Margaret Ridford

1678 -

• Name	Margaret Ridford
  Birth	21 Jan 1677/78	Roxburghshire, Scotland
  	Note recorded birth day is two days before her brother William Barlands. Recorded in the Kelso Quaker Monthly Meeting
  Gender	Female
  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   [1]
  Religion	1685	East Jersey, New Jersey, USA
  	Quaker (family)
  Legal	5 Oct 1721	Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA
  	Witness to the will of John Craig in Freehold
  Person ID	I45512	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	Gideon Crawford
  Children	1. Andrew Crawford  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Mary Crawford  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Elizabeth Crawford  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F31691	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	18 Jun 2026

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 21 Jan 1677/78 - Roxburghshire, Scotland Departure - Aboard the Exchange of Stockton - 31 Aug 1683 - Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Arrival - 19 Dec 1683 - Staten Island, Richmond, New York, USA Legal - Witness to the will of John Craig in Freehold - 5 Oct 1721 - Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S3607] Nelson, William, Calendar of Records in the Office of the Secretary of State, 1664-1703, p61.