102 RIDDELLS OF NEWHOUSE AND MINTO, SCOTLAND.
Margaret-Elizabeth Riddell (3), second daughter of John* (2), born
in Australia. No other information.
Anne-Carre Riddell (1), third daughter of John' (2), was (supposed)
born in Australia. No other information.
Lieut. William-Henry Riddell (4), only son of Thomas* (4), is an
officer in the Sixteenth Regiment of Foot, British Army.
SIXTH GENERATION.
Ralph-Gervace Riddell (1), a son of Thomas (6), was born in 1868,
and was named in honor of some early ancestors of the Roxburgh family
of Riddell.
Elizabeth-Olive-Geva Riddell (3), eldest daughter of Thomas (6),
was born Dec. 9, 1869, and was named in honor of some very early female
members of the Riddell family.
Grizel-Geva Riddell (1), second daughter of Thomas (6), was born
Oct. 6, 1871. Grizel is an old name in the family of Carre.
RIDDELLS OF NEWHOUSE, SCOTLAND.
William Riddell¹ (1), third son of Andrew 15 (2), of Haining (see Rid-
dells of Haining in the main line of Riddells of Roxburghshire), received
for his inheritance a property called "Newhouse," an old residence in
the parish of Lilliesleaf, near Riddell House, and this family has since
been known by that designation. William also got a charter of Muselee
and Mewlie in 1618, and became ancestor of the two branches of the
old Roxburghshire tree, denominated "Riddells of Newhouse" (which
subsequently merged into the family of Glen-Riddell, as will afterwards
appear), and "Riddells of Muselee."
SECOND GENERATION.
Rev. Simon Riddell (1), who is believed to have been descended
from some branch of the old border family, married Miss Riddell, the
heiress of Newhouse, and became, in right of his wife, the head of this
family. He was a minister of considerable distinction. In 1715 he
marched to Stirling with a portion of his parishioners in defence of His
Majesty and the Protestant interests, and in 1740 he was one of fifteen
ministers against deposing eight seceders, of whom were Ralph and Eben-
ezer Erskine. Had issue one son, who became ancestor of Riddells of
Glen-Riddell.
THIRD GENERATION.
Walter Riddell (1), a son of Simon² (1), married the heiress of
Glen-Riddell, and became head of that family.
RIDDELLS OF MINTO, SCOTLAND.
Walter Riddell' (1), second son of Walter³ (1), of Newhouse, who is
described as "writer in Edinburgh," acquired the barony of Minto* from
*MINTO is in Roxburghshire. The barony formerly belonged to the Earls of
Lennox; afterwards the property of Sir Thomas Stewart, of Garlies. The Riddells
