Ridgway/Ridgeway connections
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Re: Ridgway/Ridgeway connections
 Peter_Ridgway
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Posted: 18 Jul 2008 10:03AM GMT |
Classification: Query
Hello again
Cor, you're tenacious! And on the right track I think.
The second, Laughton en le Morthern Thomas Ridgway you identified on IGI could well be the Thomas buried in Maltby in 1826. In fact the age at death (33, but may not be all that accurate)is a better match for the Laughton Thomas than for your Maltby b 1794 Thomas. Thus, I think I was wrong to firmly assign the 1826 Maltby burial record to your b 1794 Thomas- this record is more likely to relate to the Laughton Thomas, especially when the evidence that your 1794 Thomas fathered a child after 1826 is factored in.
The Laughton Thomas could well be the son of James Ridgway (b 1768, Maltby) and Sarah Wells. All their other children were baptised at Maltby, so would be unusual for one to be baptised in a neighboring parish but not impossiple. And the birth in 1793 fits with a 'gap' in the birth dates of their Maltby-baptised children. But answering the question of the Laughton Thomas's parentage is not crucial the question of Elizabeth Ridgway's paternity.
So, it seems likely that there were three Thomas Ridgways in the Maltby area at this time:
(1) Your Thomas, born 1794 Maltby, parents William Ridgway & Hannah Greaves, wife Ann Markham
(2) Thomas, born 1793 Laughton, parents James Ridgway and Sarah (possibly Wells), possibly died Maltby 1826, married at death but wife unknown
(3) Thomas, b mid 1790s, Yorkshire (from 1841 census), wife Charlotte Row (married 1817 from IGI), still alive in 1841.
Note that there are clearly gaps in my knowledge of the Maltby Ridgways- for example there is an IGI marriage of a James Ridgway to Mary Tyson, 26 Sep 1820, Maltby. I have not been able to identify the parents of this James.
Yes, 1826 does not seem to have been the best of years for the Ridgway clan!
If your appetite for information on the social conditions in Maltby in the 18th-19th cen has been whetted there is a fascinating account of the history of Maltby at http://www.maltbyonline.co.uk/history.shtml. Chapter 11 includes a mention of the Ridgway stone masons (part on this article has been copied into the file I sent to the jennyaustin7 e-mail account).
Overall it seems increasing likely that your Elizabeth's father was Thomas Ridgway of Maltby, so I'll end this message by saying 'Welcome to the Ridgways'.
Regards
Peter
Cor, you're tenacious! And on the right track I think.
The second, Laughton en le Morthern Thomas Ridgway you identified on IGI could well be the Thomas buried in Maltby in 1826. In fact the age at death (33, but may not be all that accurate)is a better match for the Laughton Thomas than for your Maltby b 1794 Thomas. Thus, I think I was wrong to firmly assign the 1826 Maltby burial record to your b 1794 Thomas- this record is more likely to relate to the Laughton Thomas, especially when the evidence that your 1794 Thomas fathered a child after 1826 is factored in.
The Laughton Thomas could well be the son of James Ridgway (b 1768, Maltby) and Sarah Wells. All their other children were baptised at Maltby, so would be unusual for one to be baptised in a neighboring parish but not impossiple. And the birth in 1793 fits with a 'gap' in the birth dates of their Maltby-baptised children. But answering the question of the Laughton Thomas's parentage is not crucial the question of Elizabeth Ridgway's paternity.
So, it seems likely that there were three Thomas Ridgways in the Maltby area at this time:
(1) Your Thomas, born 1794 Maltby, parents William Ridgway & Hannah Greaves, wife Ann Markham
(2) Thomas, born 1793 Laughton, parents James Ridgway and Sarah (possibly Wells), possibly died Maltby 1826, married at death but wife unknown
(3) Thomas, b mid 1790s, Yorkshire (from 1841 census), wife Charlotte Row (married 1817 from IGI), still alive in 1841.
Note that there are clearly gaps in my knowledge of the Maltby Ridgways- for example there is an IGI marriage of a James Ridgway to Mary Tyson, 26 Sep 1820, Maltby. I have not been able to identify the parents of this James.
Yes, 1826 does not seem to have been the best of years for the Ridgway clan!
If your appetite for information on the social conditions in Maltby in the 18th-19th cen has been whetted there is a fascinating account of the history of Maltby at http://www.maltbyonline.co.uk/history.shtml. Chapter 11 includes a mention of the Ridgway stone masons (part on this article has been copied into the file I sent to the jennyaustin7 e-mail account).
Overall it seems increasing likely that your Elizabeth's father was Thomas Ridgway of Maltby, so I'll end this message by saying 'Welcome to the Ridgways'.
Regards
Peter