Matilda Chase Ridgely
(1763-1835)
BIRTH
1763
PLACE
NAME
Matilda Chase
DEATH
1835
PLACE
Georgetown, District of Columbia, United States
FAMILY
FATHER
Samuel Chase
(1741-1811)
MOTHER
Anne Baldwin Chase
(1743-1776)
HOMES
RELIGIOUS VIEWS
RELIGION NOT DOCUMENTED
DENOMINATION NOT DOCUMENTED
MEMBERSHIPS
AWARDS
Matilda Chase Ridgely was a daughter of Samuel Chase and Anne Baldwin, born in Maryland in 1763. She married Judge Henry Ridgely in June 1787. Annapolis family histories identify their children, including Anne Chase, Hester and Samuel Chase Ridgely, who later served in the army. Matilda lived until 1835. Her family links do not establish a public profession; she should be distinguished from a later Matilda Chase Ridgely Baer.
EARLY LIFE
The exact date and place of Matilda Chase Ridgely’s birth have not been established in the source used for this entry. The surviving biographical summary provides only limited evidence about childhood, schooling, and the daily circumstances of the household, so those details are not reconstructed here without documentation. What can be stated securely is that this person belonged to the interconnected family world from which HistoryGPS traces participants, relatives, and later descendants of the Revolutionary generation.
No distinct public profession or office for Matilda Chase Ridgely is established by the source summary used for this entry. The surviving record is primarily genealogical and documents family identity rather than an independent public career. Additional claims about employment, public service, or accomplishments have been omitted where the consulted source did not support them.
CAREER
DEATH
Matilda Chase Ridgely died in 1835, in Georgetown, District of Columbia, United States. Matilda Chase Ridgely was a daughter of Samuel Chase and Anne Baldwin, born in Maryland in 1763. She married Judge Henry Ridgely in June 1787. Annapolis family histories identify their children, including Anne Chase, Hester and Samuel Chase Ridgely, who later served in the army. Matilda lived until 1835. Her family links do not establish a public profession; she should be distinguished from a later Matilda Chase Ridgely Baer. The available account does not establish a medical cause or a dependable sequence of final symptoms and care.
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