RIDLEYS OF MICKLEY FARM, NORTHUMBERLAND.
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SECOND GENERATION.
Elizabeth Ridley2 (1) was a daughter of James¹ (1).
Isabella Ridley2 (1) was a daughter of James¹ (1).
Mary Ridley2 (1) was the third daughter of James' (1).
Margaret Ridley' (1) was the fourth daughter of James' (1).
Ann Ridley2 (2) was the fifth daughter of James¹ (1).
George Ridley2 (2) was the eldest son of James¹ (1).
William Ridley2 (1), second son of James¹ (1).
Joseph Ridley (2), a son of James¹ (1), was born in Hexham, Eng.,
March 21, 1831; married in 1850 to Mary Tapping; emigrated to Amer-
ica on board the "Chimberago" in 1853, and landed in New York city.
He married, secondly, in 1857, Dorothy Tapping (sister of his first wife),
of London, Can. Mrs. Ridley became religiously insane in 1873, and
drowned her children in a river; made an attempt to drown herself, but
was rescued and placed in confinement. Mr. Ridley is a gardener and
farmer; resides in Grey, Ontario, Can., and has four children.
THIRD GENERATION.
John Ridley (1), eldest son of Joseph2 (2), was born in Hexham,
Eng., June 11, 1851; in Canada.
James Ridley (2), second son of Joseph2 (2), was born in Canada,
Feb. 5, 1859.
William Ridleys (2), third son of Joseph² (2), was born in Canada,
Dec. 20, 1861; twin to Jane.
Jane Ridley (1), only daughter of Joseph² (2), was born in Canada,
Dec. 20, 1861; twin to William.
RIDLEYS OF MICKLEY FARM, NORTHUMBERLAND.
Cuthbert Ridley¹ (1), the first of Mickley Farm, was descended from
the ancient family in Tynedale, but the parents' names are not certainly
known. No record of his birth, marriage, or death, appears on the regis-
ters of the church at Ovingham,* where those of his descendants are
found. These records begin with 1679, and go up to the middle of the
present century, but the first mention of the Ridley family is the mar-
riage of Jane Ridley with John Foster in 1683. The best evidence points
to the Ridleys of Tecket as ancestors of this family. Cuthbert Ridley, of
* ST. MARY'S CHURCH, Ovingham, where the Ridleys were baptized, married,
buried, and worshipped God, is a well-proportioned cruciform building, with a low,
square tower built of large stones, and probably Saxon. In the church-yard is the
burial-place of Thomas Bewick, the celebrated engraver, and of his brother John,
also an artist. Two persons were publicly excommunicated by Archbishop Sharp,
in Ovingham Church, as late as 1769. The following from the Ovingham Church
Registry were probably members of this branch of the Ridley family, but do not
seem to apply to any mentioned in the pedigree: 1683 - John Foster and Jane Rid-
ley married; 1713-John Ridley and Isabella Robson married; 1745 - John Ridley
and Isabella Redhead married; 1713, Feb. 18 — Mary, daughter of John Ridley, of
Prudhoe, baptized; 1715, Sept. 1- Ann, daughter of John Ridley, of Prudhoe,
baptized.
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