When Robert Rickman was born in 1735, in Halifax, Halifax, North Carolina, United States, his father, Thomas G. Rickman, was 17 and his mother, Elizabeth Woolen, was 17. He married Boyce Tatum in 1762, in Halifax, North Carolina, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 1 daughter. He died in May 1777, in his hometown, at the age of 42.
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English: from the Middle English personal name Rikeman, either from an unrecorded Old English personal name Rīcmann, or from a pet form of Middle English Ricard (see Richard ) + the hypocoristic suffix -man. The name was sometimes interchangeable with Richman .
English: from the Middle English personal name Rikemund (Old English Rīcmund, from rīc ‘power(ful)’ + mund ‘protection’). It was probably easily confused with the personal name in 1 above.
Americanized form of German Rickmann: from the Low German personal name, from rīc ‘power(ful)’ + man ‘man’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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