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RICKS
See The Descendants of Jonas Ricks and other Ricks Families in America, 1998, Donald Milton Ricks

Isaac Ricks was born in England about 1638. He was in Isle of Wight County Virginia by 1682. He was a member of Chuckatuck Monthly Meeting of Quakers, and apparently lived close to their meeting house, as Isaac apparently served as clerk. About 1668, he married Katherine, whose last name is unknown, but possibly Belson, Scott, or Denson. She died 7 Oct 1717, and he died 3 Jan 1723/4. They had 11 children:
. 1. Isaac Ricks (17 Jun 1669-c.1737) married Sarah, lived in Isle of Wight Co, VA
. 2. William Ricks (5 Oct 1670-22 Aug 1694)
. 3. John Ricks (30 Dec 1672-will dated 8 Sep 1711)
. 4. Abraham Ricks (3 Dec 1674-will proven 24 Jan 1685/6) m.16 May 1703 Mary Belson
. 5. Jacob Ricks (17 Mar 1677-5 Jul 1704) m.14 Dec 1699 Mary Exum. She later married William
. . . Murphy, then c1719 Barnaby McKinnie
. 6. Robert Ricks (14 Dec 1679-23 Mar 1743)
. 7. Benjamin Ricks (17 Nov 1682-1721) married Sarah, Chowan Co, NC
. 8. Katherine Ricks (20 Oct 1683-3 Sep 1684)
. 9. Richard Ricks (30 May 1685-29 Sep 1703)
. 0. Jean Sarah Ricks (30 Jun 1687) m(1) Nathaniel Holley (1680-9 May 1726) m(2) John Sallaway
. 1. James Ricks (17 Jan 1690-1730)

Isaac Ricks (17 Jun 1669-c.1737) married Sarah; lived in Isle of Wight Co, VA, 4 known children
. 1. William Ricks (15 Jul 1698-1771) married Ester Kirby; lived in Edgecomb Co, NC
. 2. Isaac Ricks (17 Dec 1702-1760) married about 1728 Eleanor Johnson, see below
. 3. Jacob Ricks (11 Feb 1705-after 1758) married Ester; lived in Northampton Co, NC
. 4. John Ricks (c.1706) probably moved to North Carolina

Isaac Ricks (17 Dec 1702-1760) married about 1728 Eleanor Johnson, widow of John Bunn, and daughter of James Johnson (1662-1746) m.1692 Mary, of Isle of Wight County, VA. Isaac moved to Chowan Precinct, Albemarle Co, NC, with his brother William before 1720. His land fell into Edgecomb County, including land where the town of Rocky Mount now stands. His will dated 15 Apr 1760 was proved Dec 1760.
. 1. James Ricks (c.1730-1794) married Judith Ross, Mary Crudrup, then Phebe Horn
. 2. John Ricks (1732-1790) married Ann Ross, Ester Horn, then Mary Denson
. 3. Sarah Ricks (1734-after 1781) married Daniel Ross

John Ricks (1732-will dated 15 Feb 1790 in Nash Co, NC) married (1) Ann Ross, daughter of Callum Ross and Elizabeth Skinner; married 1762 Esther Horn, widow of Andrew Ross, and daughter of Henry Horn and Ann Purcell; married about 1776 Mary Denson (not Horton) daughter of Benjamin Denson. Their land in Edgecomb County, NC, fell into Nash County in 1777. Order of children, and which children belong to which mother, is unknown.
. 1. Isaac Ricks (bef 1770-1825) married Anne Denson; Edgecomb Co, NC
. 2. Lewis Ricks (bef 1770)
. 3. Richard Ricks (after 1769-1853) married Elizabeth Herring; Emanuel Co, GA
. 4. John Ricks married Catherine; lived in Georgia, then St Helena Pr, La
. 5. Jacob Ricks died 1816 in Twiggs Co, GA
. 6. Gideon Ricks moved to Leighton, AL
. 7. Redmond Ricks married 1810 Polly Williams in Jasper Co, GA
. 8. Larry Ricks
. 9. Delilah Ricks
. 0. Ann Ricks married John Watkins (her mother was Ann)
. 1. Sarah Ricks married a Denson
. 2. Jesse Ricks
. 3. Johannon Ricks (1768-1824) m.1790 in GA to Eleanor Thompson (1768-1845); Louisiana;
. . . His guardian before 1800 was John Watkins

John Ricks (1769/75-bef.Sep 1838), sometimes called John Cyr Ricks, married about 1800 Catherine (1776NC-after 1850) whose last name was possibly Stedman or Thompson. John and his brother Johannon moved to Georgia, then to Louisiana, settling in the area of St Helena Parish. I have not seen definitive proof that John and Johannon of Louisiana are the sons of John Ricks (d.1790) of North Carolina, but seems likely. John and Catherine had 5 children:
. 1. Benjamin S. Ricks (died before 1838) married Rebecca Cutrer
. 2. Della C Ricks (died before 1860) married John B Baham
. 3. Nancy Ricks (c.1805-1846) married about 1823 Louis B Cutrer
. 4. John Debro Ricks (c.1806-after 1860) married Ollie
. 5. Robert Ricks (c.1808-after 1870) m.1834 Elizabeth Cutrer

Nancy Ricks (c.1804-1846) married about 1824 Louis Benjamin Cutrer (7 Oct 1799-14 Oct 1879) lived in Washington Pr, Louisiana; 8 children.
. 1. Mary Vernon Cutrer (1 Aug 1825-11 Aug 1892) m.5 Jan 1845 Thomas E. Tate (1821-1914)
. 2. Martha Elizabeth Cutrer (1827) married William Fortenberry
. 3. Washington Cutrer (1830) married Martha Harrell, New Iberia, LA
. 4. Franklin Cutrer (1831)
. 5. Nancy M Cutrer (1834) m.23 Aug 1849 Jesse Westmoreland; m.27 Nov 1893 Thomas E Tate
. 6. Isaac N Cutrer (1838-1866) married Harriett Harrell, Jackson, LA
. 7. Sophronia Cutrer (1840) married W. O. Roberts
. 8. Edward Wesley Cutrer (1845) married Agnes Varnado
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Mary Vernon Cutrer (1825-1892) m.1845 Thomas Edwards Tate (1821-1914)

Frances Mary Tate (1852-1881) m.1871 Walter Edwin Tynes (1848-1928)

Jeanne Marie Tynes (1878-1958) m.1913 Carson B Matthews (1874-1948)

Frances Mary Tate Matthews (1917) m.1949 Virgil Raymond Liptrap (1907-1977)

James Matthews Liptrap (1951)

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