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Ninian Ridgway (1786 - 1869)

Reverend Ninian Ridgway
Born in Berkeley, Berkeley, Virginia, United Statesmap [uncertain]
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Husband of — married 15 Jan 1807 in Clark, Missouri, United Statesmap
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Died at age 83 in Callaway County, Missouri, united Statesmap [uncertain]
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Biography

Ninian Ridgway was born about 15 January 1786[1] in Virginia[2].

Ninian Ridgeway was raised in the ministry, starting with Friendship Church, in Clark County. He was ordained about 1818, and moved his membership to Old Goshen Church. After preaching here some four or five years, he moved to Missouri, and settled within the bounds of Salem Association. He was among the ministers of that body as late as 1830. Rev. Ninian Ridgeway, along with Thomas P. Stephens and Tolivar Craig, is credited with organizing the Providence Baptist Church in New Bloomfield, Callaway County, Missouri on August 05, 1826. [3]

He married Martha Patsy (Redmon) Ridgway[4] in Winchester, Clark County, Kentucky on 15 Jan 1807[4][5][6]. Together they had 11 children:

Ninian and his family moved to Callaway County, Missouri[6][4] in 1823[6][4].

In 1841, Ninian bought 40 acres in Callaway County, Missouri from the federal land office [7].

His wife Martha appears to have died between 1840 and 1850, as she is present in 1840 census (based on age of eldest female)[8] , but not in 1850 census[9].

Ninian Died on 05 Dec 1869 in Callaway County, Missouri, USA and was buried in the private family cemetery [1].

Research Notes

  • Ninian's Birth and death dates are set from the record found on the Callaway County, Missouri Journal web site[1].
  • The 1810[10] and 1820 census[11], both which named only the head of household), list 4 Ridgways in Clark County Kentucky: John, Rezin, Ninian, and Zachariah. Zachariah Ridgeway has a relatively detailed memorial on Find-a-Grave[12] that states that he moved to Boone County Missouri in 1831, and lived there on the same farm for 40 years (until his death on12 Dec 1871). The book "A History of Pioneer Families of Missouri" states that Ninian Ridgway moved to Callaway County Missouri in 1823. The 1850 census for "Zach" Ridgeway[9] (the only record I have found that names the person who is likely Ninian by a form of the oft-reported middle name) shows him residing at District 12, Callaway, Missouri[9]. Another 1850 census record for Zachariah Ridgway [13]shows him residing at District 8, Boone, Missouri[13]. The estimated ages of the heads of household, and the household members are different, so these are clearly different people. The presence of these two men in both Clark County, Kentucky, and Missouri at near the same time seems to have caused them to sometimes be seen as the same person, hence all the profiles on Ancestry and FamilySearch for "Ninian Zachary Ridgway" that cite his death as 1869 in Boone County of his wife as Sally Redmon. I have added a profile for Zachariah Ridgway here on Wikitree, in hopes of ending the confusion. I have removed the middle and nickname from this profile, since the census report is insufficient evidence.
  • Further reading of the reference "Family History of George and William Redmon of Pennsylvania and Kentucky"[4] reveals that Ninian and Zachariah were both sons of John Ridgway and Rachel Riley,[4] and so were brothers. Further, they married sisters, daughters of of William Redmon and Matha "Patsie" Jewell"[4].

