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| name = Nicholas Aldridge (or &#039;&#039;Alldredge&#039;&#039;)&lt;br /&gt;
| birth = before 1660&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;probably England&lt;br /&gt;
| death = about 21 November 1708 (buried 21 November)&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;All Hallows&#039; Parish, [[wikipedia:Anne Arundel County, Maryland|Anne Arundel County, Maryland]]&lt;br /&gt;
| buried = All Hallows&#039; Churchyard (Brick Church), Anne Arundel County, Maryland (grave now unmarked)&lt;br /&gt;
| married = [[Martha (Besson) Aldridge|Martha Besson]]&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;before 1680, probably in Anne Arundel County, Maryland&lt;br /&gt;
| children = [[Thomas Aldridge]], [[Nicholas Aldridge (b. 1698)]], [[William Alldredge (b. 1702)]]&lt;br /&gt;
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== Overview ==&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;Nicholas Aldridge&#039;&#039;&#039; is the immigrant ancestor of our Aldridge family. He arrived in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, as early as 1677, receiving a land patent from Lord Baltimore in 1681.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;lester5&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Memory Aldridge Lester, &#039;&#039;Alldredge-Aldridge-Bracken-Nesmith Families and Their Kin&#039;&#039; (Chapel Hill, N.C.: privately printed, 1957), available on [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/26644/ Ancestry], [https://archive.org/details/alldredgealdridg00lest Internet Archive], and [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/202048 FamilySearch], 5 ([https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/26644/images/dvm_GenMono007254-00011-1?ssrc=&amp;amp;backlabel=Return&amp;amp;pId=15 Ancestry], [https://archive.org/details/alldredgealdridg00lest/page/5/mode/1up Internet Archive], [www.familysearch.org/library/books/idviewer/541095/16 FamilySearch]); Franklin Rudolph Aldridge, &#039;&#039;Aldridge Records&#039;&#039;, vol. 2 (Nashville: self-published, 1975), 22 ([https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/26642/images/dvm_GenMono007241-00120-0?ssrc=&amp;amp;backlabel=Return&amp;amp;pId=341, Ancestry], [hwww.familysearch.org/library/books/idviewer/34303/26 FamilySearch]); &#039;&#039;Maryland Historical Magazine&#039;&#039;, vol. 26 (1931), page 273 ([https://archive.org/details/marylandhistoric2619mary/page/272/mode/2up Internet Archive]). F. R. Aldridge offers extensive records of Nicholas Aldridge&#039;s family in Maryland.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;  Like the other elements in my Aldridge-Alldredge tree, Nicholas Aldridge is the subject of a lot of extravagant and poorly supported claims. On this page, I will document what we know for certain, and do my best to distinguish fact from speculation.&lt;br /&gt;
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== Name ==&lt;br /&gt;
There is evidence from records that Nicholas&#039;s son [[William Alldredge (b. 1702)|William]] and at least two branches of his descendants ([[William Alldredge (b. 1729)|William b. 1729]] and [[Nathan Alldredge|Nathan]]) spelled their surname &#039;&#039;Alldredge&#039;&#039;. Of Nicholas&#039;s other descendants, his oldest son [[Thomas Aldridge|Thomas&#039;s]] family appears to have kept the spelling &#039;&#039;Aldridge&#039;&#039;. Traditionally, Nicholas Aldridge&#039;s name has been spelled &#039;&#039;Aldridge&#039;&#039; by Memory Aldridge Lester and other researchers. For now, I will stand by this tradition.&lt;br /&gt;
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== Ancestry and birth ==&lt;br /&gt;
{{See also|Aldridge of Wellow}}&lt;br /&gt;
It is widely asserted online that Nicholas Aldridge was christened 28 December 1653 in Wellow Parish, Wiltshire, England, the son of Nicholas Aldridge. There was indeed a Nicholas Aldridge born near that date, in that place, to that father, as shown by English parish records; but I have seen no definitive documentation to convince me that this is &#039;&#039;our&#039;&#039; Nicholas Aldridge, and at least some to make me seriously question it.&lt;br /&gt;
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We can assume that our Nicholas was born before about 1656, since he was able to receive a proprietary land grant in 1680, and serve in a colonial militia in 1677. Within the parameters of a Nicholas Aldridge born in England between 1637 and 1657, only one Nicholas Aldridge appears in a search of the birth registers available on FamilySearch, the one asserted above, christened 28 December 1653 in Wellow, Hampshire. A second appears if I push the search back to 1627, christened 15 December 1633 at St. Margaret&#039;s, Westminster, Middlesex, the son of Thomas Aldridge. But how do we know these records are complete? How do we know Nicholas was born in England and not in Scotland, Wales, or anywhere else? We do not. Unless there is some record connecting Nicholas Aldridge in Maryland back to a specific location in England or wherever, I will not make an assumption.&lt;br /&gt;
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Cousin &#039;&#039;&#039;Susan94543&#039;&#039;&#039; on FamilySearch has identified [[Aldridge of Wellow#Court cases|several court cases]] in Wellow that appear to place the Nicholas Aldridge (b. 1653) of the above record still in Wellow in 1682 and 1686, placing the identification of the 1653 christening record as our Nicholas in extreme doubt.&lt;br /&gt;
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== Immigration ==&lt;br /&gt;
The &#039;&#039;New Early Settlers of Maryland&#039;&#039; identifies Nicholas Aldridge&#039;s  immigration with this record:&lt;br /&gt;
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: &#039;&#039;&#039;Aldridge, Oldridge, Nicholas.&#039;&#039;&#039; 18:33. Transported by 1674. Transcript: WC4:215. MSA SC 4341.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&#039;&#039;The New Settlers of Maryland&#039;&#039;. https://msa.maryland.gov/msa/speccol/sc4300/sc4341/html/intro.html&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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A transcript of the first referenced record&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Patent Record 18:33, 1672‒1675, [https://msa.maryland.gov/megafile/msa/stagserm/sm1/sm2/000000/000021/pdf/mdsa_sm2_21.pdf MSA SR 7359].&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; is as follows:&lt;br /&gt;
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: June the 4th 1674. Came Robert Franklin of Ann Arundell County Gent and proved Right to Two hundred acres of land for Transporting &#039;&#039;&#039;Gustavus White&#039;&#039;&#039;, &#039;&#039;&#039;Nicholas Oldridge&#039;&#039;&#039;, &#039;&#039;&#039;Wililam Webb&#039;&#039;&#039;, and &#039;&#039;&#039;Thomas King&#039;&#039;&#039; into this province to inhabit. Warrant then issued in the name of the said Robert Franklin for two hundred acres of land due to him for the consideration of aforesaid. Cert. return the 4th of Sept. next.&lt;br /&gt;
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The second record&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Warrant Record WC4:215, i, 1681‒1685, [https://msa.maryland.gov/megafile/msa/stagserm/sm200/sm230/000000/000001/pdf/mdsa_sm230_1.pdf MSA SC 4341].&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;, dated 1682 shows:&lt;br /&gt;
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: The names of such persons that have been brought in by Benjamin Lawerence (vizt.):&lt;br /&gt;
: &#039;&#039;&#039;Gustavus White&#039;&#039;&#039;, &#039;&#039;&#039;Nicholas Aldridge&#039;&#039;&#039;, &#039;&#039;&#039;William Webb&#039;&#039;&#039;, &#039;&#039;&#039;Thomas King&#039;&#039;&#039;, Benjamin Lawrence, Eleanor Stuart&lt;br /&gt;
: Giles Stawby, Thomas Grimfield, William Popjoy, Elizabeth Croom, Martha Croom&lt;br /&gt;
: George Croom, Joice Croom, Thos. Bonifin, Mathew Currin, Katharine Paine&lt;br /&gt;
: Mary Ano, William Wheeler, Lewis Lott, Richard Lawr, Thomas Lawrence&lt;br /&gt;
: 17 August 1682. The above mentioned rights being twenty one was prooved by Benjamin Lawrence the Transporter.&lt;br /&gt;
: Before me Nicholas Sewall.&lt;br /&gt;
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Note the first four names of this record are the same people as the 1674 record. Evidently Benjamin Lawrence purchased these rights, included Nicholas&#039;s. This parity confirms that the 1674 record does refer to Nicholas &#039;&#039;Aldridge&#039;&#039;, despite that record spelling it &#039;&#039;Oldridge&#039;&#039;. So we have a confirmed record of Nicholas Aldridge in Maryland as early as 1674.&lt;br /&gt;
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== Militia service and land patent ==&lt;br /&gt;
The next earliest record I have found of Nicholas Aldridge in Maryland is an October or November 1678 payment to him by the Maryland General Assembly, apparently for militia service in an expedition against the Nanticoke Indians:&lt;br /&gt;
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: An Act for payment and assessing the Publick Charges of this Province&lt;br /&gt;
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: Whereas There hath been Eight hundred twenty five thousand Nyne hundred Seventy Nyne pounds (825,979 lbs.) of Tobacco Expended, layd out &amp;amp; disbursed by severall of the Inhabitants of this Province in the late Expedicion against the Nanticoke Indians and other, the necessary Charges of this Province which hath been Examined, stated and allowed by the upper and lower houses of this present Generall Assembly To the intent therefore That the same may bee satisfyed and payd to those persons to whom the same is due ...&lt;br /&gt;
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: To Nicholas Aldridge, 50 lbs. tobacco.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&#039;&#039;Archives of Maryland&#039;&#039;, Volume 7: Proceedings and Acts of the General Assembly, October 1678–November 1683, 87–104, at 97 ([https://msa.maryland.gov/megafile/msa/speccol/sc2900/sc2908/000001/000007/html/am7--97.html Archives of Maryland Online]).&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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This payment would indicate that Nicholas had been in Maryland at least as early as 1677, and perhaps earlier. The Nanticoke Indians took up arms against against the European colonists in 1677–1678.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Gray Dove Trading, &amp;quot;The Nanticoke People.&amp;quot; https://web.archive.org/web/20060220191454/http://www.graydovetrading.com/Nanticoke.html&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Nicholas Aldridge entered a land patent in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, of 300 acres on the south side of the [[wikipedia:Magothy River|Magothy River]], surveyed for him on 20 August 1680. The grant was issued by [[wikipedia:Charles Calvert, 3rd Baron Baltimore|Charles Calvert, Lord Baltimore]] on 11 July 1681, a tract called &amp;quot;Aldridge&#039;s Beginning.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
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== Marriage and spouse ==&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Besson Will Excerpt to Martha.jpg|thumb|right|alt=Excerpt of the will of Thomas Besson, with bequest to daughter Martha.|Excerpt of the will of Thomas Besson, with bequest to daughter Martha.]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Besson Executrix to Martha Aldridge.jpg|thumb|right|alt=The allowance of Thomas Besson&#039;s widow and executrix for the bequest to Martha, naming the daughter as Martha Aldridge.|The allowance of Thomas Besson&#039;s widow and executrix for the request to Martha, naming the daughter as Martha Aldridge.]]&lt;br /&gt;
Nicholas Aldridge marriage a woman named Martha, probably about 1679–1680. Their oldest child, Thomas Aldridge, was born 5 November 1680.&lt;br /&gt;
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I have found a fairly strong case for the assertion that Nicholas&#039;s wife was &#039;&#039;&#039;[[Martha (Besson) Aldridge|Martha Besson]]&#039;&#039;&#039;, daughter of Thomas Besson. Two records in particular demonstrate this case:&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Fredric Z. Saunders&#039; page on Thomas Besson is very well researched and very helpful, especially in documenting and locating the necessary sources. Fredric Z. Saunders, &amp;quot;Thomas Besson,&amp;quot; http://fzsaunders.com/besson.html (revised 27 Jan 2021, retrieved 13 Jul 2023).&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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* In the will of Thomas Besson, he names his daughter Martha, leaving to her a mare named Nobsey and a heifer named Eareling:&lt;br /&gt;
:: Item. I give and bequeath unto my daughter Martha, to her and her heirs forever, the young Mare Nobsye Coult with all her Increase, &amp;lt;del&amp;gt;but if in case&amp;lt;/del&amp;gt; and the heifer Eareling which was cavd in the yeare 1676 with all her Increase but if in case she my said daughter dyes before she comes to Age to fall to the next heir.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Ancestry.com, Maryland, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1635-1777, Wills, Vol 4-10 (1670, 1676-1679, 1682-1700) ([https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/9068/images/007737515_01023?treeid=&amp;amp;personid=&amp;amp;usePUB=true&amp;amp;_phsrc=XKN8128&amp;amp;_phstart=successSource&amp;amp;pId=463513 Ancestry]).&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* In the account of Besson&#039;s executrix, Nicholas Aldridge is paid a sum of money. The last item in the account contains a petition for an allowance for the heifer and mare due to Martha Aldridge:&lt;br /&gt;
:: The Executrix further prays allowance these following particulars: To Martha Aldridge a heiffer given by will appraised to 500. To 1 Mare called Nobsey as 700.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Maryland, Prerogative Court, Inventories of accounts and estates, volume 7, pages 125–127, at 127 (FHL Film 12919, Image Group (DGS) 7737555, Image 679, [https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C914-G9RL-H?i=678&amp;amp;cat=265626 FamilySearch]).&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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This indicates that Martha Aldridge is the daughter of Thomas Besson, the same daughter Martha to whom he bequeathed the mare Nobsey and heifer Eareling.&lt;br /&gt;
{{Clear}}&lt;br /&gt;
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== Children ==&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Nicholas Aldridge Children 1.png|thumb|right|alt=Birth and baptism records of Nicholas Aldridge&#039;s older children, from the All Hallows&#039; Parish register.|Birth and baptism records of Nicholas Aldridge&#039;s older children, from the All Hallows&#039; Parish register.]]&lt;br /&gt;
These children of Nicholas Aldridge and Martha Besson are documented by parish birth records:&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;This reading is aided by the transcriptions of F. R. Aldridge, &#039;&#039;Aldridge Records&#039;&#039;, vol. 2, 25–26, and Lester, 5.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
# [[Thomas Aldridge]], born 5 November 1680, married Elizabeth Purdy on 15 July 1703.&lt;br /&gt;
# Ann Aldridge, born 6 November 1684, married Richard Richeson in 1707.&lt;br /&gt;
# John Aldridge, born 31 August 1688, married Susannah Jones on 1 April 1719.&lt;br /&gt;
# Joane Aldridge, born 10 September 1689.&lt;br /&gt;
# Sendy Aldridge, born 9 August 1693, baptized 19 May 1700 [the name is difficult to read].&lt;br /&gt;
# Jane Aldridge, born 3 April 1696, baptized 19 May 1700.&lt;br /&gt;
# [[Nicholas Aldridge (b. 1698)|Nicholas Aldridge]], born 16 May 1698.&lt;br /&gt;
# William Aldridge, born 30 October 1700. Buried 26 September 1702.&lt;br /&gt;
# [[William Alldredge (b. 1702)|William Aldridge]], born 13 Mar 1702, baptized 11 April 1703.&lt;br /&gt;
# James Aldridge, born 1 July 1706, married Mary Gassaway.&lt;br /&gt;
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Nicholas Aldridge did indeed have &#039;&#039;two&#039;&#039; sons named William, one born after another, and by the dates, it appears he even named the second one William before the first one passed away. Did he, knowing his first son William was sick and would die, consciously give the name again to his next son? Is it possible the second William did not receive the name until his baptism, &#039;&#039;after&#039;&#039; the death of the first William? It is difficult to guess exactly what went on here, but the records are clear.&lt;br /&gt;
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File:William Aldridge Birth 1700.png|All Hallows&#039; Parish register showing birth of William Aldridge &amp;quot;I&amp;quot; (1700).|alt=All Hallows&#039; Parish register showing birth of William Aldridge &amp;quot;I&amp;quot; (1700).&lt;br /&gt;
File:William Aldridge Baptism 1702.png|All Hallows&#039; Parish register showing baptism of William Aldridge &amp;quot;I&amp;quot; (1702).|alt=All Hallows&#039; Parish register showing baptism of William Aldridge &amp;quot;I&amp;quot; (1702).&lt;br /&gt;
File:William Aldridge Burial 1702.png|All Hallows&#039; Parish register showing burial of William Aldridge &amp;quot;I&amp;quot; (1702).|alt=All Hallows&#039; Parish register showing burial of William Aldridge &amp;quot;I&amp;quot; (1702).&lt;br /&gt;
File:William Aldridge Birth and Baptism.png|All Hallows&#039; Parish register showing the birth and baptism of William Aldridge &amp;quot;II&amp;quot; (1702).|alt=All Hallows&#039; Parish register showing the birth and baptism of William Aldridge &amp;quot;II&amp;quot; (1702).&lt;br /&gt;
File:James Aldridge Birth.png|All Hallows&#039; Parish register showing the birth of James Aldridge (1706).|alt=All Hallows&#039; Parish register showing the birth of James Aldridge (1706).&lt;br /&gt;
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== Death ==&lt;br /&gt;
Nicholas Aldridge died in November 1708 in All Hallows&#039; Parish, Anne Arundel County, Maryland, and was buried 21 November 1708 in the churchyard. His grave is no longer marked. Nicholas was likely a man in his forties or fifties when he died, which was a ripe age for a Maryland colonist in that time.&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Nicholas Aldridge Burial.png|thumb|center]]&lt;br /&gt;
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There are actually two All Hallows&#039; Parish cemeteries, at two different locations of the All Hallows&#039; Church, one at parish&#039;s original location at the &amp;quot;Brick Church&amp;quot; in Edgewater, and the other at the parish&#039;s chapel-of-ease in Davidsonville:&lt;br /&gt;
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: The Church of England was officially established in the Colony of Maryland In 1692 by King William and Queen Mary, who chartered 30 parishes, one of which was All Hallows, South River. However, our earliest Parish records date back to March 1, 1669, noting the first recorded baptism at All Hallows....&lt;br /&gt;
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: In October of 1729, the General Assembly of Maryland assessed a tax of 20,000 pounds of tobacco to build “The Brick Church.” The building’s Interior was altered extensively during the 19th century according to needs and tastes of the time....&lt;br /&gt;
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: To lessen the travel distance for parishioners living on the western side of the Parish, construction of a chapel-of-ease in Davidsonville was begun in 1860. Delayed by the Civil War, it was completed in 1865.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;All Hallows Parish. &amp;quot;[https://allhallowsparish.org/who-we-are/history/ The History of All Hallows Parish]&amp;quot; (accessed 19 July 2024).&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Wikipedia offers this description of the cemetery at the &amp;quot;Brick Church&amp;quot;, which seems to confirm it as the likely burial place of Nicholas and Martha Aldridge:&lt;br /&gt;
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: The ancient cemetery, shaded by a grove of oak trees, surrounds the church. It contains the graves of many local families. One is Provincial Justice, Deputy-Governor and Lord High Sheriff of Anne Arundel Colonel William Burgess (1622–1686), who donated 100 acres of his lands for the establishment of Londontowne.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&amp;quot;[[wikipedia:All Hallows Parish (South River, Maryland)|All Hallows Parish (South River, Maryland)]]&amp;quot; on Wikipedia, citing Earl Arnett, Robert Brugger, and Edward Papenfuse, &#039;&#039;Maryland: A New Guide to the Old Line State&#039;&#039; (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1976) (accessed 19 July 2024).&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; &lt;br /&gt;
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On Find a Grave, Dennis York listed Nicholas and Hannah Aldridge in the wrong cemetery, at Davidsonville. I submitted corrections to move their memorials to the correct location, which were accepted.&lt;br /&gt;
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== DNA evidence ==&lt;br /&gt;
{{Main|Aldridge DNA Project}}&lt;br /&gt;
Six patrilineal, male-line descendants of Nicholas Aldridge have tested their Y-DNA at the [https://www.familytreedna.com/groups/aldridge/about Aldridge DNA Project], one from his oldest son [[Thomas Aldridge|Thomas]], one from his son [[Nicholas Aldridge (b. 1698)|Nicholas]], and four from his son William (b. 1702). The DNA of all five men matches one another, and is classified as haplogroup &#039;&#039;&#039;R-FTC89975&#039;&#039;&#039;, a subclade of R-U106 &amp;gt; R-Z154. William&#039;s descendants form the haplogroup &#039;&#039;&#039;R-FTB32679&#039;&#039;&#039;, an additional subclade of R-FTC89975.&lt;br /&gt;
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== References ==&lt;br /&gt;
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| name = Nicholas Aldridge (or &#039;&#039;Alldredge&#039;&#039;)&lt;br /&gt;
| birth = before 1660&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;probably England&lt;br /&gt;
| death = about 21 November 1708 (buried 21 November)&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;All Hallows&#039; Parish, [[wikipedia:Anne Arundel County, Maryland|Anne Arundel County, Maryland]]&lt;br /&gt;
| buried = All Hallows&#039; Churchyard (Brick Church), Anne Arundel County, Maryland (grave now unmarked)&lt;br /&gt;
| married = [[Martha (Besson) Aldridge|Martha Besson]]&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;before 1680, probably in Anne Arundel County, Maryland&lt;br /&gt;
| children = [[Thomas Aldridge]], [[Nicholas Aldridge (b. 1698)]], [[William Alldredge (b. 1702)]]&lt;br /&gt;
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== Overview ==&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;Nicholas Aldridge&#039;&#039;&#039; is the immigrant ancestor of our Aldridge family. He arrived in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, as early as 1677, receiving a land patent from Lord Baltimore in 1681.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;lester5&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Memory Aldridge Lester, &#039;&#039;Alldredge-Aldridge-Bracken-Nesmith Families and Their Kin&#039;&#039; (Chapel Hill, N.C.: privately printed, 1957), available on [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/26644/ Ancestry], [https://archive.org/details/alldredgealdridg00lest Internet Archive], and [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/202048 FamilySearch], 5 ([https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/26644/images/dvm_GenMono007254-00011-1?ssrc=&amp;amp;backlabel=Return&amp;amp;pId=15 Ancestry], [https://archive.org/details/alldredgealdridg00lest/page/5/mode/1up Internet Archive], [www.familysearch.org/library/books/idviewer/541095/16 FamilySearch]); Franklin Rudolph Aldridge, &#039;&#039;Aldridge Records&#039;&#039;, vol. 2 (Nashville: self-published, 1975), 22 ([https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/26642/images/dvm_GenMono007241-00120-0?ssrc=&amp;amp;backlabel=Return&amp;amp;pId=341, Ancestry], [hwww.familysearch.org/library/books/idviewer/34303/26 FamilySearch]); &#039;&#039;Maryland Historical Magazine&#039;&#039;, vol. 26 (1931), page 273 ([https://archive.org/details/marylandhistoric2619mary/page/272/mode/2up Internet Archive]). F. R. Aldridge offers extensive records of Nicholas Aldridge&#039;s family in Maryland.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;  Like the other elements in my Aldridge-Alldredge tree, Nicholas Aldridge is the subject of a lot of extravagant and poorly supported claims. On this page, I will document what we know for certain, and do my best to distinguish fact from speculation.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Name ==&lt;br /&gt;
There is evidence from records that Nicholas&#039;s son [[William Alldredge (b. 1702)|William]] and at least two branches of his descendants ([[William Alldredge (b. 1729)|William b. 1729]] and [[Nathan Alldredge|Nathan]]) spelled their surname &#039;&#039;Alldredge&#039;&#039;. Of Nicholas&#039;s other descendants, his oldest son [[Thomas Aldridge|Thomas&#039;s]] family appears to have kept the spelling &#039;&#039;Aldridge&#039;&#039;. Traditionally, Nicholas Aldridge&#039;s name has been spelled &#039;&#039;Aldridge&#039;&#039; by Memory Aldridge Lester and other researchers. For now, I will stand by this tradition.&lt;br /&gt;
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== Ancestry and birth ==&lt;br /&gt;
{{See also|Aldridge of Wellow}}&lt;br /&gt;
It is widely asserted online that Nicholas Aldridge was christened 28 December 1653 in Wellow Parish, Wiltshire, England, the son of Nicholas Aldridge. There was indeed a Nicholas Aldridge born near that date, in that place, to that father, as shown by English parish records; but I have seen no definitive documentation to convince me that this is &#039;&#039;our&#039;&#039; Nicholas Aldridge, and at least some to make me seriously question it.&lt;br /&gt;
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We can assume that our Nicholas was born before about 1656, since he was able to receive a proprietary land grant in 1680, and serve in a colonial militia in 1677. Within the parameters of a Nicholas Aldridge born in England between 1637 and 1657, only one Nicholas Aldridge appears in a search of the birth registers available on FamilySearch, the one asserted above, christened 28 December 1653 in Wellow, Hampshire. A second appears if I push the search back to 1627, christened 15 December 1633 at St. Margaret&#039;s, Westminster, Middlesex, the son of Thomas Aldridge. But how do we know these records are complete? How do we know Nicholas was born in England and not in Scotland, Wales, or anywhere else? We do not. Unless there is some record connecting Nicholas Aldridge in Maryland back to a specific location in England or wherever, I will not make an assumption.&lt;br /&gt;
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Cousin &#039;&#039;&#039;Susan94543&#039;&#039;&#039; on FamilySearch has identified [[Aldridge of Wellow#Court cases|several court cases]] in Wellow that appear to place the Nicholas Aldridge (b. 1653) of the above record still in Wellow in 1682 and 1686, placing the identification of the 1653 christening record as our Nicholas in extreme doubt.&lt;br /&gt;
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== Immigration ==&lt;br /&gt;
The &#039;&#039;New Early Settlers of Maryland&#039;&#039; identifies Nicholas Aldridge&#039;s  immigration with this record:&lt;br /&gt;
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: &#039;&#039;&#039;Aldridge, Oldridge, Nicholas.&#039;&#039;&#039; 18:33. Transported by 1674. Transcript: WC4:215. MSA SC 4341.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&#039;&#039;The New Settlers of Maryland&#039;&#039;. https://msa.maryland.gov/msa/speccol/sc4300/sc4341/html/intro.html&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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A transcript of the first referenced record&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Patent Record 18:33, 1672‒1675, [ https://msa.maryland.gov/megafile/msa/stagserm/sm1/sm2/000000/000021/pdf/mdsa_sm2_21.pdf MSA SR 7359].&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; is as follows:&lt;br /&gt;
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: June the 4th 1674. Came Robert Franklin of Ann Arundell County Gent and proved Right to Two hundred acres of land for Transporting &#039;&#039;&#039;Gustavus White&#039;&#039;&#039;, &#039;&#039;&#039;Nicholas Oldridge&#039;&#039;&#039;, &#039;&#039;&#039;Wililam Webb&#039;&#039;&#039;, and &#039;&#039;&#039;Thomas King&#039;&#039;&#039; into this province to inhabit. Warrant then issued in the name of the said Robert Franklin for two hundred acres of land due to him for the consideration of aforesaid. Cert. return the 4th of Sept. next.&lt;br /&gt;
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The second record&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Warrant Record WC4:215, i, 1681‒1685, [https://msa.maryland.gov/megafile/msa/stagserm/sm200/sm230/000000/000001/pdf/mdsa_sm230_1.pdf MSA SC 4341].&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;, dated 1682 shows:&lt;br /&gt;
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: The names of such persons that have been brought in by Benjamin Lawerence (vizt.):&lt;br /&gt;
: &#039;&#039;&#039;Gustavus White&#039;&#039;&#039;, &#039;&#039;&#039;Nicholas Aldridge&#039;&#039;&#039;, &#039;&#039;&#039;William Webb&#039;&#039;&#039;, &#039;&#039;&#039;Thomas King&#039;&#039;&#039;, Benjamin Lawrence, Eleanor Stuart&lt;br /&gt;
: Giles Stawby, Thomas Grimfield, William Popjoy, Elizabeth Croom, Martha Croom&lt;br /&gt;
: George Croom, Joice Croom, Thos. Bonifin, Mathew Currin, Katharine Paine&lt;br /&gt;
: Mary Ano, William Wheeler, Lewis Lott, Richard Lawr, Thomas Lawrence&lt;br /&gt;
: 17 August 1682. The above mentioned rights being twenty one was prooved by Benjamin Lawrence the Transporter.&lt;br /&gt;
: Before me Nicholas Sewall.&lt;br /&gt;
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Note the first four names of this record are the same people as the 1674 record. Evidently Benjamin Lawrence purchased these rights, included Nicholas&#039;s. This parity confirms that the 1674 record does refer to Nicholas &#039;&#039;Aldridge&#039;&#039;, despite that record spelling it &#039;&#039;Oldridge&#039;&#039;. So we have a confirmed record of Nicholas Aldridge in Maryland as early as 1674.&lt;br /&gt;
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== Militia service and land patent ==&lt;br /&gt;
The next earliest record I have found of Nicholas Aldridge in Maryland is an October or November 1678 payment to him by the Maryland General Assembly, apparently for militia service in an expedition against the Nanticoke Indians:&lt;br /&gt;
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: An Act for payment and assessing the Publick Charges of this Province&lt;br /&gt;
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: Whereas There hath been Eight hundred twenty five thousand Nyne hundred Seventy Nyne pounds (825,979 lbs.) of Tobacco Expended, layd out &amp;amp; disbursed by severall of the Inhabitants of this Province in the late Expedicion against the Nanticoke Indians and other, the necessary Charges of this Province which hath been Examined, stated and allowed by the upper and lower houses of this present Generall Assembly To the intent therefore That the same may bee satisfyed and payd to those persons to whom the same is due ...&lt;br /&gt;
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: To Nicholas Aldridge, 50 lbs. tobacco.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&#039;&#039;Archives of Maryland&#039;&#039;, Volume 7: Proceedings and Acts of the General Assembly, October 1678–November 1683, 87–104, at 97 ([https://msa.maryland.gov/megafile/msa/speccol/sc2900/sc2908/000001/000007/html/am7--97.html Archives of Maryland Online]).&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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This payment would indicate that Nicholas had been in Maryland at least as early as 1677, and perhaps earlier. The Nanticoke Indians took up arms against against the European colonists in 1677–1678.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Gray Dove Trading, &amp;quot;The Nanticoke People.&amp;quot; https://web.archive.org/web/20060220191454/http://www.graydovetrading.com/Nanticoke.html&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Nicholas Aldridge entered a land patent in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, of 300 acres on the south side of the [[wikipedia:Magothy River|Magothy River]], surveyed for him on 20 August 1680. The grant was issued by [[wikipedia:Charles Calvert, 3rd Baron Baltimore|Charles Calvert, Lord Baltimore]] on 11 July 1681, a tract called &amp;quot;Aldridge&#039;s Beginning.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
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== Marriage and spouse ==&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Besson Will Excerpt to Martha.jpg|thumb|right|alt=Excerpt of the will of Thomas Besson, with bequest to daughter Martha.|Excerpt of the will of Thomas Besson, with bequest to daughter Martha.]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Besson Executrix to Martha Aldridge.jpg|thumb|right|alt=The allowance of Thomas Besson&#039;s widow and executrix for the bequest to Martha, naming the daughter as Martha Aldridge.|The allowance of Thomas Besson&#039;s widow and executrix for the request to Martha, naming the daughter as Martha Aldridge.]]&lt;br /&gt;
Nicholas Aldridge marriage a woman named Martha, probably about 1679–1680. Their oldest child, Thomas Aldridge, was born 5 November 1680.&lt;br /&gt;
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I have found a fairly strong case for the assertion that Nicholas&#039;s wife was &#039;&#039;&#039;[[Martha (Besson) Aldridge|Martha Besson]]&#039;&#039;&#039;, daughter of Thomas Besson. Two records in particular demonstrate this case:&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Fredric Z. Saunders&#039; page on Thomas Besson is very well researched and very helpful, especially in documenting and locating the necessary sources. Fredric Z. Saunders, &amp;quot;Thomas Besson,&amp;quot; http://fzsaunders.com/besson.html (revised 27 Jan 2021, retrieved 13 Jul 2023).&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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* In the will of Thomas Besson, he names his daughter Martha, leaving to her a mare named Nobsey and a heifer named Eareling:&lt;br /&gt;
:: Item. I give and bequeath unto my daughter Martha, to her and her heirs forever, the young Mare Nobsye Coult with all her Increase, &amp;lt;del&amp;gt;but if in case&amp;lt;/del&amp;gt; and the heifer Eareling which was cavd in the yeare 1676 with all her Increase but if in case she my said daughter dyes before she comes to Age to fall to the next heir.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Ancestry.com, Maryland, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1635-1777, Wills, Vol 4-10 (1670, 1676-1679, 1682-1700) ([https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/9068/images/007737515_01023?treeid=&amp;amp;personid=&amp;amp;usePUB=true&amp;amp;_phsrc=XKN8128&amp;amp;_phstart=successSource&amp;amp;pId=463513 Ancestry]).&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* In the account of Besson&#039;s executrix, Nicholas Aldridge is paid a sum of money. The last item in the account contains a petition for an allowance for the heifer and mare due to Martha Aldridge:&lt;br /&gt;
:: The Executrix further prays allowance these following particulars: To Martha Aldridge a heiffer given by will appraised to 500. To 1 Mare called Nobsey as 700.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Maryland, Prerogative Court, Inventories of accounts and estates, volume 7, pages 125–127, at 127 (FHL Film 12919, Image Group (DGS) 7737555, Image 679, [https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C914-G9RL-H?i=678&amp;amp;cat=265626 FamilySearch]).&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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This indicates that Martha Aldridge is the daughter of Thomas Besson, the same daughter Martha to whom he bequeathed the mare Nobsey and heifer Eareling.&lt;br /&gt;
{{Clear}}&lt;br /&gt;
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== Children ==&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Nicholas Aldridge Children 1.png|thumb|right|alt=Birth and baptism records of Nicholas Aldridge&#039;s older children, from the All Hallows&#039; Parish register.|Birth and baptism records of Nicholas Aldridge&#039;s older children, from the All Hallows&#039; Parish register.]]&lt;br /&gt;
These children of Nicholas Aldridge and Martha Besson are documented by parish birth records:&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;This reading is aided by the transcriptions of F. R. Aldridge, &#039;&#039;Aldridge Records&#039;&#039;, vol. 2, 25–26, and Lester, 5.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
# [[Thomas Aldridge]], born 5 November 1680, married Elizabeth Purdy on 15 July 1703.&lt;br /&gt;
# Ann Aldridge, born 6 November 1684, married Richard Richeson in 1707.&lt;br /&gt;
# John Aldridge, born 31 August 1688, married Susannah Jones on 1 April 1719.&lt;br /&gt;
# Joane Aldridge, born 10 September 1689.&lt;br /&gt;
# Sendy Aldridge, born 9 August 1693, baptized 19 May 1700 [the name is difficult to read].&lt;br /&gt;
# Jane Aldridge, born 3 April 1696, baptized 19 May 1700.&lt;br /&gt;
# [[Nicholas Aldridge (b. 1698)|Nicholas Aldridge]], born 16 May 1698.&lt;br /&gt;
# William Aldridge, born 30 October 1700. Buried 26 September 1702.&lt;br /&gt;
# [[William Alldredge (b. 1702)|William Aldridge]], born 13 Mar 1702, baptized 11 April 1703.&lt;br /&gt;
# James Aldridge, born 1 July 1706, married Mary Gassaway.&lt;br /&gt;
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Nicholas Aldridge did indeed have &#039;&#039;two&#039;&#039; sons named William, one born after another, and by the dates, it appears he even named the second one William before the first one passed away. Did he, knowing his first son William was sick and would die, consciously give the name again to his next son? Is it possible the second William did not receive the name until his baptism, &#039;&#039;after&#039;&#039; the death of the first William? It is difficult to guess exactly what went on here, but the records are clear.&lt;br /&gt;
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File:William Aldridge Birth 1700.png|All Hallows&#039; Parish register showing birth of William Aldridge &amp;quot;I&amp;quot; (1700).|alt=All Hallows&#039; Parish register showing birth of William Aldridge &amp;quot;I&amp;quot; (1700).&lt;br /&gt;
File:William Aldridge Baptism 1702.png|All Hallows&#039; Parish register showing baptism of William Aldridge &amp;quot;I&amp;quot; (1702).|alt=All Hallows&#039; Parish register showing baptism of William Aldridge &amp;quot;I&amp;quot; (1702).&lt;br /&gt;
File:William Aldridge Burial 1702.png|All Hallows&#039; Parish register showing burial of William Aldridge &amp;quot;I&amp;quot; (1702).|alt=All Hallows&#039; Parish register showing burial of William Aldridge &amp;quot;I&amp;quot; (1702).&lt;br /&gt;
File:William Aldridge Birth and Baptism.png|All Hallows&#039; Parish register showing the birth and baptism of William Aldridge &amp;quot;II&amp;quot; (1702).|alt=All Hallows&#039; Parish register showing the birth and baptism of William Aldridge &amp;quot;II&amp;quot; (1702).&lt;br /&gt;
File:James Aldridge Birth.png|All Hallows&#039; Parish register showing the birth of James Aldridge (1706).|alt=All Hallows&#039; Parish register showing the birth of James Aldridge (1706).&lt;br /&gt;
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== Death ==&lt;br /&gt;
Nicholas Aldridge died in November 1708 in All Hallows&#039; Parish, Anne Arundel County, Maryland, and was buried 21 November 1708 in the churchyard. His grave is no longer marked. Nicholas was likely a man in his forties or fifties when he died, which was a ripe age for a Maryland colonist in that time.&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Nicholas Aldridge Burial.png|thumb|center]]&lt;br /&gt;
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There are actually two All Hallows&#039; Parish cemeteries, at two different locations of the All Hallows&#039; Church, one at parish&#039;s original location at the &amp;quot;Brick Church&amp;quot; in Edgewater, and the other at the parish&#039;s chapel-of-ease in Davidsonville:&lt;br /&gt;
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: The Church of England was officially established in the Colony of Maryland In 1692 by King William and Queen Mary, who chartered 30 parishes, one of which was All Hallows, South River. However, our earliest Parish records date back to March 1, 1669, noting the first recorded baptism at All Hallows....&lt;br /&gt;
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: In October of 1729, the General Assembly of Maryland assessed a tax of 20,000 pounds of tobacco to build “The Brick Church.” The building’s Interior was altered extensively during the 19th century according to needs and tastes of the time....&lt;br /&gt;
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: To lessen the travel distance for parishioners living on the western side of the Parish, construction of a chapel-of-ease in Davidsonville was begun in 1860. Delayed by the Civil War, it was completed in 1865.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;All Hallows Parish. &amp;quot;[https://allhallowsparish.org/who-we-are/history/ The History of All Hallows Parish]&amp;quot; (accessed 19 July 2024).&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Wikipedia offers this description of the cemetery at the &amp;quot;Brick Church&amp;quot;, which seems to confirm it as the likely burial place of Nicholas and Martha Aldridge:&lt;br /&gt;
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: The ancient cemetery, shaded by a grove of oak trees, surrounds the church. It contains the graves of many local families. One is Provincial Justice, Deputy-Governor and Lord High Sheriff of Anne Arundel Colonel William Burgess (1622–1686), who donated 100 acres of his lands for the establishment of Londontowne.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&amp;quot;[[wikipedia:All Hallows Parish (South River, Maryland)|All Hallows Parish (South River, Maryland)]]&amp;quot; on Wikipedia, citing Earl Arnett, Robert Brugger, and Edward Papenfuse, &#039;&#039;Maryland: A New Guide to the Old Line State&#039;&#039; (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1976) (accessed 19 July 2024).&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; &lt;br /&gt;
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On Find a Grave, Dennis York listed Nicholas and Hannah Aldridge in the wrong cemetery, at Davidsonville. I submitted corrections to move their memorials to the correct location, which were accepted.&lt;br /&gt;
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== DNA evidence ==&lt;br /&gt;
{{Main|Aldridge DNA Project}}&lt;br /&gt;
Six patrilineal, male-line descendants of Nicholas Aldridge have tested their Y-DNA at the [https://www.familytreedna.com/groups/aldridge/about Aldridge DNA Project], one from his oldest son [[Thomas Aldridge|Thomas]], one from his son [[Nicholas Aldridge (b. 1698)|Nicholas]], and four from his son William (b. 1702). The DNA of all five men matches one another, and is classified as haplogroup &#039;&#039;&#039;R-FTC89975&#039;&#039;&#039;, a subclade of R-U106 &amp;gt; R-Z154. William&#039;s descendants form the haplogroup &#039;&#039;&#039;R-FTB32679&#039;&#039;&#039;, an additional subclade of R-FTC89975.&lt;br /&gt;
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| name = Nicholas Aldridge (or &#039;&#039;Alldredge&#039;&#039;)&lt;br /&gt;
| birth = before 1660&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;probably England&lt;br /&gt;
| death = about 21 November 1708 (buried 21 November)&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;All Hallows&#039; Parish, [[wikipedia:Anne Arundel County, Maryland|Anne Arundel County, Maryland]]&lt;br /&gt;
| buried = All Hallows&#039; Churchyard (Brick Church), Anne Arundel County, Maryland (grave now unmarked)&lt;br /&gt;
| married = [[Martha (Besson) Aldridge|Martha Besson]]&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;before 1680, probably in Anne Arundel County, Maryland&lt;br /&gt;
| children = [[Thomas Aldridge]], [[Nicholas Aldridge (b. 1698)]], [[William Alldredge (b. 1702)]]&lt;br /&gt;
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== Overview ==&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;Nicholas Aldridge&#039;&#039;&#039; is the immigrant ancestor of our Aldridge family. He arrived in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, as early as 1677, receiving a land patent from Lord Baltimore in 1681.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;lester5&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Memory Aldridge Lester, &#039;&#039;Alldredge-Aldridge-Bracken-Nesmith Families and Their Kin&#039;&#039; (Chapel Hill, N.C.: privately printed, 1957), available on [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/26644/ Ancestry], [https://archive.org/details/alldredgealdridg00lest Internet Archive], and [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/202048 FamilySearch], 5 ([https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/26644/images/dvm_GenMono007254-00011-1?ssrc=&amp;amp;backlabel=Return&amp;amp;pId=15 Ancestry], [https://archive.org/details/alldredgealdridg00lest/page/5/mode/1up Internet Archive], [www.familysearch.org/library/books/idviewer/541095/16 FamilySearch]); Franklin Rudolph Aldridge, &#039;&#039;Aldridge Records&#039;&#039;, vol. 2 (Nashville: self-published, 1975), 22 ([https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/26642/images/dvm_GenMono007241-00120-0?ssrc=&amp;amp;backlabel=Return&amp;amp;pId=341, Ancestry], [hwww.familysearch.org/library/books/idviewer/34303/26 FamilySearch]); &#039;&#039;Maryland Historical Magazine&#039;&#039;, vol. 26 (1931), page 273 ([https://archive.org/details/marylandhistoric2619mary/page/272/mode/2up Internet Archive]). F. R. Aldridge offers extensive records of Nicholas Aldridge&#039;s family in Maryland.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;  Like the other elements in my Aldridge-Alldredge tree, Nicholas Aldridge is the subject of a lot of extravagant and poorly supported claims. On this page, I will document what we know for certain, and do my best to distinguish fact from speculation.&lt;br /&gt;
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== Name ==&lt;br /&gt;
There is evidence from records that Nicholas&#039;s son [[William Alldredge (b. 1702)|William]] and at least two branches of his descendants ([[William Alldredge (b. 1729)|William b. 1729]] and [[Nathan Alldredge|Nathan]]) spelled their surname &#039;&#039;Alldredge&#039;&#039;. Of Nicholas&#039;s other descendants, his oldest son [[Thomas Aldridge|Thomas&#039;s]] family appears to have kept the spelling &#039;&#039;Aldridge&#039;&#039;. Traditionally, Nicholas Aldridge&#039;s name has been spelled &#039;&#039;Aldridge&#039;&#039; by Memory Aldridge Lester and other researchers. For now, I will stand by this tradition.&lt;br /&gt;
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== Ancestry and birth ==&lt;br /&gt;
{{See also|Aldridge of Wellow}}&lt;br /&gt;
It is widely asserted online that Nicholas Aldridge was christened 28 December 1653 in Wellow Parish, Wiltshire, England, the son of Nicholas Aldridge. There was indeed a Nicholas Aldridge born near that date, in that place, to that father, as shown by English parish records; but I have seen no definitive documentation to convince me that this is &#039;&#039;our&#039;&#039; Nicholas Aldridge, and at least some to make me seriously question it.&lt;br /&gt;
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We can assume that our Nicholas was born before about 1656, since he was able to receive a proprietary land grant in 1680, and serve in a colonial militia in 1677. Within the parameters of a Nicholas Aldridge born in England between 1637 and 1657, only one Nicholas Aldridge appears in a search of the birth registers available on FamilySearch, the one asserted above, christened 28 December 1653 in Wellow, Hampshire. A second appears if I push the search back to 1627, christened 15 December 1633 at St. Margaret&#039;s, Westminster, Middlesex, the son of Thomas Aldridge. But how do we know these records are complete? How do we know Nicholas was born in England and not in Scotland, Wales, or anywhere else? We do not. Unless there is some record connecting Nicholas Aldridge in Maryland back to a specific location in England or wherever, I will not make an assumption.&lt;br /&gt;
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Cousin &#039;&#039;&#039;Susan94543&#039;&#039;&#039; on FamilySearch has identified [[Aldridge of Wellow#Court cases|several court cases]] in Wellow that appear to place the Nicholas Aldridge (b. 1653) of the above record still in Wellow in 1682 and 1686, placing the identification of the 1653 christening record as our Nicholas in extreme doubt.&lt;br /&gt;
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== Immigration ==&lt;br /&gt;
The &#039;&#039;New Early Settlers of Maryland&#039;&#039; identifies Nicholas Aldridge&#039;s  immigration with this record:&lt;br /&gt;
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: &#039;&#039;&#039;Aldridge, Oldridge, Nicholas.&#039;&#039;&#039; 18:33. Transported by 1674. Transcript: WC4:215. MSA SC 4341.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&#039;&#039;The New Settlers of Maryland&#039;&#039;. https://msa.maryland.gov/msa/speccol/sc4300/sc4341/html/intro.html&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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A transcript of the first referenced record&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Patent Record 18:33, 1672‒1675, [ https://msa.maryland.gov/megafile/msa/stagserm/sm1/sm2/000000/000021/pdf/mdsa_sm2_21.pdf MSA SR 7359].&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; is as follows:&lt;br /&gt;
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: June the 4th 1674. Came Robert Franklin of Ann Arundell County Gent and proved Right to Two hundred acres of land for Transporting &#039;&#039;&#039;Gustavus White&#039;&#039;&#039;, &#039;&#039;&#039;Nicholas Oldridge&#039;&#039;&#039;, &#039;&#039;&#039;Wililam Webb&#039;&#039;&#039;, and &#039;&#039;&#039;Thomas King&#039;&#039;&#039; into this province to inhabit. Warrant then issued in the name of the said Robert Franklin for two hundred acres of land due to him for the consideration of aforesaid. Cert. return the 4th of Sept. next.&lt;br /&gt;
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The second record&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Warrant Record WC4:215, i, 1681‒1685, [MSA SC 4341 https://msa.maryland.gov/megafile/msa/stagserm/sm200/sm230/000000/000001/pdf/mdsa_sm230_1.pdf].&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;, dated 1682 shows:&lt;br /&gt;
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: The names of such persons that have been brought in by Benjamin Lawerence (vizt.):&lt;br /&gt;
: &#039;&#039;&#039;Gustavus White&#039;&#039;&#039;, &#039;&#039;&#039;Nicholas Aldridge&#039;&#039;&#039;, &#039;&#039;&#039;William Webb&#039;&#039;&#039;, &#039;&#039;&#039;Thomas King&#039;&#039;&#039;, Benjamin Lawrence, Eleanor Stuart&lt;br /&gt;
: Giles Stawby, Thomas Grimfield, William Popjoy, Elizabeth Croom, Martha Croom&lt;br /&gt;
: George Croom, Joice Croom, Thos. Bonifin, Mathew Currin, Katharine Paine&lt;br /&gt;
: Mary Ano, William Wheeler, Lewis Lott, Richard Lawr, Thomas Lawrence&lt;br /&gt;
: 17 August 1682. The above mentioned rights being twenty one was prooved by Benjamin Lawrence the Transporter.&lt;br /&gt;
: Before me Nicholas Sewall.&lt;br /&gt;
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Note the first four names of this record are the same people as the 1674 record. Evidently Benjamin Lawrence purchased these rights, included Nicholas&#039;s. This parity confirms that the 1674 record does refer to Nicholas &#039;&#039;Aldridge&#039;&#039;, despite that record spelling it &#039;&#039;Oldridge&#039;&#039;. So we have a confirmed record of Nicholas Aldridge in Maryland as early as 1674.&lt;br /&gt;
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== Militia service and land patent ==&lt;br /&gt;
The next earliest record I have found of Nicholas Aldridge in Maryland is an October or November 1678 payment to him by the Maryland General Assembly, apparently for militia service in an expedition against the Nanticoke Indians:&lt;br /&gt;
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: An Act for payment and assessing the Publick Charges of this Province&lt;br /&gt;
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: Whereas There hath been Eight hundred twenty five thousand Nyne hundred Seventy Nyne pounds (825,979 lbs.) of Tobacco Expended, layd out &amp;amp; disbursed by severall of the Inhabitants of this Province in the late Expedicion against the Nanticoke Indians and other, the necessary Charges of this Province which hath been Examined, stated and allowed by the upper and lower houses of this present Generall Assembly To the intent therefore That the same may bee satisfyed and payd to those persons to whom the same is due ...&lt;br /&gt;
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: To Nicholas Aldridge, 50 lbs. tobacco.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&#039;&#039;Archives of Maryland&#039;&#039;, Volume 7: Proceedings and Acts of the General Assembly, October 1678–November 1683, 87–104, at 97 ([https://msa.maryland.gov/megafile/msa/speccol/sc2900/sc2908/000001/000007/html/am7--97.html Archives of Maryland Online]).&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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This payment would indicate that Nicholas had been in Maryland at least as early as 1677, and perhaps earlier. The Nanticoke Indians took up arms against against the European colonists in 1677–1678.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Gray Dove Trading, &amp;quot;The Nanticoke People.&amp;quot; https://web.archive.org/web/20060220191454/http://www.graydovetrading.com/Nanticoke.html&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Nicholas Aldridge entered a land patent in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, of 300 acres on the south side of the [[wikipedia:Magothy River|Magothy River]], surveyed for him on 20 August 1680. The grant was issued by [[wikipedia:Charles Calvert, 3rd Baron Baltimore|Charles Calvert, Lord Baltimore]] on 11 July 1681, a tract called &amp;quot;Aldridge&#039;s Beginning.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
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== Marriage and spouse ==&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Besson Will Excerpt to Martha.jpg|thumb|right|alt=Excerpt of the will of Thomas Besson, with bequest to daughter Martha.|Excerpt of the will of Thomas Besson, with bequest to daughter Martha.]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Besson Executrix to Martha Aldridge.jpg|thumb|right|alt=The allowance of Thomas Besson&#039;s widow and executrix for the bequest to Martha, naming the daughter as Martha Aldridge.|The allowance of Thomas Besson&#039;s widow and executrix for the request to Martha, naming the daughter as Martha Aldridge.]]&lt;br /&gt;
Nicholas Aldridge marriage a woman named Martha, probably about 1679–1680. Their oldest child, Thomas Aldridge, was born 5 November 1680.&lt;br /&gt;
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I have found a fairly strong case for the assertion that Nicholas&#039;s wife was &#039;&#039;&#039;[[Martha (Besson) Aldridge|Martha Besson]]&#039;&#039;&#039;, daughter of Thomas Besson. Two records in particular demonstrate this case:&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Fredric Z. Saunders&#039; page on Thomas Besson is very well researched and very helpful, especially in documenting and locating the necessary sources. Fredric Z. Saunders, &amp;quot;Thomas Besson,&amp;quot; http://fzsaunders.com/besson.html (revised 27 Jan 2021, retrieved 13 Jul 2023).&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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* In the will of Thomas Besson, he names his daughter Martha, leaving to her a mare named Nobsey and a heifer named Eareling:&lt;br /&gt;
:: Item. I give and bequeath unto my daughter Martha, to her and her heirs forever, the young Mare Nobsye Coult with all her Increase, &amp;lt;del&amp;gt;but if in case&amp;lt;/del&amp;gt; and the heifer Eareling which was cavd in the yeare 1676 with all her Increase but if in case she my said daughter dyes before she comes to Age to fall to the next heir.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Ancestry.com, Maryland, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1635-1777, Wills, Vol 4-10 (1670, 1676-1679, 1682-1700) ([https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/9068/images/007737515_01023?treeid=&amp;amp;personid=&amp;amp;usePUB=true&amp;amp;_phsrc=XKN8128&amp;amp;_phstart=successSource&amp;amp;pId=463513 Ancestry]).&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* In the account of Besson&#039;s executrix, Nicholas Aldridge is paid a sum of money. The last item in the account contains a petition for an allowance for the heifer and mare due to Martha Aldridge:&lt;br /&gt;
:: The Executrix further prays allowance these following particulars: To Martha Aldridge a heiffer given by will appraised to 500. To 1 Mare called Nobsey as 700.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Maryland, Prerogative Court, Inventories of accounts and estates, volume 7, pages 125–127, at 127 (FHL Film 12919, Image Group (DGS) 7737555, Image 679, [https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C914-G9RL-H?i=678&amp;amp;cat=265626 FamilySearch]).&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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This indicates that Martha Aldridge is the daughter of Thomas Besson, the same daughter Martha to whom he bequeathed the mare Nobsey and heifer Eareling.&lt;br /&gt;
{{Clear}}&lt;br /&gt;
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== Children ==&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Nicholas Aldridge Children 1.png|thumb|right|alt=Birth and baptism records of Nicholas Aldridge&#039;s older children, from the All Hallows&#039; Parish register.|Birth and baptism records of Nicholas Aldridge&#039;s older children, from the All Hallows&#039; Parish register.]]&lt;br /&gt;
These children of Nicholas Aldridge and Martha Besson are documented by parish birth records:&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;This reading is aided by the transcriptions of F. R. Aldridge, &#039;&#039;Aldridge Records&#039;&#039;, vol. 2, 25–26, and Lester, 5.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
# [[Thomas Aldridge]], born 5 November 1680, married Elizabeth Purdy on 15 July 1703.&lt;br /&gt;
# Ann Aldridge, born 6 November 1684, married Richard Richeson in 1707.&lt;br /&gt;
# John Aldridge, born 31 August 1688, married Susannah Jones on 1 April 1719.&lt;br /&gt;
# Joane Aldridge, born 10 September 1689.&lt;br /&gt;
# Sendy Aldridge, born 9 August 1693, baptized 19 May 1700 [the name is difficult to read].&lt;br /&gt;
# Jane Aldridge, born 3 April 1696, baptized 19 May 1700.&lt;br /&gt;
# [[Nicholas Aldridge (b. 1698)|Nicholas Aldridge]], born 16 May 1698.&lt;br /&gt;
# William Aldridge, born 30 October 1700. Buried 26 September 1702.&lt;br /&gt;
# [[William Alldredge (b. 1702)|William Aldridge]], born 13 Mar 1702, baptized 11 April 1703.&lt;br /&gt;
# James Aldridge, born 1 July 1706, married Mary Gassaway.&lt;br /&gt;
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Nicholas Aldridge did indeed have &#039;&#039;two&#039;&#039; sons named William, one born after another, and by the dates, it appears he even named the second one William before the first one passed away. Did he, knowing his first son William was sick and would die, consciously give the name again to his next son? Is it possible the second William did not receive the name until his baptism, &#039;&#039;after&#039;&#039; the death of the first William? It is difficult to guess exactly what went on here, but the records are clear.&lt;br /&gt;
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File:William Aldridge Birth 1700.png|All Hallows&#039; Parish register showing birth of William Aldridge &amp;quot;I&amp;quot; (1700).|alt=All Hallows&#039; Parish register showing birth of William Aldridge &amp;quot;I&amp;quot; (1700).&lt;br /&gt;
File:William Aldridge Baptism 1702.png|All Hallows&#039; Parish register showing baptism of William Aldridge &amp;quot;I&amp;quot; (1702).|alt=All Hallows&#039; Parish register showing baptism of William Aldridge &amp;quot;I&amp;quot; (1702).&lt;br /&gt;
File:William Aldridge Burial 1702.png|All Hallows&#039; Parish register showing burial of William Aldridge &amp;quot;I&amp;quot; (1702).|alt=All Hallows&#039; Parish register showing burial of William Aldridge &amp;quot;I&amp;quot; (1702).&lt;br /&gt;
File:William Aldridge Birth and Baptism.png|All Hallows&#039; Parish register showing the birth and baptism of William Aldridge &amp;quot;II&amp;quot; (1702).|alt=All Hallows&#039; Parish register showing the birth and baptism of William Aldridge &amp;quot;II&amp;quot; (1702).&lt;br /&gt;
File:James Aldridge Birth.png|All Hallows&#039; Parish register showing the birth of James Aldridge (1706).|alt=All Hallows&#039; Parish register showing the birth of James Aldridge (1706).&lt;br /&gt;
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== Death ==&lt;br /&gt;
Nicholas Aldridge died in November 1708 in All Hallows&#039; Parish, Anne Arundel County, Maryland, and was buried 21 November 1708 in the churchyard. His grave is no longer marked. Nicholas was likely a man in his forties or fifties when he died, which was a ripe age for a Maryland colonist in that time.&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Nicholas Aldridge Burial.png|thumb|center]]&lt;br /&gt;
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There are actually two All Hallows&#039; Parish cemeteries, at two different locations of the All Hallows&#039; Church, one at parish&#039;s original location at the &amp;quot;Brick Church&amp;quot; in Edgewater, and the other at the parish&#039;s chapel-of-ease in Davidsonville:&lt;br /&gt;
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: The Church of England was officially established in the Colony of Maryland In 1692 by King William and Queen Mary, who chartered 30 parishes, one of which was All Hallows, South River. However, our earliest Parish records date back to March 1, 1669, noting the first recorded baptism at All Hallows....&lt;br /&gt;
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: In October of 1729, the General Assembly of Maryland assessed a tax of 20,000 pounds of tobacco to build “The Brick Church.” The building’s Interior was altered extensively during the 19th century according to needs and tastes of the time....&lt;br /&gt;
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: To lessen the travel distance for parishioners living on the western side of the Parish, construction of a chapel-of-ease in Davidsonville was begun in 1860. Delayed by the Civil War, it was completed in 1865.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;All Hallows Parish. &amp;quot;[https://allhallowsparish.org/who-we-are/history/ The History of All Hallows Parish]&amp;quot; (accessed 19 July 2024).&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Wikipedia offers this description of the cemetery at the &amp;quot;Brick Church&amp;quot;, which seems to confirm it as the likely burial place of Nicholas and Martha Aldridge:&lt;br /&gt;
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: The ancient cemetery, shaded by a grove of oak trees, surrounds the church. It contains the graves of many local families. One is Provincial Justice, Deputy-Governor and Lord High Sheriff of Anne Arundel Colonel William Burgess (1622–1686), who donated 100 acres of his lands for the establishment of Londontowne.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&amp;quot;[[wikipedia:All Hallows Parish (South River, Maryland)|All Hallows Parish (South River, Maryland)]]&amp;quot; on Wikipedia, citing Earl Arnett, Robert Brugger, and Edward Papenfuse, &#039;&#039;Maryland: A New Guide to the Old Line State&#039;&#039; (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1976) (accessed 19 July 2024).&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; &lt;br /&gt;
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On Find a Grave, Dennis York listed Nicholas and Hannah Aldridge in the wrong cemetery, at Davidsonville. I submitted corrections to move their memorials to the correct location, which were accepted.&lt;br /&gt;
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== DNA evidence ==&lt;br /&gt;
{{Main|Aldridge DNA Project}}&lt;br /&gt;
Six patrilineal, male-line descendants of Nicholas Aldridge have tested their Y-DNA at the [https://www.familytreedna.com/groups/aldridge/about Aldridge DNA Project], one from his oldest son [[Thomas Aldridge|Thomas]], one from his son [[Nicholas Aldridge (b. 1698)|Nicholas]], and four from his son William (b. 1702). The DNA of all five men matches one another, and is classified as haplogroup &#039;&#039;&#039;R-FTC89975&#039;&#039;&#039;, a subclade of R-U106 &amp;gt; R-Z154. William&#039;s descendants form the haplogroup &#039;&#039;&#039;R-FTB32679&#039;&#039;&#039;, an additional subclade of R-FTC89975.&lt;br /&gt;
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== References ==&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;{{InfoBox Person&lt;br /&gt;
| name = Nicholas Aldridge (or &#039;&#039;Alldredge&#039;&#039;)&lt;br /&gt;
| birth = before 1660&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;probably England&lt;br /&gt;
| death = about 21 November 1708 (buried 21 November)&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;All Hallows&#039; Parish, [[wikipedia:Anne Arundel County, Maryland|Anne Arundel County, Maryland]]&lt;br /&gt;
| buried = All Hallows&#039; Churchyard (Brick Church), Anne Arundel County, Maryland (grave now unmarked)&lt;br /&gt;
| married = [[Martha (Besson) Aldridge|Martha Besson]]&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;before 1680, probably in Anne Arundel County, Maryland&lt;br /&gt;
| children = [[Thomas Aldridge]], [[Nicholas Aldridge (b. 1698)]], [[William Alldredge (b. 1702)]]&lt;br /&gt;
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== Overview ==&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;Nicholas Aldridge&#039;&#039;&#039; is the immigrant ancestor of our Aldridge family. He arrived in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, as early as 1677, receiving a land patent from Lord Baltimore in 1681.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;lester5&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Memory Aldridge Lester, &#039;&#039;Alldredge-Aldridge-Bracken-Nesmith Families and Their Kin&#039;&#039; (Chapel Hill, N.C.: privately printed, 1957), available on [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/26644/ Ancestry], [https://archive.org/details/alldredgealdridg00lest Internet Archive], and [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/202048 FamilySearch], 5 ([https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/26644/images/dvm_GenMono007254-00011-1?ssrc=&amp;amp;backlabel=Return&amp;amp;pId=15 Ancestry], [https://archive.org/details/alldredgealdridg00lest/page/5/mode/1up Internet Archive], [www.familysearch.org/library/books/idviewer/541095/16 FamilySearch]); Franklin Rudolph Aldridge, &#039;&#039;Aldridge Records&#039;&#039;, vol. 2 (Nashville: self-published, 1975), 22 ([https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/26642/images/dvm_GenMono007241-00120-0?ssrc=&amp;amp;backlabel=Return&amp;amp;pId=341, Ancestry], [hwww.familysearch.org/library/books/idviewer/34303/26 FamilySearch]); &#039;&#039;Maryland Historical Magazine&#039;&#039;, vol. 26 (1931), page 273 ([https://archive.org/details/marylandhistoric2619mary/page/272/mode/2up Internet Archive]). F. R. Aldridge offers extensive records of Nicholas Aldridge&#039;s family in Maryland.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;  Like the other elements in my Aldridge-Alldredge tree, Nicholas Aldridge is the subject of a lot of extravagant and poorly supported claims. On this page, I will document what we know for certain, and do my best to distinguish fact from speculation.&lt;br /&gt;
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== Name ==&lt;br /&gt;
There is evidence from records that Nicholas&#039;s son [[William Alldredge (b. 1702)|William]] and at least two branches of his descendants ([[William Alldredge (b. 1729)|William b. 1729]] and [[Nathan Alldredge|Nathan]]) spelled their surname &#039;&#039;Alldredge&#039;&#039;. Of Nicholas&#039;s other descendants, his oldest son [[Thomas Aldridge|Thomas&#039;s]] family appears to have kept the spelling &#039;&#039;Aldridge&#039;&#039;. Traditionally, Nicholas Aldridge&#039;s name has been spelled &#039;&#039;Aldridge&#039;&#039; by Memory Aldridge Lester and other researchers. For now, I will stand by this tradition.&lt;br /&gt;
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== Ancestry and birth ==&lt;br /&gt;
{{See also|Aldridge of Wellow}}&lt;br /&gt;
