Richard Eldridge married Sarah Cramp at Northiam, Sussex, England on 27 Nov 1790. They are thought to have had eleven children mainly baptised at Ewhurst with their 5th to 7th child baptised at Rye.
Their son John is thought to be the John Eldridge who married Elizabeth Sargent at Ewhurst on 15 May 1815. They were both shown as of that Parish. John is thought to have died before 1833 as Elizabeth Eldridge, a widow, had a bastard born child, Thomas Milyard Eldridge, on 16 Nov 1833. Elizabeth remarried on 7 Jan 1838 at Rye to William Crouch and they and her eight children are shown as assisted immigrants to New South Wales on the ship Amelia Thompson that arriving at Sydney in July 1838. Her youngest child, Thomas and Maria Baker, the wife of John, her eldest child, died on the voyage.
Their son Samuel is thought to be the Samuel Eldridge who married Phoebe Cheeseman. They are shown as the parents of George Eldridge who along with his wife and two children were assisted immigrants to Sydney, New South Wales arriving on 5 Oct 1841 on the William Turner. Samuel's great grandson Roland Eldridge enlisted in the Australian Infantry at Surry Hills, New South Wales on 13 Jan 1915. He was killed in France on 11 Nov 1916. His sister Emma Amelia was Mrs Fry living at Stepney, Adelaide, South Australia in 1928. Roland's elder brother Ernest Charles married in Ontario, Canada in 1918.
Their grandson Richard Eldridge migrated to Victoria, Australia in 1854 with his second wife Sophia.
Albert William Eldridge, a three times great grandson of Richard, migrated to Canada with his wife and three children in 1929 on the Megantic arriving at Halifax, Nova Scotia on 16 Apr 1929.
Updated 28 May 2008
Richard Eldridge (1766- )
m 1790 Sarah Cramp (1771-1837)
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Mary Eldridge (1791-1792)
John Eldridge (1792- )
m 1815 Elizabeth Sargent (1797-1849)
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| John Eldridge (1816-1867)
| Moses Eldridge (1819-1902)
| Miriam Eldridge (1821-1884)
| m 1843 John Thompson (1809-1882)
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| | Descendants born in Australia
| | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
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| | John Alfred Thompson (1844-1881)
| | Elizabeth Ann Thompson (1846-1929)
| | Barbara Thompson (1848-1898)
| | William Thompson (1849-1919)
| | Jesse Thompson (1851-1862)
| | Frances Thompson (1853-1862)
| | Henry Thompson (1855-1942)
| | James Thompson (1857-1908)
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| Harriet Eldridge (1823-1868)
| m 1840 Frederick Prior (1811-1868)
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| | Miriam Prior (1843-1932)
| | Charles Prior (1847-1847)
| | Leonora Prior (1849- )
| | Jane Prior (1860-1862)
| | Frances Prior (1865-1865)
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| Barbara Ellen Eldridge (1824-1909)
| m 1876 Richard Henry Blunden (1817-1883)
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| | William Henry Blunden (1842-1926)
| | Elizabeth Blunden (1843-1930)
| | Emily Blunden (1845-1870)
| | Harriet Blunden (1848-1912)
| | Matilda M Blunden (1850-1926)
| | George Washington Blunden (1852-1926)
| | Martha J Blunden (1854-1900)
| | John E Blunden (1856- )
| | Frances Eliza Blunden (1858-1910)
| | Caroline Blunden (1860-1939)
| | James E Blunden (1863-1935)
| | Edith M Blunden (1866- )
| | Harry H Blunden (1869-1935)
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| Alfred Eldridge (1826- )
| Frances Ann Eldridge (1827-1865)
| m 1845 Henry McGregor ( - )
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| | Descendants born in Australia
| | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
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| | Sarah Elizabeth McGregor (1846-1895)
| | William Henry McGregor (1848- )
| | Frederick William McGregor (1850-1853)
| | Marion McGregor (1853-1924)
| | Jesse Jane McGregor (1853-1853)
| | Henry Westeham McGregor (1855-1922)
| | Annie Harriet McGregor (1856-1890)
| | James Fitzroy McGregor (1860- )
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| Jesse Eldridge (1831-1883)
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Samuel Eldridge (1795-1869)
m 1815 Phoebe Cheeseman (1795-1839)
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| George Eldridge (1817- )
| Mary Ann Eldridge (1819- )
| (Unknown)
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| | James Springate Eldridge (1837- )
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| m 1839 Benjamin Jenner (1815- )
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| | Mary A Jenner (1841- )