Sources

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Listing of graves in Ridgway Family Private Cemetery on the website of Calloway County Missouri Journal; URL: http://www.usgennet.org/usa/mo/county/callaway/Cemetery/ridgeway.htm; citing: RIDGEWAY, Ninian, died 05 December 1869, aged 83 yrs 10 mos 21 ds. ( b. 15 January 1786)
  2. ↑ Year: 1860; Census Place: District 18, Callaway, Missouri; Roll: M653_610; Page: 939; Family History Library Film: 803610; Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1860 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.; Original data: 1860 U.S. census, population schedule. NARA microfilm publication M653, 1,438 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d. ; Record Detail - Name: N. Ridgway, Age: 73, Birth Year Abt 1787, Gender: Male, Birthplace: Virginia.
  3. ↑ "A History of Kentucky Baptists From 1769 to 1885, including More Than 800 Biographical Sketches", Author: J.H. Spencer, Manuscript Revised and Corrected by Mrs. Bunila B. Spencer, in Two Volumes. Printed For the Author, 1886. Republished by Church History Research & Archives 1976 Lafayette, Tennessee, Vol. 2, p. 125 [Clark County]; Digital copy available at: https://books.google.com/books/about/A_History_of_Kentucky_Baptists.html?id=_6zVAAAAMAAJ
  4. ↑ 4.00 4.01 4.02 4.03 4.04 4.05 4.06 4.07 4.08 4.09 4.10 4.11 4.12 4.13 4.14 4.15 4.16 4.17 Title: "Family History of George and William Redmon of Pennsylvania and Kentucky"; Author: Harry G. Enoch; Publisher: Lilu.com; 2015; ISBN 1329443942, 9781329443945; URL: https://books.google.com/books?id=9Z9hCgAAQBAJ
  5. ↑ "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954," with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FW19-347 -17 May 2018), Arar Ridgeway and Paty Redmon, 15 Jan 1807; citing Marriage, Winchester, Clark, Kentucky, United States, various county clerks and county courts, Kentucky; FHL microfilm 1,943,687.
  6. ↑ 6.00 6.01 6.02 6.03 6.04 6.05 6.06 6.07 6.08 6.09 6.10 6.11 6.12 6.13 Title: "A history of the pioneer families of Missouri, with numerous sketches, anecdotes, adventures, etc., relating to early days in Missouri : also the lives of Daniel Boone and the celebrated Indian chief Black Hawk, with numerous biographies and histories of primitive institutions"; Authors: Wm. S. Bryan and Robert Rose by Bryan, William Smith, 1846-1940; Rose, Robert, d. ca. 1878, joint author; Publication date 1977; Publisher Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co.; Book digitized by Google from the library of Harvard University and uploaded to the Internet Archive by user t.p.b.; Reprint of the 1935 ed. published by Bryan, Brand, St. Louis pp369 citing the marriage of Ninian Ridgeway and Martha Redmon of Kentucky and their arrival in Callaway county in 1823, and lists their children's names
  7. ↑ Ancestry.com. U.S. General Land Office Records, 1776-2015 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008. Original data: United States. Bureau of Land Management, General Land Office Records. Automated Records Project; Federal Land Patents, State Volumes. URL:  http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/.Springfield, Virginia: Bureau of Land Management, Eastern States, 2007. Detail: Name: Ninian Ridgeway; Issue Date: 10 Nov 1841; Place: Callaway, Missouri, USA; Land Office: Fayette; Meridian 5th PM; Township: 49-N; Range: 11-W; Section: 26; Accession Number: MO2820__.337 ;Document Number: 17528
  8. ↑ Year: 1840; Census Place: Cote Sans Dessein, Callaway, Missouri; Roll: 221;Page: 195; Family History Library Film: 0014855; Ancestry.com. 1840 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. ; Original data: Sixth Census of the United States, 1840. (NARA microfilm publication M704, 580 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C. Record Detail: Name: Nineen Ridgeway; Home in 1840 (City, County, State): Cote Sans Dessein, Callaway, Missouri; Note: Head Age 50-59, 3 sons 5-19, 4 daughters 10-19, wife? 50-59
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 Year: 1850; Census Place: District 12, Callaway, Missouri; Roll: M432_393; Page: 288A; Image: 576 Township: District 12; Ancestry.com. 1850 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.URL: Original data: Seventh Census of the United States, 1850; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M432, 1009 rolls); Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29; National Archives, Washington, D.C.: Citing Name: Zach Ridgway; Age: 63; Birthplace: Virginia; Home in 1850: District 12, Callaway, Missouri, USA; Others in record: James Ridgway, Age 21; Mary Ridgway, Age 20; Martin H Ridgeway, Age 18; Permelia Renfro, Age 20; Thomas Ridgway, Age 10.
  10. ↑ "United States Census, 1810," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH2S-5NC : accessed 23 June 2019), Ninian Ridgway, Clark, Kentucky, United States; citing p. 139, NARA microfilm publication M252 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 9; FHL microfilm 181,354. Note: The 1810 census original image show 2 males age 0-10 one male 16-26 and one Female 16-26 in this household. The image also has entries for Zachariah, John and Rezin Ridgeway, all heads of household listed on page 139
  11. ↑ "United States Census, 1820," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHLH-4LS : accessed 23 June 2019), Nonian Ridgway, Clark, Kentucky, United States; citing p. 85, NARA microfilm publication M33, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 19; FHL microfilm 186,179. Note: 1820 Census image shows 4 males under 10, 1 male 10-16 1 male 26-45 2 females under 10 and 1 female 26-45, disappointingly, it also lists 3 slaves; the record lists the head of household is "Nonian" Ridgway, but the handwritten record could easily be "Ninian". The images also have records for Zachariah, Rezin, and John Ridgway, but not all on the same page
  12. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com: accessed 30 June 2019), memorial page for Zachariah Ridgway (24 Sep 1784–12 Dec 1871), Find A Grave: Memorial #112724664, citing Ridgway Cemetery, Browns, Boone County, Missouri, USA; Maintained by tulsadave (contributor 48134476) . URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/112724664
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 Ancestry.com. 1850 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Year: 1850; Census Place: District 8, Boone, Missouri; Roll: M432_392; Page: 386B; Image: 315; Ancestry.com. 1850 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. data: Seventh Census of the United States, 1850; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M432, 1009 rolls); Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29; National Archives, Washington, D.C. Record Detail: Name: Zachariah Ridgway; Age: 65; Birth Year: abt 1785; Birthplace: Virginia; Home in 1850: District 8, Boone, Missouri, USA; Gender: Male; Household Members: Zachariah Ridgway, Age 65; Sally Ridgway, Age 66; John W Ridgway, Age 34; John F Ridgway, Age 19




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