Person:George Ricker (8)

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Rev. George Ricker
b.14 Dec 1771 Somersworth, Strafford, New Hampshire, United States
d.9 Feb 1854 Auburn, Androscoggin, Maine, United States
Parents and Siblings
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  1. Tobias Ricker1757 - 1845
  2. Rev. George Ricker1771 - 1854
  3. Rev. Daniel Ricker1774 -
  4. James Ricker1777 - 1859
  5. Eleanor Ricker
  6. Dolly Ricker
  7. Sally Ricker
Spouse and Children
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  1. Hiram RickerAbt 1799 - 1878
  2. George RickerAbt 1804 - 1862
  3. Delana RickerAbt 1805 - 1831
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Facts and Events
Name[1] Rev. George Ricker
Gender Male
Birth? 14 Dec 1771 Somersworth, Strafford, New Hampshire, United States
Marriage to Dorcas Philbrick
Baptism[2] Oct 1799 by Elder Hooper
Occupation[2] From 1803 to 1810 Buckfield, Oxford, Maine, United StatesSecond Buckfield Baptist Church
Ordination[2] Bet 1803 and 1805 Maine, United States
Occupation[3] From 1810 to 1838 Auburn, Androscoggin, Maine, United StatesPastor of East Auburn Baptist Church
Residence[2] From abt 1810 Auburn, Androscoggin, Maine, United States
Occupation[2] 12 May 1824 Hebron, Oxford, Maine, United StatesElder of Hebron Church
Occupation[3] From abt 1842 to abt 1850 Auburn, Androscoggin, Maine, United StatesPastor of East Auburn Baptist Church
Death[4] 9 Feb 1854 Auburn, Androscoggin, Maine, United States
Burial[4] Brookvale Cemetery, Auburn, Androscoggin, Maine, United States
References
  1. ↑ The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society)
    5:310.

    (36) I. Ephraim [Ricker]. He was the father of Rev. George Ricker, pastor of the Baptist Church in Auburn, Me., and of Rev. Daniel Ricker, formerly pastor of the churches in Warren, Me., and Fredom, Me.

  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Maine Genealogy Network: History of the Buckfield Baptist Church.

    [20] George Ricker, baptized by Elder Hooper in October, 1799, was ordained pastor of the Second Buckfield church in 1805, and was pastor there for five years; and then, removing to Minot, was pastor of the church in East Auburn, forty years.

    [70] In 1816, there was quite an extensive revival of religion in Turner, chiefly in connection with the Congregational church. Ten of the individuals united with the Baptist church in Minot—now Auburn. Rev. Nathaniel Chase and Rev. George Ricker were often with them.

    Elder George Ricker, John Woodman, Thomas Record; from the Hebron church, ...

    [86] In 1803, one of their number, George Ricker, was ordained and became their pastor, but, in 1810, Elder Ricker was dismissed and moved to Minot (Auburn).

    [Original Source: Deacon George B. Crockett, Consolidated History of the Churches of the Oxford Baptist Association, State of Maine, and a Historical Sketch of the Association (Bryant's Pond, Me.: A. M. Chase & Co., Printers, 1905), p. 20, 70, 86.]

  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Lewiston Evening Journal
    7-A, 9 Jul 1966.

    East Auburn Baptist Church

    Referred to as "the father who cared for the church through its infancy and supported it through its childhood."

  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Maine, United States. Nathan Hale cemetery collection, surname index, series one. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1982).

    https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1961-40629-21582-38?cc=2241461

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