It is widely asserted online that Nicholas Aldridge was christened 28 December 1653 in Wellow Parish, Wiltshire, England, the son of Nicholas Aldridge. There was indeed a Nicholas Aldridge born near that date, in that place, to that father, as shown by English parish records; but I have seen no definitive documentation to convince me that this is &#039;&#039;our&#039;&#039; Nicholas Aldridge, and at least some to make me seriously question it.&lt;br /&gt;
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We can assume that our Nicholas was born before about 1656, since he was able to receive a proprietary land grant in 1680, and serve in a colonial militia in 1677. Within the parameters of a Nicholas Aldridge born in England between 1637 and 1657, only one Nicholas Aldridge appears in a search of the birth registers available on FamilySearch, the one asserted above, christened 28 December 1653 in Wellow, Hampshire. A second appears if I push the search back to 1627, christened 15 December 1633 at St. Margaret&#039;s, Westminster, Middlesex, the son of Thomas Aldridge. But how do we know these records are complete? How do we know Nicholas was born in England and not in Scotland, Wales, or anywhere else? We do not. Unless there is some record connecting Nicholas Aldridge in Maryland back to a specific location in England or wherever, I will not make an assumption.&lt;br /&gt;
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Cousin &#039;&#039;&#039;Susan94543&#039;&#039;&#039; on FamilySearch has identified [[Aldridge of Wellow#Court cases|several court cases]] in Wellow that appear to place the Nicholas Aldridge (b. 1653) of the above record still in Wellow in 1682 and 1686, placing the identification of the 1653 christening record as our Nicholas in extreme doubt.&lt;br /&gt;
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== Immigration ==&lt;br /&gt;
The [https://msa.maryland.gov/msa/speccol/sc4300/sc4341/html/intro.html &#039;&#039;New Early Settlers of Maryland&#039;&#039;] identifies Nicholas Aldridge&#039;s  immigration with this record:&lt;br /&gt;
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: &#039;&#039;&#039;Aldridge, Oldridge, Nicholas.&#039;&#039;&#039; 18:33. Transported by 1674. Transcript: WC4:215. MSA SC 4341.&lt;br /&gt;
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A transcript of the record this refers to is as follows:&lt;br /&gt;
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: June the 4th 1674. Came Robert Franklin of Ann Arundell County Gent and proved Right to Two hundred acres of land for Transporting &#039;&#039;&#039;Gustavus White&#039;&#039;&#039;, &#039;&#039;&#039;Nicholas Oldridge&#039;&#039;&#039;, &#039;&#039;&#039;Wililam Webb&#039;&#039;&#039;, and &#039;&#039;&#039;Thomas King&#039;&#039;&#039; into this province to inhabit. Warrant then issued in the name of the said Robert Franklin for two hundred acres of land due to him for the consideration of aforesaid. Cert. return the 4th of Sept. next.&lt;br /&gt;
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A second record, dated 1682 shows:&lt;br /&gt;
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: The names of such persons that have been brought in by Benjamin Lawerence (vizt.):&lt;br /&gt;
: &#039;&#039;&#039;Gustavus White&#039;&#039;&#039;, &#039;&#039;&#039;Nicholas Aldridge&#039;&#039;&#039;, &#039;&#039;&#039;William Webb&#039;&#039;&#039;, &#039;&#039;&#039;Thomas King&#039;&#039;&#039;, Benjamin Lawrence, Eleanor Stuart&lt;br /&gt;
: Giles Stawby, Thomas Grimfield, William Popjoy, Elizabeth Croom, Martha Croom&lt;br /&gt;
: George Croom, Joice Croom, Thos. Bonifin, Mathew Currin, Katharine Paine&lt;br /&gt;
: Mary Ano, William Wheeler, Lewis Lott, Richard Lawr, Thomas Lawrence&lt;br /&gt;
: 17 August 1682. The above mentioned rights being twenty one was prooved by Benjamin Lawrence the Transporter.&lt;br /&gt;
: Before me Nicholas Sewall.&lt;br /&gt;
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Note the first four names of this record are the same people as the 1674 record. Evidently Benjamin Lawrence purchased these rights, included Nicholas&#039;s. This parity confirms that the 1674 record does refer to Nicholas &#039;&#039;Aldridge&#039;&#039;, despite that record spelling it &#039;&#039;Oldridge&#039;&#039;. So we have a confirmed record of Nicholas Aldridge in Maryland as early as 1674.&lt;br /&gt;
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== Militia service and land patent ==&lt;br /&gt;
The next earliest record I have found of Nicholas Aldridge in Maryland is an October or November 1678 payment to him by the Maryland General Assembly, apparently for militia service in an expedition against the Nanticoke Indians:&lt;br /&gt;
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: An Act for payment and assessing the Publick Charges of this Province&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
: Whereas There hath been Eight hundred twenty five thousand Nyne hundred Seventy Nyne pounds (825,979 lbs.) of Tobacco Expended, layd out &amp;amp; disbursed by severall of the Inhabitants of this Province in the late Expedicion against the Nanticoke Indians and other, the necessary Charges of this Province which hath been Examined, stated and allowed by the upper and lower houses of this present Generall Assembly To the intent therefore That the same may bee satisfyed and payd to those persons to whom the same is due ...&lt;br /&gt;
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: To Nicholas Aldridge, 50 lbs. tobacco.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&#039;&#039;Archives of Maryland&#039;&#039;, Volume 7: Proceedings and Acts of the General Assembly, October 1678–November 1683, 87–104, at 97 ([https://msa.maryland.gov/megafile/msa/speccol/sc2900/sc2908/000001/000007/html/am7--97.html Archives of Maryland Online]).&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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This payment would indicate that Nicholas had been in Maryland at least as early as 1677, and perhaps earlier. The Nanticoke Indians took up arms against against the European colonists in 1677–1678.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Gray Dove Trading, &amp;quot;The Nanticoke People.&amp;quot; https://web.archive.org/web/20060220191454/http://www.graydovetrading.com/Nanticoke.html&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Nicholas Aldridge entered a land patent in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, of 300 acres on the south side of the [[wikipedia:Magothy River|Magothy River]], surveyed for him on 20 August 1680. The grant was issued by [[wikipedia:Charles Calvert, 3rd Baron Baltimore|Charles Calvert, Lord Baltimore]] on 11 July 1681, a tract called &amp;quot;Aldridge&#039;s Beginning.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
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== Marriage and spouse ==&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Besson Will Excerpt to Martha.jpg|thumb|right|alt=Excerpt of the will of Thomas Besson, with bequest to daughter Martha.|Excerpt of the will of Thomas Besson, with bequest to daughter Martha.]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Besson Executrix to Martha Aldridge.jpg|thumb|right|alt=The allowance of Thomas Besson&#039;s widow and executrix for the bequest to Martha, naming the daughter as Martha Aldridge.|The allowance of Thomas Besson&#039;s widow and executrix for the request to Martha, naming the daughter as Martha Aldridge.]]&lt;br /&gt;
Nicholas Aldridge marriage a woman named Martha, probably about 1679–1680. Their oldest child, Thomas Aldridge, was born 5 November 1680.&lt;br /&gt;
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I have found a fairly strong case for the assertion that Nicholas&#039;s wife was &#039;&#039;&#039;[[Martha (Besson) Aldridge|Martha Besson]]&#039;&#039;&#039;, daughter of Thomas Besson. Two records in particular demonstrate this case:&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Fredric Z. Saunders&#039; page on Thomas Besson is very well researched and very helpful, especially in documenting and locating the necessary sources. Fredric Z. Saunders, &amp;quot;Thomas Besson,&amp;quot; http://fzsaunders.com/besson.html (revised 27 Jan 2021, retrieved 13 Jul 2023).&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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* In the will of Thomas Besson, he names his daughter Martha, leaving to her a mare named Nobsey and a heifer named Eareling:&lt;br /&gt;
:: Item. I give and bequeath unto my daughter Martha, to her and her heirs forever, the young Mare Nobsye Coult with all her Increase, &amp;lt;del&amp;gt;but if in case&amp;lt;/del&amp;gt; and the heifer Eareling which was cavd in the yeare 1676 with all her Increase but if in case she my said daughter dyes before she comes to Age to fall to the next heir.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Ancestry.com, Maryland, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1635-1777, Wills, Vol 4-10 (1670, 1676-1679, 1682-1700) ([https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/9068/images/007737515_01023?treeid=&amp;amp;personid=&amp;amp;usePUB=true&amp;amp;_phsrc=XKN8128&amp;amp;_phstart=successSource&amp;amp;pId=463513 Ancestry]).&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* In the account of Besson&#039;s executrix, Nicholas Aldridge is paid a sum of money. The last item in the account contains a petition for an allowance for the heifer and mare due to Martha Aldridge:&lt;br /&gt;
:: The Executrix further prays allowance these following particulars: To Martha Aldridge a heiffer given by will appraised to 500. To 1 Mare called Nobsey as 700.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Maryland, Prerogative Court, Inventories of accounts and estates, volume 7, pages 125–127, at 127 (FHL Film 12919, Image Group (DGS) 7737555, Image 679, [https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C914-G9RL-H?i=678&amp;amp;cat=265626 FamilySearch]).&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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This indicates that Martha Aldridge is the daughter of Thomas Besson, the same daughter Martha to whom he bequeathed the mare Nobsey and heifer Eareling.&lt;br /&gt;
{{Clear}}&lt;br /&gt;
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== Children ==&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Nicholas Aldridge Children 1.png|thumb|right|alt=Birth and baptism records of Nicholas Aldridge&#039;s older children, from the All Hallows&#039; Parish register.|Birth and baptism records of Nicholas Aldridge&#039;s older children, from the All Hallows&#039; Parish register.]]&lt;br /&gt;
These children of Nicholas Aldridge and Martha Besson are documented by parish birth records:&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;This reading is aided by the transcriptions of F. R. Aldridge, &#039;&#039;Aldridge Records&#039;&#039;, vol. 2, 25–26, and Lester, 5.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
# [[Thomas Aldridge]], born 5 November 1680, married Elizabeth Purdy on 15 July 1703.&lt;br /&gt;
# Ann Aldridge, born 6 November 1684, married Richard Richeson in 1707.&lt;br /&gt;
# John Aldridge, born 31 August 1688, married Susannah Jones on 1 April 1719.&lt;br /&gt;
# Joane Aldridge, born 10 September 1689.&lt;br /&gt;
# Sendy Aldridge, born 9 August 1693, baptized 19 May 1700 [the name is difficult to read].&lt;br /&gt;
# Jane Aldridge, born 3 April 1696, baptized 19 May 1700.&lt;br /&gt;
# [[Nicholas Aldridge (b. 1698)|Nicholas Aldridge]], born 16 May 1698.&lt;br /&gt;
# William Aldridge, born 30 October 1700. Buried 26 September 1702.&lt;br /&gt;
# [[William Alldredge (b. 1702)|William Aldridge]], born 13 Mar 1702, baptized 11 April 1703.&lt;br /&gt;
# James Aldridge, born 1 July 1706, married Mary Gassaway.&lt;br /&gt;
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Nicholas Aldridge did indeed have &#039;&#039;two&#039;&#039; sons named William, one born after another, and by the dates, it appears he even named the second one William before the first one passed away. Did he, knowing his first son William was sick and would die, consciously give the name again to his next son? Is it possible the second William did not receive the name until his baptism, &#039;&#039;after&#039;&#039; the death of the first William? It is difficult to guess exactly what went on here, but the records are clear.&lt;br /&gt;
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File:William Aldridge Birth 1700.png|All Hallows&#039; Parish register showing birth of William Aldridge &amp;quot;I&amp;quot; (1700).|alt=All Hallows&#039; Parish register showing birth of William Aldridge &amp;quot;I&amp;quot; (1700).&lt;br /&gt;
File:William Aldridge Baptism 1702.png|All Hallows&#039; Parish register showing baptism of William Aldridge &amp;quot;I&amp;quot; (1702).|alt=All Hallows&#039; Parish register showing baptism of William Aldridge &amp;quot;I&amp;quot; (1702).&lt;br /&gt;
File:William Aldridge Burial 1702.png|All Hallows&#039; Parish register showing burial of William Aldridge &amp;quot;I&amp;quot; (1702).|alt=All Hallows&#039; Parish register showing burial of William Aldridge &amp;quot;I&amp;quot; (1702).&lt;br /&gt;
File:William Aldridge Birth and Baptism.png|All Hallows&#039; Parish register showing the birth and baptism of William Aldridge &amp;quot;II&amp;quot; (1702).|alt=All Hallows&#039; Parish register showing the birth and baptism of William Aldridge &amp;quot;II&amp;quot; (1702).&lt;br /&gt;
File:James Aldridge Birth.png|All Hallows&#039; Parish register showing the birth of James Aldridge (1706).|alt=All Hallows&#039; Parish register showing the birth of James Aldridge (1706).&lt;br /&gt;
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== Death ==&lt;br /&gt;
Nicholas Aldridge died in November 1708 in All Hallows&#039; Parish, Anne Arundel County, Maryland, and was buried 21 November 1708 in the churchyard. His grave is no longer marked. Nicholas was likely a man in his forties or fifties when he died, which was a ripe age for a Maryland colonist in that time.&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Nicholas Aldridge Burial.png|thumb|center]]&lt;br /&gt;
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There are actually two All Hallows&#039; Parish cemeteries, at two different locations of the All Hallows&#039; Church, one at parish&#039;s original location at the &amp;quot;Brick Church&amp;quot; in Edgewater, and the other at the parish&#039;s chapel-of-ease in Davidsonville:&lt;br /&gt;
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: The Church of England was officially established in the Colony of Maryland In 1692 by King William and Queen Mary, who chartered 30 parishes, one of which was All Hallows, South River. However, our earliest Parish records date back to March 1, 1669, noting the first recorded baptism at All Hallows....&lt;br /&gt;
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: In October of 1729, the General Assembly of Maryland assessed a tax of 20,000 pounds of tobacco to build “The Brick Church.” The building’s Interior was altered extensively during the 19th century according to needs and tastes of the time....&lt;br /&gt;
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: To lessen the travel distance for parishioners living on the western side of the Parish, construction of a chapel-of-ease in Davidsonville was begun in 1860. Delayed by the Civil War, it was completed in 1865.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;All Hallows Parish. &amp;quot;[https://allhallowsparish.org/who-we-are/history/ The History of All Hallows Parish]&amp;quot; (accessed 19 July 2024).&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Wikipedia offers this description of the cemetery at the &amp;quot;Brick Church&amp;quot;, which seems to confirm it as the likely burial place of Nicholas and Martha Aldridge:&lt;br /&gt;
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: The ancient cemetery, shaded by a grove of oak trees, surrounds the church. It contains the graves of many local families. One is Provincial Justice, Deputy-Governor and Lord High Sheriff of Anne Arundel Colonel William Burgess (1622–1686), who donated 100 acres of his lands for the establishment of Londontowne.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&amp;quot;[[wikipedia:All Hallows Parish (South River, Maryland)|All Hallows Parish (South River, Maryland)]]&amp;quot; on Wikipedia, citing Earl Arnett, Robert Brugger, and Edward Papenfuse, &#039;&#039;Maryland: A New Guide to the Old Line State&#039;&#039; (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1976) (accessed 19 July 2024).&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; &lt;br /&gt;
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On Find a Grave, Dennis York listed Nicholas and Hannah Aldridge in the wrong cemetery, at Davidsonville. I submitted corrections to move their memorials to the correct location, which were accepted.&lt;br /&gt;
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== DNA evidence ==&lt;br /&gt;
{{Main|Aldridge DNA Project}}&lt;br /&gt;
Six patrilineal, male-line descendants of Nicholas Aldridge have tested their Y-DNA at the [https://www.familytreedna.com/groups/aldridge/about Aldridge DNA Project], one from his oldest son [[Thomas Aldridge|Thomas]], one from his son [[Nicholas Aldridge (b. 1698)|Nicholas]], and four from his son William (b. 1702). The DNA of all five men matches one another, and is classified as haplogroup &#039;&#039;&#039;R-FTC89975&#039;&#039;&#039;, a subclade of R-U106 &amp;gt; R-Z154. William&#039;s descendants form the haplogroup &#039;&#039;&#039;R-FTB32679&#039;&#039;&#039;, an additional subclade of R-FTC89975.&lt;br /&gt;
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| name = Nicholas Aldridge (or &#039;&#039;Alldredge&#039;&#039;)&lt;br /&gt;
| birth = before 1660&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;probably England&lt;br /&gt;
| death = about 21 November 1708 (buried 21 November)&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;All Hallows&#039; Parish, [[wikipedia:Anne Arundel County, Maryland|Anne Arundel County, Maryland]]&lt;br /&gt;
| buried = All Hallows&#039; Churchyard (Brick Church), Anne Arundel County, Maryland (grave now unmarked)&lt;br /&gt;
| married = [[Martha (Besson) Aldridge|Martha Besson]]&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;before 1680, probably in Anne Arundel County, Maryland&lt;br /&gt;
| children = [[Thomas Aldridge]], [[Nicholas Aldridge (b. 1698)]], [[William Alldredge (b. 1702)]]&lt;br /&gt;
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== Overview ==&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;Nicholas Aldridge&#039;&#039;&#039; is the immigrant ancestor of our Aldridge family. He arrived in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, as early as 1677, receiving a land patent from Lord Baltimore in 1681.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;lester5&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Memory Aldridge Lester, &#039;&#039;Alldredge-Aldridge-Bracken-Nesmith Families and Their Kin&#039;&#039; (Chapel Hill, N.C.: privately printed, 1957), available on [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/26644/ Ancestry], [https://archive.org/details/alldredgealdridg00lest Internet Archive], and [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/202048 FamilySearch], 5 ([https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/26644/images/dvm_GenMono007254-00011-1?ssrc=&amp;amp;backlabel=Return&amp;amp;pId=15 Ancestry], [https://archive.org/details/alldredgealdridg00lest/page/5/mode/1up Internet Archive], [www.familysearch.org/library/books/idviewer/541095/16 FamilySearch]); Franklin Rudolph Aldridge, &#039;&#039;Aldridge Records&#039;&#039;, vol. 2 (Nashville: self-published, 1975), 22 ([https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/26642/images/dvm_GenMono007241-00120-0?ssrc=&amp;amp;backlabel=Return&amp;amp;pId=341, Ancestry], [hwww.familysearch.org/library/books/idviewer/34303/26 FamilySearch]); &#039;&#039;Maryland Historical Magazine&#039;&#039;, vol. 26 (1931), page 273 ([https://archive.org/details/marylandhistoric2619mary/page/272/mode/2up Internet Archive]). F. R. Aldridge offers extensive records of Nicholas Aldridge&#039;s family in Maryland.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;  Like the other elements in my Aldridge-Alldredge tree, Nicholas Aldridge is the subject of a lot of extravagant and poorly supported claims. On this page, I will document what we know for certain, and do my best to distinguish fact from speculation.&lt;br /&gt;
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== Name ==&lt;br /&gt;
There is evidence from records that Nicholas&#039;s son [[William Alldredge (b. 1702)|William]] and at least two branches of his descendants ([[William Alldredge (b. 1729)|William b. 1729]] and [[Nathan Alldredge|Nathan]]) spelled their surname &#039;&#039;Alldredge&#039;&#039;. Of Nicholas&#039;s other descendants, his oldest son [[Thomas Aldridge|Thomas&#039;s]] family appears to have kept the spelling &#039;&#039;Aldridge&#039;&#039;. Traditionally, Nicholas Aldridge&#039;s name has been spelled &#039;&#039;Aldridge&#039;&#039; by Memory Aldridge Lester and other researchers. For now, I will stand by this tradition.&lt;br /&gt;
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== Ancestry and birth ==&lt;br /&gt;
{{See also|Aldridge of Wellow}}&lt;br /&gt;
It is widely asserted online that Nicholas Aldridge was christened 28 December 1653 in Wellow Parish, Wiltshire, England, the son of Nicholas Aldridge. There was indeed a Nicholas Aldridge born near that date, in that place, to that father, as shown by English parish records; but I have seen no definitive documentation to convince me that this is &#039;&#039;our&#039;&#039; Nicholas Aldridge, and at least some to make me seriously question it.&lt;br /&gt;
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We can assume that our Nicholas was born before about 1656, since he was able to receive a proprietary land grant in 1680, and serve in a colonial militia in 1677. Within the parameters of a Nicholas Aldridge born in England between 1637 and 1657, only one Nicholas Aldridge appears in a search of the birth registers available on FamilySearch, the one asserted above, christened 28 December 1653 in Wellow, Hampshire. A second appears if I push the search back to 1627, christened 15 December 1633 at St. Margaret&#039;s, Westminster, Middlesex, the son of Thomas Aldridge. But how do we know these records are complete? How do we know Nicholas was born in England and not in Scotland, Wales, or anywhere else? We do not. Unless there is some record connecting Nicholas Aldridge in Maryland back to a specific location in England or wherever, I will not make an assumption.&lt;br /&gt;
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Cousin &#039;&#039;&#039;Susan94543&#039;&#039;&#039; on FamilySearch has identified [[Aldridge of Wellow#Court cases|several court cases]] in Wellow that appear to place the Nicholas Aldridge (b. 1653) of the above record still in Wellow in 1682 and 1686, placing the identification of the 1653 christening record as our Nicholas in extreme doubt.&lt;br /&gt;
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== Immigration ==&lt;br /&gt;
The [https://msa.maryland.gov/msa/speccol/sc4300/sc4341/html/intro.html &#039;&#039;New Early Settlers of Maryland&#039;&#039;] identifies Nicholas Aldridge&#039;s  immigration with this record:&lt;br /&gt;
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: &#039;&#039;&#039;Aldridge, Oldridge, Nicholas.&#039;&#039;&#039; 18:33. Transported by 1674. Transcript: WC4:215. MSA SC 4341.&lt;br /&gt;
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A transcript of the record this refers to is as follows:&lt;br /&gt;
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: June the 4th 1674. Came Robert Franklin of Ann Arundell County Gent and proved Right to Two hundred acres of land for Transporting &#039;&#039;&#039;Gustavus White&#039;&#039;&#039;, &#039;&#039;&#039;Nicholas Oldridge&#039;&#039;&#039;, &#039;&#039;&#039;Wililam Webb&#039;&#039;&#039;, and &#039;&#039;&#039;Thomas King&#039;&#039;&#039; into this province to inhabit. Warrant then issued in the name of the said Robert Franklin for two hundred acres of land due to him for the consideration of aforesaid. Cert. return the 4th of Sept. next.&lt;br /&gt;
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A second record, dated 1682 shows:&lt;br /&gt;
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: The names of such persons that have been brought in by Benjamin Lawerence (vizt.):&lt;br /&gt;
: &#039;&#039;&#039;Gustavus White&#039;&#039;&#039;, &#039;&#039;&#039;Nicholas Aldridge&#039;&#039;&#039;, &#039;&#039;&#039;William Webb&#039;&#039;&#039;, &#039;&#039;&#039;Thomas King&#039;&#039;&#039;, Benjamin Lawrence, Eleanor Stuart&lt;br /&gt;
: Giles Stawby, Thomas Grimfield, William Popjoy, Elizabeth Croom, Martha Croom&lt;br /&gt;
: George Croom, Joice Croom, Thos. Bonifin, Mathew Currin, Katharine Paine&lt;br /&gt;
: Mary Ano, William Wheeler, Lewis Lott, Richard Lawr, Thomas Lawrence&lt;br /&gt;
: 17 August 1682. The above mentioned rights being twenty one was prooved by Benjamin Lawrence the Transporter.&lt;br /&gt;
: Before me Nicholas Sewall.&lt;br /&gt;
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Note the first four names of this record are the same people as the 1674 record. Evidently Benjamin Lawrence purchased these rights, included Nicholas&#039;s. This parity confirms that the 1674 record does refer to Nicholas &#039;&#039;Aldridge&#039;&#039;, despite that record spelling it &#039;&#039;Oldridge&#039;&#039;. So we have a confirmed record of Nicholas Aldridge in Maryland as early as 1674.&lt;br /&gt;
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== Militia service and land patent ==&lt;br /&gt;
The earliest record I have found of Nicholas Aldridge in Maryland is an October or November 1678 payment to him by the Maryland General Assembly, apparently for militia service in an expedition against the Nanticoke Indians:&lt;br /&gt;
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: An Act for payment and assessing the Publick Charges of this Province&lt;br /&gt;
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: Whereas There hath been Eight hundred twenty five thousand Nyne hundred Seventy Nyne pounds (825,979 lbs.) of Tobacco Expended, layd out &amp;amp; disbursed by severall of the Inhabitants of this Province in the late Expedicion against the Nanticoke Indians and other, the necessary Charges of this Province which hath been Examined, stated and allowed by the upper and lower houses of this present Generall Assembly To the intent therefore That the same may bee satisfyed and payd to those persons to whom the same is due ...&lt;br /&gt;
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: To Nicholas Aldridge, 50 lbs. tobacco.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&#039;&#039;Archives of Maryland&#039;&#039;, Volume 7: Proceedings and Acts of the General Assembly, October 1678–November 1683, 87–104, at 97 ([https://msa.maryland.gov/megafile/msa/speccol/sc2900/sc2908/000001/000007/html/am7--97.html Archives of Maryland Online]).&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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This payment would indicate that Nicholas had been in Maryland at least as early as 1677, and perhaps earlier. The Nanticoke Indians took up arms against against the European colonists in 1677–1678.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Gray Dove Trading, &amp;quot;The Nanticoke People.&amp;quot; https://web.archive.org/web/20060220191454/http://www.graydovetrading.com/Nanticoke.html&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Nicholas Aldridge entered a land patent in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, of 300 acres on the south side of the [[wikipedia:Magothy River|Magothy River]], surveyed for him on 20 August 1680. The grant was issued by [[wikipedia:Charles Calvert, 3rd Baron Baltimore|Charles Calvert, Lord Baltimore]] on 11 July 1681, a tract called &amp;quot;Aldridge&#039;s Beginning.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
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== Marriage and spouse ==&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Besson Will Excerpt to Martha.jpg|thumb|right|alt=Excerpt of the will of Thomas Besson, with bequest to daughter Martha.|Excerpt of the will of Thomas Besson, with bequest to daughter Martha.]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Besson Executrix to Martha Aldridge.jpg|thumb|right|alt=The allowance of Thomas Besson&#039;s widow and executrix for the bequest to Martha, naming the daughter as Martha Aldridge.|The allowance of Thomas Besson&#039;s widow and executrix for the request to Martha, naming the daughter as Martha Aldridge.]]&lt;br /&gt;
Nicholas Aldridge marriage a woman named Martha, probably about 1679–1680. Their oldest child, Thomas Aldridge, was born 5 November 1680.&lt;br /&gt;
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I have found a fairly strong case for the assertion that Nicholas&#039;s wife was &#039;&#039;&#039;[[Martha (Besson) Aldridge|Martha Besson]]&#039;&#039;&#039;, daughter of Thomas Besson. Two records in particular demonstrate this case:&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Fredric Z. Saunders&#039; page on Thomas Besson is very well researched and very helpful, especially in documenting and locating the necessary sources. Fredric Z. Saunders, &amp;quot;Thomas Besson,&amp;quot; http://fzsaunders.com/besson.html (revised 27 Jan 2021, retrieved 13 Jul 2023).&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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* In the will of Thomas Besson, he names his daughter Martha, leaving to her a mare named Nobsey and a heifer named Eareling:&lt;br /&gt;
:: Item. I give and bequeath unto my daughter Martha, to her and her heirs forever, the young Mare Nobsye Coult with all her Increase, &amp;lt;del&amp;gt;but if in case&amp;lt;/del&amp;gt; and the heifer Eareling which was cavd in the yeare 1676 with all her Increase but if in case she my said daughter dyes before she comes to Age to fall to the next heir.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Ancestry.com, Maryland, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1635-1777, Wills, Vol 4-10 (1670, 1676-1679, 1682-1700) ([https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/9068/images/007737515_01023?treeid=&amp;amp;personid=&amp;amp;usePUB=true&amp;amp;_phsrc=XKN8128&amp;amp;_phstart=successSource&amp;amp;pId=463513 Ancestry]).&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* In the account of Besson&#039;s executrix, Nicholas Aldridge is paid a sum of money. The last item in the account contains a petition for an allowance for the heifer and mare due to Martha Aldridge:&lt;br /&gt;
:: The Executrix further prays allowance these following particulars: To Martha Aldridge a heiffer given by will appraised to 500. To 1 Mare called Nobsey as 700.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Maryland, Prerogative Court, Inventories of accounts and estates, volume 7, pages 125–127, at 127 (FHL Film 12919, Image Group (DGS) 7737555, Image 679, [https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C914-G9RL-H?i=678&amp;amp;cat=265626 FamilySearch]).&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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This indicates that Martha Aldridge is the daughter of Thomas Besson, the same daughter Martha to whom he bequeathed the mare Nobsey and heifer Eareling.&lt;br /&gt;
{{Clear}}&lt;br /&gt;
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== Children ==&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Nicholas Aldridge Children 1.png|thumb|right|alt=Birth and baptism records of Nicholas Aldridge&#039;s older children, from the All Hallows&#039; Parish register.|Birth and baptism records of Nicholas Aldridge&#039;s older children, from the All Hallows&#039; Parish register.]]&lt;br /&gt;
These children of Nicholas Aldridge and Martha Besson are documented by parish birth records:&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;This reading is aided by the transcriptions of F. R. Aldridge, &#039;&#039;Aldridge Records&#039;&#039;, vol. 2, 25–26, and Lester, 5.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
# [[Thomas Aldridge]], born 5 November 1680, married Elizabeth Purdy on 15 July 1703.&lt;br /&gt;
# Ann Aldridge, born 6 November 1684, married Richard Richeson in 1707.&lt;br /&gt;
# John Aldridge, born 31 August 1688, married Susannah Jones on 1 April 1719.&lt;br /&gt;
# Joane Aldridge, born 10 September 1689.&lt;br /&gt;
# Sendy Aldridge, born 9 August 1693, baptized 19 May 1700 [the name is difficult to read].&lt;br /&gt;
# Jane Aldridge, born 3 April 1696, baptized 19 May 1700.&lt;br /&gt;
# [[Nicholas Aldridge (b. 1698)|Nicholas Aldridge]], born 16 May 1698.&lt;br /&gt;
# William Aldridge, born 30 October 1700. Buried 26 September 1702.&lt;br /&gt;
# [[William Alldredge (b. 1702)|William Aldridge]], born 13 Mar 1702, baptized 11 April 1703.&lt;br /&gt;
# James Aldridge, born 1 July 1706, married Mary Gassaway.&lt;br /&gt;
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Nicholas Aldridge did indeed have &#039;&#039;two&#039;&#039; sons named William, one born after another, and by the dates, it appears he even named the second one William before the first one passed away. Did he, knowing his first son William was sick and would die, consciously give the name again to his next son? Is it possible the second William did not receive the name until his baptism, &#039;&#039;after&#039;&#039; the death of the first William? It is difficult to guess exactly what went on here, but the records are clear.&lt;br /&gt;
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File:William Aldridge Birth 1700.png|All Hallows&#039; Parish register showing birth of William Aldridge &amp;quot;I&amp;quot; (1700).|alt=All Hallows&#039; Parish register showing birth of William Aldridge &amp;quot;I&amp;quot; (1700).&lt;br /&gt;
File:William Aldridge Baptism 1702.png|All Hallows&#039; Parish register showing baptism of William Aldridge &amp;quot;I&amp;quot; (1702).|alt=All Hallows&#039; Parish register showing baptism of William Aldridge &amp;quot;I&amp;quot; (1702).&lt;br /&gt;
File:William Aldridge Burial 1702.png|All Hallows&#039; Parish register showing burial of William Aldridge &amp;quot;I&amp;quot; (1702).|alt=All Hallows&#039; Parish register showing burial of William Aldridge &amp;quot;I&amp;quot; (1702).&lt;br /&gt;
File:William Aldridge Birth and Baptism.png|All Hallows&#039; Parish register showing the birth and baptism of William Aldridge &amp;quot;II&amp;quot; (1702).|alt=All Hallows&#039; Parish register showing the birth and baptism of William Aldridge &amp;quot;II&amp;quot; (1702).&lt;br /&gt;
File:James Aldridge Birth.png|All Hallows&#039; Parish register showing the birth of James Aldridge (1706).|alt=All Hallows&#039; Parish register showing the birth of James Aldridge (1706).&lt;br /&gt;
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== Death ==&lt;br /&gt;
Nicholas Aldridge died in November 1708 in All Hallows&#039; Parish, Anne Arundel County, Maryland, and was buried 21 November 1708 in the churchyard. His grave is no longer marked. Nicholas was likely a man in his forties or fifties when he died, which was a ripe age for a Maryland colonist in that time.&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Nicholas Aldridge Burial.png|thumb|center]]&lt;br /&gt;
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There are actually two All Hallows&#039; Parish cemeteries, at two different locations of the All Hallows&#039; Church, one at parish&#039;s original location at the &amp;quot;Brick Church&amp;quot; in Edgewater, and the other at the parish&#039;s chapel-of-ease in Davidsonville:&lt;br /&gt;
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: The Church of England was officially established in the Colony of Maryland In 1692 by King William and Queen Mary, who chartered 30 parishes, one of which was All Hallows, South River. However, our earliest Parish records date back to March 1, 1669, noting the first recorded baptism at All Hallows....&lt;br /&gt;
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: In October of 1729, the General Assembly of Maryland assessed a tax of 20,000 pounds of tobacco to build “The Brick Church.” The building’s Interior was altered extensively during the 19th century according to needs and tastes of the time....&lt;br /&gt;
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: To lessen the travel distance for parishioners living on the western side of the Parish, construction of a chapel-of-ease in Davidsonville was begun in 1860. Delayed by the Civil War, it was completed in 1865.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;All Hallows Parish. &amp;quot;[https://allhallowsparish.org/who-we-are/history/ The History of All Hallows Parish]&amp;quot; (accessed 19 July 2024).&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Wikipedia offers this description of the cemetery at the &amp;quot;Brick Church&amp;quot;, which seems to confirm it as the likely burial place of Nicholas and Martha Aldridge:&lt;br /&gt;
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: The ancient cemetery, shaded by a grove of oak trees, surrounds the church. It contains the graves of many local families. One is Provincial Justice, Deputy-Governor and Lord High Sheriff of Anne Arundel Colonel William Burgess (1622–1686), who donated 100 acres of his lands for the establishment of Londontowne.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&amp;quot;[[wikipedia:All Hallows Parish (South River, Maryland)|All Hallows Parish (South River, Maryland)]]&amp;quot; on Wikipedia, citing Earl Arnett, Robert Brugger, and Edward Papenfuse, &#039;&#039;Maryland: A New Guide to the Old Line State&#039;&#039; (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1976) (accessed 19 July 2024).&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; &lt;br /&gt;
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On Find a Grave, Dennis York listed Nicholas and Hannah Aldridge in the wrong cemetery, at Davidsonville. I submitted corrections to move their memorials to the correct location, which were accepted.&lt;br /&gt;
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== DNA evidence ==&lt;br /&gt;
{{Main|Aldridge DNA Project}}&lt;br /&gt;
Six patrilineal, male-line descendants of Nicholas Aldridge have tested their Y-DNA at the [https://www.familytreedna.com/groups/aldridge/about Aldridge DNA Project], one from his oldest son [[Thomas Aldridge|Thomas]], one from his son [[Nicholas Aldridge (b. 1698)|Nicholas]], and four from his son William (b. 1702). The DNA of all five men matches one another, and is classified as haplogroup &#039;&#039;&#039;R-FTC89975&#039;&#039;&#039;, a subclade of R-U106 &amp;gt; R-Z154. William&#039;s descendants form the haplogroup &#039;&#039;&#039;R-FTB32679&#039;&#039;&#039;, an additional subclade of R-FTC89975.&lt;br /&gt;
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== References ==&lt;br /&gt;
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		<title>Nicholas Aldridge</title>
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		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Joseph: Immigration section.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;{{InfoBox Person&lt;br /&gt;
| name = Nicholas Aldridge (or &#039;&#039;Alldredge&#039;&#039;)&lt;br /&gt;
| birth = before 1660&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;probably England&lt;br /&gt;
| death = about 21 November 1708 (buried 21 November)&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;All Hallows&#039; Parish, [[wikipedia:Anne Arundel County, Maryland|Anne Arundel County, Maryland]]&lt;br /&gt;
| buried = All Hallows&#039; Churchyard (Brick Church), Anne Arundel County, Maryland (grave now unmarked)&lt;br /&gt;
| married = [[Martha (Besson) Aldridge|Martha Besson]]&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;before 1680, probably in Anne Arundel County, Maryland&lt;br /&gt;
| children = [[Thomas Aldridge]], [[Nicholas Aldridge (b. 1698)]], [[William Alldredge (b. 1702)]]&lt;br /&gt;
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== Overview ==&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;Nicholas Aldridge&#039;&#039;&#039; is the immigrant ancestor of our Aldridge family. He arrived in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, as early as 1677, receiving a land patent from Lord Baltimore in 1681.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;lester5&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Memory Aldridge Lester, &#039;&#039;Alldredge-Aldridge-Bracken-Nesmith Families and Their Kin&#039;&#039; (Chapel Hill, N.C.: privately printed, 1957), available on [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/26644/ Ancestry], [https://archive.org/details/alldredgealdridg00lest Internet Archive], and [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/202048 FamilySearch], 5 ([https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/26644/images/dvm_GenMono007254-00011-1?ssrc=&amp;amp;backlabel=Return&amp;amp;pId=15 Ancestry], [https://archive.org/details/alldredgealdridg00lest/page/5/mode/1up Internet Archive], [www.familysearch.org/library/books/idviewer/541095/16 FamilySearch]); Franklin Rudolph Aldridge, &#039;&#039;Aldridge Records&#039;&#039;, vol. 2 (Nashville: self-published, 1975), 22 ([https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/26642/images/dvm_GenMono007241-00120-0?ssrc=&amp;amp;backlabel=Return&amp;amp;pId=341, Ancestry], [hwww.familysearch.org/library/books/idviewer/34303/26 FamilySearch]); &#039;&#039;Maryland Historical Magazine&#039;&#039;, vol. 26 (1931), page 273 ([https://archive.org/details/marylandhistoric2619mary/page/272/mode/2up Internet Archive]). F. R. Aldridge offers extensive records of Nicholas Aldridge&#039;s family in Maryland.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;  Like the other elements in my Aldridge-Alldredge tree, Nicholas Aldridge is the subject of a lot of extravagant and poorly supported claims. On this page, I will document what we know for certain, and do my best to distinguish fact from speculation.&lt;br /&gt;
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== Name ==&lt;br /&gt;
There is evidence from records that Nicholas&#039;s son [[William Alldredge (b. 1702)|William]] and at least two branches of his descendants ([[William Alldredge (b. 1729)|William b. 1729]] and [[Nathan Alldredge|Nathan]]) spelled their surname &#039;&#039;Alldredge&#039;&#039;. Of Nicholas&#039;s other descendants, his oldest son [[Thomas Aldridge|Thomas&#039;s]] family appears to have kept the spelling &#039;&#039;Aldridge&#039;&#039;. Traditionally, Nicholas Aldridge&#039;s name has been spelled &#039;&#039;Aldridge&#039;&#039; by Memory Aldridge Lester and other researchers. For now, I will stand by this tradition.&lt;br /&gt;
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== Ancestry and birth ==&lt;br /&gt;
{{See also|Aldridge of Wellow}}&lt;br /&gt;
It is widely asserted online that Nicholas Aldridge was christened 28 December 1653 in Wellow Parish, Wiltshire, England, the son of Nicholas Aldridge. There was indeed a Nicholas Aldridge born near that date, in that place, to that father, as shown by English parish records; but I have seen no definitive documentation to convince me that this is &#039;&#039;our&#039;&#039; Nicholas Aldridge, and at least some to make me seriously question it.&lt;br /&gt;
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We can assume that our Nicholas was born before about 1656, since he was able to receive a proprietary land grant in 1680, and serve in a colonial militia in 1677. Within the parameters of a Nicholas Aldridge born in England between 1637 and 1657, only one Nicholas Aldridge appears in a search of the birth registers available on FamilySearch, the one asserted above, christened 28 December 1653 in Wellow, Hampshire. A second appears if I push the search back to 1627, christened 15 December 1633 at St. Margaret&#039;s, Westminster, Middlesex, the son of Thomas Aldridge. But how do we know these records are complete? How do we know Nicholas was born in England and not in Scotland, Wales, or anywhere else? We do not. Unless there is some record connecting Nicholas Aldridge in Maryland back to a specific location in England or wherever, I will not make an assumption.&lt;br /&gt;
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Cousin &#039;&#039;&#039;Susan94543&#039;&#039;&#039; on FamilySearch has identified [[Aldridge of Wellow#Court cases|several court cases]] in Wellow that appear to place the Nicholas Aldridge (b. 1653) of the above record still in Wellow in 1682 and 1686, placing the identification of the 1653 christening record as our Nicholas in extreme doubt.&lt;br /&gt;
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== Immigration ==&lt;br /&gt;
The [https://msa.maryland.gov/msa/speccol/sc4300/sc4341/html/intro.html &#039;&#039;New Early Settlers of Maryland&#039;&#039;] identifies Nicholas Aldridge&#039;s  immigration with this record:&lt;br /&gt;
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: &#039;&#039;&#039;Aldridge, Oldridge, Nicholas.&#039;&#039;&#039; 18:33. Transported by 1674. Transcript: WC4:215. MSA SC 4341.&lt;br /&gt;
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A transcript of the record this refers to is as follows:&lt;br /&gt;
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: June the 4th 1674. Came Robert Franklin of Ann Arundell County Gent and proved Right to Two hundred acres of land for Transporting Gustavus White, Nicholas Oldridge, Wililam Webb, and Thomas King into this province to inhabit. Warrant then issued in the name of the said Robert Franklin for two hundred acres of land due to him for the consideration of aforesaid. Cert. return the 4th of Sept. next.&lt;br /&gt;
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A second record, dated 1682 shows:&lt;br /&gt;
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: The names of such persons that have been brought in by Benjamin Lawerence (vizt.):&lt;br /&gt;
: Gustavus White, Nicholas Aldridge, William Webb, Thomas King, Benjamin Lawrence, Eleanor Stuart&lt;br /&gt;
: Giles Stawby, Thomas Grimfield, William Popjoy, Elizabeth Croom, Martha Croom&lt;br /&gt;
: George Croom, Joice Croom, Thos. Bonifin, Mathew Currin, Katharine Paine&lt;br /&gt;
: Mary Ano, William Wheeler, Lewis Lott, Richard Lawr, Thomas Lawrence&lt;br /&gt;
: 17 August 1682. The above mentioned rights being twenty one was prooved by Benjamin Lawrence the Transporter.&lt;br /&gt;
: Before me Nicholas Sewall.&lt;br /&gt;
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Note the first four names of this record are the same people as the 1674 record. Evidently Benjamin Lawrence purchased these rights, included Nicholas&#039;s. This parity confirms that the 1674 record does refer to Nicholas &#039;&#039;Aldridge&#039;&#039;, despite that record spelling it &#039;&#039;Oldridge&#039;&#039;. So we have a confirmed record of Nicholas Aldridge in Maryland as early as 1674.&lt;br /&gt;
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== Militia service and land patent ==&lt;br /&gt;
The earliest record I have found of Nicholas Aldridge in Maryland is an October or November 1678 payment to him by the Maryland General Assembly, apparently for militia service in an expedition against the Nanticoke Indians:&lt;br /&gt;
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: An Act for payment and assessing the Publick Charges of this Province&lt;br /&gt;
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: Whereas There hath been Eight hundred twenty five thousand Nyne hundred Seventy Nyne pounds (825,979 lbs.) of Tobacco Expended, layd out &amp;amp; disbursed by severall of the Inhabitants of this Province in the late Expedicion against the Nanticoke Indians and other, the necessary Charges of this Province which hath been Examined, stated and allowed by the upper and lower houses of this present Generall Assembly To the intent therefore That the same may bee satisfyed and payd to those persons to whom the same is due ...&lt;br /&gt;
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: To Nicholas Aldridge, 50 lbs. tobacco.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&#039;&#039;Archives of Maryland&#039;&#039;, Volume 7: Proceedings and Acts of the General Assembly, October 1678–November 1683, 87–104, at 97 ([https://msa.maryland.gov/megafile/msa/speccol/sc2900/sc2908/000001/000007/html/am7--97.html Archives of Maryland Online]).&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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This payment would indicate that Nicholas had been in Maryland at least as early as 1677, and perhaps earlier. The Nanticoke Indians took up arms against against the European colonists in 1677–1678.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Gray Dove Trading, &amp;quot;The Nanticoke People.&amp;quot; https://web.archive.org/web/20060220191454/http://www.graydovetrading.com/Nanticoke.html&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Nicholas Aldridge entered a land patent in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, of 300 acres on the south side of the [[wikipedia:Magothy River|Magothy River]], surveyed for him on 20 August 1680. The grant was issued by [[wikipedia:Charles Calvert, 3rd Baron Baltimore|Charles Calvert, Lord Baltimore]] on 11 July 1681, a tract called &amp;quot;Aldridge&#039;s Beginning.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
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== Marriage and spouse ==&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Besson Will Excerpt to Martha.jpg|thumb|right|alt=Excerpt of the will of Thomas Besson, with bequest to daughter Martha.|Excerpt of the will of Thomas Besson, with bequest to daughter Martha.]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Besson Executrix to Martha Aldridge.jpg|thumb|right|alt=The allowance of Thomas Besson&#039;s widow and executrix for the bequest to Martha, naming the daughter as Martha Aldridge.|The allowance of Thomas Besson&#039;s widow and executrix for the request to Martha, naming the daughter as Martha Aldridge.]]&lt;br /&gt;
Nicholas Aldridge marriage a woman named Martha, probably about 1679–1680. Their oldest child, Thomas Aldridge, was born 5 November 1680.&lt;br /&gt;
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I have found a fairly strong case for the assertion that Nicholas&#039;s wife was &#039;&#039;&#039;[[Martha (Besson) Aldridge|Martha Besson]]&#039;&#039;&#039;, daughter of Thomas Besson. Two records in particular demonstrate this case:&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Fredric Z. Saunders&#039; page on Thomas Besson is very well researched and very helpful, especially in documenting and locating the necessary sources. Fredric Z. Saunders, &amp;quot;Thomas Besson,&amp;quot; http://fzsaunders.com/besson.html (revised 27 Jan 2021, retrieved 13 Jul 2023).&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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* In the will of Thomas Besson, he names his daughter Martha, leaving to her a mare named Nobsey and a heifer named Eareling:&lt;br /&gt;
:: Item. I give and bequeath unto my daughter Martha, to her and her heirs forever, the young Mare Nobsye Coult with all her Increase, &amp;lt;del&amp;gt;but if in case&amp;lt;/del&amp;gt; and the heifer Eareling which was cavd in the yeare 1676 with all her Increase but if in case she my said daughter dyes before she comes to Age to fall to the next heir.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Ancestry.com, Maryland, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1635-1777, Wills, Vol 4-10 (1670, 1676-1679, 1682-1700) ([https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/9068/images/007737515_01023?treeid=&amp;amp;personid=&amp;amp;usePUB=true&amp;amp;_phsrc=XKN8128&amp;amp;_phstart=successSource&amp;amp;pId=463513 Ancestry]).&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* In the account of Besson&#039;s executrix, Nicholas Aldridge is paid a sum of money. The last item in the account contains a petition for an allowance for the heifer and mare due to Martha Aldridge:&lt;br /&gt;
:: The Executrix further prays allowance these following particulars: To Martha Aldridge a heiffer given by will appraised to 500. To 1 Mare called Nobsey as 700.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Maryland, Prerogative Court, Inventories of accounts and estates, volume 7, pages 125–127, at 127 (FHL Film 12919, Image Group (DGS) 7737555, Image 679, [https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C914-G9RL-H?i=678&amp;amp;cat=265626 FamilySearch]).&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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This indicates that Martha Aldridge is the daughter of Thomas Besson, the same daughter Martha to whom he bequeathed the mare Nobsey and heifer Eareling.&lt;br /&gt;
{{Clear}}&lt;br /&gt;
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== Children ==&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Nicholas Aldridge Children 1.png|thumb|right|alt=Birth and baptism records of Nicholas Aldridge&#039;s older children, from the All Hallows&#039; Parish register.|Birth and baptism records of Nicholas Aldridge&#039;s older children, from the All Hallows&#039; Parish register.]]&lt;br /&gt;
These children of Nicholas Aldridge and Martha Besson are documented by parish birth records:&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;This reading is aided by the transcriptions of F. R. Aldridge, &#039;&#039;Aldridge Records&#039;&#039;, vol. 2, 25–26, and Lester, 5.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
# [[Thomas Aldridge]], born 5 November 1680, married Elizabeth Purdy on 15 July 1703.&lt;br /&gt;
# Ann Aldridge, born 6 November 1684, married Richard Richeson in 1707.&lt;br /&gt;
# John Aldridge, born 31 August 1688, married Susannah Jones on 1 April 1719.&lt;br /&gt;
# Joane Aldridge, born 10 September 1689.&lt;br /&gt;
# Sendy Aldridge, born 9 August 1693, baptized 19 May 1700 [the name is difficult to read].&lt;br /&gt;
# Jane Aldridge, born 3 April 1696, baptized 19 May 1700.&lt;br /&gt;
# [[Nicholas Aldridge (b. 1698)|Nicholas Aldridge]], born 16 May 1698.&lt;br /&gt;
# William Aldridge, born 30 October 1700. Buried 26 September 1702.&lt;br /&gt;
# [[William Alldredge (b. 1702)|William Aldridge]], born 13 Mar 1702, baptized 11 April 1703.&lt;br /&gt;
# James Aldridge, born 1 July 1706, married Mary Gassaway.&lt;br /&gt;
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Nicholas Aldridge did indeed have &#039;&#039;two&#039;&#039; sons named William, one born after another, and by the dates, it appears he even named the second one William before the first one passed away. Did he, knowing his first son William was sick and would die, consciously give the name again to his next son? Is it possible the second William did not receive the name until his baptism, &#039;&#039;after&#039;&#039; the death of the first William? It is difficult to guess exactly what went on here, but the records are clear.&lt;br /&gt;
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File:William Aldridge Birth 1700.png|All Hallows&#039; Parish register showing birth of William Aldridge &amp;quot;I&amp;quot; (1700).|alt=All Hallows&#039; Parish register showing birth of William Aldridge &amp;quot;I&amp;quot; (1700).&lt;br /&gt;
File:William Aldridge Baptism 1702.png|All Hallows&#039; Parish register showing baptism of William Aldridge &amp;quot;I&amp;quot; (1702).|alt=All Hallows&#039; Parish register showing baptism of William Aldridge &amp;quot;I&amp;quot; (1702).&lt;br /&gt;
File:William Aldridge Burial 1702.png|All Hallows&#039; Parish register showing burial of William Aldridge &amp;quot;I&amp;quot; (1702).|alt=All Hallows&#039; Parish register showing burial of William Aldridge &amp;quot;I&amp;quot; (1702).&lt;br /&gt;
File:William Aldridge Birth and Baptism.png|All Hallows&#039; Parish register showing the birth and baptism of William Aldridge &amp;quot;II&amp;quot; (1702).|alt=All Hallows&#039; Parish register showing the birth and baptism of William Aldridge &amp;quot;II&amp;quot; (1702).&lt;br /&gt;
File:James Aldridge Birth.png|All Hallows&#039; Parish register showing the birth of James Aldridge (1706).|alt=All Hallows&#039; Parish register showing the birth of James Aldridge (1706).&lt;br /&gt;
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== Death ==&lt;br /&gt;
Nicholas Aldridge died in November 1708 in All Hallows&#039; Parish, Anne Arundel County, Maryland, and was buried 21 November 1708 in the churchyard. His grave is no longer marked. Nicholas was likely a man in his forties or fifties when he died, which was a ripe age for a Maryland colonist in that time.&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Nicholas Aldridge Burial.png|thumb|center]]&lt;br /&gt;
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There are actually two All Hallows&#039; Parish cemeteries, at two different locations of the All Hallows&#039; Church, one at parish&#039;s original location at the &amp;quot;Brick Church&amp;quot; in Edgewater, and the other at the parish&#039;s chapel-of-ease in Davidsonville:&lt;br /&gt;
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: The Church of England was officially established in the Colony of Maryland In 1692 by King William and Queen Mary, who chartered 30 parishes, one of which was All Hallows, South River. However, our earliest Parish records date back to March 1, 1669, noting the first recorded baptism at All Hallows....&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
: In October of 1729, the General Assembly of Maryland assessed a tax of 20,000 pounds of tobacco to build “The Brick Church.” The building’s Interior was altered extensively during the 19th century according to needs and tastes of the time....&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
: To lessen the travel distance for parishioners living on the western side of the Parish, construction of a chapel-of-ease in Davidsonville was begun in 1860. Delayed by the Civil War, it was completed in 1865.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;All Hallows Parish. &amp;quot;[https://allhallowsparish.org/who-we-are/history/ The History of All Hallows Parish]&amp;quot; (accessed 19 July 2024).&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Wikipedia offers this description of the cemetery at the &amp;quot;Brick Church&amp;quot;, which seems to confirm it as the likely burial place of Nicholas and Martha Aldridge:&lt;br /&gt;
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: The ancient cemetery, shaded by a grove of oak trees, surrounds the church. It contains the graves of many local families. One is Provincial Justice, Deputy-Governor and Lord High Sheriff of Anne Arundel Colonel William Burgess (1622–1686), who donated 100 acres of his lands for the establishment of Londontowne.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&amp;quot;[[wikipedia:All Hallows Parish (South River, Maryland)|All Hallows Parish (South River, Maryland)]]&amp;quot; on Wikipedia, citing Earl Arnett, Robert Brugger, and Edward Papenfuse, &#039;&#039;Maryland: A New Guide to the Old Line State&#039;&#039; (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1976) (accessed 19 July 2024).&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; &lt;br /&gt;
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On Find a Grave, Dennis York listed Nicholas and Hannah Aldridge in the wrong cemetery, at Davidsonville. I submitted corrections to move their memorials to the correct location, which were accepted.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== DNA evidence ==&lt;br /&gt;
{{Main|Aldridge DNA Project}}&lt;br /&gt;
Six patrilineal, male-line descendants of Nicholas Aldridge have tested their Y-DNA at the [https://www.familytreedna.com/groups/aldridge/about Aldridge DNA Project], one from his oldest son [[Thomas Aldridge|Thomas]], one from his son [[Nicholas Aldridge (b. 1698)|Nicholas]], and four from his son William (b. 1702). The DNA of all five men matches one another, and is classified as haplogroup &#039;&#039;&#039;R-FTC89975&#039;&#039;&#039;, a subclade of R-U106 &amp;gt; R-Z154. William&#039;s descendants form the haplogroup &#039;&#039;&#039;R-FTB32679&#039;&#039;&#039;, an additional subclade of R-FTC89975.&lt;br /&gt;
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== References ==&lt;br /&gt;
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		<author><name>Joseph</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://wiki.jtrichardson.com/index.php?title=Nicholas_Aldridge&amp;diff=848</id>
		<title>Nicholas Aldridge</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://wiki.jtrichardson.com/index.php?title=Nicholas_Aldridge&amp;diff=848"/>
		<updated>2025-08-14T20:39:09Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Joseph: Link court cases.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;{{InfoBox Person&lt;br /&gt;
| name = Nicholas Aldridge (or &#039;&#039;Alldredge&#039;&#039;)&lt;br /&gt;
| birth = before 1660&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;probably England&lt;br /&gt;
| death = about 21 November 1708 (buried 21 November)&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;All Hallows&#039; Parish, [[wikipedia:Anne Arundel County, Maryland|Anne Arundel County, Maryland]]&lt;br /&gt;
| buried = All Hallows&#039; Churchyard (Brick Church), Anne Arundel County, Maryland (grave now unmarked)&lt;br /&gt;
| married = [[Martha (Besson) Aldridge|Martha Besson]]&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;before 1680, probably in Anne Arundel County, Maryland&lt;br /&gt;
| children = [[Thomas Aldridge]], [[Nicholas Aldridge (b. 1698)]], [[William Alldredge (b. 1702)]]&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
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== Overview ==&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;Nicholas Aldridge&#039;&#039;&#039; is the immigrant ancestor of our Aldridge family. He arrived in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, as early as 1677, receiving a land patent from Lord Baltimore in 1681.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;lester5&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Memory Aldridge Lester, &#039;&#039;Alldredge-Aldridge-Bracken-Nesmith Families and Their Kin&#039;&#039; (Chapel Hill, N.C.: privately printed, 1957), available on [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/26644/ Ancestry], [https://archive.org/details/alldredgealdridg00lest Internet Archive], and [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/202048 FamilySearch], 5 ([https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/26644/images/dvm_GenMono007254-00011-1?ssrc=&amp;amp;backlabel=Return&amp;amp;pId=15 Ancestry], [https://archive.org/details/alldredgealdridg00lest/page/5/mode/1up Internet Archive], [www.familysearch.org/library/books/idviewer/541095/16 FamilySearch]); Franklin Rudolph Aldridge, &#039;&#039;Aldridge Records&#039;&#039;, vol. 2 (Nashville: self-published, 1975), 22 ([https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/26642/images/dvm_GenMono007241-00120-0?ssrc=&amp;amp;backlabel=Return&amp;amp;pId=341, Ancestry], [hwww.familysearch.org/library/books/idviewer/34303/26 FamilySearch]); &#039;&#039;Maryland Historical Magazine&#039;&#039;, vol. 26 (1931), page 273 ([https://archive.org/details/marylandhistoric2619mary/page/272/mode/2up Internet Archive]). F. R. Aldridge offers extensive records of Nicholas Aldridge&#039;s family in Maryland.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;  Like the other elements in my Aldridge-Alldredge tree, Nicholas Aldridge is the subject of a lot of extravagant and poorly supported claims. On this page, I will document what we know for certain, and do my best to distinguish fact from speculation.&lt;br /&gt;
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== Name ==&lt;br /&gt;
There is evidence from records that Nicholas&#039;s son [[William Alldredge (b. 1702)|William]] and at least two branches of his descendants ([[William Alldredge (b. 1729)|William b. 1729]] and [[Nathan Alldredge|Nathan]]) spelled their surname &#039;&#039;Alldredge&#039;&#039;. Of Nicholas&#039;s other descendants, his oldest son [[Thomas Aldridge|Thomas&#039;s]] family appears to have kept the spelling &#039;&#039;Aldridge&#039;&#039;. Traditionally, Nicholas Aldridge&#039;s name has been spelled &#039;&#039;Aldridge&#039;&#039; by Memory Aldridge Lester and other researchers. For now, I will stand by this tradition.&lt;br /&gt;
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== Ancestry and birth ==&lt;br /&gt;
{{See also|Aldridge of Wellow}}&lt;br /&gt;
It is widely asserted online that Nicholas Aldridge was christened 28 December 1653 in Wellow Parish, Wiltshire, England, the son of Nicholas Aldridge. There was indeed a Nicholas Aldridge born near that date, in that place, to that father, as shown by English parish records; but I have seen no definitive documentation to convince me that this is &#039;&#039;our&#039;&#039; Nicholas Aldridge, and at least some to make me seriously question it.&lt;br /&gt;
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We can assume that our Nicholas was born before about 1656, since he was able to receive a proprietary land grant in 1680, and serve in a colonial militia in 1677. Within the parameters of a Nicholas Aldridge born in England between 1637 and 1657, only one Nicholas Aldridge appears in a search of the birth registers available on FamilySearch, the one asserted above, christened 28 December 1653 in Wellow, Hampshire. A second appears if I push the search back to 1627, christened 15 December 1633 at St. Margaret&#039;s, Westminster, Middlesex, the son of Thomas Aldridge. But how do we know these records are complete? How do we know Nicholas was born in England and not in Scotland, Wales, or anywhere else? We do not. Unless there is some record connecting Nicholas Aldridge in Maryland back to a specific location in England or wherever, I will not make an assumption.&lt;br /&gt;
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Cousin &#039;&#039;&#039;Susan94543&#039;&#039;&#039; on FamilySearch has identified [[Aldridge of Wellow#Court cases|several court cases]] in Wellow that appear to place the Nicholas Aldridge (b. 1653) of the above record still in Wellow in 1682 and 1686, placing the identification of the 1653 christening record as our Nicholas in extreme doubt.&lt;br /&gt;
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== Militia service and land patent ==&lt;br /&gt;
The earliest record I have found of Nicholas Aldridge in Maryland is an October or November 1678 payment to him by the Maryland General Assembly, apparently for militia service in an expedition against the Nanticoke Indians:&lt;br /&gt;
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: An Act for payment and assessing the Publick Charges of this Province&lt;br /&gt;
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: Whereas There hath been Eight hundred twenty five thousand Nyne hundred Seventy Nyne pounds (825,979 lbs.) of Tobacco Expended, layd out &amp;amp; disbursed by severall of the Inhabitants of this Province in the late Expedicion against the Nanticoke Indians and other, the necessary Charges of this Province which hath been Examined, stated and allowed by the upper and lower houses of this present Generall Assembly To the intent therefore That the same may bee satisfyed and payd to those persons to whom the same is due ...&lt;br /&gt;
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: To Nicholas Aldridge, 50 lbs. tobacco.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&#039;&#039;Archives of Maryland&#039;&#039;, Volume 7: Proceedings and Acts of the General Assembly, October 1678–November 1683, 87–104, at 97 ([https://msa.maryland.gov/megafile/msa/speccol/sc2900/sc2908/000001/000007/html/am7--97.html Archives of Maryland Online]).&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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This payment would indicate that Nicholas had been in Maryland at least as early as 1677, and perhaps earlier. The Nanticoke Indians took up arms against against the European colonists in 1677–1678.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Gray Dove Trading, &amp;quot;The Nanticoke People.&amp;quot; https://web.archive.org/web/20060220191454/http://www.graydovetrading.com/Nanticoke.html&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Nicholas Aldridge entered a land patent in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, of 300 acres on the south side of the [[wikipedia:Magothy River|Magothy River]], surveyed for him on 20 August 1680. The grant was issued by [[wikipedia:Charles Calvert, 3rd Baron Baltimore|Charles Calvert, Lord Baltimore]] on 11 July 1681, a tract called &amp;quot;Aldridge&#039;s Beginning.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
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== Marriage and spouse ==&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Besson Will Excerpt to Martha.jpg|thumb|right|alt=Excerpt of the will of Thomas Besson, with bequest to daughter Martha.|Excerpt of the will of Thomas Besson, with bequest to daughter Martha.]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Besson Executrix to Martha Aldridge.jpg|thumb|right|alt=The allowance of Thomas Besson&#039;s widow and executrix for the bequest to Martha, naming the daughter as Martha Aldridge.|The allowance of Thomas Besson&#039;s widow and executrix for the request to Martha, naming the daughter as Martha Aldridge.]]&lt;br /&gt;
Nicholas Aldridge marriage a woman named Martha, probably about 1679–1680. Their oldest child, Thomas Aldridge, was born 5 November 1680.&lt;br /&gt;
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I have found a fairly strong case for the assertion that Nicholas&#039;s wife was &#039;&#039;&#039;[[Martha (Besson) Aldridge|Martha Besson]]&#039;&#039;&#039;, daughter of Thomas Besson. Two records in particular demonstrate this case:&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Fredric Z. Saunders&#039; page on Thomas Besson is very well researched and very helpful, especially in documenting and locating the necessary sources. Fredric Z. Saunders, &amp;quot;Thomas Besson,&amp;quot; http://fzsaunders.com/besson.html (revised 27 Jan 2021, retrieved 13 Jul 2023).&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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* In the will of Thomas Besson, he names his daughter Martha, leaving to her a mare named Nobsey and a heifer named Eareling:&lt;br /&gt;
