Hugh Riddell

• Name	Hugh Riddell
  Gender	Male
  Departure	Bef 1685
  Role	1685	East Jersey, New Jersey, USA
  	Free emigrant
  Occupation	1685	Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA
  	Merchant
  Arrival	Bef Apr 1685
  Residence	Apr 1685	New Jersey, USA
  Legal	25 Apr 1685	New York, New York, USA   [1]
  	Petitioned for the restoration of some goods seized on his arrival in New York
  	Granted on condition that he pay the medical charges of Michael Vaughton whom he wounded, while drunk, at the seizure of the goods (a parcel of linen valued £3 to £5). These he was unable to pay and a Mr Spragg met his debt of £10. See: (1) (2) Purple, Edward R (1877) Genealogical Notes relating to Lieut.-Gov. Jacob Leisler.
  Legal	9 Jul 1685	Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA   [2]
  	Petitioned the Board of Proprietors for a town lot in Perth Amboy - granted
  Person ID	I46609	East Jersey Genealogies
  Last Modified	16 Apr 2026

  
  

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  Occupation - Merchant - 1685 - Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Residence - Apr 1685 - New Jersey, USA Legal - Petitioned for the restoration of some goods seized on his arrival in New York - 25 Apr 1685 - New York, New York, USA Legal - Petitioned the Board of Proprietors for a town lot in Perth Amboy - granted - 9 Jul 1685 - Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S3742] O’Callaghan, Edmund Bailey, Calendar of Historical Manuscripts in the Office of the Secretary of State, Albany, N.Y.: English Manuscripts, 1664-1776, p116. [S3720] Miller, George J., The Minutes of the Board of Proprietors of the Eastern Division of New Jersey from 1685 to 1705, p74.