Person:Alfred Ricks (1)

Marriage Bond of Alfred Ricks and Mary Ann Terrell

Whereas, Alfred Ricks, of Southampton County, State of Virginia, son of Richard Ricks and Julia his wife, and Mary Ann Terrell, daughter of Samuel Terrell and Elizabeth his wife, of the County of Caroline and State aforesaid, having declared their intentions of marriage with each other before a Monthly Meeting of the religious Society of Friends held at Cedar Creek, in Hanover County, according to the good order used among them, and having consent of the parties concerned, their said proposal of marriage was allowed by the said meeting.

Now, these are to certify whom it may concern, that for the full accomplishment of their said intentions, this 12th day of the Fourth month in the year of our Lord Eighteen Hundred and Twenty-two, they, the said Alfred Ricks and Mary Ann Terrell, appeared in a Publick Meeting of the said people held in Caroline, and the said Alfred Ricks, taking the said Mary Ann Terrell by the hand, did on this solemn occasion openly declare, that he took her, the said Mary Ann Terrell, to be his wife, promising, through Divine assistance, to be unto her a faithful and affectionate husband until death. And then, in the same assembly, the said Mary Ann Terrell did in like manner declare that she took him, the said Alfred Ricks, to be her husband, promising, through Divine assistance, to be unto him a faithful and affectionate wife until death, and, moreover, they, the said Alfred Ricks and Mary Ann Terrell (she, according to custom of marriage, assuming the name of her husband), did, as a further confirmation thereof, then and there to these presents set their hands. And we whose names are hereunto subscribed, being present at the solemnization of the said marriage and subscription, have as witnesses set our hands, the day and year above written.

Alfred Ricks, Mary Ann Ricks. Witnesses:—Amelia H. Winston, Deborah Pretlow, Margaret Vaughan, Nancy Terrell, Sarah Ann Harris, Bowling Vaughan, Williamson Talley, Lemuel Terrell, Thomas Terrell, Mary W. Ricks, Isabella Harris, Sally Terrell, Anna L. Vaughan, Robert Terrell, George F. Terrell, John Bell, Robert Scott. Jr.. Kittie P. Terrell, Anna L. Terrell, Samuel Terrell, Benj. Jas. Harris, Thomas Harris, John L. Vaughan, George Winston, Jr., Robert Ricks, Jr.

[Source: Our Quaker Friends of Ye Olden Time, By James Pinkney, Pleasant Bell, 1918]