:: Item. I give and bequeath unto my daughter Martha, to her and her heirs forever, the young Mare Nobsye Coult with all her Increase, &amp;lt;del&amp;gt;but if in case&amp;lt;/del&amp;gt; and the heifer Eareling which was cavd in the yeare 1676 with all her Increase but if in case she my said daughter dyes before she comes to Age to fall to the next heir.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Ancestry.com, Maryland, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1635-1777, Wills, Vol 4-10 (1670, 1676-1679, 1682-1700) ([https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/9068/images/007737515_01023?treeid=&amp;amp;personid=&amp;amp;usePUB=true&amp;amp;_phsrc=XKN8128&amp;amp;_phstart=successSource&amp;amp;pId=463513 Ancestry]).&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* In the account of Besson&#039;s executrix, Nicholas Aldridge is paid a sum of money. The last item in the account contains a petition for an allowance for the heifer and mare due to Martha Aldridge:&lt;br /&gt;
:: The Executrix further prays allowance these following particulars: To Martha Aldridge a heiffer given by will appraised to 500. To 1 Mare called Nobsey as 700.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Maryland, Prerogative Court, Inventories of accounts and estates, volume 7, pages 125–127, at 127 (FHL Film 12919, Image Group (DGS) 7737555, Image 679, [https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C914-G9RL-H?i=678&amp;amp;cat=265626 FamilySearch]).&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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This indicates that Martha Aldridge is the daughter of Thomas Besson, the same daughter Martha to whom he bequeathed the mare Nobsey and heifer Eareling.&lt;br /&gt;
{{Clear}}&lt;br /&gt;
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== Children ==&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Nicholas Aldridge Children 1.png|thumb|right|alt=Birth and baptism records of Nicholas Aldridge&#039;s older children, from the All Hallows&#039; Parish register.|Birth and baptism records of Nicholas Aldridge&#039;s older children, from the All Hallows&#039; Parish register.]]&lt;br /&gt;
These children of Nicholas Aldridge and Martha Besson are documented by parish birth records:&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;This reading is aided by the transcriptions of F. R. Aldridge, &#039;&#039;Aldridge Records&#039;&#039;, vol. 2, 25–26, and Lester, 5.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
# [[Thomas Aldridge]], born 5 November 1680, married Elizabeth Purdy on 15 July 1703.&lt;br /&gt;
# Ann Aldridge, born 6 November 1684, married Richard Richeson in 1707.&lt;br /&gt;
# John Aldridge, born 31 August 1688, married Susannah Jones on 1 April 1719.&lt;br /&gt;
# Joane Aldridge, born 10 September 1689.&lt;br /&gt;
# Sendy Aldridge, born 9 August 1693, baptized 19 May 1700 [the name is difficult to read].&lt;br /&gt;
# Jane Aldridge, born 3 April 1696, baptized 19 May 1700.&lt;br /&gt;
# [[Nicholas Aldridge (b. 1698)|Nicholas Aldridge]], born 16 May 1698.&lt;br /&gt;
# William Aldridge, born 30 October 1700. Buried 26 September 1702.&lt;br /&gt;
# [[William Alldredge (b. 1702)|William Aldridge]], born 13 Mar 1702, baptized 11 April 1703.&lt;br /&gt;
# James Aldridge, born 1 July 1706, married Mary Gassaway.&lt;br /&gt;
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Nicholas Aldridge did indeed have &#039;&#039;two&#039;&#039; sons named William, one born after another, and by the dates, it appears he even named the second one William before the first one passed away. Did he, knowing his first son William was sick and would die, consciously give the name again to his next son? Is it possible the second William did not receive the name until his baptism, &#039;&#039;after&#039;&#039; the death of the first William? It is difficult to guess exactly what went on here, but the records are clear.&lt;br /&gt;
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File:William Aldridge Birth 1700.png|All Hallows&#039; Parish register showing birth of William Aldridge &amp;quot;I&amp;quot; (1700).|alt=All Hallows&#039; Parish register showing birth of William Aldridge &amp;quot;I&amp;quot; (1700).&lt;br /&gt;
File:William Aldridge Baptism 1702.png|All Hallows&#039; Parish register showing baptism of William Aldridge &amp;quot;I&amp;quot; (1702).|alt=All Hallows&#039; Parish register showing baptism of William Aldridge &amp;quot;I&amp;quot; (1702).&lt;br /&gt;
File:William Aldridge Burial 1702.png|All Hallows&#039; Parish register showing burial of William Aldridge &amp;quot;I&amp;quot; (1702).|alt=All Hallows&#039; Parish register showing burial of William Aldridge &amp;quot;I&amp;quot; (1702).&lt;br /&gt;
File:William Aldridge Birth and Baptism.png|All Hallows&#039; Parish register showing the birth and baptism of William Aldridge &amp;quot;II&amp;quot; (1702).|alt=All Hallows&#039; Parish register showing the birth and baptism of William Aldridge &amp;quot;II&amp;quot; (1702).&lt;br /&gt;
File:James Aldridge Birth.png|All Hallows&#039; Parish register showing the birth of James Aldridge (1706).|alt=All Hallows&#039; Parish register showing the birth of James Aldridge (1706).&lt;br /&gt;
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== Death ==&lt;br /&gt;
Nicholas Aldridge died in November 1708 in All Hallows&#039; Parish, Anne Arundel County, Maryland, and was buried 21 November 1708 in the churchyard. His grave is no longer marked. Nicholas was likely a man in his forties or fifties when he died, which was a ripe age for a Maryland colonist in that time.&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Nicholas Aldridge Burial.png|thumb|center]]&lt;br /&gt;
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There are actually two All Hallows&#039; Parish cemeteries, at two different locations of the All Hallows&#039; Church, one at parish&#039;s original location at the &amp;quot;Brick Church&amp;quot; in Edgewater, and the other at the parish&#039;s chapel-of-ease in Davidsonville:&lt;br /&gt;
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: The Church of England was officially established in the Colony of Maryland In 1692 by King William and Queen Mary, who chartered 30 parishes, one of which was All Hallows, South River. However, our earliest Parish records date back to March 1, 1669, noting the first recorded baptism at All Hallows....&lt;br /&gt;
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: In October of 1729, the General Assembly of Maryland assessed a tax of 20,000 pounds of tobacco to build “The Brick Church.” The building’s Interior was altered extensively during the 19th century according to needs and tastes of the time....&lt;br /&gt;
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: To lessen the travel distance for parishioners living on the western side of the Parish, construction of a chapel-of-ease in Davidsonville was begun in 1860. Delayed by the Civil War, it was completed in 1865.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;All Hallows Parish. &amp;quot;[https://allhallowsparish.org/who-we-are/history/ The History of All Hallows Parish]&amp;quot; (accessed 19 July 2024).&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Wikipedia offers this description of the cemetery at the &amp;quot;Brick Church&amp;quot;, which seems to confirm it as the likely burial place of Nicholas and Martha Aldridge:&lt;br /&gt;
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: The ancient cemetery, shaded by a grove of oak trees, surrounds the church. It contains the graves of many local families. One is Provincial Justice, Deputy-Governor and Lord High Sheriff of Anne Arundel Colonel William Burgess (1622–1686), who donated 100 acres of his lands for the establishment of Londontowne.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&amp;quot;[[wikipedia:All Hallows Parish (South River, Maryland)|All Hallows Parish (South River, Maryland)]]&amp;quot; on Wikipedia, citing Earl Arnett, Robert Brugger, and Edward Papenfuse, &#039;&#039;Maryland: A New Guide to the Old Line State&#039;&#039; (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1976) (accessed 19 July 2024).&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; &lt;br /&gt;
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On Find a Grave, Dennis York listed Nicholas and Hannah Aldridge in the wrong cemetery, at Davidsonville. I submitted corrections to move their memorials to the correct location, which were accepted.&lt;br /&gt;
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== DNA evidence ==&lt;br /&gt;
{{Main|Aldridge DNA Project}}&lt;br /&gt;
Six patrilineal, male-line descendants of Nicholas Aldridge have tested their Y-DNA at the [https://www.familytreedna.com/groups/aldridge/about Aldridge DNA Project], one from his oldest son [[Thomas Aldridge|Thomas]], one from his son [[Nicholas Aldridge (b. 1698)|Nicholas]], and four from his son William (b. 1702). The DNA of all five men matches one another, and is classified as haplogroup &#039;&#039;&#039;R-FTC89975&#039;&#039;&#039;, a subclade of R-U106 &amp;gt; R-Z154. William&#039;s descendants form the haplogroup &#039;&#039;&#039;R-FTB32679&#039;&#039;&#039;, an additional subclade of R-FTC89975.&lt;br /&gt;
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== References ==&lt;br /&gt;
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		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Joseph: Still in Wellow.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;== Overview ==&lt;br /&gt;
Various researchers have attached my ancestor [[Nicholas Aldridge]] to the family of Aldridge in [[wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wellow,_Hampshire|Wellow Parish]], which today is in the county of Hampshire, but historically spanned the county boundary between Wiltshire and Hampshire. The name Nicholas Aldridge has repeated in that family since the sixteenth century, and been documented in the registers of the parish. But in lieu of concrete evidence linking Nicholas Aldridge of Anne Arundel County, Maryland, back to a family in England, I consider the connection only speculative. This page documents my research. &lt;br /&gt;
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== Parish registers ==&lt;br /&gt;
Transcripts of the parish registers of Wellow Parish are included in the [https://www.familysearch.org FamilySearch] database [https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/1473014 England Births and Christenings, 1538–1975]. C. W. Empson also published an index of the registers in 1889, which is available on Google Books and the Internet Archive.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Charles W. Empson, &#039;&#039;Index of the Registers of Baptisms, Marriages, &amp;amp; Burials of the Parish of Wellow in the Counties of Southampton and Wiltshire&#039;&#039; (London: Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1889), 168 ([https://books.google.com/books?id=FacLAAAAYAAJ Google Books], [https://archive.org/details/indextoregister00wellgoog Internet Archive]).&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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=== Births ===&lt;br /&gt;
Four people named &#039;&#039;Nicholas Aldridge&#039;&#039; appear in the baptismal register:&lt;br /&gt;
# Nicholas Aldridge, baptized 30 Nov 1587&lt;br /&gt;
# Nicholas Aldridge, baptized 9 Apr 1598, son of Nicholas Aldridge&lt;br /&gt;
# Nicholas Aldridge, baptized 28 Dec 1653, son of Nicholas Aldridge&lt;br /&gt;
# Nicholas Aldridge, baptized 5 Mar 1665, son of George Aldridge&lt;br /&gt;
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Eight people are listed in the baptismal register with &#039;&#039;Nicholas Aldridge&#039;&#039; as a father, falling into two distinct groups:&lt;br /&gt;
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* Group 1 (1630–1638)&lt;br /&gt;
** Andrew Aldridge, baptized 28 Dec 1630, son of Nicholas Aldridge&lt;br /&gt;
** George Aldridge, baptized May 1633, son of Nicholas Aldridge&lt;br /&gt;
** Robert Aldridge, baptized 8 Sep 1635, son of Nicholas Aldridge&lt;br /&gt;
** Michael Aldridge, baptized 28 Nov 1638, son of Nicholas Aldridge&lt;br /&gt;
* Group 2 (1653–1661)&lt;br /&gt;
** Nicholas Aldridge, baptized 28 Dec 1653, son of Nicholas Aldridge&lt;br /&gt;
** Jane Aldridge, baptized 26 Jun 1655, daughter of Nicholas and Margaret Aldridge&lt;br /&gt;
** Mary Aldridge, baptized 11 May 1657, daughter of Nicholas and Margaret Aldridge&lt;br /&gt;
** Jone Aldridge, baptized 5 Jul 1661, daughter of Nicholas and Margaret Aldridge&lt;br /&gt;
** Ann Aldridge, baptized 20 Dec 1665, daughter of Nicholas Aldridge&lt;br /&gt;
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One might presume — as it appears someone has presumed on FamilySearch — that the Group 1 children were the children of Nicholas #2 from the birth list, while the Group 2 children were the children of an [https://www.familysearch.org/en/tree/person/details/LJ11-K87 intermediate Nicholas] born ca. 1629, son of Nicholas #2, whose birth record is missing. In any case, Group 1 represents a group of siblings and Group 2 represents a group of siblings.&lt;br /&gt;
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=== Burials ===&lt;br /&gt;
* Nicholas Aldridge, 23 May 1578.&lt;br /&gt;
* Nicholas Aldridge, 26 May 1579.&lt;br /&gt;
* Nicholas Aldridge, 23 Jan 1588.&lt;br /&gt;
* Nicholas Aldridge, 4 Jul 1661.&lt;br /&gt;
* Nicholas Aldridge (infant), 8 Mar 1664-65.&lt;br /&gt;
* Nicholas Aldridge, 21 Apr 1673.&lt;br /&gt;
* Nicholas Aldridge, 28 Aug 1708. (Of Bramshaw.)&lt;br /&gt;
* Nicholas Aldridge (22 years old), 26 Sep 1737.&lt;br /&gt;
* Nicholas Aldridge, 11 Nov 1759.&lt;br /&gt;
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== Other records ==&lt;br /&gt;
=== Court cases ===&lt;br /&gt;
Cousin Susan94543 on FamilySearch has identified these court records from the U.K. [https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ National Archives]:&lt;br /&gt;
* Court Case, C 8/215/4, Plaintiffs: John Aldridge, George Aldridge, Robert Aldridge, Michael Aldridge &amp;amp; Mary Kent widow. Defendants: Edward Drake, George Drake, Avis Drake, Nicholas Aldridge &amp;amp; John Deane, 1678&lt;br /&gt;
* Court Case, C 8/300/21, Plaintiffs: John Deane, George Duke and Avis Duke, widow. Defendants: Nicholas Aldridge, John Aldridge, George Aldridge, Robert Aldridge, Michael Aldridge and Mary Kent, widow, 1678&lt;br /&gt;
* Court Case, C 8/298/21, Plaintiffs: Nicholas Aldridge, Jane Aldridge, Mary Aldridge and Anne Aldridge. Defendants: Elizabeth Botley, widow, 1681–1682&lt;br /&gt;
* Court Case, C 5/439/92, Plaintiffs: Nicholas Aldridge. Defendants: Edward Duke and George Duke, 1681–1682&lt;br /&gt;
* Court Case, C 8/509/31, Plaintiffs: George Duke. Defendants: Nicholas Aldridge, 1686&lt;br /&gt;
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In the two 1678 cases, John Aldridge, George Aldridge, Robert Aldridge, Michael Aldridge, and Nicholas Aldridge represent a group of siblings — the Group 1 siblings identified here in birth records. In the 1681–1682 and 1686 cases, Nicholas Aldridge, Jane Aldridge, Mary Aldridge, and Anne Aldridge represent a different group of siblings — the Group 2 siblings identified in the birth records. &#039;&#039;&#039;In this case, the Nicholas Aldridge born in 1653, #3 above, is almost certainly a sibling of Group 2 and the Nicholas in these cases, still in Wellow in 1682 and 1686.&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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=== Will of Nicholas Aldridge of West Wellow, Wiltshire, 1661 ===&lt;br /&gt;
The will of Nicholas Aldridge, Gentleman of West Wellow, Wiltshire, was signed 25 June 1661 and probated 3 June 1662.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Will of Nicholas Aldridg, Gentleman of West Wellow, Wiltshire, Reference PROB 11/308/263, [https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D839842 The National Archives] (United Kingdom).&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; It bequeaths:&lt;br /&gt;
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* &#039;&#039;Item&#039;&#039;. I give and bequeath unto my Grandchildren John Kent, Martha Kent, Mary Kent, and Jane Kent Forty shillings a piece to be paid when they come to the age of one and Twenty years.&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;Item&#039;&#039;. I give and bequeath unto the Children of my Son John Aldridge, Jane and Margaret Aldridge, Forty shillings a piece to be paid when they come to the age of one and Twenty years.&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;Item&#039;&#039;. I give unto my Son Michael Twenty pounds to be payd within six months next after my decease.&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;Item&#039;&#039;. I give and bequeath unto the poor of the parish of Wellow Twenty shillings to be payd at the end of six months next after my decease.&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;Item&#039;&#039;. I give and bequeath unto my son George five pounds to be payd at the end of twelve months next after my decease.&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;Item&#039;&#039;. I give and bequeath unto my son Robert his son Forty shillings to be payd when he cometh to the age of one and Twenty years.&lt;br /&gt;
* All the rest of my goods and Chattles ... I give and bequeath unto my son John Aldridge whom I do constitute and make my whole and sole Executor...&lt;br /&gt;
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This Nicholas Aldridge was buried in Wellow on 4 July 1661, nine days after this will was signed.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Empson, 168 ([https://books.google.com/books?id=FacLAAAAYAAJ&amp;amp;pg=PA168 Google Books], [https://archive.org/details/indextoregister00wellgoog/page/n180/mode/2up Internet Archive]).&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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There is no mention of a son Nicholas. Did his son Nicholas die young? Did he, being a younger son, not receive any inheritance? It seems unlikely to me that after leaving money to three sons and a number of grandchildren, he would not have left anything at all to a younger child. Could his son Nicholas have been disinherited? That seems especially unlikely, given that the Nicholas born in Wellow in 1653 would be only seven years old.&lt;br /&gt;
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So if the Nicholas born 1653 did die in infancy, there is at least no record of his burial. But a Nicholas dying in 1661 and one dying in 1673 does suggest that either there were two men named Nicholas Aldridge who were contemporaries in the same parish, or — the one who died in 1673 was the son of the one who died in 1661.&lt;br /&gt;
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== References ==&lt;br /&gt;
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		<title>Aldridge of Wellow</title>
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		<updated>2025-08-14T20:26:26Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Joseph: /* Births */ Ann Aldridge&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;== Overview ==&lt;br /&gt;
Various researchers have attached my ancestor [[Nicholas Aldridge]] to the family of Aldridge in [[wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wellow,_Hampshire|Wellow Parish]], which today is in the county of Hampshire, but historically spanned the county boundary between Wiltshire and Hampshire. The name Nicholas Aldridge has repeated in that family since the sixteenth century, and been documented in the registers of the parish. But in lieu of concrete evidence linking Nicholas Aldridge of Anne Arundel County, Maryland, back to a family in England, I consider the connection only speculative. This page documents my research. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Parish registers ==&lt;br /&gt;
Transcripts of the parish registers of Wellow Parish are included in the [https://www.familysearch.org FamilySearch] database [https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/1473014 England Births and Christenings, 1538–1975]. C. W. Empson also published an index of the registers in 1889, which is available on Google Books and the Internet Archive.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Charles W. Empson, &#039;&#039;Index of the Registers of Baptisms, Marriages, &amp;amp; Burials of the Parish of Wellow in the Counties of Southampton and Wiltshire&#039;&#039; (London: Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1889), 168 ([https://books.google.com/books?id=FacLAAAAYAAJ Google Books], [https://archive.org/details/indextoregister00wellgoog Internet Archive]).&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== Births ===&lt;br /&gt;
Four people named &#039;&#039;Nicholas Aldridge&#039;&#039; appear in the baptismal register:&lt;br /&gt;
# Nicholas Aldridge, baptized 30 Nov 1587&lt;br /&gt;
# Nicholas Aldridge, baptized 9 Apr 1598, son of Nicholas Aldridge&lt;br /&gt;
# Nicholas Aldridge, baptized 28 Dec 1653, son of Nicholas Aldridge&lt;br /&gt;
# Nicholas Aldridge, baptized 5 Mar 1665, son of George Aldridge&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Eight people are listed in the baptismal register with &#039;&#039;Nicholas Aldridge&#039;&#039; as a father, falling into two distinct groups:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
* Group 1 (1630–1638)&lt;br /&gt;
** Andrew Aldridge, baptized 28 Dec 1630, son of Nicholas Aldridge&lt;br /&gt;
** George Aldridge, baptized May 1633, son of Nicholas Aldridge&lt;br /&gt;
** Robert Aldridge, baptized 8 Sep 1635, son of Nicholas Aldridge&lt;br /&gt;
** Michael Aldridge, baptized 28 Nov 1638, son of Nicholas Aldridge&lt;br /&gt;
* Group 2 (1653–1661)&lt;br /&gt;
** Nicholas Aldridge, baptized 28 Dec 1653, son of Nicholas Aldridge&lt;br /&gt;
** Jane Aldridge, baptized 26 Jun 1655, daughter of Nicholas and Margaret Aldridge&lt;br /&gt;
** Mary Aldridge, baptized 11 May 1657, daughter of Nicholas and Margaret Aldridge&lt;br /&gt;
** Jone Aldridge, baptized 5 Jul 1661, daughter of Nicholas and Margaret Aldridge&lt;br /&gt;
** Ann Aldridge, baptized 20 Dec 1665, daughter of Nicholas Aldridge&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
One might presume — as it appears someone has presumed on FamilySearch — that the Group 1 children were the children of Nicholas #2 from the birth list, while the Group 2 children were the children of an [https://www.familysearch.org/en/tree/person/details/LJ11-K87 intermediate Nicholas] born ca. 1629, son of Nicholas #2, whose birth record is missing. In any case, Group 1 represents a group of siblings and Group 2 represents a group of siblings.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== Burials ===&lt;br /&gt;
* Nicholas Aldridge, 23 May 1578.&lt;br /&gt;
* Nicholas Aldridge, 26 May 1579.&lt;br /&gt;
* Nicholas Aldridge, 23 Jan 1588.&lt;br /&gt;
* Nicholas Aldridge, 4 Jul 1661.&lt;br /&gt;
* Nicholas Aldridge (infant), 8 Mar 1664-65.&lt;br /&gt;
* Nicholas Aldridge, 21 Apr 1673.&lt;br /&gt;
* Nicholas Aldridge, 28 Aug 1708. (Of Bramshaw.)&lt;br /&gt;
* Nicholas Aldridge (22 years old), 26 Sep 1737.&lt;br /&gt;
* Nicholas Aldridge, 11 Nov 1759.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Other records ==&lt;br /&gt;
=== Will of Nicholas Aldridge of West Wellow, Wiltshire, 1661 ===&lt;br /&gt;
The will of Nicholas Aldridge, Gentleman of West Wellow, Wiltshire, was signed 25 June 1661 and probated 3 June 1662.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Will of Nicholas Aldridg, Gentleman of West Wellow, Wiltshire, Reference PROB 11/308/263, [https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D839842 The National Archives] (United Kingdom).&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; It bequeaths:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;Item&#039;&#039;. I give and bequeath unto my Grandchildren John Kent, Martha Kent, Mary Kent, and Jane Kent Forty shillings a piece to be paid when they come to the age of one and Twenty years.&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;Item&#039;&#039;. I give and bequeath unto the Children of my Son John Aldridge, Jane and Margaret Aldridge, Forty shillings a piece to be paid when they come to the age of one and Twenty years.&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;Item&#039;&#039;. I give unto my Son Michael Twenty pounds to be payd within six months next after my decease.&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;Item&#039;&#039;. I give and bequeath unto the poor of the parish of Wellow Twenty shillings to be payd at the end of six months next after my decease.&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;Item&#039;&#039;. I give and bequeath unto my son George five pounds to be payd at the end of twelve months next after my decease.&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;Item&#039;&#039;. I give and bequeath unto my son Robert his son Forty shillings to be payd when he cometh to the age of one and Twenty years.&lt;br /&gt;
* All the rest of my goods and Chattles ... I give and bequeath unto my son John Aldridge whom I do constitute and make my whole and sole Executor...&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
This Nicholas Aldridge was buried in Wellow on 4 July 1661, nine days after this will was signed.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Empson, 168 ([https://books.google.com/books?id=FacLAAAAYAAJ&amp;amp;pg=PA168 Google Books], [https://archive.org/details/indextoregister00wellgoog/page/n180/mode/2up Internet Archive]).&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
There is no mention of a son Nicholas. Did his son Nicholas die young? Did he, being a younger son, not receive any inheritance? It seems unlikely to me that after leaving money to three sons and a number of grandchildren, he would not have left anything at all to a younger child. Could his son Nicholas have been disinherited? That seems especially unlikely, given that the Nicholas born in Wellow in 1653 would be only seven years old.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
So if the Nicholas born 1653 did die in infancy, there is at least no record of his burial. But a Nicholas dying in 1661 and one dying in 1673 does suggest that either there were two men named Nicholas Aldridge who were contemporaries in the same parish, or — the one who died in 1673 was the son of the one who died in 1661.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== References ==&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;references&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/references&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Joseph</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://wiki.jtrichardson.com/index.php?title=Aldridge_of_Wellow&amp;diff=845</id>
		<title>Aldridge of Wellow</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://wiki.jtrichardson.com/index.php?title=Aldridge_of_Wellow&amp;diff=845"/>
		<updated>2025-08-14T20:06:30Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Joseph: /* Births */ Siblings.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;== Overview ==&lt;br /&gt;
Various researchers have attached my ancestor [[Nicholas Aldridge]] to the family of Aldridge in [[wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wellow,_Hampshire|Wellow Parish]], which today is in the county of Hampshire, but historically spanned the county boundary between Wiltshire and Hampshire. The name Nicholas Aldridge has repeated in that family since the sixteenth century, and been documented in the registers of the parish. But in lieu of concrete evidence linking Nicholas Aldridge of Anne Arundel County, Maryland, back to a family in England, I consider the connection only speculative. This page documents my research. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Parish registers ==&lt;br /&gt;
Transcripts of the parish registers of Wellow Parish are included in the [https://www.familysearch.org FamilySearch] database [https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/1473014 England Births and Christenings, 1538–1975]. C. W. Empson also published an index of the registers in 1889, which is available on Google Books and the Internet Archive.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Charles W. Empson, &#039;&#039;Index of the Registers of Baptisms, Marriages, &amp;amp; Burials of the Parish of Wellow in the Counties of Southampton and Wiltshire&#039;&#039; (London: Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1889), 168 ([https://books.google.com/books?id=FacLAAAAYAAJ Google Books], [https://archive.org/details/indextoregister00wellgoog Internet Archive]).&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== Births ===&lt;br /&gt;
Four people named &#039;&#039;Nicholas Aldridge&#039;&#039; appear in the baptismal register:&lt;br /&gt;
# Nicholas Aldridge, baptized 30 Nov 1587&lt;br /&gt;
# Nicholas Aldridge, baptized 9 Apr 1598, son of Nicholas Aldridge&lt;br /&gt;
# Nicholas Aldridge, baptized 28 Dec 1653, son of Nicholas Aldridge&lt;br /&gt;
# Nicholas Aldridge, baptized 5 Mar 1665, son of George Aldridge&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Eight people are listed in the baptismal register with &#039;&#039;Nicholas Aldridge&#039;&#039; as a father, falling into two distinct groups:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
* Group 1 (1630–1638)&lt;br /&gt;
** Andrew Aldridge, baptized 28 Dec 1630, son of Nicholas Aldridge&lt;br /&gt;
** George Aldridge, baptized May 1633, son of Nicholas Aldridge&lt;br /&gt;
** Robert Aldridge, baptized 8 Sep 1635, son of Nicholas Aldridge&lt;br /&gt;
** Michael Aldridge, baptized 28 Nov 1638, son of Nicholas Aldridge&lt;br /&gt;
* Group 2 (1653–1661)&lt;br /&gt;
** Nicholas Aldridge, baptized 28 Dec 1653, son of Nicholas Aldridge&lt;br /&gt;
** Jane Aldridge, baptized 26 Jun 1655, daughter of Nicholas and Margaret Aldridge&lt;br /&gt;
** Mary Aldridge, baptized 11 May 1657, daughter of Nicholas and Margaret Aldridge&lt;br /&gt;
** Jone Aldridge, baptized 5 Jul 1661, daughter of Nicholas and Margaret Aldridge&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
One might presume — as it appears someone has presumed on FamilySearch — that the Group 1 children were the children of Nicholas #2 from the birth list, while the Group 2 children were the children of an [https://www.familysearch.org/en/tree/person/details/LJ11-K87 intermediate Nicholas] born ca. 1629, son of Nicholas #2, whose birth record is missing. In any case, Group 1 represents a group of siblings and Group 2 represents a group of siblings.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== Burials ===&lt;br /&gt;
* Nicholas Aldridge, 23 May 1578.&lt;br /&gt;
* Nicholas Aldridge, 26 May 1579.&lt;br /&gt;
* Nicholas Aldridge, 23 Jan 1588.&lt;br /&gt;
* Nicholas Aldridge, 4 Jul 1661.&lt;br /&gt;
* Nicholas Aldridge (infant), 8 Mar 1664-65.&lt;br /&gt;
* Nicholas Aldridge, 21 Apr 1673.&lt;br /&gt;
* Nicholas Aldridge, 28 Aug 1708. (Of Bramshaw.)&lt;br /&gt;
* Nicholas Aldridge (22 years old), 26 Sep 1737.&lt;br /&gt;
* Nicholas Aldridge, 11 Nov 1759.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Other records ==&lt;br /&gt;
=== Will of Nicholas Aldridge of West Wellow, Wiltshire, 1661 ===&lt;br /&gt;
The will of Nicholas Aldridge, Gentleman of West Wellow, Wiltshire, was signed 25 June 1661 and probated 3 June 1662.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Will of Nicholas Aldridg, Gentleman of West Wellow, Wiltshire, Reference PROB 11/308/263, [https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D839842 The National Archives] (United Kingdom).&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; It bequeaths:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;Item&#039;&#039;. I give and bequeath unto my Grandchildren John Kent, Martha Kent, Mary Kent, and Jane Kent Forty shillings a piece to be paid when they come to the age of one and Twenty years.&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;Item&#039;&#039;. I give and bequeath unto the Children of my Son John Aldridge, Jane and Margaret Aldridge, Forty shillings a piece to be paid when they come to the age of one and Twenty years.&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;Item&#039;&#039;. I give unto my Son Michael Twenty pounds to be payd within six months next after my decease.&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;Item&#039;&#039;. I give and bequeath unto the poor of the parish of Wellow Twenty shillings to be payd at the end of six months next after my decease.&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;Item&#039;&#039;. I give and bequeath unto my son George five pounds to be payd at the end of twelve months next after my decease.&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;Item&#039;&#039;. I give and bequeath unto my son Robert his son Forty shillings to be payd when he cometh to the age of one and Twenty years.&lt;br /&gt;
* All the rest of my goods and Chattles ... I give and bequeath unto my son John Aldridge whom I do constitute and make my whole and sole Executor...&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
This Nicholas Aldridge was buried in Wellow on 4 July 1661, nine days after this will was signed.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Empson, 168 ([https://books.google.com/books?id=FacLAAAAYAAJ&amp;amp;pg=PA168 Google Books], [https://archive.org/details/indextoregister00wellgoog/page/n180/mode/2up Internet Archive]).&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
There is no mention of a son Nicholas. Did his son Nicholas die young? Did he, being a younger son, not receive any inheritance? It seems unlikely to me that after leaving money to three sons and a number of grandchildren, he would not have left anything at all to a younger child. Could his son Nicholas have been disinherited? That seems especially unlikely, given that the Nicholas born in Wellow in 1653 would be only seven years old.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
So if the Nicholas born 1653 did die in infancy, there is at least no record of his burial. But a Nicholas dying in 1661 and one dying in 1673 does suggest that either there were two men named Nicholas Aldridge who were contemporaries in the same parish, or — the one who died in 1673 was the son of the one who died in 1661.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== References ==&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;references&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/references&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Joseph</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://wiki.jtrichardson.com/index.php?title=Aldridge_of_Wellow&amp;diff=844</id>
		<title>Aldridge of Wellow</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://wiki.jtrichardson.com/index.php?title=Aldridge_of_Wellow&amp;diff=844"/>
		<updated>2025-08-14T20:03:20Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Joseph: /* Births */ Numbered list for Nicholases.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;== Overview ==&lt;br /&gt;
Various researchers have attached my ancestor [[Nicholas Aldridge]] to the family of Aldridge in [[wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wellow,_Hampshire|Wellow Parish]], which today is in the county of Hampshire, but historically spanned the county boundary between Wiltshire and Hampshire. The name Nicholas Aldridge has repeated in that family since the sixteenth century, and been documented in the registers of the parish. But in lieu of concrete evidence linking Nicholas Aldridge of Anne Arundel County, Maryland, back to a family in England, I consider the connection only speculative. This page documents my research. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Parish registers ==&lt;br /&gt;
Transcripts of the parish registers of Wellow Parish are included in the [https://www.familysearch.org FamilySearch] database [https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/1473014 England Births and Christenings, 1538–1975]. C. W. Empson also published an index of the registers in 1889, which is available on Google Books and the Internet Archive.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Charles W. Empson, &#039;&#039;Index of the Registers of Baptisms, Marriages, &amp;amp; Burials of the Parish of Wellow in the Counties of Southampton and Wiltshire&#039;&#039; (London: Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1889), 168 ([https://books.google.com/books?id=FacLAAAAYAAJ Google Books], [https://archive.org/details/indextoregister00wellgoog Internet Archive]).&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== Births ===&lt;br /&gt;
Four people named &#039;&#039;Nicholas Aldridge&#039;&#039; appear in the baptismal register:&lt;br /&gt;
# Nicholas Aldridge, baptized 30 Nov 1587&lt;br /&gt;
# Nicholas Aldridge, baptized 9 Apr 1598, son of Nicholas Aldridge&lt;br /&gt;
# Nicholas Aldridge, baptized 28 Dec 1653, son of Nicholas Aldridge&lt;br /&gt;
# Nicholas Aldridge, baptized 5 Mar 1665, son of George Aldridge&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Eight people are listed in the baptismal register with &#039;&#039;Nicholas Aldridge&#039;&#039; as a father, falling into two distinct groups:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
* Group 1 (1630–1638)&lt;br /&gt;
** Andrew Aldridge, baptized 28 Dec 1630, son of Nicholas Aldridge&lt;br /&gt;
** George Aldridge, baptized May 1633, son of Nicholas Aldridge&lt;br /&gt;
** Robert Aldridge, baptized 8 Sep 1635, son of Nicholas Aldridge&lt;br /&gt;
** Michael Aldridge, baptized 28 Nov 1638, son of Nicholas Aldridge&lt;br /&gt;
* Group 2 (1653–1661)&lt;br /&gt;
** Nicholas Aldridge, baptized 28 Dec 1653, son of Nicholas Aldridge&lt;br /&gt;
** Jane Aldridge, baptized 26 Jun 1655, daughter of Nicholas and Margaret Aldridge&lt;br /&gt;
** Mary Aldridge, baptized 11 May 1657, daughter of Nicholas and Margaret Aldridge&lt;br /&gt;
** Jone Aldridge, baptized 5 Jul 1661, daughter of Nicholas and Margaret Aldridge&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== Burials ===&lt;br /&gt;
* Nicholas Aldridge, 23 May 1578.&lt;br /&gt;
* Nicholas Aldridge, 26 May 1579.&lt;br /&gt;
* Nicholas Aldridge, 23 Jan 1588.&lt;br /&gt;
* Nicholas Aldridge, 4 Jul 1661.&lt;br /&gt;
* Nicholas Aldridge (infant), 8 Mar 1664-65.&lt;br /&gt;
* Nicholas Aldridge, 21 Apr 1673.&lt;br /&gt;
* Nicholas Aldridge, 28 Aug 1708. (Of Bramshaw.)&lt;br /&gt;
* Nicholas Aldridge (22 years old), 26 Sep 1737.&lt;br /&gt;
* Nicholas Aldridge, 11 Nov 1759.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Other records ==&lt;br /&gt;
=== Will of Nicholas Aldridge of West Wellow, Wiltshire, 1661 ===&lt;br /&gt;
The will of Nicholas Aldridge, Gentleman of West Wellow, Wiltshire, was signed 25 June 1661 and probated 3 June 1662.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Will of Nicholas Aldridg, Gentleman of West Wellow, Wiltshire, Reference PROB 11/308/263, [https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D839842 The National Archives] (United Kingdom).&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; It bequeaths:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;Item&#039;&#039;. I give and bequeath unto my Grandchildren John Kent, Martha Kent, Mary Kent, and Jane Kent Forty shillings a piece to be paid when they come to the age of one and Twenty years.&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;Item&#039;&#039;. I give and bequeath unto the Children of my Son John Aldridge, Jane and Margaret Aldridge, Forty shillings a piece to be paid when they come to the age of one and Twenty years.&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;Item&#039;&#039;. I give unto my Son Michael Twenty pounds to be payd within six months next after my decease.&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;Item&#039;&#039;. I give and bequeath unto the poor of the parish of Wellow Twenty shillings to be payd at the end of six months next after my decease.&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;Item&#039;&#039;. I give and bequeath unto my son George five pounds to be payd at the end of twelve months next after my decease.&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;Item&#039;&#039;. I give and bequeath unto my son Robert his son Forty shillings to be payd when he cometh to the age of one and Twenty years.&lt;br /&gt;
* All the rest of my goods and Chattles ... I give and bequeath unto my son John Aldridge whom I do constitute and make my whole and sole Executor...&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
This Nicholas Aldridge was buried in Wellow on 4 July 1661, nine days after this will was signed.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Empson, 168 ([https://books.google.com/books?id=FacLAAAAYAAJ&amp;amp;pg=PA168 Google Books], [https://archive.org/details/indextoregister00wellgoog/page/n180/mode/2up Internet Archive]).&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
There is no mention of a son Nicholas. Did his son Nicholas die young? Did he, being a younger son, not receive any inheritance? It seems unlikely to me that after leaving money to three sons and a number of grandchildren, he would not have left anything at all to a younger child. Could his son Nicholas have been disinherited? That seems especially unlikely, given that the Nicholas born in Wellow in 1653 would be only seven years old.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
So if the Nicholas born 1653 did die in infancy, there is at least no record of his burial. But a Nicholas dying in 1661 and one dying in 1673 does suggest that either there were two men named Nicholas Aldridge who were contemporaries in the same parish, or — the one who died in 1673 was the son of the one who died in 1661.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== References ==&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;references&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/references&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Joseph</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://wiki.jtrichardson.com/index.php?title=Aldridge_of_Wellow&amp;diff=843</id>
		<title>Aldridge of Wellow</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://wiki.jtrichardson.com/index.php?title=Aldridge_of_Wellow&amp;diff=843"/>
		<updated>2025-08-14T20:02:37Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Joseph: Formatting.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;== Overview ==&lt;br /&gt;
Various researchers have attached my ancestor [[Nicholas Aldridge]] to the family of Aldridge in [[wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wellow,_Hampshire|Wellow Parish]], which today is in the county of Hampshire, but historically spanned the county boundary between Wiltshire and Hampshire. The name Nicholas Aldridge has repeated in that family since the sixteenth century, and been documented in the registers of the parish. But in lieu of concrete evidence linking Nicholas Aldridge of Anne Arundel County, Maryland, back to a family in England, I consider the connection only speculative. This page documents my research. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Parish registers ==&lt;br /&gt;
Transcripts of the parish registers of Wellow Parish are included in the [https://www.familysearch.org FamilySearch] database [https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/1473014 England Births and Christenings, 1538–1975]. C. W. Empson also published an index of the registers in 1889, which is available on Google Books and the Internet Archive.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Charles W. Empson, &#039;&#039;Index of the Registers of Baptisms, Marriages, &amp;amp; Burials of the Parish of Wellow in the Counties of Southampton and Wiltshire&#039;&#039; (London: Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1889), 168 ([https://books.google.com/books?id=FacLAAAAYAAJ Google Books], [https://archive.org/details/indextoregister00wellgoog Internet Archive]).&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== Births ===&lt;br /&gt;
Four people named &#039;&#039;Nicholas Aldridge&#039;&#039; appear in the baptismal register:&lt;br /&gt;
* Nicholas Aldridge, baptized 30 Nov 1587&lt;br /&gt;
* Nicholas Aldridge, baptized 9 Apr 1598, son of Nicholas Aldridge&lt;br /&gt;
* Nicholas Aldridge, baptized 28 Dec 1653, son of Nicholas Aldridge&lt;br /&gt;
* Nicholas Aldridge, baptized 5 Mar 1665, son of George Aldridge&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Eight people are listed in the baptismal register with &#039;&#039;Nicholas Aldridge&#039;&#039; as a father, falling into two distinct groups:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
* Group 1 (1630–1638)&lt;br /&gt;
** Andrew Aldridge, baptized 28 Dec 1630, son of Nicholas Aldridge&lt;br /&gt;
** George Aldridge, baptized May 1633, son of Nicholas Aldridge&lt;br /&gt;
** Robert Aldridge, baptized 8 Sep 1635, son of Nicholas Aldridge&lt;br /&gt;
** Michael Aldridge, baptized 28 Nov 1638, son of Nicholas Aldridge&lt;br /&gt;
* Group 2 (1653–1661)&lt;br /&gt;
** Nicholas Aldridge, baptized 28 Dec 1653, son of Nicholas Aldridge&lt;br /&gt;
** Jane Aldridge, baptized 26 Jun 1655, daughter of Nicholas and Margaret Aldridge&lt;br /&gt;
** Mary Aldridge, baptized 11 May 1657, daughter of Nicholas and Margaret Aldridge&lt;br /&gt;
** Jone Aldridge, baptized 5 Jul 1661, daughter of Nicholas and Margaret Aldridge&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== Burials ===&lt;br /&gt;
* Nicholas Aldridge, 23 May 1578.&lt;br /&gt;
* Nicholas Aldridge, 26 May 1579.&lt;br /&gt;
* Nicholas Aldridge, 23 Jan 1588.&lt;br /&gt;
* Nicholas Aldridge, 4 Jul 1661.&lt;br /&gt;
* Nicholas Aldridge (infant), 8 Mar 1664-65.&lt;br /&gt;
* Nicholas Aldridge, 21 Apr 1673.&lt;br /&gt;
* Nicholas Aldridge, 28 Aug 1708. (Of Bramshaw.)&lt;br /&gt;
* Nicholas Aldridge (22 years old), 26 Sep 1737.&lt;br /&gt;
* Nicholas Aldridge, 11 Nov 1759.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Other records ==&lt;br /&gt;
=== Will of Nicholas Aldridge of West Wellow, Wiltshire, 1661 ===&lt;br /&gt;
The will of Nicholas Aldridge, Gentleman of West Wellow, Wiltshire, was signed 25 June 1661 and probated 3 June 1662.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Will of Nicholas Aldridg, Gentleman of West Wellow, Wiltshire, Reference PROB 11/308/263, [https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D839842 The National Archives] (United Kingdom).&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; It bequeaths:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;Item&#039;&#039;. I give and bequeath unto my Grandchildren John Kent, Martha Kent, Mary Kent, and Jane Kent Forty shillings a piece to be paid when they come to the age of one and Twenty years.&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;Item&#039;&#039;. I give and bequeath unto the Children of my Son John Aldridge, Jane and Margaret Aldridge, Forty shillings a piece to be paid when they come to the age of one and Twenty years.&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;Item&#039;&#039;. I give unto my Son Michael Twenty pounds to be payd within six months next after my decease.&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;Item&#039;&#039;. I give and bequeath unto the poor of the parish of Wellow Twenty shillings to be payd at the end of six months next after my decease.&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;Item&#039;&#039;. I give and bequeath unto my son George five pounds to be payd at the end of twelve months next after my decease.&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;Item&#039;&#039;. I give and bequeath unto my son Robert his son Forty shillings to be payd when he cometh to the age of one and Twenty years.&lt;br /&gt;
* All the rest of my goods and Chattles ... I give and bequeath unto my son John Aldridge whom I do constitute and make my whole and sole Executor...&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
This Nicholas Aldridge was buried in Wellow on 4 July 1661, nine days after this will was signed.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Empson, 168 ([https://books.google.com/books?id=FacLAAAAYAAJ&amp;amp;pg=PA168 Google Books], [https://archive.org/details/indextoregister00wellgoog/page/n180/mode/2up Internet Archive]).&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
There is no mention of a son Nicholas. Did his son Nicholas die young? Did he, being a younger son, not receive any inheritance? It seems unlikely to me that after leaving money to three sons and a number of grandchildren, he would not have left anything at all to a younger child. Could his son Nicholas have been disinherited? That seems especially unlikely, given that the Nicholas born in Wellow in 1653 would be only seven years old.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
So if the Nicholas born 1653 did die in infancy, there is at least no record of his burial. But a Nicholas dying in 1661 and one dying in 1673 does suggest that either there were two men named Nicholas Aldridge who were contemporaries in the same parish, or — the one who died in 1673 was the son of the one who died in 1661.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== References ==&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;references&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/references&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Joseph</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://wiki.jtrichardson.com/index.php?title=Aldridge_of_Wellow&amp;diff=842</id>
		<title>Aldridge of Wellow</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://wiki.jtrichardson.com/index.php?title=Aldridge_of_Wellow&amp;diff=842"/>
		<updated>2025-08-14T20:01:42Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Joseph: /* Parish registers */ Births.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;== Overview ==&lt;br /&gt;
Various researchers have attached my ancestor [[Nicholas Aldridge]] to the family of Aldridge in [[wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wellow,_Hampshire|Wellow Parish]], which today is in the county of Hampshire, but historically spanned the county boundary between Wiltshire and Hampshire. The name Nicholas Aldridge has repeated in that family since the sixteenth century, and been documented in the registers of the parish. But in lieu of concrete evidence linking Nicholas Aldridge of Anne Arundel County, Maryland, back to a family in England, I consider the connection only speculative. This page documents my research. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Parish registers ==&lt;br /&gt;
Transcripts of the parish registers of Wellow Parish are included in the [https://www.familysearch.org FamilySearch] database [https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/1473014 England Births and Christenings, 1538–1975].&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== Births ===&lt;br /&gt;
Four people named &#039;&#039;Nicholas Aldridge&#039;&#039; appear in the baptismal register:&lt;br /&gt;
* Nicholas Aldridge, baptized 30 Nov 1587&lt;br /&gt;
* Nicholas Aldridge, baptized 9 Apr 1598, son of Nicholas Aldridge&lt;br /&gt;
* Nicholas Aldridge, baptized 28 Dec 1653, son of Nicholas Aldridge&lt;br /&gt;
* Nicholas Aldridge, baptized 5 Mar 1665, son of George Aldridge&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Eight people are listed in the baptismal register with &#039;&#039;Nicholas Aldridge&#039;&#039; as a father, falling into two distinct groups:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
* Group 1 (1630–1638)&lt;br /&gt;
** Andrew Aldridge, baptized 28 Dec 1630, son of Nicholas Aldridge&lt;br /&gt;
** George Aldridge, baptized May 1633, son of Nicholas Aldridge&lt;br /&gt;
** Robert Aldridge, baptized 8 Sep 1635, son of Nicholas Aldridge&lt;br /&gt;
** Michael Aldridge, baptized 28 Nov 1638, son of Nicholas Aldridge&lt;br /&gt;
* Group 2 (1653–1661)&lt;br /&gt;
** Nicholas Aldridge, baptized 28 Dec 1653, son of Nicholas Aldridge&lt;br /&gt;
** Jane Aldridge, baptized 26 Jun 1655, daughter of Nicholas and Margaret Aldridge&lt;br /&gt;
** Mary Aldridge, baptized 11 May 1657, daughter of Nicholas and Margaret Aldridge&lt;br /&gt;
** Jone Aldridge, baptized 5 Jul 1661, daughter of Nicholas and Margaret Aldridge&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
C. W. Empson also published an index of the registers in 1889, which is available on Google Books and the Internet Archive.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Charles W. Empson, &#039;&#039;Index of the Registers of Baptisms, Marriages, &amp;amp; Burials of the Parish of Wellow in the Counties of Southampton and Wiltshire&#039;&#039; (London: Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1889), 168 ([https://books.google.com/books?id=FacLAAAAYAAJ Google Books], [https://archive.org/details/indextoregister00wellgoog Internet Archive]).&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== Burials ===&lt;br /&gt;
* Nicholas Aldridge, 23 May 1578.&lt;br /&gt;
* Nicholas Aldridge, 26 May 1579.&lt;br /&gt;
* Nicholas Aldridge, 23 Jan 1588.&lt;br /&gt;
* Nicholas Aldridge, 4 Jul 1661.&lt;br /&gt;
* Nicholas Aldridge (infant), 8 Mar 1664-65.&lt;br /&gt;
* Nicholas Aldridge, 21 Apr 1673.&lt;br /&gt;
* Nicholas Aldridge, 28 Aug 1708. (Of Bramshaw.)&lt;br /&gt;
* Nicholas Aldridge (22 years old), 26 Sep 1737.&lt;br /&gt;
* Nicholas Aldridge, 11 Nov 1759.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Other records ==&lt;br /&gt;
=== Will of Nicholas Aldridge of West Wellow, Wiltshire, 1661 ===&lt;br /&gt;
The will of Nicholas Aldridge, Gentleman of West Wellow, Wiltshire, was signed 25 June 1661 and probated 3 June 1662.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Will of Nicholas Aldridg, Gentleman of West Wellow, Wiltshire, Reference PROB 11/308/263, [https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D839842 The National Archives] (United Kingdom).&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; It bequeaths:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;Item&#039;&#039;. I give and bequeath unto my Grandchildren John Kent, Martha Kent, Mary Kent, and Jane Kent Forty shillings a piece to be paid when they come to the age of one and Twenty years.&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;Item&#039;&#039;. I give and bequeath unto the Children of my Son John Aldridge, Jane and Margaret Aldridge, Forty shillings a piece to be paid when they come to the age of one and Twenty years.&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;Item&#039;&#039;. I give unto my Son Michael Twenty pounds to be payd within six months next after my decease.&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;Item&#039;&#039;. I give and bequeath unto the poor of the parish of Wellow Twenty shillings to be payd at the end of six months next after my decease.&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;Item&#039;&#039;. I give and bequeath unto my son George five pounds to be payd at the end of twelve months next after my decease.&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;Item&#039;&#039;. I give and bequeath unto my son Robert his son Forty shillings to be payd when he cometh to the age of one and Twenty years.&lt;br /&gt;
* All the rest of my goods and Chattles ... I give and bequeath unto my son John Aldridge whom I do constitute and make my whole and sole Executor...&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
This Nicholas Aldridge was buried in Wellow on 4 July 1661, nine days after this will was signed.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Empson, 168 ([https://books.google.com/books?id=FacLAAAAYAAJ&amp;amp;pg=PA168 Google Books], [https://archive.org/details/indextoregister00wellgoog/page/n180/mode/2up Internet Archive]).&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
There is no mention of a son Nicholas. Did his son Nicholas die young? Did he, being a younger son, not receive any inheritance? It seems unlikely to me that after leaving money to three sons and a number of grandchildren, he would not have left anything at all to a younger child. Could his son Nicholas have been disinherited? That seems especially unlikely, given that the Nicholas born in Wellow in 1653 would be only seven years old.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
So if the Nicholas born 1653 did die in infancy, there is at least no record of his burial. But a Nicholas dying in 1661 and one dying in 1673 does suggest that either there were two men named Nicholas Aldridge who were contemporaries in the same parish, or — the one who died in 1673 was the son of the one who died in 1661.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== References ==&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;references&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/references&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Joseph</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://wiki.jtrichardson.com/index.php?title=Aldridge_Surname_DNA_Project&amp;diff=841</id>
		<title>Aldridge Surname DNA Project</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://wiki.jtrichardson.com/index.php?title=Aldridge_Surname_DNA_Project&amp;diff=841"/>
		<updated>2025-08-14T15:02:10Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Joseph: Fix Big Y spelling.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;== Overview ==&lt;br /&gt;
The &#039;&#039;&#039;Aldridge Surname DNA Project&#039;&#039;&#039; at [https://www.familytreedna.com/groups/aldridge/about Family Tree DNA] has conducted DNA research on the Y-DNA of several Aldridge-Alldredge paternal lines. It has documented two major Aldridge-Alldredge family lineages in the United States:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;Haplogroup R-U106&#039;&#039;&#039; – including presumed descendants of [[Nicholas Aldridge|Nicholas Aldridge (d. 1708)]] of Anne Arundel County, Maryland, and [[William Alldredge (b. 1702)]] of Randolph County, North Carolina.&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;Haplogroup I-M223&#039;&#039;&#039; – including descendants of [[Nathaniel Aldridge Sr.]], [[Joseph Aldridge]] and [[Francis Aldridge]].&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Several other Aldridge men with unique lineages (i.e. they do not match any other Aldridge men) have also been identified.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
These results have created a state of crisis in Aldridge genealogy, disrupting many family genealogies that were previously considered established, and calling into question conclusions and connections that have stood for years. Both a thorough reevaluation of records and documents, and additional testing of as many descendants as will participate, will be necessary to resolve these issues.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Analysis ==&lt;br /&gt;
On account of [[William Alldredge (b. 1702)|William Alldredge-Aldridge]], [[Nathaniel Aldridge Sr.|Nathaniel Aldridge]], and [[Joseph Aldridge]] all taking land grants in colonial Orange County, North Carolina within a decade or so of each other, between 1755 and 1762, many researchers have previously concluded that they all belonged to the same family, presuming they were brothers and sons of [[Nicholas Aldridge]] of Anne Arundel County, North Carolina. The Y-DNA indicates otherwise. Descendants of each of these men have tested their Y-DNA, one from Nathaniel, two from Joseph, and five from William. The testers from Nathaniel and Joseph match each other, having haplogroup I-M223. The descendants of William all match each other, having haplogroup R-U106. But the two groups do not match each other. They are decidedly different, unrelated families.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The descendants of Nathaniel and Joseph also match two testers from [[Francis Aldridge]] of Surry County, Virginia, whom I have not been able to relate to them by records. This appears to show that the R-U106 group is its own Aldridge lineage, extending beyond the two men in colonial Orange County and probably back to Britain.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The descendants of William Alldredge also match two other testers, a descendant of [[Thomas Aldridge]], born 1680 in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, and a descendant of [[Nicholas Aldridge (b. 1698)]], both documented sons of Nicholas Aldridge. Thomas&#039;s family remained in Maryland for several generations, while Nicholas Jr.&#039;s family soon went to Kentucky. These DNA matches between descendants of Nicholas&#039;s several sons offers firm proof of each&#039;s connection to Nicholas.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Lineages ==&lt;br /&gt;
=== R-U106 Group ===&lt;br /&gt;
The R-U106 lineage is represented by eight Y-DNA testers. Their ancestry is as follows:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;div class=&amp;quot;tight-list mw-collapsible&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Nicholas Aldridge]] (d. 1708 Anne Arundel, Md.)&lt;br /&gt;
** [[Thomas Aldridge]] (b. 1680 Anne Arundel, Md., d. c. 1712 Maryland) md. Elizabeth Purdy &lt;br /&gt;
*** John Aldridge (b. 1712 Anne Arundel, Md., d. 1750 Prince George, Md.) md. Eleanor Watkins&lt;br /&gt;
**** Thomas Aldridge (b. 1744 Maryland, d. Kentucky) md. Elizabeth Crow&lt;br /&gt;
***** 2 testers: #854545 (Big Y-700), #72939 (Y37)&lt;br /&gt;
** [[Nicholas Aldridge (b. 1698)|Nicholas Aldridge]] (b. 1698 Anne Arundel, Md., d. 1758 Anne Arundel, Md.)&lt;br /&gt;
*** William Aldridge (b. 1704 Anne Arundel, Md., d. 1807 Clark, Ky.)&lt;br /&gt;
**** William Aldridge (b. 1757 Clark, Ky., d. 1832 Clark, Ky.)&lt;br /&gt;
***** 1 tester: #997450 (Big Y-700)&lt;br /&gt;
** [[William Alldredge (b. 1702)|William Alldredge]] (b. 1702 Anne Arundel, Md., d. 1789 Randolph, N.C.)&lt;br /&gt;
*** [[William Alldredge (b. 1729)|William Alldredge]] (b. 1729 Randolph, N.C., d. 1789 Randolph, N.C.)&lt;br /&gt;
**** Ezekiel Aldridge (b. 1757 Randolph, N.C., d. 1824 Posey, Ind.) md. Rachel Huff&lt;br /&gt;
***** 4 testers: #B704071 (Big Y-700), #860485 (Y111), #17831 (Y37), #69744 (Y37)&lt;br /&gt;
*** [[Nathan Alldredge]] (b. 1739 Randolph, N.C., d. 1826 Knox, Tenn.) md. Hannah&lt;br /&gt;
**** [[Andrew Alldredge]] (b. 1782 Randolph, N.C., 1848 Blount, Ala.) md. Leah Chaney&lt;br /&gt;
***** 1 tester: #957073 (Big Y-700)&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/div&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The four R-U106 Big Y testers have led to the discovery of the lineage&#039;s terminal SNP: &#039;&#039;&#039;R-FTC89975&#039;&#039;&#039;, a subclade of R-Z154. According to Family Tree DNA&#039;s analysis, the median time-to-most-recent-common-ancestor (TMRCA) for this group of testers is about 1583 CE, approaching reasonably close to the supposed birthdate of Nicholas Aldridge of 1653. Further, the two Big Y testers for William have led to the discovery of a new SNP and haplogroup, &#039;&#039;&#039;R-FTB32679&#039;&#039;&#039;. If it is true that Thomas and William were brothers, then this SNP appears to have originated with William (b. 1702) himself.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;div class=&amp;quot;mw-collapsible tree-chart&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{Tree chart/start|align=center|summary=Aldridge-Alldredge Y-DNA}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Tree chart| |  U106|   |   |   |   | | | |DATE|U106=R-U106|DATE=~2950 BCE|border_DATE=0|boxstyle_DATE=color:red}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Tree chart| | |    Q      }}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Tree chart| |  Z301|   |   |   |   | | | |DATE|Z301=R-Z301|DATE=~2500 BCE|border_DATE=0|boxstyle_DATE=color:red}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Tree chart| | |    Q      }}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Tree chart| |  Z154   |   |   |   |   | | | |DATE|Z154=R-Z154|DATE=~250 CE|border_DATE=0|boxstyle_DATE=color:red}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Tree chart| | |    !      |   |   |   |   |     }}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Tree chart| |  FTC89975   | - | - | - | . | | | |DATE|FTC89975=R-FTC89975 |DATE=~1600 CE|border_DATE=0|boxstyle_DATE=color:red}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Tree chart| |  FTC89975   |   |   |   | ! | | | FTC89975=Other descendants of&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;Nicholas Aldridge | border=0 | boxstyle=font-style:italic;font-size:80%}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Tree chart| |             |   |   |   |  | FTB32679 | | |DATE | FTB32679=R-FTB32679 |DATE=~1650 CE|border_DATE=0|boxstyle_DATE=color:red }}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Tree chart| |             |   |   |   |  | FTB32679 | FTB32679=Descendants of&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;William Aldridge (b. 1702) | border=0 | boxstyle=font-style:italic;font-size:80%}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Tree chart/end}}&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/div&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== I-M223 Group ===&lt;br /&gt;
The I-M223 group is represented by these testers:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;div class=&amp;quot;tight-list mw-collapsible&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Nathaniel Aldridge Sr.]], b. ca. 1730, d. bef. 1800 in S.C., md. Rosamond&lt;br /&gt;
** [[Nathaniel Aldridge Jr.]], b. ca. 1760 S.C., d. aft. 1830 in Lawrence County, Alabama&lt;br /&gt;
*** James Aldridge, b. 1796 Abbeville, S.C., d. 1878 Lawrence, Ala., md. Nancy Alexander&lt;br /&gt;
**** William A. Aldridge, b. 1836 Lawrence, Ala., d. 1920 Lawrence, Ala., md. Clara Anna Elizabeth Boyer&lt;br /&gt;
***** 1 test #236472 (Y67)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Joseph Aldridge]], b. c. 1730-40, d. c. 1808 Person, N.C.&lt;br /&gt;
** Peter Aldridge, b. 1763 Person, N.C., d. 1813 Person, N.C., md. Judith Waggoner&lt;br /&gt;
*** John Aldridge, b. c. 1793 N.C., d. 1870 Kentucky, md. Dicey Taylor&lt;br /&gt;
**** Nelson Aldridge, b. 1838 Orange, N.C., d. Louisville, N.C., md. Sarah Lynn&lt;br /&gt;
***** 1 test: #293040 (Y67)&lt;br /&gt;
*** Joseph Aldridge b. Caswell NC, d. 1877 NC md. Mary&lt;br /&gt;
***** 1 test #222330 (Y37)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
* [[James Aldridge (b. ca. 1742)|James Aldridge]], b. ca. 1742, d. 1815 Pike, Ky., md. Rachel Beicher&lt;br /&gt;
** James Allred Beicher Aldridge, b. 1761 Montgomery, Va., d. 1822 Pike, Ky.&lt;br /&gt;
*** James Treadway Aldridge, b. 1785 W. Va., d. 1868 Greenbrier, W. Va., md. Elizabeth Callway&lt;br /&gt;
**** Benjamin Aldridge, b. 1832, d. 1922 Avery, N.C., md. Emilia Burleson&lt;br /&gt;
***** 1 test #1026652 (Big Y-700) &#039;&#039;&#039;I-FTC79588&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Francis Aldridge]], b. c. 1730 Surry, Virginia, d. c. 1770 Wilkes, N.C., md. Henrietta Prince&lt;br /&gt;
** Prince William Aldridge, b. c. 1770 Wilkes, N.C., d. c. 1860 Marion, Ala., md. Mary Ann Coons&lt;br /&gt;
*** Ashley Aldridge, b. 1796 Tennessee, d. c. 1860 Fayette, Ala., md. Celia Aldridge&lt;br /&gt;
**** Alford Franklin Aldridge, b. 1825 Fayette, Ala., d. 1873 Cleburne, Ark., md. Nancy Ann Hardin&lt;br /&gt;
***** 1 test: #409109 (Y67)&lt;br /&gt;
**** James A. Aldridge, b. c. 1830 Fayette, Ala., d. 1862 Rutherford, Tenn., md. Rahama Box&lt;br /&gt;
***** 1 test: #180055 (Y67)&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/div&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
All of these testers are matches to each other, within a genetic distance of 2 from a modal haplotype. A sixth tester in the I-M223 group, only tested at Y12 (12 STR markers), is a genetic distance of 6 from the mode for the other five. To have such a great genetic distance at even such a broad level of testing suggests this man probably is not related to the others at all within a genealogical timeframe.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;div class=&amp;quot;tight-list&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* Drury Aldridge 1734-1793 b. Northumberland Va. d. Greene NC&lt;br /&gt;
** Jesse Aldridge 1758-1796 md. Anne Hardy b. Greene NC&lt;br /&gt;
*** Lemuel Hardy Aldridge md. Mary Harvey b. Greene NC&lt;br /&gt;
**** Kintchen Aldridge b. 1823 NC&lt;br /&gt;
***** 1 tester: #N51497 (Y12)&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/div&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Since none of the I-M223 testers have tested to the Big Y level or otherwise done any SNP testing, or even tested their STRs up to 67 markers (which would allow a more refined estimate from [https://www.nevgen.org/ NevGen]), their terminal SNP beyond the broad I-M223 is not available. From this broad estimate alone, it is conclusively shown that this group has not shared a common ancestor with the R-U106 group in about 50,000 years. Anecdotally, according to sightings of possible descendants on 23andMe, it appears they might be in haplogroup &#039;&#039;&#039;I-L1425&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;div class=&amp;quot;mw-collapsible tree-chart&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{Tree chart/start|align=center|summary=Y-DNA of Different Aldridge Lines}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Tree chart| |  L15     |   |   |   |   |    | |DATE|L15=IJK-L15|DATE=~44,000 BCE|border_DATE=0|boxstyle_DATE=color:red}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Tree chart| | |    H   | P | P | P |    M9  | |DATE|M9=K-M9|DATE=~43,000 BCE|border_DATE=0|boxstyle_DATE=color:red}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Tree chart| | |    Q   |   |   |   |  | Q  }}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Tree chart| | |    Q   |   |   |   |  | Q  }}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Tree chart| | |    Q   |   |   |   |   M207 | |DATE|M207=R-M207|DATE=~26,000 BCE|border_DATE=0|boxstyle_DATE=color:red}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Tree chart| | |    Q   |   |   |   |  | Q  }}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Tree chart| |   M223   |   |   |   | Q  | |   |DATE|M223=I-M223 |DATE=~15,000 CE|border_DATE=0|boxstyle_DATE=color:red}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Tree chart| |   M223   |   |   |   | Q  | |    |M223=Descendants of&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;Nathaniel Aldridge (b. ~1730),&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;Joseph Aldridge (b. ~1735),&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;and Francis Aldridge (b. ~1730s)| border=0 | boxstyle=font-style:italic;font-size:80%}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Tree chart| | |        |   |   |   |  | Q  }}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Tree chart| | |        |   |   |   | M269 | |DATE|M269=R-M269|DATE=~4,350 BCE|border_DATE=0|boxstyle_DATE=color:red}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Tree chart| | |        |   |   |   |  | Q  }}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Tree chart| |             |   |   |   |  | U106| |DATE | U106=R-U106 |DATE=~2,950 BCE|border_DATE=0|boxstyle_DATE=color:red }}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Tree chart| |             |   |   |   |  | U106| U106=Descendants of&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;Nicholas Aldridge | border=0 | boxstyle=font-style:italic;font-size:80%}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Tree chart/end}}&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/div&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Joseph</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://wiki.jtrichardson.com/index.php?title=Aldridge_Surname_DNA_Project&amp;diff=840</id>
		<title>Aldridge Surname DNA Project</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://wiki.jtrichardson.com/index.php?title=Aldridge_Surname_DNA_Project&amp;diff=840"/>
