of Bucks County, Pennsylvania. [34]

1767 Thomas Rickey witnessed the will of Sarah Wilson, Philadelphia, dated 17 March. [35]

1769 Thomas Rickey was dis for disunity [with the Quakers] (Falls MM). [36] [37]

1777 Rachel Rickey, daughter of Thomas Rickey, of Lower Makefield, Bucks County, married William French, son of William French of Burlington County on September 17, at the Falls meeting. Witnessed by Thomas and Hannah Rickey and other Rickey family members (perhaps their children). [38]

1778 Thomas Rickey was taxed in Lower Makefield Twp, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. [39] [40] [41]

1779 Thomas Rickey [Richey] was taxed for 2 cattle in Lower Makefield Twp, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Another Thomas Richey was taxed for 83 acres 2 horses and 3 cattle in Lower Makefield Twp, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. [42]

1777 The will of Thomas Rickey, Cordwainer of Lower Makefield was dated Jan. 13, 1777 and was proved on March 23, 1782. Wife Hannah and sons William, Thomas and Alexander were named as Executors. The will named daughter Rachel, daughter Sarah, daughter Mary White, Mary White was a daughter of daughter Hannah, Rebecca Rickey was a daughter of son Thomas, and "my three sons William Rickey Thomas Rickey and Alexander Rickey. Witnesses: John Larzeler, Benj. Vanhorn, and Martha Cottman. [43] [44] [45] [46]

1781 Thomas Rickey [Richy] cordwinder, perhaps son of this Thomas, was taxed for 1 cattle in Lower Makefield Twp, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. [47]

1782 Thomas Rickey cordwainer, perhaps son of this Thomas, was taxed in Lower Makefield Twp, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. [48] [49] [50] [51]


Footnotes:

[1] Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935, Bucks County Pennsylvania, Marriages and Births, Book B, 208, [AncestryImage].

[2] Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935, A Record of the Births and Burial Belonging to the Falls Meeting in Pennsylvania Bucks County, 37, [AncestryImage].

[3] William Wade Hinshaw, Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, Vol. 2 [NJ and Pennsylvania] (1938), 968, [HathiTrust].

[4] Anna Miller Watring and F. Edward Wright, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Church Records of the 17th & 18th Centuries, V2, Quaker Records: Falls and Middletown Monthly Meetings (Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, 2003, ISBN 1-58549-270-1), 28.

[5] William W. H. Davis, with Warren S. Ely and John W. Jordan, ed., History of Bucks County Pennsylvania, 2nd ed., Vol. III (1905), 727, [GoogleBooks], [HathiTrust].

[6] Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935, Bucks County Pennsylvania, Marriages and Births, Book B, 69, [AncestryImage].

[7] Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935, Bucks County Pennsylvania, Marriages and Births, Book B, 83, [AncestryImage].

[8] Terry A McNealy and Frances Wise Waite, Bucks County Tax Records 1693-1778 (1983), 5, [GoogleBooks].

[9] Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935, Bucks County Pennsylvania, Marriages and Births, Book B, 83, [AncestryImage].

[10] Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935, Bucks County Pennsylvania, Marriages and Births, Book B, 87, [AncestryImage].

[11] Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935, Bucks County Pennsylvania, Marriages and Births, Book B, 88, [AncestryImage].

[12] Charles Meredith Dupuy, A Genealogical History of the Dupuy Family (Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, 1910), 131, [GoogleBooks], [InternetArchive].

[13] Bucks County, Pennsylvania, Treasurer's accounts, 1747-1796, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].

[14] Newspaper, Pennsylvania Gazette (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), October 25, 1750.

[15] Terry A McNealy and Frances Wise Waite, Bucks County Tax Records 1693-1778 (1983), 15, [GoogleBooks].

[16] Quaker Meeting Records, Falls Monthly Meeting Bucks County, PA, Marriages, Births, Deaths 1693-1788, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].

[17] Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935, Bucks County Pennsylvania, Marriages and Births, Book B, 92, [AncestryImage].

[18] Pennsylvania Probate Records, 1683-1994, Bucks, Will 2-347, [FamilySearchImage].

[19] Pennsylvania Probate Records, 1683-1994, Bucks, Will 2-347, abstract 449, FHL film 172929, [FamilySearchImage].

