William Ridford

1642 - 1726  (84 years)

• Name	William Ridford
  Birth	1642	Lilliesleaf, Roxburghshire, Scotland   [1]
  	Friershaw in Teviotdale
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	1682	Lilliesleaf, Roxburghshire, Scotland
  	Farmer
  Property	Abt 1682	Lilliesleaf, Roxburghshire, Scotland   [2]
  	Agreement with Arent Sonmans to go to East Jersey where he is to have 100 acres rent-free for 10 years [18 July, year not stated}
  Religion	Abt 1682	Lilliesleaf, Roxburghshire, Scotland
  	Quaker, attending the Kelso Monthly Meeting
  Residence	1682	Lilliesleaf, Roxburghshire, Scotland
  	Friershaw in Teviotdale
  Role	1683	East Jersey, New Jersey, USA
  	Free emigrant
  Departure	31 Aug 1683	Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
  	Aboard the Exchange of Stockton
  Arrival	19 Dec 1683	Staten Island, Richmond, New York, USA   [3]
  Name	Willaim Redford
  Name	William Ridfoord  [4]
  Property	26 Sep 1685	Elizabethtown, Essex, New York, USA   [4]
  	Warrant relating to survey of 250 acres granted to William Ridfoord, his wife and seven children as their headland
  Residence	14 Jan 1685/86	Elizabethtown, Essex, New Jersey, USA   [5]
  Property	14 Sep 1714	East Jersey, New Jersey, USA   [6]
  	On list of debtors to John Bowne of Matawan, listed in the inventory of his estate
  Occupation	1720	Freehold, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA   [7]
  	Yeoman farmer
  Religion	1720	Freehold, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA   [7]
  	Quaker. Left a legacy to the Monmouth Meeting of Quakers
  Will	27 Feb 1720/21	Freehold, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA   [7]
  	Executors: wife Margaret, Gidion Craford and James Lowrey, sons-in-law
  Death	1726	Freehold, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA   [8]
  Probate	1 Apr 1726	Freehold, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA   [7]
  	On 12 April, his wife Margaret refused to act as executrix because she was too infirm to travel to Perth Amboy
  Origin	Lilliesleaf, Roxburghshire, Scotland   [2]
  	Teviodaill [Teviotdale]
  Burial	Freehold, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA   [9]
  	Old Scots Burying Ground
  Person ID	I45247	East Jersey Genealogies
  Last Modified	19 Oct 2025

  
  

  Father	(father) Ridford
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F31967	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Margaret (Ridford),   b. 1645, Roxburghshire, Scotland d. 1729, Freehold, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA (Age 84 years)
  Children	1. Samuel Ridford,   b. 6 Aug 1675, Roxburghshire, Scotland d. Bef 7 Jun 1711, Freehold, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA (Age < 35 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Andrew Ridford,   b. 31 Aug 1676, Roxburghshire, Scotland d. Bef 14 Apr 1724, Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA (Age < 47 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Margaret Ridford,   b. 21 Jan 1677/78, Roxburghshire, Scotland  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. William Ridford,   b. 23 Jan 1677/78, Roxburghshire, Scotland  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   5. Sarah Ridford,   b. Abt 1680, Roxburghshire, Scotland d. 1717 (Age 37 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   6. Isabel Ridford,   b. Abt 1681, Roxburghshire, Scotland d. Bef Feb 1720/21 (Age < 40 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   7. Sommewell Ridford,   b. Abt 1682, Roxburghshire, Scotland d. Bef Feb 1720/21, New Jersey, USA (Age < 39 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F31362	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	19 Oct 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1642 - Lilliesleaf, Roxburghshire, Scotland Occupation - Farmer - 1682 - Lilliesleaf, Roxburghshire, Scotland Property - Agreement with Arent Sonmans to go to East Jersey where he is to have 100 acres rent-free for 10 years [18 July, year not stated} - Abt 1682 - Lilliesleaf, Roxburghshire, Scotland Religion - Quaker, attending the Kelso Monthly Meeting - Abt 1682 - Lilliesleaf, Roxburghshire, Scotland Residence - Friershaw in Teviotdale - 1682 - Lilliesleaf, Roxburghshire, Scotland Departure - Aboard the Exchange of Stockton - 31 Aug 1683 - Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Arrival - 19 Dec 1683 - Staten Island, Richmond, New York, USA Property - Warrant relating to survey of 250 acres granted to William Ridfoord, his wife and seven children as their headland - 26 Sep 1685 - Elizabethtown, Essex, New York, USA Residence - 14 Jan 1685/86 - Elizabethtown, Essex, New Jersey, USA Occupation - Yeoman farmer - 1720 - Freehold, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA Religion - Quaker. Left a legacy to the Monmouth Meeting of Quakers - 1720 - Freehold, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA Will - Executors: wife Margaret, Gidion Craford and James Lowrey, sons-in-law - 27 Feb 1720/21 - Freehold, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA Death - 1726 - Freehold, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA Probate - On 12 April, his wife Margaret refused to act as executrix because she was too infirm to travel to Perth Amboy - 1 Apr 1726 - Freehold, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA Origin - Teviodaill [Teviotdale] - - Lilliesleaf, Roxburghshire, Scotland Burial - - Freehold, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S3534] Dobson, David, Scottish Quakers and Early America: 1650-1700, p22. [S3607] Nelson, William, Calendar of Records in the Office of the Secretary of State, 1664-1703, p59. [S3607] Nelson, William, Calendar of Records in the Office of the Secretary of State, 1664-1703, p61. [S3652] "Early Land Records, 1650-1900s", State of New Jersey, Department of State, Early Land Records, 1650-1900s, O(EJ) : Folio 85 (PEASJ003). [S3607] Nelson, William, Calendar of Records in the Office of the Secretary of State, 1664-1703, p26. [S3607] Nelson, William, Calendar of Records in the Office of the Secretary of State, 1664-1703, p53. [S3542] Nelson, William, Calendar of New Jersey Wills, Volume 1, 1670-1730, p376. [S3554] Symmes, Frank Rosebrook, History of the Old Tennent Church, p462. [S3551] Smith, Henry Goodwin, The History of the ‘Old Scots’ Church of Freehold, p ii.