John Ratcliff, Jr.^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5]}

1725 - 1803  (78 years)

• Name	John Ratcliff  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Suffix	Jr.
  Birth	1725	Talbot, Colony of Maryland, British Colonial America
  Gender	Male
  Death	23 Mar 1803	Siler City, Chatham, North Carolina, United States   [1, 3, 4]
  Person ID	I312684220978	Oswald Genealogy
  Last Modified	15 Jun 2025

  
  

  Father	John Ratcliff,   b. 15 Sep 1694, Saint Michaels Parish, Talbot, Maryland, British Colonial America d. Dec 1771, Dobbs, North Carolina, British Colonial America (Age 77 years)
  Relationship	unknown
  Mother	Sarah Fellows,   b. Abt. 1700, Talbot, Maryland, British Colonial America d. Aft. 1759 (Age 60 years)
  Relationship	unknown
  Marriage	26 Sep 1719	Third Haven MM, Talbot, Maryland, British Colonial America
  Family ID	F3354	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Ann Farmer,   b. 1728, North Carolina, British Colonial America d. 11 Nov 1822, Winston-Salem, Forsyth, North Carolina, United States (Age 94 years)
  Marriage	07 Aug 1748	Lower Falling Creek MM, Kinston, Dobbs, North Carolina, British Colonial America
  Family ID	F3342	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	15 Jun 2025

  
  

• Notes

  Source: Norma Smith Keith Family Record. Source: Norma Smith Keith Family Record. Lived at Isle of Wight County, VA; Johnson Co. NC, Orange (now Alamance)county NC Ref: Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy. Contentnea (Nahunta) Monthly Meeting, North Carolina LDS North Carolina records indicate an approximate birth year of 1728.This family is also well documented in the LDS records and anydifferences between previous sources will be noted on the individualspage notes. LDS NC #20,465 through 20,478. All children of this marriageare documented in the LDS records, with the names of their parents. Somemarriages for the children are recorded in this group of pages also. WFT Vol.2, pedigrees #3320 and 2330 list the wife of John Jr. as AnnFarmer. These pedigree lines trace the family back through Talbot Co.Maryland. Wft Vol. 3, pedigree #6315 lists the children through a different linewhich migrated to Clinton Co. Ohio and Howard Co. Indiana. This indicatessome went to Ohio, (likely remained in the Quakers there) and the balancegoing to Clinton Co. Illinois. This line states John was born in England,which contradicts both the Norma Smith Keith record and Vol. 2. Thisrecord is in error since it does not list any further ancestors of JohnRatcliff Jr. The allied families which moved with this family give morecredit to this migration from Maryland. John's sons, Edam and Abner were executors of the Will of David Smith,who married Mary Martin in Philadelphia PA. John's Daughter Elizabethmarried David Smith's son David. This would indicate a closerelationship between these two families at this early date, which carriedon through the generations into Clinton County Illinois. This very likelydue to their ties to the Quaker faith. This generation is where the Ratcliff, Farmer, and Smith families join inNorth Carolina. Orange County was formed from Blanden in 1752 Dobbs Co. was formed from Johnston Co., in 1758. The children of thismarriage were born in two different counties, however, the family did notmove, the c ounty boundry did. Some of the children were born before thecounty split, some after. This gives the impression that they moved, however, close inspection ofthe location of the county line that separated these two counties givesan indication of the location they lived. Inspection of the 1758 countymap would indicate they lived in the southeastern portion of Johnstoncounty. Dobbs ceased to exist and that location now is in present dayWayne County. The originial county location where this family lived in the time oftheir births was then known as Bath County. Later Johnston, Dobbs, andpresent day Wayne. They did not move, the county changed names andlocations. This explains the multiple records in LDS files which showdifferent locations for birthplace of some of the children. Most arecorrect in the family submissions listing different counties because ofthe formation thereof. But correct county depends on the date of birthand what the county was called at that time, rather than what it is today.

  
  

• Sources

  [S1173462465] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree. [S1173462465] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, Guilford College; Greensboro, North Carolina; Minutes, First Month 1772-Ninth Month 1772; Collection: North Carolina Yearly Meeting Minutes. [S1173462465] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, Guilford College; Greensboro, North Carolina; Minutes, 1751-1796, Vol I; Collection: North Carolina Yearly Meeting Minutes. [S1173462465] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, Chatham Co NC Will Book A, p.48. [S1173462608] FamilySearch.org, United States, Census, 1790, "United States, Census, 1790", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHKB-TG7 : Thu Mar 07 05:51:05 UTC 2024), Entry for John Ratliff, Jr, 1790.