Jeremiah Riley

Jeremiah Riley

• Gender: Male
• Birth: 1730 : Queen Anne’s Parish, Prince George's, Maryland, United States
• Death: July 1804 (73-74) Mercer County, Kentucky, United States
• Parents: Eliphaz Riley (1688 - 1760) & Elizabeth Riley (born Burkett) (1694 - 1759)
• Husband of Elizabeth Willett - married 1752
• Husband of Phoebe Walker - married 1799

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Family

From the “Harris Family Tree, but mostly the Rileys” < Rootsweb > Updated: 01-07-2020

ID: I14862

• Name: ELIZABETH WILLETT
• Sex: F
• Birth: 25 AUG 1736 in Prince George's, Maryland [sic=May 25, 1736][2]
• Death: BEF 1772 [not listed in Father's Will proven March 8, 1772]
• Father: EDWARD WILLETT JR, b: 12 JAN 1703 in Prince George's, Maryland
• Mother: MARY HARBIN b: ABT 1703 in Prince George's, Maryland
• Marriage: JEREMIAH RILEY b: 1730 in Prince George's
• Married: 1752[3]

He married ELIZABETH WILLETT on 1752, daughter of MARY /HARBIN/ and EDWARD /WILLETT/ JR. She was born 25 AUG 1736 in Prince George's, Maryland, USA, and died BEF 1772.

Children of JEREMIAH /RILEY/ and ELIZABETH /WILLETT/ are:

1. Eleanor RILEY was born 1752.
2. Elizabeth RILEY was born 18 FEB 1754, and died in Fayette, Kentucky, USA.
3. James RILEY was born ABT 1756.
4. Zachariah RILEY was born ABT 1758.
5. Jeremiah RILEY was born ABT 1762.
6. Edward RILEY was born ABT 1764 in Maryland, USA, and died ABT 1836 in Mercer, Kentucky, USA.
7. WILLIAM RILEY was born 1780 in Surry, North Carolina, USA, and died JUL 1850 in Orange, North Carolina, USA.
8. Erasmus RILEY was born BET 1760 AND 1770, and died ABT 1851 in Ballard, Kentucky, USA.
9. Mary Polly RILEY.

Elizabeth (Willett) Riley died in Maryland within a year of her son William's birth in 1770 and before March 8, 1772, when her father's will was written; it names her children among his heirs but as she is not named, which means she had pre-deceased him. It is possible she died of childbirth complications as that was the leading cause of death for young (33 years old in 1770) women in that time. Year died is given as 1771. Husband was Jeremiah Riley and family moved south to Surrey, North Carolina, after 1780.

Notes

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Riley-1374

• Immigration: traveled down the Great Wagon Road - in 1783: Surry, North Carolina, USA
• Note: The Baptist Church was well established in North Carolina and had advertised that land was abundant and cheap to fellow Baptists. So Jeremiah and [his brother] Ninian's groups became Baptists, under sharp criticism from their Maryland neighbors. The group is listed in the book, "Marylanders to Carolina," by Jenry Peden. The book journals and catalogs the many families' exodus from Maryland into the "wilderness."
• Military Service: Lieutenant in Maryland militia in Revolutionary war - ABT 1776
• Note: Jeremiah was a surveyor and used his skill for coastal defense. He developed the first plan of the colonies for coastal defense called "Jeremiah Riley's scheme for Destroying Ships of War." His plan was to lure English Men of War into the coastal rivers where they could not maneuver easily and attack with faster and lighter American cutters. General Washington gave him a special citation. However, his prowess in strategy did not translate to field valor.
• PROP: Hunting Creek, 470 acres 1790 Surry, North Carolina, USA
• Religion: Episcopalian
• Event: signed Maryland Oath of Allegiance Event 1798
• Event: friend to General George Washington other ABT 1776
• Event: Rock Creek Episcopal Church, St. Paul's Parish Membership
• Death: JUL 1804 in Mercer, Kentucky, USA
• Immigration: 1796 Mercer, Kentucky, USA
• Military Service: court martialed - 07 JUL 1776
• Note: Transcript reads (JN1&JN2), 'That on the 11th instant Lieut. Jonathan Wright and Jeremiah Riley of Capt. Abraham Boyd's company while under arms in the field behaved in a very mutinous manner and seemed much inclined to encourage the same disposition among the men of the company they belong to.'
• Event: Flat Rock Baptist Church in Salisbury District of southwestern Surry Membership BET 1783 AND 1796 Surry, North Carolina, USA

