Bucks County PA Archives Biographies.....Ridge, William A.
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Source: History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania; edited by 
J.H. Battle; A. Warner & Co.; 1887
Tinicum Township


   WILLIAM A. RIDGE farmer, P.O. Point Pleasant. The 
great-grandfather of this gentleman came from England and 
settled in Bensalem township, where his son William was 
born. The latter bought the farm and built the stone house 
on the banks of the Delaware, which is now the home of his 
grandson, William A. Ridge. His wife, Catherine, was a 
daughter of Edward Marshall, who made the historical Òwalk.Ó 
She was a native of this township. They had six sons and 
five daughters, all now deceased. Their youngest son, Moses, 
father of William A., was born in this house December 2, 
1782, and died July 22, 1860. He was a carpenter and farmer 
and inherited the family homestead. He also owned other 
property, which he divided among his children. His wife was 
Sarah McFarland, of Scottish ancestry, who died October 21, 
1846, aged 60 years. They had seven children:  Catherine, 
Rebecca, Edward (deceased), Sarah Ann, Thomas (deceased), 
James and William A., who was born October 6, 1826. After 
his father's death he took a part of the family property on 
the ridge. His father's brothers, William, Thomas and 
Edward, owned the homestead, but they all died and his 
father purchased it. On the death of the latter William 
bought it from the estate and has owned it over forty years. 
He has never married, but with his sisters, Catherine and 
Rebecca, lives comfortably in the old home.