Ricks - Family History & Genealogy Message Board

Re: Ricks, Rix, Reeks. VA>NC>GA>LA 1790-1810

maircat1 — 2009-11-05 16:52:05Z

One of my great, great grandfathers was named Jesse Ricks. He was in the civil war....so that is his time frame.

Re: Isaac Ricks born 1638 in England

LCoulter41 — 2009-11-02 16:54:52Z

My line comes through Isaac Ricks. Would you be willing to share. My isaac's dad was christopher columbus ricks from mcminn county, tn

Re: RICKS SC>MS>Karnes Co TX BUTLERS-MS.Karnes Co., TX

TaylorDittmar — 2009-10-13 23:01:53Z

I am a decendant of Elijah Taylor who was a brother to the Powell Taylor mentioned that married Mary Ricks. I have additional information on the Taylors but may not have any more information specifically on Powell. Please contact me or anyone else that reads this that is related to Powell Taylor. My email is aug68model@yahoo.com

Thank you,
David Taylor

1944 MARRIAGE RECORDS MARGARET EVEYLN WOOD TO ROBERT BLANE RICKS

monaferrell1 — 2009-09-24 17:23:53Z

MY PARENTS WERE MARRIED ABOUT 1944 THEY LIVED IN EVANSVILLE INDIANA I CAN NOT FIND OUT WHERE THEY WERE MARRIED. I TRIED THE WILLARD LIBRARY IN EVANSVILLE VANDERBURGH COUNTY INDIANA NO RECORDS OF MARRIAGE THERE. THEY MAY HAVE MARRIED IN KENTUCKY OR INDIANA OR EVEN ILLINOIS. WHERE DO I GO TO NEXT. THERE ARE NO RECORDS HERE ON ANCESTRY. I TRIED SEVERAL DIFFERENT STATE GENEALOGY SITES NO LUCK. MY DAD WAS ROBERT BLANE RICKS BORN 1916 IN TRIGG COUNTY KY MY MOTHER WAS MARAGRET EVELYN WOOD BORN 1923 CRITTENDEN COUNY KY
ANY HELP WOULD BE APPRECIATED I AM APPLYING TO THE DAR & MUST FIND THIS INFO. ANY IDEAS?

Re: John Christopher Ricks

TPJONES — 2009-08-13 15:45:21Z

PS we are leaving on a short trip in a few hours and won't be back till Sunday.

Re: John Christopher Ricks

TPJONES — 2009-08-13 15:44:03Z

Marriage record from Old Swedes Church. Record of Reix's arrival in Phil. His military service in the PA Militia. Abstract of his will. Abstract of Dinah's will. Reix FGS. That sort of things.
Tom

Re: John Christopher Ricks

LorenzGen — 2009-08-13 15:42:15Z

The only documents "I" have on the Ricks side is a marriage certificate for my Christopher C Ricks & Catherine Howard; an 1850 cencus from Lincoln Co. Missouri with a BUNCH of Ricks on it;several Family Group Sheets I got from Leslie Stryker in WA; Rose Etta's Death Certificate and an 1870 Census from Elk Horn CA with J.C. Ricks m. to Eliza with their children listed.
That's all I have, but you and I discovered we are decendants from two siblings, Ruth & John.

Cindy :)

Re: John Christopher Ricks

LorenzGen — 2009-08-13 15:34:48Z

What kind of documents? I wish we could find someone with pics!!
Thanks,
Cindy :)

Re: John Christopher Ricks

TPJONES — 2009-08-13 15:27:45Z

Cindy:
Yesterday I mailed copies of a lot of documention to Kara.
Tom

Re: John Christopher Ricks

LorenzGen — 2009-08-12 22:06:46Z

Yes, Kara is the one that contacted me the other day. I was responding to her when I accidentally responded to you!
Thanks,
Cindy :)

Re: John Christopher Ricks

TPJONES — 2009-08-12 20:21:05Z

Have you been touch with Kara Ricks? rickskara@yahoo.com

I think you share a common ancester.
Tom Jones

Re: John Christopher Ricks

LorenzGen — 2009-08-12 18:38:19Z

I am a decendant of John Ricks, brother to your Ruth Ricks.

