Richard Ridge (c.1766-1842) was sentenced, with Gilbert Baker, James McAuley, William Lloyd, and William Shaw, to seven years transportation on 9 September 1789 at the Old Bailey, London, for burglariously breaking and entering into a dwelling house and stealing clothing. The men arrived in Sydney in 1791 aboard the Atlantic as part of the Third Fleet.
By 1801 Ridge was living with Jane Poole; they jointly held 60 acres of land. He married Margaret Forrester in 1809 and was appointed a district constable in 1812. In 1822 he appears in Muster records as the master of 10 convicts.
Richard Ridge died on 1 January 1842 at Windsor, New South Wales; his age was given as 78.
'Ridge, Richard (c. 1776–1842)', People Australia, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://peopleaustralia.anu.edu.au/biography/ridge-richard-26801/text34394, accessed 1 September 2024.
c.
1776
Oxfordshire,
England
1 January,
1842
(aged ~ 66)
Windsor,
New South Wales,
Australia
Includes subject's nationality; their parents' nationality; the countries in which they spent a significant part of their childhood, and their self-identity.
Crime: theft
Sentence: 7 years
Court: Old Bailey, London
Trial Date: 9 September 1789
(1789)