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Frances Rachael Riley 1695–1760 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 10 Jun 1695

Birth Location: Whitestown Gardens, Clonsilla, Fingal, Ireland

Death Date: 1760

Death Location: Amherst, Amherst County, Virginia, United States of America

Father: John Riley

Mother: Mary FORD

Spouse(s): Captain Higginbotham

Children(s): Aaron Higginbotham

Frances Rachael Riley was born in 1695 in Whitestown Gardens, Clonsilla, Fingal, Ireland, the child of John Seean Riley And Mary Ann Ford. Frances Rachael Riley married Captain John Joseph Higginbotham, and had children including Aaron L Higginbotham. Frances Rachael Riley passed away in 1760 in Amherst, Amherst County, Virginia, United States of America.

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Biography

  • Frances Rachael Riley was born in 1695 in Whitestown Gardens, Clonsilla, Fingal, Ireland, the child of John Seean Riley And Mary Ann Ford.
  • Frances Rachael Riley married Captain John Joseph Higginbotham, and had children including Aaron L Higginbotham.
  • Frances Rachael Riley passed away in 1760 in Amherst, Amherst County, Virginia, United States of America.

Immediate Family

Parents

John Riley
1676–1723
Birth Location: St Mary's County, Maryland, USA
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Mary FORD
1676–1764
Birth Location: St Mary's County, Maryland also Ireland???
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Spouses(s)

Captain Higginbotham
1695–1742
Birth Location: Saint Philip, Barbados
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Children(s)

Aaron Higginbotham
1720–1785
Birth Location: Amherst County, Virginia, USA (possibly Ireland), Ireland
AH

Frances Riley's Ancestors

Self
Frances Riley
1695–1760
Birth Place: Whitestown Gardens, Clonsilla, Fingal, Ireland
Parents
John Seean Riley
1676–1723
St Mary's County, Maryland, USA
Mary (Ann) FORD
1676–1764
St Mary's County, Maryland also Ireland???
Grandparents
John (Sean) Riley
1645–1709
Saint Marys, St Mary's County, Maryland, United States
Mary (Spalding) Riley
1650–1715
England
Robert (Ford) (Ratford)
1645–1700
Smuttinose Island, Maine, United States
Elizabeth Hopkins
1642–1690
New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Great-Grandparents
Thomas Spalding
1630–1713
Stephen Forde
1623–1661
Willliam Colonel
1593–1647
Temperance Hopkins
1590–1648
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Frances Riley's Descendants

1.
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Frances (Rachael) Riley (10 Jun 1695–1760) m. Captain (John Joseph) Higginbotham (10 June 1695–17 April 1742)
  1. 1. Aaron (L) Higginbotham 1720–1785 m. Clara (Green) Graves-Higginbotham 1723–1785
    1. 1. Mary (Ann) Higginbotham 1749–1794 m. Henry Franklin –1782
      1. 1. Nancy Franklin 1773–1829 m. Joseph (Thurman) III 1770–1803
        1. 1. Jabus Thurman 1802–1891 m. Nancy (Elizabeth "Betsy") Tipton 1806–1852
    2. 2. Samuel (Higginbotham) Sr 1745–1803

Frances Riley's Timeline

2 Records

1695
10 Jun 1695
Birth of Frances Rachael Riley in Whitestown Gardens, Clonsilla, Fingal, Ireland
Whitestown Gardens, Clonsilla, Fingal, Ireland
1760
1760
Age 65
Death of Frances Rachael Riley in Albermarle, Virginia
Albermarle, Virginia

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 10 Jun 1695
    Event Place: Whitestown Gardens, Clonsilla, Fingal, Ireland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1760
    Event Place: Albermarle, Virginia

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Amherst, Amherst County, Virginia, United States of America
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