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Nathan Lord Descendants History records Maturin killed by Indians, June 14, 1706.
From the Families of Middlesex County;
"The early history of the progenitors of the Ricker families now so well scattered throughout New England and other states of the Union is filled with incidents of thrilling interest and is recorded in genealogical archives and various manuscripts as follows :
Two brothers, George and Maturin Ricker. came from England to Dover, New Hampshire. George appeared there in 1670 and was first taxed in Cocheco in 1672. Tradition in the family says that he came over with old Parson Reyner, and at his expense; and that after repaying the parson his next earnings went to get his younger brother, Maturin. Maturin was not taxed in 1672, and the lists for the next year appear to have been lost. But as to the Reyner matter the difficulty is that the parson came over in 1635 and died early in 1669. However, he owned landed property in England, and perhaps this tradition may give a clue as to the place from which George Ricker came.
George Ricker settled in what is now Rollings ford, near the Wentworth property, and in fact he and John Wentworth traded somewhat in land. Maturin Ricker must have lived in the same neighborhood, and both he and his brother were killed by the Indians June 4. 1706. The original journal of the Rev. John Pike, minister at Dover, which is to be found in the library of the Massachusetts Historical Society, says, under date of June 4, 1706: "George Riccar and Maturin Riccar, of Cocheco, were slain by the Indians; George was killed while running up the lane by the garrison; Maturin was killed in his field, and his little son (Noah) carried away." The garrison was Heard's, which stood in the garden of the late Friend Bangs.
Maturin Ricker, younger brother of George Ricker, the immigrant, married and had at least four children. The name of his wife and dates of birth of their children are not known, but their names were Maturin, Joseph, Noah, and Sarah, the latter being about four years old when her father was killed."
From The Ancestry of Mary Ellen Ricker;
"There is good reason for believing that all in this country bearing this name are traceable to the same genealogical tree and that that tree had its roots in the Isle of Jersey. Capt. Joseph Ricker, who died in Parsonsfield, Maine, in 1825, was grandson to one of the emigrants. Whether the two emigrant brothers or only their ancestors were born in Jersey, is not known. One of these, George Ricker, was a resident of Cochecho, now Dover, New Hampshire, in 1670, and was taxed there in 1672. The first earnings he could spare appear to have gone to pay for his brother Maturin's passage to America. Both brothers became residents of Dover, where they raised families and where both were killed by the Indians, 4 June 1706."

Birth	Abt 1653	Isle of Jersey, Channel Island
Death	4 Jun 1706	Cochecho, Strafford County, New Hampshire
Marriage		Living

Spouse	Living ( - )
Child	Joseph RICKER (1700 - 1772)

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