The Rickabaugh family (genealogy) of Swiss ancestry first appeared in the records of Tredyffrin in 1767 when Adam Rickabaugh purchased a property on the west side of North Valley Road. Adam Rickabaugh died c. 1805 and the family estate was split between his descendants including Jacob Rickabaugh. The Rickabaughs were Mennonites and attended the Mennonite church on Yellow Springs Road. Relevant articles in the Tredyffrin Easttown Historical Society Quarterly on Jacob Rickabaugh can be accessed through the links at the bottom of this page.

Photographs

Meadowbrook, Rickabaugh House

Mennonite Graveyard, Yellow Springs Road

Mennonite Meetinghouse plaque (Meetinghouse demolished)

References

Dr. Jacob Rickabaugh, 1815 - 1900 by George B. Roberts, TEQ vol. 6, #1, (1944).
Tredyffrin’s Pioneer Medical Practitioners by Herb Fry, TEQ vol. 44, #1-2 (Winter/Spring 2007)
The Mennonist meetinghouse on the Yellow Springs Road by Franklin Burns, TEQ vol. 4, #2 (April 1941)
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