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John RIDLER
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Name John RIDLER Relationship 
with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Born Est 1647 Gender Male Freeman 1674 Exeter, Devon, England
Freedom of the City of Exeter Will 4 Jun 1700 [1] Written Died 5 Jun 1700 - From Chanter, using a source with inscription of gravestone (he notes that Cresswell (1908) had found this stone illegible)
Buried 10 Jun 1700 St. Thomas’s Church, Exeter, Devon, England
- From PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 28 Aug 2014):
"11 June the 10 was Buried Mr John Ridler Goldsmith of Exon" - under heading '1700' (Archive ref: 4781A/PR/1/2)
Also,
"Jun the 10 was Buried Mr John Ridler (11)
Cer: by Justice Snell June the 16 the sd Mr John Ridler was Buried According to An Act for Buring in woolling" (Archive ref: 4781A/PR/1/53)
From Chanter:
"John Ridler of this parish, goldsmith, died 5 June 1700; also his first wife and seven of his children; also Sarah, his second wife, who died 1723, aged 65"
Probate 26 Jun 1701 Prerogative Court of Canterbury, London, England
Siblings3 brothers and 1 sister Patriarch & Matriarch 
Person ID I15877 All Last Modified 11 Mar 2016
Father Robert RIDLER, d. Yes, date unknown Mother Dorothy, d. Yes, date unknown Family ID F6528 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Family 1 Sarah, bur. 18 Sep 1686, St. Thomas’s Church, Exeter, Devon, England
Married - ** I need to check the info I have for John's family - I'm not sure if I know that the children were all his and which Sarah was the mother of some **
Children6 children Last Modified 11 Mar 2016 Family ID F6554 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Family 2 Sarah, b. Abt 1658, bur. 14 Dec 1723, St. Thomas’s Church, Exeter, Devon, England
(Age ~ 65 years) Married - I'm not sure if all the daughters shown to John and his second wife Sarah were the children of the second Sarah or the first.
Children4 children Last Modified 30 Aug 2014 Family ID F6555 Family Group Page | Family Chart
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Event Map Click to hide 
Freeman - Freedom of the City of Exeter - 1674 - Exeter, Devon, England 


Child - Robert RIDLER - 22 Feb 1675/76 - St. Petrock’s Church, Exeter, Devon, England 


Child - Susanna RIDLER - 14 Jul 1677 - St. Petrock’s Church, Exeter, Devon, England 


Child - Sarah RIDLER - 14 Dec 1678 - St. Mary Arches Church, Exeter, Devon, England 


Child - John RIDLER - 6 Dec 1679 - St. Mary Arches Church, Exeter, Devon, England 


Child - Abraham RIDLER - 4 May 1681 - St. Mary Arches Church, Exeter, Devon, England 


Buried - 10 Jun 1700 - St. Thomas’s Church, Exeter, Devon, England 


Probate - 26 Jun 1701 - Prerogative Court of Canterbury, London, England 

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Wills (transcripts) 
The will of Walter Wotton (1631 - 1691)
Walter Wotton is a 9 x great grandfather of mine
Sources - [S259] Will Registers: Prerogative Court of Canterbury and related Probate Jurisdictions, England and Wales., (The National Archives. http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/browse/C12122  .), Will of John Ridler, Goldsmith of Exeter, Devon; (http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/browse/C12122 ) (Reliability: 3).
Reference: PROB 11/460/404 (TNA catalogue entry)

