Person:John Rickard (15)

Name	John Rickard, Jr.
Gender	Male
Birth^[1]	24 Nov 1657	Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
Marriage	Bef 1680	to Mary Cooke
Death^[2]^[3]	25 Mar 1712	Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States

References

↑ "Plymouth Colony Vital Records", in Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants. Mayflower Descendant: An Illustrated Quarterly Magazine of Pilgrim Genealogy, History and Biography
17:72.

John the son of John Rickard Born the twentyfourth Day of November 1657.
↑ Kingman, Bradford. Epitaphs from Burial Hill, Plymouth, Massachusetts, from 1657 to 1892: with biographical and historical notes. (Brookline, Massachusetts: New England Illustrated Historical Pub., 1892, c1892)
9.

Here lyes buried / ye body of / JOHN RICKARD / Aged about 55 years / Deces'd March ye / 25th 1712.
[Birth about 1657.]
↑ Stratton, Eugene A. "Which John Rickard Married Mary Cooke?", in General Society of Mayflower Descendants (Plymouth, Massachusetts). Mayflower quarterly. (Boston, Massachusetts, United States: General Society of Mayflower Descendants)
46:122.

Based on comparison of signatures this is the John Rickard who married Mary Cooke.
Will of John Rickard, s/o John, will [Plymouth Probate #16907] dated 20 Apr 1711, proved 20 Jun 1712, mentions wife Mary, sons John (oldest) and James; daughters Mary Rickard, Hester Rickard, Elizabeth Rickard and Mercy Cushing. [Author's comment: Other son John d. young.]