Archibald Riddell (minister)

Archibald Riddell
Trinity College Kirk, Riddell's last charge
ChurchKippen, First Presbyterian Church, Woodbridge, NJ, Weymss, Kirkcaldy, Trinity College Kirk
Orders
Ordinationprivate at Kippen
Personal details
Died1708
Edinburgh
DenominationChristian
Spousedied in transit to America
Childrenfour: Janet (m. James Dundas), Walter (naval officer) and John (physician)[1] and Sarah (Mrs John Currie)[2]

Rev Archibald Riddell (1635–1708) was a Scots-born 17th-century Presbyterian church minister in Scotland and America. His name is sometimes spelled Riddel.[3] He preached at conventicles in a time when such actions were considered high treason. He was imprisoned on the Bass Rock and was later banished to New Jersey.

  1. ^ Carre, Walter Riddell (1876). Border memories; or, Sketches of prominent men and women of the border (some edition don't mention his sons ed.). Edinburgh: J. Thin. pp. 193–195. Retrieved 14 February 2019.
  2. ^ Warrick, John (1913). The moderators of the Church of Scotland from 1690 to 1740. Edinburgh, London: Oliphant, Anderson & Ferrier. p. 216. Retrieved 14 February 2019.
  3. ^ McCrie, Thomas (the younger) (1846). Sketches of Scottish church history : embracing the period from the Reformation to the Revolution. Vol. 2. Edinburgh : J. Johnstone. pp. 187–189. Retrieved 16 April 2019.