Capt.
William
Thomas
Riddle
Born in Flatt River, Orange, Colony of North Carolina
Ancestors 
Son of Moses Riddle
and Mary (Gibson) Riddle
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Harriett Jane (Unknown) Riddle
— married
1765 in Orange, Orange, Virginia
Descendants 
Father of
James Riddle, John Riddle, Harriet (Riddle) Fisher, Isaac William Riddle, Joseph L Riddle, William Riddle, James Riddle, Rachel (Riddle) Mosley and Thomas John Riddle
Died
at about age 41
in Russell, Colony of Virginia
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| Created 11 Jun 2011
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Biography
William was a Melungeon.
This profile is part of the Riddle Name Study.
William Thomas Riddle was born in 1740 in Flatt River, Orange, Colony of North Carolina, son of Moses Riddle and Mary Gibson.[1]
William and Harriet Happy Rodgers were married. Harriet was born in 1745 in Pittsylvania, Virginia. Their known daughter was Rachel Riddle (1781–1824).
William (24) and Harriett Unknown (19) were married in 1765 in Orange. Harriett was born in 1745 in Pittsylvania, Virginia. Their known children were:
- James Riddle (1774–1851)
- John Riddle (1775–1833)
- Harriet Riddle (~1777–1878)
- Joseph L Riddle (1777–1856)
- Isaac William Riddle (1777–1861)
- William Riddle (~1779–~1853)
- James Riddle (1781– )
- Thomas John Riddle (~1782–1859)
William passed away in May 1781 in Russell, Virginia, United States, aged 40.[2]
Sources
- ↑ Virginia, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1607-1890
- ↑ Virginia, Land, Marriage, and Probate Records, 1639-1850
See also:
- U.S., Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M246, 138 rolls); War Department Collection of Revolutionary War Records, Record Group 93
- Ridlon, G T, History of the Ancient Ryedales, pgs 354-359: Riddles of Virginia and Tennessee , Published 1884: https://books.google.com/books?id=hLFOAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA34&lpg=PA34&dq=history+of+the+ancient+ryedales&source=bl&ots=RJySI63W2E&sig=mVz38lj6UnMFunNuD12V-vbEhM4&hl=en&sa=X&ei=Rmz7T7XsEYqK8QTcwe3YBg#v=onepage&q=history%20of%20the%20ancient%20ryedales&f=false
- American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI)
- Historical reg. Of Virginians in the Rev., soldiers, saliors and marines, 1775-1783. Ed. By John H. Gwathmey. Richmond, Va. 1938. (13, 872p.):664
- http://jimsgenealogy.net/riddle/vol4is1.html
- The Draper Manuscripts 2DD51-52, 2DD224-226, 3DD311-320, 5DD109, 6DD160, 12DD51, 4QQ50, 5QQ37, 5QQ40-41, 7VV40-42.
- See also: https://www.genealogy.com/ftm/a/p/p/Mary-Appleby-KY/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0089.html
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
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- Ronny Riddle
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Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 67 markers, haplogroup R-DF13
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~3.12%
Christine (Riddle) Allen :
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~1.56%
Cherie Sharp :
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~1.56%
Eric Holmes :
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~1.56%
Sandra Scarborough :
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~1.56%
Terry Poindexter :
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~1.56%
Ronny Riddle :
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~1.17%
Jack Riddle :
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~0.78%
Aubrey Teeter :
23andMe, GEDmatch M156615 [compare]
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~0.78%
Megan Bockman :
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~0.78%
Marilyn Frazier :
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~0.78%
Nanette Wofford :
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~0.78%
M. Cloer McClellan :
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~0.78%
Sandy Wallace :
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~0.78%
Mark Prater :
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~0.78%
Brian Martin :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member bmartindc
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T888428 [compare], FTDNA kit #522457
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~0.78%
~6.25%
Todd Obradovich :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member tobradovich
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~0.78%
Joan Greenfield :
AncestryDNA
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~0.39%
Lisa (Kelsey) Murphy :
23andMe
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AncestryDNA, Ancestry member melissamurphy
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MyHeritage DNA
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~0.39%
Lori (Ross) Sampson :
23andMe
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~0.39%
Matt Prater :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member mdprater59
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~0.39%
T.C. Justine Baker :
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~0.39%
Jessica Long :
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~0.39%
Charity (Akers) Mayes :
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~0.39%
Creg Adkins :
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~0.39%
Angela (Weatherly) Baldwin :
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