text: ClaudeMRileyII (View posts)
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  rs50 (View posts)
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  My wife, Marjorie (Riley) Stevens is proably a descendant of Miles Riley. She belongs to the DAR and her ancestor was Ninian Riley of Maryland and North Carolina.
  Robert Shean Riley has done extensive work on this Riley clan. He published a 2 vol set last year - The Colonial Riley Families of the Tidewater Frontier. He confirms the story of Miles.
  Who were the parents/grandparents of Peter Riley?
  Sherry Stafford (View posts)
  There is quite a bit out there on the Rileys. Our Riley clan looks like this:
  Ferrall Riley
  Eliphez Riley
  Isaac Berry Riley
  Isaac Newton Riley
  The first 150 years were in Maryland, then North Carolina, Kentuckey, and Missouri. My father in law, Elton Riley was born in Buchanon County, Missouri, in 1907.
  There is lots of stuff out there on the Rileys.
  Our Riley clan dates back to the 17th century. They first came over in he early 1600's. During the Rev. war they belonged to the protestant St. John's church. During the war our ancestor Ninian Riley was warden of the church, located at what is now Washington DC. Most of his neighbors were "tories" supporting the british. He came on bad times there and left the church. During that period 1780-1800 he had joined the Baptist movement and was a leader of the baptist movement and migrations from Maryland to North Carolina and then Kentucky and Missouri.
  The big influx of Irish in the 19th century were mostly the result of the famine and hard times of the 1800's. These were mostly catholic.
  If your people were catholic they probably were not from the clans of the 1600's from Maryland.
  staff44 (View posts)
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  My Peter Riley's father was also Peter Riley and his mother, Mary. The first child of the grandfather Peter and Mary was named James--and using Irish naming patterns as a guide--James may be grandfather Peter's father's name. In a US Census, James was listed as being born in the State of Louisiana in 1838. The State of Louisiana gave me the run around when I tried to obtain a birth certificate. Everyone one referring me to someone else.
  According to an obituary, the grandfather Peter immigrated around 1835.
  Audrey Riley (View posts)
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  Where can I get copies of these books ?
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  Colonial Riley families of the Tidewater Frontier by Robert Shean Riley published ib 1999 by McDowell Publications of 11129 Pleasant Ridge Road - Utica, Ky 42376.