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Descendants of IVO de TAILLEBOIS, The Earl of Holland (Ratcliffe/Crossgrove Family Line)

Generation No. 25

69. JOHN²⁶ RATCLIFFE (RICHARD²⁵, RICHARD²⁴, JOHN²³, JOHN²², JOHN²¹ RATTCLYFFE, JOHN²⁰, JOHN¹⁹ RATCLYFFE, THE BASTARD, JOHN¹⁸, JOHN¹⁷, JAMES¹⁶ RADCLYFFE, RICHARD DE¹⁵, JAMES DE¹⁴, WILLIAM DE¹³, RICHARD DE¹², WILLIAM DE¹¹, RICHARD DE¹⁰ RATCLYFFE, ESQ., OF RADCLIFFE TOWER, ROBERT DE⁹ RADCLYFFE, ADAM DE⁸, WILLIAM DE⁷ RADECLIVE, SHERIFF OF LANCASHIRE, HENRY DE⁶, NICHOLAS FITZGILBERT DE⁵, GILBERT DE⁴ TAILBOIS, 3RD BARON OF KENDAL, ÆLFTRED DE³ TAILLEBOIS, 2D BARON OF KENDAL, IVO DE², REINFRED¹) was born 15 September 1694 in St Michaels, Talbot County, Maryland^138,¹³⁹, and died December 1771 in Dobbs County, North Carolina, near Kinston ^140,¹⁴¹. He married SARAH FELLOWS 25 November 1719 in Talbot County, Maryland ¹⁴², daughter of ROBERT FELLOW and SARAH LITTLEBOY. She was born about 1698 in Talbot County, Maryland¹⁴², and died Unknown.

Notes for JOHN RATCLIFFE:
[The writer's sixth great grandfather.]
John was born on 15 September 1694, in the sixth year of the reign of King WILLIAM III and Queen MARY, on the family plantation, "Jacob and John's Pasture," in St Michael's Parish, Anderbies Creek, Talbot County, Maryland. John died at the age of 77 in December 1771 near Kinston, Dobbs County, North Carolina.
An entry in the Third Haven Monthly Meeting Minutes, Talbot County, Maryland, states that "At a monthly meeting at the house of John Stevens on Dividing Creek, the 25th and 26th of the 9th month 1719, John Ratcliff and Wm Ratcliff's marriages were accomplished in good order." On 7 July 1720, Sarah received from the estate of her deceased father, Robert Fellows, a 120 acre tract of land in Talbot County, Maryland, named "Goughton." John and Sarah bought and sold various tracts of land in Talbot County between 1734 and 1737.
James Ratcliff informed the Meeting on 25 and 26 December 1734 that his brother John Ratcliff, and John's brother-in-law John Fellows, intended to remove to Carolina. Beginning on 13 October 1738, John acquired about 500 acres of land in Craven County, North Carolina, at the junction of the Neuse River and Lower Falling Creek, five or six miles west of Kinston, North Carolina, and named the plantation "Ratcliff's Choice." On 10 July 1750, King GEORGE II and His Excellency, Governor Gabriel Johnston of North Carolina, granted a petition by John for 250 acres of land in Johnston County, North Carolina. John's last acquisition of land appears to have been 90 acres in Dobbs County (but near Kinston) granted him on 27 April 1767.
John died intestate, and his son Joseph was appointed Administrator of the estate on 24 April 1775. In addition to his real estate, which could not be sold until 1777 because of the Revolutionary War, John left £500 in money. Upon his death, he was probably buried at the Falling Creek Friends Burying Grounds (now known as Caswell Cemetery?). It would appear that John had been a charter member of the Lower Falling Creek Monthly Meeting, Society of Friends, at Kinston, Dobbs County, North Carolina, which was organized in 1748, for their minutes dated 28 March 1748 state that "the Society met regularly at the home of John Ratcliff." The Lower Falling Creek Burying Grounds, located near the confluence of the Neuse River and Lower Falling Creek, now bear no trace of John's grave.

Children of JOHN RATCLIFFE and SARAH FELLOWS are:

	i.		JOSEPH²⁷ RATCLIFF, b. about 1720, Talbot County, Maryland; d. Unknown.
	ii.		MOSES RATCLIFF, b. about 1722, Talbot County, Maryland; d. Unknown.

Notes for MOSES RATCLIFF:
Moses may have married a Mary Farmer, daughter of Henry Farmer and Sarah Ward, and granddaughter of Elizabeth (Elam) Ward (Moses named a son "Elam").

71.	iii.	JOHN RATCLIFF, b. 1725, St Michaels, Talbot County, Maryland; d. 23 May 1803, Siler City, Chatham County, North Carolina.
	iv.	SARAH RATCLIFF, b. about 1727, Talbot County, Maryland; d. Unknown; m. JOHN VINING, SR; b. about 1722; d. Unknown.
	v.	BENJAMIN RATCLIFF, b. about 1729, (probably) Talbot County, Maryland; d. Unknown.

Notes for BENJAMIN RATCLIFF:
Benjamin is thought to be a son of John and Sarah's, although proof is missing. He sold land in Johnston County, North Carolina, in 1754 to his uncle Robert Fellows. He is said to have married Jane Porter in Johnston County, North Carolina, but again no proof has been found.

vi.

WILLIAM RATCLIFF, b. about 1730, Talbot County, Maryland; d. Aft. 1769, (Dobbs County, North Carolina?).

70. SAMUEL²⁶ RATCLIFFE (RICHARD²⁵, RICHARD²⁴, JOHN²³, JOHN²², JOHN²¹ RATTCLYFFE, JOHN²⁰, JOHN¹⁹ RATCLYFFE, THE BASTARD, JOHN¹⁸, JOHN¹⁷, JAMES¹⁶ RADCLYFFE, RICHARD DE¹⁵, JAMES DE¹⁴, WILLIAM DE¹³, RICHARD DE¹², WILLIAM DE¹¹, RICHARD DE¹⁰ RATCLYFFE, ESQ., OF RADCLIFFE TOWER, ROBERT DE⁹ RADCLYFFE, ADAM DE⁸, WILLIAM DE⁷ RADECLIVE, SHERIFF OF LANCASHIRE, HENRY DE⁶, NICHOLAS FITZGILBERT DE⁵, GILBERT DE⁴ TAILBOIS, 3RD BARON OF KENDAL, ÆLFTRED DE³ TAILLEBOIS, 2D BARON OF KENDAL, IVO DE², REINFRED¹) was born 31 March 1700 in Talbot County, Maryland, and died Aft. 1741 in in North Carolina (or South Carolina?).

Child of SAMUEL RATCLIFFE is:

JOHN²⁷ RATCLIFF, b. about 1758, (probably) Duplin, North Carolina ¹⁴³; d. 24 July 1840¹⁴³.

Notes for JOHN RATCLIFF:
Revolutionary War Soldier.
John served in the Revolutionary War. Norma Rice Brooks obtained her DAR membership [#751443] through "SC Revol. Soldier John Ratcliff Sr". [Website of Pauline Bizette Brandy: "Samuel Ratcliff Family Data" (http://www.gate.net/~sigmar/ratcliff_family.html); see "The Battle at Ratcliff's Bridge".]

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