Edwin Brotherton Ridings 
Edwin was born on March 29th, 1798 in Bolton, Lancashire, England. Edwin's father was Dr. Peter Joseph Ridings and his mother was Mary Brotherton. His paternal grandparents were John Ridings and Mary Morris. He had ten brothers and a sister, named James, John, William, Joseph, Cyrus, Samuel, George, Peter, Charles, Isaac and Sarah. He was the oldest of the twelve children. He died at the age of 80 in 1878.General Notes
Edwin B. Ridings son of Dr. Peter and father of John W. Ridings, was born in England 1798; and died in Frederick County, 1878. He owned the old woolen factory, grist mills, etc. Though a member of the M. E. Church, he gave the ground for the U. B. Chapel (mentioned elsewhere). His first wife was Lydia Rhodes, the mother of Jacob, Peter and John W. In 1828 he married his second wife Susan Painter, who died in 1834, leaving James R. (a mute), Sarah A. and George E.
Information found in account written by Paul E. Ridings, grandson of James Ridings, July 21, 1901.
Marriage 1 Eliza BARROW b: 02 MAR 1811
Married: 11 DEC 1835 in Middletown, VA 6
Children
1. Mary Catherine RIDINGS b: 28 APR 1839
2. Frederick William RIDINGS b: 10 OCT 1841
3. Martha Ellen RIDINGS b: 03 DEC 1843
4. Charles Atwell RIDINGS b: 08 NOV 1846 in Middletown, Frederick Co., VA
5. Walker Hite RIDINGS b: 03 MAR 1850
Marriage 2 Susan PAINTER
Married: 13 NOV 1828 6
Children
1. Joseph Robert RIDINGS b: 31 JAN 1830
2. James Franklin RIDINGS b: 22 MAY 1831
3. Sarah Ann RIDINGS b: 04 DEC 1832
4. George Edwin RIDINGS b: 22 AUG 1835
Marriage 3 Lydia WINFIELD b: 20 JUL 1799
Married: 13 FEB 1824 6
Children
1. Jacob Peter RIDINGS b: 22 NOV 1824
2. John William RIDINGS b: 14 JUN 1826
Marriage 4 Elizabeth O. BARTON b: 1800
Children
1. Edmund H. RIDINGS b: 1820
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)
- b.~ 1657 d.28 Nov 1752
- b.~ 1680
- b.1710 in Tottington, Lancashire, England d.> 1755
- b.26 Nov 1747 in Tottington, Lancashire, England d.04 Jul 1824 in Bolton, Lancashire, England
- b.1710 d.~ 1748 in Tottington, Lancashire, England
- b.28 Jun 1775 in Bolton, Lancashire, England d.Mar 1843 in Middletown, Frederick County, Virginia
- b.22 May 1756 d.1795
- b.29 Mar 1798 in Bolton, Lancashire, England d.1878
- b.21 Jul 1778 in St. Helens, Lancashire, England d.06 Nov 1839 in Middletown, Frederick County, Virginia
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Source/Citation
Shenandoah Valley Pioneers and Their Descendants, 1909
Shenandoah Valley Pioneers and Their Descendants, 1909