William Henry Blackiston Ricketts, Captain

1633 - 1700  (66 years)

• Name	William Henry Blackiston Ricketts
  Title	Captain
  Birth	8 Aug 1633	Hampshire, England
  Gender	Male
  FSID	LCT8-NLZ
  Death	6 Mar 1700	Ridge Land, Saint Elizabeth, Jamaica
  Burial	New York, New York, United States
  Person ID	I9022	footsteps | Lady Godiva, Charlamagne, Conqueor, Robert Capet II
  Last Modified	21 Apr 2025

  
  

  Father	Thomas Anthony Ricards, Colonal ,   b. 15 Apr 1590, Herefordshire, England d. 17 Dec 1650, Norfolkshire, England (Age 60 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Elisabetha Rugeley,   b. 1 Apr 1591, Staffordshire, England d. 1635, Staffordshire, England (Age 43 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	Abt 1610
  Family ID	F1992	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Ann Walton Goodwin,   b. 1644, Buckhamshire, England d. 16 Apr 1750, Ridgeland, Westmoreland, Jamaica (Age 106 years)
  Marriage	1657	England
  Children	+ 1. William Ricketts,   b. 1672, Ridgeland, Westmoreland, Jamaica d. 7 May 1735, New York, New York, United States (Age 63 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F5045	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Apr 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 8 Aug 1633 - Hampshire, England Marriage - 1657 - England Death - 6 Mar 1700 - Ridge Land, Saint Elizabeth, Jamaica Burial - - New York, New York, United States  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  A captain in Cromwell's Parliamentarian army who, accompanying the expe d i t i o n under Admiral William Penn and Venables, was present at the conq u e s t o f J amicia in 1655, and subsequently obtained the command of Bluef i e l d ' s fort on the island. His commission having been made out in the n a m e o f R i cketts, he and his descendants ever since have retained that s p e l l i ngof the name." (Burke) William lived in Ridgeland, Jamicia and later moved to Jersey, USA in16 6 5 . H e o w ned vast holdings in Jamicia and Maryland. William (Ricards ) r i c k e t ts, served with Cromwell's army during the British civil war. This p l a c e s h im in the army opposing his father. William was reported to have m a r r i e d twice. It is believed that his marriage was in 1656 , wife unkno w n , a n d h is second marriage was to Mary Goodwin in 1672. Goodwin's are l i s t e d i n Maryland as early as 1638.