Parents are Nicholas Rideout and Mary Hunt Ingersol.He married Sarah Oliver on 8 Dec 1761 in Georgetown,Sagadahoc Co.,ME.
They were the parents of the following children:

Nicholas Rideout-1763-1846
Thomas Rideout-1765-26 Jun 1846
Oliver Rideout-1767-1846
Abraham Rideout-1770
Sarah Rideout-1772
Molly Rideout-1775
William Penn Rideout-1776-11 Dec 1866
Hannah Rideout-1779/Samuel Treadwell
Grace Rideout-1781
Nathaniel Rideout-15 Sep 1785-18 Aug 1862
Benjamin Joseph Rideout-1786-6 Feb 1882
Joseph Benjamin Rideout-1786-6 Feb 1882

They are the ancestors of most of the Rideouts in New Brunswick. He was a shipbuilder by profession and an active member of the Georgetown Militia. He was with the "Perley Colony",which was composed of a large number of Massachusetts and Connecticut families. They were mostly farmers and were sypathic to the American Colonists.

Nicholas was married at least twice. Sarah Oliver as above and in 1788 in Maugerville, Sunbury, B.C. to the widow of a British Soldier killed durning the Revolutionary War. She was Miriam Treadwell Treadwell, daughter of Adonviam Treadwell And Mary Beulah Gregory, her first husband was Ephraim Treadwell, son of Jacob Treadwell and Hannah Trowbridge. Miriam was the mother of nine Treadwell children.

His name is spelled Nicolas in The Maine Historical & Genealogical Recorder 1886.

Lincoln,sc. December 8 1761. Nicolas Rideout, Jr and Sarah Oliver both of Georgetown were joined together in Marriage by me, Patrick Drummond, Just. Peace.

Nicholas joined the Perley Colony and migrated to Maugerville, New Brunswick, Canada in 1762. He was the ancestor of most of the Rideouts of New Brunswick.

In 1765, the government of Nova Scotia granted Nicholas some 500 acres of land in Maugerville. In 1757, he was a member of the Georgetown Militia. It is said he was a ship builder and worked with his father. He went to New Brunswick with the "Perley Colony", which was composed of a large number of Massachusetts and Connecticut families. One account says these people went to N.B. in one of Rideout's ships. They were nearly all farmers and most of them sympathized with the American Colonies. Among these Maugerville Colonists, Nicholas seems to have had great weight and influence. He had quite a little wealth and owned several vessels. In Kidder's valuable book called Eastern Maine and Nova Scotia during the Revolution, is an extract of a letter from Colonel John Allen to the Massachusetts Council, Boston, 25 Feb. 1777.

"I must beg leave at this time to acquaint your Honours, that the inhabitants of the county of Subury in Nova Scotia, now a county in N. B. had authorized me to appear in their behalf and agreeable to instructions would make known their warm and zealous attachment for the United States. Esteeming themselves the subjects of the States and are determined to defend the cause to their utmost." The American Colonies then sent troops to Sudbury Co. to protect these people, and John Allen was made "1st Colonel for the Expedition to the St. John River. Forts were built near Frederiction and the committees of both houses resolved to send ammunition to the inhabitants of Sudbury Co. to use in helping the American Colonies.

In the histories of this time, we read in several places that "Colonel Allen is stopping with the Rideouts in Maugerville. Lt Kidder says, Col. Allen sent a very particular letter to Mr. Rideout of commendation for his attachment to the cause desiring him to procure something that was needed, and send in Rideout boats. After the Revolution many descendants of Nicholas Rideout returned to Maine and didn't go back to New Brunswick. Rideout was always a good friend to the American Colonies.