Thomas RACCURST
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SURNAME: Raccurst/Rikard
RESEARCH NOTE: Catharine Hair and John Eigleberger were baptismal sponsors of Adam Rikard, born 21 September 1776 (St. Luke's Lutheran Church Records). Based on this record, it has been assumed that Catharine Hair was probably an aunt of Adam Rikard and the wife of Peter Hair, Jr. (died 1813, Barnwell District, SC). Early bounty grants of Peter Heer (Peter Hair, Sr.) and Thomas Raccurst were adjacent each other on Cannons Creek. Peter Hair, Jr. obtained a 200 acre survey of 1771 north side Cannons Creek and gave 100 acre parts of this tract in 1790 to Peter Heer Jr. and Laurence Heer (Newberry Deeds D-424 and 425).
He married Mary Elizabeth Thomas Abt 1727 at Germany . Mary Elizabeth Thomas was born at of Wuerttemberg, Germany Abt 1708 .
They were the parents of 7
children:
Catherine Rikard
born Abt 1728.
Peter Rikard
born Abt 1730.
William Rikard
born Abt 1735.
Michael Rikard
born Abt 1738.
Lawrence Rikard
born Abt 1740.
Margeretha Cathrina Rikard
born Abt 1743.
Catherine Rikard
born Abt 1744.
Thomas Raccurst died 1767 at Cannons Creek, Newberry, South Carolina .
Mary Elizabeth Thomas died 1767 at Cannons Creek, Newberry, South Carolina .