6609Katherine ___
Key Facts
Snapshot:Quaker; lived in colonial Virginia
Parents:unknown
Born:perhaps circa 1645
unknown
Died:7 October 1717
probably in or near Chuckatuck, Virginia
Buried:unknown

Nothing is known (at least with any certainty) about 6609Katherine's early life. Her maiden name may have been Denson, although the evidence is inconclusive. Donald Milton Ricks discusses this topic at length in his book The Descendants of Jonas Ricks and Other Ricks Families in America on pages 56-59, so I refer you there for a more in-depth study.

Katherine married 6608Isaac Ricks, probably circa 1668.1 For more information about their marriage, their lives together, etc., see his profile since that information won't be repeated here.

6609Katherine died on "3th Day of ye 8th mon in ye year 1717," (i.e., 7 October 1717), a few years before her husband.2


1717: 6609Catherine's death as recorded in local Quaker records. Full page.2

Sources Cited:

1: A Quaker yearly meeting minutes book for Virginia for the years 1684-1717, page 13. Ancestry.com ("U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935" / Virginia / Various / Virginia Yearly Meeting / Minutes, 1684-1717 / image 13 of 120), accessed 30 June 2020. You can see a copy of the full page here. This page is transcribed in: Douglas Summers Brown, The Lower Virginia Monthly Meeting Minutes and Register (Commonly Called 'The Chuckatuck Record' - Quaker), 1673-1756, page 88; FamilySearch, <https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9B8-594Y-F?i=921&cat=396005>. Interestingly, an earlier draft of the same text is on page 7 of the same minutes book. The writer scratched out what he had written on page 7, then started over on page 13. Notice, though, that at the bottom of page 7 is written, "ffriends Booke of Records per Mee Isaac Rickesis in the year 1700." This statement suggests that 6608Isaac himself was the writer, and that he wrote this entry in the year 1700. The penmanship on pages 7 and 13 looks the same.

2: A Quaker yearly meeting minutes book for Virginia for the years 1684-1717, page 106. Ancestry.com ("U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935" / Virginia / Various / Virginia Yearly Meeting / Minutes, 1684-1717 / image 110 of 120), accessed 31 July 2020. You can see a copy of the full page here. This page is transcribed in: Douglas Summers Brown, The Lower Virginia Monthly Meeting Minutes and Register (Commonly Called 'The Chuckatuck Record' - Quaker), 1673-1756, page 51; FamilySearch, <https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9B8-5941-P?i=869&cat=396005>.