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RIDDELLS of bedforD, NEW HAMPSHIRE, NO. 1.
Gilman Riddles (3), fourth son of Isaac² (1), was born in Bedford,
N. H., Nov. 28, 1795, and died Oct. 8, 1799.
David Riddles (2), fifth son of Isaac² (1), was born in Bedford, N.
H., Aug. 27, 1797. He entered Dartmouth College in 1814, but retired
therefrom on account of ill-health, and made a voyage to Russia in 1815;
married Mary Lincoln in 1826, and lived at Merrimack. He was engaged
in business at the Boston house of the firm of Isaac Riddle & Sons. Mr.
Riddle died July 23, 1835, after which his family removed to Hingham,
where they were living in 1852; he had issue four children.
Jacob-McGaw Riddles (1), sixth son of Isaac² (1), and eldest child of
his second wife, was born in Bedford, N. H., Dec. 30, 1807. He was ed-
ucated at the Military Academy, Norwich, Vt.; was a mariner by profes-
sion, and was lost at sea, Sept. 21, 1835, on his fifth voyage, being first
mate of the new brig "Washington," of Boston, bound for Cadiz. No
family.
Margaret-Ann Riddles (1), eldest daughter of Isaac² (1), was born in
Bedford, N. H., July 7, 1809; married in 1830, to Gen. Joseph C. Ste-
vens, of Lancaster, Mass., and had issue; died at Lancaster, Mass., April
6, 1881.
Rebecca Riddle (1), second daughter of Isaac² (1) by his second
wife, was born in Bedford, N. H., Aug. 13, 1811; died Aug. 9, 1812.
Polly Riddle³ (2), eldest daughter of William
ford, N. H., June 22, 1792; died March 19, 1819.
of Dr. P. P. Woodbury. See Martha (2).
(1), was born in Bed-
She was the first wife
William Riddles (4), eldest son of William² (1), was born in Bedford,
N. H., Feb. 8, 1794; married Mrs. Anna-Dole Riddle, in 1828, and had
two children, of whom hereafter; he died Dec. 26, 1849.
Martha Riddles (2), second daughter of William² (1), was born in
Bedford, N. H., April 18, 1796; married to Dr. P. P. Woodbury, brother
of Levi Woodbury, LL. D., the distinguished associate justice of the U. S.
Supreme Court. Dr. Woodbury's first wife was a sister to Martha; died
Aug. 19, 1832.*
Dr. Freeman Riddle³ (1), second son of William2 (1), was born in Bed-
ford, N. H., March 13, 1798; graduated at Yale College in 1819; studied
and practised medicine; settled in Upper Canada, and there died Jan.
21, 1826.
Jane Riddles (1), third daughter of William2 (1), was born in Bed-
ford, N. H., Sept. 3, 1800; married in 1826, to John Goff, and resided at
Bedford; died Oct. 22, 1875.
Marinda Riddle³ (1), fourth daughter of William² (1), was born in
Bedford, N. H., April 6, 1802; and died Oct. 24, 1840, at St. Clair, Mich.
Benjamin-Franklin Riddle (1), third son of William2 (1), was born
in Bedford, N. H., March 20, 1804; married, in 1830, Abigail D. Colley,
and had issue six children, of whom hereafter; residence in 1852, Beloit,
Wis.; died June 1, 1857.
*FREEMAN-PERKINS WOODBURY, son of Dr. Peter P. Woodbury, of Bedford, and
Martha Riddle, engaged in mercantile pursuits in the city of New York when young,
and has continued there successfully ever since. He married Harriet-Ann McGaw,
and has several children, one of whom is a physician. He owns the old Goff home-
stead in the town of Bedford, which he has fitted up for a summer residence. He is
fond of rural amusements and agriculture. A genial and generous-hearted gentle-
man of affluence.
