Quaker pen portraits

William Ridford [or Reidford] was one of the first Scots emigrants to East Jersey in the 1680s. He was born around 1642 in Friershaw, near

John Reid, the gard’ner John Reid, author of The Scots Gard’ner, was born in 1655 at Niddry Castle near Kirkliston in West Lothian, where both

David Falconar played a significant role in the East Jersey venture as a promoter and investor and was a leading member of the Quaker community