		<updated>2025-08-14T15:01:06Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Joseph: /* I-M223 Group */ Add James Aldridge tester.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;== Overview ==&lt;br /&gt;
The &#039;&#039;&#039;Aldridge Surname DNA Project&#039;&#039;&#039; at [https://www.familytreedna.com/groups/aldridge/about Family Tree DNA] has conducted DNA research on the Y-DNA of several Aldridge-Alldredge paternal lines. It has documented two major Aldridge-Alldredge family lineages in the United States:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;Haplogroup R-U106&#039;&#039;&#039; – including presumed descendants of [[Nicholas Aldridge|Nicholas Aldridge (d. 1708)]] of Anne Arundel County, Maryland, and [[William Alldredge (b. 1702)]] of Randolph County, North Carolina.&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;Haplogroup I-M223&#039;&#039;&#039; – including descendants of [[Nathaniel Aldridge Sr.]], [[Joseph Aldridge]] and [[Francis Aldridge]].&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Several other Aldridge men with unique lineages (i.e. they do not match any other Aldridge men) have also been identified.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
These results have created a state of crisis in Aldridge genealogy, disrupting many family genealogies that were previously considered established, and calling into question conclusions and connections that have stood for years. Both a thorough reevaluation of records and documents, and additional testing of as many descendants as will participate, will be necessary to resolve these issues.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Analysis ==&lt;br /&gt;
On account of [[William Alldredge (b. 1702)|William Alldredge-Aldridge]], [[Nathaniel Aldridge Sr.|Nathaniel Aldridge]], and [[Joseph Aldridge]] all taking land grants in colonial Orange County, North Carolina within a decade or so of each other, between 1755 and 1762, many researchers have previously concluded that they all belonged to the same family, presuming they were brothers and sons of [[Nicholas Aldridge]] of Anne Arundel County, North Carolina. The Y-DNA indicates otherwise. Descendants of each of these men have tested their Y-DNA, one from Nathaniel, two from Joseph, and five from William. The testers from Nathaniel and Joseph match each other, having haplogroup I-M223. The descendants of William all match each other, having haplogroup R-U106. But the two groups do not match each other. They are decidedly different, unrelated families.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The descendants of Nathaniel and Joseph also match two testers from [[Francis Aldridge]] of Surry County, Virginia, whom I have not been able to relate to them by records. This appears to show that the R-U106 group is its own Aldridge lineage, extending beyond the two men in colonial Orange County and probably back to Britain.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The descendants of William Alldredge also match two other testers, a descendant of [[Thomas Aldridge]], born 1680 in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, and a descendant of [[Nicholas Aldridge (b. 1698)]], both documented sons of Nicholas Aldridge. Thomas&#039;s family remained in Maryland for several generations, while Nicholas Jr.&#039;s family soon went to Kentucky. These DNA matches between descendants of Nicholas&#039;s several sons offers firm proof of each&#039;s connection to Nicholas.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Lineages ==&lt;br /&gt;
=== R-U106 Group ===&lt;br /&gt;
The R-U106 lineage is represented by eight Y-DNA testers. Their ancestry is as follows:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;div class=&amp;quot;tight-list mw-collapsible&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Nicholas Aldridge]] (d. 1708 Anne Arundel, Md.)&lt;br /&gt;
** [[Thomas Aldridge]] (b. 1680 Anne Arundel, Md., d. c. 1712 Maryland) md. Elizabeth Purdy &lt;br /&gt;
*** John Aldridge (b. 1712 Anne Arundel, Md., d. 1750 Prince George, Md.) md. Eleanor Watkins&lt;br /&gt;
**** Thomas Aldridge (b. 1744 Maryland, d. Kentucky) md. Elizabeth Crow&lt;br /&gt;
***** 2 testers: #854545 (Big-Y 700), #72939 (Y37)&lt;br /&gt;
** [[Nicholas Aldridge (b. 1698)|Nicholas Aldridge]] (b. 1698 Anne Arundel, Md., d. 1758 Anne Arundel, Md.)&lt;br /&gt;
*** William Aldridge (b. 1704 Anne Arundel, Md., d. 1807 Clark, Ky.)&lt;br /&gt;
**** William Aldridge (b. 1757 Clark, Ky., d. 1832 Clark, Ky.)&lt;br /&gt;
***** 1 tester: #997450 (Big-Y 700)&lt;br /&gt;
** [[William Alldredge (b. 1702)|William Alldredge]] (b. 1702 Anne Arundel, Md., d. 1789 Randolph, N.C.)&lt;br /&gt;
*** [[William Alldredge (b. 1729)|William Alldredge]] (b. 1729 Randolph, N.C., d. 1789 Randolph, N.C.)&lt;br /&gt;
**** Ezekiel Aldridge (b. 1757 Randolph, N.C., d. 1824 Posey, Ind.) md. Rachel Huff&lt;br /&gt;
***** 4 testers: #B704071 (Big-Y 700), #860485 (Y111), #17831 (Y37), #69744 (Y37)&lt;br /&gt;
*** [[Nathan Alldredge]] (b. 1739 Randolph, N.C., d. 1826 Knox, Tenn.) md. Hannah&lt;br /&gt;
**** [[Andrew Alldredge]] (b. 1782 Randolph, N.C., 1848 Blount, Ala.) md. Leah Chaney&lt;br /&gt;
***** 1 tester: #957073 (Big-Y 700)&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/div&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The four R-U106 Big-Y testers have led to the discovery of the lineage&#039;s terminal SNP: &#039;&#039;&#039;R-FTC89975&#039;&#039;&#039;, a subclade of R-Z154. According to Family Tree DNA&#039;s analysis, the median time-to-most-recent-common-ancestor (TMRCA) for this group of testers is about 1583 CE, approaching reasonably close to the supposed birthdate of Nicholas Aldridge of 1653. Further, the two Big-Y testers for William have led to the discovery of a new SNP and haplogroup, &#039;&#039;&#039;R-FTB32679&#039;&#039;&#039;. If it is true that Thomas and William were brothers, then this SNP appears to have originated with William (b. 1702) himself.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;div class=&amp;quot;mw-collapsible tree-chart&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{Tree chart/start|align=center|summary=Aldridge-Alldredge Y-DNA}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Tree chart| |  U106|   |   |   |   | | | |DATE|U106=R-U106|DATE=~2950 BCE|border_DATE=0|boxstyle_DATE=color:red}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Tree chart| | |    Q      }}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Tree chart| |  Z301|   |   |   |   | | | |DATE|Z301=R-Z301|DATE=~2500 BCE|border_DATE=0|boxstyle_DATE=color:red}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Tree chart| | |    Q      }}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Tree chart| |  Z154   |   |   |   |   | | | |DATE|Z154=R-Z154|DATE=~250 CE|border_DATE=0|boxstyle_DATE=color:red}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Tree chart| | |    !      |   |   |   |   |     }}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Tree chart| |  FTC89975   | - | - | - | . | | | |DATE|FTC89975=R-FTC89975 |DATE=~1600 CE|border_DATE=0|boxstyle_DATE=color:red}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Tree chart| |  FTC89975   |   |   |   | ! | | | FTC89975=Other descendants of&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;Nicholas Aldridge | border=0 | boxstyle=font-style:italic;font-size:80%}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Tree chart| |             |   |   |   |  | FTB32679 | | |DATE | FTB32679=R-FTB32679 |DATE=~1650 CE|border_DATE=0|boxstyle_DATE=color:red }}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Tree chart| |             |   |   |   |  | FTB32679 | FTB32679=Descendants of&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;William Aldridge (b. 1702) | border=0 | boxstyle=font-style:italic;font-size:80%}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Tree chart/end}}&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/div&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== I-M223 Group ===&lt;br /&gt;
The I-M223 group is represented by these testers:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;div class=&amp;quot;tight-list mw-collapsible&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Nathaniel Aldridge Sr.]], b. ca. 1730, d. bef. 1800 in S.C., md. Rosamond&lt;br /&gt;
** [[Nathaniel Aldridge Jr.]], b. ca. 1760 S.C., d. aft. 1830 in Lawrence County, Alabama&lt;br /&gt;
*** James Aldridge, b. 1796 Abbeville, S.C., d. 1878 Lawrence, Ala., md. Nancy Alexander&lt;br /&gt;
**** William A. Aldridge, b. 1836 Lawrence, Ala., d. 1920 Lawrence, Ala., md. Clara Anna Elizabeth Boyer&lt;br /&gt;
***** 1 test #236472 (Y67)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Joseph Aldridge]], b. c. 1730-40, d. c. 1808 Person, N.C.&lt;br /&gt;
** Peter Aldridge, b. 1763 Person, N.C., d. 1813 Person, N.C., md. Judith Waggoner&lt;br /&gt;
*** John Aldridge, b. c. 1793 N.C., d. 1870 Kentucky, md. Dicey Taylor&lt;br /&gt;
**** Nelson Aldridge, b. 1838 Orange, N.C., d. Louisville, N.C., md. Sarah Lynn&lt;br /&gt;
***** 1 test: #293040 (Y67)&lt;br /&gt;
*** Joseph Aldridge b. Caswell NC, d. 1877 NC md. Mary&lt;br /&gt;
***** 1 test #222330 (Y37)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
* [[James Aldridge (b. ca. 1742)|James Aldridge]], b. ca. 1742, d. 1815 Pike, Ky., md. Rachel Beicher&lt;br /&gt;
** James Allred Beicher Aldridge, b. 1761 Montgomery, Va., d. 1822 Pike, Ky.&lt;br /&gt;
*** James Treadway Aldridge, b. 1785 W. Va., d. 1868 Greenbrier, W. Va., md. Elizabeth Callway&lt;br /&gt;
**** Benjamin Aldridge, b. 1832, d. 1922 Avery, N.C., md. Emilia Burleson&lt;br /&gt;
***** 1 test #1026652 (Big Y) &#039;&#039;&#039;I-FTC79588&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Francis Aldridge]], b. c. 1730 Surry, Virginia, d. c. 1770 Wilkes, N.C., md. Henrietta Prince&lt;br /&gt;
** Prince William Aldridge, b. c. 1770 Wilkes, N.C., d. c. 1860 Marion, Ala., md. Mary Ann Coons&lt;br /&gt;
*** Ashley Aldridge, b. 1796 Tennessee, d. c. 1860 Fayette, Ala., md. Celia Aldridge&lt;br /&gt;
**** Alford Franklin Aldridge, b. 1825 Fayette, Ala., d. 1873 Cleburne, Ark., md. Nancy Ann Hardin&lt;br /&gt;
***** 1 test: #409109 (Y67)&lt;br /&gt;
**** James A. Aldridge, b. c. 1830 Fayette, Ala., d. 1862 Rutherford, Tenn., md. Rahama Box&lt;br /&gt;
***** 1 test: #180055 (Y67)&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/div&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
All of these testers are matches to each other, within a genetic distance of 2 from a modal haplotype. A sixth tester in the I-M223 group, only tested at Y12 (12 STR markers), is a genetic distance of 6 from the mode for the other five. To have such a great genetic distance at even such a broad level of testing suggests this man probably is not related to the others at all within a genealogical timeframe.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;div class=&amp;quot;tight-list&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* Drury Aldridge 1734-1793 b. Northumberland Va. d. Greene NC&lt;br /&gt;
** Jesse Aldridge 1758-1796 md. Anne Hardy b. Greene NC&lt;br /&gt;
*** Lemuel Hardy Aldridge md. Mary Harvey b. Greene NC&lt;br /&gt;
**** Kintchen Aldridge b. 1823 NC&lt;br /&gt;
***** 1 tester: #N51497 (Y12)&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/div&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Since none of the I-M223 testers have tested to the Big-Y level or otherwise done any SNP testing, or even tested their STRs up to 67 markers (which would allow a more refined estimate from [https://www.nevgen.org/ NevGen]), their terminal SNP beyond the broad I-M223 is not available. From this broad estimate alone, it is conclusively shown that this group has not shared a common ancestor with the R-U106 group in about 50,000 years. Anecdotally, according to sightings of possible descendants on 23andMe, it appears they might be in haplogroup &#039;&#039;&#039;I-L1425&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;div class=&amp;quot;mw-collapsible tree-chart&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{Tree chart/start|align=center|summary=Y-DNA of Different Aldridge Lines}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Tree chart| |  L15     |   |   |   |   |    | |DATE|L15=IJK-L15|DATE=~44,000 BCE|border_DATE=0|boxstyle_DATE=color:red}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Tree chart| | |    H   | P | P | P |    M9  | |DATE|M9=K-M9|DATE=~43,000 BCE|border_DATE=0|boxstyle_DATE=color:red}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Tree chart| | |    Q   |   |   |   |  | Q  }}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Tree chart| | |    Q   |   |   |   |  | Q  }}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Tree chart| | |    Q   |   |   |   |   M207 | |DATE|M207=R-M207|DATE=~26,000 BCE|border_DATE=0|boxstyle_DATE=color:red}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Tree chart| | |    Q   |   |   |   |  | Q  }}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Tree chart| |   M223   |   |   |   | Q  | |   |DATE|M223=I-M223 |DATE=~15,000 CE|border_DATE=0|boxstyle_DATE=color:red}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Tree chart| |   M223   |   |   |   | Q  | |    |M223=Descendants of&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;Nathaniel Aldridge (b. ~1730),&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;Joseph Aldridge (b. ~1735),&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;and Francis Aldridge (b. ~1730s)| border=0 | boxstyle=font-style:italic;font-size:80%}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Tree chart| | |        |   |   |   |  | Q  }}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Tree chart| | |        |   |   |   | M269 | |DATE|M269=R-M269|DATE=~4,350 BCE|border_DATE=0|boxstyle_DATE=color:red}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Tree chart| | |        |   |   |   |  | Q  }}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Tree chart| |             |   |   |   |  | U106| |DATE | U106=R-U106 |DATE=~2,950 BCE|border_DATE=0|boxstyle_DATE=color:red }}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Tree chart| |             |   |   |   |  | U106| U106=Descendants of&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;Nicholas Aldridge | border=0 | boxstyle=font-style:italic;font-size:80%}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Tree chart/end}}&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/div&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Joseph</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://wiki.jtrichardson.com/index.php?title=Nathan_Alldredge&amp;diff=839</id>
		<title>Nathan Alldredge</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://wiki.jtrichardson.com/index.php?title=Nathan_Alldredge&amp;diff=839"/>
		<updated>2025-08-13T23:24:57Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Joseph: /* Nathan&amp;#039;s wife, Hannah */ Fix Sausaman link.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;{{InfoBox Person&lt;br /&gt;
| name = Nathan Alldredge&lt;br /&gt;
| birth = about 1739&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;probably [[wikipedia:Anne Arundel County, Maryland|Anne Arundel County, Maryland]]&lt;br /&gt;
| death = 31 Dec 1826&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;[[wikipedia:Knox County, Tennessee|Knox County, Tennessee]]&lt;br /&gt;
| parents = [[William Alldredge (b. 1702)]]&lt;br /&gt;
| married = Hannah (maiden name unknown)&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;probably about 1766 in [[wikipedia:Randolph County, North Carolina|Randolph County, North Carolina]]&lt;br /&gt;
| children = [[William Alldredge (b. 1767)]], [[Eleanor (Alldredge) York]], [[Margaret (Alldredge) Allred]], [[Sylvania (Alldredge) Long]], [[Mary (Alldredge) Allred]], [[Sarah (Alldredge) Julian]], [[Nathan Alldredge (b. 1781)]], [[Andrew Alldredge]], [[Elizabeth Alldredge]], [[James Alldredge]], [[Enoch Alldredge (b. 1790)]], [[Hannah (Alldredge) Wood]]&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Overview ==&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;Nathan Alldredge&#039;&#039;&#039; was born about 1739, probably in [[wikipedia:Anne Arundel County, Maryland|Anne Arundel County, Maryland]]. He is believed to be the son of [[William Alldredge (b. 1702)]], who settled in about 1755 on Sandy Creek in what was then [[wikipedia:Orange County, North Carolina|Orange County, North Carolina]], now [[wikipedia:Randolph County, North Carolina|Randolph County]]. Nathan received his own land grant in Randolph County in 1786. Migrating westward, Nathan died in [[wikipedia:Knox County, Tennessee|Knox County, Tennessee]] on 31 Dec 1826.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
A great deal of genealogical confusion has resulted from the fact that there was also a man named [[Nathaniel Aldridge Sr.|Nathaniel Aldridge]], a contemporary of Nathan Alldredge, who settled in Orange County, North Carolina, at around the same time. Genealogists over the years have ascribed records to Nathan that actually related to Nathaniel, and &#039;&#039;vice versa&#039;&#039;, even sometimes conflating the two men as one. They also have assumed that both men were related to William Aldridge (b. 1702), placing both Nathan and Nathaniel as William&#039;s sons.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Recent DNA research at the [https://www.familytreedna.com/groups/aldridge Aldridge Surname Group DNA Project] at [https://www.familytreedna.com/ Family Tree DNA] has proved conclusively that Nathan Alldredge and Nathaniel Aldridge were two different men with different, unrelated paternal lineages. But untangling the confused and conflated records of the two men is an ongoing task. In this page, I will seek to present exactly what is known and can be proven about Nathan Alldredge.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Family ==&lt;br /&gt;
=== Nathan&#039;s wife, Hannah ===&lt;br /&gt;
Nathan Alldredge&#039;s wife, named in his will, was Hannah. Most researchers online give her name as Hannah &#039;&#039;Madden&#039;&#039;. Dennis York, in his biography of her on Find a Grave, stated unequivocally that &amp;quot;Hannah was the fourth child of six children born to John MADDEN Jr. and his wife Anne BENNETT. Hannah was the second great granddaughter of her emigrant 2nd great grandfather John MADDEN from England to Maryland.&amp;quot; I have seen many such assertions, but no documentation, and Mr. York offered no documentation in his biography.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The argument that Hannah&#039;s maiden name was &#039;&#039;Madden&#039;&#039; dates back at least to the 1960s. Memory Aldridge Lester did not know of it in her 1957 book. She wrote:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
: His wife was called Hannah in the will. So far I haven&#039;t been able to find Hannah&#039;s maiden name. It might well have been York from the way the two families used the same names.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;lester16&amp;quot; /&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
In 1971, William Amel Sausaman wrote:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
: He married Hannah _____, maiden name not known. Some researchers say that her maiden name was &amp;quot;Madden&amp;quot;.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;sausaman1&amp;quot;&amp;gt;William Amel Sausaman, &#039;&#039;Nathan Alldredge (1739–1826) of North Carolina and Tennessee and His Descendants&#039;&#039; (Springfield, Ill.: self-published, 1971), 1 ([https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/26841/images/dvm_GenMono007255-00006-0?pId=7 Ancestry], [https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/idviewer/544976/8 FamilySearch]).&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
So apparently the assertion was made then also without proof. It appears to me a case of an assertion being made so many times that it was accepted as fact. I would like to see documentation before I accept it. My suspicion is that John Madden and Anne Bennett may be &amp;quot;likely candidates&amp;quot; who were adopted to fit the assertion, rather than documentation indicating them.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The closest thing I have seen to an argument in favor of Hannah&#039;s maiden name was actually from a &#039;&#039;Maiden&#039;&#039; researcher, Donna Hay, who placed her as the daughter of Andrew Maiden and his wife Eleanor. As possibly is the case with John Madden, she did not have actual documentation of Hannah&#039;s connection to Andrew either, but because she heard Aldridge researchers &amp;quot;universally state&amp;quot; that Hannah was Hannah Madden, she made a circumstantial argument that she was in fact the daughter of Andrew.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;maiden_hay&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Donna L. Hay, &amp;quot;Andrew and Eleanor Unknown Maiden,&amp;quot; on Hay Family Tree. [https://web.archive.org/web/20151031110900/https://haygenealogy.com/hay/unknown-maiden.html https://haygenealogy.com/hay/unknown-maiden.html] (accessed 9 Sep 2022; website dead as of 4 July 2023, but available at Internet Archive).&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; I will summarize the argument here:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
* Andrew Maiden did have a daughter named Hannah, named in his will (though not named as Hannah Alldredge).&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Will of Andrew Maiden, on Hay Family Tree. [https://web.archive.org/web/20150930220058/http://www.haygenealogy.com/hay/sources/maiden/1772maidenwill.html https://haygenealogy.com/hay/sources/maiden/1772maidenwill.html] (accessed 9 Sep 2022; website dead as of 4 July 2023, but available at Internet Archive).&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* The Maiden family is known to have been in Orange County, North Carolina, in 1754, per the testimony of son Larons Maiden.&lt;br /&gt;
* The Maiden family is not documented to have removed to Rowan County, North Carolina, until 1768.&lt;br /&gt;
* No other Maiden or Madden family is documented to have lived in Orange County in decades of the 1750s or 1760s.&lt;br /&gt;
* Naming patterns: Hannah Alldredge named her oldest daughter Eleanor and a son Andrew, neither of which names were evident in the Alldredge family prior to Nathan and Hannah.&lt;br /&gt;
* The Maiden family is believed to have sympathized with or taken part in the Regulators Movement, of which Nathan Alldredge was a part.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
I do find this argument persuasive. But I would like to see some stronger evidence of a connection. This whole argument rests of the assumption that her maiden name was, in fact, Madden or Maiden.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== Children ===&lt;br /&gt;
Nathan Alldredge had a large family of children. All are believed to have been born in Randolph County, North Carolina.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
# [[William Alldredge (b. 1767)|William Alldredge]], born about 1767 in Randolph County, North Carolina.&lt;br /&gt;
# [[Eleanor (Alldredge) York|Eleanor Alldredge]], born 17 Nov 1769, died 26 Feb 1849 in Randolph County; married Isaac York.&lt;br /&gt;
# [[Margaret (Alldredge) Allred|Margaret Alldredge]], born about 1772; married Thomas Allred.&lt;br /&gt;
# [[Sylvania (Alldredge) Long|Sylvania Alldredge]], born about 1774; married Tobias Long.&lt;br /&gt;
# [[Mary (Alldredge) Allred|Mary Alldredge]], born about 1776; married Solomon Allred.&lt;br /&gt;
# [[Sarah (Alldredge) Julian|Sarah Alldredge]], born 7 Mar 1779, died 10 Jan 1857 in Cass County, Indiana; married John Julian.&lt;br /&gt;
# [[Nathan Alldredge (b. 1781)|Nathan Alldredge]], born Feb 1781; died 14 Jan 1844 in Fayette County, Indiana; married Elizabeth Julian.&lt;br /&gt;
# [[Andrew Alldredge]], born 11 Oct 1782; died 6 Nov 1848 in Brooksville, Blount County, Alabama; married Leah Chaney.&lt;br /&gt;
# [[Elizabeth Alldredge]], born about 1784.&lt;br /&gt;
# [[James Alldredge]], born 14 May 1785; died 18 Mar 1859 in Story County, Iowa; married Anna Wood.&lt;br /&gt;
# [[Enoch Alldredge (b. 1790)|Enoch Alldredge]], born 4 May 1790; died 31 Aug 1852 in Carroll County, Indiana; married Elizabeth Larew.&lt;br /&gt;
# [[Hannah (Alldredge) Wood|Hannah Alldredge]], born 17 Jun 1793; died 29 Mar 1858 in Knox County, Tennessee; married Clement Wood.&lt;br /&gt;
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== Distinguishing Nathan Alldredge from Nathaniel Aldridge ==&lt;br /&gt;
I will argue that the spellings of the names &amp;quot;Nathan&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;Nathaniel&amp;quot; are distinct and identifying, that records referring to &amp;quot;Nathan&amp;quot; refer to Nathan Alldredge, records referring to &amp;quot;Nathaniel&amp;quot; refer to Nathaniel Aldridge, and that any &amp;quot;Nathaniel&amp;quot; record ascribed to Nathan in the past must now be considered highly suspect.&lt;br /&gt;
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Ameliorating the confusing situation somewhat is the discovery that the land claims of Nathan Alldredge and Nathaniel Aldridge, despite both originally being in Orange County, North Carolina, are actually separated by some 46 miles and two modern counties: Nathan&#039;s land today being in Randolph County, and Nathaniel&#039;s being in Person County. Nathan&#039;s land on Mount Pleasant Creek, a branch of Sandy Creek, adjoins the land of two men named William Aldridge (or &#039;&#039;Alldredge&#039;&#039;), both the one born in 1702 and the one born in 1729,&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;landGrants1&amp;quot; /&amp;gt; while Nathaniel Aldridge&#039;s land lies on the Brushy Fork of the Flat River adjoining that of [[Joseph Aldridge]].&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;landGrants2&amp;quot; /&amp;gt; Nathan Alldredge shares with [[William Alldredge (b. 1729)]] and his descendants the distinct spelling of the surname, &#039;&#039;Alldredge&#039;&#039;, while Nathaniel Aldridge and Joseph Aldridge both had their names spelled &#039;&#039;Aldrage&#039;&#039; or &#039;&#039;Aldrige&#039;&#039; in early land grants, and their descendants have since maintained the spelling &#039;&#039;Aldridge&#039;&#039;.  Finally, the [[Y-DNA]] of Nathan Alldredge&#039;s descendants matches that of the descendants of William Alldredge (b. 1729), and does not match that of Nathaniel Aldridge&#039;s descendants. Nathaniel Aldridge&#039;s descendants, on the other hand, match the Y-DNA of the Joseph Aldridge&#039;s descendants.&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Aldridge Land Grants.jpg|center|alt=Aldridge land grants in the of area of what was, in 1755-1765, Orange County, North Carolina, showing the distance between Nathan Alldredge&#039;s Sandy Creek settlement and Nathaniel Aldridge&#039;s Flat River settlement.|Aldridge land grants in the of area of what was, in 1755-1765, Orange County, North Carolina, showing the distance between Nathan Alldredge&#039;s Sandy Creek settlement and Nathaniel Aldridge&#039;s Flat River settlement. 1760 county lines are thick green lines, while modern county lines are dotted blue lines. 1760 county labels are in green, while modern county labels are in blue.|thumb|600x600px]]&lt;br /&gt;
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== Records that are indisputably Nathan Alldredge ==&lt;br /&gt;
=== Death notice&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;deathNotice&amp;quot; /&amp;gt; ===&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Nathan Alldredge Death Notice.jpg|thumbnail|right|alt=Death notice of Nathan Alldredge, from the &#039;&#039;Enquirer&#039;&#039; (Knoxville), 17 Jan 1827.|Death notice of Nathan Alldredge, from the &#039;&#039;Enquirer&#039;&#039; (Knoxville), 17 Jan 1827.]]&lt;br /&gt;
There is no question that our ancestor, Nathan Alldredge, died on 31 Dec 1826 in Knox County, Tennessee. His death notice appeared in the &#039;&#039;Enquirer&#039;&#039; (Knoxville) on 17 Jan 1827:&lt;br /&gt;
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: DIED — On the 31st of last month, in this county, NATHAN ALDRIDGE, aged 87 years.&lt;br /&gt;
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It is from this same record that we fix his approximate birthdate at about 1739.&lt;br /&gt;
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=== Will of Nathan Alldredge&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;will&amp;quot; /&amp;gt; ===&lt;br /&gt;
Nathan Alldredge signed his will on 23 Mar 1818, not so &amp;quot;sick and weak in body&amp;quot; that he didn&#039;t live another nine years. The following transcription is from the Historical Records Project&#039;s transcription of Knox County Estate Book No. 4 (1824–1830) — the original book apparently no longer extant.&lt;br /&gt;
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: &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;text-decoration:underline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Nathan Alldridge&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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: The last will and testament of Nathan Alldridge was produced to court for probate, whereupon Alexander Stowell &amp;amp; Maxwell Brown subscribing witnesses thereto made oath that they saw the said Nathan Alldridge sign and seal, and heard him pronounce publish and declare the same as his last will and testament and that at the time of publishing the same he was of sound mind and memory to the best of his knowledge and belief — and the same is admitted to record and is in the words and figures following to wit —&lt;br /&gt;
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: &amp;quot;In the name of God Amen. I Nathan Alldridge of the county of Knox being suck and weak in body but of sound mind and disposing memory (for which I thank God) and calling to mind the uncertainty of human life, and being desirous to dispose of all such worldly substance, as it has pleased God to bless me with, I give and bequeath to my well beloved wife Hannah to live in the house I now live in, during her natural life if she should continue a widow, also two feather beds and furniture and bedstead and cord — one cow and calf and all the puter and kitchen furniture and one chest and one table, one flax wheel, one check reel, one arm chare &amp;amp; one common chare.&lt;br /&gt;
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:* &#039;&#039;Item.&#039;&#039; I give to my son &#039;&#039;&#039;William Alldridge&#039;&#039;&#039; 1 dollar.&lt;br /&gt;
:* &#039;&#039;Item.&#039;&#039; I give to my daughter &#039;&#039;&#039;Ellenor York&#039;&#039;&#039; one dollar.&lt;br /&gt;
:* &#039;&#039;Item.&#039;&#039; I give to my daughter &#039;&#039;&#039;Margaret Allred&#039;&#039;&#039; one dollar.&lt;br /&gt;
:* &#039;&#039;Item.&#039;&#039; I give to my daughter &#039;&#039;&#039;Sylvanie Long&#039;&#039;&#039; one dollar.&lt;br /&gt;
:* &#039;&#039;Item.&#039;&#039; I give to my daughter &#039;&#039;&#039;Mary Allred&#039;&#039;&#039; one dollar.&lt;br /&gt;
:* &#039;&#039;Item.&#039;&#039; I give to my daughter &#039;&#039;&#039;Sarah Julian&#039;&#039;&#039; one dollar.&lt;br /&gt;
:* &#039;&#039;Item.&#039;&#039; I give to my son &#039;&#039;&#039;Nathan Alldridge&#039;&#039;&#039; one dollar.&lt;br /&gt;
:* &#039;&#039;Item.&#039;&#039; I give to my son &#039;&#039;&#039;Andrew Alldridge&#039;&#039;&#039; one dollar.&lt;br /&gt;
:* &#039;&#039;Item.&#039;&#039; I give to my daughter &#039;&#039;&#039;Elizabeth Alldridge&#039;&#039;&#039; one lume, one flax wheel and one cotton wheel, one cow and calf and two year old heifer and one sorrel horse, saddle and bridle, two feather beds and furniture, one bedstead and cord — one ewe and two weathers and one lamb and one Bible —&lt;br /&gt;
:* &#039;&#039;Item.&#039;&#039; I give to my son &#039;&#039;&#039;James Alldridge&#039;&#039;&#039; fifty acres of land where he now lives — Running strait across the tract — Beginning on the lower line of the tract I live on — Running north forty five — East so as to include fifty acres on his part —&lt;br /&gt;
:* &#039;&#039;Item.&#039;&#039; I give to my son &#039;&#039;&#039;Enoch Alldridge&#039;&#039;&#039; fifty acres of land where I now live to run strait across the tract with James line, also one sorrel mare, one saddle and bridle and one gray horse and all the plantation and carpenter tools, two feather beds and furniture and one bedstead and cord, one cow and two year old heifer, five head of sheep, and all the tubs, barrel and cags and all other such like plunder and twenty two dollars that is due from Julian Millicom, and Enoch to be at the expence of all demands against the estate. I also give to Enoch one rifle gun, and it is my desire that all the hogs be left for the familys use.&lt;br /&gt;
:* &#039;&#039;Item.&#039;&#039; I give to my daughter &#039;&#039;&#039;Hannah Wood&#039;&#039;&#039; one dollar. And lastly I do hereby constitute and appoint my son William Alldridge and James Alldridge Executors of this my last will and testament, Hereby revoking all other former wills or testaments by me heretofore made; in witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 23d day of March and in the year of our Lord 1818.&lt;br /&gt;
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: Nathan {his mark} Alldredge&lt;br /&gt;
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: Signed, sealed, published and declared to be the last will and testament of the above named Nathan Alldridge in presents of us who at his request and in his presents have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses to the same.&lt;br /&gt;
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:* Alexander Stovall&lt;br /&gt;
:* Aron Gentry&lt;br /&gt;
:* Maxwell Brown&lt;br /&gt;
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It appears the spelling &#039;&#039;Alldridge&#039;&#039; is consistent throughout the will, with the name spelled &#039;&#039;Alldredge&#039;&#039; at the signature. This spelling serves as a distinguishing mark of this Nathan and his family compared to other Aldridge families.&lt;br /&gt;
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=== 1799 Knox County petition&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;1799petition&amp;quot; /&amp;gt; ===&lt;br /&gt;
Nathan Alldredge, a resident of Knox County, Tennessee, by 1799, signed a petition of Knox County residents for the division of the county for better administrative convenience:&lt;br /&gt;
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: To the Honorable General Assembly of the State of Tennessee:&lt;br /&gt;
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: The petition of sundry Inhabitants of Knox County humbly sheweth that their local situation is such as renders it very inconvenient for them to attend the usual place of holding Courts, General Musters, Elections, etc., some of us having at least from 25 to 40 miles to travel &amp;amp; generally very bad Roads, having sundry large Water-Courses, and Ridges to cross, Your Petitioners humbly conceive that their Grievance might be much alleviated by the division of Knox County in the following manner, viz. ...&lt;br /&gt;
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Signatories to the petition include:&lt;br /&gt;
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* Nathan Alldredge&lt;br /&gt;
* Wm. Alldredge&lt;br /&gt;
* Nath&#039;l aldredg junr&lt;br /&gt;
* Solomon Allred [son-in-law of Nathan, husband of Mary]&lt;br /&gt;
* Geo. Julin [Julian]&lt;br /&gt;
* Jn. Julin [Julian] [son-in-law of Nathan, husband of Sarah]&lt;br /&gt;
* William Wood&lt;br /&gt;
* Sampson Wood&lt;br /&gt;
* Obadiah Wood&lt;br /&gt;
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The spelling &#039;&#039;Alldredge&#039;&#039; is present in the available transcription. (The &amp;quot;Nath&#039;l&amp;quot; of Nathan Junior, we will excuse as a bad reading.)&lt;br /&gt;
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=== 1795 Knox County deed&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;1795deed&amp;quot; /&amp;gt; ===&lt;br /&gt;
The first record of Nathan Alldredge in Tennessee is a deed, recorded in Knox County, Tennessee, Deeds of Conveyance Book C2, page 81, on 6 May 1795:&lt;br /&gt;
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: &amp;quot;Hiram Green of the County of Knox, Territory south of Ohio sells a piece of land consisting of 640 acres on the south side of Clinch River to Nathan Aldridge of Jefferson County, territory south of Ohio ...&amp;quot; Witnesses: Stephen Julian and Thomas Hunter.&lt;br /&gt;
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There is no deed record of Nathan Alldredge in Jefferson County, Tennessee. According to Memory Aldridge Lester, &amp;quot;This deed shows that Nathan stopped briefly in Jefferson County, Tennessee. I went there once and looked for him in the deeds but did not find any record of him. Nathan sold out in Randoloph [North Carolina] in September and October 1794, so he must not have taken up land in Jefferson. Probably just spent the winter there.&amp;quot;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Lester, &#039;&#039;Alldredge-Aldridge&#039;&#039;, 17 ([https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/26644/images/dvm_GenMono007254-00017-1?ssrc=&amp;amp;backlabel=Return&amp;amp;pId=27 Ancestry], [https://archive.org/details/alldredgealdridg00lest/page/17/mode/1up Internet Archive]).&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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== Ambiguous records ==&lt;br /&gt;
=== 1802 tax list, Anderson County, Tennessee&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;1802tax&amp;quot; /&amp;gt; ===&lt;br /&gt;
The name of Nathan Aldridge on an 1802 tax list in [[wikipedia:Anderson County, Tennessee|Anderson County, Tennessee]], adjacent to Knox County, could refer to either Nathan Alldredge Sr., or to his son, [[Nathan Alldredge (b. 1781)|Nathan Alldredge Jr.]] (b. 1781). Anderson County was created by act of the Tennessee legislature on 6 Nov 1801, from fractions of Knox and Grainger counties. Though Nathan Sr.&#039;s will was probated in Knox County, it is not certain that he resided there all the time from 1799 until his death.&lt;br /&gt;
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: A List of taxable property and polls in Capt. McCamey&#039;s Company for 1802. By John McCamey Esquire.&lt;br /&gt;
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: Aldridge, Nathan&lt;br /&gt;
: 50 acres&lt;br /&gt;
: Brush[y] Fk&lt;br /&gt;
: 1 poll&lt;br /&gt;
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Also listed:&lt;br /&gt;
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* Allred, Solomon [son-in-law of Nathan Sr., husband of Mary], 1 poll&lt;br /&gt;
* Juland, George [probably Julian], 125 acres, B. Fork&lt;br /&gt;
* Juland, John [probably Julian, and son-in-law of Nathan Sr., husband of Sarah], 1 poll&lt;br /&gt;
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== North Carolina records ==&lt;br /&gt;
=== 1794 deeds in Randolph County, North Carolina ===&lt;br /&gt;
Though I don&#039;t personally consider these records ambiguous or disputed, the fact is that both the Nathan Alldredge and the Nathaniel Aldridge lineages claim descent from [[William Aldridge (b. 1702)]], and that, according to DNA evidence, at least one of them is wrong. So for the sake of argument, I will include them in their own category.&lt;br /&gt;
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To me, the coincidence of the dates of Nathan Alldredge selling land in Randolph County, North Carolina, in September and October 1794, and buying land in Knox County, Tennessee, in May 1795, is too near to be mere chance.&lt;br /&gt;
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: Deed Book 7, page 26. 30 October 1794. Nathan Aldredge sells to Jeremiah York for 20 pounds 50 acres on Mt. Pleasant Creek, branch of Sandy Creek land adjoining John Alred, being a tract that &amp;quot;I bought of Absalom McDaniel and bought by sd. McDaniel of Jas. McAlroy by deed from Granville dated 30 June 1762...&amp;quot; Proven August Term Court by oath of John White.&lt;br /&gt;
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: Deed Book 6, page 8. 2 September 1794. Nathan Alldredge sold to Peter Smith of Guilford County, North Carolina, 200 acres for 260 pounds being part of tract that Nathan purchased of Henry Pierce first cleared out of the state office 20 July 1786, adjoining Jonathan McCallum, Jeremiah York and Pearce&#039;s...&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;1794deeds&amp;quot; /&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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I appreciate that these deeds give their own title history. It thus appears that Nathan Alldredge was selling his land in Randolph County, North Carolina, in the fall of 1794 and buying land in Knox County, Tennessee, in the spring of 1795.&lt;br /&gt;
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=== 1790 census, Randolph County, North Carolina&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;1790census&amp;quot; /&amp;gt; ===&lt;br /&gt;
This entry in the 1790 census of Randolph County, North Carolina, is almost certainly Nathan Alldredge:&lt;br /&gt;
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: Nathan Alridge&lt;br /&gt;
: 2 free white males under 16&lt;br /&gt;
: 4 free white males 16 and over&lt;br /&gt;
: 7 free white females&lt;br /&gt;
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Per Nathan&#039;s will, he had five sons and seven daughters. This record would indicate that perhaps the youngest daughter had not yet been born. This too is consistent: per her tombstone, Hannah (Alldredge) Wood was born in 1793.&lt;br /&gt;
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=== 1786 deeds and land grant in Randolph County, North Carolina ===&lt;br /&gt;
The September 1794 deed specifically refers back to this deed in 1786:&lt;br /&gt;
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: Deed Book 3, page 90. 27 January 1786. Nathan Aldredge buys from Henry Pierce 200 acres on Mt. Pleasant Creek for consideration of 75 pounds. Witnesses: Jeremiah York and William Aldredge.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;1786deed&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Randolph County, North Carolina, Deed Book 3, page 90. Available at [https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L98Q-W434?i=301&amp;amp;cat=164942 FamilySearch].&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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By far the record offering the most convincing evidence of Nathan Alldredge&#039;s connection to William Aldridge (Alldredge) is this 1786 land warrant and patent:&lt;br /&gt;
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: Randolph County File no. 166, Grant no. 359, Patent Book 58, page 408. 24 July 1786. 200 acres granted to Nathan Aldridge on waters of Mount Pleasant, branch of Sandy Creek, adjoining Henry Pierce, Jonathan McCallom, and Jeremiah York.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;1786grant&amp;quot;&amp;gt;North Carolina Land Grant, Randolph County file no. 166, Grant no. 359, Patent Book 58, page 408. MARS 12.14.103.236. [https://nclandgrants.com/grant/?mars=12.14.103.236&amp;amp;qid=942369&amp;amp;rn=3 Available at NCLandGrants].&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Full text:&lt;br /&gt;
: State of North Carolina, grant no. 359 (Patent Book 58, page 409; File no. 166)&lt;br /&gt;
: To all whom these presents shall come, Greeting.&lt;br /&gt;
: Know ye, that We, for and inconsideration of the sum of fifty shillings for every Hundred Acres hereby granted, paid into our Treasury by &#039;&#039;&#039;Nathan Aldridge&#039;&#039;&#039;, have Given and Granted, and by these Presents do Give and Grant unto the said &#039;&#039;&#039;Nathan Aldridge&#039;&#039;&#039; a Tract of Land, containing two hundred Acres, lying and being in our County of Randolph.&lt;br /&gt;
: On Mount Pleasant Sandy Creek waters, Beginning at a post oak in Henry Peirce&#039;s line and running west bounded by Jonathan McCallom line cooping a Branch fifty five and a half chains to a white oak then south bounded by Jeremiah York thirty-six chains to a post oak then east fifty-five and a half chains to a hickory in Pierce&#039;s line then north on said line to Beginning...&lt;br /&gt;
: as by the Plat hereunto annexed doth appear; together with all Woods, Waters, Mines, Minerals, Hereditaments, and Appurtenances, to the said Land belonging or appertaining: To hold to the said &#039;&#039;&#039;Nathan Aldridge&#039;&#039;&#039;, his Heirs and Assigns, for ever. Yielding and paying to us such sums of Money yearly, or otherwise, as our General Assembly from Time to Time may direct. Provided always, That the said &#039;&#039;&#039;Nathan Aldridge&#039;&#039;&#039; registered in the Register&#039;s Office of our said County of Randolph within Twelve Months from the Date hereof, otherwise the same shall be void and of no Effect.&lt;br /&gt;
: In Testimony whereof, we have caused our Great Seal to be hereunto affixed. Witness Richard Caswell, Esquire, Captain-General, and Commander in Chief, at Kingston, the twenty-fourth Day of July in the Eleventh Year of our Independence, and in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Eighty-Six.&lt;br /&gt;
: Rd. Caswell.&lt;br /&gt;
: J. Glasgow, Secretary.&amp;lt;/div&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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The following warrant is attached:&lt;br /&gt;
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: Warrant no. 927. 5 December 1778. Survey for William Alredge 200 acres in Guilford County on waters of Mount Pleasant, branch of Sandy Creek, adjoining Henry Pearce. &lt;br /&gt;
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: State of North Carolina, warrant no. 927.&lt;br /&gt;
: Ralph Garrett, entry officer of claims for lands in the County of Guilford.&lt;br /&gt;
: To the surveyor of the said county, greetings.&lt;br /&gt;
: You are hereby required ... to lay off and survey for William Alredge ... a tract of land containing two hundred acres laying in the county aforesaid on the waters of Mount Pleasant a branch of Sandy Creek beginning at a white oak near a small branch thence north adjoining Henry Pearce&#039;s claim thence south for complement including said Alredge&#039;s improvement.&lt;br /&gt;
: Observing the directions of the act of assembly in such case made and provided for annexing out lands, two just and fair plans of such survey with a proper certificate annexed to each, you are to transmit with this warrant to the secretary office without delay. Given under my hand at Spring Field the fifth Day of December anno Dom. 1778. Ralph Garrett.&amp;lt;/div&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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: December 24th 1783&lt;br /&gt;
: I sign all my right of this within warrant to Nathan Alldredge. Signed by me,&lt;br /&gt;
: Wm. {his mark} Alldredge&lt;br /&gt;
: Witness Jere. York.&lt;br /&gt;
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This record clearly establishes a close connection between William Alldredge and Nathan Alldredge, such that the land William entered in 1778, he later assigned to Nathan to receive as a grant in 1786. But which William? Without further context, this record could indicate either [[William Aldridge (b. 1702)|William (b. 1702)]] or his son, [[William Aldridge (b. 1729)|William (b. 1729)]]. William Sr. is believed, per Dennis York&#039;s reading of a discovered tombstone at Sandy Creek Baptist Church, to have died on 11 April 1786, shortly before the date of this grant, 24 July 1786. I would argue that the proximity of these dates suggests that this land was William Sr.&#039;s, the father&#039;s. By the land description, this is the same land that Nathan sold in 1794. And the spelling of the signatures on the warrant is clear: &#039;&#039;Alldredge&#039;&#039;, a clear example of even William Alldredge spelling his name this distinctive way.&lt;br /&gt;
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=== 1779 Randolph County tax list&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;1779randolphTax&amp;quot; /&amp;gt; ===&lt;br /&gt;
One record that gives me some pause is the 1779 tax list, in which appears who is almost certainly our Nathan Alldredge, but listed as &#039;&#039;Nath&#039;l:&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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: Nath&#039;l Alldridge&lt;br /&gt;
: Improved Lands: 9 acres&lt;br /&gt;
: Lands: 200 acres&lt;br /&gt;
: Cattle: 11&lt;br /&gt;
: Horses: 3&lt;br /&gt;
: Money: 16 pounds&lt;br /&gt;
: Total: 346 pounds in value&lt;br /&gt;
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Memory Aldridge Lester wrote that on the 1779 tax list, &amp;quot;we KNOW it is our Nathan&amp;quot;.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Lester, &#039;&#039;Alldredge-Aldridge&#039;&#039;, 16.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Since he is in the same district as William Alldredge, I suppose that is true. But it does give me pause, given my argument that all &amp;quot;Nathaniel&amp;quot; records belong to Nathaniel Aldridge. The spelling, at least, clearly has two Ls.&lt;br /&gt;
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On the 1777 tax list of Caswell County, North Carolina, then encompassing the area where Joseph Aldridge and Nathaniel Aldridge earlier took land grants, only Joseph Aldridge is listed (for what it&#039;s worth, also listed as &#039;&#039;Alldridge&#039;&#039;).&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Tax Lists, Caswell County, 1777. State Archives of North Carolina, Call Number S.S. XVIII, Recordkeeping (Misc.): Tax Lists, Box 1, MARS 12.97 ([https://digital.ncdcr.gov/Documents/Detail/tax-lists-caswell-county-1777/350616?item=350690 North Carolina Digital Collections]).&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Nathaniel Aldridge, it seems, did not remain in that area, but by 1769 had departed for Tryon County, North Carolina (his land would today be in Lincoln County).&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Franklin Rudolph Aldridge, &#039;&#039;Aldridge Records&#039;&#039;, vol. 2 (Nashville: self-published, 1975), 58 ([https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/26642/images/dvm_GenMono007241-00138-0?ssrc=&amp;amp;backlabel=Return&amp;amp;pId=363, Ancestry], [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/112361?availability=Family%20History%20Library FamilySearch]). Memory Aldridge Lester also notes these Tryon records, stating &amp;quot;this is not our Nathan&amp;quot; (Lester, &#039;&#039;Alldredge-Alldridge&#039;&#039;, 11, [https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/26644/images/dvm_GenMono007254-00014-1?ssrc=&amp;amp;backlabel=Return&amp;amp;pId=21 Ancestry], [https://archive.org/details/alldredgealdridg00lest/page/11/mode/1up Internet Archive]).&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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=== 1768 Regulators petition&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;1768regulators&amp;quot; /&amp;gt; ===&lt;br /&gt;
In May 1768, a group of citizens of Orange County, North Carolina, calling themselves &amp;quot;[[wikipedia:Regulator_Movement|Regulators]],&amp;quot; published a petition protesting high public fees and corruption in the colonial government. Among the signatures were the names of three Aldridges:&lt;br /&gt;
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* James Aldridge&lt;br /&gt;
* Nich: Aldridge&lt;br /&gt;
* Nathan Aldridge&lt;br /&gt;
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I argue that this is certainly our Nathan Alldredge, and likely his brothers, for these reasons: the leader of the Regulator movement was [[wikipedia:Herman Husband|Herman Husband]], a Maryland native and a settler on Sandy Creek. He was a close neighbor and associate, if not friend, of William Alldredge (b. 1702), Husband witnessing William&#039;s 1755 land grant. Sandy Creek Baptist Church, where William Alldredge and his family are buried, was at the heart of the Sandy Creek Baptist Association, whose protests as early as 1766 were the organizational precursor of the Regulator movement.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Lester, &#039;&#039;Alldredge-Aldridge&#039;&#039;, 8 ([https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/26644/images/dvm_GenMono007254-00013-0?ssrc=&amp;amp;backlabel=Return&amp;amp;pId=18 Ancestry], [https://archive.org/details/alldredgealdridg00lest/page/8/mode/1up Internet Archive]).&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Whether or not Nathan Alldredge took part in the armed rebellion that culminated in 1771 in the [[wikipedia:Battle of Alamanace|Battle of Alamance]] is uncertain. His brother William appears to have served in the Orange County Militia during the Regulator conflict.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Payroll for David Hart&#039;s company of the Orange County Militia.&amp;quot; In Colonial and State Records of North Carolina, vol. 22, pp. 418-419. ([https://docsouth.unc.edu/csr/index.php/document/csr22-0147 Documenting the American South] [accessed 3 Jul 2023], scan of original at [https://digital.ncdcr.gov/Documents/Detail/payroll-of-orange-regiment/275690 North Carolina Digital Collections] [accessed 3 Jul 2023]).&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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== Possible Revolutionary service ==&lt;br /&gt;
Firm family tradition has held that Nathan was a soldier in the Revolutionary War. In Thomas McAdory Owen&#039;s biographical sketch of [[Enoch Alldredge]], he refers to him as the &amp;quot;grandson of Nathan Alldredge, a Revolutionary soldier.&amp;quot;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Thomas McAdory Owen, &#039;&#039;History of Alabama and Dictionary of Alabama Biography&#039;&#039;, vol. 3 (Chicago: S. J. Clarke, 1921), 22 ([Internet Archive https://archive.org/details/history-of-alabama-owen-v3/page/n23/mode/2up]).&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; No record of Revolutionary service is extant that is clearly identifiable as our Nathan Alldredge.&lt;br /&gt;
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In 1966, Charles Grady Alldredge, my great-great-uncle, applied for membership in the Sons of the American Revolution on the service of Nathan Alldredge, and was apparently accepted. In Grady&#039;s testimony, he wrote:&lt;br /&gt;
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: All our tradition is that Nathan Alldredge was in the Revolutionary War, yet no record has been found for him in North Carolina. A great granddaughter of Eleanor (Alldredge) York, the oldest daughter of Nathan Alldredge, said that he refugeed to Virginia during the Revolution; that the Tories were having all the Patriots along the Mt. Pleasant Creek as soon as they found them. Hence it became necessary for them to flee for their lives. Nathan Alldredge was a Regulator in Orange County, N.C., in 1768 and there was a price on the heads of all Regulators after the Battle of Alamance in 1771. There is also a legend that he may have refugeed to Maryland as well as Virginia.&lt;br /&gt;
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: Aunt Mary Frances Alldredge, granddaughter of Nathan Alldredge, said that her grandfather fought in the Revolutionary War; that he was wounded and had to go home, and that he lived to be very old and went blind before he died.&lt;br /&gt;
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: Also, Enoch Alldredge, grandson of Nathan Alldredge and brother of Mary Frances, above, said that his grandfather, Nathan, was a Revolutionary soldier. It seems very unlikely that Enoch did not know the facts about his own grandfather for he was a highly intelligent man and was in the Alabama Legislature for almost forty years. He was 19 years old when his grandfather died. It seems quite safe to assume that he knew what he was talking about.&lt;br /&gt;
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The name Nathan Aldridge appears on a roster of the Continental Line in Maryland,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783, Maryland, Various Organizations, page 19 (National Archives Publication M246, NAID 602384, Record Group 93, Roll 0034) ([https://www.fold3.com/image/12006773/35?terms=nathan,war,us,revolutionary,aldridge Fold3], [https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/1405818:4282 Ancestry]).&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; but the man&#039;s compiled service record is cross-filed with a Nathan &#039;&#039;Albridge&#039;&#039;.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Compiled Service Records of Soldiers Who Served in the American Army During the Revolutionary War, Maryland, Continental Troops, Miscellaneous (National Archives Publication M881, NAID 570910, Record Group 93, Roll 0154), records of Nathan Aldridge ([https://www.fold3.com/image/12898358?terms=nathan,war,us,revolutionary,aldridge Fold3]) and Nathan Albridge ([https://www.fold3.com/image/12898322 Fold3]).&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Another Nathan Aldridge in Maryland served in the Washington County Militia, the wrong part of the state from where our Nathan would have originated and likely returned to.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Ibid., Sarer&#039;s Company (Washington County), Militia, record of Nathan Aldridge ([https://www.fold3.com/image/17139113 Fold3]).&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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== DNA evidence ==&lt;br /&gt;
{{Main|Aldridge DNA Project}}&lt;br /&gt;
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One male-line descendant of Nathan Alldredge has tested his DNA at the [https://www.familytreedna.com/groups/aldridge/about Aldridge DNA Project], a descendant of Nathan Alldredge &amp;gt; [[Andrew Alldredge]] &amp;gt; [[Dr. William Alldredge]]. He tested his Y-DNA at the Big-Y 700 level, revealing his Y-DNA haplogroup to be &#039;&#039;&#039;R-FTB32679&#039;&#039;&#039;, a subclade of R-U106 &amp;gt; R-Z154. He has two Big-Y matches, one to another descendant of William Alldredge (b. 1702), and another to a descendant of [[Thomas Aldridge]], believed to be William&#039;s brother.&lt;br /&gt;
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This DNA evidence confirms Nathan Alldredge&#039;s paternal connection to William Alldredge, and, we believe, to [[Nicholas Aldridge]] of Anne Arundel County, Maryland. This R-U106 Aldridge-Alldredge lineage is confirmed not to be a match to the descendants of Nathaniel Aldridge and Joseph Aldridge, who are Y-DNA haplogroup I-M223.&lt;br /&gt;
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== References ==&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;references&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;lester16&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Memory Aldridge Lester, &#039;&#039;Alldredge-Aldridge-Bracken-Nesmith Families and Their Kin&#039;&#039; (Chapel Hill, N.C.: privately printed, 1957), available on [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/26644/ Ancestry], [https://archive.org/details/alldredgealdridg00lest Internet Archive], and [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/202048 FamilySearch].&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;landGrants1&amp;quot;&amp;gt;There are three early land grants that I identify with William Alldredge and Nathan Alldredge: (1) file no. 312, Granville land grant no. 3, patent book no. 14, page 328 (Call #S.108.947, MARS 12.14.95.309), entered 15 March 1755, issued 13 November 1756, 256 acres to William Aldridge, in Orange County, on Mount Pleasant, a branch of Sandy Creek ([https://nclandgrants.com/grant/?mars=12.14.95.309&amp;amp;qid=942684&amp;amp;rn=3 NCLandGrants.com]); (2) file no. 486, state land grant no. 526, patent book 66, page 373 (Call #S.108.975, MARS 12.14.103.556), entered 14 September 1784, issued 11 July 1788, 184 acres to William Aldridge, in Randolph County, on waters of Sandy Creek ([https://nclandgrants.com/grant/?mars=12.14.42.916&amp;amp;qid=942684&amp;amp;rn=2 NCLandGrants.com]); (3) file no. 166, state land grant no. 359, patent book no. 58, page 409 (Call #S.108.974, MARS 12.14.103.236), entered 5 December 1778, issued 24 July 1786, 200 acres to Nathan Aldridge, assignee of William Aldridge, in Randolph County, on waters of Mount Pleasant, branch of Sandy Creek ([https://nclandgrants.com/grant/?mars=12.14.103.236&amp;amp;qid=942684&amp;amp;rn=1 NCLandGrants.com]). There is little in these records to distinguish one William Aldridge from the other, but the proximity of their burial sites suggests that their land was adjacent.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;landGrants2&amp;quot;&amp;gt;I likewise identify three land grants as belonging to Nathaniel Aldridge and Joseph Aldridge: (1) file no. 315, Granville land grant no. 69, patent book no. 14, page 329 (Call #S.108.947, MARS 12.14.95.312), issued 6 February 1761, 220 acres to Nathaniel Aldrige, in Orange County, on the Bushy Fork of Flat River ([https://nclandgrants.com/grant/?mars=12.14.95.312&amp;amp;qid=942695&amp;amp;rn=1 NCLandGrants.com]); (2) file no. 309, Granville land grant no. 57, patent book no. 14, page 328 (Call #S.108.947, MARS 12.14.95.306), issued 8 December 1762, 700 acres to Nathaniel Aldrage, in Orange County, on waters of Flat River ([https://nclandgrants.com/grant/?mars=12.14.95.306&amp;amp;qid=942693&amp;amp;rn=1 NCLandGrants.com]); (3) file no. 317, Granville land grant no. 74, patent book no. 14, page 330 (Call# S.108.847, MARS 12.14.95.314), issued 11 Dec 1762, 455 acres to Joseph Aldrage, in Orange County, on Flat River ([https://nclandgrants.com/grant/?mars=12.14.95.314&amp;amp;qid=942696&amp;amp;rn=1 NCLandGrants.com]).&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;deathNotice&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&#039;&#039;The Enquirer&#039;&#039; (Knoxville), 17 Jan 1827, page 3. [https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-enquirer-nathan-alldredge-death-noti/99325990/ Clipping on Newspapers.com].&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;will&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Historical Records Project, Knox County Estate Books 1812–1830, Book 4 (1824–1830), 250-251 (images 854–855), pages 325–327 in original book. Available at [https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:2:77TV-YLBX?i=853&amp;amp;wc=M6QQ-WWL%3A179635401%2C179786701&amp;amp;cc=1909088 FamilySearch] and [https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/9176/images/004769031_00854 Ancestry].&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;1799petition&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Tennessee Genealogical Society, &#039;&#039;Ansearchin&#039; News&#039;&#039;, vol. 15, no. 3 (July–September 1968), 121–122. [https://www.tngs.org/resources/Documents/Magazine/Vol%2015%20No%203%201968.pdf Available from Tennessee Genealogical Society].&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;1795deed&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Knox County, Tennessee, Deeds of Conveyance, Book C2, page 81. [https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS4Y-7SCB-8?i=46&amp;amp;cat=147206 Available on FamilySearch]. Transcript by Memory Aldridge Lester, &#039;&#039;Alldredge-Aldridge&#039;&#039;, 16 ([https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/26644/images/dvm_GenMono007254-00017-0 Ancestry], [https://archive.org/details/alldredgealdridg00lest/page/16/mode/1up Internet Archive]).&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;1802tax&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Pollyanna Creekmore, &amp;quot;Early East Tennessee Taxpayers,&amp;quot; East Tennessee Historical Society Publication No. 23, 117–135, at 12 ([https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2883/images/33119_290491-00015?pId=244103 Ancestry]), in Ancestry.com, &#039;&#039;Tennessee, U.S., Early Tax List Records, 1783-1785&#039;&#039; [database online] (Lehi, Utah: Ancestry.com, 2013); original data from Tennessee State Library and Archives, Early Tax Lists of Tennessee, microfilm.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;1794deeds&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Transcribed in Lester, &#039;&#039;Alldredge-Aldridge&#039;&#039;, 16 ([https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/26644/images/dvm_GenMono007254-00017-0 Ancestry], [https://archive.org/details/alldredgealdridg00lest/page/16/mode/1up Internet Archive]).&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;1790census&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Nathan Alridge on 1790 United States Federal Census, Randolph County, North Carolina ([https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/190091:5058?ssrc=pt&amp;amp;tid=120605287&amp;amp;pid=212066445598 Ancestry], [https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHKB-1DY FamilySearch]).&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;1779randolphTax&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Tax Lists, Randolph County, North Carolina, 1779, page 13. State Archives of North Carolina, Call Number S&amp;gt;S. XVIII, Recordkeeping (Misc.): Tax Lists: Box 2, MARS 12.97 ([https://digital.ncdcr.gov/Documents/Detail/tax-lists-randolph-county-1779/352198?item=352241 North Carolina Digital Collections]).&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;1768regulators&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;quot;Regulators&#039; Advertisement No. 9.&amp;quot; In Colonial and State Records of North Carolina, vol. 7, pp. 733-737, at 736. Available on [https://docsouth.unc.edu/csr/index.php/document/csr07-0289#p7-736 Documenting the American South].&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/references&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Joseph</name></author>
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		<title>William Alldredge (b. 1702)</title>
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| name = William Alldredge&lt;br /&gt;
| birth = 13 Mar 1702&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;All Hallow&#039;s Parish, [[wikipedia:Anne Arundel County, Maryland|Anne Arundel County, Maryland]]&lt;br /&gt;
| death = 11 Apr 1786&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;Mount Pleasant Creek, [[wikipedia:Randolph County, North Carolina|Randolph County, North Carolina]]&lt;br /&gt;
| buried = Sandy Creek Baptist Church Cemetery, Randolph County, North Carolina&lt;br /&gt;
| parents = [[Nicholas Aldridge]] and [[Martha (Besson) Aldridge]]&lt;br /&gt;
| children = [[William Alldredge (b. 1729)]], [[Eleanor (Alldredge) York]], [[Sylvania (Alldredge) York]], [[Nicholas Alldredge (b. 1737)]], [[Nathan Alldredge]]&lt;br /&gt;
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== Overview ==&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;William Alldredge&#039;&#039;&#039;, also known as William Alldredge Sr. or William Aldridge, settled in about 1755 in what is now Randolph County, North Carolina, but then part of colonial Orange County. He was born on 13 Mar 1702 in All Hallow&#039;s Parish, Anne Arundel County, Maryland, the son of Nicholas and Martha Aldridge.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;birth&amp;quot;&amp;gt;From several inadequate transcriptions, we can get the gist of the record: &amp;quot;Maryland Births and Christenings, 1650-1995&amp;quot;, database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HYGP-L1W2 : 12 February 2020), William Aldridg, 1703; &amp;quot;Maryland Births and Christenings, 1650-1995&amp;quot;, database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:4LPC-BBZM : 12 February 2020), William II Aldridge, 1703; &amp;quot;Maryland Births and Christenings, 1650-1995&amp;quot;, database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4Z2-RDH : 12 February 2020), William Aldridge, 1703. Mrs. Lester gives the birth as 13 March 1703 (Lester, 5).&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; He died 11 Apr 1786, per Dennis York&#039;s reading of a discovered tombstone believed to belong to William.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;tombstone&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10522139/william-aldridge: accessed 05 July 2023), memorial page for William Aldridge II (13 Mar 1703–11 Apr 1786), Find a Grave Memorial ID 10522139, citing Sandy Creek Baptist Church Cemetery, Liberty, Randolph County, North Carolina, USA; by Dennis York (contributor 47405652).&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Compared to his son [[Nathan Alldredge|Nathan]], I have scant records on William. The purpose of this page is to collect and verify what I do have and know.&lt;br /&gt;
