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RIDLEYS OF TRURO, MASSACHUSETTS.
evidently settled in Litchfield, as will appear by the birth of his children
by his first wife, who deceased in 1824. He probably moved to Bowdoin
in 1826. Died Oct. 31, 18—.
Mary Ridley (5), second daughter of George (2), was born in Bow-
doin, Me., March 5, 1792; was married in 1820 to James Potter, a farmer,
and died in Wellington, Me., in 1848.
Rev. James Ridley (5), third son of George (2), was born in Bow-
doin, Me., Nov. 11, 1794; married in 1819 to Mary Sanford, and settled
in Litchfield. His first wife died in 1837, aged 44 years. He probably
married twice after the death of his first wife, but the names of his
wives have not reached me. He was a minister of the Calvinistic Baptist
church, and was highly respected for his sincere piety and devotion to
the cause of God. He lived on a farm in Monmouth, and died there in
1856, leaving issue ten children, of whom hereafter.
Elisha Ridley (1), fourth son of George (2), was born in Bowdoin,
Me., April 29, 1797, and died Dec. 14, 1823.
Alexander Ridley (1), fifth son of George (2), was born in Bow-
doin, Me., July 18, 1799, and was drowned at sea Oct. 26, 1821. No
family mentioned.
Ambrose Ridley' (4), sixth son of George¹ (2), was born in Bowdoin,
Me., Jan. 12, 1803; married in 1825 to Abigail Nash, and had issue.
Settled in his native town.
Isabella Ridley' (3), third daughter of George (2), was born in
Bowdoin, Me., March 20, 1804; was married in 1830 to Waitstill Potter,
and died in Bowdoinham.
William Ridley (1), eldest son of Mark (3), was born in Harpswell,
Me., Jan. 30, 1783; married April 7, 1805, to Louisa Adams, and by her had
issue one child. His first wife died March 25, 1806, and he married,
secondly, May 19, 1807, to Mary Bowie, and by her, who died in 1875,
had issue eleven children, of whom hereafter. Mr. Ridley lived on a
farm in Bowdoin; he died Oct. 19, 1860, aged 77 years.
James Ridley (6), second son of Mark (3), was born in Harpswell,
Me., in 1784, and died at his father's home in 1805, unmarried.
Mark Ridley (5), third son of Mark (3), was born in Harpswell,
Me., in 1786; married Sarah Bowman and lived on the homestead with
his parents. Was a miller. He had issue seven children, of whom here-
after. He died Oct. 23, 1834. One correspondent says this Mark died
in 1838, and left two daughters and one son; the daughters died soon
after the father, "with the same fever," both in one week.
David Ridley (3), fourth son of Mark (3), was born in Harpswell,
Me., in 1788; married Ann Purington, who died in 1820; and he married,
secondly, Jane Sawyer. He had issue seven children, of whom hereafter.
He lived on a farm near his birth-place, on Great Island, Harpswell; he
died March 4, 1852, aged 64 years.
Betsey Ridley (4), a daughter of Mark (3), was born in Harpswell,
Me.; was married to Samuel Hopkins, a Quaker, and lived on a farm in
Brunswick.
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Mary Ridley (6), a daughter of Mark' (3), was born in Harpswell,
Me.; was married to Capt. Moses Linscott, who was lost at sea when
his wife was nineteen years old. She was married, secondly, to Joshua
Barstow, a harness-maker, and lived at "South-west Bend," in Durham.
She died in 1840.
