Samuel Ridford

1675 - Bef 1711  (< 35 years)

• Name	Samuel Ridford
  Birth	6 Aug 1675	Roxburghshire, Scotland   [1]
  	Barlands. Recorded in the Kelso Quaker Monthly Meeting
  Gender	Male
  Role	1683	East Jersey, New Jersey, USA
  	Free emigrant's child
  Departure	31 Aug 1683	Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
  	Aboard the Exchange of Stockton
  Arrival	19 Dec 1683	Staten Island, Richmond, New York, USA   [2]
  Religion	1685	East Jersey, New Jersey, USA
  	Quaker (family)
  Will	18 Feb 1709/10	Freehold, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA   [3]
  	Executors: wife, brother Andrew, Gideon Craford. Witnesses: John Brown, Peter Gordon, William Reidford
  Death	Bef 7 Jun 1711	Freehold, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA
  Probate	7 Jun 1711	Freehold, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA   [3]
  Person ID	I45510	East Jersey Genealogies
  Last Modified	18 Jun 2026

  
  

  Father	William Ridford,   b. 1642, Lilliesleaf, Roxburghshire, Scotland d. 1726, Freehold, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA (Age 84 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Margaret (Ridford),   b. 1645, Roxburghshire, Scotland d. 1729, Freehold, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA (Age 84 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F31362	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Grace (Ridford)
  Children	1. Margrat Ridford  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Mary Ridford  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Thomas Ridford  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F31520	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	18 Jun 2026

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 6 Aug 1675 - Roxburghshire, Scotland Departure - Aboard the Exchange of Stockton - 31 Aug 1683 - Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Arrival - 19 Dec 1683 - Staten Island, Richmond, New York, USA Will - Executors: wife, brother Andrew, Gideon Craford. Witnesses: John Brown, Peter Gordon, William Reidford - 18 Feb 1709/10 - Freehold, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA Death - Bef 7 Jun 1711 - Freehold, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA Probate - 7 Jun 1711 - Freehold, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S3615] Strath-Maxwell, Archibald, Digest of Quaker births, marriages and burials in Scotland, 1647-1878, (Location: Aberdeen; Date: 1960;), p62. [S3607] Nelson, William, Calendar of Records in the Office of the Secretary of State, 1664-1703, p61. [S3542] Nelson, William, Calendar of New Jersey Wills, Volume 1, 1670-1730, p380.