I'll let you know if I get a clue how they ended up in KY!
Thanks,
Cindy :)

Re: John Christopher Ricks

TPJONES — 2009-08-12 18:02:02Z

Hi Cindy: Yes I did look at your tree today but did not see the connection to the Ricks family.

Nor do I have any pictures. I am several generations away from the Rick's as I an decended from Ruth Ricks, dau. of Christopher and Dinah, back in Nelson Co., KY.

One of my mysteries is why did Dinah move her family to Nelson Co.?

If you ever correspond with any one who has a clue pls. let me know.
Tom Jones

Re: John Christopher Ricks

LorenzGen — 2009-08-12 17:13:54Z

Hi Mona,

I have not researched the Ricks side of my family much yet. Most of what I have was handed down to me from my aunt to carry on where she left off. I will keep your post to remind me to check the Quaker records for family members!
Thanks!
Cindy :)

Re: John Christopher Ricks

monaferrell1 — 2009-08-12 16:17:06Z

Cindy ,
I did find your tree & could not find a connection to my Ricks family. Looks like our Ricks came from different areas mine came from NC to Trigg County Ky. I even checked the names in your tree to see if anyone has one of my family names as they love to pass those names down over & over no luck there either. We descend from Isaac Ricks who was awarded a land grant in Kentucky as he gave up this life during the Revolutionary War. He was a Quaker & went into battle unarmed as per his religion. We may be related further back than either of us have. Have you ever checked Quaker records to see if one of your ancestor was a Quaker?
thanks
Mona

Re: John Christopher Ricks

LorenzGen — 2009-08-11 21:46:26Z

Hi Tom,

I just realized I replied to your post, but thought you were another person that had posted a message to me yesterday! Sorry for the confusion, but thanks for the info!
Cindy :)

Re: John Christopher Ricks

LorenzGen — 2009-08-11 21:43:48Z

Were you able to find my tree?
Do you have any old family photos? I haven't been able to find anyone yet with any pics.
I saw some Ricks photos online, but I looked in my Ricks tree and the photos uploaded in this paticular tree were not in my line. (I think it was Alfred T Ricks family)
Cindy :)

Re: John Christopher Ricks

LorenzGen — 2009-08-11 21:32:20Z

Re: John Christopher Ricks

TPJONES — 2009-08-11 20:19:20Z

Hi Cindy:
As a matter of interest Johann Christopher Reix was still useing that name at the time of his death as his will and probate is entered under Christopher Reix as was the name he used when he and Dinah married.

Clearly by the time Dinah and her children arrived in Nelson Co., KY they were useing Ricks, but I don't think he ever went by John Christopher Ricks, though some record takers did lidt it as Ricks. Maybe they wrote what they heard.

I am decended from their dauther Ruth.
Tom Jones
Tom Jones

Re: John Christopher Ricks

TPJONES — 2009-06-05 13:50:02Z

Yes the marriage date is 12 Jan 1768. Yes, Ruth is their child who later married Josiah Crawford.

Some people have been posting that Johann was born in Old Swedes, DL, which as we both know is not correct. My apologizes if it wasn't you. Simple truth is I do not know where he was born.

Tom Jones

Re: John Christopher Ricks

TPJONES — 2009-06-05 13:40:05Z

Yes-His wife was Dinah D. Hayes, b. abt. 1737, d. 12 July 1796 in Nelson Co., KY. Daughter of Thomas Hayes & Mary Nicholas Kirk.

Tom Jones

Re: John Christopher Ricks

TPJONES — 2009-06-05 13:28:41Z

Hi again:
I don't know who Charity is either.
Let me back up, I am related to the Ricks through my grandmother Nora Pierson Jones, whose grandmother was Ruth Crawford, whose mother was Ruth Ricks, whose father was Johann C. Reix. It appears that the family named was changed to Ricks about the time they moved to Nelson Co., KY after Johann's death. He was still useing Reix at the time of his death in his will when he died in 1784. I do not know why Dinah and her children moved to KY after his death.

