RIDDLES OF HERMITAGE CASTLE, SCOTLAND.
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THIRD GENERATION.
Charles-James Riddels (1), eldest son of Archibald² (1), was born
in Toronto, Can., and died young.
John Riddel (3), second son of Archibald (1), was born in Toronto,
Can., and died young.
Sarah Riddel (1), third daughter (living) of Archibald² (1), was born
in Toronto, Can., and was married to Henry McLaren.
Mary-A. Riddels (1), a daughter of Archibald² (1), was born in Toron-
to, Can., and lives at home, unmarried.
Margaret Riddel³ (1), a daughter of Archibald (1), was born in To-
ronto, Can., and lives at home, single.
Isabella Riddel³ (2), a daughter of Archibald² (1), was born in To-
ronto, Can., and lives at home, single.
RIDDELS OF CUSHNIE, ABERDEENSHIRE.
Peter Riddel (1), of Fletcher, Can., says his grandfather was a tailor
who lived on the farm of Balnakelly, Cushnie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland,
and had seven sons and two daughters, all of them six feet in height. From
these sons are fifty-one grandchildren and twenty-seven great-grandchil-
dren, some in Scotland, England, Africa, China, and Canada. The tradition
of this family is that their ancestor was chief of the Clan Chatrina, and
got the name Riddel in consequence of some heroic deed he had done,
while acting in that capacity. Peter Riddel has written to Scotland for
genealogical information, but it has not reached me. I think this family
a connection of the Riddels of Glenmuick, and Riddels of Peterhead, in
the same shire, from the name Peter* in these branches and the orthography
of the surname being spelled with only one 7, a form peculiar to families
in Aberdeenshire.
RIDDLES OF HERMITAGE CASTLE, SCOTLAND.
William Riddle' (1), parents unknown, was a native of Roxburgh-
shire, Scotland, and his family hold the tradition that they are descended
from the ancient family of Riddell of that ilk, so long settled in Lillies-
leaf. William married Catherine Brydon, and had issue nine children, of
whom hereafter. He lived some time at Hermitage Castle, a place on the
Hermitage-Water, in Castleton parish, and some of his children were
born there.
SECOND GENERATION.
William Riddle² (2), eldest son of William' (1), was born at Hermit-
age Castle, Liddesdale, Scotland, in Nov. 1801; inarried Jessie, daughter
*It seems a little singular that the Christian name Peter should be almost ex-
clusively confined to the Riddels of Aberdeenshire. This name was in the family
of Newcastle-on-Tyne, as early as 1500. The remote ancestors are supposed to be
from the Glen-Riddell family, as the branch of Glenmuick use the same crest.
