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| Husband: | John Ratcliff |
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| Born: | Abt 1725 | in: St Michael's, Talbot Co., MD |
| Died: | 23 Mar 1803 | in: Chatham Co., NC |
| Father: | John Ratcliff (1694-1771) | |
| Mother: | Sarah Fellows |
| Wife: | Ann Farmer |
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| Married: | 7 Oct 1748 | in: Lower Falling Creek MM, Kinston, NC |
| Born: | 1728 | in: Johnston Co., NC |
| Died: | 11 Nov 1822 | in: Winston-Salem, NC |
| Father: | Henry Farmer (c1695-1753) | |
| Mother: | Sarah Ward |
| CHILDREN |
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| 1 F Name: | Sarah Ratcliff | |
| Born: | 29 Aug 1749 | in: Dobbs Co., NC |
| Died: | 16 May 1828 | in: Guilford Co., NC |
| Married: | Abt 1799 | in: |
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| 2 M Name: | Thomas Ratcliff | |
| Born: | 28 Jan 1751 | in: Wayne, NC |
| Died: | 21 Jun 1787 | in: Chatham Co., NC |
| Married: | Abt 1779 | in: Chatham Co., NC |
| Spouse: | Hannah Ward | |
| Born: | 1760 | in: Chatham Co., NC |
| Died: | 1787 | in: Chatham Co., NC |
| Children: |
Job Ratcliff (1780-1829) m. Tamar Davis (1780-1860) Samuel Ratcliff (1781-) Elias Ratcliff (1782-1865) m. Elizabeth Farmer (1774-) John Ratcliff (1785-1865) m. Mary Comer (1790-1852) Thomas Ratcliff (?-1850) m. Mary Jane Cashatt (1784-1851) |
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| 3 F Name: | Elizabeth Ratcliff | |
| Born: | 16 Mar 1754 | in: NC |
| Died: | in: | |
| Married: | Abt 1778 | in: |
| Spouse: | Joseph Smith | |
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| 4 M Name: | John Ratcliff | |
| Born: | 18 Jul 1756 | in: NC |
| Died: | 7 Nov 1807 | in: Ross Co., OH |
| Married: | 7 Mar 1779 | in: Chatham Co., NC |
| Spouse: | Ruth Ward | |
| Born: | 29 May 1759 | in: NC |
| Died: | 23 Aug 1805 | in: Ross Co., OH |
| Children: |
Ezekiel Ratcliff Jesse Ratcliff |
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| 5 M Name: | Jesse Ratcliff | |
| Born: | 28 Mar 1759 | in: Dobbs Co., NC |
| Died: | 15 Jun 1787 | in: Randolph Co., NC |
| Married: | 1781 | in: |
| Spouse: | Sarah Diggs | |
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| 6 M Name: | Edom Ratcliff | |
| Born: | 24 Oct 1761 | in: Dobbs Co., NC |
| Died: | 9 Sep 1823 | in: Highland Co., OH |
| Married: | 15 Mar 1786 | in: Cane Creek MM, Chatham Co., NC |
| Spouse: | Rachel Cashatt | |
| Born: | 1767 | in: NC |
| Died: | 7 Aug 1851 | in: Clinton Co., OH |
| Children: |
Sarah Ratcliff (1786-1836) m. John Smith (1792-1860) Edom Ratcliff (1788-1859) m. Hannah Smith (1795-1859) Elizabeth Ratcliff (1789-1876) m. Enoch Garner (1780-1852) Jacob Ratcliff (1793-1863) m. Sarah Smith (1796-1840) m. Mary E Hunnicutt John Ratcliff (1795-1829) m. Elizabeth Garner (1799-1869) Rachel Ratcliff (1796-1884) m. Vincent Garner (1794-) Joel Ratcliff (1800-1860) m. Rachel Adamson (1801-) Thomas E Ratcliff (1803-1890) m. Tamer Kenworthy (1805-1845) m. Elizabeth Chaney m. Jane McKibben Margaret Ratcliff (1805-1891) m. Wright Kenworthy (1808-1890) Jesse Ratcliff (1807-1875) m. Hannah Adamson (1810-1878) Ann Ratcliff (1811-) m. Seth Kenworthy (1809-1870) |
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| 7 M Name: | Amos Ratcliff | |
| Born: | 1 Feb 1765 | in: Dobbs Co., NC |
| Died: | 2 Oct 1842 | in: Delaware Co., IN |
| Married: | 7 Nov 1787 | in: Cane Creek MM, Chatham Co., NC |
| Spouse: | Eleanor Cashatt | |
| Born: | 25 Mar 1768 | in: Chatham Co., NC |
| Died: | in: | |
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John Ratcliff (1788-) m. Elizabeth Margaret Ann Ratcliff (1790-1860) m. John Hinshaw (1783-1855) Anna Ratcliff (1792-1873) m. William Moon Abner Ratcliff (1794-) m. Martha Perkins Sarah Ratcliff (1797-1878) m. Joseph Hinshaw (1791-1867) Eleanor Ratcliff (1799-) Amos Ratcliff (1803-) Elizabeth Ratcliff (1805-) Moses Ratcliff (1806-) Thomas Ratcliff (1808-) |
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| 8 M Name: | Abner Ratcliff | |
| Born: | 14 Apr 1768 | in: Dobbs Co., NC |
| Died: | 30 Jan 1855 | in: Howard Co., IN |
| Married: | 16 Mar 1796 | in: Rocky River MM, Randolph Co., NC |
| Spouse: | Sarah Cashatt | |
| Born: | 01 Feb 1778 | in: Chatham Co., NC |
| Died: | 30 Sep 1854 | in: Howard Co., IN |
