Double Descent from William Ridgely (1645-1716)
Colonist Came from England to Maryland by 1690
Apr 9, 2009 Rosemary E. Bachelor
William Ridgely was born in 1645 in Devonshire, England. He and his wife, Elizabeth Duvall, bought their Maryland land from James Finley and deeded it to their son William in 1702 as a wedding gift. William, the immigrant, died in 1716. The family tombs are beside Broad Creek, four miles from Annapolis, MD. (Not all researchers agree that Elizabeth Duvall was William’s wife. A Duvall family did live on neighboring property.)
Double Lines of Descent
Given below are two lines of descent from William and Elizabeth. The lines diverge in the fifth generation and one of them includes William Randolph Hearst, the famous American newspaper publisher.
Second Generation: William Ridgeley Jr. (1678-1719) married, in 1702, Jane Westhall (1682-1748).
Third Generation: Westhall Ridgely (1706-1771) and Sarah Isaac (1714-1789) were wed in 1730.
Fourth Generation: Alice Ridgeley (1752-1792) who, in 1769, married Henry T. Hill (died 1795)
First Line of Descent
5. Drucilla Hill (1777-1848) married, in 1799, John Casey (1775-1849).
6. John Casey Jr. (1812-1877) married Elizabeth Whitten (1815-1854) in 1835.
7. Samuel Casey (1838-1923) and Sarah Todd (1836-1910) were wed in 1863.
8. Otto G. Casey (1873-1955) in 1894 married Mary Anne Worker (1871-1951).
9. Walter E. Casey, born in 1897, in 1923 wed Mary Ruth Appley, born in 1898.
10. Eric M. Casey, born in 1925, in 1951 married Virginia Woodburn, born in 1925.
Second Line of Descent
5. Ruth Hill (1785-1843), sister of Drucilla, married Henry Whitmire (1776-1836)
6. Drucilla Whitmire, born in 1816, married Randolph W. Apperson in 1840.
7. Phoebe E. Apperson (1842-1919) married George Hearst in 1862.
8. William Randolph Hearst (1863-1951) married Millicent Willson
9. Randolph Hearst, born in 1915, married Catherine Campbell.
10. Patricia Hearst, born in 1954, married Bernard Shaw in 1979.
The Hearst Family
Patty Hearst, above, was the subject of a famous kidnapping case in her youth. Her great-grandmother, Phoebe Elizabeth Apperson, a Missouri teacher and philanthropist, married George Hearst, a California mining magnate and U. S. Senator. Their son, William Randolph Hearst, was a dominant figure in American journalism for more than 60 years. He built a vast publishing empire, was a nationally known politician and acquired an extensive art collection valued at approximately $50 million.
(A companion article on The Order of the First Families of Maryland lists qualifying ancestors, including a Mareen Duvall, who came to Anne Arundel County from France in 1658, and Henry Ridgely, who came to Anne Arundel County in 1661.)
Sources:
Most of this data was furnished to the author in 1992 by Walter E. Casey of Houston, TX. Some of his Casey family records were from Otto G. Casey. Other information on the Ridgely-Hill family history was supplied by Lucille Ellis Kiester of Duncan, OK.
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