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About Richard Ridge, Convict "Atlantic" 1791
From Old Bailey Online website:
583. RICHARD RIDGE , GILBERT BAKER , WILLIAM LLOYD , WILLIAM SHAW , and JAMES M'CAULEY , were indicted, for feloniously and burglariously breaking and entering the dwelling house of Susannah Dewell , on the 21st of August last, about nine in the night, and burglariously stealing therein, a stuff coat, value 1 s. two cloth waistcoats, value 4 s. a child's cotton ditto, value 2 s. a cotton bedgown, value 2 s. a flannel waistcoat, value 3 s. a shalloon ditto, value 3 s. and one cloth coat, value 2 s. her property.
SUSANNAH DEWELL sworn.
I am a sales-woman at Brentford , a widow ; on the 21st of August I was at work in the evening between eight and nine; it was quite dark without candles; I am sure I could not have seen anybody's face, without a candle; I am very sure the door was shut, I heard the latch lift up; I asked who was there; there being no answer made, I got up; the shop was in the front towards the street, and the kitchen behind it; I missed from the shop the several articles in the indictment; some had been hanging without and some within, but they had been all taken down, and laid on the counter; I saw them afterwards on the Wednesday, at Bow-street.
Prisoner. She said at the justice's, that her child might touch the latch? - I thought it might have been one of my children, but asking who was there, and they not answering, I got up immediately.
WILLIAM COLE sworn.
I lost nine geese, and I went in pursuit of some persons on the road; I took in my company, a man of the name of John Street; overtook the prisoners at Acton, at nine in the morning, they had two asses, loaden with hampers, there were many articles of wearing apparel in the hampers, and a crow.
ELIZABETH SPACE sworn.
I live three miles the other side of Brentford; on Saturday, the 27th of August, about five in the morning, I observed the prisoners, they are the men to the best of my knowledge; I saw four men and a boy, and I told Mr. Cole which way they went, towards Hessham.
CHARLES JEALOUS sworn.
I was at Bow-street when these men were brought in; a person came to me, and gave me information, and I took this waistcoat off M'Cauley, at Bow-street, and this coat I took off Ridge; I never saw Shaw or M'Cauley in my life, I am not the apprehender of any one of them.
Prosecutrix. This is my coat and waistcoat, and all these things; they were on the counter a few minutes before I got up, I am sure they are my property.
PRISONER RIDGE's DEFENCE.
I had been seeking for work, and could not get any, I saw some men coming over Hounslow Heath, and they asked me if I had lost a jack-ass; they gave me a jack-ass, loaded with hampers, and they desired me to take and find an owner for it, so I drove it along, and I overtook this lad; the waistcoat and coat were at top; it rained, and I took the coat and put it on to keep off the rain; before I came to Acton, I overtook the other prisoners, and when we came to Acton, we were stopped, the man came to the jack-ass, and owned it at the justice's.
PRISONER BAKER's DEFENCE.
I went to Brentford, my father was extremely ill; I went with two of the other prisoners, I arrived there the Friday afternoon, I slept at the Bull, and got up about four in the morning, I was very ill, and came to Town, and I met these men, and this boy, driving a jack-ass and hampers; he asked what it was o'clock, it was past five; he said, which road are you going? I said, towards Acton to go home; then I went into the Red Lion, to get a pot of beer, and some bread and cheese, we came out, and Mr. Cole stopped us.
PRISONER M'CAULEY's DEFENCE.
I got up to go to work about three in the morning; I went to the Bull, at Hounslow; I could not find my aunt's, and the man overtook me; says he, here is a jackass strolling along, it was the gentleman in blue, that overtook me; but it rained, and he said, as it rains, we may as well put on these things; so I put on the waistcoat.
Court. How far is Acton from Brentford? - Rather better than three miles.
Court to Cole. Did any conversation pass about this business? - They owned one ass; Ridge owned that which was loaded, but not the others.
Did the others take any part? - Two of them tried to make their escape; that was Shaw, and Baker (the boy), they were all together, before I overtook them.
The prisoner Lloyd called two witnesses to his character.
The prisoner M'Cauley called four witnesses to his character.
ALL FIVE, GUILTY of stealing .
Tried by the second Middlesex Jury before Mr. RECORDER.
•Name: Richard RIDGE
•Sex: M
•Birth: Abt 1768 in Middlesex London England
•Death: 1 NOV 1842 in Windsor NSW Aust
•Immigration: as a convict 20 AUG 1791 Sydney Cove Australia
event: "Atlantic" ship 1791
•Note: BIOGRAPHY: Sentenced to 7 years.
After the death of McManus, Jane received a grant of land in May 1797 of 60 acres and in March 1800 a further grant of l60 acres from Governor John Hunter, subject to a proviso that the land was to be held in trust for the children and not to be disposed of without the Governor's consent.
Jane, by 1802, is recorded as living with Richard Ridge, who arrived as a convict in the Second Fleet aboard Atlantic, on 250 acres on the Hawkesbury. Apparently this included her grants of 220 acres. By the 1806 Muster Jane together with Richard Ridge owned or leased 305 acres of which 51 were sown in grain, one in potatoes and 205 utilised as pasture. They also had a horse, two oxen, 20 hogs and 19 bushels of grain in hand. In addition to Jane's three children they supported five convicts and one freeman. In Marsden's list of females in the Colony in 1806 a daughter, Martha, born in 1803, is recorded, but there is no mention of her in the 1806 Muster.
Later Jane went to live on the south side of George Street, Parramatta, and Ridge remained on the Hawkesbury and married Margaret Forrester (the daughter of First Fleeter Robert Forrester) on 7 November 1809 and had at least eight children
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Richard Ridge, Convict "Atlantic" 1791's Timeline
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January 12, 1771
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Ducklington, Oxfordshire, England (United Kingdom)
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December 1, 1771
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Ducklington with Hardwick, Oxfordshire, England (United Kingdom)
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| 1791 |
1791
Age 19
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Australia
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1803
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Hawkesbury, , New South Wales, Australia
Martha Ridge, "Australia, Births and Baptisms, 1792-1981" Name: Martha Ridge
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| 1809 |
July 19, 1809
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Windsor, NSW, Australia
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1810
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Windsor, NSW, Australia
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July 29, 1813
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Hawkesbury, , New South Wales, Australia
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