RIDDLES OF MIFFLIN COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA.
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RIDDLES OF MIFFLIN COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA.
[SCOTCH-IRISH BRANCH.]
[It is presumed that this branch of the Riddle family is an offshoot of
some other stock early settled in Pennsylvania; but no member of the
family with whom I have corresponded can prove the connection. Doubt-
less some man will be able, when this book shall fall into his hands, to
connect the several branch-families of Pennsylvania with one ancestry.]
FIRST GENERATION.
John Riddle¹ (1) is supposed to have been born somewhere in Mif-
flin County, Penn., but the names of his parents have not reached me. I
do not find his name in the list of Revolutionary soldiers. His wife's
name was Mary; they were married April 5, 1768, and had issue thirteen
children, of whom hereafter. He was born in 1745.
SECOND GENERATION.
Elizabeth Riddle² (1), eldest daughter of John¹ (1), was born in Penn-
sylvania, Jan. 12, 1769.
Margaret Riddle² (1), a twin to Elizabeth² (1), was born Jan. 12, 1769.
Agnes Riddle² (1), third daughter of John¹ (1), was born in Pennsyl-
vania, July 25, 1770; died April 13, 1776.
Susanna Riddle (1), fourth daughter of John¹ (1), was born in Penn-
sylvania, March 6, 1774; married to James Mitchell.
Mary Riddle (1), fifth daughter of John' (1), was born in Pennsyl-
vania, March 6, 1776; died Dec. 5, 1778.
John Riddle' (2), eldest son of John' (1), was born in the State of
Pennsylvania, April 13, 1778, and had issue five children, of whom more
hereafter. His wife's name not known.
David Riddle² (1), second son of John¹ (1), was born in Mifflin County,
Penn., April 20, 1780; married Mary Hamilton, of Ohio, and secondly, to
Elizabeth Crocker. He removed from Pennsylvania to Ohio when young,
and engaged in farming and stock-raising. In 1818 he emigrated to Illi-
nois, and settled near St. Louis, in Washington County; from there, in
October, 1822, he removed to Sangamon County, near Springfield, where
he died Aug. 12, 1846, aged 66 years.
Mary Riddle (2), sixth daughter of John¹ (1), was born in Pennsyl-
vania, Oct. 16, 1781; married to Daniel Ruttan, and died Jan. 16, 1841,
leaving issue.
Sarah Riddle² (1), seventh daughter of John' (1), was born in Penn-
sylvania, Dec. 1, 1783; married to John Smith, of Iowa.
Abner Riddle' (1), third son of John' (1), was born in the State of
Pennsylvania, March 2, 1786, and reared a large family. His wife's name
has not reached me.
Grace Riddle (1), eighth daughter of John' (1), was born in Penn-
sylvania, Sept. 9, 1788; married to a Mr. Hurl, and died in September,
1817.
Jennie Riddle² (1), ninth daughter of John¹ (1), was born in Penn-
sylvania, Jan. 29, 1792; died in April, 1793.
William Riddle² (1), fourth son of John¹ (1), was born in Pennsylvania,
April 4, 1772; married in 1794 to Jane Davidson; removed to Kentucky
when young, and settled in Bourbon County. He removed thence to