The point I was trying to clear up was that Johann was not born in Delaware. He and Dinah were married in "Old Swedes" church and I did get a copy of the record from the church in 2002.

Does that help?
Tom Jones

Re: John Christopher Ricks

monaferrell1 — 2009-06-04 07:50:32Z

I descend thru Jonathan Ricks sister Charity from Trigg county Ky. I would like to hear from you regarding this family. Charity stayed in ky & married a cousin Jonathan Ricks. I have always been told they were Quakers & came to Kentucky due to a land grant given to the family of Isaac Ricks because he died in the Revolutionary War. Hope to hear from you monaferrell@yahoo.com

Re: John Christopher Ricks

monaferrell1 — 2009-06-05 19:00:28Z

Thank you so much for checking. I was emailing late the other nite & must have sent you wrong info sorry. My Johnathan is Johnathan Layfayette Ricks married Charity Ricks his cousin.....I really appreciate you looking for me would love to see your info
thanks
Mona

Re: John Christopher Ricks

monaferrell1 — 2009-06-05 14:34:00Z

I sent you an invite to my family tree. I am unsure if your Ricks is connected to my Kentucky Ricks. Let me know what you think after looking at my tree
thanks
Mona
also any corrections are welcome if we are on the same Ricks family

Re: John Christopher Ricks

monaferrell1 — 2009-06-05 14:28:21Z

Yes her maiden name was Ricks also I will send you an invite to my family tree that will be easier than me trying to explain from my horrible memory! LOL

Re: John Christopher Ricks

rickskara — 2009-08-10 00:40:55Z

Hello, I am a decendent of John Ricks son of John C Riex, my name is Kara Ricks I was wondering if you could e-mail me copies of the will of John C. Ricks if you have them and also a copy of his marrige certificate to Dinah Hayes. Thank You so much. Anything you have that you might find usefull for my family history would be great. My email is rickskara@yahoo.com I am from Oregon but i now live in Charlotte, NC. We want to know if he is from Germany, Swiss or French decent do you have any Idea. Also do you know what religion he was? Id love any pictures you might have. Thanks

Kara.

Re: Martha Ricks- Daughter of Isaac(Died 1748) and wife Sarah Ricks

RJMander — 2009-03-06 18:01:32Z

georgia maybe I can help u with RICKs info..Robert at --mailpiler@cox.net

Re: John Christopher Ricks

LorenzGen — 2009-06-05 12:49:41Z

So .... was Charity's maiden name Ricks? Or did she marry INto the Ricks family? If so, what was her maiden name? I looked through all my info. and I don't see a Charity anywhere, Just FYI.

Re: John Christopher Ricks

LorenzGen — 2009-06-04 14:15:46Z

Do you know who his wife was?
Thank you,
Cindy Lorenz

Re: John Christopher Ricks

LorenzGen — 2009-06-04 14:09:15Z

What I found in my files so far on John Christopher Ricks is this...
John Christopher b. abt 1740 m. Dinah Hayes b. abt 1737 in Wilmington Delaware
John d.3 May 1774 or 1784 in East Fallowfield, Chester PA

Dinah d. 12 Jul 1796 in Nelson KY (Cox Creek)

Children:
Thomas
John
Ruth
Elizabeth
Mary (Polly)
Jane

I have childrens birth/death dates & places if you need them.
I received this information from a Leslie Stryker in Kennewick WA. If you would like her contact info to see if she has more info, I would be happy to give it to you.
There was a lot of information on the Ricks family in a book called "History & Genealogy of the Christopher Rics Family and other lines" by Howard Ricks of Salt Lake City UT. I just have copies of 3 pages of that book that someone gave me.
What was John Christopher Ricks involvement in the military that gives your Mother-n-law her membership in the DAR? I don't quite understand what the DAR is all about. Who actually IS your mother-n-law??

