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Nicholas Aldridge is the immigrant ancestor of our Aldridge family. On 20 August 1680, he received a land grant in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, from [[wikipedia:Charles Calvert, 3rd Baron Baltimore|Charles Calvert, Lord Baltimore]] for 300 acres on the south side of the [[wikipedia:Magothy River|Magothy River]], a tract called "Aldridge's Beginning."<ref name="lester5">Memory Aldridge Lester, ''Alldredge-Aldridge-Bracken-Nesmith Families and Their Kin'' (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=&backlabel=Return&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, ''Aldridge Records'', vol. 2 (Nashville: self-published, 1975), 22 ([https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/26642/images/dvm_GenMono007241-00120-0?ssrc=&backlabel=Return&pId=341, Ancestry], [hwww.familysearch.org/library/books/idviewer/34303/26 FamilySearch]). 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. | Nicholas Aldridge is the immigrant ancestor of our Aldridge family. On 20 August 1680, he received a land grant in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, from [[wikipedia:Charles Calvert, 3rd Baron Baltimore|Charles Calvert, Lord Baltimore]] for 300 acres on the south side of the [[wikipedia:Magothy River|Magothy River]], a tract called "Aldridge's Beginning."<ref name="lester5">Memory Aldridge Lester, ''Alldredge-Aldridge-Bracken-Nesmith Families and Their Kin'' (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=&backlabel=Return&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, ''Aldridge Records'', vol. 2 (Nashville: self-published, 1975), 22 ([https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/26642/images/dvm_GenMono007241-00120-0?ssrc=&backlabel=Return&pId=341, Ancestry], [hwww.familysearch.org/library/books/idviewer/34303/26 FamilySearch]).</ref> 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. | ||
Revision as of 06:58, 11 July 2023
| Name: | Nicholas Aldridge (or Alldredge) |
| Born: | before 1660 probably England |
| Died: | about 21 November 1708 (buried 21 Nov) |
| Buried: | All Hallows' Chapel Churchyard, Anne Arundel County, Maryland (grave now unmarked) |
| Married: | Martha (possibly Besson) before 1680, probably in Anne Arundel County, Maryland |
| Children: | Thomas Aldridge, William Alldredge (b. 1703) |
Overview
Nicholas Aldridge is the immigrant ancestor of our Aldridge family. On 20 August 1680, he received a land grant in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, from Charles Calvert, Lord Baltimore for 300 acres on the south side of the Magothy River, a tract called "Aldridge's Beginning."[1] 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.
- ↑ Memory Aldridge Lester, Alldredge-Aldridge-Bracken-Nesmith Families and Their Kin (Chapel Hill, N.C.: privately printed, 1957), available on Ancestry, Internet Archive, and FamilySearch, 5 (Ancestry, Internet Archive, [www.familysearch.org/library/books/idviewer/541095/16 FamilySearch]); Franklin Rudolph Aldridge, Aldridge Records, vol. 2 (Nashville: self-published, 1975), 22 (Ancestry, [hwww.familysearch.org/library/books/idviewer/34303/26 FamilySearch]).