RIDLEYS OF TRURO, MASSACHUSETTS.
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twelve children, of whom hereafter. He settled on a farm in Alfred, Me.;
died in 1859, aged 82.
Sally Ridley (1), second daughter of Ambrose (1), was born in
Alfred, Me., April 16, 1779; was married to John Crockett, of Shapleigh,
and had issue; she lived to be very old.
Anna Ridley (1), third daughter of Ambrose (1), was born in
Alfred, Me., April 14, 1781; was married to James Gerry, and had issue;
lived in her native town.
Ambrose Ridley' (3), third son of Ambrose (1), was born in Alfred,
Me., June 10, 1786; married Betsey Thompson, and had issue sixteen
children, of whom hereafter. He was a farmer in Sanford, Me.
Daniel Ridley (4), fourth son of Ambrose (1), was born in Alfred,
Me., June 13, 1789; married Lucy Trafton, of Sanford, and had issue
eight children, of whom hereafter. He was a farmer in his native town;
died April, 1873, aged 84.
John Ridley (6), eldest son of Daniel (1)*, was born in Harpswell,
Me., Jan. 17, 1782; married Susan Lincoln, and had issue ten children,
of whom hereafter. He lived on a farm in Bowdoin, Me.
Hannah Ridley (3), eldest daughter of Daniel (1), was born in
Harpswell, Me., Feb. 18, 1784; was married to John Adams and lived in
Bowdoin, Me.
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Ruben Ridley (2), second son of Daniel (1), was born in Bowdoin,
Me., Aug. 18, 1788; married Rachel Curtis, and was lost at sea from the
privateer "Dash," in 1814. No family.
Ruth Ridley (4), second daughter of Daniel (1), was born in Bow-
doin, Me., March 17, 1791; was married to Adam Adams and resided in
her native town. Had seven children..
Rachel Ridley (2), third daughter of Daniel (1), was born in Bow-
doin, Me., Sept. 11, 1794; was married to Hix Small, and had three chil-
dren, all living in Bowdoin, Me.
Mark Ridley (4), third son of Daniel (1), was born in Bowdoin,
Me., Jan. 6, 1796; married Rhoda Combs, March 12, 1820, and had issue
ten children, of whom hereafter. He resided in Bowdoinham on a farm.
Isaac Ridley (2), fifth son of Daniel (1), was born in Bowdoin, Me.,
Jan. 19, 1799; married Hannah Varnum, and had issue nine children, of
whom hereafter.
Thomas Ridley5 (5), sixth son of Daniel (1), was born in Bowdoin,
Me., May 20, 1802; married Julia Campbell, and had issue three children,
of whom hereafter. He was a farmer in Bowdoinham.
Simeon Ridley (1), eldest son of George (2), was born in Bowdoin,
Me., Aug. 1, 1785, and was lost at sea in November, 1807.
Betsey Ridley' (3), eldest daughter of George (2), was born in Bow-
doin, Me., April 1, 1788; was married in 1810 to John Snow, and died in
1870.
George Ridley (3), second son of George (2), was born in Bowdoin,
Me., June 4, 1790; married in 1811 to Rebecca Snow; secondly, in 1825
to Martha Baker, and had issue seven children, of whom hereafter. He
* The births of Daniel Ridley's family were recorded in Bowdoin, and a part or
all of them may have been born there; but my informant said they were born in
Harpswell.
