RIDLEYS OF WILLIMOTESWICK, NORTHUMBERLAND.
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Mary Ridley18 (5), eldest daughter of Nicholas (10), was the wife of
Garvin Ainsley, Esq., of Little Harle.
Anne Ridley 18 (6), second daughter of Nicholas" (10), died young
and unmarried.
Anne Ridley18 (7), third daughter of Nicholas (10), was the wife of
Robert Douglas, of Newcastle-on-Tyne.
Martha Ridley18 (1), fourth daughter of Nicholas" (10), died young
and unmarried.
Richard Ridley18 (5), only son of Edward¹7 (2), was a colonel of
Guards; died unmarried, and was buried in St. Margaret's Church, West-
minster.
Mary Ridley¹8 (6).
Elenor Ridley18 (1).
Dorothy Ridley18 (2).
Anna Ridley18 (1).
Daughters of Edward" (2).
Richard Ridley18 (6), eldest son of Richard¹ (2).
Francis Ridley18 (2), second son of Richard¹ (2).
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NINETEENTH GENERATION.
Mary Ridley (7), a daughter of Gloster18 (1), was the wife of Capt.
Edward Evans (he died in 1807), and died in 1809.
Thomas Ridley19 (11), a son of Gloster18 (1), died of small-pox at
Madras, when young.
Rev. James Ridley19 (1), a son of Gloster18 (1), was educated at Win-
chester School and New College, Oxford, and after taking his orders suc-
ceeded his father in the living of Rumford and Essex. In 1761 he was
the chaplain of a regiment, and while exposed in the discharge of his du-
ties contracted some disorder, which, to the unspeakable sorrow of his
friends and family, terminated his life in 1765, at the age of twenty; he
was buried at Poplar. His father in a letter writes: "He was as hopeful
a young clergyman as an affectionate father could wish his son to be. So
generous a heart, such an intimate knowledge of the power and workings
of nature, so serious and earnest a desire to serve God and mankind, with
cheerful spirit and address in conveying his instructions, make him a loss as
great to the world as to me." He was author of "The Tales of the Genii";
a humorous paper called "The Schemer," afterwards collected in a vol-
ume; "The History of James Lovegrove," and several other small works.
His writings were lucid, flowing, and eloquent, as his publications show,
and growing so fast in the preferment of the church, he promised to be-
come one of the most distinguished divines that ever adorned the family
of Ridley, a family prolific in clergymen.
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Matthew Ridley19 (1), eldest son of Richard18 (4), was born in 1712;
married, firstly, Hannah, daughter of Joseph Barnes, of Newcastle, by
whom (who died Nov. 17, 1741) he had one son. He married, secondly,
Elizabeth, daughter, and at length heir, of Sir Matthew White, of Blag-
don (which Matthew was brother of Margaret, wife of Richard Ridley
aforesaid), Nov. 18, 1742. By the second union there were seven sons and
four daughters, of whom hereafter. The first wife was buried in St. Nich-
olas' Church, Newcastle. Mr. Ridley's monument in St. Nicholas' Church,
