It is possible that Peter Ricketts (the father of Elizabeth Ricketts who married Jacob Duvall II in Nelson County, KY in 1802) was the son of John Ricords who's will was probated 27 April 1776 in Sussex County, Delaware (Peter Ricketts served in the military out of Delaware during the Revolutionary War). John lists as his heirs his son, Peter Ricords, his wife Neoma Ricords, and a Mary Watson. Before the probate was finalized in 1782 Neoma had remarried to a Thomas Jones. It would be helpful to see the actual will and the probate file. It is located in Sussex County, Delaware Probate Records, Will Book:
Page: A95; , Liber C; 172; folios 58-59.
Monday, February 28, 2011
Ricketts Ancestors
Jacob Duvall II married Elizabeth Ricketts, daughter of Peter and Mary (surname unknown) Ricketts in Nelson County, KY on 22 June 1802. According to census records Elizabeth was born in Pennsylvannia about 1782.
Elizabeth's father, Peter, and presumably her mother and and some of her siblings, were in Nelson County, KY no later than 1792 when Peter appears on a tax list as 1 white male over 21 with no land. In 1796 Peter purchased 400 acres of land on Wilson's Creek from the Hawn's. He appears on the 1800 tax list for Nelson County and the 1810 census for Bullitt County (Bullitt County was carved out of Nelson County, KY in 1797; his land straddled the Bullitt/Nelson County line). He is believed to have died about 1814 to 1817.
It is my belief that Peter was probably born in Pennsylvania, and that he is the Peter Ricketts (also spelled Records, Rickets, Rickitts, Ricords) who enlisted 26 February 1778 in Col. David Hall's Company of the Delaware Regiment (Delaware broke off from Pennsylvania in 1776). He was sick from July through September 1778 at "Brunswic", and again from May through July 1780 in "Jersey State" (though on May 2, 1780 listed as "sick at Baskin Ridge"). He deserted 1 January 1781. These dates mesh perfectly with the birth of his children: Jonathan, the oldest, was born probably in 1776 either in Virginia or Pennsylvania (the lines between Pennsylvania, Maryland and Virginia were very "fluid"); Polly and Elizabeth were born about 1782. Also, both a Zachariah and a Robert Ricketts served in the Eigth Battalion of the Cumberland County (Pennsylvania) Militia; Zachariah SR. & JR. were on a list of tithables for Nelson County, KY in 1791. "Zack Ricket" (presumably JR) married Sarah Phillips in Nelson Co., KY 15 Mar 1792, but was on the Washington County, KY tax list (Washington Co. is adjacent to Nelson County) for 1792. Robert Ricketts married Elenor Allison in Montgomery County, MD in 1778 and later settled in Mason County, KY no later than 1790 (I believe that Zachariah SR also, after Nelson County, settled in Mason Co. as there is a Zacharia Ricketts on the 1800 tax list for Mason County); Elenor's parents however settled in Bullitt County, KY as evidenced by a will probated there in 1808 leaving part of Enoch Allison's estate to his 3 granddaughters who were the daughters of Robert Ricketts and his deceased wife Elenor Allison. There were 2 other Ricketts in Nelson County during this early time period: one was a Shippy Allen Rickets who was the grantee on a 1786 land grant for 500 acres in Nelson County (no other record can be found for him); and in 1788 a Marg T Ricketts married Michael Myers in Bardstown, Nelson Co., KY.. I am wondering if Marg T. Ricketts might have been the widow of Shippy Allen Rickets?
Further research needs to be done to find out how/if these Ricketts are related but there is just too much circumstantial evidence pointing to Peter being the Revolutionary War private who deserted from the Delaware regiment, and to him being somehow related to Zachariah and Robert Ricketts.
Elizabeth's father, Peter, and presumably her mother and and some of her siblings, were in Nelson County, KY no later than 1792 when Peter appears on a tax list as 1 white male over 21 with no land. In 1796 Peter purchased 400 acres of land on Wilson's Creek from the Hawn's. He appears on the 1800 tax list for Nelson County and the 1810 census for Bullitt County (Bullitt County was carved out of Nelson County, KY in 1797; his land straddled the Bullitt/Nelson County line). He is believed to have died about 1814 to 1817.
