'Ridgeway1'
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Families covered: Ridgeway of Ballinakill, Ridgeway of Dublin, Ridgeway of Londonderry, Ridgeway of Tor
| John Ridgeway (a 1459) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Stephen Ridgeway, Mayor of Exeter (a 1460, 1490) the first mentioned by Vivian | ||||||||||||||
| A. | Michael Ridgeway or Peacock of Newton Abbot | ||||||||||||||
| i. | John Ridgeway or Peacock of Abbot's Carswell and Tor (d 24.04.1560, MP) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (before 1542) Elizabeth Wentford (d 1586, dau of John Wentford or Wondford of Newton Abbot) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Thomas Ridgeway of Tor, Sheriff of Devon (b c1542, d 06.1598) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (12.06.1563) Mary Southcote (dau of Thomas Southcote of Bovey Tracey by Grace Barnhouse) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Thomas Ridgeway, Sheriff of Devon, 1st Earl of Londonderry (b c1565, d 24.01.1631/2) | ||||||||||||||
| The following is supported by BEB1841 (Ridgeway of Torrington). | |||||||||||||||
| m. Cicely Mackwilliam (d 1627, sister of Henry Mackwilliam) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Robert Ridgeway, 2nd Earl of Londonderry (d 19.03.1640/1) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (c1612) Elizabeth Weston (dau/heir of Sir Simon Weston of Lichfield) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Weston Ridgeway, 3rd Earl of Londonderry (b 25.03.1620, d 1672) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (20.09.1650) Frances (not Martha or Mary) Temple (d 1668-9/bur 13.12.1703, dau of Sir Richard Temple, Bart) | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | Robert Ridgeway, 4th Earl of Londonderry (b c1656, d 07.03.1713-4) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (25.09.1686) Lucy Jopson (bpt 22.08.1665, d 04.09.1724, dau of Sir William Jopson or Jobson, Bart) | |||||||||||||||
| ((1)) | Henry Ridgeway (b 06.04.1688, dvpsp bur 10.04.1708) | ||||||||||||||
| ((2)) | Lucy Ridgeway (dsp 10/6.07.1736) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (03.10.1716) Arthur Chichester, 4th Earl of Donegall (b 28.03.1695, dsp 30.09.1757) | |||||||||||||||
| ((3)) | Frances Ridgeway (b c1702, d 18.05.1772) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (10.03.1716/7) Thomas Innes Pitt, 5th Earl of Londonderry (d 12.09.1729) | |||||||||||||||
| (b) | Christian Ridgeway | ||||||||||||||
| m. Francis Williamson | |||||||||||||||
| (c)+ | other issue - Thomas, Temple, Alexander (bur 25.04.1668), Frances, Elizabeth | ||||||||||||||
| (ii) | Lettice Ridgeway | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir R. Oatley of Shropshire | |||||||||||||||
| (iii)+ | other issue - Leicester, Robert (bpt 24.08.1631) | ||||||||||||||
| (B) | Cassandra Ridgeway | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir Francis Willoughby of Wollaton (d 1663/5) | |||||||||||||||
| (C) | daughter possibly of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| m. William Mure of Garvey & Fassaroe Castle (a 1667) | |||||||||||||||
| (D)+ | other issue - Edward, Macwilliam, Maria (d young) | ||||||||||||||
| (2) | Peter Ridgeway of Ballinakill (b 1576, d 1639, 5th son) not mentioned by Vivian | ||||||||||||||
| (A) | John Ridgeway | ||||||||||||||
| m. Agnes (d before 1663) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | John Ridgeway of Edenderry and Ballinakill (b c1640, d 1701) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (before 1666) _ Johnson (dau of Samuel Johnson) | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | Samuel Ridgeway of Ballinakill (b after 1673, d 12.11.1708, 2nd son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (after 1693) Mary | |||||||||||||||
| ((1)) | John Ridgeway (b c1694, d before 26.03.1730) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (09.1715) Martha Shawe | |||||||||||||||