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== History ==&lt;br /&gt;
As early as 1957, [[Memory Aldridge Lester]] connected our common ancestor, Nathan Alldredge, to William Aldridge born 1702 and to [[Nicholas Aldridge]]. I do not know the process by which she came to this conclusion, only that there was not a tradition of who Nathan&#039;s father or grandfather was. She appears to have reasoned out the connection by thorough and diligent research.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;lester&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Memory Aldridge Lester, &#039;&#039;Alldredge-Aldridge-Bracken-Nesmith Families and Their Kin&#039;&#039; (Chapel Hill, N.C.: privately printed, 1957), 5–6 (available on [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/26644/ Ancestry], [https://archive.org/details/alldredgealdridg00lest Internet Archive], and [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/202048 FamilySearch]).&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; I have known her book since I was very young, but was not completely certain of her conclusions until I was able to verify them though [[Aldridge DNA Project|DNA research]].&lt;br /&gt;
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When I first became serious about Aldridge-Alldredge research in 2019–2020, I was concerned by the many unsupported claims (and it seemed to me, unsupportable) made by Dennis York and others on Find a Grave and Ancestry. I tried to get in touch with Mr. York, then the administrator of the Aldridge DNA Project, but was unsuccessful. Four years later, despite repeated attempts to contact him, I have never heard back from him. I can only conclude that he is no longer able to research or communicate.&lt;br /&gt;
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Mr. York did not provide documentation for any of his claims. In the absence of any evidence, I am unable to accept his conclusions. They are, at least, pointers to possible places to search.&lt;br /&gt;
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== Name ==&lt;br /&gt;
Some researchers online refer to this William Aldridge (b. 1702), as William &#039;&#039;Ezekiel&#039;&#039; Aldridge. I do not believe this William Aldridge had a middle name. He never used a middle initial in records. I do not believe his son, William Aldridge (b. 1729), had a middle name either, but I at least accept that the appellation &amp;quot;William Ezekiel&amp;quot; has been attached to him for a long time (i.e. it is pre-Internet).&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&amp;quot;It is traditionally said that his full name was William Ezekiel Alldredge.&amp;quot; Franklin Rudolph Aldridge, &#039;&#039;Aldridge Records&#039;&#039;, vol. 1 (Nashville: self-published, 1966), 152 [https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/26642/images/dvm_GenMono007241-00086-0-0?ssrc=&amp;amp;backlabel=Return&amp;amp;pId=299 Ancestry], [https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/idviewer/252842/156 FamilySearch]).&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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== Birth ==&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:William Aldridge Birth and Baptism.png|thumb|left|alt=All Hallows&#039; Parish register showing the birth and baptism of William Aldridge &amp;quot;II&amp;quot; (1702).|All Hallows&#039; Parish register showing the birth and baptism of William Aldridge &amp;quot;II&amp;quot; (1702).]]&lt;br /&gt;
The birth of William Aldridge, the son of Nicholas Aldridge and wife Martha, is recorded in the parish register of All Hallow&#039;s Parish, Anne Arundel County, although there is some disagreement about the date. The actual register reads 13 March 1702, but Memory Lester, Dennis York, and others give his birthdate as 13 March 1703. I can guess at the reason Memory may have doubted the 1702 date, but I see no reason to question the register. The clerk clearly knew what he was doing, writing William&#039;s birth as 13 March 1702 on one line, and writing his baptism as 11 April 1703 on the next.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Lester, 5.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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The reason for confusion and doubt is the fact that this William was the second son of Nicholas of Martha by the name of William. Another child named William was born 30 October 1700, baptized 12 July 1702, and buried 26 July 1702. While it was not uncommon for families of the eighteenth century to reuse names of deceased children, allowing that the birthdate of the second William was 13 March 1702 means that &#039;&#039;&#039;Nicholas and Martha named a second son William while the first one was still alive.&#039;&#039;&#039; As unreasonable as that may seem to us today, the records indicate that is exactly what happened.&lt;br /&gt;
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Because there were two Williams, our William&#039;s name is sometimes given by researchers as &amp;quot;William II.&amp;quot; But he was certainly never known by this name in his lifetime.&lt;br /&gt;
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File:William Aldridge Birth 1700.png|All Hallows&#039; Parish register showing birth of William Aldridge &amp;quot;I&amp;quot; (1700).|alt=All Hallows&#039; Parish register showing birth of William Aldridge &amp;quot;I&amp;quot; (1700).&lt;br /&gt;
File:William Aldridge Baptism 1702.png|All Hallows&#039; Parish register showing baptism of William Aldridge &amp;quot;I&amp;quot; (1702).|alt=All Hallows&#039; Parish register showing baptism of William Aldridge &amp;quot;I&amp;quot; (1702).&lt;br /&gt;
File:William Aldridge Burial 1702.png||ll Hallows&#039; Parish register showing burial of William Aldridge &amp;quot;I&amp;quot; (1702).|alt=All Hallows&#039; Parish register showing burial of William Aldridge &amp;quot;I&amp;quot; (1702).&lt;br /&gt;
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== Disputed marriage ==&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:William Akeridge Elizabeth Symmons Marriage.png|thumb|alt=All Hallows&#039; Parish register, with 1726 marriage of William Akeridge and Elizabeth Symmons highlighted.|All Hallows&#039; Parish register, with 1726 marriage of William Akeridge and Elizabeth Symmons highlighted.]]&lt;br /&gt;
Ever since Memory Aldridge Lester&#039;s book in 1957, the claim has been made that William Aldridge married Elizabeth Symmons on July 3, 1726. Without qualification, Memory wrote, &amp;quot;William ... married Elizabeth Symons July 3, 1726.&amp;quot;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Lester, 6.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; There is only one problem: this is a misreading of the marriage record. The record very clearly reads &amp;quot;William &#039;&#039;&#039;Akeridge&#039;&#039;&#039; to Elizabeth Symmons.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
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The claim that William Aldridge&#039;s wife was Elizabeth Symmons has been asserted so many times in the time since Memory Lester that it has become an &amp;quot;accepted fact.&amp;quot; Despite the original claim evidently being a mistake, researchers widely are unwilling to let go of the false identification. Dennis York, in his biography of William Aldridge at Find a Grave, states:&lt;br /&gt;
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: William ALDRIDGE married Elizabeth Ursula SYMMONS in Anne Arundel County, Maryland on about 1727, when he was 25 years old and she was 24 years old. This often is confused with the &amp;quot;William Akeridge &amp;amp; Eliza Symmons who were married July 3, 1726&amp;quot;. This is the marriage of a different couple.&lt;br /&gt;
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The bare fact is, the only source for William Aldridge&#039;s wife being named Elizabeth Symmons is this marriage record. If one accepts that this marriage record is for William &#039;&#039;Akeridge&#039;&#039; rather than &#039;&#039;Aldridge&#039;&#039;, then there is no longer any basis for claiming William&#039;s wife was Elizabeth Symmons or even that she was named Elizabeth. Prior to Memory&#039;s book in 1957, there was no family tradition of William Aldridge&#039;s wife&#039;s name. We have neither a will for William which names his wife, or a tombstone for her, or any other evidence. If this marriage record is out as belonging to William Aldridge, then his wife&#039;s name, both first and maiden, is unknown.&lt;br /&gt;
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== Children ==&lt;br /&gt;
William Aldridge left no will. Dennis York asserts a list of whom William&#039;s children &amp;quot;likely included&amp;quot;:&lt;br /&gt;
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# &amp;lt;del&amp;gt;Joseph Aldridge&amp;lt;/del&amp;gt; (b. 1728) — We now know from Y-DNA research that Joseph Aldridge was &#039;&#039;not&#039;&#039; William&#039;s son.&lt;br /&gt;
# William Aldridge &amp;quot;III&amp;quot; (b. 1729)&lt;br /&gt;
# Eleanor (Aldridge) York (b. 1730)&lt;br /&gt;
# Sylvania (Aldridge) York (b. 1731)&lt;br /&gt;
# Samuel Aldridge (b. 1735)&lt;br /&gt;
# Nicholas Aldridge (b. 1737)&lt;br /&gt;
# &amp;lt;del&amp;gt;Nathaniel &amp;quot;Nathan&amp;quot; Benjamin Aldridge&amp;lt;/del&amp;gt; (b. 1740) — Mr. York has here conflated [[Nathan Alldredge]] with [[Nathaniel Aldridge Sr.|Nathaniel Aldridge]].&lt;br /&gt;
# James Aldridge (b. 1742) — A James Aldridge lived in Flat River settlement and Caswell County, North Carolina, with Joseph and Nathaniel. Apparently a different James &#039;&#039;Alldredge&#039;&#039; appeared in deeds with Randolph County Alldredges in the 1770s.&lt;br /&gt;
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Of these children, I am personally certain of my own Nathan, and of William, Nicholas, and James, who appeared together in records with Nathan. Either Sylvania (Aldridge) York or Eleanor (Aldridge) York is apparently Dennis York&#039;s ancestor. The two Aldridge sisters married York brothers: Sylvania married Semore York, and Eleanor married Thomas York. The York brothers were sons of Jeremiah York, a close neighbor who had land dealings with both William and Nathan. So I feel confident that they are in the right place too. At this time, I have no knowledge of Samuel, and it appears, neither did Mr. York.&lt;br /&gt;
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So I can list these children with some degree of confidence:&lt;br /&gt;
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# [[William Alldredge (b. 1729)]]&lt;br /&gt;
# [[Eleanor (Alldredge) York]]&lt;br /&gt;
# [[Sylvania (Alldredge) York]]&lt;br /&gt;
# [[Nicholas Alldredge (b. 1737)]]&lt;br /&gt;
# [[Nathan Alldredge]]&lt;br /&gt;
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== Migration and settlement in North Carolina ==&lt;br /&gt;
William Aldridge apparently migrated to North Carolina about 1755. Orange County, North Carolina, was created, and opened for settlement, in 1752. So William might have come a few years prior to 1755. But 15 March 1755 is when he entered land for a grant, on Mount Pleasant Creek, a branch of Sandy Creek, in what is today Randolph County. The grant was issued 13 November 1756.&lt;br /&gt;
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There is some uncertainty about whether it was this William (b. 1702) or his son, William (b. 1729), who received the 1756 land. To me, it seems likely that it was the father. William the son would have been twenty-six years old. It is certainly possible for him to have received a land grant, but it does not seem likely for the son to receive a land grant &#039;&#039;and not the father&#039;&#039;. The next land grant in the same of William Aldridge was entered in 1778. We know that Nathan Alldredge and his brothers were in North Carolina by 1768, from the Regulator movement records. It does not seem likely for William Sr. to have been in North Carolina for ten or twenty years without receiving a land grant, while William Jr. could certainly have lived on his father&#039;s land for all that time.&lt;br /&gt;
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=== 1756 land grant ===&lt;br /&gt;
An abstract of the 1756 land grant follows:&lt;br /&gt;
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: North Carolina, Orange County. File no. 312, Granville land grant no. 3, patent book no. 14, page 328. Entered March 15, 1755. 256 acres, surveyed 27 Oct 1755 for William Aldridge, lying on a branch of Sandy Creek, the waters of Deep River, commonly called Mount Pleasant. Adjoining Herman Husband. Witness, Herman Husband, Steven Peters. Chain carriers, Seymore York, Herman Husband. Issued 13 Nov 1756.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;File no. 312, Granville land grant no. 3, patent book no. 14, page 328 (Call #S.108.947, MARS 12.14.95.309), entered 15 March 1755, issued 13 November 1756, 256 acres to William Aldridge, in Orange County, on Mount Pleasant, a branch of Sandy Creek ([https://nclandgrants.com/grant/?mars=12.14.95.309&amp;amp;qid=942684&amp;amp;rn=3 NCLandGrants.com]).&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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=== 1786 land grant assigned to Nathan Alldredge ===&lt;br /&gt;
An abstract of the 1786 land grant, entered in the name of William Aldridge and assigned to Nathan Aldridge:&lt;br /&gt;
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: Warrant no. 927. 5 December 1778. Survey for William Alredge 200 acres in Guilford County on waters of Mount Pleasant, branch of Sandy Creek, adjoining Henry Pearce.&lt;br /&gt;
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: North Carolina, Randolph County. File no. 166, Grant no. 359, Patent Book 58, page 408. 24 July 1786. 200 acres granted to Nathan Aldridge on waters of Mount Pleasant, branch of Sandy Creek, adjoining Henry Pierce, Jonathan McCallom, and Jeremiah York.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;File no. 166, state land grant no. 359, patent book no. 58, page 409 (Call #S.108.974, MARS 12.14.103.236), entered 5 December 1778, issued 24 July 1786, 200 acres to Nathan Aldridge, assignee of William Aldridge, in Randolph County, on waters of Mount Pleasant, branch of Sandy Creek ([https://nclandgrants.com/grant/?mars=12.14.103.236&amp;amp;qid=942684&amp;amp;rn=1 NCLandGrants.com]).&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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The back of the warrant bears this notation:&lt;br /&gt;
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: December 24th 1783&lt;br /&gt;
: I sign all my right of this within warrant to Nathan Alldredge. Signed by me,&lt;br /&gt;
: Wm. {his mark} Alldredge&lt;br /&gt;
: Witness Jere. York.&lt;br /&gt;
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=== 1788 land grant ===&lt;br /&gt;
Given that William Alldredge (b. 1703) is believed to have died in 1786, the 1788 land grant in the name of William Aldridge almost certainly belongs to his son, William Alldredge (b. 1729):&lt;br /&gt;
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: North Carolina, Randolph County. File no. 486, Grant no. 526, Patent Book 66, page 373. Entered 14 Sep 1784, issued 14 Sep 1784. 184 acres on the waters of Sandy Creek.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;File no. 486, state land grant no. 526, patent book 66, page 373 (Call #S.108.975, MARS 12.14.103.556), entered 14 September 1784, issued 11 July 1788, 184 acres to William Aldridge, in Randolph County, on waters of Sandy Creek ([https://nclandgrants.com/grant/?mars=12.14.42.916&amp;amp;qid=942684&amp;amp;rn=2 NCLandGrants.com]).&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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== Death ==&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:William Aldridge 1786.jpg|thumb|right|alt=Tombstone ascribed to William Aldridge at Sandy Creek Cemetery.|Tombstone ascribed to William Aldridge at Sandy Creek Cemetery.]]&lt;br /&gt;
Dennis York reports William Aldridge&#039;s death date as 11 April 1786, based on a discovered tombstone at Sandy Creek Baptist Church. This description accompanies the photo he shared on Find a Grave:&lt;br /&gt;
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: William Aldridge II tombstone marker. This field rock was dug out of the ground in 2003 by Mr. Kivett caretaker of the Sandy Creek Baptist Church Cemetery, Liberty, Randolph County, North Carolina. It is installed as part of the Thomas York and Elinor Aldridge grave site. This field rock has been incorporated into the memorial maker for his son-in-law Thomas York placed by Dennis York 6th great grandson in 2003. This William Aldridge is the father of the two Aldridge sisters, Elinor and Sylvania who married two brothers Thomas York I and Semore York I who buried on either side of their beloved pastor Shubal Stearns.&lt;br /&gt;
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The photo he shared has been digitally altered to enhance the carved date. I have not seen the original stone, so I am not certain how accurate the enhanced image is – whether the date indeed legible, or whether Mr. York is &amp;quot;reading tea leaves.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
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But the date of 11 April 1786 seems reasonable. Shortly before his death, in 1783, William Alldredge transferred his 1778 land claim to Nathan Alldredge, which was completed and issued in July 1786 after William&#039;s death.&lt;br /&gt;
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== DNA evidence ==&lt;br /&gt;
{{Main|Aldridge DNA Project}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{See also|Nathan Alldredge}}&lt;br /&gt;
Five patrilineal, male-line descendants of William Alldredge have tested their Y-DNA at the [https://www.familytreedna.com/groups/aldridge/about Aldridge DNA Project], four from his son William (b. 1729) and one from his one Nathan. All five men&#039;s Y-DNA matches one another, forming haplogroup &#039;&#039;&#039;R-FTB32679&#039;&#039;&#039;, a subclade of R-U106 &amp;gt; R-Z154. They also match another descendant of Nicholas Aldridge of Anne Arundel County, Maryland, via his son Thomas, adding support to the conclusion that William (b. 1702) was the son of Nicholas.&lt;br /&gt;
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The Y-DNA of William&#039;s descendants does not match the descendants of two other lines that were in colonial Orange County, North Carolina, that of [[Nathaniel Aldridge Sr.|Nathaniel Aldridge]] and [[Joseph Aldridge]], who both belong to haplogroup I-M223, indicating that these lines do not belong to the same family.&lt;br /&gt;
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== References ==&lt;br /&gt;
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| name = William Alldredge&lt;br /&gt;
| birth = 13 Mar 1702&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;All Hallow&#039;s Parish, [[wikipedia:Anne Arundel County, Maryland|Anne Arundel County, Maryland]]&lt;br /&gt;
| death = 11 Apr 1786&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;Mount Pleasant Creek, [[wikipedia:Randolph County, North Carolina|Randolph County, North Carolina]]&lt;br /&gt;
| buried = Sandy Creek Baptist Church Cemetery, Randolph County, North Carolina&lt;br /&gt;
| parents = [[Nicholas Aldridge]] and [[Martha (Besson) Aldridge]]&lt;br /&gt;
| children = [[William Alldredge (b. 1729)]], [[Eleanor (Alldredge) York]], [[Sylvania (Alldredge) York]], [[Nicholas Alldredge (b. 1737)]], [[Nathan Alldredge]]&lt;br /&gt;
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== Overview ==&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;William Alldredge&#039;&#039;&#039;, also known as William Alldredge Sr. or William Aldridge, settled in about 1755 in what is now Randolph County, North Carolina, but then part of colonial Orange County. He was born on 13 Mar 1702 in All Hallow&#039;s Parish, Anne Arundel County, Maryland, the son of Nicholas and Martha Aldridge.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;birth&amp;quot;&amp;gt;From several inadequate transcriptions, we can get the gist of the record: &amp;quot;Maryland Births and Christenings, 1650-1995&amp;quot;, database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HYGP-L1W2 : 12 February 2020), William Aldridg, 1703; &amp;quot;Maryland Births and Christenings, 1650-1995&amp;quot;, database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:4LPC-BBZM : 12 February 2020), William II Aldridge, 1703; &amp;quot;Maryland Births and Christenings, 1650-1995&amp;quot;, database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4Z2-RDH : 12 February 2020), William Aldridge, 1703. Mrs. Lester gives the birth as 13 March 1703 (Lester, 5).&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; He died 11 Apr 1786, per Dennis York&#039;s reading of a discovered tombstone believed to belong to William.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;tombstone&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10522139/william-aldridge: accessed 05 July 2023), memorial page for William Aldridge II (13 Mar 1703–11 Apr 1786), Find a Grave Memorial ID 10522139, citing Sandy Creek Baptist Church Cemetery, Liberty, Randolph County, North Carolina, USA; by Dennis York (contributor 47405652).&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Compared to his son [[Nathan Alldredge|Nathan]], I have scant records on William. The purpose of this page is to collect and verify what I do have and know.&lt;br /&gt;
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== History ==&lt;br /&gt;
As early as 1957, [[Memory Aldridge Lester]] connected our common ancestor, Nathan Alldredge, to William Aldridge born 1702 and to [[Nicholas Aldridge]]. I do not know the process by which she came to this conclusion, only that there was not a tradition of who Nathan&#039;s father or grandfather was. She appears to have reasoned out the connection by thorough and diligent research.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;lester&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Memory Aldridge Lester, &#039;&#039;Alldredge-Aldridge-Bracken-Nesmith Families and Their Kin&#039;&#039; (Chapel Hill, N.C.: privately printed, 1957), 5–6 (available on [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/26644/ Ancestry], [https://archive.org/details/alldredgealdridg00lest Internet Archive], and [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/202048 FamilySearch]).&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; I have known her book since I was very young, but was not completely certain of her conclusions until I was able to verify them though [[Aldridge DNA Project|DNA research]].&lt;br /&gt;
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When I first became serious about Aldridge-Alldredge research in 2019–2020, I was concerned by the many unsupported claims (and it seemed to me, unsupportable) made by Dennis York and others on Find a Grave and Ancestry. I tried to get in touch with Mr. York, then the administrator of the Aldridge DNA Project, but was unsuccessful. Four years later, despite repeated attempts to contact him, I have never heard back from him. I can only conclude that he is no longer able to research or communicate.&lt;br /&gt;
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Mr. York did not provide documentation for any of his claims. In the absence of any evidence, I am unable to accept his conclusions. They are, at least, pointers to possible places to search.&lt;br /&gt;
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== Name ==&lt;br /&gt;
Some researchers online refer to this William Aldridge (b. 1702), as William &#039;&#039;Ezekiel&#039;&#039; Aldridge. I do not believe this William Aldridge had a middle name. He never used a middle initial in records. I do not believe his son, William Aldridge (b. 1729), had a middle name either, but I at least accept that the appellation &amp;quot;William Ezekiel&amp;quot; has been attached to him for a long time (i.e. it is pre-Internet).&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&amp;quot;It is traditionally said that his full name was William Ezekiel Alldredge.&amp;quot; Franklin Rudolph Aldridge, &#039;&#039;Aldridge Records&#039;&#039;, vol. 1 (Nashville: self-published, 1966), 152 [https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/26642/images/dvm_GenMono007241-00086-0-0?ssrc=&amp;amp;backlabel=Return&amp;amp;pId=299 Ancestry], [https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/idviewer/252842/156 FamilySearch]).&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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== Birth ==&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:William Aldridge Birth and Baptism.png|thumb|left|alt=All Hallows&#039; Parish register showing the birth and baptism of William Aldridge &amp;quot;II&amp;quot; (1702).|All Hallows&#039; Parish register showing the birth and baptism of William Aldridge &amp;quot;II&amp;quot; (1702).]]&lt;br /&gt;
The birth of William Aldridge, the son of Nicholas Aldridge and wife Martha, is recorded in the parish register of All Hallow&#039;s Parish, Anne Arundel County, although there is some disagreement about the date. The actual register reads 13 March 1702, but Memory Lester, Dennis York, and others give his birthdate as 13 March 1703. I can guess at the reason Memory may have doubted the 1702 date, but I see no reason to question the register. The clerk clearly knew what he was doing, writing William&#039;s birth as 13 March 1702 on one line, and writing his baptism as 11 April 1703 on the next.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Lester, 5.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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The reason for confusion and doubt is the fact that this William was the second son of Nicholas of Martha by the name of William. Another child named William was born 30 October 1700, baptized 12 July 1702, and buried 26 July 1702. While it was not uncommon for families of the eighteenth century to reuse names of deceased children, allowing that the birthdate of the second William was 13 March 1702 means that &#039;&#039;&#039;Nicholas and Martha named a second son William while the first one was still alive.&#039;&#039;&#039; As unreasonable as that may seem to us today, the records indicate that is exactly what happened.&lt;br /&gt;
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Because there were two Williams, our William&#039;s name is sometimes given by researchers as &amp;quot;William II.&amp;quot; But he was certainly never known by this name in his lifetime.&lt;br /&gt;
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File:William Aldridge Birth 1700.png|All Hallows&#039; Parish register showing birth of William Aldridge &amp;quot;I&amp;quot; (1700).|alt=All Hallows&#039; Parish register showing birth of William Aldridge &amp;quot;I&amp;quot; (1700).&lt;br /&gt;
File:William Aldridge Baptism 1702.png|All Hallows&#039; Parish register showing baptism of William Aldridge &amp;quot;I&amp;quot; (1702).|alt=All Hallows&#039; Parish register showing baptism of William Aldridge &amp;quot;I&amp;quot; (1702).&lt;br /&gt;
File:William Aldridge Burial 1702.png||ll Hallows&#039; Parish register showing burial of William Aldridge &amp;quot;I&amp;quot; (1702).|alt=All Hallows&#039; Parish register showing burial of William Aldridge &amp;quot;I&amp;quot; (1702).&lt;br /&gt;
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== Disputed marriage ==&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:William Akeridge Elizabeth Symmons Marriage.png|thumb|alt=All Hallows&#039; Parish register, with 1726 marriage of William Akeridge and Elizabeth Symmons highlighted.|All Hallows&#039; Parish register, with 1726 marriage of William Akeridge and Elizabeth Symmons highlighted.]]&lt;br /&gt;
Ever since Memory Aldridge Lester&#039;s book in 1957, the claim has been made that William Aldridge married Elizabeth Symmons on July 3, 1726. Without qualification, Memory wrote, &amp;quot;William ... married Elizabeth Symons July 3, 1726.&amp;quot;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Lester, 6.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; There is only one problem: this is a misreading of the marriage record. The record very clearly reads &amp;quot;William &#039;&#039;&#039;Akeridge&#039;&#039;&#039; to Elizabeth Symmons.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
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The claim that William Aldridge&#039;s wife was Elizabeth Symmons has been asserted so many times in the time since Memory Lester that it has become an &amp;quot;accepted fact.&amp;quot; Despite the original claim evidently being a mistake, researchers widely are unwilling to let go of the false identification. Dennis York, in his biography of William Aldridge at Find a Grave, states:&lt;br /&gt;
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: William ALDRIDGE married Elizabeth Ursula SYMMONS in Anne Arundel County, Maryland on about 1727, when he was 25 years old and she was 24 years old. This often is confused with the &amp;quot;William Akeridge &amp;amp; Eliza Symmons who were married July 3, 1726&amp;quot;. This is the marriage of a different couple.&lt;br /&gt;
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The bare fact is, the only source for William Aldridge&#039;s wife being named Elizabeth Symmons is this marriage record. If one accepts that this marriage record is for William &#039;&#039;Akeridge&#039;&#039; rather than &#039;&#039;Aldridge&#039;&#039;, then there is no longer any basis for claiming William&#039;s wife was Elizabeth Symmons or even that she was named Elizabeth. Prior to Memory&#039;s book in 1957, there was no family tradition of William Aldridge&#039;s wife&#039;s name. We have neither a will for William which names his wife, or a tombstone for her, or any other evidence. If this marriage record is out as belonging to William Aldridge, then his wife&#039;s name, both first and maiden, is unknown.&lt;br /&gt;
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== Children ==&lt;br /&gt;
William Aldridge left no will. Dennis York asserts a list of whom William&#039;s children &amp;quot;likely included&amp;quot;:&lt;br /&gt;
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# &amp;lt;del&amp;gt;Joseph Aldridge&amp;lt;/del&amp;gt; (b. 1728) — We now know from Y-DNA research that Joseph Aldridge was &#039;&#039;not&#039;&#039; William&#039;s son.&lt;br /&gt;
# William Aldridge &amp;quot;III&amp;quot; (b. 1729)&lt;br /&gt;
# Eleanor (Aldridge) York (b. 1730)&lt;br /&gt;
# Sylvania (Aldridge) York (b. 1731)&lt;br /&gt;
# Samuel Aldridge (b. 1735)&lt;br /&gt;
# Nicholas Aldridge (b. 1737)&lt;br /&gt;
# &amp;lt;del&amp;gt;Nathaniel &amp;quot;Nathan&amp;quot; Benjamin Aldridge&amp;lt;/del&amp;gt; (b. 1740) — Mr. York has here conflated [[Nathan Alldredge]] with [[Nathaniel Aldridge Sr.|Nathaniel Aldridge]].&lt;br /&gt;
# &amp;lt;s&amp;gt;James Aldridge (b. 1742)&amp;lt;/s&amp;gt; — lived in Flat River settlement and Caswell County, North Carolina, with Joseph and Nathaniel.&lt;br /&gt;
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Of these children, I am personally certain of my own Nathan, and of William, Nicholas, and James, who appeared together in records with Nathan. Either Sylvania (Aldridge) York or Eleanor (Aldridge) York is apparently Dennis York&#039;s ancestor. The two Aldridge sisters married York brothers: Sylvania married Semore York, and Eleanor married Thomas York. The York brothers were sons of Jeremiah York, a close neighbor who had land dealings with both William and Nathan. So I feel confident that they are in the right place too. At this time, I have no knowledge of Samuel, and it appears, neither did Mr. York.&lt;br /&gt;
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So I can list these children with some degree of confidence:&lt;br /&gt;
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# [[William Alldredge (b. 1729)]]&lt;br /&gt;
# [[Eleanor (Alldredge) York]]&lt;br /&gt;
# [[Sylvania (Alldredge) York]]&lt;br /&gt;
# [[Nicholas Alldredge (b. 1737)]]&lt;br /&gt;
# [[Nathan Alldredge]]&lt;br /&gt;
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== Migration and settlement in North Carolina ==&lt;br /&gt;
William Aldridge apparently migrated to North Carolina about 1755. Orange County, North Carolina, was created, and opened for settlement, in 1752. So William might have come a few years prior to 1755. But 15 March 1755 is when he entered land for a grant, on Mount Pleasant Creek, a branch of Sandy Creek, in what is today Randolph County. The grant was issued 13 November 1756.&lt;br /&gt;
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There is some uncertainty about whether it was this William (b. 1702) or his son, William (b. 1729), who received the 1756 land. To me, it seems likely that it was the father. William the son would have been twenty-six years old. It is certainly possible for him to have received a land grant, but it does not seem likely for the son to receive a land grant &#039;&#039;and not the father&#039;&#039;. The next land grant in the same of William Aldridge was entered in 1778. We know that Nathan Alldredge and his brothers were in North Carolina by 1768, from the Regulator movement records. It does not seem likely for William Sr. to have been in North Carolina for ten or twenty years without receiving a land grant, while William Jr. could certainly have lived on his father&#039;s land for all that time.&lt;br /&gt;
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=== 1756 land grant ===&lt;br /&gt;
An abstract of the 1756 land grant follows:&lt;br /&gt;
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: North Carolina, Orange County. File no. 312, Granville land grant no. 3, patent book no. 14, page 328. Entered March 15, 1755. 256 acres, surveyed 27 Oct 1755 for William Aldridge, lying on a branch of Sandy Creek, the waters of Deep River, commonly called Mount Pleasant. Adjoining Herman Husband. Witness, Herman Husband, Steven Peters. Chain carriers, Seymore York, Herman Husband. Issued 13 Nov 1756.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;File no. 312, Granville land grant no. 3, patent book no. 14, page 328 (Call #S.108.947, MARS 12.14.95.309), entered 15 March 1755, issued 13 November 1756, 256 acres to William Aldridge, in Orange County, on Mount Pleasant, a branch of Sandy Creek ([https://nclandgrants.com/grant/?mars=12.14.95.309&amp;amp;qid=942684&amp;amp;rn=3 NCLandGrants.com]).&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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=== 1786 land grant assigned to Nathan Alldredge ===&lt;br /&gt;
An abstract of the 1786 land grant, entered in the name of William Aldridge and assigned to Nathan Aldridge:&lt;br /&gt;
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: Warrant no. 927. 5 December 1778. Survey for William Alredge 200 acres in Guilford County on waters of Mount Pleasant, branch of Sandy Creek, adjoining Henry Pearce.&lt;br /&gt;
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: North Carolina, Randolph County. File no. 166, Grant no. 359, Patent Book 58, page 408. 24 July 1786. 200 acres granted to Nathan Aldridge on waters of Mount Pleasant, branch of Sandy Creek, adjoining Henry Pierce, Jonathan McCallom, and Jeremiah York.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;File no. 166, state land grant no. 359, patent book no. 58, page 409 (Call #S.108.974, MARS 12.14.103.236), entered 5 December 1778, issued 24 July 1786, 200 acres to Nathan Aldridge, assignee of William Aldridge, in Randolph County, on waters of Mount Pleasant, branch of Sandy Creek ([https://nclandgrants.com/grant/?mars=12.14.103.236&amp;amp;qid=942684&amp;amp;rn=1 NCLandGrants.com]).&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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The back of the warrant bears this notation:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
: December 24th 1783&lt;br /&gt;
: I sign all my right of this within warrant to Nathan Alldredge. Signed by me,&lt;br /&gt;
: Wm. {his mark} Alldredge&lt;br /&gt;
: Witness Jere. York.&lt;br /&gt;
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=== 1788 land grant ===&lt;br /&gt;
Given that William Alldredge (b. 1703) is believed to have died in 1786, the 1788 land grant in the name of William Aldridge almost certainly belongs to his son, William Alldredge (b. 1729):&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
: North Carolina, Randolph County. File no. 486, Grant no. 526, Patent Book 66, page 373. Entered 14 Sep 1784, issued 14 Sep 1784. 184 acres on the waters of Sandy Creek.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;File no. 486, state land grant no. 526, patent book 66, page 373 (Call #S.108.975, MARS 12.14.103.556), entered 14 September 1784, issued 11 July 1788, 184 acres to William Aldridge, in Randolph County, on waters of Sandy Creek ([https://nclandgrants.com/grant/?mars=12.14.42.916&amp;amp;qid=942684&amp;amp;rn=2 NCLandGrants.com]).&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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== Death ==&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:William Aldridge 1786.jpg|thumb|right|alt=Tombstone ascribed to William Aldridge at Sandy Creek Cemetery.|Tombstone ascribed to William Aldridge at Sandy Creek Cemetery.]]&lt;br /&gt;
Dennis York reports William Aldridge&#039;s death date as 11 April 1786, based on a discovered tombstone at Sandy Creek Baptist Church. This description accompanies the photo he shared on Find a Grave:&lt;br /&gt;
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: William Aldridge II tombstone marker. This field rock was dug out of the ground in 2003 by Mr. Kivett caretaker of the Sandy Creek Baptist Church Cemetery, Liberty, Randolph County, North Carolina. It is installed as part of the Thomas York and Elinor Aldridge grave site. This field rock has been incorporated into the memorial maker for his son-in-law Thomas York placed by Dennis York 6th great grandson in 2003. This William Aldridge is the father of the two Aldridge sisters, Elinor and Sylvania who married two brothers Thomas York I and Semore York I who buried on either side of their beloved pastor Shubal Stearns.&lt;br /&gt;
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The photo he shared has been digitally altered to enhance the carved date. I have not seen the original stone, so I am not certain how accurate the enhanced image is – whether the date indeed legible, or whether Mr. York is &amp;quot;reading tea leaves.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
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But the date of 11 April 1786 seems reasonable. Shortly before his death, in 1783, William Alldredge transferred his 1778 land claim to Nathan Alldredge, which was completed and issued in July 1786 after William&#039;s death.&lt;br /&gt;
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== DNA evidence ==&lt;br /&gt;
{{Main|Aldridge DNA Project}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{See also|Nathan Alldredge}}&lt;br /&gt;
Five patrilineal, male-line descendants of William Alldredge have tested their Y-DNA at the [https://www.familytreedna.com/groups/aldridge/about Aldridge DNA Project], four from his son William (b. 1729) and one from his one Nathan. All five men&#039;s Y-DNA matches one another, forming haplogroup &#039;&#039;&#039;R-FTB32679&#039;&#039;&#039;, a subclade of R-U106 &amp;gt; R-Z154. They also match another descendant of Nicholas Aldridge of Anne Arundel County, Maryland, via his son Thomas, adding support to the conclusion that William (b. 1702) was the son of Nicholas.&lt;br /&gt;
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The Y-DNA of William&#039;s descendants does not match the descendants of two other lines that were in colonial Orange County, North Carolina, that of [[Nathaniel Aldridge Sr.|Nathaniel Aldridge]] and [[Joseph Aldridge]], who both belong to haplogroup I-M223, indicating that these lines do not belong to the same family.&lt;br /&gt;
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== References ==&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;{{InfoBox Person&lt;br /&gt;
| name = William Alldredge&lt;br /&gt;
| birth = 13 Mar 1702&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;All Hallow&#039;s Parish, [[wikipedia:Anne Arundel County, Maryland|Anne Arundel County, Maryland]]&lt;br /&gt;
| death = 11 Apr 1786&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;Mount Pleasant Creek, [[wikipedia:Randolph County, North Carolina|Randolph County, North Carolina]]&lt;br /&gt;
| buried = Sandy Creek Baptist Church Cemetery, Randolph County, North Carolina&lt;br /&gt;
| parents = [[Nicholas Aldridge]] and [[Martha (Besson) Aldridge]]&lt;br /&gt;
| children = [[William Alldredge (b. 1729)]], [[Eleanor (Alldredge) York]], [[Sylvania (Alldredge) York]], [[Nicholas Alldredge (b. 1737)]], [[Nathan Alldredge]], [[James Alldredge]]&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
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== Overview ==&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;William Alldredge&#039;&#039;&#039;, also known as William Alldredge Sr. or William Aldridge, settled in about 1755 in what is now Randolph County, North Carolina, but then part of colonial Orange County. He was born on 13 Mar 1702 in All Hallow&#039;s Parish, Anne Arundel County, Maryland, the son of Nicholas and Martha Aldridge.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;birth&amp;quot;&amp;gt;From several inadequate transcriptions, we can get the gist of the record: &amp;quot;Maryland Births and Christenings, 1650-1995&amp;quot;, database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HYGP-L1W2 : 12 February 2020), William Aldridg, 1703; &amp;quot;Maryland Births and Christenings, 1650-1995&amp;quot;, database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:4LPC-BBZM : 12 February 2020), William II Aldridge, 1703; &amp;quot;Maryland Births and Christenings, 1650-1995&amp;quot;, database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4Z2-RDH : 12 February 2020), William Aldridge, 1703. Mrs. Lester gives the birth as 13 March 1703 (Lester, 5).&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; He died 11 Apr 1786, per Dennis York&#039;s reading of a discovered tombstone believed to belong to William.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;tombstone&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10522139/william-aldridge: accessed 05 July 2023), memorial page for William Aldridge II (13 Mar 1703–11 Apr 1786), Find a Grave Memorial ID 10522139, citing Sandy Creek Baptist Church Cemetery, Liberty, Randolph County, North Carolina, USA; by Dennis York (contributor 47405652).&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Compared to his son [[Nathan Alldredge|Nathan]], I have scant records on William. The purpose of this page is to collect and verify what I do have and know.&lt;br /&gt;
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== History ==&lt;br /&gt;
As early as 1957, [[Memory Aldridge Lester]] connected our common ancestor, Nathan Alldredge, to William Aldridge born 1702 and to [[Nicholas Aldridge]]. I do not know the process by which she came to this conclusion, only that there was not a tradition of who Nathan&#039;s father or grandfather was. She appears to have reasoned out the connection by thorough and diligent research.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;lester&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Memory Aldridge Lester, &#039;&#039;Alldredge-Aldridge-Bracken-Nesmith Families and Their Kin&#039;&#039; (Chapel Hill, N.C.: privately printed, 1957), 5–6 (available on [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/26644/ Ancestry], [https://archive.org/details/alldredgealdridg00lest Internet Archive], and [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/202048 FamilySearch]).&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; I have known her book since I was very young, but was not completely certain of her conclusions until I was able to verify them though [[Aldridge DNA Project|DNA research]].&lt;br /&gt;
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When I first became serious about Aldridge-Alldredge research in 2019–2020, I was concerned by the many unsupported claims (and it seemed to me, unsupportable) made by Dennis York and others on Find a Grave and Ancestry. I tried to get in touch with Mr. York, then the administrator of the Aldridge DNA Project, but was unsuccessful. Four years later, despite repeated attempts to contact him, I have never heard back from him. I can only conclude that he is no longer able to research or communicate.&lt;br /&gt;
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Mr. York did not provide documentation for any of his claims. In the absence of any evidence, I am unable to accept his conclusions. They are, at least, pointers to possible places to search.&lt;br /&gt;
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== Name ==&lt;br /&gt;
Some researchers online refer to this William Aldridge (b. 1702), as William &#039;&#039;Ezekiel&#039;&#039; Aldridge. I do not believe this William Aldridge had a middle name. He never used a middle initial in records. I do not believe his son, William Aldridge (b. 1729), had a middle name either, but I at least accept that the appellation &amp;quot;William Ezekiel&amp;quot; has been attached to him for a long time (i.e. it is pre-Internet).&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&amp;quot;It is traditionally said that his full name was William Ezekiel Alldredge.&amp;quot; Franklin Rudolph Aldridge, &#039;&#039;Aldridge Records&#039;&#039;, vol. 1 (Nashville: self-published, 1966), 152 [https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/26642/images/dvm_GenMono007241-00086-0-0?ssrc=&amp;amp;backlabel=Return&amp;amp;pId=299 Ancestry], [https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/idviewer/252842/156 FamilySearch]).&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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== Birth ==&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:William Aldridge Birth and Baptism.png|thumb|left|alt=All Hallows&#039; Parish register showing the birth and baptism of William Aldridge &amp;quot;II&amp;quot; (1702).|All Hallows&#039; Parish register showing the birth and baptism of William Aldridge &amp;quot;II&amp;quot; (1702).]]&lt;br /&gt;
The birth of William Aldridge, the son of Nicholas Aldridge and wife Martha, is recorded in the parish register of All Hallow&#039;s Parish, Anne Arundel County, although there is some disagreement about the date. The actual register reads 13 March 1702, but Memory Lester, Dennis York, and others give his birthdate as 13 March 1703. I can guess at the reason Memory may have doubted the 1702 date, but I see no reason to question the register. The clerk clearly knew what he was doing, writing William&#039;s birth as 13 March 1702 on one line, and writing his baptism as 11 April 1703 on the next.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Lester, 5.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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The reason for confusion and doubt is the fact that this William was the second son of Nicholas of Martha by the name of William. Another child named William was born 30 October 1700, baptized 12 July 1702, and buried 26 July 1702. While it was not uncommon for families of the eighteenth century to reuse names of deceased children, allowing that the birthdate of the second William was 13 March 1702 means that &#039;&#039;&#039;Nicholas and Martha named a second son William while the first one was still alive.&#039;&#039;&#039; As unreasonable as that may seem to us today, the records indicate that is exactly what happened.&lt;br /&gt;
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Because there were two Williams, our William&#039;s name is sometimes given by researchers as &amp;quot;William II.&amp;quot; But he was certainly never known by this name in his lifetime.&lt;br /&gt;
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File:William Aldridge Birth 1700.png|All Hallows&#039; Parish register showing birth of William Aldridge &amp;quot;I&amp;quot; (1700).|alt=All Hallows&#039; Parish register showing birth of William Aldridge &amp;quot;I&amp;quot; (1700).&lt;br /&gt;
File:William Aldridge Baptism 1702.png|All Hallows&#039; Parish register showing baptism of William Aldridge &amp;quot;I&amp;quot; (1702).|alt=All Hallows&#039; Parish register showing baptism of William Aldridge &amp;quot;I&amp;quot; (1702).&lt;br /&gt;
File:William Aldridge Burial 1702.png||ll Hallows&#039; Parish register showing burial of William Aldridge &amp;quot;I&amp;quot; (1702).|alt=All Hallows&#039; Parish register showing burial of William Aldridge &amp;quot;I&amp;quot; (1702).&lt;br /&gt;
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== Disputed marriage ==&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:William Akeridge Elizabeth Symmons Marriage.png|thumb|alt=All Hallows&#039; Parish register, with 1726 marriage of William Akeridge and Elizabeth Symmons highlighted.|All Hallows&#039; Parish register, with 1726 marriage of William Akeridge and Elizabeth Symmons highlighted.]]&lt;br /&gt;
Ever since Memory Aldridge Lester&#039;s book in 1957, the claim has been made that William Aldridge married Elizabeth Symmons on July 3, 1726. Without qualification, Memory wrote, &amp;quot;William ... married Elizabeth Symons July 3, 1726.&amp;quot;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Lester, 6.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; There is only one problem: this is a misreading of the marriage record. The record very clearly reads &amp;quot;William &#039;&#039;&#039;Akeridge&#039;&#039;&#039; to Elizabeth Symmons.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
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The claim that William Aldridge&#039;s wife was Elizabeth Symmons has been asserted so many times in the time since Memory Lester that it has become an &amp;quot;accepted fact.&amp;quot; Despite the original claim evidently being a mistake, researchers widely are unwilling to let go of the false identification. Dennis York, in his biography of William Aldridge at Find a Grave, states:&lt;br /&gt;
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: William ALDRIDGE married Elizabeth Ursula SYMMONS in Anne Arundel County, Maryland on about 1727, when he was 25 years old and she was 24 years old. This often is confused with the &amp;quot;William Akeridge &amp;amp; Eliza Symmons who were married July 3, 1726&amp;quot;. This is the marriage of a different couple.&lt;br /&gt;
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The bare fact is, the only source for William Aldridge&#039;s wife being named Elizabeth Symmons is this marriage record. If one accepts that this marriage record is for William &#039;&#039;Akeridge&#039;&#039; rather than &#039;&#039;Aldridge&#039;&#039;, then there is no longer any basis for claiming William&#039;s wife was Elizabeth Symmons or even that she was named Elizabeth. Prior to Memory&#039;s book in 1957, there was no family tradition of William Aldridge&#039;s wife&#039;s name. We have neither a will for William which names his wife, or a tombstone for her, or any other evidence. If this marriage record is out as belonging to William Aldridge, then his wife&#039;s name, both first and maiden, is unknown.&lt;br /&gt;
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== Children ==&lt;br /&gt;
William Aldridge left no will. Dennis York asserts a list of whom William&#039;s children &amp;quot;likely included&amp;quot;:&lt;br /&gt;
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# &amp;lt;del&amp;gt;Joseph Aldridge&amp;lt;/del&amp;gt; (b. 1728) — We now know from Y-DNA research that Joseph Aldridge was &#039;&#039;not&#039;&#039; William&#039;s son.&lt;br /&gt;
# William Aldridge &amp;quot;III&amp;quot; (b. 1729)&lt;br /&gt;
# Eleanor (Aldridge) York (b. 1730)&lt;br /&gt;
# Sylvania (Aldridge) York (b. 1731)&lt;br /&gt;
# Samuel Aldridge (b. 1735)&lt;br /&gt;
# Nicholas Aldridge (b. 1737)&lt;br /&gt;
# &amp;lt;del&amp;gt;Nathaniel &amp;quot;Nathan&amp;quot; Benjamin Aldridge&amp;lt;/del&amp;gt; (b. 1740) — Mr. York has here conflated [[Nathan Alldredge]] with [[Nathaniel Aldridge Sr.|Nathaniel Aldridge]].&lt;br /&gt;
# &amp;lt;s&amp;gt;James Aldridge (b. 1742)&amp;lt;/s&amp;gt; — lived in Flat River settlement and Caswell County, North Carolina, with Joseph and Nathaniel.&lt;br /&gt;
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Of these children, I am personally certain of my own Nathan, and of William, Nicholas, and James, who appeared together in records with Nathan. Either Sylvania (Aldridge) York or Eleanor (Aldridge) York is apparently Dennis York&#039;s ancestor. The two Aldridge sisters married York brothers: Sylvania married Semore York, and Eleanor married Thomas York. The York brothers were sons of Jeremiah York, a close neighbor who had land dealings with both William and Nathan. So I feel confident that they are in the right place too. At this time, I have no knowledge of Samuel, and it appears, neither did Mr. York.&lt;br /&gt;
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So I can list these children with some degree of confidence:&lt;br /&gt;
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# [[William Alldredge (b. 1729)]]&lt;br /&gt;
# [[Eleanor (Alldredge) York]]&lt;br /&gt;
# [[Sylvania (Alldredge) York]]&lt;br /&gt;
# [[Nicholas Alldredge (b. 1737)]]&lt;br /&gt;
# [[Nathan Alldredge]]&lt;br /&gt;
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== Migration and settlement in North Carolina ==&lt;br /&gt;
William Aldridge apparently migrated to North Carolina about 1755. Orange County, North Carolina, was created, and opened for settlement, in 1752. So William might have come a few years prior to 1755. But 15 March 1755 is when he entered land for a grant, on Mount Pleasant Creek, a branch of Sandy Creek, in what is today Randolph County. The grant was issued 13 November 1756.&lt;br /&gt;
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There is some uncertainty about whether it was this William (b. 1702) or his son, William (b. 1729), who received the 1756 land. To me, it seems likely that it was the father. William the son would have been twenty-six years old. It is certainly possible for him to have received a land grant, but it does not seem likely for the son to receive a land grant &#039;&#039;and not the father&#039;&#039;. The next land grant in the same of William Aldridge was entered in 1778. We know that Nathan Alldredge and his brothers were in North Carolina by 1768, from the Regulator movement records. It does not seem likely for William Sr. to have been in North Carolina for ten or twenty years without receiving a land grant, while William Jr. could certainly have lived on his father&#039;s land for all that time.&lt;br /&gt;
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=== 1756 land grant ===&lt;br /&gt;
An abstract of the 1756 land grant follows:&lt;br /&gt;
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: North Carolina, Orange County. File no. 312, Granville land grant no. 3, patent book no. 14, page 328. Entered March 15, 1755. 256 acres, surveyed 27 Oct 1755 for William Aldridge, lying on a branch of Sandy Creek, the waters of Deep River, commonly called Mount Pleasant. Adjoining Herman Husband. Witness, Herman Husband, Steven Peters. Chain carriers, Seymore York, Herman Husband. Issued 13 Nov 1756.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;File no. 312, Granville land grant no. 3, patent book no. 14, page 328 (Call #S.108.947, MARS 12.14.95.309), entered 15 March 1755, issued 13 November 1756, 256 acres to William Aldridge, in Orange County, on Mount Pleasant, a branch of Sandy Creek ([https://nclandgrants.com/grant/?mars=12.14.95.309&amp;amp;qid=942684&amp;amp;rn=3 NCLandGrants.com]).&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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=== 1786 land grant assigned to Nathan Alldredge ===&lt;br /&gt;
An abstract of the 1786 land grant, entered in the name of William Aldridge and assigned to Nathan Aldridge:&lt;br /&gt;
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: Warrant no. 927. 5 December 1778. Survey for William Alredge 200 acres in Guilford County on waters of Mount Pleasant, branch of Sandy Creek, adjoining Henry Pearce.&lt;br /&gt;
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: North Carolina, Randolph County. File no. 166, Grant no. 359, Patent Book 58, page 408. 24 July 1786. 200 acres granted to Nathan Aldridge on waters of Mount Pleasant, branch of Sandy Creek, adjoining Henry Pierce, Jonathan McCallom, and Jeremiah York.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;File no. 166, state land grant no. 359, patent book no. 58, page 409 (Call #S.108.974, MARS 12.14.103.236), entered 5 December 1778, issued 24 July 1786, 200 acres to Nathan Aldridge, assignee of William Aldridge, in Randolph County, on waters of Mount Pleasant, branch of Sandy Creek ([https://nclandgrants.com/grant/?mars=12.14.103.236&amp;amp;qid=942684&amp;amp;rn=1 NCLandGrants.com]).&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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The back of the warrant bears this notation:&lt;br /&gt;
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: December 24th 1783&lt;br /&gt;
: I sign all my right of this within warrant to Nathan Alldredge. Signed by me,&lt;br /&gt;
: Wm. {his mark} Alldredge&lt;br /&gt;
: Witness Jere. York.&lt;br /&gt;
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=== 1788 land grant ===&lt;br /&gt;
Given that William Alldredge (b. 1703) is believed to have died in 1786, the 1788 land grant in the name of William Aldridge almost certainly belongs to his son, William Alldredge (b. 1729):&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
: North Carolina, Randolph County. File no. 486, Grant no. 526, Patent Book 66, page 373. Entered 14 Sep 1784, issued 14 Sep 1784. 184 acres on the waters of Sandy Creek.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;File no. 486, state land grant no. 526, patent book 66, page 373 (Call #S.108.975, MARS 12.14.103.556), entered 14 September 1784, issued 11 July 1788, 184 acres to William Aldridge, in Randolph County, on waters of Sandy Creek ([https://nclandgrants.com/grant/?mars=12.14.42.916&amp;amp;qid=942684&amp;amp;rn=2 NCLandGrants.com]).&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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== Death ==&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:William Aldridge 1786.jpg|thumb|right|alt=Tombstone ascribed to William Aldridge at Sandy Creek Cemetery.|Tombstone ascribed to William Aldridge at Sandy Creek Cemetery.]]&lt;br /&gt;
Dennis York reports William Aldridge&#039;s death date as 11 April 1786, based on a discovered tombstone at Sandy Creek Baptist Church. This description accompanies the photo he shared on Find a Grave:&lt;br /&gt;
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: William Aldridge II tombstone marker. This field rock was dug out of the ground in 2003 by Mr. Kivett caretaker of the Sandy Creek Baptist Church Cemetery, Liberty, Randolph County, North Carolina. It is installed as part of the Thomas York and Elinor Aldridge grave site. This field rock has been incorporated into the memorial maker for his son-in-law Thomas York placed by Dennis York 6th great grandson in 2003. This William Aldridge is the father of the two Aldridge sisters, Elinor and Sylvania who married two brothers Thomas York I and Semore York I who buried on either side of their beloved pastor Shubal Stearns.&lt;br /&gt;
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The photo he shared has been digitally altered to enhance the carved date. I have not seen the original stone, so I am not certain how accurate the enhanced image is – whether the date indeed legible, or whether Mr. York is &amp;quot;reading tea leaves.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
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But the date of 11 April 1786 seems reasonable. Shortly before his death, in 1783, William Alldredge transferred his 1778 land claim to Nathan Alldredge, which was completed and issued in July 1786 after William&#039;s death.&lt;br /&gt;
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== DNA evidence ==&lt;br /&gt;
{{Main|Aldridge DNA Project}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{See also|Nathan Alldredge}}&lt;br /&gt;
Five patrilineal, male-line descendants of William Alldredge have tested their Y-DNA at the [https://www.familytreedna.com/groups/aldridge/about Aldridge DNA Project], four from his son William (b. 1729) and one from his one Nathan. All five men&#039;s Y-DNA matches one another, forming haplogroup &#039;&#039;&#039;R-FTB32679&#039;&#039;&#039;, a subclade of R-U106 &amp;gt; R-Z154. They also match another descendant of Nicholas Aldridge of Anne Arundel County, Maryland, via his son Thomas, adding support to the conclusion that William (b. 1702) was the son of Nicholas.&lt;br /&gt;
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The Y-DNA of William&#039;s descendants does not match the descendants of two other lines that were in colonial Orange County, North Carolina, that of [[Nathaniel Aldridge Sr.|Nathaniel Aldridge]] and [[Joseph Aldridge]], who both belong to haplogroup I-M223, indicating that these lines do not belong to the same family.&lt;br /&gt;
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== References ==&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;references /&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Joseph</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
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		<title>Bowden Surname DNA Project</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://wiki.jtrichardson.com/index.php?title=Bowden_Surname_DNA_Project&amp;diff=835"/>
		<updated>2025-01-08T18:03:49Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Joseph: /* I-M253 (I1) – Miles Bowden, Ireland */ Not collapsed but collapsible.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;== Overview ==&lt;br /&gt;
The [https://www.familytreedna.com/groups/bowden/ &#039;&#039;&#039;Bowden Surname DNA Project&#039;&#039;&#039;] at [https://www.familytreedna.com/groups/dutton/about Family Tree DNA] is a group DNA project devoted to studying the DNA lineages of people named &#039;&#039;&#039;Bowden&#039;&#039;&#039;, &#039;&#039;&#039;Bowdin&#039;&#039;&#039;, &#039;&#039;&#039;Bowdon&#039;&#039;&#039;, &#039;&#039;&#039;Bowdoin&#039;&#039;&#039;, &#039;&#039;&#039;Beaudoin&#039;&#039;&#039;, &#039;&#039;&#039;Baudouin&#039;&#039;&#039;, or other variants.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Lineages ==&lt;br /&gt;
=== G Haplogroups ===&lt;br /&gt;
==== G-P303 – France ====&lt;br /&gt;
French or French Canadian testers who trace their lineage to &#039;&#039;&#039;Baudouin&#039;&#039;&#039; or &#039;&#039;&#039;Beaudoin&#039;&#039;&#039; in France.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
* Jacques Baudouin, b. 29 Jul 1645, Île de Ré, France&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== I1 Haplogroups ===&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==== I-M253 (I1) – Miles Bowden, Ireland ====&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;div class=&amp;quot;tight-list mw-collapsible&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* Miles Bowden, born about 1832 Ireland, died 1884 Roane, Tennessee; married (1) Margaret Tobin, (2) Susannah Arp&lt;br /&gt;
** John Bowden, born 1882 Roane, Tennessee, died 1967 Van Wert, Ohio; married Margaret Miller&lt;br /&gt;
*** William Wesley Bowden, born 1915 Allen, Ohio, died 1994 Allen, Ohio, married Nellie Fae Armstrong&lt;br /&gt;
**** 1 tester, #B1108 (Y37)&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/div&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== I2 Haplogroups ===&lt;br /&gt;
=== R1b Haplogroups ===&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Joseph</name></author>
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	<entry>
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		<title>Bowden Surname DNA Project</title>
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		<updated>2025-01-08T18:02:41Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Joseph: Make collapsed list.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;== Overview ==&lt;br /&gt;
The [https://www.familytreedna.com/groups/bowden/ &#039;&#039;&#039;Bowden Surname DNA Project&#039;&#039;&#039;] at [https://www.familytreedna.com/groups/dutton/about Family Tree DNA] is a group DNA project devoted to studying the DNA lineages of people named &#039;&#039;&#039;Bowden&#039;&#039;&#039;, &#039;&#039;&#039;Bowdin&#039;&#039;&#039;, &#039;&#039;&#039;Bowdon&#039;&#039;&#039;, &#039;&#039;&#039;Bowdoin&#039;&#039;&#039;, &#039;&#039;&#039;Beaudoin&#039;&#039;&#039;, &#039;&#039;&#039;Baudouin&#039;&#039;&#039;, or other variants.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Lineages ==&lt;br /&gt;
=== G Haplogroups ===&lt;br /&gt;
==== G-P303 – France ====&lt;br /&gt;
French or French Canadian testers who trace their lineage to &#039;&#039;&#039;Baudouin&#039;&#039;&#039; or &#039;&#039;&#039;Beaudoin&#039;&#039;&#039; in France.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
* Jacques Baudouin, b. 29 Jul 1645, Île de Ré, France&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== I1 Haplogroups ===&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==== I-M253 (I1) – Miles Bowden, Ireland ====&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;div class=&amp;quot;tight-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* Miles Bowden, born about 1832 Ireland, died 1884 Roane, Tennessee; married (1) Margaret Tobin, (2) Susannah Arp&lt;br /&gt;
** John Bowden, born 1882 Roane, Tennessee, died 1967 Van Wert, Ohio; married Margaret Miller&lt;br /&gt;
*** William Wesley Bowden, born 1915 Allen, Ohio, died 1994 Allen, Ohio, married Nellie Fae Armstrong&lt;br /&gt;
**** 1 tester, #B1108 (Y37)&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/div&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== I2 Haplogroups ===&lt;br /&gt;
=== R1b Haplogroups ===&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Joseph</name></author>
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	<entry>
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		<title>Bowden Surname DNA Project</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://wiki.jtrichardson.com/index.php?title=Bowden_Surname_DNA_Project&amp;diff=833"/>
		<updated>2025-01-07T15:56:54Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Joseph: Initialized broad haplogroup headings.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;== Overview ==&lt;br /&gt;
The [https://www.familytreedna.com/groups/bowden/ &#039;&#039;&#039;Bowden Surname DNA Project&#039;&#039;&#039;] at [https://www.familytreedna.com/groups/dutton/about Family Tree DNA] is a group DNA project devoted to studying the DNA lineages of people named &#039;&#039;&#039;Bowden&#039;&#039;&#039;, &#039;&#039;&#039;Bowdin&#039;&#039;&#039;, &#039;&#039;&#039;Bowdon&#039;&#039;&#039;, &#039;&#039;&#039;Bowdoin&#039;&#039;&#039;, &#039;&#039;&#039;Beaudoin&#039;&#039;&#039;, or other variants.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Lineages ==&lt;br /&gt;
=== G Haplogroups ===&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== I1 Haplogroups ===&lt;br /&gt;
=== I2 Haplogroups ===&lt;br /&gt;
=== R1b Haplogroups ===&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Joseph</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
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		<title>Bowden Surname DNA Project</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://wiki.jtrichardson.com/index.php?title=Bowden_Surname_DNA_Project&amp;diff=832"/>
		<updated>2025-01-07T15:54:50Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Joseph: Created page.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;== Overview ==&lt;br /&gt;
The [https://www.familytreedna.com/groups/bowden/ &#039;&#039;&#039;Bowden Surname DNA Project&#039;&#039;&#039;] at [https://www.familytreedna.com/groups/dutton/about Family Tree DNA] is a group DNA project devoted to studying the DNA lineages of people named &#039;&#039;&#039;Bowden&#039;&#039;&#039;, &#039;&#039;&#039;Bowdin&#039;&#039;&#039;, &#039;&#039;&#039;Bowdon&#039;&#039;&#039;, &#039;&#039;&#039;Bowdoin&#039;&#039;&#039;, &#039;&#039;&#039;Beaudoin&#039;&#039;&#039;, or other variants.&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Joseph</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
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		<title>Dutton Surname DNA Project</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://wiki.jtrichardson.com/index.php?title=Dutton_Surname_DNA_Project&amp;diff=831"/>
		<updated>2025-01-07T15:52:04Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Joseph: &lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;== Overview ==&lt;br /&gt;
The [https://www.familytreedna.com/groups/dutton/ &#039;&#039;&#039;Dutton Surname DNA Project&#039;&#039;&#039;] at [https://www.familytreedna.com/groups/dutton/about Family Tree DNA] is a group DNA project devoted to studying the DNA lineages of people named Dutton. Founded in 2003, it is among the oldest family group DNA projects. It has identified at least ten different Y-DNA lineages of Dutton families.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Lineages ==&lt;br /&gt;
=== E Haplogroups ===&lt;br /&gt;
==== E-L17 – Zachariah Dutton, Maryland &amp;gt; North Carolina ====&lt;br /&gt;
