John Ridgway (abt. 1702 - abt. 1761)

Ancestors

Husband of Hannah (Brown) Ridgway — married 5 May 1727 in Burlington, New Jersey

Descendants

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Biography

John Ridgway, son of Richard Ridgway and Abigail Stockton, married Hannah Brown in Burlington County, New Jersey on 05 May 1727.^[1][2] . They had at least 4 children together^[1]:

1. Jane McCloud (1738 - 1806)^[1]
2. Richard Ridgway^[1]
3. Rachel McKay (1739 - 1784)^[1]
4. Mary Ridgway^[1][3]

John and Hannah relocated from Burlington to Frederick County, Virginia near Hopewell in 1742 as cited in a removal certificate (requested 2 May 1742)^[3] from the Burlington Meeting of the Society of Friends. John returned to Burlington in 1749 (Re-admitted to 4 Oct 1749)^[3]. His daughter Mary also relocated from the Hopewell Meeting to the Burlington meeting in 1749 (certificate 1 May 1749)^[3]. John returned to Hopewell in 1751 (request 7 Feb 1751)^[3]. Mary returned to hopewell in 1750 (request 10 Mar 1750)^[3].

Research Notes

• George Ridgway gives John's marriage year as 1724^[4]. This is contradicted by the New Jersey Marriage record, which give the date as 5 May 1727, and the place as .Burlington, New Jersey, United States^[2]. Randolf^[1] also gives 5 May 1727 as the date. RWG
• George Ridgway's book gives John's mother as Richard's second wife, Abigail .^[4] , which would require that his birth was after 1693. Both the "Encyclopedia of Pennsylvania Biography" and "South Jersey: A History, 1664-1924" have John as the son of Richard's first wife, Elizabeth ^[5][6], requiring a birth date before 1692. RWG
• Regardless of the maternal parent, it is very unlikely that John was born in Prince Georges, colonial Maryland, as His father was not known to have lived there, rather he resided in Burlington, Colonial New Jersey from his arrival in 1679 until relocating to Crewcorne, Bucks County, Pennsylvania (modern day Fallsington, part of Falls Township, Pennsylvania), in about 1690. RWG and later to Springfield, New Jersey. Carrie
• The John Ridgway born in Saint Johns Parish, Prince Georges, Maryland on 1 Sep 1716^[7] is not this John Ridgeway, as both Birthplace and the father cited (John Ridgway) are incorrect. RWG

19 April 2021 - Removed birth location of Prince George's, Maryland, per RWG notes. I'm in agreement with RWG. John, the son of Richard was probably born in either Crewcorn, PA or Springfield, NJ based upon where Richard lived. Carrie

• Randolf claims that the re-admission certificate of 4 Oct 1749 to the Burlington meeting, which he dates as 6 July 1749^[1] (the difference likely being that between issuance and re-admission)^[1], shows John to be a widower, implying that Hanna died some time before that. I have been unable to confirm that (have not found a burial entry in Hopewell meeting records, not any state record.). ^[1] This is supported by a transcribed extract from the Hopewell Friends Meeting for the marriage of Richard Ridgway to Margaret McKay 22 Dec,1762^[8] at the Crooked Run Monthly Meeting near the village of Nineveh, now in Warren Co., Va. I have been unable to otherwise confirm that (have not found a burial entry in Hopewell meeting records on Ancestry.com, nor any state record). RWG

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9} Title: "The Ancestors and Descendants of Colonel David Funsten and his wife Susan Everard Meade". Compiled by Randolf, Howard S.F. for Durand, Hortense Funsten. Published in New York by The Knickerbocker Press, 1926. Digital copy available at: The Internet Archive
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} "New Jersey, Marriages, 1670-1980," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZKX-6YN : 4 November 2017), John Ridgway and Hannah Brown, 05 May 1727; citing Marriage, Burlington, New Jersey, United States, Division of Archives and Record Management, New Jersey Department of State, Trenton; FHL microfilm 007578629.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5} Fawcett, Thomas H. "QUAKER MIGRATION FROM PENNSYLVANIA AND NEW JERSEY TO HOPEWELL MONTHLY MEETING, 1732-1759."; Bulletin of Friends Historical Association 217426, no. 2 (1937): 102-08. Accessed May 15, 2020. www.jstor.org/stable/41944054
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Ridgway, George C. Descent of the Ridgway-Ridgeway family in England and America. 2d ed. Evansville, Ind., 1926. Page 59.
5. ↑ Encyclopedia of Pennsylvania Biography: Illustrated. United States, Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1921.Encyclopedia of Pennsylvania Biography: Illustrated. United States ,John W. Jordan,  Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1921. pp 27 ff. Digitized version available on Google Books
6. ↑ South Jersey: A History, 1664-1924. United States, Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1924.p 194ff; Digital copy available Google Books
7. ↑ Wrong birth record, should be removed from profile. Ancestry.com. Maryland, Births and Christenings Index, 1662-1911 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data: "Maryland Births and Christenings, 1600–1995." Index. FamilySearch, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2009, 2010. Index entries derived from digital copies of original and compiled records. Record Details: Name: John Ridgway; Gender: Male; Birth Date: 1 Sep 1716; Birth Place: Saint Johns Parish, Prince Georges, Maryland; Father's name: John Ridgway; FHL Film Number: 14303.
8. ↑ Title: "Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy"; Volume Vi, Virginia; Author: Hinshaw, William W.; Editor: Marshal, T.W. Collaborator and Historian for Virginia: Brown, D.S.; Originally published: Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1950; Reprinted: The Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD. 1973,1993; Library of Congress 68-31728; A searchable online copy is available on Ancestry.com at https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/48135/ see p. 440

Acknowledgement

• This person was created through the import of LaBach Family TreeApril28_2011.ged on 05 May 2011.