It is my belief that Peter was probably born in Pennsylvania, and that he is the Peter Ricketts (also spelled Records, Rickets, Rickitts, Ricords) who enlisted 26 February 1778 in Col. David Hall's Company of the Delaware Regiment (Delaware broke off from Pennsylvania in 1776). He was sick from July through September 1778 at "Brunswic", and again from May through July 1780 in "Jersey State" (though on May 2, 1780 listed as "sick at Baskin Ridge"). He deserted 1 January 1781. These dates mesh perfectly with the birth of his children: Jonathan, the oldest, was born probably in 1776 either in Virginia or Pennsylvania (the lines between Pennsylvania, Maryland and Virginia were very "fluid"); Polly and Elizabeth were born about 1782. Also, both a Zachariah and a Robert Ricketts served in the Eigth Battalion of the Cumberland County (Pennsylvania) Militia; Zachariah SR. & JR. were on a list of tithables for Nelson County, KY in 1791. "Zack Ricket" (presumably JR) married Sarah Phillips in Nelson Co., KY 15 Mar 1792, but was on the Washington County, KY tax list (Washington Co. is adjacent to Nelson County) for 1792. Robert Ricketts married Elenor Allison in Montgomery County, MD in 1778 and later settled in Mason County, KY no later than 1790 (I believe that Zachariah SR also, after Nelson County, settled in Mason Co. as there is a Zacharia Ricketts on the 1800 tax list for Mason County); Elenor's parents however settled in Bullitt County, KY as evidenced by a will probated there in 1808 leaving part of Enoch Allison's estate to his 3 granddaughters who were the daughters of Robert Ricketts and his deceased wife Elenor Allison. There were 2 other Ricketts in Nelson County during this early time period: one was a Shippy Allen Rickets who was the grantee on a 1786 land grant for 500 acres in Nelson County (no other record can be found for him); and in 1788 a Marg T Ricketts married Michael Myers in Bardstown, Nelson Co., KY.. I am wondering if Marg T. Ricketts might have been the widow of Shippy Allen Rickets?
Further research needs to be done to find out how/if these Ricketts are related but there is just too much circumstantial evidence pointing to Peter being the Revolutionary War private who deserted from the Delaware regiment, and to him being somehow related to Zachariah and Robert Ricketts.
Saturday, February 26, 2011
JACOB DUVALL II
Jacob Duvall was the son of John Miles Duvall and Anne Rosella Philomena Tarleton. He was probably born about 1777 in St. Mary’s County, Maryland (the 1850 Census states he was born in Pennsylvania; a daughter, in a later census, has her parents born in Virginia; both of these are highly unlikely). John migrated to Nelson County, Kentucky with his mother and several of his siblings probably around 1787 at a time when many Catholics moved from Maryland to Kentucky, including many Tarletons (his older sister married in Nelson County, KY in 1791 and his mother married her second husband in Nelson County in 1792).
While there is not “paper trail” to prove that Jacob was the son of John Miles Duvall and Anne Tarleton, all profession researchers have come to the conclusion that he was, and circumstantial evidence certainly supports that fact.
We know that Jacob and two of his brothers were apprenticed out to learn a trade in 1795. PIONEER, VOL. 5, P. 41 cites the Nelson County, KY deed book 5, p. 109: “Jacob Duvall, poor child, apprenticed to WM Chinowith Tanner. 1795”. Jacob would have been about 18 at the time.
On August 17, 1812 he enlisted to fight in the War of 1812. He was in the 8th Regiment of the Kentucky (Wilcox’s) Militia.
In 1802 Jacob married Elizabeth Rickett(s), the daughter of Peter and Mary (surname unknown) Rickett(s).
During the early years of his marriage he lived on the Nelson/Bullitt County line (a section of Nelson County became Bullitt County in 1797), Kentucky, and it appears he became prosperous (from the information I have obtained on his father-in-law, Peter Ricketts, it may be that Jacob's wealth was derived through his wife). In 1818 and 1819 he purchased a total of 244 acres along Wilson Creek which was both in Nelson and Bullitt Counties.
By 1830 Jacob and Mary had moved to the Bear Creek area (near the Grayson County line) of Edmonson County. He eventually accumulated at least 293 acres, perhaps more. The 1850 census lists the value of his real estate as $4000 (about $102,000 in 2010 dollars). He built what has been described as an “impressive” house: A detailed description of the house was given in the Edmonson County Family History Book:
"A SLAVE HOUSE"
"There is an old house in Edmonson County that is fascinating and rich in history because it was built by slaves and used as an auction site for the selling of slaves, prior to the Civil War.
