RIDLEYS OF MICKLEY FARM, NORTHUMBERLAND.
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FOURTH GENERATION.
Cuthbert Ridley' (3), eldest son of Cuthbert (3), was born at Mick-
ley Farm, Northumberland, March 10, 1770; married Elizabeth-Rowland
Weatherby (she was born July 27, 1776), and had issue ten children, of
whom hereafter. Mrs. Ridley was a sister of Captain Weatherby, a Wa-
terloo hero, who was twice mayor of Newcastle-on-Tyne. I suppose his
residence was at Mickley.
Isabella Ridley' (3), eldest daughter of Cuthberts (3), was born at
Mickley, Northumberland, in 1762; died in 1764.
John Ridley (3), second son of Cuthbert³ (3), was born at Mickley,
Northumberland, in 1764; baptized in September, 1766, and is supposed
to have descendants now living in England.
William Ridley (1), third son of Cuthbert (3), was born at Mick-
ley, Northumberland, in 1774, and his descendants are said to be living in
England.
Susanna Ridley* (1), second daughter of Cuthbert (3), was born at
Mickley, Northumberland, in 1777, and became the wife of
erby, of Craw Hall.
Weath-
Cuthbert Ridley' (5), eldest son of Thomas (1), was born at Mick-
ley, Northumberland (?); baptized in 1760; married Isabella Charlton,* of
Nisbit, and had issue six children, of whom hereafter. He died in 1843.
Thomas Ridley (2), a son of Thomas (1), baptized in 1761.
John Ridley (4), a son of Thomas (1), was baptized in 1760, and
died in 1850, aged 90; no particulars.
Ann Ridley (1), a daughter of Thomas (1), was married to
Barron.
Susan Ridley (3), a daughter of Thomas (1), was married to
Reed, and had issue sons and daughters.
Isabella Ridley' (4), eldest daughter of Thomas (1), was born at
Mickley Farm (?); was married to Stoker, and had issue a daughter
Mary, who married Dryden, and descendants are now living at
North Shields, Northumberland.
Mary Ridley (1), second daughter of Thomas (1), was born at Mick-
ley Farm (?) in 1762, and became the wife of John Ridley, her cousin.
She had one son and three daughters. Being a woman of ardent Wes-
leyan principles, she entertained the preachers of that day, who assisted
in educating her children. She was left a widow in early life, and proved
herself a woman of strong character. Died in 1834.
John Ridley (4), eldest son of John³ (2), was born in the north of
*THE CHARLTONS are descended from Adam de Charlton, of Charlton Tower, in
Tynedale, who died in 1303. At Hesleyside, an ancient family seat, is preserved the
Charlton spur, six inches long, which has existed in the family from time immemo-
rial, and which, according to ancient border custom, was served at dinner in a cov-
ered dish when the family larder needed replenishing.
† MRS. MARY DRYDEN, from whose lips many facts found in this family history
were taken, was a granddaughter of Thomas Ridley and his wife, Ann Charlton,
and a woman of singularly retentive and accurate memory. She died in 1879, aged
80; her mother, Isabella Ridley, in 1850, aged 90; her grandfather, Thomas Ridley,
in 1828, aged 90, and her great-grandfather, Cuthbert Ridley, in 1793, aged 91;
making an unbroken chain to the first Cuthbert Ridley. The details given by this
fine old lady are corroborated by others of the same family. She mentioned some
cousins who went to America. Her mother often talked of her great-aunts, sisters
of the first Cuthbert of Mickley Farm.
