James was baptized 20 June 1703, at Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland, a son of Richard Riddle and Margaret Young.[1]
James Riddell married Mary Neale.
He died about 1770 in Orange County, Virginia.
* Marsh, Doratha Riddle, "Branches of One Riddle Family Tree" (1983)
* Ridlon, G.T., "History of the Ancient Ryedales in Normandy, Great Britain, Ireland, and America". This book states on pg 374 that James Riddell ws born in Scotland and came to Virginia and settled in Orange County early in the 1700's.
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