William Ridford

1678 -

• Name	William Ridford
  Birth	23 Jan 1677/78	Roxburghshire, Scotland   [1]
  	Note recorded birth day is two days after his sister Margaret 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]
  Title Suffix	jr
  Name	William Redford  [3]
  Religion	1685	East Jersey, New Jersey, USA
  	Quaker (family)
  Property	14 Sep 1714	East Jersey, New Jersey, USA   [3]
  	On list of debtors to John Bowne of Matawan, listed in the inventory of his estate
  Person ID	I45513	East Jersey Genealogies
  Last Modified	16 Apr 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

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 23 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  = 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. [S3607] Nelson, William, Calendar of Records in the Office of the Secretary of State, 1664-1703, p53.