| Children: |
Ann Ratcliff (1796-1888) John Ratcliff (1798-1859) m. Sarah Dickey (1803-) Margaret Ratcliff (1801-) Dorcas Ratcliff (1804-1873) m. John Smith (1792-1860) Abner Ratcliff (1806-) Isaac Ratcliff (1810-) Thomas Ratcliff (1813-) Jesse Ratcliff (1816-1895) Nathan Ratcliff (1821-) Sarah Ratcliff (1825-) Silas Ratcliff (1825-1873) |
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| 9 F Name: | Ann Ratcliff (1771-1858) | |
| Spouse: | Thomas Cashatt (1771-1824) |
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John's Will was dated 22 Feb 1790. He named his wife Ann and children Sarah Ratcliff, Elizabeth Smith, John Jr., Edom, Amos and Abner; and his grandsons who were son of Thomas, dec'd, Eliza, John, Job, Thomas Jr. and Samuel. The grandsons received 85 acres of the "Cobb Plantation" which they sold in 1813. John left the remaining part of his plantation to his son Abner, with the implied condition he care for his parents until their deaths. Abner sold 222 acres on Love's Creek and Blood Run to Robert Wilkinson, 26 Nov 1807, and moved to Indiana.
Will of John Ratcliff, Sr.
Chatham Co., N. C.
IN THE NAME OF GOD, AMEN. I, John Ratcliff, Senior, Of the County of Chatham and State of North Carolina, being in perfect health of body, and of perfect mind and memory, thanks be given to God, calling unto mind the mortality of the body, and knowing it is appointed for all men once to die, do make and ordain this my last will and testament, and astouching such worldly estate wherewith it has pleased God to bless me in this life, I give devise and dispose of the same in the following manner and form: Item, I leave to my dearly beloved wife, Ann Ratcliff, my room of the house wherein I now live, all my stock of every kind, household furniture and plantation tools, during her natural life, except she marries, then only one-third part thereof and the remaining two- thirds at her marriage to be equally divided between my children: Sarah Ratcliff, Elizabeth Smith, John Ratcliff, Edom Ratcliff, Amos Ratcliff and Abner Ratcliff, and at her death the other third in the same manner, except such as I may hereafter dispose of otherwise to them, their heirs, forever. Item, I give and bequeath to my daughter, Sarah Ratcliff, one cow and calf to her and her heirs forever,. Item, I give and bequeath to my son, Abner Ratcliff, all the land and plantation whereon I now live, with all the appurtenances thereto belonging, except the room lent to my wife, which at her death is to be his, also my still with all the appurtenances thereunto belonging to him, his heirs and assigns forever. Item, I give and bequeath to my grandsons: Job Ratcliff, Samuel Ratcliff, Elias Ratcliff, Thomas Ratcliff and John Ratcliff, sons of Thomas Ratcliff, deceased, a certain quantity of land, supposed to be about eighty-five acres, agreeable to conditional lines with myself, mysons John & Thomas Ratcliff, to be divided among my said grandsons agreeable with their father's will to them, their heirs and assigns forever. And I do hereby constitute, make and ordain Abner Ratcliff the sole executor of this my Last Will and Testament--and I do hereby utterly disallow, revoke and disannull all and every other former Testaments, Wills, legacies, bequeaths and executions by me in any- wise before named, willed and bequeathed, these ratifying and confirming this and no other to be my Last Will and Testament. In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 22nd day of February 1790. Signed, sealed, published, pronounced and declared by these, John Ratcliff, as his Last Will and Testament.
John Ratcliff, Sr. SEAL
Thomas Ragland
Witnesses
Clerk of Superior Court, Pittsboro,
Chatham Co., N. C., Will Book A, page 48.
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Notes and Other Records
To do:
- Get census records.
Proof of lineage notes:
- Still looking for proof. Unfortunately, John's will mentioned 7 of the children by name, but did not mention Ann Ratcliff Cashatt?.
John and Ann were married Lower Falling Creek Monthly Meeting, 1748, 8th month, 7th day - actually in October by our dating. Ann Farmer is believe to have been the daughter of Henry and Sarah (Ward) Farmer, born 1728 and died in North Carolina 11 Nov 1822.
John Jr.'s name is on the 1769 List of Taxables, Dobbs Co NC, Kinston Area.