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| Jane Eldridge (1821-1824)
| Barbara Eldridge (1824-1824)
| Phebe Eldridge (1825- )
| m 1845 John Reed ( - )
| Charlotte Eldridge (1828-1830)
| Samuel Eldridge (1830- )
| m 1851 Eliza Crouch (1832- )
| Sarah Eldridge (1833- )
| Margaret Eldridge (1835- )
| (Unknown)
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| | Christopher Eldridge (1856-1924)
| | m 1879 Ellen Puttock (1861- )
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| | | Henry Edward Puttock/Eldridge (1879- )
| | | Annie M Eldridge (1880- )
| | | Alfred George Eldridge (1881- )
| | | Ernest Charles Eldridge (1883- )
| | | m 1918 Elizabeth Jane Doughton (1882- )
| | | Roland Eldridge (1885-1916)
| | | Christopher Eldridge (1888- )
| | | Emma Amelia Eldridge (1890- )
| | | m ( ) Albert Ernest Fry ( - )
| | | | |
| | | | Dorothy May Fry (1912- )
| | | | Thomas Christopher Fry (1914- )
| | | | Mary Fry (1916- )
| | | | Gladys Evelyn Fry (1917- )
| | | | Albert George Fry (1920- )
| | | | Florence Jean Fry (1924- )
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| | | Esther Eldridge (1897- )
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| | Alfred Eldridge (1859- )
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| Eleanor Eldridge (1839-1939)
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m 1840 Maria Brett (1811- )
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| Elizabeth Maria Eldridge (1842- )
| John Eldridge (1847- )
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Sarah Eldridge (1797- )
Susannah Eldridge (1802- )
Jesse Eldridge (1803- )
Allen Eldridge (1805- )
Edward Eldridge (1809-1880)
m 1828 Hannah Milham (1805-1840)
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| Richard Eldridge (1829-1887)
| Edward Eldridge (1831-1859)
| m 1852 Lydia Hadlow (1831-1860)
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| | Edward Eldridge (1853-1856)
| | Henry Eldridge (1854-1857)
| | Ellen Julia Eldridge (1856-1856)
| | Lydia Eldridge (1858-1879)
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| Elijah Eldridge (1834-1835)
| Allen Eldridge (1836-1836)
| Henry Eldridge (1837-1852)
| Caleb Eldridge (1839-1839)
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Thomas Eldridge (1811-1880)
m 1828 Mary Forward (1810- )
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| Ann Eldridge (1828- )
| m 1850 Samuel Smith (1823- )
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| | William Henry Eldridge (1847- )
| | m 1870 Elizabeth Harley Lancaster (1847- )
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| | | William Henry Eldridge (1871- )
| | | m 1894 Emily Griffin (1873- )
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| | | | Albert William Eldridge (1897- )
| | | | m 1920 Victoria Beatrice Weal (1897- )
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| | | | | Albert P Eldridge (1923- )
| | | | | Reginald W Eldridge (1925- )
| | | | | Bernard R Eldridge (1926- )
| | | | |
| | | | Henry Eldridge (1898- )
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| | | Edgar Horace Eldridge (1873- )
| | | m 1897 Ada Lilian Longley (1873- )
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| | | | Edgar Horace Eldridge (1898- )
| | | |
| | | Mary Ann Eldridge (1885- )
| | | Susan Kate Eldridge (1887- )
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| | Mary Ann Eldridge (1850- )
| | Richard Smith (1855- )
| | Hannah Smith (1858- )
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| Jane Eldridge (1830-1907)
| m ( ) Charles Cruttenden (1824-1901)
| | |
| | Sarah Cruttenden (1849- )
| | Mary Ann Cruttenden (1851- )
| | Caroline Cruttenden (1852- )
| | Allen Cruttenden (1854- )
| | Charles Cruttenden (1857- )
| | Alfred Cruttenden (1858- )
| | Emily Cruttenden (1860- )
| | Henry Cruttenden (1861- )
| | Eliza Cruttenden (1862- )
| | Jesse Cruttenden (1864- )
| | James Cruttenden (1865- )
| | William Cruttenden (1867- )
| | Edward Cruttenden (1868- )
| | George Cruttenden (1872- )
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| Ann Maria Eldridge (1832- )
| m 1853 George Croft (1831- )
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| | Emily Croft (1854-1935)
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| Sarah Eldridge (1834-1924)
| m 1855 Thomas Goodsell (1828-1914)
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| | William Goodsell (1857- )
| | George Thomas Goodsell (1858- )
| | Joseph Henry Goodsell (1859-1953)
| | Jesse Goodsell (1861-1878)
| | Albert Edward Goodsell (1863- )
| | Thomas James Goodsell (1865- )
| | Ann Elizabeth Goodsell (1867- )
