When Mary Ridgley was born in 1664, in Wilden, Bedfordshire, England, her father, Capt Matthew Rugeley, was 38 and her mother, Joan Ball, was 31. She had at least 3 sons and 4 daughters with Richard Wagstaff. She was buried in Wilden, Bedfordshire, England.
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The Glorious Revolution brought the downfall of Catholic King James II and the reign of his Protestant daughter Mary and her Dutch husband, William III of Orange.
The South Sea Bubble Bill was passed by the House of Lords in 1720. This allowed the South Sea company to monopolize trade with South America. The company underwrote the English National Debt which promised 5% interest from the government. As shares rose exponentially, many companies were created and many fortunes were made. The stocks crashed and many people lost their money which caused them to become destitute overnight and suicide was common. Robert Walpole took charge of the South Sea Bubble Financial Crisis by dividing the national debt between the Bank of England, the Treasury, and the Sinking Fund.
English (Buckinghamshire): habitational name from Rugeley (Staffordshire), from Old English hrycg ‘ridge’ + lēah ‘woodland clearing’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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