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Mark RIDLEY (1659-1685) m. Elizabeth RAMSAY (1643-1711)
s/o Albany RIDLEY (1633-1658) and Sarah WILKINSON (1637-1641)
d/o Robert RAMSEY (1603-1664) and Allison COOPER (1609- )
p/o Thomas RIDLEY (1685-1767)
15 Oct 1643 Elizabeth RAMSAY born at Alkborough, Lincolnshire, England [Robert listed as her father; FHL #421887]
Abt 1659 Mark RIDLEY born at Truro, Barnstable, Massachusetts (Mark’s father Albany was a merchant in England) (Tradition says he married in England, and that his son and only child, Thomas Ridley, was born on the Atlantic Ocean in 1685 while on a voyage to New England.)
nd Mark RIDLEY and Elizabeth RAMSAY married at Truro, Barnstable, Massachusetts
1658 son Mark RIDLEY born at St Ann, Essex, Virginia (???)
1666 His name occurs several times in the Plymouth Colonial Records. In 1666 he was summoned to account for " bringing so much liquor into the colonie."
1668 In 1668 he was appointed administrator of the estate of Tristram Hull of Barnstable.
1670 son John RIDLEY born at St Ann, Essex, Virginia (???)
1671 son Richard RIDLEY born at St Ann, Essex, Virginia (???); died 1672
1672 He was brought to trial at Newport, R. I., in 1672, on an action presented by Thomas Harte. Marke Ridley was convicted, and Capt. John Green became his bondsman. The records show that "Marke Ridley, defendant, was noe free inhabitant of this collony." No estate of his was found, and the recorder was advised to secure the complainant on property of Ridley's bondsman.
1675 son Mark RIDLEY born at St Ann, Essex, Virginia (???)
1675 dau Grace RIDLEY born at Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts
1676 In the year 1676 his name is connected with a law case tried in His Majesty's court at Plymouth, in which a "cargoe of boards" was involved. Said cargo having been sent in Ridley's care to Piscataqua in 1674. He was a man of considerable note in the old colony, as proved by the trust reposed in him by his contemporaries. From the references concerning this man in the colonial records and contemporary history, it seems that he was a roving character who owned a small vessel and hung about the New England coast, where he frequently became involved n illegal transactions, but usually managing to elude the penalty of the law. He seemed to frequently be referred to as Capt.
1678 dau Ann RIDLEY born at Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts; died 27 Feb 1710 at RIDLEY born at Truro, Barnstable, Massachusetts; married Deacon Edward KNOWLES on 27 Feb 1699 at Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts
13 May 1678 Elizabeth RIDLEY born at Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts; died aft 29 Apr 1736 at Duck Creek, Kent, Delaware; married Deacon John SNOW on 25 Feb 1699 at Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts
12 May 1682 Barnstable Town Records list Mark RIDLEY as resident (6th entry) p.21 (doc)
1685 son Thomas RIDLEY born at St Ann, Essex, Virginia (???) (Thomas widely reported to have been born at sea); died 28 Aug 1767 at Truro, Barnstable, Massachusetts; married Mary STROUT on 5 Aug 1706 at Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts
1694 dau Dorothy RIDLEY born at St Ann, Essex, Virginia (???); died in 1769 at Chatham, NC
1685 Mark RIDLEY died at Truro, Barnstable, Massachusetts
1711 Elizabeth RAMSAY died at Essex, Massachusetts