[20] Pennsylvania Probate Records, 1683-1994, Bucks, Will 3-48, [FamilySearchImage].

[21] USGenWeb, Bucks County Pennsylvania Will Abstracts (Gateway website), Book 3, [USGenWeb].

[22] F. Edward Wright, Abstracts of Bucks County, Pennsylvania Wills, 1685-1785 (1995), 68.

[23] Bucks County, Pennsylvania, unsorted Wills 3-41, no longer available. Originally found at http://thegenproject.com/Mapping/Bucks_Unsorted_Wills.txt.

[24] Bucks County, Pennsylvania, unsorted Wills 3-48, no longer available. Originally found at http://thegenproject.com/Mapping/Bucks_Unsorted_Wills.txt.

[25] Quaker Meeting Records, Falls Monthly Meeting Bucks County, PA, Marriages, Births, Deaths 1693-1788, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].

[26] Pennsylvania Probate Records, 1683-1994, Bucks, Will 3-194, [FamilySearchImage].

[27] F. Edward Wright, Abstracts of Bucks County, Pennsylvania Wills, 1685-1785 (1995), 83.

[28] Terry A McNealy and Frances Wise Waite, Bucks County Tax Records 1693-1778 (1983), 42, [GoogleBooks].

[29] Thomas G Myers, Bucks County, Pennsylvania Orphans' Court Records 1685-1852 (1939), 57.

[30] William Wade Hinshaw, Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, Vol. 2 [NJ and Pennsylvania] (1938), 1015, [HathiTrust].

[31] William Wade Hinshaw, Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, Vol. 2 [NJ and Pennsylvania] (1938), 1023, [HathiTrust].

[32] Quaker Meeting Records, Falls Monthly Meeting Bucks County, PA, Marriages, Births, Deaths 1693-1788, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].

[33] Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935, Bucks County Pennsylvania, Marriages and Births, Book B, 103, [AncestryImage].

[34] Thomas G Myers, Bucks County, Pennsylvania Orphans' Court Records 1685-1852 (1939), 57, file #384.

[35] Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, Will, O-140, [USGenWeb Abstracts].

[36] William Wade Hinshaw, Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, Vol. 2 [NJ and Pennsylvania] (1938), 1015, [HathiTrust].

[37] William Wade Hinshaw, Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, Vol. 2 [NJ and Pennsylvania] (1938), 1023, [HathiTrust].

[38] Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935, Bucks County Pennsylvania, Marriages and Births, Book B, 120, [AncestryImage].

[39] Terry A McNealy and Frances Wise Waite, Bucks County Tax Records 1693-1778 (1983), 105, [GoogleBooks].

[40] Bucks County, Pennsylvania, Tax Records, 1782-1860, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].

[41] Bucks County, Pennsylvania, Tax Records, 1782-1860, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].

[42] William Henry Egle, Pennsylvania Archives, Third Series, Volume 13 (Proprietary Tax Lists Bucks 1779-1786) (1897), 7, [InternetArchive].

[43] Pennsylvania Probate Records, 1683-1994, Bucks, Will 4-184, abstract 869, FHL film 172929, [FamilySearchImage].

[44] Pennsylvania Probate Records, 1683-1994, Bucks, Will 4-184, FHL film 172900, [FamilySearchImage].

[45] USGenWeb, Bucks County Pennsylvania Will Abstracts (Gateway website), Book 4, Will 4-184, [USGenWeb].

[46] F. Edward Wright, Abstracts of Bucks County, Pennsylvania Wills, 1685-1785 (1995), 116.

[47] William Henry Egle, Pennsylvania Archives, Third Series, Volume 13 (Proprietary Tax Lists Bucks 1779-1786) (1897), 139, [InternetArchive].

[48] William Henry Egle, Pennsylvania Archives, Third Series, Volume 13 (Proprietary Tax Lists Bucks 1779-1786) (1897), 263, [InternetArchive].

[49] Bucks County, Pennsylvania, Tax Records, 1782-1860, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].

[50] Bucks County, Pennsylvania, Tax Records, 1782-1860, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].

[51] Bucks County, Pennsylvania, Tax Records, 1782-1860, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].