RIDDELLS OF PARKMOUNT, IRELAND.
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of three townlands in the County of Armagh, in the North of Ireland,
and subsequently went there to dwell. He is said to have married Janet
Maxwell, a woman of Scottish descent, and by her had issue, a family of
sons and daughters.
SECOND GENERATION.
James Riddell (2), a son of James¹ (1), was born in the County of
Armagh, Ireland, about 1670-80; married Mary Henderson, of Scotch
parentage, and continued this branch family, being his father's heir. He
was a man of wealth and position, and of powerful physical strength.
He lived to an advanced age, and died leaving three children, of whom
hereafter.
THIRD GENERATION.
James Riddell³ (3), a son of James' (2), was born in the city of Bel-
fast (the author thinks a few miles out of the city proper), Ireland, in
1746; married Elizabeth Cowden, and had issue three sons, of whom
hereafter.
FOURTH GENERATION.
Leander Riddle (1), son of James (3), was born in Belfast, County
Antrim, Ireland, in 1766; married Mary Brooks, and had issue several
children, of whom hereafter. He was in the British naval service for
four years; subsequently a cotton manufacturer. Emigrated to the
United States, and settled in Pennsylvania in 1827, where he died in Sep-
tember, 1851, aged 85 years.
James Riddle* (4), a son of James (3), was born at (or near) Bel-
fast, Ireland, and became ancestor of the Riddells of Belfast, which
see. He was a half-brother of Leander.
Alexander Riddle¹ (1), a son of James (3), was born near Belfast,
Ireland, and never married. He is said to have been a man of herculean
strength, and feats accomplished by him were remarkable.
FIFTH GENERATION.
Elizabeth Riddle (1), eldest daughter of Leander (1), was born at
Parkmount, near Belfast, Ireland, in 1798, and is now living at Glen-Rid-
dle, Peun.
Samuel Riddle (1), eldest son of Leander* (1), was born at Park-
mount, near Belfast, Ireland, in 1800. He married for his first wife, Mar-
tha Mercer, and secondly, Lydia C. Doyle, of Chester, Penn., by whom
he has issue four children, of whom hereafter. Mr. Riddle acquired a
fair English education at a private academy, quitting it at an early age to
enter a cotton-factory in Belfast. While at the latter place he acquired
a practical knowledge of cotton-manufacturing, being thus occupied nine
years. He then determined to seek a more profitable field, and in May,
1823, sailed for the United States, but was shipwrecked at Sable Island.
He eventually reached Philadelphia, in the following August, his whole
capital being now reduced to five Spanish dollars. He carried his sea-
chest on his back to his boarding-house, and immediately obtained em-
ployment in a cotton-mill at Manayunk. He removed to Pleasant Mills,
N. J., where he was employed about three years. During this time, by
carefulness and thrift, he had accumulated a small amount of means, with
which he commenced business on his own account. He rented a mill at
Springdale, Delaware County, Penn., in 1827, and engaged in spinning cot-
ton yarns with four hundred and eighty mule spindles, employing only ten