Property

• 1757-1759 Prince George's County, Maryland Land Records Liber PP [Abstract by Mike Marshall]; Page 3. At the request of Jeremiah Riley the following Deed of Gift was recorded May 25, 1757
• I Eliphaz Riley for the love goodwill and affection which I do bear towards my well beloved son Jeremiah Riley and sundry other things me thereunto moving have given him part of a tract called "Hop Yard" containing 100 acres and lying on the north side of the Eastern Branch of Potomack River and bounded by Mr. William Young's corner tree called "The Knock" and the dividing line between Thomas Lucas and Eliphaz Riley. In witness whereof I have set my hand and seal this May 21, 1757, Eliphaz Riley, in the presence of and acknowledged before David Ross, Christopher Lowndes
• 1772-1774 Prince George's County, Maryland Land Records Liber BB 3 [Abstract by Mike Marshall]; Page 289. At the request of Jeremiah Riley the following Deed was recorded October 19, 1773
• Indenture made October 20, 1773; Thomas Frazer and Ann Frazer his wife in consideration of 100 pounds sterling paid by Jeremiah Riley sold part of a tract called Hop Yard being on the Eastern branch of Potomac River which was devised by Eliphaz Riley to his daughter Ann Riley in the said Thomas Frazer containing 50 acres agreeable to the division made between William Pierce and the said Thomas Frazier. . Signed Thomas Frazier, Ann Frazier in the presence of and acknowledged before John Gantt, Jr., Alexander Howard Magruder

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• 1784-1785 Prince George's County, Maryland Land Records Liber FF 2 [Abstract by Mike Marshall]; Page 465. At the request of Enoch Jenkins the following Deed was recorded October 6, 1785
• Indenture made October 6, 1785; Jeremiah Riley of Surry County, North Carolina in consideration of 900 pounds current money of the state of Maryland paid by Enoch Jenkins of PGCo has sold a tract lying in PGCo called "Hop Yard" containing 200 acres and lying on the north side of the Eastern Branch. Signed Jeremiah Riley in the presence of and acknowledged before Abraham Boyd, Richard Henderson

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Origins

• RILEY, ELIPHAZ, member of the Protestant Reformed Church of England, Prince George's Co. 8 Dec, 1759; 30 May, 1760
• To son-in-law Capt. Robert Douglas, and dau. Mary his wife, 30 A. of land being pt. of tract called the Hop-Yard, including the houses where Peregrine Mackeness did lately live.
• To daus. Rachel and Ann, remaining pt. of Hop-Yard, inclusive of 30 A. to be equally divided between them; if they die without hrs., to fall to James Riley (son of Jeremiah Riley), my grand-son.
• To dau. Rachel, slaves.
• To dau. Ann, slaves and furniture.
• To grand-sons James Riley, son of John Riley, and James Riley above-mentioned son of Jeremiah Riley, cattle.
• To son John Riley, 5 lbs.
• Ex: Son John Riley.
• Wit: Edward Willett, Wm. Young, Walter Evans.
• One of the legatees Rachel Riley, on the 30th May, 1760, came and said she would deliver into the hands of the ex. the above-named, all of the dec'd's. personal estate, which were in her possession. 31. 1120

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References

• Edward Willett: Colonial Maryland Pewterer, County Clerk, Plantation Owner : His Ancestors and Descendants. Mary Louise Donnelly M.L. Donnelly, (1999 - 905 pages). Page 32. < GoogleBooks >
• * Kentucky, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1783-1965 Name Jeremiah Rigley Gender Male Marriage Date 20 Jul 1799 Marriage Place Washington, Kentucky, USA Spouse Phebe Walker Film Number 000551245 < AncestrySharing >
• Harris Family Tree, but mostly the Rileys < Rootsweb >
• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Riley-1374
• https://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/getperson.php?personID=I1074...
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/155257841/elizabeth-riley
• Reference: Ancestry Genealogy - SmartCopy: Sep 17 2021, 23:08:54 UTC

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