Ridgway family genealogy

Of Rossonell, County Kilkenny

Arms: Sa. two wings conjoined ar. Crest: A dromedary couchant ar. maned sa. bridle and trappings or. Motto: Mihi gravato Deus.

John Ridgway, m. Eliza, dau. of John Wandford, and had:

2. Thomas, of the co. Devon, m. Mary, daughter and heir of Thomas Southcott, and had:

3. Sir Thomas,[1] of Dorsetshire, Knt. and Bart.; created “Lord Ridgway,” 20th May, 1616; d. in London, in 1631.

4. Robert, Lord Ridgway: his son; d. at Rossonell, co. Kilkenny, 18th March, 1640. He m. Eliza, dau. and heir of Simon Weston of Lichfield, Milés. Had two brothers: 1. Edward, 2. William; and three sisters.

5. Weston, Lord Ridgway: son of Robert; living in 1703.

Notes

[1] Thomas: Sir Thomas Ridgway was created a Baronet of England in 1612; created “Baron of Gallen Ridgway,” in Ireland, in 1616; and in 1622 raised to the Earldom of Londonderry (extinct in 1714). The fourth Earl died in 1714, leaving two daughters, his co-heirs: 1. Lacy, who married Arthur, fourth Earl of Donegal, and d.s.p. In 1736; 2, Frances, who married the Right Hon. Thomas Pitt, who in 1736 was created “Earl of Londonderry.”