RIDLEYS OF BECKLEY, SUSSEX, ENGLAND.
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RIDLEYS OF BECKLEY, SUSSEX, ENGLAND.
William Ridley¹ (1), parents' names unknown, was born at Beckley,
Sussex, Eng., Oct. 22, 1784; married Sarah Newble (she was born May
27, 1781?) Oct. 31, 1806, and had issue four children, of whom hereaf
ter. Mr. Ridley was a farmer. He married, secondly, Rebecca Fiddler,
and thirdly, Margaret Cornwallis, by whom one son. He emigrated to
America in company with the son last mentioned, and has not since been
heard from. His first wife was buried at Beckley, aged 35.
SECOND GENERATION.
Harriet-N. Ridley2 (1), eldest daughter of William' (1), was born at
Beckley, Eng., July 24, 1807, and died in Sydney, Australia; was the
wife of Henry Larkins.
William Ridley (2), eldest son of William' (1), was born at Beckley,
Eng., in September, 1808; married, and sailed for America the following
day.
James Ridley² (1), second son of William¹ (1), was born at Beckley,
Eng., May 13, 1811; married Margaret Quinn, in the parish of St. Law-
rence, Sydney, Australia (she was of Dublin, Ireland), in 1842, and has
had issue nine children, of whom hereafter. Mr. Ridley emigrated to
Sydney from Gravesend, in the ship "Palmyra," in 1838. He was em-
ployed in a soap manufactory; then ten years in Kent Brewery, and then
twenty-one years on the railway of New South Wales. He is now an old
man, living with his children at Redfern, Sydney, Australia.*
Sarah-Ann Ridley² (1), second daughter of William¹ (1), was born
at Beckley, Eng., in December, 1809; was married to John Payne, of
Sussex, farmer, and died in that County about 1844.
Thomas Ridley² (1), a son of William¹ (1), by his third wife, mar-
ried in England, and accompanied by his parents, sailed for America, but
nothing has been heard from any of them since.
THIRD GENERATION.
Harriet Ridley' (2), eldest daughter of James² (1), was born in Syd-
ney, Australia, and died in 1859, aged 18.
Margaret-Matilda Ridley (1), second daughter of James (1), born
in Sydney, was married to William Waterman, and has issue.
James Ridley³ (2), eldest son of James² (1), was born in Sydney,
Australia.
Daniel Ridleys (1), second son of James² (1), was born in Sydney,
Australia.
Charlotte Ridley (1), third daughter of James² (1), was born in
Sydney, Australia; twin to Daniel.
Joshua(?) Ridley³ (1), third son of James² (1), was born in Sydney,
New South Wales, Australia, and is employed in a government situation.
Rebecca Ridley (1), fourth daughter of James (1), was born in
Sydney, Australia, and lives at home.
*JAMES RIDLEY, of Redfern, Sydney, says Beckley, Sussex, the ancestral home
of this family, was twelve miles from any post-office at the time he left England.
The family of Cornwall, or Cornwallis, with which the Ridleys intermarried, came
to America before 1837; they formerly lived about twelve miles from Beckley.
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