RICKARDS, William Walter

1766 - Bef 1850  (< 83 years)

• Name	RICKARDS, William Walter
  Birth	1766
  Gender	Male
  Death	Bef 1850
  Person ID	I652	Ward and Related Families of Nova Scotia and North Yorkshire
  Last Modified	17 Oct 2022

  
  

  Family	SENTELL, Phoebe,   b. 6 Mar 1764, Falmouth, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada d. 22 Nov 1850, Windsor, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada (Age 86 years)
  Marriage	30 Oct 1783	Falmouth, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada
  Children	1. RICKARDS, William,   b. Abt 1784, Falmouth, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada d. Aft 1871 (Age > 88 years)   2. RICKARDS, Alexander,   b. 1789, Windsor, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada d. Mar 1831, Windsor, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada (Age 42 years)   3. RICKARDS, Mary Ann,   b. 1791, Windsor, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada d. 29 Sep 1831, Nova Scotia, Canada (Age 40 years)   4. RICKARDS, Joseph,   b. 7 Aug 1796, Windsor, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada d. 19 May 1883, Windsor, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada (Age 86 years)   5. RICKARDS, Ruth,   b. 1801, Windsor, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada d. 15 Aug 1892, Windsor, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada (Age 91 years)   6. RICKARDS, Ephraim,   b. 1803, Windsor, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada d. Yes, date unknown   7. RICKARDS, Priestly,   b. 1810, Windsor, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F82	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Jul 2025

  
  

• Notes

  The Building of the First Methodist Church. A conference was held at Windsor on the 28th and 29th February. 1792. Four hundred and forty dollars were subscribed for a church. Among the trustees were Edward Church, Henry Scott and William Walter Rickards. William Walter Rickards, whose house and workshop were used for religions services in winter, for some years after the erection of the shell of the new church. Walter Rickards had come with the loyalists to Shelburne, whence he had removed to Halifax, and soon after to Windsor. He had been brought up in another branch of the Church, but his wife belonged to a family which had been among the first in Windsor to approve of the doctrines and discipline of Methodism. At the close of the first service held in his house, the preacher, without inquiry, made announcement for another. Mr. Rickards, though by no means pleased, offered no opposition, and at length provided a pulpit for the frequent services which followed. Years after, when he had become a member and a leader, his wife would pleasantly rally him about the perseverance of that Methodist preacher, whose boldness had long since ceased to be objectionable.