SHINN, Posthema [69] ^{1 2 4}

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98. POSTREMA SHINN (4).--THOMAS (3), THOMAS (2), JOHN (1).
Postrema, the ninth child and fifth daughter of Thomas and Martha (Earl) Shinn, was born 1/6/1744. She was married to John Ridgway, Surveyor General of New Jersey, in 1764. William John Potts, of Camden, N. J., in Vol. 17, "Pennsylvania Mag. of Hist. and Biog.," page 381, says:
"The writer is acquainted with the various outline genealogies of the Ridgway family, as given by Major E. M. Woodard, and the fragmentary account by Mr. Edwin Salter, as well as the unpublished manuscript pedigree of the late Gideon De la Plaine Scull, which gave the descent of the Scully, Ridgway and other families from the De la Plaines and De Bellange families, as far as could be ascertained. That there were several intermarriages between these old Huguenot names, De la Plaine and De Bellange, and the Ridgways is certain. The Bible record of one family (Ridgway) is here given, in the earnest hope that some one will make the affiliation with the earlier members." 1John Ridgway died 3/4/1809, and his wife, Postrema, died 9/23/1831.

Children of John and Postrema (Shinn) Ridgway.
310. 1. Thomas Ridgway, b. 8/17/1761; ob. sine proll, 9/14/1761.
311. 2. John Ridgway, b. 12/20/1762; m. Elizabeth Wright.
312. 3. William Ridgway, b. 11/6/1765.
313. 4. Aquilla Ridgway, b. 10/16/1767; m. Martha Lippincott.
314. 5. Anna Ridgway, b. 9/24/1769; m. William Hudson Burr, Associate Justice,
Mt. Holly, N. J.
315. 6. De la Plaine Ridgway, b. 10/9/1772.
316. 7. Mary Ridgway, b. 11/24/1774; m. Daniel Knight of Philadelphia, and became
the ancestress of the Philadelphia artist of that name.
317. 8. Martha Riagway, b. 8/5/1777; m. Aaron Bowker.
318. 9. Thomas Shinn Ridgway, b. 11/4/1779; m. Mary Joy.
319. 10. Elizabeth Ridgway, b. 7/21/1782; m. Robert Evans, Chester County, Pa.
320. 11. Edmund Ridgway, b. 2/13/1786; ob. sine proli, 1805.

1As one link in the chain suggested by Mr. Potts, it may be said that the John Ridgway whose record is here given was a son of Job Ridgway.
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Source Encyclopedia of Quaker Genealogy- Burlington MM :
- "1761,2,2 Posthema (Ridgway) (form Shinn) w John con mcd"

Posthema married John RIDGWAY Sr [56] [MRIN: 17], son of Edward RIDGWAY [32] and Mary DELAPLAINE [44], in 1764.^{1 2 3 4} (John RIDGWAY Sr [56] was born on 2 Jul 1738 in Springfield, Burlington Co., NJ ² and died on 4 Mar 1809 in Mount Holly, Burlington, NJ ^{1 2}.)