Matthew Riddle and Elizabeth Gilkey

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Husband Matthew Riddle ^{1 2 3}

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           Born: 26 Nov 1743 - Roxburghshire, Scotland
     Christened: 
           Died: 26 Nov 1820 - Scrubgrass Twp, Venango Co, PA 2 4
         Buried:  - Calvert-Riddle Cemetery, Clinton Twp, Venango Co, PA 4

       Marriage: 1782

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Wife Elizabeth Gilkey

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            AKA: Katie Haney,5 Katie Phipps 4
           Born: Abt 1752
     Christened: 
           Died: 26 Nov 1817 2 4
         Buried:  - Calvert-Riddle Cemetery, Clinton Twp, Venango Co, PA 6

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Children

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1 F Annie Riddle ^{1 2 4}

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           Born: 6 Mar 1783 - Westmoreland Co, PA 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

         Spouse: James Pollock (1793/1797-      ) 1 7 8

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2 F Elizabeth Riddle ^{2 4}

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           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 26 Nov 4
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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3 M John Riddle ^{2 3}

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           Born: 10 Mar 1786 - Westmoreland Co, PA
     Christened: 
           Died: 9 Feb 1826
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Esther Crawford (1786-1877) 2 4
           Marr: 20 Jul 1813 - Pennsylvania

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4 M Robert Riddle ^{9 10}

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           Born: 21 Feb 1788 - Westmoreland Co, PA 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 18 Sep 1856 - Venango Co, PA 4
         Buried:  - Calvert-Riddle Cemetery, Clinton Twp, Venango Co, PA 6

         Spouse: Catharine Phipps (1799-1885) 11 12
           Marr: 4 Feb 1816 or 1817 2

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General Notes: Husband - Matthew Riddle

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He may have been born in Ballyblack, County Down, Ireland.
He was a veteran of the Revolutionary War, in which he served as a member of General Washington's staff. He came to Venango County, PA, as chain bearer for Thomas McKee, was first in Clinton Township in 1795, and the following year removed his family from Westmoreland County. He acquired ownership of twelve hundred acres of land, in three tracts, part of it lying in Scrubgrass Township. At his death it was divided among his four children. With Robert Calvert he established what was known as the Calvert-Riddle cemetery, each giving half of the land set aside for that purpose, in 1796. That year a relative of Mr. Riddle died while on a visit to him, so the burial place was provided, and many of the family are interred there. [CAB, 677]

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General Notes: Wife - Elizabeth Gilkey

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There is conflicting information about the name of this individual. One wonders if there is confusion with her daughters-in-law.

1 J. H. Newton, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Columbus, OH: J. A. Caldwell Publishers, 1879), Pg 644.

2 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 984.

3 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 677, 773.

4 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 677.

5 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 1005.

6 Venango County Historical Society, Venango County Pennsylvania Cemetery Records and Early Church Histories, Vol. 2, Clinton Township (Franklin, PA: Venango County Historical Society, 1994), Pg 19.

7 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 553, 984.

8 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 336.

9 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 977, 980, 984.

10 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 585, 677.

11 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 977, 980.

12 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 585.