Individual Details

The Inventory of Richard Ratcliff's estate, 17 Jul 1721 lists next of kin as John Fellows and John Kennedy, indicating likely two of Richard's daughters married these men. Alice was the wife of John Fellows - so Mary must have married John Kennedy.

Some claim there was a Mary Ann who married Abel Wakefield about 1720 - she is said to have been born about 1700, Talbot Co, MD, the daughter of a Richard. But was this the same Richard? It is certain his son Samuel was born in 1700, so he did not have a daughter born that year. His will mentions no daughter married to a Wakefield. His daughter Mary is named as the last child in the will, suggesting she was the youngest, probably born about 1704. In at least one tree found on WorldConnect, her father is a very different Richard, son of John Ratcliff & Bathsheba Harris.

Birth	Abt 1704
Death		Dobbs County, North Carolina

Father	RICHARD Ratcliff (1661 - 1721)
Mother	MARY Caterne ( - )
Sibling	Richard Ratcliff (1691 - 1720)
Sibling	James Ratcliff (1693 - 1765)
Sibling	JOHN Ratcliff (1694 - 1771)
Sibling	William Ratcliff (1696 - 1732)
Sibling	Jane Ratcliff (1698 - 1720)
Sibling	Samuel Ratcliff (1700 - )
Sibling	Alice Ratcliff (1702 - )