"Jacob Duvall...accumulated 150 acres of land along Bear Creek in 1842 and 1843. On this parcel of land, Jacob's slaves built him an impressive house. The slaves made the solid, clay bricks and baked them in a furnace located near the building site. The brick walls were three bricks (about 12 inches) thick. At eyelevel inside, a few bricks were inserted endways with no mortar, so that they could be slipped out, perhaps for gun use.
"The house was approximately fifty feet long and it had a basement under the entire floor. The basement was made of hand-hewn rocks and was divided into three rooms", where the slaves were kept. "The small basement windows had wooden frames and spokes" to hinder escape. The only entrance to the basement was on the front porch. The wooden, front porch ran the entire length of the house and connected to an auction rock by a wooden walkway.
"The main house was also divided into three very large rooms was a fireplace on both ends of the house. The end rooms had a front and back entrances, but the middle room did not have any outside doors. There were two large glass windows in each room - probably some of the first in Edmonson County. The wood trim and the glass were brought from Bowling Green by mule wagons.
"Hessie Duvall sold the house to William Jasper Vincent in 1915."
Like his ancestors before him, Jacob had slaves. Over the years we really have no information as to how many slaves, but by the 1850 slave census it appears he only had 1 male age 10 and 1 female age 9. Interestingly, his grandson, Richard Duvall, fought for the Union in the Civil War.
Jacob died in Edmonson County, Kentucky in about 1856.
While there is not “paper trail” to prove that Jacob was the son of John Miles Duvall and Anne Tarleton, all profession researchers have come to the conclusion that he was, and circumstantial evidence certainly supports that fact.
We know that Jacob and two of his brothers were apprenticed out to learn a trade in 1795. PIONEER, VOL. 5, P. 41 cites the Nelson County, KY deed book 5, p. 109: “Jacob Duvall, poor child, apprenticed to WM Chinowith Tanner. 1795”. Jacob would have been about 18 at the time.
On August 17, 1812 he enlisted to fight in the War of 1812. He was in the 8th Regiment of the Kentucky (Wilcox’s) Militia.
In 1802 Jacob married Elizabeth Rickett(s), the daughter of Peter and Mary (surname unknown) Rickett(s).
During the early years of his marriage he lived on the Nelson/Bullitt County line (a section of Nelson County became Bullitt County in 1797), Kentucky, and it appears he became prosperous (from the information I have obtained on his father-in-law, Peter Ricketts, it may be that Jacob's wealth was derived through his wife). In 1818 and 1819 he purchased a total of 244 acres along Wilson Creek which was both in Nelson and Bullitt Counties.
By 1830 Jacob and Mary had moved to the Bear Creek area (near the Grayson County line) of Edmonson County. He eventually accumulated at least 293 acres, perhaps more. The 1850 census lists the value of his real estate as $4000 (about $102,000 in 2010 dollars). He built what has been described as an “impressive” house: A detailed description of the house was given in the Edmonson County Family History Book:
"A SLAVE HOUSE"
"There is an old house in Edmonson County that is fascinating and rich in history because it was built by slaves and used as an auction site for the selling of slaves, prior to the Civil War.
"Jacob Duvall...accumulated 150 acres of land along Bear Creek in 1842 and 1843. On this parcel of land, Jacob's slaves built him an impressive house. The slaves made the solid, clay bricks and baked them in a furnace located near the building site. The brick walls were three bricks (about 12 inches) thick. At eyelevel inside, a few bricks were inserted endways with no mortar, so that they could be slipped out, perhaps for gun use.
"The house was approximately fifty feet long and it had a basement under the entire floor. The basement was made of hand-hewn rocks and was divided into three rooms", where the slaves were kept. "The small basement windows had wooden frames and spokes" to hinder escape. The only entrance to the basement was on the front porch. The wooden, front porch ran the entire length of the house and connected to an auction rock by a wooden walkway.
"The main house was also divided into three very large rooms was a fireplace on both ends of the house. The end rooms had a front and back entrances, but the middle room did not have any outside doors. There were two large glass windows in each room - probably some of the first in Edmonson County. The wood trim and the glass were brought from Bowling Green by mule wagons.
"Hessie Duvall sold the house to William Jasper Vincent in 1915."
Like his ancestors before him, Jacob had slaves. Over the years we really have no information as to how many slaves, but by the 1850 slave census it appears he only had 1 male age 10 and 1 female age 9. Interestingly, his grandson, Richard Duvall, fought for the Union in the Civil War.
Jacob died in Edmonson County, Kentucky in about 1856.
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