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RIDDLES OF BALLYMONY, IRELAND.
Mary Riddell (5), eldest daughter of John (1) and Janet Gordon,
was baptized at Ballaymeath, Aug. 2, 1690.
Hugh Riddell (5), third son of John² (1) and Janet Gordon, was
baptized at Ballaymeath, Sept. 20, 1692, and is supposed to have settled
in Londonderry, N. H. See " Riddells of Coleraine, Massachusetts."
James Riddell (4), fourth son of John² (1) and Janet Gordon, was
baptized at Ballaymeath, Dec. 3, 1695, and married Nov. 13, 1726, to Eliz-
abeth Douglass.
Robert Riddell³ (6), fifth son of John (1) and Janet Gordon, was
baptized at Ballaymeath, March 14, 1698, and was probably one of the
four brothers who settled in New England about the year 1718. See
"Riddells of Coleraine, Massachusetts.'
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John Riddell³ (5), sixth son of John² (1) and Janet Gordon, was bap-
tized at Ballaymeath, Jan. 2, 1701, and presumably came to Londonderry,
N. H., with his brothers in 1718. See "Riddells of Bedford, New Hamp-
shire."
Janet Riddell³ (3), second daughter of John² (1) and Janet Gordon,
was baptized at Ballaymeath, Sept. 25, 1703, and was married April 6,
1721, to Thomas Hamilton.
Margery Riddell³ (2), third daughter of John (1) and Janet Gordon,
was baptized at Ballaymeath, Dec. 6, 1707, and married May 20, 1722,
to John Clark.
Samuel Riddell (1), youngest son of John (1) and Janet Gordon,
was baptized at Ballaymeath, Oct. 4, 1710, and died Dec. 20, 1713.*
RIDDLES OF BALLYMONY, IRELAND.
[PENNSYLVANIA BRANCH.]
Robert Riddle' (1), allied to many other branches of the family of
Scotch-Irish birth, lived on a farm in Ballymony, not far from the River
Bann, County Antrim, Ireland; came to Pennsylvania with his son in
1835, and settled at Allegheny City, where he and wife died in 1840: He
had issue several children, of whom hereafter.
SECOND GENERATION.
James Riddell (1), a son of Robert (1), was born in Ballymony,
County Antrim, Ireland, and settled in Virginia many years ago. No
particulars.
Charles Riddell (1), a son of Robert (1), was born in Ballymony,
County Antrim, Ireland; married Elizabeth, daughter of John Dinsmore,
in 1820, and had issue seven children, of whom hereafter. He bought a
farm at Brady's Bend, about sixty miles above Pittsburgh, Penn., to
which city he had emigrated in 1835, and died there in 1844. After Mr.
Riddell's death the family returned to Pittsburgh, where the mother
probably died.
*There was a James Riddell, who married Katherine Scott, July 18, 1686; she
died May 23, 1733. A Mrs. Mary, wife of James Riddell, son of Hugh and Mary
Riddell, died Nov. 3, 1664. All recorded with the preceding, and without doubt of
the same connection.