John was a member of the Lower Falling Creek Society of Friends as in 1772, 3m, 2d, when Thomas Cox was appointed an overseer in the room of John Ratcliff, deceased, John Jr. requested a certificate in order to remove himself and family to Cane Creek Monthly Meeting, in Chatham Co. Isaac Secuin and John Kennedy were appointed to inquire about the family and prepare them a certificate. Lower Falling Creek was also called Contentnea.
4 May 1772, John and family were granted certificates to transfer from Contentnea MM to Cane Creek MM.
1 Aug 1772, Cane Creek MM received John Ratcliff from Contentnea MM. One the same day Ann Ratcliff and daughters Sarah, Elizabeth, and Ann were received on Certificate from Lower Falling Cree and transferred to Cane Creek.
14 Feb 1785 John bought 400 acres on Loves Creek and Blood Sun, Matthews Twp, Chathan Co NC from Robert Cobb for £90.
1790 Census. John was living in Chatham Co NC with 3 males over 16, 1 male under 16, and 3 females.
15 Nov 1792. John Sr sold 113 acres of the former Cobb plantation to his son John Jr. for £30.
1800 Census. John Ratcliff had 2 males 10-15, and 2 males over age 45; 1 female 26-45 and 1 female over 45. Chathan Co NC [John & Ann may have had a grown child & family living with them]
10 Feb 1802. John sold 2 1/2 acres of the former Cobb plantation to Solomon Terrell for £10.
7 May 1804, John sold 200 acres on Brush Creek to John Siler for $125. He may have received this land as a grant from the province of North Carolina.
7 May 1804. John Ratcliff also sold 228 acres, part of which may have been part of the Cobb plantaion and part taken up by John from the State of NC to William Duty for £300.
John's Will was dated 22 Feb 1790. He named his wife Ann and children Sarah Ratcliff, Elizabeth Smith, John Jr., Edom, Amos and Abner; and his grandsons who were son of Thomas, dec'd, Eliza, John, Job, Thomas Jr. and Samuel. The grandsons received 85 acres of the "Cobb Plantation" which they sold in 1813. John left the remaining part of his plantation to his son Abner, with the implied condition he care for his parents until their deaths. Abner sold 222 acres on Love's Creek and Blood Run to Robert Wilkinson, 26 Nov 1807, and moved to Indiana.
John Jr. and all his descendants moved to Ohio in Sep of 1804 and Ann and Sarah Ratcliff, possibly his mother and sister, moved their Quaker membership to the Miami Monthly Meeting [Ohio] on 4 Aug 1804. It is also said that Ann Farmer Ratcliff died at Winston-Salem in NC about 1822 which sheds some doubt about who actually joined the Quakers in Miami, Ohio.
From www.drwilliams.org/genealogy/11433.htm:
John Ratcliff was born on the family plantation, RATCLIFF'S CHOICE, near the Tread Avon River and near St. Michaels, Talbot Co., Md., l725, and died near Siler City, Chatham Co., N. C., 1803, 3m, 23d, (l5l) m. probably at Lower Falling Creek Quaker Church, near Kinston, N. C., 1748, 4m, 7d, Ann Farmer, possibly the dau of Henry and Sarah (Ward) Farmer, b. ca 1728, d. near Winston Salem, N. C., ll Nov 1822. This writer believes (lJ3B) John was buried at the Rocky River Friends Burial Grounds, see Cane Creek Monthly Meeting Records. (#1011)(lJ3B) John was known as JUNIOR at Kinston, while his father still lived. He bought land from his father, John Sr., in Johnston Co., N. C., near Kinston, in l754. He bought land from (lJ3D) Moses Ratcliff, probably a brother, Johnston Co., N. C., near Kinston, in 1755. (l06f)(lJ3B) John and Ann (Farmer) Ratcliff's children were all born near Lower Falling Creek Meeting House, Kinston, N. C.(lJ3B) John Jr. was positively a member of the Lower Falling Creek Society of Friends, as their records show "At a meeting held at (Lower) Falling Creek Monthly Meeting, the second day of the third month 1772, this meeting appoints Thomas Cox for overseer in the room of John Ratcliff (Sr) deceased and John Kennedy, Clerk of the meeting...John Ratcliff, Jr., requests a certificate in order to remove himself and family within the verge of Cane Creek Monthly Meeting (Chatham Co., N. C.) Isaac Secuin and John Kennedy are appointed to inquire into the state and condition of the said John Ratcliff, Jr., and family and prepare them a certificate, if no obstruction (l02b).(lJ3B) John Ratcliff Jr and family church membership was transferred in 1772, to the Upper Falling Creek Church, also called "Contentnea" "As it is the judgment of this meeting (Lower Falling Creek) that inasmuch as Friends are mostly removed by death and otherwise from the meeting at Lower Falling Creek that the next ensuing meeting be held at Richard Cox's near Upper Falling Creek (Contentnea) and so to continue till the advice of the Quarterly Meeting be known."
Sources and Credits
- Data from rootsweb.ancestry.com.
- Data from Ancestry.com.
- Data from FindAGrave.com.