Notes for William Ridgely

!WILLIAM RIDGELY, of South River (1645-1716), came to the Province of Maryland in 1672. His first survey, 1697, was "Ridgely's Beginning," north side of South River, which in 1710 he and his wife Elizabeth sold to Amos Garrett, the Annapolis merchant. In 1690 he bought of James Finley a portion of "Abbington" at the head of South River, and made it his homestead. William Ridgely's landed estates were, "Ridgely's Beginning," forty acres; "Ridgely's "Chance," three hundred and five acres, and "Abbington," two hundred acres. He died intestate.
His son, William Ridgely, Jr., born at "Abbington," 1678, also died intestate, in 1719. He married, 1702, Jane the daughter of George Westhall, of South River. She was born 1682, "7th month and 8th day," and died 1748, the same year in which her will was dated. Upon a twelve hundred acre tract of her father's estate, Colonel William Burgess laid out the once flourishing town of London. In his will of 1686 he named the tract as once the property of Mr. George Westhall. Upon the marriage of William Ridgely, Jr., his father and mother deeded to him and his wife their homestead tract, "Abbington." The tomb of a descendant of this family remains to this day on the land of the early Ridgelys. The monument has been removed to St. Ann's Church yard, Annapolis, Md., and bears the crest and arms of the family. Issue: William, Westhall, John, Martha, Alice and Sarah.
Their son, Westhall Ridgely, born 1706 (will dated 1765, and probated in Frederick, Md., 1772), married, 1729-80, Sarah, the daughter of Richard and Sarah (Pottinger) Isaac, born 1714. They lived at "Ridgely's Rest," an estate containing two hundred and fifteen acres, which he mentions in his will.11 Their daughter Jane married William, the son of William and Alice (Ridgely) Woodward.

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