Zachariah Dutton was born around 1750 in Charles County, Maryland, where a Dutton family had been living since 1680. But Zachariah Dutton&#039;s Y-DNA does not match the main Dutton family, indicating that he was possibly an out-of-wedlock birth, a thesis supported by autosomal DNA matches between Zachariah Dutton&#039;s descendants and the descendants of Matthew Dutton of Charles County. After years of research, it now appears likely that Zachariah&#039;s father was a member of the Thomas family of Charles County.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
13 Y-DNA testers, including three Big-Y 700.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;div class=&amp;quot;tight-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Zachariah Dutton]] (b. ca. 1750 Charles, Md., d. 1829 Granville, N.C.)&lt;br /&gt;
** [[William Dutton (b. 1777)|William Dutton]] (b. ca. 1777 Charles, Md., d. ca. 1855 Morgan, Ala.) md. [[Mary Hogan]]&lt;br /&gt;
*** [[James Zachariah Dutton]] (b. 1836 Morgan, Ala., d. 1899 Morgan, Ala.) md. (1) [[Margaret Elizabeth (Hunter) Dutton|Margaret Elizabeth Hunter]], (2) [[Mary Jane (Flowers) Wilhite Dutton|Mary Jane Flowers]]&lt;br /&gt;
**** 2 Y-DNA testers: #210811 (Y67), #970414 (Big-Y 700)&lt;br /&gt;
** [[John Dutton (b. 1778)|John Dutton]] (b. ca. 1778 Charles, Md., d. ca. 1850-1860 Morgan, Ala.) md. [[Omah (Parrish) Dutton|Omah Parrish]]&lt;br /&gt;
*** [[James Dutton (b. 1807)|James Dutton]] (b. 1807 Granville, N.C., d. 1883 Walker, Ala.) md. [[Mary (Irwin) Dutton|Mary Irwin]]&lt;br /&gt;
**** 1 Y-DNA tester: #189549 (Y67)&lt;br /&gt;
*** [[Thomas Dutton (b. 1809)|Thomas Dutton]] (b. 1809 Granville, N.C., d. 1887 Morgan, Ala.) md. [[Elizabeth (Kitchens) Dutton|Elizabeth Kitchens]]&lt;br /&gt;
**** 1 Y-DNA tester: #102435 (Y67)&lt;br /&gt;
** [[Alexander Dutton (Mississippi Territory)|Alexander Dutton]] (b. ca. 1787 Charles, Md., d. 1818 Madison, Ala.) md. [[Rachel (Feazel) Dutton|Rachel Feazel]]&lt;br /&gt;
*** [[Columbus Dutton]] (b. 1813 Madison, Ala., d. aft. 1880 Claiborne, La.) md. Catherine Huey&lt;br /&gt;
**** 1 Y-DNA tester: #102167 (Y67 + SNP)&lt;br /&gt;
** [[Edmond Dutton]] (b. 1793 Charles, Md., d. 1882 Lawrence, Ala.) md. [[Margaret Barnett (Ross) Dutton|Margaret Barnett Ross]]&lt;br /&gt;
*** [[Alexander Dutton (b. 1825)]] (b. 1825 Lawrence, Ala., d. 1904 Love, Okla.) md. (1) Sarah Elizabeth Hampton, (2) Martha Jane Hampton&lt;br /&gt;
**** 1 Y-DNA tester: #101322 (Big-Y 700)&lt;br /&gt;
*** [[Stephen Penn Dutton]] (b. 1834 Lawrence, Ala., d. 1917 Eastland, Tex.) md. (1) Mary Frances Dutton, (2) [[Sarah Jane (Dutton) Witt Turrentine Dutton|Sarah Jane Dutton]]&lt;br /&gt;
**** 1 Y-DNA tester: #92965 (Y67)&lt;br /&gt;
** [[Samuel Sneed Dutton]] (b. 1797 Granville, N.C., d. 1874 Anson, N.C.) md. [[Elizabeth Robinson (Threadgill) Dutton|Elizabeth Robinson Threadgill]]&lt;br /&gt;
*** [[William Cavasso Dutton]] (b. 1852 Anson, N.C., d. 1917 Anson, N.C.) md. Martha Jane Maner&lt;br /&gt;
**** 1 Y-DNA tester: #92223 (Y67)&lt;br /&gt;
** &#039;&#039;Suspected NPE: Allen&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
*** 1 Y-DNA tester: #103871 (Y67)&lt;br /&gt;
** &#039;&#039;Suspected NPE: Watts&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
*** 1 Y-DNA tester: #199777 (Y67)&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Philip Thomas]] (b. ca. 1747 Charles, Md., d. 1794 Charles, Md.) md. Mary Hungerford&lt;br /&gt;
** 1 Y-DNA tester: #549307 (Big-Y 700)&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;Formerly suspected NPE but disproven: Harris&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
** 2 Y-DNA testers: #129122 (Y67), #880483 (Big-Y 700)&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/div&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
3 major branches in all.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== I Haplogroups ===&lt;br /&gt;
==== I-M170 – Australian Dutton ====&lt;br /&gt;
Only one test at Y-DNA25 (#6687) has been conducted. No names or other information available on this lineage, other than it claims to have come from Staffordshire, England.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==== I-M223 &amp;gt; I-L623 – Ohio Duttons ====&lt;br /&gt;
Three Dutton men tested, one at Y-DNA11 and two at Y-DNA25. Two men named West also match. I have limited information on this lineage, but these lines appear to be documented:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;div class=&amp;quot;tight-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* Stephen Dutton, born 22 Jun 1797 in Delaware, died 12 Nov 1855 Perry, Ohio, married Melora Gray.&lt;br /&gt;
** Isaac Dutton, born about 1847, Ohio.&lt;br /&gt;
*** 1 tester, #101411 (Y25).&lt;br /&gt;
* William Dutton, born 7 Feb 1815 in Ohio, died 3 Sep 1846, Athens, Ohio, married Juliann King.&lt;br /&gt;
** Enos Sprague Dutton, born 25 Dec 1845, Athens County, died 3 Sep 1846 Kingman, Kansas, married Martha Jane Bullard.&lt;br /&gt;
*** Charles Walton Dutton, born 27 May 1868 Decatur, Iowa, died 26 Oct 1959 Kingman, Kansas.&lt;br /&gt;
**** 1 tester, #6699 (Y25).&lt;br /&gt;
** &#039;&#039;Unknown line&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
*** 1 tester, #8779 (Y12).&lt;br /&gt;
* William West, born 5 Jun 1802 in Pennsylvania, died 15 Jul 1884 in Chester, Penn., married Sarah.&lt;br /&gt;
** Thomas H. B. West, born 1835 Chester, Pa., died 1900 Chesterfield, Va., married Hannah Scott.&lt;br /&gt;
*** 1 tester, #883325 (Big-Y 700).&lt;br /&gt;
** &#039;&#039;Unknown line&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
*** 1 tester, #146346 (Y67).&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/div&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
3 lines in all.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==== I-M253 – Hanson Dutton, Loudoun, Virginia (b. 1799) ====&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;div class=&amp;quot;tight-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* Hanson Dutton, b. 3 Sep 1799 Loudoun, Va., d. 13 Jun 1888 Washington, Ohio, md. Elizabeth James.&lt;br /&gt;
** Smith W. Dutton, b. 7 Apr 1825 Washington, Ohio, d. 19 May 1898 Washington, Ohio, md. Marilla Ogle.&lt;br /&gt;
*** Ralph William Dutton, born 14 Oct 1851 Washington, Ohio, d. 15 Jun 1910, Franklin, Ohio, md. Emma Fidella Smith.&lt;br /&gt;
**** 1 test, #332304 (Y37).&lt;br /&gt;
** &#039;&#039;Unknown line&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
*** 1 test, #300594 (Y37).&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/div&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Two men tested, both at Y-DNA37.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
A third &amp;quot;California Dutton&amp;quot; is also haplogroup I-M253 but does not match the Hanson Dutton line. I know no other information on this lineage. A fourth U.K. Dutton also falls into haplogroup I-M253, showing as subclade I-Z2338.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== R1a Haplogroups ===&lt;br /&gt;
==== R-M198 ====&lt;br /&gt;
Two lineages of this haplogroup who don&#039;t match each other, don&#039;t have matches to other Duttons.&lt;br /&gt;
* Charles Norbert Dutton (b. 1860s-70s in U.K., migrated to India)&lt;br /&gt;
* Joseph Thomas Dutton (1839-1903), born in West Indies, may have been spelled Dotten or Dottin.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==== R-M512 – Derting-Darting-Dutton of Wythe County, Virginia ====&lt;br /&gt;
This family hails from Germany. Their name was originally spelled &#039;&#039;Derting&#039;&#039; or &#039;&#039;Darting&#039;&#039;, and over several generations, came to be spelled &#039;&#039;Dutton&#039;&#039;. Their descendants appear to be primarily in the Southern U.S.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;div class=&amp;quot;tight-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* Johann Adam Derting, born 6 Jun 1720 Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, died 5 May 1776 Shenandoah, Virginia&lt;br /&gt;
** Philip Gerard Derting, born 1735 Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, died 20 May 1776, Dunmore, Virginia&lt;br /&gt;
*** Adam Darting (Dutton), born 6 Mar 1770 Augusta, Virginia, died 10 Oct 1833 Wythe, Virginia; married Catherine Steffey&lt;br /&gt;
**** Adam Dutton Jr., born 28 Mar 1791 Wythe, Virginia, died 22 Jun 1871 Wythe, Virginia; married Elizabeth Huddle&lt;br /&gt;
***** David Dutton, born 21 Feb 1818 Wythe, Virginia, died 26 Sep 1854 Washington, Virginia; married Susannah Cormany&lt;br /&gt;
****** George Washington Dutton, born 1 Sep 1854 Tennessee, died 23 Jul 1942 Roane, Tennessee; married Susan Jennie Crow&lt;br /&gt;
******* Samuel William Dutton, born 22 Aug 1880 Tennessee, died 24 may 1952 Loudon, Tennessee; married Nancy Alma McNabb&lt;br /&gt;
******** 1 tester, #80466 (Y37)&lt;br /&gt;
**** &#039;&#039;Unknown line&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
***** Samuel Dutton, born about 1806 in Virginia, died about 1852 in Cherokee, Alabama; married Dicy J. Seymour&lt;br /&gt;
****** George W. Dutton, born about 1849 in Cherokee, Alabama; married 1921 Anniston, Calhoun, Alabama; married Ann Whatley&lt;br /&gt;
******* 1 tester #187081 (Y37)&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/div&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Two tests on this line, up to Y-DNA37. I would like to see this line expanded to Big-Y 700.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== R1b Haplogroups ===&lt;br /&gt;
==== R-DF98 – Cheshire &amp;gt; Pennsylvania, Maryland Duttons ====&lt;br /&gt;
The R-DF98 &amp;quot;Kings&#039; Cluster&amp;quot; Dutton lineage has emerged as the most prominent documented Dutton lineage, which is claimed by both the Dutton family of Pennsylvania and the Duttons of Charles County, Maryland, as well as several English Duttons with documented descent from Cheshire. Notably, several branches of men with the surname Warburton also match this lineage, offering the tantalizing possibility that this line proceeds from Odard of Dutton, the founder of the Duttons of Dutton.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;div class=&amp;quot;tight-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;Pennsylvania Duttons&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
* John Dutton, born 1647 Overton, Cheshire, England, died 4 May 1693 Delaware, Pennsylvania; married Mary Darlington&lt;br /&gt;
** John Dutton, born 25 Oct 1675 Overton, Cheshire, England, died about 1736 Delaware, Pennsylvania; married Elizabeth Kingsman&lt;br /&gt;
*** Kingsman Dutton, born about 1711 Delaware, Pennsylvania, died about 1765 Delaware, Pennsylvania; married Ann Routh&lt;br /&gt;
**** Kingsman Dutton, born about 1737 Delaware, Pennsylvania, died before 1763; married Ruth Watson&lt;br /&gt;
***** Kingsman Dutton, born 5 Feb 1759 Delaware, Pennsylvania, died 24 Feb 1837 Athens, Ohio; married Mary Craig&lt;br /&gt;
****** Samuel Dutton, born 8 Feb 1794 Hampshire, Virginia, died 7 Feb 1883 Athens, Ohio; married Nancy Brookhart&lt;br /&gt;
******* James Brookhart Dutton, born 21 Nov 1821 Athens, Ohio, died 10 May 1873 Athens, Ohio; married Hannah Humphrey&lt;br /&gt;
******** Edwin Augustus Dutton, born 26 Feb 1859 Athens, Ohio, died 31 Jan 1936 Columbus, Ohio; married Lethe Rebecca Curtis&lt;br /&gt;
********* 1 tester, #316047 (Y67 + SNP testing, confirmed at R-DF98)&lt;br /&gt;
** Edward Dutton, born 18 Mar 1677 Overton, Cheshire, England, died about 1731 Delaware, Pennsylvania; married Gwen Williams&lt;br /&gt;
*** John Dutton, born about 1715 Delaware, Pennsylvania, died about 1748 Chester, Pennsylvania; married Elizabeth Dunlap&lt;br /&gt;
**** Samuel Dutton, born about 1736 Chester, Pennsylvania, died after 1803 Green, Kentucky; married Deborah Gregg&lt;br /&gt;
***** Aaron Dutton, born about 1785 Chester, Pennsylvania, died after 1850 Jefferson, Alabama; married Margaret Powell&lt;br /&gt;
****** Harden Dutton, born 24 Apr 1813 Lincoln, Tennessee, died 23 Jul 1885 Blount, Alabama; married Susannah Elliot&lt;br /&gt;
******* John B. Dutton, born 24 Feb 1855 Blount, Alabama, died 9 Aug 1924 Blount, Alabama; married Eliza Rebecca Hill&lt;br /&gt;
******** 1 tester, #998787 (Big-Y 700, confirmed at R-DF98 subclade)&lt;br /&gt;
** Thomas Dutton, born 1 May 1679 Overton, Cheshire, England, died 10 Jan 1732, Delaware, Pennsylvania; married Lucy Barnard&lt;br /&gt;
*** Richard Dutton, born 8 Dec 1711 Delaware, Pennsylvania, died 18 Apr 1795 Chester, Pennsylvania&lt;br /&gt;
**** Jonathan Dutton, born 3 Jan 1749 Chester, Pennsylvania, died 9 Jul 1821 Delaware, Pennsylvania; married Martha Beeson&lt;br /&gt;
***** Richard Dutton, born 12 Aug 1776 Delaware, Pennsylvania, died 15 Feb 1854 Chester, Pennsylvania; married Lydia Larkin&lt;br /&gt;
****** Jonathan Dutton, born 16 Jul 1814 Delaware, Pennsylvania, died 1900 Pennsylvania; married Elizabeth Jane Bullock&lt;br /&gt;
******* Reese Roberts Dutton, born 20 Dec 1841 Delaware, Pennsylvania, died 24 Apr 1928 Washington, D.C.; married Rachel Louise Jefferis&lt;br /&gt;
******** 1 tester, #102173 (Y25)&lt;br /&gt;
***** Jonathan Dutton, born 9 Jan 1784 Delaware, Pennsylvania, died 27 Jul 1861 Delaware, Pennsylvania; married Rachel Pennell&lt;br /&gt;
****** William Henry Dutton, born 12 Jul 1831 Delaware, Pennsylvania, died 15 May 1908 Delaware, Pennsylvania; married Mary Emma Butler&lt;br /&gt;
******* William Henry Dutton Jr., born 9 Dec 1873 Pennsylvania, died 8 Dec 1932 Delaware, Pennsylvania; married Priscilla Habbersett&lt;br /&gt;
******** 1 tester, #12715 (Y37 + SNP testing, confirmed at R-U106)&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;Maryland Duttons&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
* Thomas Dutton, born about 1660 England, died about 1695 Charles, Maryland; married Elizabeth Hill&lt;br /&gt;
** Matthew Dutton, born 28 Sep 1692 Charles, Maryland, died 1734 Charles, Maryland; married Judith O&#039;Caine&lt;br /&gt;
*** Notley Dutton Sr., born about 1720 Charles, Maryland, died about 1801 Charles, Maryland; married ? Chunn&lt;br /&gt;
**** Notley Dutton Jr., born about 1740 Charles, Maryland, died about 1801 Charles, Maryland; married Eleanor Philpot Glover&lt;br /&gt;
***** Notley Dutton, born 31 Jan 1787 Charles, Maryland, died after 1830 Charles, Maryland; married ? Yates&lt;br /&gt;
****** Notley Thomas Dutton, born about 1815 Charles, Maryland, died 28 Sep 1865 Charles, Maryland; married Angeline E. {maiden name unknown}&lt;br /&gt;
******* Edwin Carpenter Dutton, born 10 Sep 1849 St. Mary&#039;s Maryland, died 26 Feb 1890 Charles, Maryland; married Lucy Colton Dutton&lt;br /&gt;
******** 1 tester, #159028 (Big Y-700 confirmed at R-DF98 subclade)&lt;br /&gt;
*** Gerrard Dutton, born about 1732 Charles, Maryland, died about 1790 Charles, Maryland; married Ann {maiden name unknown}&lt;br /&gt;
**** James Henry Dutton, born about 1774 Charles, Maryland, died after 1840 Charles, Maryland; married Elizabeth Dutton&lt;br /&gt;
***** George Washington Dutton, born 7 Jan 1829 Charles, Maryland, died 2 Nov 1913 Washington, D.C.; married Susan Malvina Harrison&lt;br /&gt;
****** Robert William Dutton, born 21 Jun 1857 Washington, D.C., died 22 May 1934 Washington, D.C.; married Marguerite Harrington Langley&lt;br /&gt;
******* 2 testers, #159028 (Big Y-700, confirmed at R-DF98 subclade) and #318507 (Y111 + SNP testing, confirmed at R-DF98 subclade)&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;England Duttons&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
* Richard Dutton, born Oct 1781 Burwardsley, Cheshire, England, died 20 Dec 1857 Tattenhall, Cheshire, England; married Rachel Wright&lt;br /&gt;
** Edward Dutton, born about 1821 Tattenhall, Cheshire, England, died 12 Jan 1906 Hatton Heath, Cheshire, England; married Martha Robinson Harnot&lt;br /&gt;
*** John Robinson Dutton, born 24 May 1855 Winmarleigh, Lancashire, England, died 8 Sep 1933 Gilbert Plains, Manitoba, England; married Anna Nicol&lt;br /&gt;
**** 1 tester, #331088 (Y67 + SNP testing; confirmed at R-DF98)&lt;br /&gt;
* William Dutton, born 1851 London, died before 1939 London; married Kate Eliza Storey&lt;br /&gt;
** 1 tester, #N49453 (Y111 + SNP testing, confirmed at R-DF98)&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/div&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Twelve testers, including five at Big Y-700, two at Y111, three at Y67, one at Y37, and one at Y25.&lt;br /&gt;
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==== R-M222 – David Dutton, Pennsylvania &amp;gt; Ohio ====&lt;br /&gt;
David Dutton, born about 1756 in Pennsylvania, was believed by Gilbert Cope to be a son of Kingsman Dutton (b. 1711) and Anne Routh, of the John Dutton of Pennsylvania family (see [[#R-DF98 – Cheshire &amp;gt; Pennsylvania, Maryland Duttons]]), but Y-DNA does not bear this out, at least not a biological connection. Cope may have received mistaken information, or it is possible David Dutton was an adopted child or foster child. See also [[#Francis Dutton, Pennsylvania &amp;gt; Ohio]].&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;div class=&amp;quot;tight-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* David Dutton, born about 1756 Pennsylvania, died 5 Dec 1836 Harrison, Ohio; married Hannah Rodgers&lt;br /&gt;
** Robert Dutton, born 2 Sep 1788 Berkeley, Virginia, died 20 Apr 1845 Jefferson, Ohio; married Abigail Matson&lt;br /&gt;
*** Nehemiah Dutton, born 27 Dec 1830 Belmont, Ohio, died  14 Aug 1911 Jefferson, Ohio; married Phoebe Catherine Huntsman&lt;br /&gt;
**** William Robert Dutton, born 20 Sep 1858 Ohio, died 30 May 1934 Newton, Missouri; married Ellen Eliza Ogilbee&lt;br /&gt;
***** 2 testers, #6688 (Y25 + SNP testing, confirmed at R-M222 subclade), #111319 (Y37 + SNP testing, confirmed at R-M222)&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/div&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Two testers, one Y25 and one Y37, both with additional SNP testing.&lt;br /&gt;
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==== R-M269 ====&lt;br /&gt;
===== Massachusetts Duttons: Thomas Dutton, b. 1621 in England, d. 1687 Middlesex, Mass. =====&lt;br /&gt;
Thomas Dutton is supposed to have been born in Chester or Gloucester, England, supposedly from the line of the Duttons of Dutton, but his descendants do not match other known Cheshire Duttons, either the Pennsylvania-Maryland Duttons or the South Carolina Duttons. This lineage appears to be a relatively rare haplotype (only about a dozen matches at 11 STR markers), but more testing is needed to refine its haplogroup and origins.&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;div class=&amp;quot;tight-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* Thomas Dutton, born 6 Oct 1621 Cheshire or Gloucestershire, England, died 22 Jan 1686 Middlesex, Massachusetts; married Susannah Palmer&lt;br /&gt;
** Thomas Dutton, born 14 Sep 1648 Middlesex, Massachusetts, died 1 Jan 1728 Middlesex, Massachusetts; married Rebecca Brabrook&lt;br /&gt;
*** Thomas Dutton, born 2 Aug 1681 Middlesex, Massachusetts, died 4 Aug 1759 Middlesex, Massachusetts; married Hannah Burge&lt;br /&gt;
**** Ephraim Dutton Sr., born 1 Jan 1728 Middlesex, Massachusetts, died 1807 Springfield, Vermont; married Thankful Seaver&lt;br /&gt;
***** Ephraim Dutton Jr., born 30 Aug 1753 Worcester, Massachusetts, died 19 Aug 1840 Windsor, Vermont; married Susannah Bixby&lt;br /&gt;
****** Asa Dutton, born 30 Dec 1781 Windsor, Vermont, died 25 Nov 1860 Brown, Ohio; married Eunice Townsend&lt;br /&gt;
******* Solomon Dutton, born 12 Oct 1808 Kennebec, Maine, died 29 Mar 1827 Brown, Ohio; married Mary Frances Brooks&lt;br /&gt;
******** John Brooks Dutton, born 24 Jan 1832 Brown, Ohio, died 4 Mar 1879 Brown, Ohio; married Nancy Ann Hendrickson&lt;br /&gt;
********* Jesse Lee Dutton, born 31 Dec 1875 Brown, Ohio, died 17 Aug 1937 Allen, Indiana; married Mary Celestia Evans&lt;br /&gt;
********** 1 tester, #31202 (Y67)&lt;br /&gt;
** John Dutton, born 28 Mar 1656 Middlesex, Massachusetts, died 7 Apr 1735 Middlesex, Massachusetts; married Sarah Shed&lt;br /&gt;
*** Samuel Dutton, born 22 Mar 1692 Middlesex, Massachusetts, died 8 Jan 1836 Middlesex, Massachusetts; married Hannah Walker Hill&lt;br /&gt;
**** Samuel Dutton, born 15 Oct 1718 Middlesex, Massachusetts, died 1802 Windham, Vermont; married Martha Lane&lt;br /&gt;
***** Asa Dutton, born 18 Mar 1759 Middlesex, Massachusetts, died 11 Feb 1836 Windham, Vermont; married Mary Tarble&lt;br /&gt;
****** Asa Dutton, born 13 May 1791 Windham, Vermont, died 23 Mar 1868 Georgetown, New York; married Mary Day&lt;br /&gt;
******* Lorenzo Dow Dutton, born 25 Nov 1816 Otsego, New York, died 15 Mar 1889 Chippewa, Wisconsin; married Eunice Diana Maxon&lt;br /&gt;
******** William Henry Dutton, born 30 Jul 1842 Madison, New York, died 1 Oct 1908 Saskatchewan, Canada; married Esther Alnora Randall&lt;br /&gt;
********* William Henry Dutton, born 18 Nov 1867 Madison, New York, died 18 Apr 1939 Eau Claire, Wisconsin; married Elizabeth Dolan&lt;br /&gt;
********** 1 tester, #234109 (Y37)&lt;br /&gt;
*** Jonathan Dutton, born 4 Feb 1699 Middlesex, Massachusetts, died 23 Apr 1768 Middlesex, Massachusetts; married Sarah Levistone&lt;br /&gt;
**** John Dutton, born 14 Apr 1723 Middlesex, Massachusetts, died 1760 Middlesex, Massachusetts; married Mehitable Patten&lt;br /&gt;
***** Jesse Dutton, born 9 Jul 1747 Middlesex, Massachusetts, died 15 Jan 1816 Kennebec, Maine; married Mary Tredwell&lt;br /&gt;
****** John Dutton, born 1 Jun 1773 Kennebec, Maine, died 15 Dec 1875 Suffolk, Massachusetts; married Ann Gardner&lt;br /&gt;
******* James Twing Dutton, born 27 Apr 1831 Suffolk, Massachusetts, died 12 Mar 1904 Boston, Massachusetts; married Adelia Ludlum&lt;br /&gt;
******** John Austin Dutton, born 4 Mar 1868 Brooklyn, New York, died 29 Mar 1929 Braintree, Massachusetts; married Helen May Skinner&lt;br /&gt;
********* 1 tester, #16547 (Y67)&lt;br /&gt;
** Joseph Dutton, born 25 Jan 1661 Middlesex, Massachusetts, died 24 Jan 1733 Middlesex, Connecticut; married Mary Smith&lt;br /&gt;
*** David Dutton, born 1701 Middlesex, Connecticut, died 1774 Litchfield, Connecticut; married Sarah Abernathy&lt;br /&gt;
**** Amos Dutton, born 1745 New Haven, Connecticut, died 1788 New Haven Connecticut; married Sarah Turner&lt;br /&gt;
***** Enos Dutton, born 1770 New Haven, Connecticut, died 1850 Schoharie, New York; married Chloe Warner&lt;br /&gt;
****** Julius Dutton, born 1792 Litchfield, Connecticut, died 1870 Schoharie, New York; married Matilda Lay&lt;br /&gt;
******* Horace Dutton, born 8 Aug 1817 Schoharie, New York, died 3 Feb 1898 Rice, Minnesota; married Catherine E. Wilson&lt;br /&gt;
******** Melvin O. Dutton, born 20 Dec 1842 Schoharie, New York, died between 1910 and 1920; married Henrietta M. Becker&lt;br /&gt;
********* Melvin Ometa Dutton, born 7 Oct 1869 Clarke, Iowa, died 9 Nov 1953 Meade, South Dakota; married Martha Ellice Twombley&lt;br /&gt;
********** 1 tester, #87477 (Y11)&lt;br /&gt;
*** Thomas Dutton, born 1 Mar 1707 Middlesex, Connecticut, died 16 Apr 1799 Windsor, Vermont; married Abigail Merriam&lt;br /&gt;
**** Asahel Dutton, born 16 Feb 1750 New Haven, Connecticut, died 1776 Litchfield, Connecticut; married Sarah Frisbie Northrop&lt;br /&gt;
***** Asahel Dutton, born 8 Mar 1774 Litchfield, Connecticut, died 1821 Gallatin, Illinois; married Irene Brazier&lt;br /&gt;
****** Asahel William Dutton, born about 1851 Illinois, died 1880 Hardin, Illinois&lt;br /&gt;
******* William (Edward) Dutton, born 20 Dec 1874 Hardin, Illinois, died 1955 Hardin, Illinois; married Dora Ann Page&lt;br /&gt;
******** 2 testers, #6828 (Y67), #87477 (Y11)&lt;br /&gt;
* 1 matching tester from unknown but matching line, #N50638 (Y11)&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/div&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Seven matching tests on this line, three at Y-DNA11, one at Y-DNA37, and three at Y-DNA67. I would very much like to see this line upgraded.&lt;br /&gt;
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===== Francis Dutton, Pennsylvania &amp;gt; Ohio =====&lt;br /&gt;
Gilbert Cope supposed Francis Dutton was a son of Kingsman Dutton (b. 1711) and Anne Routh, but Y-DNA does not bear this out, at least not with a biological connection. It is possible that Cope received mistaken information, or it is possible that Francis was an adopted or foster son.&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;div class=&amp;quot;tight-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* Francis Dutton, born about 1745 Chester, Pennsylvania, died 1836 Belmont, Ohio; married (1) Hannah Talbot, (2) Lydia Booth&lt;br /&gt;
** Isaac Dutton, born 24 Sep 1798 Washington, Pennsylvania, died 13 Apr 1843 Delaware, Ohio; married Anna Smith&lt;br /&gt;
*** Isaac Booth Dutton, born 4 Sep 1827 Marion, Ohio, died 9 Jan 1910 Los Angeles, California; married Rebecca Jane Smith&lt;br /&gt;
**** Harry Arnold Dutton, born about 1873 Kansas, died 2 Jan 1957 Jalisco, Mexico&lt;br /&gt;
***** 1 tester, #6793 (Y25)&lt;br /&gt;
** Jacob Dutton, born 4 Jan 1807 Belmont, Ohio, d. 8 Sep 1872 Carroll, Ohio; married Rachael Plowman&lt;br /&gt;
*** Jacob Plowman Dutton, born 23 Jul 1844 Massillon, Ohio, died 3 Oct 1914 Ohio; married Mary Ellen Benedum&lt;br /&gt;
**** John Plowman Dutton, born 14 Dec 1877 Carroll, Ohio, died 16 May 1955 Harrison, Ohio; married Theresa Henry&lt;br /&gt;
***** 1 tester, #161718 (Y11)&lt;br /&gt;
** &#039;&#039;Unknown lines&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
*** 2 testers, #161845 (Y11) and #19063 (Y25)&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/div&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Four testers, two at Y11 and two at Y25.&lt;br /&gt;
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===== Dutton-Dunton, various lines =====&lt;br /&gt;
Five tests whose matching status is uncertain: One line tested at Y-DNA11 matches the others but may not match further out. One at Y-DNA25 with claimed Cheshire descent matches another at Y-DNA111 (confirmed to be haplogroup R1b-P312) with no other information given. Two others at Y-DNA37 don&#039;t appear to match. I would appreciate more information on these lines.&lt;br /&gt;
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==== R-DF13 – Cheshire &amp;gt; South Carolina Duttons ====&lt;br /&gt;
This line descends from a Dutton family which can first be documented in the Old Ninety-Six District of South Carolina around the 1770s. In the past, this line has been associated with Jeremiah Dutton, shown on early Ninety-Six District tax lists and censuses, but I have found no conclusive evidence tying this line to Jeremiah Dutton.&lt;br /&gt;
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This line shows strong of having origins in Cheshire, England. These testers show more distant Y-DNA matches (primarily at Y37) to men with documented Cheshire origins, including men named Marsh and Warburton. Several other match names have origins in Lancashire and Yorkshire.&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;div class=&amp;quot;tight-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* Thomas Dutton, born about 1770 South Carolina, died after 1840 Elbert, Georgia&lt;br /&gt;
** Thomas C. Dutton, born about 1796 Elbert, Georgia, died after 1860 Blount, Alabama; married Miriam {maiden name unknown}&lt;br /&gt;
*** Henry G. Dutton, born about 1829 Georgia, died 19 Jan 1911 Morgan, Alabama; married (1) Elizabeth Frazier, (2) Mary C. Wilson&lt;br /&gt;
**** David N. Dutton, born 4 Mar 1871 Chattooga, Georgia, died 8 Jul 1928 Morgan, Alabama; married (1) Cassie N. Franklin, (2) Lee Emma Lawrence&lt;br /&gt;
***** 1 tester, #1004371 (Big-Y 700)&lt;br /&gt;
* John Dutton, born about 1774 South Carolina, died after 1850 Washington, Arkansas; married Susannah Stepp&lt;br /&gt;
** James Cass Dutton, born about 1808 Virginia, died about 1865 Washington Arkansas; married Matilda Mollett&lt;br /&gt;
*** Andrew Jackson Dutton, born 12 Dec 1842 Kentucky, died 19 Mar 1921 Coryell, Texas; married (1) Louanna Sizemore, (2) Catherine Beech&lt;br /&gt;
**** George Washington Dutton, born 6 Oct 1865 Washington, Arkansas, died 4 Apr 1951 Benton, Arkansas; married Ella Josephine Parsley&lt;br /&gt;
***** 1 tester, #30064 (Y37)&lt;br /&gt;
**** William Daniel Dutton, born 17 Jul 1869 Coryell, Texas, died 9 Feb 1948 Coryell, Texas; married Nancy Elizabeth Sleeker&lt;br /&gt;
***** 1 tester, #281145 (Big-Y 700)&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/div&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Three testers, including two Big-Y 700.&lt;br /&gt;
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A fourth man who distantly matches this group at Y37 descends from Samuel Austin Alibone Dutton (born 1858 Phildadelphia, died New York City 1930).&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Joseph</name></author>
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		<title>Nicholas Aldridge</title>
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		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Joseph: /* Militia service and land patent */ Typo.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;{{InfoBox Person&lt;br /&gt;
| name = Nicholas Aldridge (or &#039;&#039;Alldredge&#039;&#039;)&lt;br /&gt;
| birth = before 1660&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;probably England&lt;br /&gt;
| death = about 21 November 1708 (buried 21 November)&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;All Hallows&#039; Parish, [[wikipedia:Anne Arundel County, Maryland|Anne Arundel County, Maryland]]&lt;br /&gt;
| buried = All Hallows&#039; Churchyard (Brick Church), Anne Arundel County, Maryland (grave now unmarked)&lt;br /&gt;
| married = [[Martha (Besson) Aldridge|Martha Besson]]&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;before 1680, probably in Anne Arundel County, Maryland&lt;br /&gt;
| children = [[Thomas Aldridge]], [[Nicholas Aldridge (b. 1698)]], [[William Alldredge (b. 1702)]]&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
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== Overview ==&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;Nicholas Aldridge&#039;&#039;&#039; is the immigrant ancestor of our Aldridge family. He arrived in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, as early as 1677, receiving a land patent from Lord Baltimore in 1681.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;lester5&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Memory Aldridge Lester, &#039;&#039;Alldredge-Aldridge-Bracken-Nesmith Families and Their Kin&#039;&#039; (Chapel Hill, N.C.: privately printed, 1957), available on [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/26644/ Ancestry], [https://archive.org/details/alldredgealdridg00lest Internet Archive], and [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/202048 FamilySearch], 5 ([https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/26644/images/dvm_GenMono007254-00011-1?ssrc=&amp;amp;backlabel=Return&amp;amp;pId=15 Ancestry], [https://archive.org/details/alldredgealdridg00lest/page/5/mode/1up Internet Archive], [www.familysearch.org/library/books/idviewer/541095/16 FamilySearch]); Franklin Rudolph Aldridge, &#039;&#039;Aldridge Records&#039;&#039;, vol. 2 (Nashville: self-published, 1975), 22 ([https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/26642/images/dvm_GenMono007241-00120-0?ssrc=&amp;amp;backlabel=Return&amp;amp;pId=341, Ancestry], [hwww.familysearch.org/library/books/idviewer/34303/26 FamilySearch]); &#039;&#039;Maryland Historical Magazine&#039;&#039;, vol. 26 (1931), page 273 ([https://archive.org/details/marylandhistoric2619mary/page/272/mode/2up Internet Archive]). F. R. Aldridge offers extensive records of Nicholas Aldridge&#039;s family in Maryland.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;  Like the other elements in my Aldridge-Alldredge tree, Nicholas Aldridge is the subject of a lot of extravagant and poorly supported claims. On this page, I will document what we know for certain, and do my best to distinguish fact from speculation.&lt;br /&gt;
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== Name ==&lt;br /&gt;
There is evidence from records that Nicholas&#039;s son [[William Alldredge (b. 1702)|William]] and at least two branches of his descendants ([[William Alldredge (b. 1729)|William b. 1729]] and [[Nathan Alldredge|Nathan]]) spelled their surname &#039;&#039;Alldredge&#039;&#039;. Of Nicholas&#039;s other descendants, his oldest son [[Thomas Aldridge|Thomas&#039;s]] family appears to have kept the spelling &#039;&#039;Aldridge&#039;&#039;. Traditionally, Nicholas Aldridge&#039;s name has been spelled &#039;&#039;Aldridge&#039;&#039; by Memory Aldridge Lester and other researchers. For now, I will stand by this tradition.&lt;br /&gt;
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== Ancestry and birth ==&lt;br /&gt;
{{See also|Aldridge of Wellow}}&lt;br /&gt;
It is widely asserted online that Nicholas Aldridge was christened 28 December 1653 in Wellow Parish, Wiltshire, England, the son of Nicholas Aldridge. There was indeed a Nicholas Aldridge born near that date, in that place, to that father, as shown by English parish records; but I have seen no definitive documentation to convince me that this is &#039;&#039;our&#039;&#039; Nicholas Aldridge, and at least some to make me seriously question it.&lt;br /&gt;
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We can assume that our Nicholas was born before about 1656, since he was able to receive a proprietary land grant in 1680, and serve in a colonial militia in 1677. Within the parameters of a Nicholas Aldridge born in England between 1637 and 1657, only one Nicholas Aldridge appears in a search of the birth registers available on FamilySearch, the one asserted above, christened 28 December 1653 in Wellow, Hampshire. A second appears if I push the search back to 1627, christened 15 December 1633 at St. Margaret&#039;s, Westminster, Middlesex, the son of Thomas Aldridge. But how do we know these records are complete? How do we know Nicholas was born in England and not in Scotland, Wales, or anywhere else? We do not. Unless there is some record connecting Nicholas Aldridge in Maryland back to a specific location in England or wherever, I will not make an assumption.&lt;br /&gt;
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== Militia service and land patent ==&lt;br /&gt;
The earliest record I have found of Nicholas Aldridge in Maryland is an October or November 1678 payment to him by the Maryland General Assembly, apparently for militia service in an expedition against the Nanticoke Indians:&lt;br /&gt;
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: An Act for payment and assessing the Publick Charges of this Province&lt;br /&gt;
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: Whereas There hath been Eight hundred twenty five thousand Nyne hundred Seventy Nyne pounds (825,979 lbs.) of Tobacco Expended, layd out &amp;amp; disbursed by severall of the Inhabitants of this Province in the late Expedicion against the Nanticoke Indians and other, the necessary Charges of this Province which hath been Examined, stated and allowed by the upper and lower houses of this present Generall Assembly To the intent therefore That the same may bee satisfyed and payd to those persons to whom the same is due ...&lt;br /&gt;
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: To Nicholas Aldridge, 50 lbs. tobacco.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&#039;&#039;Archives of Maryland&#039;&#039;, Volume 7: Proceedings and Acts of the General Assembly, October 1678–November 1683, 87–104, at 97 ([https://msa.maryland.gov/megafile/msa/speccol/sc2900/sc2908/000001/000007/html/am7--97.html Archives of Maryland Online]).&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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This payment would indicate that Nicholas had been in Maryland at least as early as 1677, and perhaps earlier. The Nanticoke Indians took up arms against against the European colonists in 1677–1678.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Gray Dove Trading, &amp;quot;The Nanticoke People.&amp;quot; https://web.archive.org/web/20060220191454/http://www.graydovetrading.com/Nanticoke.html&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Nicholas Aldridge entered a land patent in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, of 300 acres on the south side of the [[wikipedia:Magothy River|Magothy River]], surveyed for him on 20 August 1680. The grant was issued by [[wikipedia:Charles Calvert, 3rd Baron Baltimore|Charles Calvert, Lord Baltimore]] on 11 July 1681, a tract called &amp;quot;Aldridge&#039;s Beginning.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
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== Marriage and spouse ==&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Besson Will Excerpt to Martha.jpg|thumb|right|alt=Excerpt of the will of Thomas Besson, with bequest to daughter Martha.|Excerpt of the will of Thomas Besson, with bequest to daughter Martha.]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Besson Executrix to Martha Aldridge.jpg|thumb|right|alt=The allowance of Thomas Besson&#039;s widow and executrix for the bequest to Martha, naming the daughter as Martha Aldridge.|The allowance of Thomas Besson&#039;s widow and executrix for the request to Martha, naming the daughter as Martha Aldridge.]]&lt;br /&gt;
Nicholas Aldridge marriage a woman named Martha, probably about 1679–1680. Their oldest child, Thomas Aldridge, was born 5 November 1680.&lt;br /&gt;
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I have found a fairly strong case for the assertion that Nicholas&#039;s wife was &#039;&#039;&#039;[[Martha (Besson) Aldridge|Martha Besson]]&#039;&#039;&#039;, daughter of Thomas Besson. Two records in particular demonstrate this case:&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Fredric Z. Saunders&#039; page on Thomas Besson is very well researched and very helpful, especially in documenting and locating the necessary sources. Fredric Z. Saunders, &amp;quot;Thomas Besson,&amp;quot; http://fzsaunders.com/besson.html (revised 27 Jan 2021, retrieved 13 Jul 2023).&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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* In the will of Thomas Besson, he names his daughter Martha, leaving to her a mare named Nobsey and a heifer named Eareling:&lt;br /&gt;
:: Item. I give and bequeath unto my daughter Martha, to her and her heirs forever, the young Mare Nobsye Coult with all her Increase, &amp;lt;del&amp;gt;but if in case&amp;lt;/del&amp;gt; and the heifer Eareling which was cavd in the yeare 1676 with all her Increase but if in case she my said daughter dyes before she comes to Age to fall to the next heir.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Ancestry.com, Maryland, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1635-1777, Wills, Vol 4-10 (1670, 1676-1679, 1682-1700) ([https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/9068/images/007737515_01023?treeid=&amp;amp;personid=&amp;amp;usePUB=true&amp;amp;_phsrc=XKN8128&amp;amp;_phstart=successSource&amp;amp;pId=463513 Ancestry]).&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* In the account of Besson&#039;s executrix, Nicholas Aldridge is paid a sum of money. The last item in the account contains a petition for an allowance for the heifer and mare due to Martha Aldridge:&lt;br /&gt;
:: The Executrix further prays allowance these following particulars: To Martha Aldridge a heiffer given by will appraised to 500. To 1 Mare called Nobsey as 700.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Maryland, Prerogative Court, Inventories of accounts and estates, volume 7, pages 125–127, at 127 (FHL Film 12919, Image Group (DGS) 7737555, Image 679, [https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C914-G9RL-H?i=678&amp;amp;cat=265626 FamilySearch]).&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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This indicates that Martha Aldridge is the daughter of Thomas Besson, the same daughter Martha to whom he bequeathed the mare Nobsey and heifer Eareling.&lt;br /&gt;
{{Clear}}&lt;br /&gt;
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== Children ==&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Nicholas Aldridge Children 1.png|thumb|right|alt=Birth and baptism records of Nicholas Aldridge&#039;s older children, from the All Hallows&#039; Parish register.|Birth and baptism records of Nicholas Aldridge&#039;s older children, from the All Hallows&#039; Parish register.]]&lt;br /&gt;
These children of Nicholas Aldridge and Martha Besson are documented by parish birth records:&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;This reading is aided by the transcriptions of F. R. Aldridge, &#039;&#039;Aldridge Records&#039;&#039;, vol. 2, 25–26, and Lester, 5.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
# [[Thomas Aldridge]], born 5 November 1680, married Elizabeth Purdy on 15 July 1703.&lt;br /&gt;
# Ann Aldridge, born 6 November 1684, married Richard Richeson in 1707.&lt;br /&gt;
# John Aldridge, born 31 August 1688, married Susannah Jones on 1 April 1719.&lt;br /&gt;
# Joane Aldridge, born 10 September 1689.&lt;br /&gt;
# Sendy Aldridge, born 9 August 1693, baptized 19 May 1700 [the name is difficult to read].&lt;br /&gt;
# Jane Aldridge, born 3 April 1696, baptized 19 May 1700.&lt;br /&gt;
# [[Nicholas Aldridge (b. 1698)|Nicholas Aldridge]], born 16 May 1698.&lt;br /&gt;
# William Aldridge, born 30 October 1700. Buried 26 September 1702.&lt;br /&gt;
# [[William Alldredge (b. 1702)|William Aldridge]], born 13 Mar 1702, baptized 11 April 1703.&lt;br /&gt;
# James Aldridge, born 1 July 1706, married Mary Gassaway.&lt;br /&gt;
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Nicholas Aldridge did indeed have &#039;&#039;two&#039;&#039; sons named William, one born after another, and by the dates, it appears he even named the second one William before the first one passed away. Did he, knowing his first son William was sick and would die, consciously give the name again to his next son? Is it possible the second William did not receive the name until his baptism, &#039;&#039;after&#039;&#039; the death of the first William? It is difficult to guess exactly what went on here, but the records are clear.&lt;br /&gt;
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File:William Aldridge Birth 1700.png|All Hallows&#039; Parish register showing birth of William Aldridge &amp;quot;I&amp;quot; (1700).|alt=All Hallows&#039; Parish register showing birth of William Aldridge &amp;quot;I&amp;quot; (1700).&lt;br /&gt;
File:William Aldridge Baptism 1702.png|All Hallows&#039; Parish register showing baptism of William Aldridge &amp;quot;I&amp;quot; (1702).|alt=All Hallows&#039; Parish register showing baptism of William Aldridge &amp;quot;I&amp;quot; (1702).&lt;br /&gt;
File:William Aldridge Burial 1702.png|All Hallows&#039; Parish register showing burial of William Aldridge &amp;quot;I&amp;quot; (1702).|alt=All Hallows&#039; Parish register showing burial of William Aldridge &amp;quot;I&amp;quot; (1702).&lt;br /&gt;
File:William Aldridge Birth and Baptism.png|All Hallows&#039; Parish register showing the birth and baptism of William Aldridge &amp;quot;II&amp;quot; (1702).|alt=All Hallows&#039; Parish register showing the birth and baptism of William Aldridge &amp;quot;II&amp;quot; (1702).&lt;br /&gt;
File:James Aldridge Birth.png|All Hallows&#039; Parish register showing the birth of James Aldridge (1706).|alt=All Hallows&#039; Parish register showing the birth of James Aldridge (1706).&lt;br /&gt;
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== Death ==&lt;br /&gt;
Nicholas Aldridge died in November 1708 in All Hallows&#039; Parish, Anne Arundel County, Maryland, and was buried 21 November 1708 in the churchyard. His grave is no longer marked. Nicholas was likely a man in his forties or fifties when he died, which was a ripe age for a Maryland colonist in that time.&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Nicholas Aldridge Burial.png|thumb|center]]&lt;br /&gt;
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There are actually two All Hallows&#039; Parish cemeteries, at two different locations of the All Hallows&#039; Church, one at parish&#039;s original location at the &amp;quot;Brick Church&amp;quot; in Edgewater, and the other at the parish&#039;s chapel-of-ease in Davidsonville:&lt;br /&gt;
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: The Church of England was officially established in the Colony of Maryland In 1692 by King William and Queen Mary, who chartered 30 parishes, one of which was All Hallows, South River. However, our earliest Parish records date back to March 1, 1669, noting the first recorded baptism at All Hallows....&lt;br /&gt;
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: In October of 1729, the General Assembly of Maryland assessed a tax of 20,000 pounds of tobacco to build “The Brick Church.” The building’s Interior was altered extensively during the 19th century according to needs and tastes of the time....&lt;br /&gt;
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: To lessen the travel distance for parishioners living on the western side of the Parish, construction of a chapel-of-ease in Davidsonville was begun in 1860. Delayed by the Civil War, it was completed in 1865.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;All Hallows Parish. &amp;quot;[https://allhallowsparish.org/who-we-are/history/ The History of All Hallows Parish]&amp;quot; (accessed 19 July 2024).&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Wikipedia offers this description of the cemetery at the &amp;quot;Brick Church&amp;quot;, which seems to confirm it as the likely burial place of Nicholas and Martha Aldridge:&lt;br /&gt;
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: The ancient cemetery, shaded by a grove of oak trees, surrounds the church. It contains the graves of many local families. One is Provincial Justice, Deputy-Governor and Lord High Sheriff of Anne Arundel Colonel William Burgess (1622–1686), who donated 100 acres of his lands for the establishment of Londontowne.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&amp;quot;[[wikipedia:All Hallows Parish (South River, Maryland)|All Hallows Parish (South River, Maryland)]]&amp;quot; on Wikipedia, citing Earl Arnett, Robert Brugger, and Edward Papenfuse, &#039;&#039;Maryland: A New Guide to the Old Line State&#039;&#039; (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1976) (accessed 19 July 2024).&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; &lt;br /&gt;
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On Find a Grave, Dennis York listed Nicholas and Hannah Aldridge in the wrong cemetery, at Davidsonville. I submitted corrections to move their memorials to the correct location, which were accepted.&lt;br /&gt;
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== DNA evidence ==&lt;br /&gt;
{{Main|Aldridge DNA Project}}&lt;br /&gt;
Six patrilineal, male-line descendants of Nicholas Aldridge have tested their Y-DNA at the [https://www.familytreedna.com/groups/aldridge/about Aldridge DNA Project], one from his oldest son [[Thomas Aldridge|Thomas]], one from his son [[Nicholas Aldridge (b. 1698)|Nicholas]], and four from his son William (b. 1702). The DNA of all five men matches one another, and is classified as haplogroup &#039;&#039;&#039;R-FTC89975&#039;&#039;&#039;, a subclade of R-U106 &amp;gt; R-Z154. William&#039;s descendants form the haplogroup &#039;&#039;&#039;R-FTB32679&#039;&#039;&#039;, an additional subclade of R-FTC89975.&lt;br /&gt;
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== References ==&lt;br /&gt;
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		<title>Nicholas Aldridge</title>
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		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Joseph: /* Militia service and land patent */ Clarify that this is only what *I* have found.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;{{InfoBox Person&lt;br /&gt;
| name = Nicholas Aldridge (or &#039;&#039;Alldredge&#039;&#039;)&lt;br /&gt;
| birth = before 1660&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;probably England&lt;br /&gt;
| death = about 21 November 1708 (buried 21 November)&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;All Hallows&#039; Parish, [[wikipedia:Anne Arundel County, Maryland|Anne Arundel County, Maryland]]&lt;br /&gt;
| buried = All Hallows&#039; Churchyard (Brick Church), Anne Arundel County, Maryland (grave now unmarked)&lt;br /&gt;
| married = [[Martha (Besson) Aldridge|Martha Besson]]&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;before 1680, probably in Anne Arundel County, Maryland&lt;br /&gt;
| children = [[Thomas Aldridge]], [[Nicholas Aldridge (b. 1698)]], [[William Alldredge (b. 1702)]]&lt;br /&gt;
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== Overview ==&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;Nicholas Aldridge&#039;&#039;&#039; is the immigrant ancestor of our Aldridge family. He arrived in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, as early as 1677, receiving a land patent from Lord Baltimore in 1681.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;lester5&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Memory Aldridge Lester, &#039;&#039;Alldredge-Aldridge-Bracken-Nesmith Families and Their Kin&#039;&#039; (Chapel Hill, N.C.: privately printed, 1957), available on [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/26644/ Ancestry], [https://archive.org/details/alldredgealdridg00lest Internet Archive], and [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/202048 FamilySearch], 5 ([https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/26644/images/dvm_GenMono007254-00011-1?ssrc=&amp;amp;backlabel=Return&amp;amp;pId=15 Ancestry], [https://archive.org/details/alldredgealdridg00lest/page/5/mode/1up Internet Archive], [www.familysearch.org/library/books/idviewer/541095/16 FamilySearch]); Franklin Rudolph Aldridge, &#039;&#039;Aldridge Records&#039;&#039;, vol. 2 (Nashville: self-published, 1975), 22 ([https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/26642/images/dvm_GenMono007241-00120-0?ssrc=&amp;amp;backlabel=Return&amp;amp;pId=341, Ancestry], [hwww.familysearch.org/library/books/idviewer/34303/26 FamilySearch]); &#039;&#039;Maryland Historical Magazine&#039;&#039;, vol. 26 (1931), page 273 ([https://archive.org/details/marylandhistoric2619mary/page/272/mode/2up Internet Archive]). F. R. Aldridge offers extensive records of Nicholas Aldridge&#039;s family in Maryland.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;  Like the other elements in my Aldridge-Alldredge tree, Nicholas Aldridge is the subject of a lot of extravagant and poorly supported claims. On this page, I will document what we know for certain, and do my best to distinguish fact from speculation.&lt;br /&gt;
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== Name ==&lt;br /&gt;
There is evidence from records that Nicholas&#039;s son [[William Alldredge (b. 1702)|William]] and at least two branches of his descendants ([[William Alldredge (b. 1729)|William b. 1729]] and [[Nathan Alldredge|Nathan]]) spelled their surname &#039;&#039;Alldredge&#039;&#039;. Of Nicholas&#039;s other descendants, his oldest son [[Thomas Aldridge|Thomas&#039;s]] family appears to have kept the spelling &#039;&#039;Aldridge&#039;&#039;. Traditionally, Nicholas Aldridge&#039;s name has been spelled &#039;&#039;Aldridge&#039;&#039; by Memory Aldridge Lester and other researchers. For now, I will stand by this tradition.&lt;br /&gt;
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== Ancestry and birth ==&lt;br /&gt;
{{See also|Aldridge of Wellow}}&lt;br /&gt;
It is widely asserted online that Nicholas Aldridge was christened 28 December 1653 in Wellow Parish, Wiltshire, England, the son of Nicholas Aldridge. There was indeed a Nicholas Aldridge born near that date, in that place, to that father, as shown by English parish records; but I have seen no definitive documentation to convince me that this is &#039;&#039;our&#039;&#039; Nicholas Aldridge, and at least some to make me seriously question it.&lt;br /&gt;
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We can assume that our Nicholas was born before about 1656, since he was able to receive a proprietary land grant in 1680, and serve in a colonial militia in 1677. Within the parameters of a Nicholas Aldridge born in England between 1637 and 1657, only one Nicholas Aldridge appears in a search of the birth registers available on FamilySearch, the one asserted above, christened 28 December 1653 in Wellow, Hampshire. A second appears if I push the search back to 1627, christened 15 December 1633 at St. Margaret&#039;s, Westminster, Middlesex, the son of Thomas Aldridge. But how do we know these records are complete? How do we know Nicholas was born in England and not in Scotland, Wales, or anywhere else? We do not. Unless there is some record connecting Nicholas Aldridge in Maryland back to a specific location in England or wherever, I will not make an assumption.&lt;br /&gt;
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== Militia service and land patent ==&lt;br /&gt;
The earliest record I have found of Nicholas Aldridge in Maryland is an October or November 1678 payment to him by the Maryland General Assembly, apparently for militia service in an expedition against the Nanticoke Indians:&lt;br /&gt;
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: An Act for payment and assessing the Publick Charges of this Province&lt;br /&gt;
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: Whereas There hath been Eight hundred twenty five thousand Nyne hundred Seventy Nyne pounds (825,979 lbs.) of Tobacco Expended, layd out &amp;amp; disbursed by severall of the Inhabitants of this Province in the late Expedicion against the Nanticoke Indians and other, the necessary Charges of this Province which hath been Examined, stated and allowed by the upper and lower houses of this present Generall Assembly To the intent therefore That the same may bee satisfyed and payd to those persons to whom the same is due ...&lt;br /&gt;
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: To Nicholas Aldridge, 50 lbs. tobacco.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&#039;&#039;Archives of Maryland&#039;&#039;, Volume 7: Proceedings and Acts of the General Assembly, October 1678–November 1683, 87–104, at 97 ([https://msa.maryland.gov/megafile/msa/speccol/sc2900/sc2908/000001/000007/html/am7--97.html Archives of Maryland Online]).&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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This payment would indicate that Nicholas had been in Maryland at least as early as 1677, and perhaps earlier. The Nanticoke Indians took up against against the European colonists in 1677–1678.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Gray Dove Trading, &amp;quot;The Nanticoke People.&amp;quot; https://web.archive.org/web/20060220191454/http://www.graydovetrading.com/Nanticoke.html&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Nicholas Aldridge entered a land patent in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, of 300 acres on the south side of the [[wikipedia:Magothy River|Magothy River]], surveyed for him on 20 August 1680. The grant was issued by [[wikipedia:Charles Calvert, 3rd Baron Baltimore|Charles Calvert, Lord Baltimore]] on 11 July 1681, a tract called &amp;quot;Aldridge&#039;s Beginning.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
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== Marriage and spouse ==&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Besson Will Excerpt to Martha.jpg|thumb|right|alt=Excerpt of the will of Thomas Besson, with bequest to daughter Martha.|Excerpt of the will of Thomas Besson, with bequest to daughter Martha.]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Besson Executrix to Martha Aldridge.jpg|thumb|right|alt=The allowance of Thomas Besson&#039;s widow and executrix for the bequest to Martha, naming the daughter as Martha Aldridge.|The allowance of Thomas Besson&#039;s widow and executrix for the request to Martha, naming the daughter as Martha Aldridge.]]&lt;br /&gt;
Nicholas Aldridge marriage a woman named Martha, probably about 1679–1680. Their oldest child, Thomas Aldridge, was born 5 November 1680.&lt;br /&gt;
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I have found a fairly strong case for the assertion that Nicholas&#039;s wife was &#039;&#039;&#039;[[Martha (Besson) Aldridge|Martha Besson]]&#039;&#039;&#039;, daughter of Thomas Besson. Two records in particular demonstrate this case:&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Fredric Z. Saunders&#039; page on Thomas Besson is very well researched and very helpful, especially in documenting and locating the necessary sources. Fredric Z. Saunders, &amp;quot;Thomas Besson,&amp;quot; http://fzsaunders.com/besson.html (revised 27 Jan 2021, retrieved 13 Jul 2023).&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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* In the will of Thomas Besson, he names his daughter Martha, leaving to her a mare named Nobsey and a heifer named Eareling:&lt;br /&gt;
:: Item. I give and bequeath unto my daughter Martha, to her and her heirs forever, the young Mare Nobsye Coult with all her Increase, &amp;lt;del&amp;gt;but if in case&amp;lt;/del&amp;gt; and the heifer Eareling which was cavd in the yeare 1676 with all her Increase but if in case she my said daughter dyes before she comes to Age to fall to the next heir.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Ancestry.com, Maryland, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1635-1777, Wills, Vol 4-10 (1670, 1676-1679, 1682-1700) ([https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/9068/images/007737515_01023?treeid=&amp;amp;personid=&amp;amp;usePUB=true&amp;amp;_phsrc=XKN8128&amp;amp;_phstart=successSource&amp;amp;pId=463513 Ancestry]).&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* In the account of Besson&#039;s executrix, Nicholas Aldridge is paid a sum of money. The last item in the account contains a petition for an allowance for the heifer and mare due to Martha Aldridge:&lt;br /&gt;
:: The Executrix further prays allowance these following particulars: To Martha Aldridge a heiffer given by will appraised to 500. To 1 Mare called Nobsey as 700.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Maryland, Prerogative Court, Inventories of accounts and estates, volume 7, pages 125–127, at 127 (FHL Film 12919, Image Group (DGS) 7737555, Image 679, [https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C914-G9RL-H?i=678&amp;amp;cat=265626 FamilySearch]).&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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This indicates that Martha Aldridge is the daughter of Thomas Besson, the same daughter Martha to whom he bequeathed the mare Nobsey and heifer Eareling.&lt;br /&gt;
{{Clear}}&lt;br /&gt;
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== Children ==&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Nicholas Aldridge Children 1.png|thumb|right|alt=Birth and baptism records of Nicholas Aldridge&#039;s older children, from the All Hallows&#039; Parish register.|Birth and baptism records of Nicholas Aldridge&#039;s older children, from the All Hallows&#039; Parish register.]]&lt;br /&gt;
These children of Nicholas Aldridge and Martha Besson are documented by parish birth records:&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;This reading is aided by the transcriptions of F. R. Aldridge, &#039;&#039;Aldridge Records&#039;&#039;, vol. 2, 25–26, and Lester, 5.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
# [[Thomas Aldridge]], born 5 November 1680, married Elizabeth Purdy on 15 July 1703.&lt;br /&gt;
# Ann Aldridge, born 6 November 1684, married Richard Richeson in 1707.&lt;br /&gt;
# John Aldridge, born 31 August 1688, married Susannah Jones on 1 April 1719.&lt;br /&gt;
# Joane Aldridge, born 10 September 1689.&lt;br /&gt;
# Sendy Aldridge, born 9 August 1693, baptized 19 May 1700 [the name is difficult to read].&lt;br /&gt;
# Jane Aldridge, born 3 April 1696, baptized 19 May 1700.&lt;br /&gt;
# [[Nicholas Aldridge (b. 1698)|Nicholas Aldridge]], born 16 May 1698.&lt;br /&gt;
# William Aldridge, born 30 October 1700. Buried 26 September 1702.&lt;br /&gt;
# [[William Alldredge (b. 1702)|William Aldridge]], born 13 Mar 1702, baptized 11 April 1703.&lt;br /&gt;
# James Aldridge, born 1 July 1706, married Mary Gassaway.&lt;br /&gt;
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Nicholas Aldridge did indeed have &#039;&#039;two&#039;&#039; sons named William, one born after another, and by the dates, it appears he even named the second one William before the first one passed away. Did he, knowing his first son William was sick and would die, consciously give the name again to his next son? Is it possible the second William did not receive the name until his baptism, &#039;&#039;after&#039;&#039; the death of the first William? It is difficult to guess exactly what went on here, but the records are clear.&lt;br /&gt;
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File:William Aldridge Birth 1700.png|All Hallows&#039; Parish register showing birth of William Aldridge &amp;quot;I&amp;quot; (1700).|alt=All Hallows&#039; Parish register showing birth of William Aldridge &amp;quot;I&amp;quot; (1700).&lt;br /&gt;
File:William Aldridge Baptism 1702.png|All Hallows&#039; Parish register showing baptism of William Aldridge &amp;quot;I&amp;quot; (1702).|alt=All Hallows&#039; Parish register showing baptism of William Aldridge &amp;quot;I&amp;quot; (1702).&lt;br /&gt;
File:William Aldridge Burial 1702.png|All Hallows&#039; Parish register showing burial of William Aldridge &amp;quot;I&amp;quot; (1702).|alt=All Hallows&#039; Parish register showing burial of William Aldridge &amp;quot;I&amp;quot; (1702).&lt;br /&gt;
File:William Aldridge Birth and Baptism.png|All Hallows&#039; Parish register showing the birth and baptism of William Aldridge &amp;quot;II&amp;quot; (1702).|alt=All Hallows&#039; Parish register showing the birth and baptism of William Aldridge &amp;quot;II&amp;quot; (1702).&lt;br /&gt;
File:James Aldridge Birth.png|All Hallows&#039; Parish register showing the birth of James Aldridge (1706).|alt=All Hallows&#039; Parish register showing the birth of James Aldridge (1706).&lt;br /&gt;
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== Death ==&lt;br /&gt;
Nicholas Aldridge died in November 1708 in All Hallows&#039; Parish, Anne Arundel County, Maryland, and was buried 21 November 1708 in the churchyard. His grave is no longer marked. Nicholas was likely a man in his forties or fifties when he died, which was a ripe age for a Maryland colonist in that time.&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Nicholas Aldridge Burial.png|thumb|center]]&lt;br /&gt;
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There are actually two All Hallows&#039; Parish cemeteries, at two different locations of the All Hallows&#039; Church, one at parish&#039;s original location at the &amp;quot;Brick Church&amp;quot; in Edgewater, and the other at the parish&#039;s chapel-of-ease in Davidsonville:&lt;br /&gt;
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: The Church of England was officially established in the Colony of Maryland In 1692 by King William and Queen Mary, who chartered 30 parishes, one of which was All Hallows, South River. However, our earliest Parish records date back to March 1, 1669, noting the first recorded baptism at All Hallows....&lt;br /&gt;
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: In October of 1729, the General Assembly of Maryland assessed a tax of 20,000 pounds of tobacco to build “The Brick Church.” The building’s Interior was altered extensively during the 19th century according to needs and tastes of the time....&lt;br /&gt;
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: To lessen the travel distance for parishioners living on the western side of the Parish, construction of a chapel-of-ease in Davidsonville was begun in 1860. Delayed by the Civil War, it was completed in 1865.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;All Hallows Parish. &amp;quot;[https://allhallowsparish.org/who-we-are/history/ The History of All Hallows Parish]&amp;quot; (accessed 19 July 2024).&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Wikipedia offers this description of the cemetery at the &amp;quot;Brick Church&amp;quot;, which seems to confirm it as the likely burial place of Nicholas and Martha Aldridge:&lt;br /&gt;
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: The ancient cemetery, shaded by a grove of oak trees, surrounds the church. It contains the graves of many local families. One is Provincial Justice, Deputy-Governor and Lord High Sheriff of Anne Arundel Colonel William Burgess (1622–1686), who donated 100 acres of his lands for the establishment of Londontowne.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&amp;quot;[[wikipedia:All Hallows Parish (South River, Maryland)|All Hallows Parish (South River, Maryland)]]&amp;quot; on Wikipedia, citing Earl Arnett, Robert Brugger, and Edward Papenfuse, &#039;&#039;Maryland: A New Guide to the Old Line State&#039;&#039; (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1976) (accessed 19 July 2024).&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; &lt;br /&gt;
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On Find a Grave, Dennis York listed Nicholas and Hannah Aldridge in the wrong cemetery, at Davidsonville. I submitted corrections to move their memorials to the correct location, which were accepted.&lt;br /&gt;
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== DNA evidence ==&lt;br /&gt;
{{Main|Aldridge DNA Project}}&lt;br /&gt;
Six patrilineal, male-line descendants of Nicholas Aldridge have tested their Y-DNA at the [https://www.familytreedna.com/groups/aldridge/about Aldridge DNA Project], one from his oldest son [[Thomas Aldridge|Thomas]], one from his son [[Nicholas Aldridge (b. 1698)|Nicholas]], and four from his son William (b. 1702). The DNA of all five men matches one another, and is classified as haplogroup &#039;&#039;&#039;R-FTC89975&#039;&#039;&#039;, a subclade of R-U106 &amp;gt; R-Z154. William&#039;s descendants form the haplogroup &#039;&#039;&#039;R-FTB32679&#039;&#039;&#039;, an additional subclade of R-FTC89975.&lt;br /&gt;
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== References ==&lt;br /&gt;
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		<title>Nicholas Aldridge</title>
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		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Joseph: /* Death */&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;{{InfoBox Person&lt;br /&gt;
| name = Nicholas Aldridge (or &#039;&#039;Alldredge&#039;&#039;)&lt;br /&gt;
| birth = before 1660&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;probably England&lt;br /&gt;
| death = about 21 November 1708 (buried 21 November)&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;All Hallows&#039; Parish, [[wikipedia:Anne Arundel County, Maryland|Anne Arundel County, Maryland]]&lt;br /&gt;
| buried = All Hallows&#039; Churchyard (Brick Church), Anne Arundel County, Maryland (grave now unmarked)&lt;br /&gt;
| married = [[Martha (Besson) Aldridge|Martha Besson]]&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;before 1680, probably in Anne Arundel County, Maryland&lt;br /&gt;
| children = [[Thomas Aldridge]], [[Nicholas Aldridge (b. 1698)]], [[William Alldredge (b. 1702)]]&lt;br /&gt;
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== Overview ==&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;Nicholas Aldridge&#039;&#039;&#039; is the immigrant ancestor of our Aldridge family. He arrived in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, as early as 1677, receiving a land patent from Lord Baltimore in 1681.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;lester5&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Memory Aldridge Lester, &#039;&#039;Alldredge-Aldridge-Bracken-Nesmith Families and Their Kin&#039;&#039; (Chapel Hill, N.C.: privately printed, 1957), available on [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/26644/ Ancestry], [https://archive.org/details/alldredgealdridg00lest Internet Archive], and [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/202048 FamilySearch], 5 ([https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/26644/images/dvm_GenMono007254-00011-1?ssrc=&amp;amp;backlabel=Return&amp;amp;pId=15 Ancestry], [https://archive.org/details/alldredgealdridg00lest/page/5/mode/1up Internet Archive], [www.familysearch.org/library/books/idviewer/541095/16 FamilySearch]); Franklin Rudolph Aldridge, &#039;&#039;Aldridge Records&#039;&#039;, vol. 2 (Nashville: self-published, 1975), 22 ([https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/26642/images/dvm_GenMono007241-00120-0?ssrc=&amp;amp;backlabel=Return&amp;amp;pId=341, Ancestry], [hwww.familysearch.org/library/books/idviewer/34303/26 FamilySearch]); &#039;&#039;Maryland Historical Magazine&#039;&#039;, vol. 26 (1931), page 273 ([https://archive.org/details/marylandhistoric2619mary/page/272/mode/2up Internet Archive]). F. R. Aldridge offers extensive records of Nicholas Aldridge&#039;s family in Maryland.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;  Like the other elements in my Aldridge-Alldredge tree, Nicholas Aldridge is the subject of a lot of extravagant and poorly supported claims. On this page, I will document what we know for certain, and do my best to distinguish fact from speculation.&lt;br /&gt;
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== Name ==&lt;br /&gt;
There is evidence from records that Nicholas&#039;s son [[William Alldredge (b. 1702)|William]] and at least two branches of his descendants ([[William Alldredge (b. 1729)|William b. 1729]] and [[Nathan Alldredge|Nathan]]) spelled their surname &#039;&#039;Alldredge&#039;&#039;. Of Nicholas&#039;s other descendants, his oldest son [[Thomas Aldridge|Thomas&#039;s]] family appears to have kept the spelling &#039;&#039;Aldridge&#039;&#039;. Traditionally, Nicholas Aldridge&#039;s name has been spelled &#039;&#039;Aldridge&#039;&#039; by Memory Aldridge Lester and other researchers. For now, I will stand by this tradition.&lt;br /&gt;
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== Ancestry and birth ==&lt;br /&gt;
{{See also|Aldridge of Wellow}}&lt;br /&gt;
