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Mary Ridley (Edwards)

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Daughter of Col. Nathaniel Edwards and Jane Edwards
Wife of James Day Ridley
Sister of Elizabeth Garrett; Isaac Edwards; William Edwards, of Brunswick County; Rebecca Jones; Nathaniel Edwards, Jr. and 3 others

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About Mary Ridley

Origins

34 NATHANIEL EDWARDS (John,3 William,2 William1) settled in Brunswick County, where he was one of the first members of the county court, and where he became a major of militia. He married Jane Eaton, widow of Anthony Haynes, and his will dated April 29, 1771, was proved in Brunswick July 22, 1771. He had children:

  • * 43 Nathaniel, who represented Brunswick in the House of Burgesses from 1769 to 1771, and died in the latter year,
    • 44 Sarah,
    • 45 Ann,
    • 46 ISAAC, Isaac Edwards used a book plate containing the arms of the Edwards family, which has been preserved.
    • 47 Benjamin,
    • 48 Mary, married in 1750, James Day Ridley,
    • 49 Elizabeth, married Col. Francis Willis,
    • 50 William, who in 1756 married Sarah Edmunds, daughter of Thomas Edmunds and sister of John Edmunds above.
    • 51 Rebecca married Allen (?) Jones.

References

  • page 82 of The William and Mary Quarterly, Volume 15 By Earl Gregg Swem
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