Re: Abbeville SC Wills (RICHEY) - Tony and Julie Howell
Subject: Re: Abbeville SC Wills (RICHEY)
From: Tony and Julie Howell
Date: January 22, 2000

hi - could your Nancy Agnes RITCHIE have been the mother or grand mother
of an Agnes Ritchie Hatridge (or Hartridge)?  I have an Agnes Richie
Ha(r)tridge in my father's ancestry and would like to find out her
birth/death dates, etc.     thanks.

julie thames howell, jax, fla
surnames: THAMES and DUDLEY

Elaine Randall English wrote:

 Descendants of James Ritchie, Sr.
> Generation No. 1
> 1. SR. JAMES3 RITCHIE, SR. (ALEXANDER RICHEY OR2, UNKNOWN1 RICHEY) was
> born 25 July 1724 in County Derry, IRE, and died 12 August 1808 in
> Shoals Junction, Abbeville District, SC. He married MARGARET CALDWELL
> Abt. 1749 in Lunenburg Co., VA (Possible), daughter of WILLIAM
> CALDWELL and REBECCA PARKS. She was born 04 January 1728/29 in
> Lancaster Co., PA, and died 12 September 1802 in Shoals Junction,
> Abbeville District, SC.
>
> Notes for SR. JAMES RITCHIE, SR.:
> James Richey's will was signed 16 Dec 1807. He is buried at Greenville
> Presbyterian Church Cemetery in Abbeville Co., (then district), SC
> near Donalds, SC. One source describes the place of James' death as
> "Shoals Junction" in SC.
>
> His tombstone reads:
> "James Richey, Sr., PVT, 2 VA State Regt., Revolutionary War; 25 Jul
> 1724-12 Aug 1808" and the back "Came to South Carolina in 1784 from
> Amelia co., VA; Son of Jeanne Caldwell and Alexander Richey from
> Ireland To Prince Edward Co., VA."
>
> James Richey-2 Virginia State Regiment-(Revolutionary War)
> Private
>
> Will dated 16 Dec 1807; Exrs: Sons, John, Jas. Richey. Wit: Geo.
> Brownlee, Wm. McCrone, Jas. Richey, Jr. Was of Chickasaw in Abbeville
> Dist. Chn: John, Jas., Robt. Richey, Agness Purdy, Wm., Andrew Richey.
> Gr. Chn: John, Margaret, Jas. Wilson, Robt. Morrah, Margaret dtr. of
> my son Jas. Richey, Margaret dtr. to my son Andrew Richey, Jas. son to
> Wm. Richey, Margaret Seawright drt. to Robt. Richey, Margaret dtr. to
> my son John Riche
>
> Notes for MARGARET CALDWELL:
> Margaret probably died at Shoals Junction, Abbeville Co., SC/then
> Abbeville District, SC. She is buried at Old Greenville Presbyterian
> Church Cemetery in Abbeville Co., (then district) SC, near Donalds,
> SC. Her tombstone reads: "Margaret Caldwell, Born in PA; 04 Jan
> 1729-12 Sep 1802; Wife of James Richey, Sr."
>
> Children of JAMES RITCHIE and MARGARET CALDWELL are:
>
> i. ALEXANDER4 RITCHIE, b. Abt. 1748, State of Virginia; d. State of
> Virginia.
>
> ii. SR. JOHN RITCHIE, b. 1750, Amelia Co., VA; d. Bef. 04 November
> 1808, Abbeville District, SC; m. NANCY ANN BROWNLEE, Abt. 1770,
> Abbeville District, SC (Probable); b. 1753, Abbeville District, SC; d.
> Bef. 16 November 1812, Abbeville District, SC.
>
> iii. JR. JAMES RITCHIE, JR., b. 02 November 1752, Amelia Co., VA; d.
> 05 June 1833, Abbeville District, SC; m. ELIZABETH DUNN, 1786,
> Abbeville District, SC; b. 07 July 1766; d. 01 May 1828, Abbeville
> District, SC (Probable)
>
> iv. JEANNE RITCHIE, b. 1753, State of Virginia; d. State of Virginia.
>
> v. MARGARET RITCHIE, b. Bet. 1753 - 1758, State of Virginia; d. State
> of Virginia.
>
> vi. SR. ROBERT J. RITCHIE, SR., b. Abt. 1754, Amelia Co., VA; d. Abt.
> 1828, Abbeville District, SC (Probable); m. MARY CALDWELL STEWART,
> Bet. 1780 - 1784, Abbeville District, SC; b. Abt. 1762, Amelia Co.,
> VA; d. Abt. 1835, State of South Carolina.
>
> vii. ANN RITCHIE, b. Abt. 1758, Amelia Co., VA; d. Abt. 01 February
> 1800, State of South Carolina (Probable); m. (1) GEORGE WILSON, Abt.
> 1788; b. 1752; d. 31 May 1795, Abbeville District, SC (Probable); m.
> (2) HUGH MORRAH OR MORROW, Bef. 1799, State of South Carolina
> (Probable).
>
> viii. NANCY AGNES RITCHIE, b. 30 June 1763, State of Virginia; d. 28
> April 1847, Abbeville District, SC (Probable); m. SR. HENRY PURDY, 05
> December 1786; b. 05 October 1751; d. 16 August 1816, Abbeville
> District, SC
>
> ix. ANDREW RITCHIE, b. Abt. 1768, Amelia Co., VA; d. Aft. November
> 1835, Anderson Co., SC (Probable); m. ELIZABETH WEBB, 1788, Abbeville
> District, SC; b. Aft. 1765; d. Bef. 1820, Abbeville District, SC
> (Probable).
>
> x. WILLIAM A. RITCHIE, b. Bet. 1769 - 1775, Amelia Co., VA; d. 16
> November 1846, Abbeville, SC; m. (1) JANE STONE, 22 January 1801,
> Abbeville Co., SC (Probable); b. 1781; d. 09 March 1839, Abbeville
> Co., SC (Probable); m. (2) ELIZABETH MARTIN, Aft. 09 March 1839; b.
> 1799, Abbeville District, SC; d. 1885.
>
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