Eleanor

Notes:

She is possibly the "Elinor Evans" who married John Sweeting in Boston, 7 Feb 1694.

Family/Spouse: John Evans. John died on 28 Jun 1689. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

All that is known of her birth is that she was the oldest child of John and Eleanor Evans.

Family/Spouse: George Ricker. George died on 4 Jun 1706 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He was a cooper. "Called a centenarian at death, the newspapers said he perfectly remembered the revolution against Gov. Andros which occurred in the last yr. of his apprenticeship in Boston." [Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire, citation details below]

According to his Wikitree page, the newspaper account mentioned above was in the Portsmouth New Hampshire Gazette, week of 20 Nov 1767, page 3, column 2.

In 1730 he and his wife Dorcas sold the estate of "our father Simon Bussell" in Wells. In 1737 he and Dorcas, evidently both sick, were presented for absence from the Wells meeting. Records of the Madbury parish from 1756 to 1766 include numerous discussions of whether to vote support for him or to send him away. In 1767 the town voted 11 shillings to make his coffin and dig his grave.

Edward married Dorcas Bussell before 1700. Dorcas (daughter of Simon Bussell and Margaret Wormwood) died after 1737. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: of Berwick, York, Maine
• Alternate birth: 19 Feb 1702

Notes:

His will is said to have been dated 17 Apr 1769, and to name his wife Jemima as living at that time.

Family/Spouse: Jemima Busby. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: 29 Oct 1704, Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire

Family/Spouse: Keziah Hall. Keziah (daughter of John Hall and Esther Chesley) was born in 1705 in Greenland, Rockingham, New Hampshire; died in 1808; was buried in Hope Cemetery, Kennebunk, York, Maine. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The diary of schoolmaster Joseph Tate (citation details below), reports, in an entry dated 16 Dec 1771, that the Elizabeth Ricker who was marrying Benjamin Evans on that day was "Illegal Begotten by Ephraim Ricker Junr. She was Daughter of Elizabeth Mardin."

(He was Ephraim Ricker, Junior at the time because his uncle Ephraim Ricker (1695-1773) was still living at Somersworth.)

Family/Spouse: Elizabeth Mardin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Susanna Leighton. Susanna was born in 1732 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire; died in Jan 1819 in Hartford, Oxford, Maine; was buried in Berry Cemetery, Buckfield, Oxford, Maine. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: Nov 1743, Somersworth, Strafford, New Hampshire

Notes:

From his Find a Grave page [citation details below]:

He was a private in Captain Wood's Company, Colonel Hubbard's Massachusetts Regiment and was transferred in December 1775 to Captain Gridley's Company, Colonel Gridley's Regiment of Artillery. He served for eight months. He then enlisted in the spring of 1776 in Lyman, ME and served four months as a private in Captain Wells' Company which was in the regiment led by Colonel Francis of Massachusetts. His pension was granted based on this service on 7 Aug. 1832

Benjamin married Elizabeth Ricker on 16 Dec 1771 in Somersworth, Strafford, New Hampshire. Elizabeth (daughter of Ephraim Ricker and Elizabeth Mardin) died on 19 Jun 1776 in Somersworth, Strafford, New Hampshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]