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Jeremiah Riley 1730–1804 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1730

Birth Location: Prince George's, Maryland, United States

Death Date: Jul 1804

Death Location: Mercer, Kentucky, United States

Father: Eliphaz Riley

Mother: Elizabeth BURKETT

Spouse(s): Elizabeth Willett

Children(s): Elizabeth Riley

Jeremiah Riley was born in 1730 in Prince George's, Maryland, United States, the child of Eliphaz Solomon Riley And Elizabeth Burkett. Jeremiah Riley married Elizabeth Willett, and had children including Elizabeth Riley. Jeremiah Riley passed away in 1804 in Mercer, Kentucky, United States.

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Biography

  • Jeremiah Riley was born in 1730 in Prince George's, Maryland, United States, the child of Eliphaz Solomon Riley And Elizabeth Burkett.
  • Jeremiah Riley married Elizabeth Willett, and had children including Elizabeth Riley.
  • Jeremiah Riley passed away in 1804 in Mercer, Kentucky, United States.

Immediate Family

Parents

Eliphaz Riley
1688–1760
Birth Location: Prince George's, Maryland, United States
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Elizabeth BURKETT
1688–1759
Birth Location: Scotland
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Spouses(s)

Elizabeth Willett
1736–1772
Birth Location: Frederick, Maryland
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Children(s)

Elizabeth Riley
1764–1831
Birth Location: Surry, North Carolina, United States
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Jeremiah Riley's Ancestors

Self
Jeremiah Riley
1730–1804
Birth Place: Prince George's, Maryland, United States
Parents
Eliphaz Solomon Riley
1688–1760
Prince George's, Maryland, United States
Elizabeth BURKETT
1688–1759
Scotland
Grandparents
Hugh (" Aodh" Riley) (Reilly)
1653–1740
Piscataway Parish, Accokeek, Prince George's County (Port Tobacco, Charles County), Maryland
Margaret (Plummer) Ploumer
1657–1696
South River Hundred, Anne Arundel, Maryland
John Burkett
1665–1735
Westmoreland, Virginia, United States
Ann ((e)) Mills
1668–1730
Tintern Abbey, Chapel Hill, Monmouthshire, England
Great-Grandparents
Miles Riley
1614–1669
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Ferrall O'Reilly
1580–1660
Mary (Reilly)
1586–1620

Jeremiah Riley's Descendants

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Jeremiah Riley (1730–Jul 1804) m. Elizabeth Willett (25 May 1736–1772)
  1. 1. Elizabeth Riley 1764–1831 m. James (Sanders) II 1762–1846
    1. 1. Melinda Sanders 1793–1856 m. Hugh (Blair) Leeper 1791–1881
      1. 1. James (Madison) Leeper 1817–1849 m. Nancy (Elizabeth) Prater 1823–1874
        1. 1. James (Madison) Leeper 1849–1919 m. Myra Foster 1846–1906
        2. 2. Julia (Ann Malinda) Leeper 1846–1926 m. Calvin (P) Bussell 1832–
        3. 3. Sarah (Elizabeth Lacy) "Loy" 1847–1937 m. Martin (Bays) Underwoodd 1840–1906
      2. 2. Elizabeth (Caroline) Heiskell 1813–1813
      3. 3. Daughter Leeper 1814–1814
      4. 4. Sarah (Malinda) Leeper 1828–1883
      5. 5. Mary (Blair) Leeper 1815–1890 m. William Prater 1811–1856
        1. 1. James (A Thomas) Prater 1840–1900 m. Artie (Almyra) Abernathy 1843–1908
        2. 2. Lessen Prater 1849–
        3. 3. William (Hugh Blair) Prater 1842–1900
        4. 4. George (Washington) Prater 1847–1920
        5. 5. Mary (Cordell) Prater 1849–1858
      6. 6. Sanders (Monroe) Leeper 1820–1873
      7. 7. Elizabeth (Caroline) Leeper 1813–1813
      8. 8. Betsy (Ann) Leeper 1823–1880

Jeremiah Riley's Timeline

2 Records

1730
1730
Birth of Jeremiah Riley in Prince George's, Maryland, United States
Prince George's, Maryland, United States
1804
Jul 1804
Age 74
Death of Jeremiah Riley in Mercer, Kentucky, United States
Mercer, Kentucky, United States

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1730
    Event Place: Prince George's, Maryland, United States

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: Jul 1804
    Event Place: Mercer, Kentucky, United States
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