Perhaps a Google Search - would bring up some information.?
Samuel
http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/ridout_samuel_smith_8E.htmlhttp://www.lib.unb.ca/collections/loyalist/finding_aids/524....1787-1799. Thomas Ridout, correspondence with son Samuel Smith Ridout, Maryland.
1800-1801. Thomas Ridout, correspondence with son Samuel Smith Ridout; account and appointment as ensign in the militia. Etc.