RIDDELLS OF DERRYFIELD, NEW HAMPSHIRE.
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Sept. 27, 1759, and died at Springfield, in said State, in 1800, aged 67
years. He was a private soldier in the old French war, and also served
under General Sullivan in the war of the Revolution, in a company called
the "Rogers Rangers," which was sent against the notorious Indians
known as the "Six Nations." He had issue six children, of whom here-
after. Mr. Riddell was a large, powerful man.
THIRD GENERATION.
Elizabeth Riddell (1), eldest daughter of James2 (1), was born in
Derryfield, N. H., March 28, 1761.
John Riddell (2), eldest son of James2 (1), was born in Derryfield,
N. H., Feb. 24, 1763; married a Miss Thompson, and had issue, of whom
hereafter. He was a soldier in the war of the Revolution. He enlisted
for three years, March, 1778, under Capt. Ebenezer Frye, Colonel Cilley's
New Hampshire regiment, and General Poor's brigade; was with General
Sullivan in Genessee, in 1779 and 1780, in the "Flying Camp" (so called)
between the American army and the enemy. He was wounded and dis-
charged near West Point, by Colonel Scammell, in 1781. He resided in
Tunbridge, Vt., forty-three years. He married, Dec. 12, 1820, Mary
Church, of Norwich, Vt. She was probably a second wife. He died
Sept. 24, 1839; his widow was living at Tunbridge, in 1850, aged 74. Mr.
Riddall* (as this branch spell the name) was the father of a numerous fam-
ily, of whom more hereafter, and his descendants are widely scattered.
Janet Riddell (1), second daughter of James² (1), was born in Der-
ryfield, N. H., Jan. 12, 1765.
Sarah Riddell (1), third daughter of James2 (1), was born in Derry-
field, N. H., May 17, 1767; was married to Dea. James Wallace, and had
issue. She was the Sarah who, when a young woman, 'tended a grist-
mill for Col. Daniel Moore; he directed her to take no toll from the sack
of a widow, or from that of a man who brought his grain on his back.
She said she was "always vexed when two bushels came in one sack." I
do not find mention of her descendants.
Mary Riddell (1), fourth daughter of James2 (1), was born in Derry-
field, N. H., in 1769; was married, Oct. 16, 1788, to Robert Ford, and
died July 26, 1848, aged 79 years. During her father's absence in the
army she lived with her grandfather Hall; after his return from the war,
she kept his house in Springfield until his second marriage. She walked
from Andover, eleven miles through the wilderness, with only "spotted
trees" for her guide.
James Riddell (2), youngest son of James2 (1), was born in Derry-
field, N. H., in 1771; married, Nov. 18, 1790, Sally (or Polly) Carr, and had
issue nine children, of whom hereafter. He boarded at Deacon Duncan's,
in Londonderry, during his father's absence in the Revolutionary army,
and remained there till his settlement in Springfield. Mr. Riddell settled
on a farm in Grafton, N. H., where he died Sept. 28, 1854, aged 83 years.
Martha Riddell (1), youngest daughter of James (1), was born in
1773, and was probably an infant when her mother died.
FOURTH GENERATION.
Levi Riddall' (1), eldest son of John (2), was born in Tunbridge,
Vt., and died somewhere in New York, unmarried.
This family use three forms of orthography, viz.: Riddall, Riddell, and Riddle,
and I have followed the original authorities.
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