Re: John Christopher Ricks

LorenzGen — 2009-06-04 12:50:21Z

It's been a while sinced I looked at the Ricks side of my family. I'll check it out and see what connections are there.

Re: John Christopher Ricks

LorenzGen — 2009-08-10 03:08:44Z

Hi Kara,

I'll have to look through my Ricks file to see if I have copies of any of the John Christopher records. I'm not aware that I have a copy of his will, but possibly, his marriage certificate. I have all the Ricks listed in my family tree on Ancestry. It's listed on Ancestry as "Martin Family Tree" if you want to look at all the Ricks I have listed. There's a lot on there! Do you have any pictures of the Ricks ancestors? I don't have any. My Great Grandmother was Rose Etta Ricks. I do have a picture of her, but that's the only Ricks picture I have. I haven't found anyone with Ricks pics yet. She was the daughter of Christpher C Ricks. I would be happy to share whatever I have!

Re: John Christopher Ricks

LorenzGen — 2009-06-05 19:06:40Z

I added all my Ricks this morning. I don't know how to send you a link to my tree on Ancestry though? I don't believe mine is private on Ancestry though, so you might be able to pull it up. It's just called "Martin Family Tree" and it would have my user name "LorenzGen" as the author of the tree. Maybe you could find it that way.
I put all my Ricks and their children in the tree, but did not take the time yet to add the children's spouses and THEIR children. Sorry. Maybe that's where the connection comes in somewhere.
Cindy :)

Re: John Christopher Ricks

LorenzGen — 2009-08-11 14:21:35Z

Click on "Search" at the top of the page; then click "Public Member Trees". When the search page comes up, just type the first/middle (Rose Etta) name then the last name (Ricks) and hit search at the bottom of that page. The first listing that comes up is my tree. (just click on "Martin Family Tree" and it's all in there through Rose Etta Ricks)
Rose Etta was the daughter of Christopher C Ricks & Catherine Howard.
Christopher C Ricks was the son of James Crenshaw Ricks.
James Crenshaw was the son of Thomas Ricks.
Thomas was the son of John Ricks.
John was the son of YOUR John Christopher Ricks & Dinah Hayes. I think that is as far back as I have on the Ricks side.
If you have any info. to share...stories; pics; etc., I would love to hear about it!
I'll sift throug my Ricks files to see what I might have documentation wise and let you know.
Thanks!
Cindy :)

Re: John Christopher Ricks

LorenzGen — 2009-06-05 14:17:40Z

Oh... Rose Etta Ricks was my GGgrandmother.

Cindy :)

Re: John Christopher Ricks

LorenzGen — 2009-06-05 14:16:03Z

I guess I should have mentioned that my decendant in the Ricks family comes from Rose Etta Ricks, daughter of Christopher C Ricks & Catherine Howard. Christopher C. was the son of James Crenshaw, who was the son of Thomas Ricks, who was the son of John Ricks, who was then the son of Johnathan Christopher Ricks.

Cindy Lorenz

Re: John Christopher Ricks

LorenzGen — 2009-06-05 14:01:52Z

Yes, I do not have a birth place for him either. I didn't know the name of where they were married though! Is Old Swedes the town or the church name?
Cindy :)

Re: John Christopher Ricks

LorenzGen — 2009-06-05 14:00:15Z

Yep! That's what I have!
Thanks!
Cindy :)

Re: John Christopher Ricks

LorenzGen — 2009-06-05 16:09:21Z

I took a peak at your tree. I see Johnathan Ricks married Charity Ricks, but the Johnathan in your tree has a middle initial as "L". You posted here John "Christopher" Ricks as being maried to a Charity Ricks here on the message board so I'm a little confused. :)

I do not see any of your Ricks in my line. It's possible they cross SOMEwhere, but not sure. I will add my Ricks line to my ancestry tree and then send you an invitation to look at it. Maybe you can see if it looks familiar anywhere.
It looks like most of my Ricks families come from:
NC; Nelson KY; Perry IN; Sedalia MO; & Lincoln MO

Thanks,
Cindy :)

Re: John Christopher Ricks

LorenzGen — 2009-06-05 13:33:39Z

Hi Tom... I didn't have that Johnathan Christopher Ricks was "born" in Wilmington Delaware, I had he was married there on 12 Jan 1768. Is that incorrect? As I mentioned, I received information from another source and have not yet verified the information.
I do show Ruth Ricks as a daughter of John & Dinah, correct?