| | Minnie Mary Goodsell (1868- )
| | Henry Goodsell (1871- )
| | Lilly Emma Goodsell (1875- )
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| Elijah Eldridge (1835- )
| m 1856 Mary Jane Callaway (1837- )
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| | Jesse Eldridge (1856-1859)
| | Thomas Eldridge (1857- )
| | m 1879 Rosetta Bellingham (1859- )
| | | |
| | | Arthur William Eldridge (1879- )
| | | Frank Thomas Eldridge (1888- )
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| | James Eldridge (1861- )
| | Mary Ann Eldridge (1863- )
| | Ann Eldridge (1866- )
| | Eliza Eldridge (1868- )
| | Emily Eldridge (1869- )
| | Jane Eldridge (1871- )
| | Rosina Eldridge (1873- )
| | Flora Eldridge (1875- )
| | Ellen Eldridge (1877- )
| | William Eldridge (1879- )
| | Elizabeth Eldridge (1880- )
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| Jesse Eldridge (1837- )
| Thomas Eldridge (1839- )
| m ( ) Sarah (Unknown) (1837- )
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| | Thomas E Eldridge (1866- )
| | Teaby Eldridge (1870- )
| | Joseph William Eldridge (1871- )
| | Sarah Rachel Eldridge (1872- )
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| James Eldridge (1841-1914)
| m 1864 Emily Gorham (1841-1882)
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| | Edward Thomas Eldridge (1865- )
| | m 1890 Emma Julie Stucky (1860- )
| | Mary Eldridge (1867- )
| | m 1889 George Gilbert (1864- )
| | | |
| | | George Gilbert (1891- )
| | | Frank Gilbert (1892- )
| | | Gertrude Gilbert (1894- )
| | | Harold Gilbert (1895- )
| | | Arthur Gilbert (1896- )
| | | Marjorie Gilbert (1898- )
| | | Vera Gilbert (1899- )
| | | William Gilbert (1901- )
| | | Constance Gilbert (1902- )
| | | Emily Gilbert (1904- )
| | | Gwendoline Gilbert (1906- )
| | | Ethel Gilbert (1908- )
| | | Gladys Gilbert (1910- )
| | | Edward Gilbert (1911- )
| | | Alfred Gilbert (1912- )
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| | Austen James Eldridge (1868- )
| | m 1896 Rose Ellen Garka (1870- )
| | | |
| | | Austen Garker Eldridge (1898- )
| | | m ( ) (Unknown) ( - )
| | | | |
| | | | Rosemary Eldridge (1930- )
| | | |
| | | Bussick Eldridge ( - )
| | | m ( ) (Unknown) ( - )
| | | |
| | | Peter Eldridge (1933- )
| | |
| | Emily Elizabeth Eldridge (1870-1890)
| | Elias Eldridge (1872-1942)
| | m ( ) Flora Jane Gillespie ( 1934)
| | | |
| | | James Stewart Eldridge (1894-1965)
| | | m ( ) (Unknown) ( - )
| | | Austin Edward George Eldridge (1895- )
| | | m 1917 Florence Louisa Walker ( - )
| | | | |
| | | | Robert James Eldridge (1918- )
| | | |
| | | Florence Emily Eldridge (1898-1983)
| | | m 1922 Albert Shepherd (1898-1947)
| | | |
| | | June Cynthia Shepherd (1924-1998)
| | | Gordon Malcolm Eldridge Shepherd (1926- )
| | |
| | Jesse William Eldridge (1873- )
| | m 1898 Emily Eliza Mew (1873- )
| | | |
| | | George Eldridge ( - )
| | | m ( ) (Unknown) ( - )
| | | |
| | | Raymond Eldridge ( - )
| | |
| | Thomas Arthur Eldridge (1875- )
| | Stephen Eldridge (1876- )
| | Priscilla Eldridge (1878- )
| | Maria Louisa Eldridge (1879-1881)
| | Martha Eldridge (1880- )
| | m ( ) William Bridgland ( - )
| | | |
| | | Jack Bridgland (1903- )
| | | Frederick James Bridgland (1905- )
| | | Maisie Bridgland (1912- )
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| | James Henry Eldridge (1882- )
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| m 1891 Fanny Marsh (1839- )
| m 1904 Annie Wright ( - )
| Henry Eldridge (1845- )
| m ( ) Elizabeth Ann (Unknown) (1842- )
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| | Emily Eldridge (1869- )
| | m 1895 Frank William T Simmons (1871- )
| | | |
| | | Frank Vivian Simmons (1895- )
| | | Frederick George T Simmons (1896- )
| | |
| | Sarah Ellen Eldridge (1872-1967)
| | m 1903 George Herbert Durham (1873-1913)
| | | |
| | | Margaret Ruth Durham (1904-1981)
| | | George Edward Durham (1906- )
| | | Vera Ellen Durham (1907-1995)
| | | Edith Doris Durham (1909- )
| | | Winifred M L Durham (1911- )
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| | Albert Eldridge (1874- )
| | George Thomas Eldridge (1877-1947)
| | m 1900 Harriett Emma Fone (1866-1947)
| | Frederick Eldridge (1880- )
| | m ( ) Amy (Unknown) ( - )
| | Jesse Ernest Eldridge (1885-1954)
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| Eliza Eldridge (1845- )
| m 1867 Charles Coote (1844- )
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| Emma Georgiana Coote (1868- )
| Caleb John Coote (1869- )
| Edward Samuel Coote (1870- )
| Charles Coote (1873- )
| George Willmer Coote (1880- )
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Elijah Eldridge (1816- )
William Eldridge (1817-1818)