Margaret (Ridford)

1645 - 1729  (84 years)

• Name	Margaret (Ridford)
  Birth	1645	Roxburghshire, Scotland   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Religion	1676	Kelso, Roxburghshire, Scotland
  	Quaker attending the Kelso Monthly Meeting
  Role	1683	East Jersey, New Jersey, USA
  	Free emigrant's wife
  Departure	31 Aug 1683	Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
  	Aboard the Exchange of Stockton
  Arrival	19 Dec 1683	Staten Island, Richmond, New York, USA
  Origin	Roxburghshire, Scotland
  Death	1729	Freehold, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA   [1]
  Burial	Freehold, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA   [1]
  	Old Scots Burying Ground
  Person ID	I45374	East Jersey Genealogies
  Last Modified	16 Apr 2026

  
  

  Family	William Ridford,   b. 1642, Lilliesleaf, Roxburghshire, Scotland d. 1726, 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	16 Apr 2026

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1645 - Roxburghshire, Scotland Religion - Quaker attending the Kelso Monthly Meeting - 1676 - Kelso, Roxburghshire, Scotland Departure - Aboard the Exchange of Stockton - 31 Aug 1683 - Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Arrival - 19 Dec 1683 - Staten Island, Richmond, New York, USA Origin - - Roxburghshire, Scotland Death - 1729 - Freehold, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA Burial - - Freehold, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S3551] Smith, Henry Goodwin, The History of the ‘Old Scots’ Church of Freehold, p iii.