Re: George Henderson Ricks, NC

riviricks — 2009-04-06 21:24:38Z

I have some info on this family. Ancestors and descendants. Contact me at Richard_Ricks@comcast.net

Richard Ricks

Re: Isaac Ricks

RobertaWilliams15 — 2009-07-10 04:48:27Z

Im not sure this will still be appropriate its been a long time but llewelyn Deane was the son of John Gilmore Deane one of the original surveyors of the Northeastern boundary, a War of 1812 commander, born 1875 in Massachusetts and the County Attorney of Hancock County Maine in 1829. Llewelyn was in Washington trying to settle his father's accounts with Maine, Massachusetts and the United States Government over property that was to be given John for services rendered in the 1830's relating to the Northern Boundary dispute but located north of the St Francis River. He was staying at the Chandler House in 1880 and the census says Louise was from Ohio.

Re: RICKS/CLARK/WINSTON from VA. to OH. Quakers

mes2art — 2009-07-05 02:22:46Z

Missouri Clark did not have any siblings. Her father died in 1822 when she was 3 and her mother did not remarry.

RICKS Delmo Dwain 1934-1949

t42RoseHill — 2009-04-27 15:56:39Z

RICKS Delmo Dwain 1934-1949

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RICKS Delmo E 1901-1962

t42RoseHill — 2009-04-27 15:56:29Z

RICKS Delmo E 1901-1962

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RICKS Dennis L Sr 1920-2002 section 11

t42DFWNat — 2009-02-19 02:48:12Z

RICKS Dennis L Sr 1920-2002 section 11

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If you know more about this person please reply here, instead of contacting me because this is most likely not my family.

Re: John Christopher Ricks

Kararicks45 — 2009-08-11 06:26:28Z

How does Rose Etta Ricks fit into Christopher Riex (married to Dinah Hayes) family tree? I cant find your Martin Family Tree.

kara

Re: John Christopher Ricks

Kararicks45 — 2009-08-11 06:22:20Z

Who was Joel Ricks parents and who were their parents? Im not sure how Joel ricks is related to Christopher Reix

Martha Ricks- Daughter of Isaac(Died 1748) and wife Sarah Ricks

georgiastrickland — 2009-03-05 04:00:01Z

I am searching for Martha Ricks, daughter of Isaac Ricks and Sarah. Isaac Ricks' Will 1748 in Edgecombe County, NC lists his daughter Martha Ricks. I found Martha Ricks because I am searching all the Witnesses on some of the Strickland Deeds. A brief summary of my Strickland Line:William Strickland, Sr. died in Bertie County 1728. Some of the Stricklands also had connections with the Exums in Bertie County.

William Strickland ,Sr.’s son, also named William, was in Edgecombe County and Isaac Ricks was a witness on several deeds in that area with William Strickland, Jr.

William Strickland, Jr. married Martha Brown and they had a son named Abraham and this Abraham (born around 1740) married around 1765 a "Martha Unknown Last Name".

William Strickland, Jr. had many connections to the McKinney and the Brown families in the same area as Isaac Ricks. Abraham Strickland and family later show up in Bladen and Robeson County, NC. Some of Abraham’s children move onto South Georgia.

So, I am searching for the "Martha" wife of Abraham Strickland that was in Edgecombe, Bladen, and Robeson County, NC

Does anyone have any records or reference about Martha Ricks (daughter of Isaac and Sarah), her approximate Date of Birth and who she might have married?
Thanks Kindly,
T.Strickland