Mary (Hillhouse) Riley (abt. 1727 - abt. 1765)

Born about 1727 in Chester County, Pennsylvania [uncertain]

Wife of John Riley — married 15 Oct 1747 in Christ Church, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Descendants

Died about 1765 at about age 38 in Chesterfield, Chesterfield County, Colony and Dominion of Virginia [uncertain]

Biography

Mary^[1]

Birth Date: 1720^[1]

Birthplace: Pennsylvania was born in 1727 in Chester (later Somerset) County, Pennsylvania, the daughter of unknown parents

When she was about twenty, she married John Riley,^[2][2]

Marriage Date: Oct 15, 1747^[2] on 15 October 1747 in Christ Church, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and bore him two known children, both sons:

1. Thomas Riley1745 – 1816
2. Mary Riley1745 – 1825
3. Hugh RILEY1747 – 1813
4. Charles Riley1750 –
5. Patrick Riley1751 – 1823
6. George Riley1753 – 1753
7. Edward Riley1754 – 1821
8. William Riley1754 –
9. Catherine Riley1756 – 1830
10. Jesse Riley1757 – 1813
11. Mary Riley1757 – 1830
12. Edward Riley1758 – 1821
13. John Riley 1760 – 1838

In 1765, when she was in her late thirties, Mary died of unknown causes in Chesterfield, Chesterfield County, Virginia.

Research Notes

The Riley family webpage listed under sources makes for interesting reading. It purports that Thomas Reyley (Reily) and Eleanor Jewell were the ancestors of William and John Reily, brothers both married in Christ Church, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. William Married Susannah Woods, and John married Mary Hillhouse. What is pertinent here, is that John and Mary Hillhouse Riley settled in Berks County, Pennsylvania and had two sons, John and James. Unfortunately, this profile does not reflect that.

Citations

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Godfrey Memorial Library, comp.. American Geneaelogical-Biographical Index (AGBI) [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999. Original data: Godfrey Memorial Library. American Genealogical-Biographical Index. Middletown, CT, USA: Godfrey Memorial Library.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Pennsylvania, Marriage Records, 1700-1821 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2011. Original data: Pennsylvania Marriage Records. Harrisburg, PA: Pennsylvania Archives Printed Series, 1876. Series 2, Series 6.

Sources

• https://www.helbrongenealogy.com/RILEY.html

Acknowledgments

• Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. URL:Mary Hillhouse Riley

• WikiTree profile Hillhouse-19 created through the import of Vicki Norman family tree v2 (3).ged on Aug 1, 2012 by Vicki Norman