Person:Jonathan Riley (4)
Jonathan Riley
b.11 Nov 1684 Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
d.12 Nov 1753 Manchester, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. Bef 1681
  1. Grace Riley1682 -
  2. Jonathan Riley1684 - 1753
  3. Sarah Riley1686 -
  4. Abigail Riley1689 -
  5. Jacob Riley1692 -
  6. Stephen Riley1697/98 -
  7. David Riley1700 -
  8. Mehitable Riley1702/03 -
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  Jonathan Riley1684 - 1753
  • W.  Sarah Wilcox1689 - Bef 1728
m. 3 May 1716
  1. Abigail Riley1717/18 -
  2. Sarah Riley1720 - 1812
  3. Jabez Riley1724 -
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  Jonathan Riley1684 - 1753
  • W.  Eunice Treat1698/99 - 1738
m. 13 Feb 1727/28
  1. Jonathan Riley1728 -
  2. Charles Riley1730/31 -
  3. Eunice Riley1734 - Aft 1743/44
Spouse and Children
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m. 16 Nov 1739
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Facts and Events
Name Jonathan Riley
Gender Male
Birth[1] 11 Nov 1684 Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Other[3] 6 Apr 1713 £102, 13 shillings, 6 pence in the court distribution of his father, Jonathan Riley's estate (a double share since he was the eldest son)
Marriage 3 May 1716 Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut, United StatesRecorded at Wethersfield.
to Sarah Wilcox
Marriage 13 Feb 1727/28 Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United Statesto Eunice Treat
Other[6] 2 Apr 1728 and his new wife were made official guardians of her 3 year old son, from her former marriage
Marriage 16 Nov 1739 Cromwell, Middlesex, Connecticut, United Statesto Martha Savage
Will[4] 4 Jan 1743/44 Bolton, Tolland, Connecticut, United States (probably)
Death[2] 12 Nov 1753 Manchester, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Burial[2] East Cemetery, Manchester, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Probate[4] 7 May 1754 Will exhibited.
Other[5] Rocky Hill, Hartford, Connecticut, United StatesFounder of what was formerly part of Wethersfield
References
  1. ↑ Wethersfield Vital Records, in Connecticut, United States. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records
    1:24.

    RILEY, Jonathan, s. Jonathan & Sarah, b. Nov. 11, 1684

  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Jonathan Riley, in Find A Grave.
  3. ↑ Ryley, Sergt. Jonathan, Sen., Wethersfield, in Manwaring, Charles W. A Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records. (Hartford, Conn.: R. S. Peck & Co., 1904-06)
    2:285.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Riley, Jonathan, Hartford, in Barbour, Lucius Barnes, and Helen Schatvet Ullmann (Transcriber). Hartford District Probate Records. Connecticut Nutmegger (Connecticut Society of Genealogists)
    36:443.

    "17:84

    Riley, Jonathan, Hartford

    will 4 Jan 1743-4, wit John Bissell, Hannah Bissell, Elisha Bissell [in pencil: these were Bolton people]

    wife Martha & son Jonathan (when of age) to be ex

    Legatees: Martha, wife Jonathan, Charles, sons Abigail Churchill, Sarah Loomis, Eunice, daughters [in pencil, for both Abigail and Sarah: besides what did descend to her by her mother).

    Court Record. Page 26-7 May 1754 Will exhibited by Martha, widow, now the wife of Capt Samuel Parker of Coventry.

    (Page 14 (vol XIV) 24 Dec. 1742 Jonathan Riley appointed guardian to his sons Jonathan aged 14 and Charles aged 13.)"

  5. ↑  In December, 1720, certain people at Rocky Hill, namely, Thomas Williams, Sr., Joseph Butler, Jonathan Smith, John Goodrich, Samuel Belden, John, Stephen, and Joseph Riley, William Nott, Stephen Williams, Joseph Cole, John Taylor, Richard Butler, Elihu Dickinson, Jonathan Curtis, Samuel Collins, Thomas Goodrich, Jonathan and. Jacob Riley, Joscph Crowfoot, Gideon Goodrich, Samuel Smith, and Abraham Morris, set in motion a project for separate worship there. In the following year they petitioned the town for its sanction of the movement. 
  6. ↑ 2 Apr 1728, granted administration and order of distribution to Eunice Buck, wid., and David, only son, age 3 years, and Jonathan Riley and Eunice Riley were made the child's guardians. - Families of Ancient Wethersfield, Connecticut (Google eBook), Henry R. Stiles, Heritage Books, 2009, p 139, citing Hartford Probate Court Records,
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