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Personal data James Taylor Riley 


Household of James Taylor Riley

(1) He is married to Susan Lanham.

They got married about 1784 at Frederick, Maryland, United States.


(2) He is married to Martha "Patsy" Cass.

They got married on February 25, 1789 at Surry, North Carolina, United States, he was 24 years old.


(3) He is married to Susan Mockabee.

They got married about 1816 at Fayette County, Kentucky.

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Ancestors (and descendant) of James Taylor Riley

Eliphaz Riley
1688-1760
Elizabeth Burkett
1688-1759
Ninian Riley
1726-1814

James Taylor Riley
1764-1838

(1) ± 1784

Susan Lanham
1766-1788

(2) 1789

Martha "Patsy" Cass
1773-1815

(3) ± 1816

Susan Mockabee
± 1766-1841


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Historical events

Birthday April 10, 1764

  • The temperature on April 10, 1764 was about 12.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east by south. Weather type: omtrent helder zeer betrokken. Source: KNMI
  • Erfstadhouder Prins Willem V (Willem Batavus) (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1795 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • Regent Lodewijk Ernst (Hertog van Brunswijk-Wolfenbüttel) was from 1759 till 1766 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • In the year 1764: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 19 » Bolle Willum Luxdorph records in his diary that a mail bomb, possibly the world's first, has severely injured the Danish Colonel Poulsen, residing at Børglum Abbey.
    • January 19 » John Wilkes is expelled from the British House of Commons for seditious libel.
    • February 15 » The city of St. Louis is established in Spanish Louisiana (now in Missouri, USA).
    • September 7 » Election of Stanisław August Poniatowski as the last ruler of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.

Day of marriage February 25, 1789

  • The temperature on February 25, 1789 was about 5.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west. Weather type: veel regen windstil. Source: KNMI
  • Erfstadhouder Prins Willem V (Willem Batavus) (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1795 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • In the year 1789: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 21 » The first American novel, The Power of Sympathy or the Triumph of Nature Founded in Truth by William Hill Brown, is printed in Boston.
    • April 1 » In New York City, the United States House of Representatives achieves its first quorum and elects Frederick Muhlenberg of Pennsylvania as its first Speaker.
    • July 12 » In response to the dismissal of the French finance minister Jacques Necker, the radical journalist Camille Desmoulins gives a speech which results in the storming of the Bastille two days later.
    • July 14 » French Revolution: Citizens of Paris storm the Bastille.
    • July 27 » The first U.S. federal government agency, the Department of Foreign Affairs, is established (it will be later renamed Department of State).
    • December 11 » The University of North Carolina is chartered by the North Carolina General Assembly.


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