John Ridgway (1792 - 1844)

Born 8 Aug 1792 in Sussex Co, NJ

Ancestors

Husband of Ruth (Nevitt) Ridgway — married 30 Apr 1818 in Nottingham, OH

Descendants

Died 6 May 1844 at age 51 in Madison, Indiana, United States

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Biography

John was a Friend (Quaker)

John Ridgway, son of Timothy and Michel (Johnson) Ridgeway, was born in Sussex county, New Jersey, August 8, 1792. Reared to farm work, he went with his father in 1812 to Harrison County, Ohio, where he married Ruth Nevitt in 1818. The couple settled in Harrison County on wooded land which he cleared. In 1833, they moved to Wayne County, Indiana, near Dublin, and in 1837, to Madison County, Indiana. There they settled upon a tract of three hundred and twenty acres and eventually possessed eight hundred and forty-five acres. Most of this he cleared and used for general farming on a very large scale. His children were: Abijah J., Lydia, Daniel, Catharine, Richard, John, Ruth A., Rudolph and Jane. He passed away in 1844.

From: Find A Grave memorial # 85189492. John is buried in Friends cemetery, Fall Creek Township, Madison County, Indiana. He had 9 children and 5 brothers (all listed and linked on his memorial page).

Sources

• Biographical and Genealogical History of Cass, Miami, Howard and Tipton Counties, Indiana. Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1898. Vol. 1, Pages 498-499. [1]
• Quaker Meeting Records, Ohio, Plainfield Monthly Meeting, Women's Minutes (March 26, 1818, marriage intention; April 23, 1818, approval to marry; May 21, 1818, accomplishment of marriage in good order)
• Hinshaw, Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, 6 vols, 1936–1950. Reprint, Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1991-1994. Volume IV, Page 349 (reporting marriage of John Ridgway and Ruth Nevit on April 30, 1818 in Notingham, Harrison County, Ohio)
• Hinshaw Index to Selected Quaker Records, Indiana, Westfield Monthly Meeting (death)
• Find A Grave Memorial no. 85189492 [2]
• Limper, Harriet Neville. Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow: A History of Some of the Descendants of Joseph Wasson and Some Allied Lines. Baton Rouge, LA: Self-published, April, 1988.
• Ridgway, George C. Descent of the Ridgway-Ridgeway family in England and America. Evansville, Indiana: Ridgway, Second Edition, 1926. Page 87.

Find A Grave memorial id# 85189492

Acknowledgments

Thanks to Tom Horner for starting this profile.