Person:Mehitable Riley (1)

Mehitable Riley
 
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 -
m. 19 Dec 1726
Facts and Events
Name Mehitable Riley
Gender Female
Birth[1] 6 Mar 1702/03 Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Marriage 19 Dec 1726 East Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, United Statesto Ephriam Griswold
References
  1. Connecticut, United States. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records
    Wethersfield Vital Records:218 (typescript).

    'Riley, ...
    Mahetable, d. Jonathan & Sarah,b. Mar. 6, 1702/3'

  2.   corrections to FFG, in Griswold, Coralee (compiler). The Griswold Family: the Sixth and Seventh Generations: Michael. (Wethersfield, CT: The Griswold Family Association, 2007)
    page 944.

    'Mehitable did not die [prior to Ephraim's remarriage]; on 27 Jan 1742/3 she filed for divorce which evidently was not granted, because on 18 Aug 1746 she again filed for divorce on the grounds of bigamy (the second marriage took place 6 Nov 1676). There is no record this divorce was granted.
    Reference: Connecticut Divorces, Superior Court Records for the Counties of Litchfield, 1752-1922 and Hartford 1740-1849; comp. by Barbara B. Ferris and Grace Louise Knox; Heritage Books, Inc.; microfilm CT State Library.'