JOHN RITCHIE (b. about 1735, d.1769) married JANE DAVIS, daughter of GEORGE*
and VIOLET (unknown surname) DAVIS in May 1756 in Prince Edward County,
Virginia.
They had at least four children as mentioned in the Will of Jane Davis Ritchie
probated in Clark County, Kentucky in 1799.
i. ALEXANDER RITCHIE. He signed the marriage bond (September 4, 1786) for
his sister, Margaret Ritchie, when she married Alexander Thompson.
ii. GEORGE RITCHIE.
iii. MARGARET RITCHIE. m. ALEXANDER THOMPSON in Prince Edward Co., VA
December 7, 1786.
iv. VIOLET RITCHIE.
There also may have been a daughter:
v. MARY RITCHIE. b. 1757, m. ABEDNEGO INMAN in Limeton, Virginia and
removed to Tennessee after the marriage. Mary died in Jefferson County,
Tennessee in 1836. There is no proven documentation of Mary’s parents
being John and Jane Ritchie, other than family oral tradition
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