It is widely asserted online that Nicholas Aldridge was christened 28 December 1653 in Wellow Parish, Wiltshire, England, the son of Nicholas Aldridge. There was indeed a Nicholas Aldridge born near that date, in that place, to that father, as shown by English parish records; but I have seen no definitive documentation to convince me that this is &#039;&#039;our&#039;&#039; Nicholas Aldridge, and at least some to make me seriously question it.&lt;br /&gt;
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We can assume that our Nicholas was born before about 1656, since he was able to receive a proprietary land grant in 1680, and serve in a colonial militia in 1677. Within the parameters of a Nicholas Aldridge born in England between 1637 and 1657, only one Nicholas Aldridge appears in a search of the birth registers available on FamilySearch, the one asserted above, christened 28 December 1653 in Wellow, Hampshire. A second appears if I push the search back to 1627, christened 15 December 1633 at St. Margaret&#039;s, Westminster, Middlesex, the son of Thomas Aldridge. But how do we know these records are complete? How do we know Nicholas was born in England and not in Scotland, Wales, or anywhere else? We do not. Unless there is some record connecting Nicholas Aldridge in Maryland back to a specific location in England or wherever, I will not make an assumption.&lt;br /&gt;
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== Militia service and land patent ==&lt;br /&gt;
The earliest record we find Nicholas Aldridge in Maryland is an October or November 1678 payment to him by the Maryland General Assembly, apparently for militia service in an expedition against the Nanticoke Indians:&lt;br /&gt;
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: An Act for payment and assessing the Publick Charges of this Province&lt;br /&gt;
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: Whereas There hath been Eight hundred twenty five thousand Nyne hundred Seventy Nyne pounds (825,979 lbs.) of Tobacco Expended, layd out &amp;amp; disbursed by severall of the Inhabitants of this Province in the late Expedicion against the Nanticoke Indians and other, the necessary Charges of this Province which hath been Examined, stated and allowed by the upper and lower houses of this present Generall Assembly To the intent therefore That the same may bee satisfyed and payd to those persons to whom the same is due ...&lt;br /&gt;
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: To Nicholas Aldridge, 50 lbs. tobacco.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&#039;&#039;Archives of Maryland&#039;&#039;, Volume 7: Proceedings and Acts of the General Assembly, October 1678–November 1683, 87–104, at 97 ([https://msa.maryland.gov/megafile/msa/speccol/sc2900/sc2908/000001/000007/html/am7--97.html Archives of Maryland Online]).&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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This payment would indicate that Nicholas had been in Maryland at least as early as 1677, and perhaps earlier. The Nanticoke Indians took up against against the European colonists in 1677–1678.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Gray Dove Trading, &amp;quot;The Nanticoke People.&amp;quot; https://web.archive.org/web/20060220191454/http://www.graydovetrading.com/Nanticoke.html&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Nicholas Aldridge entered a land patent in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, of 300 acres on the south side of the [[wikipedia:Magothy River|Magothy River]], surveyed for him on 20 August 1680. The grant was issued by [[wikipedia:Charles Calvert, 3rd Baron Baltimore|Charles Calvert, Lord Baltimore]] on 11 July 1681, a tract called &amp;quot;Aldridge&#039;s Beginning.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
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== Marriage and spouse ==&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Besson Will Excerpt to Martha.jpg|thumb|right|alt=Excerpt of the will of Thomas Besson, with bequest to daughter Martha.|Excerpt of the will of Thomas Besson, with bequest to daughter Martha.]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Besson Executrix to Martha Aldridge.jpg|thumb|right|alt=The allowance of Thomas Besson&#039;s widow and executrix for the bequest to Martha, naming the daughter as Martha Aldridge.|The allowance of Thomas Besson&#039;s widow and executrix for the request to Martha, naming the daughter as Martha Aldridge.]]&lt;br /&gt;
Nicholas Aldridge marriage a woman named Martha, probably about 1679–1680. Their oldest child, Thomas Aldridge, was born 5 November 1680.&lt;br /&gt;
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I have found a fairly strong case for the assertion that Nicholas&#039;s wife was &#039;&#039;&#039;[[Martha (Besson) Aldridge|Martha Besson]]&#039;&#039;&#039;, daughter of Thomas Besson. Two records in particular demonstrate this case:&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Fredric Z. Saunders&#039; page on Thomas Besson is very well researched and very helpful, especially in documenting and locating the necessary sources. Fredric Z. Saunders, &amp;quot;Thomas Besson,&amp;quot; http://fzsaunders.com/besson.html (revised 27 Jan 2021, retrieved 13 Jul 2023).&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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* In the will of Thomas Besson, he names his daughter Martha, leaving to her a mare named Nobsey and a heifer named Eareling:&lt;br /&gt;
:: Item. I give and bequeath unto my daughter Martha, to her and her heirs forever, the young Mare Nobsye Coult with all her Increase, &amp;lt;del&amp;gt;but if in case&amp;lt;/del&amp;gt; and the heifer Eareling which was cavd in the yeare 1676 with all her Increase but if in case she my said daughter dyes before she comes to Age to fall to the next heir.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Ancestry.com, Maryland, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1635-1777, Wills, Vol 4-10 (1670, 1676-1679, 1682-1700) ([https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/9068/images/007737515_01023?treeid=&amp;amp;personid=&amp;amp;usePUB=true&amp;amp;_phsrc=XKN8128&amp;amp;_phstart=successSource&amp;amp;pId=463513 Ancestry]).&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* In the account of Besson&#039;s executrix, Nicholas Aldridge is paid a sum of money. The last item in the account contains a petition for an allowance for the heifer and mare due to Martha Aldridge:&lt;br /&gt;
:: The Executrix further prays allowance these following particulars: To Martha Aldridge a heiffer given by will appraised to 500. To 1 Mare called Nobsey as 700.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Maryland, Prerogative Court, Inventories of accounts and estates, volume 7, pages 125–127, at 127 (FHL Film 12919, Image Group (DGS) 7737555, Image 679, [https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C914-G9RL-H?i=678&amp;amp;cat=265626 FamilySearch]).&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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This indicates that Martha Aldridge is the daughter of Thomas Besson, the same daughter Martha to whom he bequeathed the mare Nobsey and heifer Eareling.&lt;br /&gt;
{{Clear}}&lt;br /&gt;
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== Children ==&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Nicholas Aldridge Children 1.png|thumb|right|alt=Birth and baptism records of Nicholas Aldridge&#039;s older children, from the All Hallows&#039; Parish register.|Birth and baptism records of Nicholas Aldridge&#039;s older children, from the All Hallows&#039; Parish register.]]&lt;br /&gt;
These children of Nicholas Aldridge and Martha Besson are documented by parish birth records:&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;This reading is aided by the transcriptions of F. R. Aldridge, &#039;&#039;Aldridge Records&#039;&#039;, vol. 2, 25–26, and Lester, 5.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
# [[Thomas Aldridge]], born 5 November 1680, married Elizabeth Purdy on 15 July 1703.&lt;br /&gt;
# Ann Aldridge, born 6 November 1684, married Richard Richeson in 1707.&lt;br /&gt;
# John Aldridge, born 31 August 1688, married Susannah Jones on 1 April 1719.&lt;br /&gt;
# Joane Aldridge, born 10 September 1689.&lt;br /&gt;
# Sendy Aldridge, born 9 August 1693, baptized 19 May 1700 [the name is difficult to read].&lt;br /&gt;
# Jane Aldridge, born 3 April 1696, baptized 19 May 1700.&lt;br /&gt;
# [[Nicholas Aldridge (b. 1698)|Nicholas Aldridge]], born 16 May 1698.&lt;br /&gt;
# William Aldridge, born 30 October 1700. Buried 26 September 1702.&lt;br /&gt;
# [[William Alldredge (b. 1702)|William Aldridge]], born 13 Mar 1702, baptized 11 April 1703.&lt;br /&gt;
# James Aldridge, born 1 July 1706, married Mary Gassaway.&lt;br /&gt;
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Nicholas Aldridge did indeed have &#039;&#039;two&#039;&#039; sons named William, one born after another, and by the dates, it appears he even named the second one William before the first one passed away. Did he, knowing his first son William was sick and would die, consciously give the name again to his next son? Is it possible the second William did not receive the name until his baptism, &#039;&#039;after&#039;&#039; the death of the first William? It is difficult to guess exactly what went on here, but the records are clear.&lt;br /&gt;
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File:William Aldridge Birth 1700.png|All Hallows&#039; Parish register showing birth of William Aldridge &amp;quot;I&amp;quot; (1700).|alt=All Hallows&#039; Parish register showing birth of William Aldridge &amp;quot;I&amp;quot; (1700).&lt;br /&gt;
File:William Aldridge Baptism 1702.png|All Hallows&#039; Parish register showing baptism of William Aldridge &amp;quot;I&amp;quot; (1702).|alt=All Hallows&#039; Parish register showing baptism of William Aldridge &amp;quot;I&amp;quot; (1702).&lt;br /&gt;
File:William Aldridge Burial 1702.png|All Hallows&#039; Parish register showing burial of William Aldridge &amp;quot;I&amp;quot; (1702).|alt=All Hallows&#039; Parish register showing burial of William Aldridge &amp;quot;I&amp;quot; (1702).&lt;br /&gt;
File:William Aldridge Birth and Baptism.png|All Hallows&#039; Parish register showing the birth and baptism of William Aldridge &amp;quot;II&amp;quot; (1702).|alt=All Hallows&#039; Parish register showing the birth and baptism of William Aldridge &amp;quot;II&amp;quot; (1702).&lt;br /&gt;
File:James Aldridge Birth.png|All Hallows&#039; Parish register showing the birth of James Aldridge (1706).|alt=All Hallows&#039; Parish register showing the birth of James Aldridge (1706).&lt;br /&gt;
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== Death ==&lt;br /&gt;
Nicholas Aldridge died in November 1708 in All Hallows&#039; Parish, Anne Arundel County, Maryland, and was buried 21 November 1708 in the churchyard. His grave is no longer marked. Nicholas was likely a man in his forties or fifties when he died, which was a ripe age for a Maryland colonist in that time.&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Nicholas Aldridge Burial.png|thumb|center]]&lt;br /&gt;
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There are actually two All Hallows&#039; Parish cemeteries, at two different locations of the All Hallows&#039; Church, one at parish&#039;s original location at the &amp;quot;Brick Church&amp;quot; in Edgewater, and the other at the parish&#039;s chapel-of-ease in Davidsonville:&lt;br /&gt;
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: The Church of England was officially established in the Colony of Maryland In 1692 by King William and Queen Mary, who chartered 30 parishes, one of which was All Hallows, South River. However, our earliest Parish records date back to March 1, 1669, noting the first recorded baptism at All Hallows....&lt;br /&gt;
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: In October of 1729, the General Assembly of Maryland assessed a tax of 20,000 pounds of tobacco to build “The Brick Church.” The building’s Interior was altered extensively during the 19th century according to needs and tastes of the time....&lt;br /&gt;
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: To lessen the travel distance for parishioners living on the western side of the Parish, construction of a chapel-of-ease in Davidsonville was begun in 1860. Delayed by the Civil War, it was completed in 1865.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;All Hallows Parish. &amp;quot;[https://allhallowsparish.org/who-we-are/history/ The History of All Hallows Parish]&amp;quot; (accessed 19 July 2024).&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Wikipedia offers this description of the cemetery at the &amp;quot;Brick Church&amp;quot;, which seems to confirm it as the likely burial place of Nicholas and Martha Aldridge:&lt;br /&gt;
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: The ancient cemetery, shaded by a grove of oak trees, surrounds the church. It contains the graves of many local families. One is Provincial Justice, Deputy-Governor and Lord High Sheriff of Anne Arundel Colonel William Burgess (1622–1686), who donated 100 acres of his lands for the establishment of Londontowne.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&amp;quot;[[wikipedia:All Hallows Parish (South River, Maryland)|All Hallows Parish (South River, Maryland)]]&amp;quot; on Wikipedia, citing Earl Arnett, Robert Brugger, and Edward Papenfuse, &#039;&#039;Maryland: A New Guide to the Old Line State&#039;&#039; (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1976) (accessed 19 July 2024).&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; &lt;br /&gt;
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On Find a Grave, Dennis York listed Nicholas and Hannah Aldridge in the wrong cemetery, at Davidsonville. I submitted corrections to move their memorials to the correct location, which were accepted.&lt;br /&gt;
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== DNA evidence ==&lt;br /&gt;
{{Main|Aldridge DNA Project}}&lt;br /&gt;
Six patrilineal, male-line descendants of Nicholas Aldridge have tested their Y-DNA at the [https://www.familytreedna.com/groups/aldridge/about Aldridge DNA Project], one from his oldest son [[Thomas Aldridge|Thomas]], one from his son [[Nicholas Aldridge (b. 1698)|Nicholas]], and four from his son William (b. 1702). The DNA of all five men matches one another, and is classified as haplogroup &#039;&#039;&#039;R-FTC89975&#039;&#039;&#039;, a subclade of R-U106 &amp;gt; R-Z154. William&#039;s descendants form the haplogroup &#039;&#039;&#039;R-FTB32679&#039;&#039;&#039;, an additional subclade of R-FTC89975.&lt;br /&gt;
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| name = Nicholas Aldridge (or &#039;&#039;Alldredge&#039;&#039;)&lt;br /&gt;
| birth = before 1660&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;probably England&lt;br /&gt;
| death = about 21 November 1708 (buried 21 November)&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;All Hallows&#039; Parish, [[wikipedia:Anne Arundel County, Maryland|Anne Arundel County, Maryland]]&lt;br /&gt;
| buried = All Hallows&#039; Churchyard (Brick Church), Anne Arundel County, Maryland (grave now unmarked)&lt;br /&gt;
| married = [[Martha (Besson) Aldridge|Martha Besson]]&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;before 1680, probably in Anne Arundel County, Maryland&lt;br /&gt;
| children = [[Thomas Aldridge]], [[Nicholas Aldridge (b. 1698)]], [[William Alldredge (b. 1702)]]&lt;br /&gt;
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== Overview ==&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;Nicholas Aldridge&#039;&#039;&#039; is the immigrant ancestor of our Aldridge family. He arrived in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, as early as 1677, receiving a land patent from Lord Baltimore in 1681.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;lester5&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Memory Aldridge Lester, &#039;&#039;Alldredge-Aldridge-Bracken-Nesmith Families and Their Kin&#039;&#039; (Chapel Hill, N.C.: privately printed, 1957), available on [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/26644/ Ancestry], [https://archive.org/details/alldredgealdridg00lest Internet Archive], and [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/202048 FamilySearch], 5 ([https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/26644/images/dvm_GenMono007254-00011-1?ssrc=&amp;amp;backlabel=Return&amp;amp;pId=15 Ancestry], [https://archive.org/details/alldredgealdridg00lest/page/5/mode/1up Internet Archive], [www.familysearch.org/library/books/idviewer/541095/16 FamilySearch]); Franklin Rudolph Aldridge, &#039;&#039;Aldridge Records&#039;&#039;, vol. 2 (Nashville: self-published, 1975), 22 ([https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/26642/images/dvm_GenMono007241-00120-0?ssrc=&amp;amp;backlabel=Return&amp;amp;pId=341, Ancestry], [hwww.familysearch.org/library/books/idviewer/34303/26 FamilySearch]); &#039;&#039;Maryland Historical Magazine&#039;&#039;, vol. 26 (1931), page 273 ([https://archive.org/details/marylandhistoric2619mary/page/272/mode/2up Internet Archive]). F. R. Aldridge offers extensive records of Nicholas Aldridge&#039;s family in Maryland.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;  Like the other elements in my Aldridge-Alldredge tree, Nicholas Aldridge is the subject of a lot of extravagant and poorly supported claims. On this page, I will document what we know for certain, and do my best to distinguish fact from speculation.&lt;br /&gt;
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== Name ==&lt;br /&gt;
There is evidence from records that Nicholas&#039;s son [[William Alldredge (b. 1702)|William]] and at least two branches of his descendants ([[William Alldredge (b. 1729)|William b. 1729]] and [[Nathan Alldredge|Nathan]]) spelled their surname &#039;&#039;Alldredge&#039;&#039;. Of Nicholas&#039;s other descendants, his oldest son [[Thomas Aldridge|Thomas&#039;s]] family appears to have kept the spelling &#039;&#039;Aldridge&#039;&#039;. Traditionally, Nicholas Aldridge&#039;s name has been spelled &#039;&#039;Aldridge&#039;&#039; by Memory Aldridge Lester and other researchers. For now, I will stand by this tradition.&lt;br /&gt;
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== Ancestry and birth ==&lt;br /&gt;
{{See also|Aldridge of Wellow}}&lt;br /&gt;
It is widely asserted online that Nicholas Aldridge was christened 28 December 1653 in Wellow Parish, Wiltshire, England, the son of Nicholas Aldridge. There was indeed a Nicholas Aldridge born near that date, in that place, to that father, as shown by English parish records; but I have seen no definitive documentation to convince me that this is &#039;&#039;our&#039;&#039; Nicholas Aldridge, and at least some to make me seriously question it.&lt;br /&gt;
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We can assume that our Nicholas was born before about 1656, since he was able to receive a proprietary land grant in 1680, and serve in a colonial militia in 1677. Within the parameters of a Nicholas Aldridge born in England between 1637 and 1657, only one Nicholas Aldridge appears in a search of the birth registers available on FamilySearch, the one asserted above, christened 28 December 1653 in Wellow, Hampshire. A second appears if I push the search back to 1627, christened 15 December 1633 at St. Margaret&#039;s, Westminster, Middlesex, the son of Thomas Aldridge. But how do we know these records are complete? How do we know Nicholas was born in England and not in Scotland, Wales, or anywhere else? We do not. Unless there is some record connecting Nicholas Aldridge in Maryland back to a specific location in England or wherever, I will not make an assumption.&lt;br /&gt;
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== Militia service and land patent ==&lt;br /&gt;
The earliest record we find Nicholas Aldridge in Maryland is an October or November 1678 payment to him by the Maryland General Assembly, apparently for militia service in an expedition against the Nanticoke Indians:&lt;br /&gt;
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: An Act for payment and assessing the Publick Charges of this Province&lt;br /&gt;
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: Whereas There hath been Eight hundred twenty five thousand Nyne hundred Seventy Nyne pounds (825,979 lbs.) of Tobacco Expended, layd out &amp;amp; disbursed by severall of the Inhabitants of this Province in the late Expedicion against the Nanticoke Indians and other, the necessary Charges of this Province which hath been Examined, stated and allowed by the upper and lower houses of this present Generall Assembly To the intent therefore That the same may bee satisfyed and payd to those persons to whom the same is due ...&lt;br /&gt;
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: To Nicholas Aldridge, 50 lbs. tobacco.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&#039;&#039;Archives of Maryland&#039;&#039;, Volume 7: Proceedings and Acts of the General Assembly, October 1678–November 1683, 87–104, at 97 ([https://msa.maryland.gov/megafile/msa/speccol/sc2900/sc2908/000001/000007/html/am7--97.html Archives of Maryland Online]).&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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This payment would indicate that Nicholas had been in Maryland at least as early as 1677, and perhaps earlier. The Nanticoke Indians took up against against the European colonists in 1677–1678.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Gray Dove Trading, &amp;quot;The Nanticoke People.&amp;quot; https://web.archive.org/web/20060220191454/http://www.graydovetrading.com/Nanticoke.html&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Nicholas Aldridge entered a land patent in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, of 300 acres on the south side of the [[wikipedia:Magothy River|Magothy River]], surveyed for him on 20 August 1680. The grant was issued by [[wikipedia:Charles Calvert, 3rd Baron Baltimore|Charles Calvert, Lord Baltimore]] on 11 July 1681, a tract called &amp;quot;Aldridge&#039;s Beginning.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
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== Marriage and spouse ==&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Besson Will Excerpt to Martha.jpg|thumb|right|alt=Excerpt of the will of Thomas Besson, with bequest to daughter Martha.|Excerpt of the will of Thomas Besson, with bequest to daughter Martha.]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Besson Executrix to Martha Aldridge.jpg|thumb|right|alt=The allowance of Thomas Besson&#039;s widow and executrix for the bequest to Martha, naming the daughter as Martha Aldridge.|The allowance of Thomas Besson&#039;s widow and executrix for the request to Martha, naming the daughter as Martha Aldridge.]]&lt;br /&gt;
Nicholas Aldridge marriage a woman named Martha, probably about 1679–1680. Their oldest child, Thomas Aldridge, was born 5 November 1680.&lt;br /&gt;
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I have found a fairly strong case for the assertion that Nicholas&#039;s wife was &#039;&#039;&#039;[[Martha (Besson) Aldridge|Martha Besson]]&#039;&#039;&#039;, daughter of Thomas Besson. Two records in particular demonstrate this case:&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Fredric Z. Saunders&#039; page on Thomas Besson is very well researched and very helpful, especially in documenting and locating the necessary sources. Fredric Z. Saunders, &amp;quot;Thomas Besson,&amp;quot; http://fzsaunders.com/besson.html (revised 27 Jan 2021, retrieved 13 Jul 2023).&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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* In the will of Thomas Besson, he names his daughter Martha, leaving to her a mare named Nobsey and a heifer named Eareling:&lt;br /&gt;
:: Item. I give and bequeath unto my daughter Martha, to her and her heirs forever, the young Mare Nobsye Coult with all her Increase, &amp;lt;del&amp;gt;but if in case&amp;lt;/del&amp;gt; and the heifer Eareling which was cavd in the yeare 1676 with all her Increase but if in case she my said daughter dyes before she comes to Age to fall to the next heir.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Ancestry.com, Maryland, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1635-1777, Wills, Vol 4-10 (1670, 1676-1679, 1682-1700) ([https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/9068/images/007737515_01023?treeid=&amp;amp;personid=&amp;amp;usePUB=true&amp;amp;_phsrc=XKN8128&amp;amp;_phstart=successSource&amp;amp;pId=463513 Ancestry]).&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* In the account of Besson&#039;s executrix, Nicholas Aldridge is paid a sum of money. The last item in the account contains a petition for an allowance for the heifer and mare due to Martha Aldridge:&lt;br /&gt;
:: The Executrix further prays allowance these following particulars: To Martha Aldridge a heiffer given by will appraised to 500. To 1 Mare called Nobsey as 700.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Maryland, Prerogative Court, Inventories of accounts and estates, volume 7, pages 125–127, at 127 (FHL Film 12919, Image Group (DGS) 7737555, Image 679, [https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C914-G9RL-H?i=678&amp;amp;cat=265626 FamilySearch]).&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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This indicates that Martha Aldridge is the daughter of Thomas Besson, the same daughter Martha to whom he bequeathed the mare Nobsey and heifer Eareling.&lt;br /&gt;
{{Clear}}&lt;br /&gt;
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== Children ==&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Nicholas Aldridge Children 1.png|thumb|right|alt=Birth and baptism records of Nicholas Aldridge&#039;s older children, from the All Hallows&#039; Parish register.|Birth and baptism records of Nicholas Aldridge&#039;s older children, from the All Hallows&#039; Parish register.]]&lt;br /&gt;
These children of Nicholas Aldridge and Martha Besson are documented by parish birth records:&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;This reading is aided by the transcriptions of F. R. Aldridge, &#039;&#039;Aldridge Records&#039;&#039;, vol. 2, 25–26, and Lester, 5.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
# [[Thomas Aldridge]], born 5 November 1680, married Elizabeth Purdy on 15 July 1703.&lt;br /&gt;
# Ann Aldridge, born 6 November 1684, married Richard Richeson in 1707.&lt;br /&gt;
# John Aldridge, born 31 August 1688, married Susannah Jones on 1 April 1719.&lt;br /&gt;
# Joane Aldridge, born 10 September 1689.&lt;br /&gt;
# Sendy Aldridge, born 9 August 1693, baptized 19 May 1700 [the name is difficult to read].&lt;br /&gt;
# Jane Aldridge, born 3 April 1696, baptized 19 May 1700.&lt;br /&gt;
# [[Nicholas Aldridge (b. 1698)|Nicholas Aldridge]], born 16 May 1698.&lt;br /&gt;
# William Aldridge, born 30 October 1700. Buried 26 September 1702.&lt;br /&gt;
# [[William Alldredge (b. 1702)|William Aldridge]], born 13 Mar 1702, baptized 11 April 1703.&lt;br /&gt;
# James Aldridge, born 1 July 1706, married Mary Gassaway.&lt;br /&gt;
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Nicholas Aldridge did indeed have &#039;&#039;two&#039;&#039; sons named William, one born after another, and by the dates, it appears he even named the second one William before the first one passed away. Did he, knowing his first son William was sick and would die, consciously give the name again to his next son? Is it possible the second William did not receive the name until his baptism, &#039;&#039;after&#039;&#039; the death of the first William? It is difficult to guess exactly what went on here, but the records are clear.&lt;br /&gt;
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File:William Aldridge Birth 1700.png|All Hallows&#039; Parish register showing birth of William Aldridge &amp;quot;I&amp;quot; (1700).|alt=All Hallows&#039; Parish register showing birth of William Aldridge &amp;quot;I&amp;quot; (1700).&lt;br /&gt;
File:William Aldridge Baptism 1702.png|All Hallows&#039; Parish register showing baptism of William Aldridge &amp;quot;I&amp;quot; (1702).|alt=All Hallows&#039; Parish register showing baptism of William Aldridge &amp;quot;I&amp;quot; (1702).&lt;br /&gt;
File:William Aldridge Burial 1702.png|All Hallows&#039; Parish register showing burial of William Aldridge &amp;quot;I&amp;quot; (1702).|alt=All Hallows&#039; Parish register showing burial of William Aldridge &amp;quot;I&amp;quot; (1702).&lt;br /&gt;
File:William Aldridge Birth and Baptism.png|All Hallows&#039; Parish register showing the birth and baptism of William Aldridge &amp;quot;II&amp;quot; (1702).|alt=All Hallows&#039; Parish register showing the birth and baptism of William Aldridge &amp;quot;II&amp;quot; (1702).&lt;br /&gt;
File:James Aldridge Birth.png|All Hallows&#039; Parish register showing the birth of James Aldridge (1706).|alt=All Hallows&#039; Parish register showing the birth of James Aldridge (1706).&lt;br /&gt;
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== Death ==&lt;br /&gt;
Nicholas Aldridge died in November 1708 in All Hallows&#039; Parish, Anne Arundel County, Maryland, and was buried 21 November 1708 in the churchyard. His grave is no longer marked. Nicholas was likely a man in his forties or fifties when he died, which was a ripe age for a Maryland colonist in that time.&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Nicholas Aldridge Burial.png|thumb|center]]&lt;br /&gt;
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There are actually two All Hallows&#039; Parish cemeteries, at two different locations of the All Hallows&#039; Church, one at parish&#039;s original location at the &amp;quot;Brick Church&amp;quot; in Edgewater, and the other at the parish&#039;s chapel-of-ease in Davidsonville:&lt;br /&gt;
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: The Church of England was officially established in the Colony of Maryland In 1692 by King William and Queen Mary, who chartered 30 parishes, one of which was All Hallows, South River. However, our earliest Parish records date back to March 1, 1669, noting the first recorded baptism at All Hallows. . . .&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
: In October of 1729, the General Assembly of Maryland assessed a tax of 20,000 pounds of tobacco to build “The Brick Church.” The building’s Interior was altered extensively during the 19th century according to needs and tastes of the time. . . .&lt;br /&gt;
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: To lessen the travel distance for parishioners living on the western side of the Parish, construction of a chapel-of-ease in Davidsonville was begun in 1860. Delayed by the Civil War, it was completed in 1865.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;All Hallows Parish. &amp;quot;[https://allhallowsparish.org/who-we-are/history/ The History of All Hallows Parish]&amp;quot; (accessed 19 July 2024).&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Wikipedia offers this description of the cemetery at the &amp;quot;Brick Church&amp;quot;, which seems to confirm it as the likely burial place of Nicholas and Martha Aldridge:&lt;br /&gt;
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: The ancient cemetery, shaded by a grove of oak trees, surrounds the church. It contains the graves of many local families. One is Provincial Justice, Deputy-Governor and Lord High Sheriff of Anne Arundel Colonel William Burgess (1622–1686), who donated 100 acres of his lands for the establishment of Londontowne.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&amp;quot;[[wikipedia:All Hallows Parish (South River, Maryland)|All Hallows Parish (South River, Maryland)]]&amp;quot; on Wikipedia, citing Earl Arnett, Robert Brugger, and Edward Papenfuse, &#039;&#039;Maryland: A New Guide to the Old Line State&#039;&#039; (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1976) (accessed 19 July 2024).&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; &lt;br /&gt;
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On Find a Grave, Dennis York listed Nicholas and Hannah Aldridge in the wrong cemetery, at Davidsonville. I submitted corrections to move their memorials to the correct location, which were accepted.&lt;br /&gt;
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== DNA evidence ==&lt;br /&gt;
{{Main|Aldridge DNA Project}}&lt;br /&gt;
Six patrilineal, male-line descendants of Nicholas Aldridge have tested their Y-DNA at the [https://www.familytreedna.com/groups/aldridge/about Aldridge DNA Project], one from his oldest son [[Thomas Aldridge|Thomas]], one from his son [[Nicholas Aldridge (b. 1698)|Nicholas]], and four from his son William (b. 1702). The DNA of all five men matches one another, and is classified as haplogroup &#039;&#039;&#039;R-FTC89975&#039;&#039;&#039;, a subclade of R-U106 &amp;gt; R-Z154. William&#039;s descendants form the haplogroup &#039;&#039;&#039;R-FTB32679&#039;&#039;&#039;, an additional subclade of R-FTC89975.&lt;br /&gt;
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== References ==&lt;br /&gt;
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		<title>Nicholas Aldridge</title>
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		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Joseph: /* Death */ Two cemeteries.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;{{InfoBox Person&lt;br /&gt;
| name = Nicholas Aldridge (or &#039;&#039;Alldredge&#039;&#039;)&lt;br /&gt;
| birth = before 1660&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;probably England&lt;br /&gt;
| death = about 21 November 1708 (buried 21 November)&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;All Hallows&#039; Parish, [[wikipedia:Anne Arundel County, Maryland|Anne Arundel County, Maryland]]&lt;br /&gt;
| buried = All Hallows&#039; Churchyard (Brick Church), Anne Arundel County, Maryland (grave now unmarked)&lt;br /&gt;
| married = [[Martha (Besson) Aldridge|Martha Besson]]&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;before 1680, probably in Anne Arundel County, Maryland&lt;br /&gt;
| children = [[Thomas Aldridge]], [[Nicholas Aldridge (b. 1698)]], [[William Alldredge (b. 1702)]]&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
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== Overview ==&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;Nicholas Aldridge&#039;&#039;&#039; is the immigrant ancestor of our Aldridge family. He arrived in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, as early as 1677, receiving a land patent from Lord Baltimore in 1681.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;lester5&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Memory Aldridge Lester, &#039;&#039;Alldredge-Aldridge-Bracken-Nesmith Families and Their Kin&#039;&#039; (Chapel Hill, N.C.: privately printed, 1957), available on [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/26644/ Ancestry], [https://archive.org/details/alldredgealdridg00lest Internet Archive], and [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/202048 FamilySearch], 5 ([https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/26644/images/dvm_GenMono007254-00011-1?ssrc=&amp;amp;backlabel=Return&amp;amp;pId=15 Ancestry], [https://archive.org/details/alldredgealdridg00lest/page/5/mode/1up Internet Archive], [www.familysearch.org/library/books/idviewer/541095/16 FamilySearch]); Franklin Rudolph Aldridge, &#039;&#039;Aldridge Records&#039;&#039;, vol. 2 (Nashville: self-published, 1975), 22 ([https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/26642/images/dvm_GenMono007241-00120-0?ssrc=&amp;amp;backlabel=Return&amp;amp;pId=341, Ancestry], [hwww.familysearch.org/library/books/idviewer/34303/26 FamilySearch]); &#039;&#039;Maryland Historical Magazine&#039;&#039;, vol. 26 (1931), page 273 ([https://archive.org/details/marylandhistoric2619mary/page/272/mode/2up Internet Archive]). F. R. Aldridge offers extensive records of Nicholas Aldridge&#039;s family in Maryland.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;  Like the other elements in my Aldridge-Alldredge tree, Nicholas Aldridge is the subject of a lot of extravagant and poorly supported claims. On this page, I will document what we know for certain, and do my best to distinguish fact from speculation.&lt;br /&gt;
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== Name ==&lt;br /&gt;
There is evidence from records that Nicholas&#039;s son [[William Alldredge (b. 1702)|William]] and at least two branches of his descendants ([[William Alldredge (b. 1729)|William b. 1729]] and [[Nathan Alldredge|Nathan]]) spelled their surname &#039;&#039;Alldredge&#039;&#039;. Of Nicholas&#039;s other descendants, his oldest son [[Thomas Aldridge|Thomas&#039;s]] family appears to have kept the spelling &#039;&#039;Aldridge&#039;&#039;. Traditionally, Nicholas Aldridge&#039;s name has been spelled &#039;&#039;Aldridge&#039;&#039; by Memory Aldridge Lester and other researchers. For now, I will stand by this tradition.&lt;br /&gt;
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== Ancestry and birth ==&lt;br /&gt;
{{See also|Aldridge of Wellow}}&lt;br /&gt;
It is widely asserted online that Nicholas Aldridge was christened 28 December 1653 in Wellow Parish, Wiltshire, England, the son of Nicholas Aldridge. There was indeed a Nicholas Aldridge born near that date, in that place, to that father, as shown by English parish records; but I have seen no definitive documentation to convince me that this is &#039;&#039;our&#039;&#039; Nicholas Aldridge, and at least some to make me seriously question it.&lt;br /&gt;
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We can assume that our Nicholas was born before about 1656, since he was able to receive a proprietary land grant in 1680, and serve in a colonial militia in 1677. Within the parameters of a Nicholas Aldridge born in England between 1637 and 1657, only one Nicholas Aldridge appears in a search of the birth registers available on FamilySearch, the one asserted above, christened 28 December 1653 in Wellow, Hampshire. A second appears if I push the search back to 1627, christened 15 December 1633 at St. Margaret&#039;s, Westminster, Middlesex, the son of Thomas Aldridge. But how do we know these records are complete? How do we know Nicholas was born in England and not in Scotland, Wales, or anywhere else? We do not. Unless there is some record connecting Nicholas Aldridge in Maryland back to a specific location in England or wherever, I will not make an assumption.&lt;br /&gt;
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== Militia service and land patent ==&lt;br /&gt;
The earliest record we find Nicholas Aldridge in Maryland is an October or November 1678 payment to him by the Maryland General Assembly, apparently for militia service in an expedition against the Nanticoke Indians:&lt;br /&gt;
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: An Act for payment and assessing the Publick Charges of this Province&lt;br /&gt;
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: Whereas There hath been Eight hundred twenty five thousand Nyne hundred Seventy Nyne pounds (825,979 lbs.) of Tobacco Expended, layd out &amp;amp; disbursed by severall of the Inhabitants of this Province in the late Expedicion against the Nanticoke Indians and other, the necessary Charges of this Province which hath been Examined, stated and allowed by the upper and lower houses of this present Generall Assembly To the intent therefore That the same may bee satisfyed and payd to those persons to whom the same is due ...&lt;br /&gt;
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: To Nicholas Aldridge, 50 lbs. tobacco.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&#039;&#039;Archives of Maryland&#039;&#039;, Volume 7: Proceedings and Acts of the General Assembly, October 1678–November 1683, 87–104, at 97 ([https://msa.maryland.gov/megafile/msa/speccol/sc2900/sc2908/000001/000007/html/am7--97.html Archives of Maryland Online]).&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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This payment would indicate that Nicholas had been in Maryland at least as early as 1677, and perhaps earlier. The Nanticoke Indians took up against against the European colonists in 1677–1678.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Gray Dove Trading, &amp;quot;The Nanticoke People.&amp;quot; https://web.archive.org/web/20060220191454/http://www.graydovetrading.com/Nanticoke.html&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Nicholas Aldridge entered a land patent in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, of 300 acres on the south side of the [[wikipedia:Magothy River|Magothy River]], surveyed for him on 20 August 1680. The grant was issued by [[wikipedia:Charles Calvert, 3rd Baron Baltimore|Charles Calvert, Lord Baltimore]] on 11 July 1681, a tract called &amp;quot;Aldridge&#039;s Beginning.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
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== Marriage and spouse ==&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Besson Will Excerpt to Martha.jpg|thumb|right|alt=Excerpt of the will of Thomas Besson, with bequest to daughter Martha.|Excerpt of the will of Thomas Besson, with bequest to daughter Martha.]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Besson Executrix to Martha Aldridge.jpg|thumb|right|alt=The allowance of Thomas Besson&#039;s widow and executrix for the bequest to Martha, naming the daughter as Martha Aldridge.|The allowance of Thomas Besson&#039;s widow and executrix for the request to Martha, naming the daughter as Martha Aldridge.]]&lt;br /&gt;
Nicholas Aldridge marriage a woman named Martha, probably about 1679–1680. Their oldest child, Thomas Aldridge, was born 5 November 1680.&lt;br /&gt;
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I have found a fairly strong case for the assertion that Nicholas&#039;s wife was &#039;&#039;&#039;[[Martha (Besson) Aldridge|Martha Besson]]&#039;&#039;&#039;, daughter of Thomas Besson. Two records in particular demonstrate this case:&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Fredric Z. Saunders&#039; page on Thomas Besson is very well researched and very helpful, especially in documenting and locating the necessary sources. Fredric Z. Saunders, &amp;quot;Thomas Besson,&amp;quot; http://fzsaunders.com/besson.html (revised 27 Jan 2021, retrieved 13 Jul 2023).&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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* In the will of Thomas Besson, he names his daughter Martha, leaving to her a mare named Nobsey and a heifer named Eareling:&lt;br /&gt;
:: Item. I give and bequeath unto my daughter Martha, to her and her heirs forever, the young Mare Nobsye Coult with all her Increase, &amp;lt;del&amp;gt;but if in case&amp;lt;/del&amp;gt; and the heifer Eareling which was cavd in the yeare 1676 with all her Increase but if in case she my said daughter dyes before she comes to Age to fall to the next heir.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Ancestry.com, Maryland, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1635-1777, Wills, Vol 4-10 (1670, 1676-1679, 1682-1700) ([https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/9068/images/007737515_01023?treeid=&amp;amp;personid=&amp;amp;usePUB=true&amp;amp;_phsrc=XKN8128&amp;amp;_phstart=successSource&amp;amp;pId=463513 Ancestry]).&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* In the account of Besson&#039;s executrix, Nicholas Aldridge is paid a sum of money. The last item in the account contains a petition for an allowance for the heifer and mare due to Martha Aldridge:&lt;br /&gt;
:: The Executrix further prays allowance these following particulars: To Martha Aldridge a heiffer given by will appraised to 500. To 1 Mare called Nobsey as 700.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Maryland, Prerogative Court, Inventories of accounts and estates, volume 7, pages 125–127, at 127 (FHL Film 12919, Image Group (DGS) 7737555, Image 679, [https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C914-G9RL-H?i=678&amp;amp;cat=265626 FamilySearch]).&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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This indicates that Martha Aldridge is the daughter of Thomas Besson, the same daughter Martha to whom he bequeathed the mare Nobsey and heifer Eareling.&lt;br /&gt;
{{Clear}}&lt;br /&gt;
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== Children ==&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Nicholas Aldridge Children 1.png|thumb|right|alt=Birth and baptism records of Nicholas Aldridge&#039;s older children, from the All Hallows&#039; Parish register.|Birth and baptism records of Nicholas Aldridge&#039;s older children, from the All Hallows&#039; Parish register.]]&lt;br /&gt;
These children of Nicholas Aldridge and Martha Besson are documented by parish birth records:&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;This reading is aided by the transcriptions of F. R. Aldridge, &#039;&#039;Aldridge Records&#039;&#039;, vol. 2, 25–26, and Lester, 5.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
# [[Thomas Aldridge]], born 5 November 1680, married Elizabeth Purdy on 15 July 1703.&lt;br /&gt;
# Ann Aldridge, born 6 November 1684, married Richard Richeson in 1707.&lt;br /&gt;
# John Aldridge, born 31 August 1688, married Susannah Jones on 1 April 1719.&lt;br /&gt;
# Joane Aldridge, born 10 September 1689.&lt;br /&gt;
# Sendy Aldridge, born 9 August 1693, baptized 19 May 1700 [the name is difficult to read].&lt;br /&gt;
# Jane Aldridge, born 3 April 1696, baptized 19 May 1700.&lt;br /&gt;
# [[Nicholas Aldridge (b. 1698)|Nicholas Aldridge]], born 16 May 1698.&lt;br /&gt;
# William Aldridge, born 30 October 1700. Buried 26 September 1702.&lt;br /&gt;
# [[William Alldredge (b. 1702)|William Aldridge]], born 13 Mar 1702, baptized 11 April 1703.&lt;br /&gt;
# James Aldridge, born 1 July 1706, married Mary Gassaway.&lt;br /&gt;
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Nicholas Aldridge did indeed have &#039;&#039;two&#039;&#039; sons named William, one born after another, and by the dates, it appears he even named the second one William before the first one passed away. Did he, knowing his first son William was sick and would die, consciously give the name again to his next son? Is it possible the second William did not receive the name until his baptism, &#039;&#039;after&#039;&#039; the death of the first William? It is difficult to guess exactly what went on here, but the records are clear.&lt;br /&gt;
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File:William Aldridge Birth 1700.png|All Hallows&#039; Parish register showing birth of William Aldridge &amp;quot;I&amp;quot; (1700).|alt=All Hallows&#039; Parish register showing birth of William Aldridge &amp;quot;I&amp;quot; (1700).&lt;br /&gt;
File:William Aldridge Baptism 1702.png|All Hallows&#039; Parish register showing baptism of William Aldridge &amp;quot;I&amp;quot; (1702).|alt=All Hallows&#039; Parish register showing baptism of William Aldridge &amp;quot;I&amp;quot; (1702).&lt;br /&gt;
File:William Aldridge Burial 1702.png|All Hallows&#039; Parish register showing burial of William Aldridge &amp;quot;I&amp;quot; (1702).|alt=All Hallows&#039; Parish register showing burial of William Aldridge &amp;quot;I&amp;quot; (1702).&lt;br /&gt;
File:William Aldridge Birth and Baptism.png|All Hallows&#039; Parish register showing the birth and baptism of William Aldridge &amp;quot;II&amp;quot; (1702).|alt=All Hallows&#039; Parish register showing the birth and baptism of William Aldridge &amp;quot;II&amp;quot; (1702).&lt;br /&gt;
File:James Aldridge Birth.png|All Hallows&#039; Parish register showing the birth of James Aldridge (1706).|alt=All Hallows&#039; Parish register showing the birth of James Aldridge (1706).&lt;br /&gt;
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== Death ==&lt;br /&gt;
Nicholas Aldridge died in November 1708 in All Hallows&#039; Parish, Anne Arundel County, Maryland, and was buried 21 November 1708 in the churchyard. His grave is no longer marked. Nicholas was likely a man in his forties or fifties when he died, which was a ripe age for a Maryland colonist in that time.&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Nicholas Aldridge Burial.png|thumb|center]]&lt;br /&gt;
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There are actually two All Hallows&#039; Parish cemeteries, at two different locations of the All Hallows&#039; Church, one at parish&#039;s original location at the &amp;quot;Brick Church&amp;quot; in Edgewater, and the other at the parish&#039;s chapel-of-ease in Davisonville:&lt;br /&gt;
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: The Church of England was officially established in the Colony of Maryland In 1692 by King William and Queen Mary, who chartered 30 parishes, one of which was All Hallows, South River. However, our earliest Parish records date back to March 1, 1669, noting the first recorded baptism at All Hallows. &lt;br /&gt;
. . .&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
: In October of 1729, the General Assembly of Maryland assessed a tax of 20,000 pounds of tobacco to build “The Brick Church.” The building’s Interior was altered extensively during the 19th century according to needs and tastes of the time. . . .&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
: To lessen the travel distance for parishioners living on the western side of the Parish, construction of a chapel-of-ease in Davidsonville was begun in 1860. Delayed by the Civil War, it was completed in 1865.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;All Hallows Parish. [https://allhallowsparish.org/who-we-are/history/ The History of All Hallows Parish] (accessed 19 July 2024).&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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On Find a Grave, Dennis York listed Nicholas and Hannah Aldridge in the wrong cemetery, at Davidsonville. I submitted corrections to move their memorials to the correct location, which were accepted.&lt;br /&gt;
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== DNA evidence ==&lt;br /&gt;
{{Main|Aldridge DNA Project}}&lt;br /&gt;
Six patrilineal, male-line descendants of Nicholas Aldridge have tested their Y-DNA at the [https://www.familytreedna.com/groups/aldridge/about Aldridge DNA Project], one from his oldest son [[Thomas Aldridge|Thomas]], one from his son [[Nicholas Aldridge (b. 1698)|Nicholas]], and four from his son William (b. 1702). The DNA of all five men matches one another, and is classified as haplogroup &#039;&#039;&#039;R-FTC89975&#039;&#039;&#039;, a subclade of R-U106 &amp;gt; R-Z154. William&#039;s descendants form the haplogroup &#039;&#039;&#039;R-FTB32679&#039;&#039;&#039;, an additional subclade of R-FTC89975.&lt;br /&gt;
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== References ==&lt;br /&gt;
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| death = about 1695&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;William and Mary Parish, Charles County, Maryland&lt;br /&gt;
| married = [[Elizabeth (Hill) Dutton]]&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;about 1690 in Charles County, Maryland&lt;br /&gt;
| children = [[Elizabeth (Dutton) Penn]], [[Matthew Dutton]], [[Notley Dutton (b. 1694)]], [[Edith Dutton]]&lt;br /&gt;
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== Overview ==&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;Thomas Dutton&#039;&#039;&#039; was the immigrant ancestor and patriarch of the Dutton family in Charles County, Maryland. He came to Charles County in the year 1680, forty-six years after the first settlers of the colony landed in neighboring St. Mary&#039;s County. Thomas&#039;s birthplace, parentage, and origin, are not documented.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Thomas married [[Elizabeth (Hill) Dutton|Elizabeth Hill]] sometime before about 1690, and they gave birth to four children that are known or that survived to adulthood. Thomas&#039;s death is also not well documented, but he appears to have died shortly after his children were born, around 1695.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
This page seeks to present the primary sources that are known about Thomas Dutton&#039;s life and address any uncertainty and misconceptions surrounding him.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Birth ==&lt;br /&gt;
We say that Thomas Dutton was born about 1660, but in truth, this is a speculation, little more than a guess. A person who would pack up and journey to the New World, to settle in a new colony on a new continent, would be most likely to be a young man, and about twenty years old is a &#039;&#039;very&#039;&#039; rough guess. This isn&#039;t at all a certainty. He could have been thirty, forty, or even sixty years old, for all we know.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;And so, attempts to identify Thomas Dutton with any birth or baptism record in Cheshire, England, are inherently unfounded.&#039;&#039;&#039; We don&#039;t know his precise age or birthdate or even know for certain that he came from Cheshire. So it you find a tree purporting to know Thomas Dutton&#039;s parents — it had better have some convincing documentation, more than just the birth or baptism record of a person named Thomas Dutton born in 1660.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Immigration and origins ==&lt;br /&gt;
{{See also|Thomas Dutton (b. 1660) sources#Transport, 1680}}&lt;br /&gt;
Thomas Dutton entered Charles County, Maryland, in the year 1680, aboard the ship of John Redich, merchant. On 9 July 1680, John Redich made entry of the rights of twenty people; that is, under [[wikipedia:Headright|headright]] system, he paid for the transport of twenty people into Maryland, and would receive a reward of land for each. Thomas probably did not arrive on this exact date, but shortly prior.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
John Redich identified himself as a resident of Charles County, Maryland, and was accompanied by Tabitha Redich, possibly his wife. He assigned the headrights received in this transport to John Baker &amp;quot;of St. Marie&#039;s&amp;quot; (presumably St. Mary&#039;s County, Maryland).&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The origin of the transport or of the people named in this document is not specified, but we have every reason to believe that the ship originated in [[wikipedia:Cheshire, England|Cheshire]], or its vicinity, because of the surnames of the people transported. At least six surnames have a definite connection to Cheshire:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
* Cartington – &amp;quot;Habitational name from a place in Greater Manchester (formerly in Cheshire) called Partington.&amp;quot;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://www.familysearch.org/en/surname?surname=cartington&amp;quot;Cartington&amp;quot;] on FamilySearch.org, citing Patrick Hanks, &#039;&#039;Dictionary of American Family Names&#039;&#039; (2003, 2006).&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* Dutton – a town in [[wikipedia:Dutton, Cheshire|Cheshire]], and &amp;quot;a very ancient Cheshire family&amp;quot;.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Mark Antony Lower, &#039;&#039;Patronymica Britannica: A Dictionary of the Family Names of the United Kingdom&#039;&#039; (London: J. R. Smith, 1860), [https://archive.org/details/patronymicabrita00lowe/page/216/mode/2up 216], [https://archive.org/details/patronymicabrita00lowe/page/98/mode/2up 98].&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* Haughton – a town in [[wikipedia:Haughton, Cheshire|Cheshire]].&lt;br /&gt;
* Maddock – from &#039;&#039;Madoc&#039;&#039;, an ancient Welsh personal name. Cheshire borders Wales, and the port city of Chester is in the northwest, near the Welsh border.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Lower, [https://archive.org/details/patronymicabrita00lowe/page/212/mode/2up 212].&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* Manwaring – a &amp;quot;celebrated family&amp;quot; of Cheshire, since the time of William the Conqueror.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Lower, [https://archive.org/details/patronymicabrita00lowe/page/216/mode/2up 216], [https://archive.org/details/patronymicabrita00lowe/page/212/mode/2up 213].&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* Minshall – &amp;quot;Habitational name from a pair of villages in Cheshire, on either side of the Weaver river, recorded &#039;&#039;Munschulf&#039;&#039; in medieval documents.&amp;quot;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://www.familysearch.org/en/surname?surname=minshall &amp;quot;Minshall&amp;quot;] on FamilySearch.org, citing Patrick Hanks, &#039;&#039;Dictionary of American Family Names&#039;&#039; (2003, 2006).&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* Shrigley – &amp;quot;Habitational name from Shrigley in Macclesfield (Cheshire), which is recorded as &#039;&#039;Scriglegh&#039;&#039; in the 14th century.&amp;quot;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://www.familysearch.org/en/surname?surname=shrigley &amp;quot;Shrigley&amp;quot;] on FamilySearch.org, citing Patrick Hanks, &#039;&#039;Dictionary of American Family Names&#039;&#039; (2003, 2006).&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== References ==&lt;br /&gt;
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| death = about 1695&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;William and Mary Parish, Charles County, Maryland&lt;br /&gt;
| married = [[Elizabeth (Hill) Dutton]]&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;about 1690 in Charles County, Maryland&lt;br /&gt;
| children = [[Elizabeth (Dutton) Penn]], [[Matthew Dutton]], [[Notley Dutton (b. 1694)]], [[Edith Dutton]]&lt;br /&gt;
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== Overview ==&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;Thomas Dutton&#039;&#039;&#039; was the immigrant ancestor and patriarch of the Dutton family in Charles County, Maryland. He came to Charles County in the year 1680, forty-six years after the first settlers of the colony landed in neighboring St. Mary&#039;s County. Thomas&#039;s birthplace, parentage, and origin, are not documented.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Thomas married [[Elizabeth (Hill) Dutton|Elizabeth Hill]] sometime before about 1690, and they gave birth to four children that are known or that survived to adulthood. Thomas&#039;s death is also not well documented, but he appears to have died shortly after his children were born, around 1695.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
This page seeks to present the primary sources that are known about Thomas Dutton&#039;s life and address any uncertainty and misconceptions surrounding him.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Birth ==&lt;br /&gt;
We say that Thomas Dutton was born about 1660, but in truth, this is a speculation, little more than a guess. A person who would pack up and journey to the New World, to settle in a new colony on a new continent, would be most likely to be a young man, and about twenty years old is a &#039;&#039;very&#039;&#039; rough guess. This isn&#039;t at all a certainty. He could have been thirty, forty, or even sixty years old, for all we know.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;And so, attempts to identify Thomas Dutton with any birth or baptism record in Cheshire, England, are inherently unfounded.&#039;&#039;&#039; We don&#039;t know his precise age or birthdate or even know for certain that he came from Cheshire. So it you find a tree purporting to know Thomas Dutton&#039;s parents — it had better have some convincing documentation, more than just the birth or baptism record of a person named Thomas Dutton born in 1660.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Immigration and origins ==&lt;br /&gt;
{{See also|Thomas Dutton (b. 1660) sources#Transport, 1680}}&lt;br /&gt;
Thomas Dutton entered Charles County, Maryland, in the year 1680, aboard the ship of John Redich, merchant. On 9 July 1680, John Redich made entry of the rights of twenty people; that is, under [[wikipedia:Headright|headright]] system, he paid for the transport of twenty people into Maryland, and would receive a reward of land for each. Thomas probably did not arrive on this exact date, but shortly prior.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
John Redich identified himself as a resident of Charles County, Maryland, and was accompanied by Tabitha Redich, possibly his wife. He assigned the headrights received in this transport to John Baker &amp;quot;of St. Marie&#039;s&amp;quot; (presumably St. Mary&#039;s County, Maryland).&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The origin of the transport or of the people named in this document is not specified, but we have every reason to believe that the ship originated in [[wikipedia:Cheshire, England|Cheshire]], or its vicinity, because of the surnames of the people transported. At least six surnames have a definite connection to Cheshire:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
* Cartington – &amp;quot;Habitational name from a place in Greater Manchester (formerly in Cheshire) called Partington.&amp;quot;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://www.familysearch.org/en/surname?surname=cartington&amp;quot;Cartington&amp;quot;] on FamilySearch.org, citing Patrick Hanks, &#039;&#039;Dictionary of American Family Names&#039;&#039; (2003, 2006).&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* Dutton – a town in [[wikipedia:Dutton, Cheshire|Cheshire]], and &amp;quot;a very ancient Cheshire family&amp;quot;.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Mark Antony Lower, &#039;&#039;Patronymica Britannica: A Dictionary of the Family Names of the United Kingdom&#039;&#039; (London: J. R. Smith, 1860), [https://archive.org/details/patronymicabrita00lowe/page/216/mode/2up 216], [https://archive.org/details/patronymicabrita00lowe/page/98/mode/2up 98].&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* Haughton – a town in [[wikipedia:Haughton, Cheshire|Cheshire]].&lt;br /&gt;
* Maddock – from &#039;&#039;Madoc&#039;&#039;, an ancient Welsh personal name. Cheshire borders Wales, and the port city of Chester is in the northwest, near the Welsh border.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Lower, [https://archive.org/details/patronymicabrita00lowe/page/212/mode/2up 212].&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* Manwaring – a &amp;quot;celebrated family&amp;quot; of Cheshire, since the time of William the Conqueror.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Lower, [https://archive.org/details/patronymicabrita00lowe/page/216/mode/2up 216], [https://archive.org/details/patronymicabrita00lowe/page/212/mode/2up 213].&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* Minshall – &amp;quot;Habitational name from a pair of villages in Cheshire, on either side of the Weaver river, recorded Munschulf in medieval documents.&amp;quot;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://www.familysearch.org/en/surname?surname=minshall &amp;quot;Minshall&amp;quot;] on FamilySearch.org, citing Patrick Hanks, &#039;&#039;Dictionary of American Family Names&#039;&#039; (2003, 2006).&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* Shrigley – &amp;quot;Habitational name from Shrigley in Macclesfield (Cheshire), which is recorded as &#039;&#039;Scriglegh&#039;&#039; in the 14th century.&amp;quot;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://www.familysearch.org/en/surname?surname=shrigley &amp;quot;Shrigley&amp;quot;] on FamilySearch.org, citing Patrick Hanks, &#039;&#039;Dictionary of American Family Names&#039;&#039; (2003, 2006).&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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== References ==&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;references /&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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| death = about 1695&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;William and Mary Parish, Charles County, Maryland&lt;br /&gt;
| married = [[Elizabeth (Hill) Dutton]]&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;about 1690 in Charles County, Maryland&lt;br /&gt;
| children = [[Elizabeth (Dutton) Penn]], [[Matthew Dutton]], [[Notley Dutton (b. 1694)]], [[Edith Dutton]]&lt;br /&gt;
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== Overview ==&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;Thomas Dutton&#039;&#039;&#039; was the immigrant ancestor and patriarch of the Dutton family in Charles County, Maryland. He came to Charles County in the year 1680, forty-six years after the first settlers of the colony landed in neighboring St. Mary&#039;s County. Thomas&#039;s birthplace, parentage, and origin, are not documented.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Thomas married [[Elizabeth (Hill) Dutton|Elizabeth Hill]] sometime before about 1690, and they gave birth to four children that are known or that survived to adulthood. Thomas&#039;s death is also not well documented, but he appears to have died shortly after his children were born, around 1695.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
This page seeks to present the primary sources that are known about Thomas Dutton&#039;s life and address any uncertainty and misconceptions surrounding him.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Birth ==&lt;br /&gt;
We say that Thomas Dutton was born about 1660, but in truth, this is a speculation, little more than a guess. A person who would pack up and journey to the New World, to settle in a new colony on a new continent, would be most likely to be a young man, and about twenty years old is a &#039;&#039;very&#039;&#039; rough guess. This isn&#039;t at all a certainty. He could have been thirty, forty, or even sixty years old, for all we know.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;And so, attempts to identify Thomas Dutton with any birth or baptism record in Cheshire, England, are inherently unfounded.&#039;&#039;&#039; We don&#039;t know his precise age or birthdate or even know for certain that he came from Cheshire. So it you find a tree purporting to know Thomas Dutton&#039;s parents — it had better have some convincing documentation, more than just the birth or baptism record of a person named Thomas Dutton born in 1660.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Immigration and origins ==&lt;br /&gt;
{{See also|Thomas Dutton (b. 1660) sources#Transport, 1680}}&lt;br /&gt;
Thomas Dutton entered Charles County, Maryland, in the year 1680, aboard the ship of John Redich, merchant. On 9 July 1680, John Redich made entry of the rights of twenty people; that is, under [[wikipedia:Headright|headright]] system, he paid for the transport of twenty people into Maryland, and would receive a reward of land for each. Thomas probably did not arrive on this exact date, but shortly prior.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
John Redich identified himself as a resident of Charles County, Maryland, and was accompanied by Tabitha Redich, possibly his wife. He assigned the headrights received in this transport to John Baker &amp;quot;of St. Marie&#039;s&amp;quot; (presumably St. Mary&#039;s County, Maryland).&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The origin of the transport or of the people named in this document is not specified, but we have every reason to believe that the ship originated in [[wikipedia:Cheshire, England|Cheshire]], or its vicinity, because of the surnames of the people transported. At least seven surnames have a definite connection to Cheshire:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
* Cartington – &amp;quot;Habitational name from a place in Greater Manchester (formerly in Cheshire) called Partington.&amp;quot;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://www.familysearch.org/en/surname?surname=cartington&amp;quot;Cartington&amp;quot;] on FamilySearch.org, citing Patrick Hanks, &#039;&#039;Dictionary of American Family Names&#039;&#039; (2003, 2006).&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* Dutton – a town in [[wikipedia:Dutton, Cheshire|Cheshire]], and &amp;quot;a very ancient Cheshire family&amp;quot;.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Mark Antony Lower, &#039;&#039;Patronymica Britannica: A Dictionary of the Family Names of the United Kingdom&#039;&#039; (London: J. R. Smith, 1860), [https://archive.org/details/patronymicabrita00lowe/page/216/mode/2up 216], [https://archive.org/details/patronymicabrita00lowe/page/98/mode/2up 98].&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* Haughton – a town in [[wikipedia:Haughton, Cheshire|Cheshire]].&lt;br /&gt;
* Maddock – from &#039;&#039;Madoc&#039;&#039;, an ancient Welsh personal name. Cheshire borders Wales, and the port city of Chester is in the northwest, near the Welsh border.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Lower, [https://archive.org/details/patronymicabrita00lowe/page/212/mode/2up 212].&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* Manwaring – a &amp;quot;celebrated family&amp;quot; of Cheshire, since the time of William the Conqueror.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Lower, [https://archive.org/details/patronymicabrita00lowe/page/216/mode/2up 216], [https://archive.org/details/patronymicabrita00lowe/page/212/mode/2up 213].&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* Minshall – &amp;quot;Habitational name from a pair of villages in Cheshire, on either side of the Weaver river, recorded Munschulf in medieval documents.&amp;quot;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://www.familysearch.org/en/surname?surname=minshall &amp;quot;Minshall&amp;quot;] on FamilySearch.org, citing Patrick Hanks, &#039;&#039;Dictionary of American Family Names&#039;&#039; (2003, 2006).&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* Shrigley – &amp;quot;Habitational name from Shrigley in Macclesfield (Cheshire), which is recorded as &#039;&#039;Scriglegh&#039;&#039; in the 14th century.&amp;quot;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://www.familysearch.org/en/surname?surname=shrigley &amp;quot;Shrigley&amp;quot;] on FamilySearch.org, citing Patrick Hanks, &#039;&#039;Dictionary of American Family Names&#039;&#039; (2003, 2006).&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== References ==&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;references /&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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| birth = about 1660&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;probably Cheshire, England&lt;br /&gt;
