Person:Richard Ridgeway (2)

Notes

• possibly a son of Robert Ridgway and Eleanor Clyton - source needed

1. ↑ Wills: Abstracts, Book A : 1682 - 1699: Philadelphia Co, PA [1].

   HICKMAN, ELIZABETH. Thornbury Township, Chester Co. Widow.
   February 18, 1698. September 16, 1698. A. 414.
   Estate to sons Joseph, who is sole Executor, and Benjamin Hickman.
   Legacies to son Robert Chamberlyne;
   to daughter Sarah and her husband Richard Arnold;
   to daughter Mary and her husband Joseph Edwards;
   to daughter Hannah and her husband Robert Way;
   to daughter Joan and her husband Charles Joanes, and
   to son-in-law Richard Rigeway.
   Trustees: Friends George Peirse [Pierce] and Nicholas Pyle.
   Witnesses: John Mendenhall, George Strode.

2. ↑ Honeyman, A. Van Doren, and William Nelson. Calendar of New Jersey wills. (New Jersey, 1900-1931)
   23:383.

   1718-9 12th d. 12th m. (Feb.).
   Ridgway, Richard, junior, of Springfield, Burlington Co. ; will of.
   Wife Mary.
   Children - William, Timothy, Elizabeth, Richard, Mary, James, all under age.
   Real and personal estate.
   Executors - father Richard Ridgway and brothers Thomas Ridgway and Joseph Willis.
   Witnesses - John Sumers, Elechsandr Paget, Job Ridgway, John Wright.
   Proved April 4, 1719.
   Lib.2, p. 119
   
   1719 April 24. Inventory of the personal estate, £274-4-, incl. a negro girl £40,- ; made by Michael Newhold and John Sykes.

3. ↑ ^3.0 3.1 Honeyman, A. Van Doren, and William Nelson. Calendar of New Jersey wills. (New Jersey, 1900-1931)
   23:383.

   1722 Sept. 21.
   Ridgway, Richard, of Springfield Township, Burlington Co., yeoman ; will of.
   Wife Abugail.
   Children - Thomas, Josiah, Elizabeth Willits, Job, Mary Ballenger, Jane, the "now wife" of Isaac Antram, Sarah, John, Joseph, daughter-in-law Mary Ridgway, son-in-law Henry Clothier.
   Real and personal estate.
   The wife sole executrix with sons Thomas and Job and Henry Clother as assistants.
   Witnesses - Tho: Frampton, Gervas Hall, Tho: Scattergood.
   Proved April 5, 1723.
   Lib. 2, p. 229.
   
   1723 April 23. Inventory of the estate: 210 acres near the Great Swamp in Springfield Township L150, person L207.11, incl. a clock L10, all old currency; made by Mathew Champion and Thomas Scattergood.
   
   1724 June 22. Account of the estate, amounting to L521.4.-, by Thomas Ridgway, the surviving executor, showing payments to Eliza. Longstaff, Isaac Gibbs, Tho: Leonard, Jo'n Dawson, Jere. Bass, Benj. Crispian, Joseph and Mercy Crispian, AitieSteward, Mathew Champion, Rob't Mitchell, administrator of John Mitchell, Jon'n Wright, Abr'm Bickley, Sam'l Furniss, Rich'd Smith senior, Wm. Lines, Rich'd Willits, Jane Atkinson, Geo. Williams, Dan'l Smith, Wm. Robinson, cooper, John Ward junios, John Sykes, John Tonkin, Sam'l Shinn, Rich'd Kirby, John Scholly, Sam'l Marmion, John Huleet, Jeremiah and Jacob Ong Thos. Wetherill, Isaac William, Rob't Stork, tailor, James Antram, John Roberds, Nich's Brown, Christ'r Blackbourn, Wm. Collum, Wm. Prickett, Wm. Dean, Zebulon Guant, Marmaduke Coats, to testator's widow Mary and for schooling of the children.

4. ↑ 185382669 , in Find A Grave
   includes photo, last accessed Oct 2022.
5.   Family Notes.

   Richard and Elizabeth Chamberlain Ridgway arrived in 1679 on the "Jacob and Mary" and settled at the Delaware River Falls on the Pennsylvania shore, adjoining William Penn's estate. Richard was granted a license to keep an ordinary, called Crown Inn. He is also said to have been a tailor.
   
   In 1690 they moved to 600 acres near Stoney Brook, Maidenhead Twp., West Jersey, (today on the road between Princeton and Lawrenceville in Mercer County.)
   
   In 1695 they moved to 600 acres on Mattacopany Creek, Springfield Twp., Burlington Co. (In 1979 near Village of Jacksonville on the road from Burlington to Jobstown). Richard gave one acre to the Quakers for a meeting house and burying ground, "Copany" or Old Springfield Meeting of the Burlington MM. In 1987 the building erected in 1775 was still standing, having been converted to a private home.
   
   References:
   "Twigs from Family Trees".
   Notes on the Ridgway Families of Bradford Co., Pa. decendents of David, Richard, Robert and Burr Ridgway Pioneers, compiled and published by the Rev Edward Coolbaugh Hoagland 1958.