Thomas Ridgway

Birth: Mar. 4, 1701 Little Egg Harbor Ocean County New Jersey, USA Death: Aug. 26, 1786 Little Egg Harbor Ocean County New Jersey, USA

"Thomas Ridgway, Jr., and Mary, his wife."

There is no marker (Quakers of that time period didn't use them), but he is recorded in a partial listing of graves at Friends Cemetery, Tuckerton, in Leah Blackman's 'History of Little Egg Harbor,' from 1880, pages 206-208.

"Thomas Ridgway, b. 14 Jan 1701 (son of Thomas and Anne), married in the year 1723, Mary, b. 14 Jan 1704 (daughter of Jacob and Elizabeth Ong). Thomas and Mary (Ong) Ridgway were the parents of Ann Ridgway, b. 5 Feb 1725, who married James Willits, at the Little Egg Harbor Monthly Meeting, in the year 1741. She was an eminent Quaker minister, and died 24 Jan 1815, aged eighty-nine years."

Source: 'Ancestors and Decendants of James and Ann Willits of Little Egg Harbor, N.J.' by Alfred C. Willits, pub. Holmesburg, Philadelphia, PA, Feb 1898

NOTE: Exact birthdates may be incorrect; it's unknown whether or not the author translated the dates from Quaker style. If he did not, "ye first month" would indicate March, rather than January.

Family links:

Parents:

 Thomas Ridgway (1677 - 1724)

 Ann Pharo Ridgway (1678 - 1712)

Spouse:

 Mary Ong Ridgway (1704 - ____)

Children:

 Sarah Ridgway Carr (1727 - 1762)*

Siblings:

 Robert Ridgway*

 Thomas Ridgway (1701 - 1786)

 John Ridgway (1705 - 1774)*

 Joseph Ridgway (1721 - 1771)**

*Calculated relationship

• *Half-sibling

Burial: Friends Burial Ground Tuckerton Ocean County New Jersey, USA

Created by: greatgrands Record added: Aug 22, 2011 Find A Grave Memorial# 75350119

"Thomas Ridgway, Jr., and Mary, his wife."

There is no marker (Quakers of that time period didn't use them), but he is recorded in a partial listing of graves at Friends Cemetery, Tuckerton, in Leah Blackman's 'History of Little Egg Harbor,' from 1880, pages 206-208.

"Thomas Ridgway, b. 14 Jan (March) 1701 (son of Thomas and Anne), married in the year 1723, Mary, b. 14 Jan (March) 1704 (daughter of Jacob and Elizabeth Ong). Thomas and Mary (Ong) Ridgway were the parents of Ann Ridgway, b. 5 Feb 1725, who married James Willits, at the Little Egg Harbor Monthly Meeting, in the year 1741. She was an eminent Quaker minister, and died 24 Jan 1815, aged eighty-nine years."

Source: 'Ancestors and Decendants of James and Ann Willits of Little Egg Harbor, N.J.' by Alfred C. Willits, pub. Holmesburg, Philadelphia, PA, Feb 1898

NOTE: Exact birthdates may be incorrect; it's unknown whether or not the author translated the dates from Quaker style. If he did not, "ye first month" would indicate March, rather than January.

Family links:

Parents:

 Thomas Ridgway (1677 - 1724)

 Ann Pharo Ridgway (1678 - 1712)

Spouse:

 Mary Ong Ridgway (1704 - ____)

Children:

 Sarah Ridgway Carr (1727 - 1762)*

*Calculated relationship

Burial: Friends Burial Ground Tuckerton Ocean County New Jersey, USA

Created by: greatgrands Record added: Aug 22, 2011 Find A Grave Memorial# 75350119