| death = about 1695&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;William and Mary Parish, Charles County, Maryland&lt;br /&gt;
| married = [[Elizabeth (Hill) Dutton]]&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;about 1690 in Charles County, Maryland&lt;br /&gt;
| children = [[Elizabeth (Dutton) Penn]], [[Matthew Dutton]], [[Notley Dutton (b. 1694)]], [[Edith Dutton]]&lt;br /&gt;
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== Overview ==&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;Thomas Dutton&#039;&#039;&#039; was the immigrant ancestor and patriarch of the Dutton family in Charles County, Maryland. He came to Charles County in the year 1680, forty-six years after the first settlers of the colony landed in neighboring St. Mary&#039;s County. Thomas&#039;s birthplace, parentage, and origin, are not documented.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Thomas married [[Elizabeth (Hill) Dutton|Elizabeth Hill]] sometime before about 1690, and they gave birth to four children that are known or that survived to adulthood. Thomas&#039;s death is also not well documented, but he appears to have died shortly after his children were born, around 1695.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
This page seeks to present the primary sources that are known about Thomas Dutton&#039;s life and address any uncertainty and misconceptions surrounding him.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Birth ==&lt;br /&gt;
We say that Thomas Dutton was born about 1660, but in truth, this is a speculation, little more than a guess. A person who would pack up and journey to the New World, to settle in a new colony on a new continent, would be most likely to be a young man, and about twenty years old is a &#039;&#039;very&#039;&#039; rough guess. This isn&#039;t at all a certainty. He could have been thirty, forty, or even sixty years old, for all we know.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;And so, attempts to identify Thomas Dutton with any birth or baptism record in Cheshire, England, are inherently unfounded.&#039;&#039;&#039; We don&#039;t know his precise age or birthdate or even know for certain that he came from Cheshire. So it you find a tree purporting to know Thomas Dutton&#039;s parents — it had better have some convincing documentation, more than just the birth or baptism record of a person named Thomas Dutton born in 1660.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Immigration and origins ==&lt;br /&gt;
{{See also|Thomas Dutton (b. 1660) sources#Transport, 1680}}&lt;br /&gt;
Thomas Dutton entered Charles County, Maryland, in the year 1680, aboard the ship of John Redich, merchant. On 9 July 1680, John Redich made entry of the rights of twenty people; that is, under [[wikipedia:Headright|headright]] system, he paid for the transport of twenty people into Maryland, and would receive a reward of land for each. Thomas probably did not arrive on this exact date, but shortly prior.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
John Redich identified himself as a resident of Charles County, Maryland, and was accompanied by Tabitha Redich, possibly his wife. He assigned the headrights received in this transport to John Baker &amp;quot;of St. Marie&#039;s&amp;quot; (presumably St. Mary&#039;s County, Maryland).&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The origin of the transport or of the people named in this document is not specified, but we have every reason to believe that the ship originated in [[wikipedia:Cheshire, England]], or its vicinity, because of the surnames of the people transported. At least seven surnames have a definite connection to Cheshire:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
* Cartington – &amp;quot;Habitational name from a place in Greater Manchester (formerly in Cheshire) called Partington.&amp;quot;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://www.familysearch.org/en/surname?surname=cartington&amp;quot;Cartington&amp;quot;] on FamilySearch.org, citing Patrick Hanks, &#039;&#039;Dictionary of American Family Names&#039;&#039; (2003, 2006).&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* Dutton – a town in [[wikipedia:Dutton, Cheshire|Cheshire]], and &amp;quot;a very ancient Cheshire family&amp;quot;.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Mark Antony Lower, &#039;&#039;Patronymica Britannica: A Dictionary of the Family Names of the United Kingdom&#039;&#039; (London: J. R. Smith, 1860), [https://archive.org/details/patronymicabrita00lowe/page/216/mode/2up 216], [https://archive.org/details/patronymicabrita00lowe/page/98/mode/2up 98].&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* Haughton – a town in [[wikipedia:Haughton, Cheshire|Cheshire]].&lt;br /&gt;
* Maddock – from &#039;&#039;Madoc&#039;&#039;, an ancient Welsh personal name. Cheshire borders Wales, and the port city of Chester is in the northwest, near the Welsh border.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Lower, [https://archive.org/details/patronymicabrita00lowe/page/212/mode/2up 212].&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* Manwaring – a &amp;quot;celebrated family&amp;quot; of Cheshire, since the time of William the Conqueror.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Lower, [https://archive.org/details/patronymicabrita00lowe/page/216/mode/2up 216], [https://archive.org/details/patronymicabrita00lowe/page/212/mode/2up 213].&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* Minshall – &amp;quot;Habitational name from a pair of villages in Cheshire, on either side of the Weaver river, recorded Munschulf in medieval documents.&amp;quot;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://www.familysearch.org/en/surname?surname=minshall &amp;quot;Minshall&amp;quot;] on FamilySearch.org, citing Patrick Hanks, &#039;&#039;Dictionary of American Family Names&#039;&#039; (2003, 2006).&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* Shrigley – &amp;quot;Habitational name from Shrigley in Macclesfield (Cheshire), which is recorded as &#039;&#039;Scriglegh&#039;&#039; in the 14th century.&amp;quot;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://www.familysearch.org/en/surname?surname=shrigley &amp;quot;Shrigley&amp;quot;] on FamilySearch.org, citing Patrick Hanks, &#039;&#039;Dictionary of American Family Names&#039;&#039; (2003, 2006).&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== References ==&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;references /&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Joseph</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://wiki.jtrichardson.com/index.php?title=Thomas_Dutton_(b._1660)&amp;diff=821</id>
		<title>Thomas Dutton (b. 1660)</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://wiki.jtrichardson.com/index.php?title=Thomas_Dutton_(b._1660)&amp;diff=821"/>
		<updated>2024-07-17T18:56:59Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Joseph: /* Immigration and origins */ Transported surnames.&lt;/p&gt;
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| name = Thomas Dutton&lt;br /&gt;
| birth = about 1660&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;probably Cheshire, England&lt;br /&gt;
| death = about 1695&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;William and Mary Parish, Charles County, Maryland&lt;br /&gt;
| married = [[Elizabeth (Hill) Dutton]]&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;about 1690 in Charles County, Maryland&lt;br /&gt;
| children = [[Elizabeth (Dutton) Penn]], [[Matthew Dutton]], [[Notley Dutton (b. 1694)]], [[Edith Dutton]]&lt;br /&gt;
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== Overview ==&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;Thomas Dutton&#039;&#039;&#039; was the immigrant ancestor and patriarch of the Dutton family in Charles County, Maryland. He came to Charles County in the year 1680, forty-six years after the first settlers of the colony landed in neighboring St. Mary&#039;s County. Thomas&#039;s birthplace, parentage, and origin, are not documented.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Thomas married [[Elizabeth (Hill) Dutton|Elizabeth Hill]] sometime before about 1690, and they gave birth to four children that are known or that survived to adulthood. Thomas&#039;s death is also not well documented, but he appears to have died shortly after his children were born, around 1695.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
This page seeks to present the primary sources that are known about Thomas Dutton&#039;s life and address any uncertainty and misconceptions surrounding him.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Birth ==&lt;br /&gt;
We say that Thomas Dutton was born about 1660, but in truth, this is a speculation, little more than a guess. A person who would pack up and journey to the New World, to settle in a new colony on a new continent, would be most likely to be a young man, and about twenty years old is a &#039;&#039;very&#039;&#039; rough guess. This isn&#039;t at all a certainty. He could have been thirty, forty, or even sixty years old, for all we know.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;And so, attempts to identify Thomas Dutton with any birth or baptism record in Cheshire, England, are inherently unfounded.&#039;&#039;&#039; We don&#039;t know his precise age or birthdate or even know for certain that he came from Cheshire. So it you find a tree purporting to know Thomas Dutton&#039;s parents — it had better have some convincing documentation, more than just the birth or baptism record of a person named Thomas Dutton born in 1660.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Immigration and origins ==&lt;br /&gt;
{{See also|Thomas Dutton (b. 1660) sources#Transport, 1680}}&lt;br /&gt;
Thomas Dutton entered Charles County, Maryland, in the year 1680, aboard the ship of John Redich, merchant. On 9 July 1680, John Redich made entry of the rights of twenty people; that is, under [[wikipedia:Headright|headright]] system, he paid for the transport of twenty people into Maryland, and would receive a reward of land for each. Thomas probably did not arrive on this exact date, but shortly prior.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
John Redich identified himself as a resident of Charles County, Maryland, and was accompanied by Tabitha Redich, possibly his wife. He assigned the headrights received in this transport to John Baker &amp;quot;of St. Marie&#039;s&amp;quot; (presumably St. Mary&#039;s County, Maryland).&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The origin of the transport or of the people named in this document is not specified, but we have every reason to believe that the ship originated in [[wikipedia:Cheshire, England]], or its vicinity, because of the surnames of the people transported. At least seven surnames have a definite connection to Cheshire:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
* Cartington – &amp;quot;Habitational name from a place in Greater Manchester (formerly in Cheshire) called Partington.&amp;quot;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://www.familysearch.org/en/surname?surname=cartington&amp;quot;Cartington&amp;quot;] on FamilySearch.org, citing Patrick Hanks, &#039;&#039;Dictionary of American Family Names&#039;&#039; (2003, 2006).&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* Dutton – a town in [[wikipedia:Dutton, Cheshire|Cheshire]], and &amp;quot;a very ancient Cheshire family&amp;quot;.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Mark Antony Lower, &#039;&#039;Patronymica Britannica: A Dictionary of the Family Names of the United Kingdom&#039;&#039; (London: J. R. Smith, 1860), [https://archive.org/details/patronymicabrita00lowe/page/216/mode/2up 216], [https://archive.org/details/patronymicabrita00lowe/page/98/mode/2up 98].&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* Haughton – a town in [[wikipedia:Haughton, Cheshire|Cheshire]].&lt;br /&gt;
* Maddock – from &#039;&#039;Madoc&#039;&#039;, an ancient Welsh personal name. Cheshire borders Wales, and the port city of Chester is in the northwest, near the Welsh border.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Lower, [https://archive.org/details/patronymicabrita00lowe/page/212/mode/2up 212].&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* Manwaring – a &amp;quot;celebrated family&amp;quot; of Cheshire, since the time of William the Conqueror.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Lower, [https://archive.org/details/patronymicabrita00lowe/page/216/mode/2up 216], [https://archive.org/details/patronymicabrita00lowe/page/212/mode/2up 213].&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* Minshall – &amp;quot;Habitational name from a pair of villages in Cheshire, on either side of the Weaver river, recorded Munschulf in medieval documents.&amp;quot;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://www.familysearch.org/en/surname?surname=minshall &amp;quot;Minshall&amp;quot;] on FamilySearch.org, citing Patrick Hanks, &#039;&#039;Dictionary of American Family Names&#039;&#039; (2003, 2006).&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* Shrigley – &amp;quot;Habitational name from Shrigley in Macclesfield (Cheshire), which is recorded as &#039;&#039;Scriglegh&#039;&#039; in the 14th century.&amp;quot;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://www.familysearch.org/en/surname?surname=shrigley &amp;quot;Shrigley&amp;quot;] on FamilySearch.org, citing Patrick Hanks, &#039;&#039;Dictionary of American Family Names&#039;&#039; (2003, 2006).&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Joseph</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://wiki.jtrichardson.com/index.php?title=Thomas_Dutton_(b._1660)_sources&amp;diff=820</id>
		<title>Thomas Dutton (b. 1660) sources</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://wiki.jtrichardson.com/index.php?title=Thomas_Dutton_(b._1660)_sources&amp;diff=820"/>
		<updated>2024-07-17T18:19:14Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Joseph: Init.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;Sources pertaining to [[Thomas Dutton (b. 1660)]].&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Records ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== Transport, 1680 ===&lt;br /&gt;
: John Redich makes entry of these following rights ...&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{| style=&amp;quot;margin:auto;&amp;quot; cellpadding=&amp;quot;10&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| Cornelius Maddock   || Richard Minshall    || Margery Mason&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| John Topping        || Tho. Cooler         || Dina Jackson&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| Samuel Preswich     || X. Woodrofe         || John Browne&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| Parson Manwaring    || John Mason          || Thom. Dalle&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| Thomas Dutton       || Ellinor Cartington  || Thomas Haughton&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| Jonathan Ogden      || Ginett Thornton     || John Redich&lt;br /&gt;
|- &lt;br /&gt;
| Samuel Shrigley     ||                     || Tabitha Redich&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
: July the 9th, 1680:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
: Then came John Redich merchant and made oath that the above named persons being twenty were by him transported into this Province and that neither himself nor any other person for him or by his consent privily or knowledge ever before prooved or made use of their or either of their rights due for their importation.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
: John Redich&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
: Sworn before&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
: Mewellin, Register&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
: Know all mean by these presents that I John Redich of Charles County in the Province of Maryland Merchant do assign all my right, title and interest of the above nominated rights to John Baker of St. Marie&#039;s and his assigns forever as witness my hand this 9th day of July 1680.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
: John Redich&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Joseph</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://wiki.jtrichardson.com/index.php?title=Thomas_Dutton_(b._1660)&amp;diff=819</id>
		<title>Thomas Dutton (b. 1660)</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://wiki.jtrichardson.com/index.php?title=Thomas_Dutton_(b._1660)&amp;diff=819"/>
		<updated>2024-07-17T18:06:39Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Joseph: &lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;{{InfoBox Person&lt;br /&gt;
| name = Thomas Dutton&lt;br /&gt;
| birth = about 1660&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;probably Cheshire, England&lt;br /&gt;
| death = about 1695&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;William and Mary Parish, Charles County, Maryland&lt;br /&gt;
| married = [[Elizabeth (Hill) Dutton]]&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;about 1690 in Charles County, Maryland&lt;br /&gt;
| children = [[Elizabeth (Dutton) Penn]], [[Matthew Dutton]], [[Notley Dutton (b. 1694)]], [[Edith Dutton]]&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Overview ==&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;Thomas Dutton&#039;&#039;&#039; was the immigrant ancestor and patriarch of the Dutton family in Charles County, Maryland. He came to Charles County in the year 1680, forty-six years after the first settlers of the colony landed in neighboring St. Mary&#039;s County. Thomas&#039;s birthplace, parentage, and origin, are not documented.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Thomas married [[Elizabeth (Hill) Dutton|Elizabeth Hill]] sometime before about 1690, and they gave birth to four children that are known or that survived to adulthood. Thomas&#039;s death is also not well documented, but he appears to have died shortly after his children were born, around 1695.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
This page seeks to present the primary sources that are known about Thomas Dutton&#039;s life and address any uncertainty and misconceptions surrounding him.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Birth ==&lt;br /&gt;
We say that Thomas Dutton was born about 1660, but in truth, this is a speculation, little more than a guess. A person who would pack up and journey to the New World, to settle in a new colony on a new continent, would be most likely to be a young man, and about twenty years old is a &#039;&#039;very&#039;&#039; rough guess. This isn&#039;t at all a certainty. He could have been thirty, forty, or even sixty years old, for all we know.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;And so, attempts to identify Thomas Dutton with any birth or baptism record in Cheshire, England, are inherently unfounded.&#039;&#039;&#039; We don&#039;t know his precise age or birthdate or even know for certain that he came from Cheshire. So it you find a tree purporting to know Thomas Dutton&#039;s parents — it had better have some convincing documentation, more than just the birth or baptism record of a person named Thomas Dutton born in 1660.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Immigration and origins ==&lt;br /&gt;
Thomas Dutton entered Charles County, Maryland, in the year 1680, aboard the ship of John Redich, merchant. On 9 July 1680, John Redich made entry of the rights of twenty people; that is, under [[wikipedia:Headright|headright]] system, he paid for the transport of twenty people into Maryland, and would receive a reward of land for each. Thomas probably did not arrive on this exact date, but shortly prior.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The document reads:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
: John Redich makes entry of these following rights ...&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{| style=&amp;quot;margin:auto;&amp;quot; cellpadding=&amp;quot;10&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| Cornelius Maddock   || Richard Minshall    || Margery Mason&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| John Topping        || Tho. Cooler         || Dina Jackson&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| Samuel Preswich     || X. Woodrofe         || John Browne&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| Parson Manwaring    || John Mason          || Thom. Dalle&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| Thomas Dutton       || Ellinor Cartington  || Thomas Haughton&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| Jonathan Ogden      || Ginett Thornton     || John Redich&lt;br /&gt;
|- &lt;br /&gt;
| Samuel Shrigley     ||                     || Tabitha Redich&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
: July the 9th, 1680:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
: Then came John Redich merchant and made oath that the above named persons being twenty were by him transported into this Province and that neither himself nor any other person for him or by his consent privily or knowledge ever before prooved or made use of their or either of their rights due for their importation.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
: John Redich&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
: Sworn before&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
: Mewellin, Register&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
: Know all mean by these presents that I John Redich of Charles County in the Province of Maryland Merchant do assign all my right, title and interest of the above nominated rights to John Baker of St. Marie&#039;s and his assigns forever as witness my hand this 9th day of July 1680.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
: John Redich&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Joseph</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
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		<title>Thomas Dutton (b. 1660)</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://wiki.jtrichardson.com/index.php?title=Thomas_Dutton_(b._1660)&amp;diff=818"/>
		<updated>2024-07-17T16:42:44Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Joseph: &lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;{{InfoBox Person&lt;br /&gt;
| name = Thomas Dutton&lt;br /&gt;
| birth = about 1660&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;probably Cheshire, England&lt;br /&gt;
| death = about 1695&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;William and Mary Parish, Charles County, Maryland&lt;br /&gt;
| married = [[Elizabeth (Hill) Dutton]]&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;about 1690 in Charles County, Maryland&lt;br /&gt;
| children = [[Elizabeth (Dutton) Penn]], [[Matthew Dutton]], [[Notley Dutton (b. 1694)]], [[Edith Dutton]]&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Overview ==&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;Thomas Dutton&#039;&#039;&#039; was the immigrant ancestor and patriarch of the Dutton family in Charles County, Maryland. He came to Charles County in the year 1680, forty-six years after the first settlers of the colony landed in neighboring St. Mary&#039;s County. Thomas&#039;s birthplace, parentage, and origin, are not documented.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Thomas married [[Elizabeth (Hill) Dutton|Elizabeth Hill]] sometime before about 1690, and they gave birth to four children that are known or that survived to adulthood. Thomas&#039;s death is also not well documented, but he appears to have died shortly after his children were born, around 1695.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
This page seeks to present the primary sources that are known about Thomas Dutton&#039;s life and address any uncertainty and misconceptions surrounding him.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Birth ==&lt;br /&gt;
We say that Thomas Dutton was born about 1660, but in truth, this is a speculation, little more than a guess. A person who would pack up and journey to the New World, to settle in a new colony on a new continent, would be most likely to be a young man, and about twenty years old is a &#039;&#039;very&#039;&#039; rough guess. This isn&#039;t at all a certainty. He could have been thirty, forty, or even sixty years old, for all we know.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;And so, attempts to identify Thomas Dutton with any birth or baptism record in Cheshire, England, are inherently unfounded.&#039;&#039;&#039; We don&#039;t know his precise age or birthdate or even know for certain that he came from Cheshire. So it you find a tree purporting to know Thomas Dutton&#039;s parents — it had better have some convincing documentation, more than just the birth or baptism record of a person named Thomas Dutton born in 1660.&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Joseph</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://wiki.jtrichardson.com/index.php?title=Thomas_Dutton_(b._1660)&amp;diff=817</id>
		<title>Thomas Dutton (b. 1660)</title>
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		<updated>2024-07-17T16:42:26Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Joseph: &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;{{InfoBox Person&lt;br /&gt;
| name = Thomas Dutton&lt;br /&gt;
| birth = about 1660&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;probably Cheshire, England&lt;br /&gt;
| death = about 1695&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;William and Mary Parish, Charles County, Maryland&lt;br /&gt;
| married = [[Elizabeth (Hill) Dutton]]&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;about 1690 in Charles County, Maryland&lt;br /&gt;
| children = [[Elizabeth (Dutton) Penn]], [[Matthew Dutton]], [[Notley Dutton (b. 1694)]], [[Edith Dutton]]&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Overview ==&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;Thomas Dutton&#039;&#039;&#039; was the immigrant ancestor and patriarch of the Dutton family in Charles County, Maryland. He came to Charles County in the year 1680, forty-six years after the first settlers of the colony landed in neighboring St. Mary&#039;s County. Thomas&#039;s birthplace, parentage, and origin, are not documented.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Thomas married [[Elizabeth (Hill) Dutton|Elizabeth Hill]] sometime before about 1690, and they gave birth to four children that are known or that survived to adulthood. Thomas&#039;s death is also not well documented, but he appears to have died shortly after his children were born, around 1695.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
This page seeks to present the primary sources that are known about Thomas Dutton&#039;s life and address any uncertainty and misconceptions surrounding him.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Birth ==&lt;br /&gt;
We say that Thomas Dutton was born about 1660, but in truth, this is a speculation, little more than a guess. A person who would pack up and journey to the New World, to settle in a new colony on a new continent, would be most likely to be a young man, and about twenty years old is a &#039;&#039;very&#039;&#039; rough guess. This isn&#039;t at all a certainty. He could have been thirty, forty, or even sixty years old, for all we know.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;And so, attempts to identify Thomas Dutton with any birth or baptism record in Cheshire, England, are inherently unfounded.&#039;&#039;&#039; We don&#039;t know his precise age or birthdate or even know for certain that he came from Cheshire. So it you find a tree purporting to know Thomas Dutton&#039;s parents — it had better have some convincing documentation, more than just the birth or baptism record of a Thomas Dutton born in 1660.&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Joseph</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://wiki.jtrichardson.com/index.php?title=Thomas_Dutton_(b._1660)&amp;diff=816</id>
		<title>Thomas Dutton (b. 1660)</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://wiki.jtrichardson.com/index.php?title=Thomas_Dutton_(b._1660)&amp;diff=816"/>
		<updated>2024-07-17T16:42:03Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Joseph: /* Birth */&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;{{InfoBox Person&lt;br /&gt;
| name = Thomas Dutton&lt;br /&gt;
| birth = about 1660&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;probably Cheshire, England&lt;br /&gt;
| death = about 1695&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;William and Mary Parish, Charles County, Maryland&lt;br /&gt;
| married = [[Elizabeth (Hill) Dutton]]&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;about 1690 in Charles County, Maryland&lt;br /&gt;
| children = [[Elizabeth (Dutton) Penn]], [[Matthew Dutton]], [[Notley Dutton (b. 1694)]], [[Edith Dutton]]&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Overview ==&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;Thomas Dutton&#039;&#039;&#039; was the immigrant ancestor and patriarch of the Dutton family in Charles County, Maryland. He came to Charles County in the year 1680, forty-six years after the first settlers of the colony landed in neighboring St. Mary&#039;s County. Thomas&#039;s birthplace, parentage, and origin, are not documented.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Thomas married [[Elizabeth (Hill) Dutton|Elizabeth Hill]] sometime before about 1690, and they gave birth to four children that are known or that survived to adulthood. Thomas&#039;s death is also not well documented, but he appears to have died shortly after his children were born, around 1695.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
This page seeks to present the primary sources that are known about Thomas Dutton&#039;s life and address any uncertainty and misconceptions surrounding him.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Birth ==&lt;br /&gt;
We say that Thomas Dutton was born about 1660, but in truth, this is a speculation, little more than a guess. A person who would pack up and journey to the New World, to settle in a new colony on a new continent, would be most likely to be a young man, and about twenty years old is a &#039;&#039;very&#039;&#039; rough guess. This isn&#039;t at all a certainty. He could have been thirty, forty, or even sixty years old, for all we know.&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;And so, attempts to identify Thomas Dutton with any birth or baptism record in Cheshire, England, are inherently unfounded.&#039;&#039;&#039; We don&#039;t know his precise age or birthdate or even know for certain that he came from Cheshire. So it you find a tree reporting to know Thomas Dutton&#039;s parents — it had better have some convincing documentation, more than just the birth or baptism record of a Thomas Dutton born in 1660.&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Joseph</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
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		<title>Thomas Dutton (b. 1660)</title>
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		<updated>2024-07-17T16:41:05Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Joseph: /* Overview */ Birth section&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;{{InfoBox Person&lt;br /&gt;
| name = Thomas Dutton&lt;br /&gt;
| birth = about 1660&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;probably Cheshire, England&lt;br /&gt;
| death = about 1695&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;William and Mary Parish, Charles County, Maryland&lt;br /&gt;
| married = [[Elizabeth (Hill) Dutton]]&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;about 1690 in Charles County, Maryland&lt;br /&gt;
| children = [[Elizabeth (Dutton) Penn]], [[Matthew Dutton]], [[Notley Dutton (b. 1694)]], [[Edith Dutton]]&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
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== Overview ==&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;Thomas Dutton&#039;&#039;&#039; was the immigrant ancestor and patriarch of the Dutton family in Charles County, Maryland. He came to Charles County in the year 1680, forty-six years after the first settlers of the colony landed in neighboring St. Mary&#039;s County. Thomas&#039;s birthplace, parentage, and origin, are not documented.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Thomas married [[Elizabeth (Hill) Dutton|Elizabeth Hill]] sometime before about 1690, and they gave birth to four children that are known or that survived to adulthood. Thomas&#039;s death is also not well documented, but he appears to have died shortly after his children were born, around 1695.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
This page seeks to present the primary sources that are known about Thomas Dutton&#039;s life and address any uncertainty and misconceptions surrounding him.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Birth ==&lt;br /&gt;
We say that Thomas Dutton was born about 1660, but in truth, this is a speculation, little more than a guess. A person who would pack up and journey to the New World, to settle in a new colony on a new continent, would be most likely to be a young man, and about twenty years old is a &#039;&#039;very&#039;&#039; rough guess. This isn&#039;t at all a certainty. He could have been thirty, forty, or even sixty years old, for all we know.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;And so, attempts to identify Thomas Dutton with any birth or baptism record in Cheshire, England, are inherently unfounded.&#039;&#039;&#039; We don&#039;t even know for certain that he came from Cheshire. So it you find a tree reporting to know Thomas Dutton&#039;s parents — it had better have some convincing documentation, more than just the birth or baptism record of a Thomas Dutton born in 1660.&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Joseph</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
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		<title>JosephsWiki:Privacy policy</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://wiki.jtrichardson.com/index.php?title=JosephsWiki:Privacy_policy&amp;diff=814"/>
		<updated>2024-07-17T16:31:46Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Joseph: Privacy policy&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;This is my private wiki. Right now, I&#039;m the only person who has a user account, and I don&#039;t really foresee a need to give anyone else an account at this moment.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
If I do decide to give someone else an account, it will be a friend or associate, and I&#039;m sure their privacy will be fine. They&#039;ll have a username and password, and I&#039;ll know the username, but won&#039;t know the password.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
As a visitor to this wiki, hi. I don&#039;t know who you are but hope the information you find will be useful to you. I don&#039;t receive or know any private information about you. Theoretically, your IP address is being recorded by my web host in a log somewhere, but I don&#039;t think I&#039;ve ever looked at that even once or tried to track someone.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
I don&#039;t think this site will try to give you a cookie, unless you try to log in or something. So don&#039;t do that!&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Joseph</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://wiki.jtrichardson.com/index.php?title=JosephsWiki:About&amp;diff=813</id>
		<title>JosephsWiki:About</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://wiki.jtrichardson.com/index.php?title=JosephsWiki:About&amp;diff=813"/>
		<updated>2024-07-17T16:27:00Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Joseph: Init.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;= About Joseph&#039;s Wiki =&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;Joseph&#039;s Wiki&#039;&#039;&#039; is a wiki created by me, &#039;&#039;&#039;Joseph T. Richardson&#039;&#039;&#039;, for the purpose of easily posting, editing, and generally making available information to supplement my genealogy research, blogs, and other useful or interesting stuff.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
You can find my blogs at:&lt;br /&gt;
* [https://jtrichardson.com/ JTRichardson.com] – General genealogical posts and other useful or interesting stuff.&lt;br /&gt;
* [https://zdutton.org/ Zachariah Dutton Genealogy Web] – Articles and information relating to the family of [[Zachariah Dutton]] and Dutton genealogy in general.&lt;br /&gt;
* [https://lonelypilgrim.com/ The Lonely Pilgrim] – A blog about my journey to communion with the Catholic Church.&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Joseph</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
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		<title>Thomas Dutton (b. 1660)</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://wiki.jtrichardson.com/index.php?title=Thomas_Dutton_(b._1660)&amp;diff=812"/>
		<updated>2024-07-17T16:20:44Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Joseph: Bold name not italic.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;{{InfoBox Person&lt;br /&gt;
| name = Thomas Dutton&lt;br /&gt;
| birth = about 1660&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;probably Cheshire, England&lt;br /&gt;
| death = about 1695&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;William and Mary Parish, Charles County, Maryland&lt;br /&gt;
| married = [[Elizabeth (Hill) Dutton]]&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;about 1690 in Charles County, Maryland&lt;br /&gt;
| children = [[Elizabeth (Dutton) Penn]], [[Matthew Dutton]], [[Notley Dutton (b. 1694)]], [[Edith Dutton]]&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Overview ==&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;Thomas Dutton&#039;&#039;&#039; was the immigrant ancestor and patriarch of the Dutton family in Charles County, Maryland. He came to Charles County in the year 1680, forty-six years after the first settlers of the colony landed in neighboring St. Mary&#039;s County. Thomas&#039;s birthplace, parentage, and origin, are not documented.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Thomas married [[Elizabeth (Hill) Dutton|Elizabeth Hill]] sometime before about 1690, and they gave birth to four children that are known or that survived to adulthood. Thomas&#039;s death is also not well documented, but he appears to have died shortly after his children were born, around 1695.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
This page seeks to present the primary sources that are known about Thomas Dutton&#039;s life and address any uncertainty and misconceptions surrounding him.&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Joseph</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
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		<title>Thomas Dutton (b. 1660)</title>
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		<updated>2024-07-17T16:19:48Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Joseph: InfoBox and overview.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;{{InfoBox Person&lt;br /&gt;
| name = Thomas Dutton&lt;br /&gt;
| birth = about 1660&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;probably Cheshire, England&lt;br /&gt;
| death = about 1695&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;William and Mary Parish, Charles County, Maryland&lt;br /&gt;
| married = [[Elizabeth (Hill) Dutton]]&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;about 1690 in Charles County, Maryland&lt;br /&gt;
| children = [[Elizabeth (Dutton) Penn]], [[Matthew Dutton]], [[Notley Dutton (b. 1694)]], [[Edith Dutton]]&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Overview ==&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;Thomas Dutton&#039;&#039; was the immigrant ancestor and patriarch of the Dutton family in Charles County, Maryland. He came to Charles County in the year 1680, forty-six years after the first settlers of the colony landed in neighboring St. Mary&#039;s County. Thomas&#039;s birthplace, parentage, and origin, are not documented.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Thomas married [[Elizabeth (Hill) Dutton|Elizabeth Hill]] sometime before about 1690, and they gave birth to four children that are known or that survived to adulthood. Thomas&#039;s death is also not well documented, but he appears to have died shortly after his children were born, around 1695.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
This page seeks to present the primary sources that are known about Thomas Dutton&#039;s life and address any uncertainty and misconceptions surrounding him.&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Joseph</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://wiki.jtrichardson.com/index.php?title=Nicholas_Aldridge&amp;diff=810</id>
		<title>Nicholas Aldridge</title>
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		<updated>2024-07-17T01:07:26Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Joseph: /* Militia service and land patent */ Greater resolution of voucher date.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;{{InfoBox Person&lt;br /&gt;
| name = Nicholas Aldridge (or &#039;&#039;Alldredge&#039;&#039;)&lt;br /&gt;
| birth = before 1660&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;probably England&lt;br /&gt;
| death = about 21 November 1708 (buried 21 November)&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;All Hallows&#039; Parish, [[wikipedia:Anne Arundel County, Maryland|Anne Arundel County, Maryland]]&lt;br /&gt;
| buried = All Hallows&#039; Churchyard (Brick Church), Anne Arundel County, Maryland (grave now unmarked)&lt;br /&gt;
| married = [[Martha (Besson) Aldridge|Martha Besson]]&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;before 1680, probably in Anne Arundel County, Maryland&lt;br /&gt;
| children = [[Thomas Aldridge]], [[Nicholas Aldridge (b. 1698)]], [[William Alldredge (b. 1702)]]&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Overview ==&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;Nicholas Aldridge&#039;&#039;&#039; is the immigrant ancestor of our Aldridge family. He arrived in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, as early as 1677, receiving a land patent from Lord Baltimore in 1681.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;lester5&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Memory Aldridge Lester, &#039;&#039;Alldredge-Aldridge-Bracken-Nesmith Families and Their Kin&#039;&#039; (Chapel Hill, N.C.: privately printed, 1957), available on [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/26644/ Ancestry], [https://archive.org/details/alldredgealdridg00lest Internet Archive], and [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/202048 FamilySearch], 5 ([https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/26644/images/dvm_GenMono007254-00011-1?ssrc=&amp;amp;backlabel=Return&amp;amp;pId=15 Ancestry], [https://archive.org/details/alldredgealdridg00lest/page/5/mode/1up Internet Archive], [www.familysearch.org/library/books/idviewer/541095/16 FamilySearch]); Franklin Rudolph Aldridge, &#039;&#039;Aldridge Records&#039;&#039;, vol. 2 (Nashville: self-published, 1975), 22 ([https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/26642/images/dvm_GenMono007241-00120-0?ssrc=&amp;amp;backlabel=Return&amp;amp;pId=341, Ancestry], [hwww.familysearch.org/library/books/idviewer/34303/26 FamilySearch]); &#039;&#039;Maryland Historical Magazine&#039;&#039;, vol. 26 (1931), page 273 ([https://archive.org/details/marylandhistoric2619mary/page/272/mode/2up Internet Archive]). F. R. Aldridge offers extensive records of Nicholas Aldridge&#039;s family in Maryland.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;  Like the other elements in my Aldridge-Alldredge tree, Nicholas Aldridge is the subject of a lot of extravagant and poorly supported claims. On this page, I will document what we know for certain, and do my best to distinguish fact from speculation.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Name ==&lt;br /&gt;
There is evidence from records that Nicholas&#039;s son [[William Alldredge (b. 1702)|William]] and at least two branches of his descendants ([[William Alldredge (b. 1729)|William b. 1729]] and [[Nathan Alldredge|Nathan]]) spelled their surname &#039;&#039;Alldredge&#039;&#039;. Of Nicholas&#039;s other descendants, his oldest son [[Thomas Aldridge|Thomas&#039;s]] family appears to have kept the spelling &#039;&#039;Aldridge&#039;&#039;. Traditionally, Nicholas Aldridge&#039;s name has been spelled &#039;&#039;Aldridge&#039;&#039; by Memory Aldridge Lester and other researchers. For now, I will stand by this tradition.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Ancestry and birth ==&lt;br /&gt;
{{See also|Aldridge of Wellow}}&lt;br /&gt;
It is widely asserted online that Nicholas Aldridge was christened 28 December 1653 in Wellow Parish, Wiltshire, England, the son of Nicholas Aldridge. There was indeed a Nicholas Aldridge born near that date, in that place, to that father, as shown by English parish records; but I have seen no definitive documentation to convince me that this is &#039;&#039;our&#039;&#039; Nicholas Aldridge, and at least some to make me seriously question it.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
We can assume that our Nicholas was born before about 1656, since he was able to receive a proprietary land grant in 1680, and serve in a colonial militia in 1677. Within the parameters of a Nicholas Aldridge born in England between 1637 and 1657, only one Nicholas Aldridge appears in a search of the birth registers available on FamilySearch, the one asserted above, christened 28 December 1653 in Wellow, Hampshire. A second appears if I push the search back to 1627, christened 15 December 1633 at St. Margaret&#039;s, Westminster, Middlesex, the son of Thomas Aldridge. But how do we know these records are complete? How do we know Nicholas was born in England and not in Scotland, Wales, or anywhere else? We do not. Unless there is some record connecting Nicholas Aldridge in Maryland back to a specific location in England or wherever, I will not make an assumption.&lt;br /&gt;
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== Militia service and land patent ==&lt;br /&gt;
The earliest record we find Nicholas Aldridge in Maryland is an October or November 1678 payment to him by the Maryland General Assembly, apparently for militia service in an expedition against the Nanticoke Indians:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
: An Act for payment and assessing the Publick Charges of this Province&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
: Whereas There hath been Eight hundred twenty five thousand Nyne hundred Seventy Nyne pounds (825,979 lbs.) of Tobacco Expended, layd out &amp;amp; disbursed by severall of the Inhabitants of this Province in the late Expedicion against the Nanticoke Indians and other, the necessary Charges of this Province which hath been Examined, stated and allowed by the upper and lower houses of this present Generall Assembly To the intent therefore That the same may bee satisfyed and payd to those persons to whom the same is due ...&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
: To Nicholas Aldridge, 50 lbs. tobacco.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&#039;&#039;Archives of Maryland&#039;&#039;, Volume 7: Proceedings and Acts of the General Assembly, October 1678–November 1683, 87–104, at 97 ([https://msa.maryland.gov/megafile/msa/speccol/sc2900/sc2908/000001/000007/html/am7--97.html Archives of Maryland Online]).&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
This payment would indicate that Nicholas had been in Maryland at least as early as 1677, and perhaps earlier. The Nanticoke Indians took up against against the European colonists in 1677–1678.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Gray Dove Trading, &amp;quot;The Nanticoke People.&amp;quot; https://web.archive.org/web/20060220191454/http://www.graydovetrading.com/Nanticoke.html&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Nicholas Aldridge entered a land patent in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, of 300 acres on the south side of the [[wikipedia:Magothy River|Magothy River]], surveyed for him on 20 August 1680. The grant was issued by [[wikipedia:Charles Calvert, 3rd Baron Baltimore|Charles Calvert, Lord Baltimore]] on 11 July 1681, a tract called &amp;quot;Aldridge&#039;s Beginning.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
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== Marriage and spouse ==&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Besson Will Excerpt to Martha.jpg|thumb|right|alt=Excerpt of the will of Thomas Besson, with bequest to daughter Martha.|Excerpt of the will of Thomas Besson, with bequest to daughter Martha.]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Besson Executrix to Martha Aldridge.jpg|thumb|right|alt=The allowance of Thomas Besson&#039;s widow and executrix for the bequest to Martha, naming the daughter as Martha Aldridge.|The allowance of Thomas Besson&#039;s widow and executrix for the request to Martha, naming the daughter as Martha Aldridge.]]&lt;br /&gt;
Nicholas Aldridge marriage a woman named Martha, probably about 1679–1680. Their oldest child, Thomas Aldridge, was born 5 November 1680.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
I have found a fairly strong case for the assertion that Nicholas&#039;s wife was &#039;&#039;&#039;[[Martha (Besson) Aldridge|Martha Besson]]&#039;&#039;&#039;, daughter of Thomas Besson. Two records in particular demonstrate this case:&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Fredric Z. Saunders&#039; page on Thomas Besson is very well researched and very helpful, especially in documenting and locating the necessary sources. Fredric Z. Saunders, &amp;quot;Thomas Besson,&amp;quot; http://fzsaunders.com/besson.html (revised 27 Jan 2021, retrieved 13 Jul 2023).&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
* In the will of Thomas Besson, he names his daughter Martha, leaving to her a mare named Nobsey and a heifer named Eareling:&lt;br /&gt;
:: Item. I give and bequeath unto my daughter Martha, to her and her heirs forever, the young Mare Nobsye Coult with all her Increase, &amp;lt;del&amp;gt;but if in case&amp;lt;/del&amp;gt; and the heifer Eareling which was cavd in the yeare 1676 with all her Increase but if in case she my said daughter dyes before she comes to Age to fall to the next heir.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Ancestry.com, Maryland, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1635-1777, Wills, Vol 4-10 (1670, 1676-1679, 1682-1700) ([https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/9068/images/007737515_01023?treeid=&amp;amp;personid=&amp;amp;usePUB=true&amp;amp;_phsrc=XKN8128&amp;amp;_phstart=successSource&amp;amp;pId=463513 Ancestry]).&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* In the account of Besson&#039;s executrix, Nicholas Aldridge is paid a sum of money. The last item in the account contains a petition for an allowance for the heifer and mare due to Martha Aldridge:&lt;br /&gt;
:: The Executrix further prays allowance these following particulars: To Martha Aldridge a heiffer given by will appraised to 500. To 1 Mare called Nobsey as 700.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Maryland, Prerogative Court, Inventories of accounts and estates, volume 7, pages 125–127, at 127 (FHL Film 12919, Image Group (DGS) 7737555, Image 679, [https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C914-G9RL-H?i=678&amp;amp;cat=265626 FamilySearch]).&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
This indicates that Martha Aldridge is the daughter of Thomas Besson, the same daughter Martha to whom he bequeathed the mare Nobsey and heifer Eareling.&lt;br /&gt;
{{Clear}}&lt;br /&gt;
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== Children ==&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Nicholas Aldridge Children 1.png|thumb|right|alt=Birth and baptism records of Nicholas Aldridge&#039;s older children, from the All Hallows&#039; Parish register.|Birth and baptism records of Nicholas Aldridge&#039;s older children, from the All Hallows&#039; Parish register.]]&lt;br /&gt;
These children of Nicholas Aldridge and Martha Besson are documented by parish birth records:&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;This reading is aided by the transcriptions of F. R. Aldridge, &#039;&#039;Aldridge Records&#039;&#039;, vol. 2, 25–26, and Lester, 5.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
# [[Thomas Aldridge]], born 5 November 1680, married Elizabeth Purdy on 15 July 1703.&lt;br /&gt;
# Ann Aldridge, born 6 November 1684, married Richard Richeson in 1707.&lt;br /&gt;
# John Aldridge, born 31 August 1688, married Susannah Jones on 1 April 1719.&lt;br /&gt;
# Joane Aldridge, born 10 September 1689.&lt;br /&gt;
# Sendy Aldridge, born 9 August 1693, baptized 19 May 1700 [the name is difficult to read].&lt;br /&gt;
# Jane Aldridge, born 3 April 1696, baptized 19 May 1700.&lt;br /&gt;
# [[Nicholas Aldridge (b. 1698)|Nicholas Aldridge]], born 16 May 1698.&lt;br /&gt;
# William Aldridge, born 30 October 1700. Buried 26 September 1702.&lt;br /&gt;
# [[William Alldredge (b. 1702)|William Aldridge]], born 13 Mar 1702, baptized 11 April 1703.&lt;br /&gt;
# James Aldridge, born 1 July 1706, married Mary Gassaway.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Nicholas Aldridge did indeed have &#039;&#039;two&#039;&#039; sons named William, one born after another, and by the dates, it appears he even named the second one William before the first one passed away. Did he, knowing his first son William was sick and would die, consciously give the name again to his next son? Is it possible the second William did not receive the name until his baptism, &#039;&#039;after&#039;&#039; the death of the first William? It is difficult to guess exactly what went on here, but the records are clear.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;gallery&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
File:William Aldridge Birth 1700.png|All Hallows&#039; Parish register showing birth of William Aldridge &amp;quot;I&amp;quot; (1700).|alt=All Hallows&#039; Parish register showing birth of William Aldridge &amp;quot;I&amp;quot; (1700).&lt;br /&gt;
File:William Aldridge Baptism 1702.png|All Hallows&#039; Parish register showing baptism of William Aldridge &amp;quot;I&amp;quot; (1702).|alt=All Hallows&#039; Parish register showing baptism of William Aldridge &amp;quot;I&amp;quot; (1702).&lt;br /&gt;
File:William Aldridge Burial 1702.png|All Hallows&#039; Parish register showing burial of William Aldridge &amp;quot;I&amp;quot; (1702).|alt=All Hallows&#039; Parish register showing burial of William Aldridge &amp;quot;I&amp;quot; (1702).&lt;br /&gt;
File:William Aldridge Birth and Baptism.png|All Hallows&#039; Parish register showing the birth and baptism of William Aldridge &amp;quot;II&amp;quot; (1702).|alt=All Hallows&#039; Parish register showing the birth and baptism of William Aldridge &amp;quot;II&amp;quot; (1702).&lt;br /&gt;
File:James Aldridge Birth.png|All Hallows&#039; Parish register showing the birth of James Aldridge (1706).|alt=All Hallows&#039; Parish register showing the birth of James Aldridge (1706).&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/gallery&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Death ==&lt;br /&gt;
Nicholas Aldridge died in November 1708 in All Hallows&#039; Parish, Anne Arundel County, Maryland, and was buried 21 November 1708 in the churchyard. His grave is no longer marked. Nicholas was likely a man in his forties or fifties when he died, which was a ripe age for a Maryland colonist in that time.&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Nicholas Aldridge Burial.png|thumb|center]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== DNA evidence ==&lt;br /&gt;
{{Main|Aldridge DNA Project}}&lt;br /&gt;
Six patrilineal, male-line descendants of Nicholas Aldridge have tested their Y-DNA at the [https://www.familytreedna.com/groups/aldridge/about Aldridge DNA Project], one from his oldest son [[Thomas Aldridge|Thomas]], one from his son [[Nicholas Aldridge (b. 1698)|Nicholas]], and four from his son William (b. 1702). The DNA of all five men matches one another, and is classified as haplogroup &#039;&#039;&#039;R-FTC89975&#039;&#039;&#039;, a subclade of R-U106 &amp;gt; R-Z154. William&#039;s descendants form the haplogroup &#039;&#039;&#039;R-FTB32679&#039;&#039;&#039;, an additional subclade of R-FTC89975.&lt;br /&gt;
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== References ==&lt;br /&gt;
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		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Joseph: Link landing page.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;This is Joseph T. Richardson&#039;s wiki for various things.&lt;br /&gt;
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== Genealogy ==&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;Aldridge-Alldredge family&#039;&#039;&#039; &lt;br /&gt;
** Work I am doing to [[Nathan Alldredge and Nathaniel Aldridge|sort out conflicted records]] concerning my ancestor [[Nathan Alldredge]] (1739–1826) and [[Nathaniel Aldridge Sr.|Nathaniel Aldridge]] (c. 1730s–c. 1790s), a man with a similar name with whom he is often conflated by genealogists.&lt;br /&gt;
** [[Aldridge Surname DNA Project]] – The Aldridge-Alldredge DNA Project at Family Tree DNA.&lt;br /&gt;
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* &#039;&#039;&#039;Dutton family&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
** [[Dutton Surname DNA Project]]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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		<title>Nathan Alldredge and Nathaniel Aldridge</title>
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		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Joseph: Init.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;One of the critical issues in the research of my &#039;&#039;&#039;[[Alldredge|Alldredge-Aldridge]]&#039;&#039;&#039; family has been disentangling two early people who are often conflated: [[Nathan Alldredge]] (born about 1739), my ancestor, and another man, [[Nathaniel Aldridge Sr.|Nathaniel Aldridge]] (born 1730s), who originated around the same time in around the same place, the central piedmont of North Carolina. It is because of these similarities that people have tended to gloss over the differences, and connect both men to the same family if not conflate them as the same person.&lt;br /&gt;
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On this wiki, I&#039;ve written several articles attempting to clarify and separate these two men, arriving ultimately at the distinction of [[Aldridge Surname DNA Project|different Y-DNA lines]]. I hope these resources will be helpful to other researchers.&lt;br /&gt;
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* [[Nathan Alldredge]] (born about 1739)&lt;br /&gt;
** [[William_Alldredge (b. 1702)|William Alldredge]], Nathan&#039;s father&lt;br /&gt;
** [[Nicholas Aldridge]] of Anne Arundel County, Maryland, Nathan&#039;s grandfather&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Nathaniel Aldridge Sr.]] (born 1730s)&lt;br /&gt;
** [[Nathaniel Aldridge Jr.]] (born 1760s), Nathaniel&#039;s son&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Aldridge Surname DNA Project]], an overview of Nathan&#039;s, Nathaniel&#039;s, and other Aldridge-Alldredge Y-DNA lines&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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		<title>Notley Dutton Sr. sources</title>
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[[Category:Charles County, Maryland]]&lt;br /&gt;
Records pertaining to [[Notley Dutton Sr.]] (about 1720–1802) of Charles County, Maryland, son of [[Matthew Dutton]].&lt;br /&gt;
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== Records ==&lt;br /&gt;
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=== Will ===&lt;br /&gt;
(Abstracted by Mike Marshall, [https://colonial-settlers-md-va.us/ Early Colonial Settlers of Southern Maryland and Virginia&#039;s Northern Neck Counties])&lt;br /&gt;
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Charles County Maryland Will Book AL-12, 1801-1808; Page 63.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Notley Dutton Sr., Will, September 8, 1802; October 22, 1802&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
I, Notley Dutton Sr. of CC, presently in a weak and sickly state of health, but of perfectly sound and disposing mind memory and understanding;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
To grandsons, Matthew Dutton and Notley Dutton, and assigns as tenants in common and not as joint tenants, all my real estate.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
To grandson Matthew Dutton, negro John Ingraham until the age of 31 yrs, who then shall be a free man. Also one cow and calf.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
To grandson Notley Dutton, negro Benjamin Hanson until the age of 31 yrs, who then shall be a free man. Also one cow and calf.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
To executors, use of female negroes Charity, Sabarah, Suckey (d/o Charity), Sally, and male negroes Allen Bruce (until 31 yrs), Charles (until 31 yrs), David (until 31 yrs), 2 cows and calves, 6 sheep, and one bed and furniture in special trust, the profits arising used for the support of my daughter Mary Posey during her life and after her death, negroes to my granddaughter Elizabeth M.C. Posey (her daughter). Above male negroes to be freed when they arrive at 31 yrs old.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
To granddaughter Jane Money, the use of negroes John Briscoe (until 31 yrs), Stephen (until 31 yrs), (until 31 yrs), and female negroes Lettice, Juder and Constantania, 2 cows and calves, 6 head of sheep, a mare, saddle and bridle. Above male negroes to be freed when they arrive at 31 yrs old.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
To granddaughter Margaret Dutton Nettle, negroes Sylvia and Poll, 1 cow and calf, and the use of negro Washington (until 31 yrs) and then freed.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
To granddaughter Alice Nettle, negroes Priscilla and Anna, 1 cow and calf, and the use of a negro Orson (until 31 yrs) and then freed.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
To grandson, John Dutton, negro Hannah, negro Suckey Ingram, 1 cow and calf, and the use of a negro Robbin Ingraham (until 31 yrs) and then freed.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
To granddaughter Elizabeth Dutton, negroes Betsy Ingraham, Eliza and Jane, 1 cow and calf.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
To granddaughter Matilda Dutton, negroes Sarah and Eleanor, 1 cow and calf and the use of a negro Harry (until 31 yrs) and then freed.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
To children of deceased son Notley Dutton, negro man Jack.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Item: balance to estate to be distributed as follows; Jane Money 1/4th, John Dutton, Elizabeth Dutton and Matilda Dutton 1/4th, Elizabeth M.C. Posey 1/4th, and Margaret Dutton Nettle and Alice Nettle 1/4th.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Executors: friends Benjamin Contee and John Campbell&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Signed: September 8, 1802 N. Dutton&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Wit: Thomas Dutton, James Dutton, William Elton&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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		<title>Jeremiah Dutton and Daniel Dutton deeds</title>
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Below and abstracts for several deeds from Greenville County, South Carolina, dated between 1787 and 1795, pertaining to [[Jeremiah Dutton]] and [[Daniel Dutton]].&lt;br /&gt;
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== Jeremiah Dutton to George Salmon, 23 &amp;amp; 24 Feb 1787 ==&lt;br /&gt;
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23 Feb 1787 &amp;amp; 24 Feb 1787, Greenville County, South Carolina. Deeds of lease and release, from Jeremiah Dutton and wife Sarah Dutton to George Salmon. Land described as 220 acres, part of the 420 acres of land granted to Jeremiah Dutton on 3 Oct 1785, on both sides of the Tyger River, being the eastward end of Jeremiah&#039;s grant, including the shoal on the Tyger River, bounded on west by Jeremiah Dutton&#039;s remaining land, on south by land of John Childress Sr., on east by land of Major Parson, on north by land of John Childress Jr. Signed, Jeremiah Dutton (his mark), Sarah Dutton (his mark). Witnessed by John Stiles, John Childress, John Childress. Deed book 1786‒1795, 61‒65 ([https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS79-13XS-J?view=fullText&amp;amp;keywords=Dutton%2CJeremiah%20Dutton%2CJeremiah&amp;amp;groupId=TH-909-58559-90642-52 FamilySearch Images] 45‒47).&lt;br /&gt;
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== Jeremiah Dutton to John Childress, 23 &amp;amp; 24 Feb 1787 ==&lt;br /&gt;
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23 Feb 1787 &amp;amp; 24 Feb 1787, Greenville County, South Carolina. Deeds of lease and release, from Jeremiah Dutton and wife Sarah Dutton to John Childress [does not specify Jr. or Sr.; two men named John Childress signed as witnesses]. Land described as 200 acres, part of the 420 acres of land granted to Jeremiah Dutton on 3 Oct 1785, on south side of Tyger River, bounded on east by part of Jeremiah&#039;s same grant, on west by grants to John Childress and John Stiles, on north by grant to Moses Wood and by the Tyger River. Signed Jeremiah Dutton (his mark), Sarah Dutton (his mark). Witnessed by George Salmon, John Stiles, John Childress. Deed book 1786‒1795, 65‒68 ([https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS79-136Y-P?view=fullText&amp;amp;keywords=Dutton%2CJeremiah%20Dutton%2CJeremiah&amp;amp;groupId=TH-909-58559-90642-52 FamilySearch Images] 47‒49).&lt;br /&gt;
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== Jeremiah Dutton to Samuel Dutton, 20 Jun 1793, and response ==&lt;br /&gt;
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20 Jun 1793, Greenville County, South Carolina. Deed of gift from Jeremiah Dutton to Samuel Dutton, &amp;quot;my beloved son,&amp;quot; &amp;quot;all and singular my goods &amp;amp; chattels now being in my possession, lands, horses, cattle, houses, &amp;amp; household furniture, all and singular all bonds, bills, notes, and every thing that appertains to me the said Jeremiah Dutton, of which before the signing of these presents I have delivered to him the said Samuel Dutton an inventory...&amp;quot; Witnessed by Thos. Roy Musick, Daniel Dutton. Deed book 1786‒1795, 309‒310 ([https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS79-13F7-5?view=fullText&amp;amp;keywords=Jeremiah%20Dutton&amp;amp;groupId=TH-909-58559-90642-52 FamilySearch Images] 534‒535).&lt;br /&gt;
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23 Aug 1793. &amp;quot;Know all men by these presents that I, Samuel Dutton, of the State of South Carolina and County of Greenville, being one possessed of all my father&#039;s estate by a deed of gift, the matter now being fully void and of none effect and my father Jeremiah Dutton in full possession of his own estate.&amp;quot; Signed and sealed, Samuel Dutton. Recorded 23 Dec 1793. Deed book 1786‒1795, 408‒409 ([https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS79-13XB-V?view=fullText&amp;amp;keywords=Jeremiah%20Dutton&amp;amp;groupId=TH-909-58559-90642-52 FamilySearch Image] 584).&lt;br /&gt;
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== Jeremiah Dutton to Robert Carter, 4 Aug 1794 ==&lt;br /&gt;
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4 Aug 1794. Greenville County, South Carolina. Jeremiah Dutton to Robert Carter, &amp;quot;all that plantation, tract, and parcel of land situate[d] in Greenville County aforesaid, on both sides of the south fork of Tyger River above the ancient boundary and formerly known by the name of Kings Improvement, including the planation whereon the said Dutton now lives, containing three hundred acres originally granted to Uriah Corner on 21 Jan 1785 ..., [conveyed] to Jeremiah Dutton 24 Oct 1785 ...&amp;quot; Signed, Jeremiah (his mark) Dutton. Witnessed by Samuel Dutton, John Thomas, W. D. Thomas.  13 Aug 1794, Sarah Dutton, wife, relinquishes dower or right of inheritance to any part. Signed, Sarah (her mark) Dutton. Witnessed by T. D. Thomas, Thos. Barton. Deed book 1795‒1803, 1‒2 ([https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS7S-99BV-D?view=fullText&amp;amp;keywords=Jeremiah%20Dutton&amp;amp;groupId=TH-909-58561-51749-86 FamilySearch Images] 11‒12).&lt;br /&gt;
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== Daniel Dutton to John Stanford, 25 Aug 1795 ==&lt;br /&gt;
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25 Aug 1795. Greenville County, Washington District, South Carolina. Daniel Dutton to John Stanford, tract on a branch of Wild Cat Creek, being granted to Daniel Dutton on 9 Dec 1788, 185 acres, including all that planation where Daniel Dutton now lives. Signed, Daniel Dutton. Witnessed by Generous Gray (his mark), Jeremiah Gray (his mark). Deed book 1795‒1803, 174‒175 ([https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS7S-99BZ-7?view=fullText&amp;amp;keywords=Daniel%20Dutton&amp;amp;groupId=TH-909-58561-51749-86 FamilySearch Image] 100).&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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