From the family record of Silas Rideout. The first ancestor was Abraham Rideout, who came from
England to America at a date uncertained, and was the father of Nicholas. Some say he was a brother, but I am sure he was the father.
712Abraham Rideout, John Hutchins, Samuel Palmer, and Ben Thruston bought land from Joseph Shaw, 17 Feb. 1716, Abraham Rideout of Haverhill was scrivener of Co. of Essex, province of ye Mass Bay Go. , in New England, bought tracts north of Mill Pool in Sagadohoe (Scittuate)
Province of Mass. Signed Essex s c Haverhill, 8 Apr. 1717.
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