An American Family History

Elizabeth Oxley Ricketts was born in 1795 in Kentucky. Her great grandparents Henry Oxley and Mary Everett, settled in Hopewell, New Jersey early in the 18th century. They were Baptists and members of the Hopewell Baptist Church. The Oxleys eventually moved to Virginia where they were members of the Ketoctin Baptist Church.

The Oxley family was pretty wild. Two of Henry's daughters, Rachel Oxley, and Hannah Oxley Stephens, had several illegitimate children. Celia Oxley McDowell divorced and her children became involved in a dispute about the outlaw, Logan Belt's pardon. Prior Oxley's children were entangled in the Rowan County War.

• John Clare
• Elizabeth Clare Everett

• John Everett
• Nicholas Everett
• Richard Everett

Richard Everett and Elizabeth Clare 1690

Hempstead, Queens (now Nassau) County, New York

• Abraham Everett
• Richard Everett
• Mary Everett Oxley
• George Everett
• Hannah Everett van Gelder
• Nicholas Everett

Henry Oxley and Mary Everett 1722

Hopewell, Mercer (formerly Hunterdon) County, New Jersey
Loudoun County, Virginia

• Everit Oxley
• Mary Oxley Howell
• Elizabeth Oxley (died at age 14)
• Hannah Oxley Stephens
• Henry Oxley
• Rachel Oxley
• Clare Oxley
• John Oxley

Henry and Joannah Oxley before 1766

Loudoun County, Virginia
Fleming County, Kentucky

• Eli Oxley
• Levi Oxley

Eli and Margaret Oxley 1793

Fleming County, Kentucky

The Rowan County War

• William Oxley
• Elizabeth Oxley Ricketts
• Celia Oxley McDowell
• Polly Oxley Busby
• Prior Oxley
• Samuel Oxley
• Rachel Oxley
• Eli Oxley, Jr.