. Contemporary American biography . ries of honorablehistory in this country and an ancestry which figures in the nobility of England. Our subjectis descended (as it is believed are all of his name in this country) from Richard Ridgway, whocame to America from London in July, 1679, on the good ship Jacob and Mary with his wifeEliza and son Thomas, and settled in Bucks County, Pa., three years before the landing ofWilliam Penn. This Richard Ridgway was the son of Lord Thomas Ridgway, Esq., of Tor,County of Devon, who was created a Baronet of England in 1612, created Baron of GallanRidgway in Ir

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. Contemporary American biography . ries of honorablehistory in this country and an ancestry which figures in the nobility of England. Our subjectis descended (as it is believed are all of his name in this country) from Richard Ridgway, whocame to America from London in July, 1679, on the good ship Jacob and Mary with his wifeEliza and son Thomas, and settled in Bucks County, Pa., three years before the landing ofWilliam Penn. This Richard Ridgway was the son of Lord Thomas Ridgway, Esq., of Tor, County of Devon, who was created a Baronet of England in 1612, created Baron of GallanRidgway in Ireland in 1616, and raised to the Earldom in 1622. The arms of the family, which were confirmed in 1602, are sable, two wings conjoined, argent, and the crest showswhat is described in heraldic language as a dromedary couchant, argent, maned sable, bridleand trappings, with the motto, Tristie Graviti Deus (God fits my burden to me). Rich-ard Ridgway, the first of the family in America, and one of the very earliest English settlers in.