Jacob Ridgway (1768 - 1843)

Born 18 Apr 1768 in Little Egg Harbor Township, Burlington, New Jersey

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Died 30 Apr 1843 at age 75 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

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Biography

Jacob Ridgway is Notable.

Jacob was a Friend (Quaker)

Jacob was born about 1760. He is the son of John Ridgeway and Pheobe Unknown.

In the winter of 1794, Ridgway was married to Rebecca Rawle (1773–1817), a daughter of Benjamin Rawle and Hannah (née Hudson) Rawle. Together, they were the parents of:^[1] Susan Ridgway (1797–1885),^[2] who married Thomas Rotch (1792–1840) in 1816.^[3] After his death, she married, as his second wife, Dr. John Rhea Barton in 1843.^[4][5] Phoebe Anne Ridgway (1799–1857), who married Dr. James Rush in 1820.^[6] Caroline Ridgway (1804–1820), who died unmarried.^[7] John Jacob Ridgway (1807–1885), who married Elisabeth Willing (1819–1904) in 1836.^[8] After a three week illness, Ridgway died on April 30, 1843 on Chesnut Street, opposite Independence Hall, in Philadelphia. At the time of his death, he was the wealthiest man in Philadelphia, and was likely the second wealthiest person in the United States behind John Jacob Astor. His son managed his real estate empire.^[9]

Sources

1. ↑ Jordan, John Woolf (2004). Colonial And Revolutionary Families Of Pennsylvania. Genealogical Publishing Com. p. 160. ISBN 978-0-8063-5239-8.
2. ↑ ^ "A Widow's Charitable Bequests". The New York Times.
3. ↑ "Susan Ridgway Rotch Barton. | Library Company of Philadelphia Digital Collections"
4. ↑ Jordan, John Woolf (2004). Colonial And Revolutionary Families Of Pennsylvania
5. ↑ VanSant, Kimber (May 4, 2009). "Dr. John Rhea Barton Residence | 512 South Broad Street"
6. ↑ Jordan, John Woolf (2004). Colonial And Revolutionary Families Of Pennsylvania
7. ↑ Jordan, John Woolf (2004). Colonial And Revolutionary Families Of Pennsylvania
8. ↑ Keen, Gregory Bernard (1913). The Descendants of Jöran Kyn of New Sweden
9. ↑ Encyclopaedia of Contemporary Biography, of Pennsylvania ... Atlantic Publishing & Engraving Company. 1898. p. 145.

• Simpson, Henry. The Lives of Eminent Philadelphians, Now Deceased. W. Brotherhead, 1859, pages 842-843
• "U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935"
  Haverford College; Haverford, Pennsylvania
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 2189 #8378076 (accessed 1 March 2024)
  Jacob Ridgway born on 18 Apr 1768, child of John Ridgway & Phebe Ridgway, in Ocean, New Jersey.
• "Pennsylvania, Philadelphia City Death Certificates, 1803-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JK3K-L68 : 8 March 2018), Jacob Ridgway, 30 Apr 1843; citing , Philadelphia City Archives and Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia; FHL microfilm 1,905,935.
• "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVL2-8TZW : 13 December 2015), Jacob Ridgway, 1843; Burial, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Laurel Hill Cemetery; citing record ID 100911995, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.

Named in Father's 1774 Will

John Ridgway, of Little Egg Harbor Township, Burlington Co. New Jersey

Wife: Phebe

Son: John under 21

Son: Thomas under 21

Son: Jacob

Daughter: Phebe under 18

Daughter: Ann under 18

Executors: Wife, and sons, John and Thomas

Witnesses: James Ballenger Jr, Thomas Bellanger, David Allen

Will written: February 8, 1774

Will proved June 18, 1774

Inventory: June 13 1774

New Jersey Abstract of Wills

• Northwestern Historical Association. Memoirs of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania (Northwest Historical Association., Madison, Wisconsin, 1904, Vol. 1, p. 60-63)

See also:

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_Ridgway