| ![Show Contents]() Rickey History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
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 England Early Origins of the Rickey familyThe surname Rickey was first found in Normandy where "Ricardus Risher occurs in the Norman Exchequer Rolls of 1195; and the name still existed in the fifteenth century." 1 "In England, we find Robert, Thomas, and Walter Richer mentioned in the Hundredorum Rolls, about 1272, as landowners in Kent; William Richer in Yorkshire; Ralph Richer in Gloucestershire; and Hugh and Henry Fitz Richer in Norfolk." 2 Later, a branch settled in Kent, where Robert Richers of Wrotham, "descended from an ancient family of Swanington, Hall, Norfolk." 2 Richer of Senones (Richer le Lorrain) (c. 1190-1266) was a French monk and chronicler of Senones Abbey in Lorraine, a traveller. He was one of the very few chroniclers or historians of the Vosges whose complete works have survived. Early History of the Rickey familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Rickey research. Another 83 words (6 lines of text) covering the years 1273, 1455 and 1487 are included under the topic Early Rickey History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Rickey Spelling VariationsSpelling variations of this family name include: Richer, Ricker, Reacher, Rickers, Richers and many more. Early Notables of the Rickey familyMore information is included under the topic Early Rickey Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Rickey RankingIn the United States, the name Rickey is the 9,399th most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 3
 Rickey migration to the United States | + |
Some of the first settlers of this family name were: Rickey Settlers in United States in the 18th Century- John Rickey, who arrived in South Carolina in 1772 4
Rickey Settlers in United States in the 19th Century- T Rickey, who landed in San Francisco, California in 1851 4
| Contemporary Notables of the name Rickey (post 1700) | + |
- Welsey Branch Rickey (1881-1965), American Major League Baseball executive, instrumental in breaking Major League Baseball's color barrier by signing black player Jackie Robinson, eponym of the Branch Rickey Award, posthumously inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1967
- V. Frederick Rickey (b. 1941), American mathematician and historian of mathematics
- George Rickey (1907-2002), American kinetic sculptor
- Branch Barrett Rickey (b. 1947), also known as Branch Rickey III, son of Branch Jr., American Major League Baseball executive, current president of the Pacific Coast League
- Branch Rickey Jr. (1913-1961), American Major League Baseball executive, son of Branch Rickey
- George Rickey (1907-2002), American kinetic sculptor
- Branch Rickey Jr. (1913-1961), American Major League Baseball executive
- Wesley Branch Rickey (1881-1965), American baseball manager/administrator
- Branch Rickey III, American Major League Baseball executive, president of the Pacific Coast League
- Theodore Rickey Hostetter (1870-1902), American heir, businessman, polo player and yachtsman during the Gilded Age, son of David Hostetter
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- Cleveland, Dutchess of The Battle Abbey Roll with some Account of the Norman Lineages. London: John Murray, Abermarle Street, 1889. Print. Volume 3 of 3
- "What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
- Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
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Rickey migration to the United States 
