1786 Samuel Rickey, a minor, was granted a certificate from the Falls meeting, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, to the Philadelphia meeting, southern district, to be an apprentice to David Evans. Dated 13 of month 12. [1]
1795 Samuel Rickey, son of Keirl [Carol] and Sarah, deceased, of Philadelphia married Mary Cresson daughter of Jeremiah and Hannah Crean Cresson on 5 of month 11, at the Philadelphia meeting. [2] "Whereas Samuel Rickey of the city of Philadelphia in Pennsylvania. Conveyancer. Son of Carol and Sarah Rickey, late of Falls Township in the County of Bucks deceased And Mary Cresson daughter of Jeremiah Cresson of the city of Philadelphia aforesaid and Hannah his wife deceased having declared their intentions of marriage with each other before several Monthly meetings of the people called Quakers is held in Philadelphia aforesaid according to the good order used amongst them and having consent of the surviving parent, their said proposals were allowed of by the said meeting. Non these are to certify whom it may concern that for the full accomplishing their said intentions this fifth day of the eleventh month in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety five They the said Samuel Rickey and Mary Cresson appeared in a public meeting of the said people held in their meeting house in Philadelphia aforesaid and the said Samuel Rickey taking the said Mary Cresson by the hand did in a solemn manner openly declare that he took her the said Mary (to be his wife promising with Divine assistance to be unto her a loving and faithful husband until death should separate ..." [3] [4]
1795 Samuel Rickey announced opening a real estate service with houses for sale in West Chester in the Philadelphia Gazette (August 12). [Photocopy] Newspaper Notice.
1796 Samuel Rickey advertised again.
1797 Samuel Rickey, No 133 Chesnut Street, advertised: "For Sale, a complete and large brick livery stable, that contains 30 horses, with a large yard, and carriage house for a number of carriages; situate in a central situation, and supposed to be the best stand in the city for the hackney business; to be had on very moderate terms, and immediate possession given. Enquire of Samuel Rickey." [5]
1797 Mary Rickey, John Cresson, Richard Cresson, Elenor Cresson, and Rebecca Prichett advertized that the son of Richard Crean held a tract of land by an illegal deed. [6]
1799 Samuel Rickey was disowned by the Quaker meeting for disunity (Philadelphia MM). [7]
c 1801 The will of Jeremiah Cresson of Philadelphia named daughter Mary Rickey, wife of Samuel. Administration by Samuel Rickey 21 July, 1801.
1806 Mary Rickey, daughter of Samuel and Mary Rickey of 16 N Front, was born on 25 of month 9. [8] [9]
1807 Land of Thomas and Ann Harnert, bounded to the east and west by land of Samuel Rickey was sold by sheriff's sale, for unpaid taxes. [10]
1813 Samuel Rickey and Josiah Johnson were executors for the estate of Mary Peters. [11]
Research Notes:
Mary Cresson born 8,4,1766 and died 11,23,1846 married Samuel Rickey. [12]
Alternative death dates:
1817 The inventory for Samuel Rickey, perhaps this one, dated March 22 in Bernards Twp, Somerset County, New Jersey was made by John Hill and Nathaniel Douglass. A lathe and turning tools were listed. John Rickey, administrator, swore to the inventory on 18 June. No heirs named.[13]
1828 Samuel Rickey died on June 5 in Philadelphia at age 59. Residence: Race near 3rd. Died of Dropsey. Buried at the Friends Burial Ground. [14]
1846 Mary C Rickey died on November 23, at age 81 of colic, at Mary Flannagen's in Broad St near Vine Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. [15] [16]
[1] U.S. Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935, Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Minutes, Record of Certificates of Removal, 1727-1916, 57, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[2] John W. Jordan, Colonial Families of Philadelphia, Vol. 2 (New York: Lewis Publishing Company, 1911), 949, of 948-9, [HathiTrust], [GoogleBooks], [InternetArchive].
[3] Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935, Philadelphia Monthly Meeting, Arch Street, Abstract of Record of Births, Deaths and Burials, 1688-1826, 385, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[4] William Wade Hinshaw, Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, Vol. 2 [NJ and Pennsylvania] (1938), 634, [HathiTrust].
[5] Newspaper, Philadelphia Gazette, July 10, 1797.
[6] Newspaper, Philadelphia Gazette, January 10, 1797.
[7] William Wade Hinshaw, Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, Vol. 2 [NJ and Pennsylvania] (1938), 634, [HathiTrust].
[8] Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935, Philadelphia Monthly Meeting, Arch Street, Abstract of Record of Births, Deaths and Burials, 1688-1826, 81, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[9] William Wade Hinshaw, Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, Vol. 2 [NJ and Pennsylvania] (1938), 413, [HathiTrust].
[10] Newspaper, American Daily Advertiser, 3 August, 1807.
[11] Newspaper, American Daily Advertiser, 12 November, 1813.
[12] John W. Jordan, Colonial Families of Philadelphia, Vol. 1 (New York: Lewis Publishing Company, 1911), 949, [HathiTrust], [InternetArchive].
[13] New Jersey Archives, Volume 42, page 352, [GoogleBooks].
[14] Pennsylvania, Philadelphia City Death Certificates, 1803-1915, [FamilySearchImage].
[15] William Wade Hinshaw, Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, Vol. 2 [NJ and Pennsylvania] (1938), 716, [HathiTrust].
[16] Pennsylvania, Philadelphia City Death Certificates, 1803-1915, [FamilySearchImage].