Person:Stephen Ricker (1)

Name	Stephen B Ricker
Gender	Male
Birth^[1]^[3]^[4]	2 Oct 1815	New York, United States
Marriage		to Julia Ann Hubbard
Marriage		to Margaret _____
Residence^[2]	From 1845 to 1855	Harmony, Chautauqua, New York, United StatesLived in this area 10 years
Census^[2]	1855	Harmony, Chautauqua, New York, United StatesAge 38; b. Massachusetts
Occupation^[2]	1855	Harmony, Chautauqua, New York, United StatesFarmer
Census^[3]	6 Aug 1860	Sugar Grove, Warren, Pennsylvania, United StatesAge 44
Occupation^[3]	6 Aug 1860	Sugar Grove, Warren, Pennsylvania, United StatesFarmer
Residence^[3]	6 Aug 1860	Sugar Grove, Warren, Pennsylvania, United States
Death^[1]	10 May 1883
Burial^[1]		Cherry Hill Cemetery, Sugar Grove, Warren, Pennsylvania, United States

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Stephen B Ricker, in Find A Grave.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 Stephen B Ricker family, in Chautauqua, New York, United States. 1855 New York State Census
1855.

Harmony, ED 1, Chautauqua, Family 203, Lines 33-35
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 ^3.3 Stephen Ricker family, in Warren, Pennsylvania, United States. 1860 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration Publication M693)
6 Aug 1860.

Post Office: Sugar Grove, Sugar Grove Township, Pg 190, Dwelling 1437, Family 1437, Lines 29-32, NARA microfilm publication M653, roll 1190
↑ Thus far, no two Federal census records agree on where Stephen was born.

1850 - Maryland
1855 - Massachusetts (NY census)
1860 - New York
1870 - Vermont
1880 - Massachusetts

His younger brothers were born in New York, therefore, that is the reasoning for giving New York as his birth place.