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Name Major General George Ricketts [21, Ricketts article, Vol 1, p. 22 seq], [293, from A Channing, Nov 2000], 6G Grandfather
Birth ca 1684
Death 2 Oct 1760, Jamaica
General 4th son. Maj-gen of the Jamaican militia. Had 27 children.
Father Captain William Ricketts (-1700)
Mother Mary Goodin (ca1654-1750)
Spouses
1 Sarah Waite [21, Ricketts article, Vol 1, p. 22 seq], [293, pp 193-4, from A Channing, Nov 2000], 6G Grandmother
Birth ca 1703
Death 2 Jun 1759, Jamaica
General Had 7 living children...
Father Raynes Waite
Children John (-1767)
  Jacob
  George (1719-1741)
  Sarah (1726-ca1744)
  William Henry (1736-)
  Mary (1740-1749)
  Elizabeth (1742-1751)
2 Sarah Bennett [25, 1853, Ricketts article, p. 1119]
General dsp
3 Elizabeth Cleaver [25, 1853, Ricketts article, p. 1119], [293, Llandilo burial ground, p. 199]
Birth 5 Jul 1737
Death 13 Sep 1762
Father William Cleaver
Children George William (1760-1842)
Notes for Major General George Ricketts
In 1734, mentioned in the will of his brother William.
He had two other wives after Sarah's 7 children.
Mon Inscripts
IIn the Mausoleum at Canaan on the Masemure estate (from "Monumental Inscriptions of Jamaica, compiled by Philip Wright, pub by Society of Genealogists, London in 1966, p. 193:

George RICKETTS Esq., of Canaan, d. 2 Oct 1790 aged 76 (Arms)
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