RIDGE, William m BLAKER, Fanny; 1835 SSX, ENG
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RIDGE, William m BLAKER, Fanny; 1835 SSX, ENG
 Chris_BlakerGen
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Posted: 27 Nov 2001 11:44AM GMT |
Classification: Query
Surnames: RIDGE, BLAKER
Has anyone come across this marriage at All Saints, Lewes, Sussex 3/10/1835 ?
Was William RIDGE a complete waster, intent on frittering his wife's inheritance? He is referred to in his father-in-law John BLAKER's will as Gentleman of Islington, Middlesex so he had some status. BUT...
John also makes so many provisos about his daughter Fanny's inheritance (and her children's if she dies etc), that something unusual is going on. There are no other such clauses relating to his other legatees - indeed he does not even mention his 2 eldest married daughters.
A family tree compiled in 1894 indicates that there were children, but that Fanny and William were dead (reasonable, as they would have been in their 80's by then) but with no dates unlike other entries on the tree.
Any one help? Long shot I know but at least the question goes into the archives.
Thank you
Was William RIDGE a complete waster, intent on frittering his wife's inheritance? He is referred to in his father-in-law John BLAKER's will as Gentleman of Islington, Middlesex so he had some status. BUT...
John also makes so many provisos about his daughter Fanny's inheritance (and her children's if she dies etc), that something unusual is going on. There are no other such clauses relating to his other legatees - indeed he does not even mention his 2 eldest married daughters.
A family tree compiled in 1894 indicates that there were children, but that Fanny and William were dead (reasonable, as they would have been in their 80's by then) but with no dates unlike other entries on the tree.
Any one help? Long shot I know but at least the question goes into the archives.
Thank you