RIDGE, Richard

1763 - 1842  (79 years)

• Name	RIDGE, Richard  [1, 2]
  Born	1763	Horsham, Sussex, England   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Died	1 Jan 1842	Windsor, New South Wales, Australia   [1, 2]
  	as stated in the Coroner's Inquest Richard died from apoplexy
  Buried	3 Feb 1842	St Matthew's Churchyard Cemetery, Windsor, New South Wales, Australia   [1, 2]
  Person ID	I6168	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	16 Sep 2023

  
  

  Father	RIDGE, James,   b. 10 Oct 1735, Horsham, Sussex, England ,   d. Dec 1841, Horsham, Sussex, England  (Age 106 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	RANDALL, Mary,   b. 1745, Sussex, England ,   d. Horsham, Sussex, England
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F5272	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	POOLE, Jane,   b. 1769,   d. 26 Nov 1826, Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia  (Age 57 years)
  Last Modified	16 Sep 2023
  Family ID	F1636	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	FORRESTER, Margaret,   b. 2 Apr 1795, Windsor, New South Wales, Australia ,   d. 18 Jul 1873, East Maitland, New South Wales, Australia  (Age 78 years)
  Children	1. RIDGE, Thomas,   b. 1810, Windsor, New South Wales, Australia  [natural]   2. RIDGE, James Bligh,   b. 19 Jul 1811, Lower Portland, New South Wales, Australia ,   d. 22 Sep 1886, Carlshalton Street, Ashfield, New South Wales, Australia  (Age 75 years)  [natural]   3. RIDGE, Richard Charles,   b. 1813, Wilberforce, New South Wales, Australia ,   d. 27 May 1892, Darby Road Manly New South Wales Australia  (Age 79 years)  [natural]   4. RIDGE, John,   b. 25 Jun 1815, Windsor, New South Wales, Australia ,   d. 17 Oct 1867, Windsor, New South Wales, Australia  (Age 52 years)  [natural]   5. RIDGE, Isabella Jane,   b. 12 May 1817, Windsor, New South Wales, Australia ,   d. 5 May 1888, Woollahra, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia  (Age 70 years)  [natural]   6. RIDGE, Robert,   b. 26 Jun 1819, Hawkesbury New South Wales Australia ,   d. 31 May 1888, Putty, New South Wales, Australia  (Age 68 years)  [natural]   7. RIDGE, Martha,   b. 25 Jul 1821, Portland Head Hawkesbury New South Wales Australia ,   d. 11 Oct 1866, McGraths Hill New South Wales Australia  (Age 45 years)  [natural]   8. RIDGE, Elizabeth Lucy,   b. 2 Jun 1824, Sackville Reach, New South Wales, Australia ,   d. 8 Sep 1835, Upper Colo River New South Wales Australia  (Age 11 years)  [natural]   9. RIDGE, William Bligh,   b. 6 Jun 1826, Hawkesbury New South Wales Australia ,   d. 19 Jun 1851, Windsor, New South Wales, Australia  (Age 25 years)  [natural]   10. RIDGE, Margaret,   b. 6 Feb 1829, Sackville Reach, New South Wales, Australia ,   d. 27 Sep 1906, Wilberforce, New South Wales, Australia  (Age 77 years)  [natural]   11. RIDGE, Ann,   b. 3 Apr 1831, Sackville Reach, New South Wales, Australia ,   d. 30 Jul 1853, Wilberforce, New South Wales, Australia  (Age 22 years)  [natural]   12. RIDGE, Lucinda,   b. 1832, Sackville Reach, New South Wales, Australia ,   d. 1857, New South Wales, Australia  (Age 25 years)  [natural]   13. RIDGE, Mary Ann,   b. 13 Apr 1835, Sackville Reach, New South Wales, Australia ,   d. 20 Feb 1906, Morpeth, New South Wales, Australia  (Age 70 years)  [natural]
  Last Modified	16 Sep 2023
  Family ID	F1637	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Convicted at the Justice Hall Old Bailey Middlesex London and sentenced to transportation for 7 years and was sent aboard the ship 'Atlantic' with the Third Fleet to New South Wales. As stated in the Coroner's Inquest Richard died from apoplexy Jane and Richard Ridge owned or leased 305 acres of which 51 were sown in grain, one in potatoes and 205 utilised as pasture. The also had a horse, two oxen, 20 hogs and 19 bushels of grain in hand. In addition to Jane's three children they supported Richard was living with Jane McManus on 250 acres on the Hawkesbury, apparently this included Jane's land grants of 220 acres.

  
  

• Sources

  [S309] Public Member Trees, Ancestry.com, (Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.;;), Database online. Record for John Ridge http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=0&pid=1376 [S309] Public Member Trees, Ancestry.com, (Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.;;), Database online. Record for Richard Ridge http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=0&pid=1376