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Riccarton is a parish, in the district of Kyle, county of Ayr; containing, with the villages of Hurlford and Sornhill. "This place, which is of considerable antiquity, is supposed to have derived its name, originally Richardstown, from its ancient proprietor, Sir Richard Wallace, to whom the lands were granted in the early part of the 13th century by Walter, high steward of Scotland." 2
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Spelling variations of this family name include: Rickleton, Riccalton, Rickletown, Ricklington, Ryclington, Ricklyngton, Ricarton and many more.
Notable amongst the family at this time was Robert Riccaltoun (1691-1769), Scottish Presbyterian divine, and friend of James Thomson, the poet, born at Earlshaugh, near Jedburgh, where his father was a farmer...
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Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: settlers who were recorded from the mid 17th century in the great migration from Europe to the New World. Migrants settled in the eastern seaboard from Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, to Maine, to Florida, and to the Leeward islands..