| ((A)) | John Ridgeway (b c1716, d c1770) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Mary | |||||||||||||||
| ((i)) | John Ridgeway (b c1740, d 12.12.1795) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1772) Mary Odlum (dau of Henry Odlum of Aghanvilla) | |||||||||||||||
| ((a)) | John Ridgeway had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1805) Charlotte Clarke (dau of William Henry Clarke by Mary Clarke) | |||||||||||||||
| ((b)) | Samuel Ridgeway of Aghanvilla had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1819) Rebecca Newcombe (d 1884, dau of William Newcombe of Aghanvilla) | |||||||||||||||
| ((ii)) | Samuel Ridgeway of Fahy (bpt 02.10.1755, d 1863) | ||||||||||||||
| partner unknown | |||||||||||||||
| ((a)) | Richard Ridgeway | ||||||||||||||
| ((iii))+ | other issue - George (bpt 29.11.1748), Robert (bpt 12.11.1758), Martha | ||||||||||||||
| ((B)) | William Ridgeway of Dublin (b c1722, d before 1797, 4th son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (23.12.1754) Dorothy Tandy | |||||||||||||||
| ((i)) | William Ridgeway (b 1765, d 01.12.1817) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Catherine Ledwich (dau of Rev. Edward Ledwich) | |||||||||||||||
| ((a))+ | 7 children | ||||||||||||||
| ((ii)) | Joseph Ridgeway of Ballinderry | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (1791) Mary Anne Donavan (dau of Michael Donavan) | |||||||||||||||
| ((a)) | Joseph Ridgeway (b 23.01.1802, d 23.05.1871, vicar in Tunbridge Wells) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1830) Elizabeth Chambers (dau of R. Chambers) | |||||||||||||||
| ((b)) | Eliza Ridgeway | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Dyas (Captain) | |||||||||||||||
| ((c)) | Angeline Ridgeway | ||||||||||||||
| m. Rev. _ Krause | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Sara Abigail Bathurst (dau of Matthew Bathurst) | |||||||||||||||
| ((iii)) | Martha Ridgeway (bpt 13.02.1757) | ||||||||||||||
| ((C)) | Martha Ridgeway (b 17.06.1723) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (29.12.1746) Adam Williams of Williamstown | |||||||||||||||
| ((D))+ | other issue - Samuel of Dublin (d 05.1745), Edward of Edenderry, Margaret | ||||||||||||||
| ((2)) | Anthony Ridgeway of Dublin (cabinet maker) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (10.07.1724) Anne Brent or Brunt or Briant | |||||||||||||||
| ((3)) | Samuel Ridgeway (bur 02.07.1707) | ||||||||||||||
| ((4)) | Robert Ridgeway of Dublin (cabinet maker) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (10.1727) Alice Smalley | |||||||||||||||
| ((A)) | Rachel Ridgeway | ||||||||||||||
| m. (17.01.1763) John Wisden | |||||||||||||||
| (b) | Elizabeth Ridgeway | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Cresswell | |||||||||||||||
| (c)+ | other issue - Robert (m before 1688, dsp), John of Ballydermott (d unm 1729/30), Rachel | ||||||||||||||
| (ii) | Jane Ridgeway | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Taylor | |||||||||||||||
| (3) | Elizabeth Ridgeway | ||||||||||||||
| m. Thomas Roche of Essex | |||||||||||||||
| (4) | Grace Ridgeway | ||||||||||||||
| m. James Walsh | |||||||||||||||
| (5)+ | other issue - George (b 1569, d 23.04.1623), Richard (b 1570, d unm before 1615), John (b 1575, d unm 06.02.1615), Southcote (b 1575), Giles (d before 1598), William, Gertrude, Mary, Grace, Philadephia, daughter | ||||||||||||||
| m2. Alice Miles (dsp) | |||||||||||||||
| b. | Margaret Ridgeway | ||||||||||||||
| m. Hugh Yarworth (or Yearth or Yeoworthe) of Ipplepen | |||||||||||||||
| c. | Anne Ridgeway | ||||||||||||||
| m. Robert Prideaux of Ashburton | |||||||||||||||
| ii. | Joan Ridgeway | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Petre of Torbryan | |||||||||||||||
Main source(s): BLG1952 (Ridgeway of Hittisleigh), BE1883 (Ridgeway of Londonderry), Visitation (J.L. Vivian (1895), Devon, 1531+1564+1620+additions, 'Ridgeway of Tor Abbey', p647)
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