of
RIDLEYS OF SOUTHAMPTON COUNTY, VIRGINIA.

the
his death.
in North Caereafter. He is supposed to have resided on the farm now in
(See "Ridleys opf Francis Ridley; I have no account of his marriage or
can be answered in his William the father of William Ridley who settled
which claimed Col. Ho grandfather of Col. Howell Ridley of that State?
unty, North Carolina.") If the foregoing query
Granville County, N. C., to bative then the tradition in the other branch
issue three sons, of whom hereatoidley and Dr. James Ridley, of Oxford,
James Ridley (2), a son of Nond cousins, is proved true. He had
Virginia; but nothing is known of his.
Na
any. His name is found in the land reganiel (1), was probably born in
"July 10, 1740, James Ridley 820 acres." mily or descendants- if he had
Isle of Wight records, in a deed which pters at Richmond as follows:
brother Nathaniel in 1714, conveying land lyinHis name also appears in the
now in Southampton County, Va.
ssed between him and his
Nathaniel Ridley2 (2), a son of Nathaniel south of Notoway River,
Virginia, is mentioned in the land register as
grants, as follows: "July 5, 1746, 340 acres in Isle of, presumably born in
"June 13, 1755, 47 acres in Southampton County," Va. ing received two
County was taken from the Isle of Wight, and the two ght County," and
probably joined. I can find no record of family or descendants last-named
THIRD GENERATION.
of land
Dr. James-Day Ridley' (3), eldest son of James2 (1), was born in
Southampton County, Va., about 1735. He obtained a considerable repu-
tation as a physician, and died in the prime of life, leaving one son and
two daughters, of whom hereafter.
Bromfield Ridley (1), second son of James (1), born in Southamp-
ton County, Va.; settled in Granville County, N. C., and became an
eminent lawyer and the ancestor of a numerous and highly respectable
posterity, now scattered through the Southern States. See "Ridleys of
North Carolina."
Mary Ridley (1), a daughter of James2 (1), married to John Blount,*
*The family of Blount, or Blunt, is one of very long standing in England, and
its representatives have figured conspicuously in history during many centuries.
The family is of Norman origin, and the earliest in England came at the Conquest,
1066. A branch of this family has long been seated at Mapledurham, being inter-
married with the Riddells of Felton Park, Northumberland, and the Ridleys of the
same County, and now represented by Michael-Charles Blount, Esq., Lord of the
Manor of Mapledurham. Members of the English family came early to Virginia,
became wealthy land-owners, and took high rank in public matters. John Blount,
who married Mary Ridley, was the father of six sons and one daughter; the young-
est son, Richard-Augustus Blount, who married Mary-Edmunds Dawson, had a
daughter, Marianna-Ridley Blount, who was carried to Georgia when an infant,
became the wife of John W. A. Sanford, who became distinguished in the public
affairs of his State,- being commander of the Georgian troops in the Creek war as
major-general, and had issue John-William-Augustus Sanford, who was a colonel
in the Confederate army during the Rebellion, and since the war was repeatedly
elected attorney-general of the State of Georgia; Eugene-Mandeville Sanford, now
Brigadier-General Sanford, of California, and Theodore-Gordon Sanford. now a
resident of Milledgeville, Ga. These descendants of Mary-Ridley Blount, are all
highly respectable, wealthy, and well allied by marriage with the best families of
their States.
