RIDDELLS OF SOMERSET COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.
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Alice Riddell (1), eldest daughter of Oscar (1), was born Sept. 12,
1860, and died Nov. 3, 1861.
Flora Riddell (1), second daughter of Oscar (1), was born Dec. 19,
1861.
William Riddell (2), eldest son of Oscar (1), was born Nov. 9, 1864.
Clara Riddell (1), third daughter of Oscar (1), was born Sept. 1,
1868, and died April 20, 1870.
Oscar Riddell (2), second son of Oscar (1), was born May 19, 1871,
probably at New Carlisle, Ind.
Allen Riddell (1) eldest son of Mortimer* (1), was born in Madison
County, N. Y., July 2, 1859, and in 1873 was with his widowed mother in
Ottawa, Kan.
Nellie Riddell (1), eldest daughter of Mortimer (1); no dates.
RIDDELLS OF SOMERSET COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.
[SCOTTISH BRANCH.]
[There are many reasons for believing that the early Riddells of New
Jersey, whose genealogy will be herewith given, were descended from the
ancient family in Roxburghshire, Scotland. Sir Walter Riddell succeeded
as second baronet of that family in 1636; he married a very pious and
accomplished woman, Janet Rigg, by whom he had five sons who seem to
have inherited their mother's religious zeal and creed. The eldest son,
Sir John, succeeded as third baronet in 1669, and being a devoted Cove-
nanter, refused to take the test-oath in 1683; he was consequently imprisoned
at Bonjedworth. The Rev. Archibald Riddell, third son of Sir Walter,
was imprisoned for several years in Scotland (see "Riddells of Granton "),
and subsequently, in 1684, was banished to New Jersey, where he was
settled several years contemporary with other members of the Riddell
family, as will hereafter appear. William Riddell, another son of Sir
Walter, became head of that branch of the family in Scotland denom-
inated "of Glen-Riddell," in Dumfrieshire. We have now disposed of
three of the five sons, and find two of which we have no particulars in
the pedigree of the baronial family. It was a custom in this branch of the
Scottish Riddell family to carry forward the names John, William, and
Walter, from generation to generation; names peculiar to the Riddells
for centuries, and we might reasonably look for a Walter with the Wil-
liam and John in this family. Was there such a son? It is stated by
one authority that Sir Walter Riddell had "several sons who suffered
"SIR JOHN RIDDELL, brother of the Rev. Archibald Riddell, cousin to George
Scott, was a passenger in the Henry and Francis.' Now Woodrow, in his list of
passengers on this vessel bound for New Jersey, mentions Rev. Archibald Riddell,
but does not mention George Scott or Sir John Riddell." This extract purported
to be taken from a work written by Rev. Archibald Riddell, entitled "The Model of
the Government of East New Jersey in America," — a work of merit, of which there
are but few copies in existence.
