Worth getting up Early for....
Couldn't sleep so up at 5am....
but it has been productive.
If Thomas Ridley my 4th Great grandfather, died in 1854 in England -
maybe there is a Will (if he was in 'business')???
So I went straight to Ancestry Card Catalogue, searched for England Probate -
and it was the first item -
So...after a bit of squinting and enlarging and deciphering...
I could read that his wife is Sarah, his "natural daughter" Mary Ridley are the beneficiaries.
Interesting, does that mean Mary is not the daughter of Sarah, or born before marriage...
Then near the bottom of the will, it also mentions the other daughter Susan...
who I had on One census and couldn't find later.... (the will doesn't actually say daughter)
So her name is now Susan - looks like Coombs - and further on it has her husband,
Bartholomew Coombs, Coach trimmer, of Bristol.
BUT after another hour - I'm not sure whether this is even the right Thomas Ridley.
more investigation needed. Between Thomas in Bristol and Thomas, a farmer up in Northumberland.
Update 3 months later,
Thomas is named as a Currier on Mary Ridley's marriage record to John Drapper,
(St Clement Danes church, London 1854)
{which is why we went to see that church in May 2019}
I came back to this puzzle, not further forward so I tried transcribing the Will -
I couldn't work out who the second Thomas mentioned in the will, was,
but a search on Family search found a Thomas Douglas Ridley
(b1826 m1846 Bath, d1879 Gloucestershire). Thinking ahead,
would have to find the marriage record to see if he is a currier and who his father is.
Still lots of research to do... we have DNA links with Ridleys in Northumberland so I'm building a tree down to see if we can find the links. IF this Thomas the currier moved to Bristol, his brother Patrick and father Patrick stayed in Northumberland.
AND Susan Coombes - records show her father as Frederick Exall, Gent But Mary Ridley is a witness on the marriage record - so another mystery there....
and why do both Susan and Mary have Rosina at the front of their names...
more learning needed, and more practice transcribing 19th century handwriting.
but it has been productive.
If Thomas Ridley my 4th Great grandfather, died in 1854 in England -
maybe there is a Will (if he was in 'business')???
So I went straight to Ancestry Card Catalogue, searched for England Probate -
and it was the first item -
 |
| Thomas RIDLEY Will made 1852 |
I could read that his wife is Sarah, his "natural daughter" Mary Ridley are the beneficiaries.
Interesting, does that mean Mary is not the daughter of Sarah, or born before marriage...
Then near the bottom of the will, it also mentions the other daughter Susan...
who I had on One census and couldn't find later.... (the will doesn't actually say daughter)
So her name is now Susan - looks like Coombs - and further on it has her husband,
Bartholomew Coombs, Coach trimmer, of Bristol.
BUT after another hour - I'm not sure whether this is even the right Thomas Ridley.
more investigation needed. Between Thomas in Bristol and Thomas, a farmer up in Northumberland.
Update 3 months later,
Thomas is named as a Currier on Mary Ridley's marriage record to John Drapper,
(St Clement Danes church, London 1854)
{which is why we went to see that church in May 2019}
 |
| St Clement Danes -rebuilt by RAF after WWII |
I came back to this puzzle, not further forward so I tried transcribing the Will -
I couldn't work out who the second Thomas mentioned in the will, was,
but a search on Family search found a Thomas Douglas Ridley
(b1826 m1846 Bath, d1879 Gloucestershire). Thinking ahead,
would have to find the marriage record to see if he is a currier and who his father is.
Still lots of research to do... we have DNA links with Ridleys in Northumberland so I'm building a tree down to see if we can find the links. IF this Thomas the currier moved to Bristol, his brother Patrick and father Patrick stayed in Northumberland.
AND Susan Coombes - records show her father as Frederick Exall, Gent But Mary Ridley is a witness on the marriage record - so another mystery there....
and why do both Susan and Mary have Rosina at the front of their names...
more learning needed, and more practice transcribing 19th century handwriting.
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