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Family
Marriage: Children:
  1. Boy Riker: Birth: 1805–1810.

  2. Boy Riker: Birth: 1805–1810.

  3. Girl Riker: Birth: 1810–1820.

  4. Boy Riker: Birth: 1810–1815.

  5. Mary Ann Riker: Birth: 20 ??? 1814 in Maryland or Pennsylvania. Death: 1 JAN 1887

  6. Elizabeth Riker: Birth: 18 OCT 1815 in Maryland or Pennsylvania. Death: 30 OCT 1880 in prob Cecil County, Maryland

  7. Emaline (Emeline) Riker: Birth: ABT 1829 in Maryland.


Notes
a. Note:   ather. Emaline was born about 1727 in Maryland, and her mother, Elizabeth Riker, lived with Emaline and her husband in the 1850 census.
  John Riker was living in Cecil County Maryland in the 1820 and 1830 census - and not in 1840. He is the only Riker I find there at the right time for Emaline to have been born there. He had a daughter who was under 5 in 1930, and a wife the right age to be Elizabeth.
  <b>Connections to Frederick Richter/ Riker are speculative at present</b>. I do not want to see or hear myself cited 10 years from now as a definitive source that this idea is fact, though it does seem likely. See another theory of John Richer's possible origins below. There were other Rikers in northern Lancaster County, around Philadelphia, and around Baltimore. However, Frederick's family were immediately around them, in East Nottingham, southern Lancaster County, and Cecil County, and it's the only Riker family that was.
  1820 census shows a man atleast 45, a female between 26 and 44, and several children. 1830 census shows a man 60-69, a woman 40-49, and a number of children, the youngest a female age 0 to 4. If the woman was Elizabeth Riker, she was 40 in 1830, 30 in 1820, and 60 in 1850. She was clearly still having children in 1830. Emaline would have been the little girl. John Riker must have been between 50 and 59 in 1820, and between 60 and 69 in 1830. This makes him born between 1761 and 1770. They lived in the 4th ED of Cecil County.
  They had six children in 1820, and seven children in 1830. Only one child, the little girl, had been born since 1820, and only one more was under 15. Two boys were in their twenties.
  Both censuses - Election district 4, Cecil County, Maryland.
  1820 1 M < 10 b 1810 to 1820 2 M 10-15 b 1805 to 1810 1 M over 45 2 F < 10 b 1810 to 1820 1 F 10-15 b 1805-1810 1 F 26-44 3 other people except Indians 11 total people in household.
  1830 1 M 15-19 b 1805-1810 2 M 20-29 b 1810 - 1820 1 M 60-69 1 F < 5 b 1825-1830 1 F 10-14 b 1816-1820 E. Riker was b Oct 1815 2 F 15-19 b 1810-1815 prob incl Mary Ann 1 F 40-49 9 total people all family members. They had three boys and three girls by the first marriage b after 1805 bef 1820 1 girl born after 1825
  Nov 12, 1824. Bill of sale, recorded at Cecil County Court (Land Records) JS 22 & 47, 1824-25, MSA CE 133-49. p 0275-6. John Riker of Cecil County, Maryland, sold to Samuel Rowland and Co, for $100, 1 brown cow with white face. two feather beds and bedding. One case of drawers. Four bedsteads. One walnut table. One cupboard. All the residue of my household and kitchen furniture, not above numerated, all which property is now in my person.
  John S. Ernst? and James C. McDowell were witnesses. John Riker signed with his name, and the word "Seal" with a curlycue squiggle drawn around it.
  Two tax records found for John Riker in E.D. 4, Cecil County, for mid 1830's ending 1837; these indicate the man had very little. 62 whatevers in the last two columns (column headers unreadable), only a couple of others on these pages had anything near that little. HSCC explained that the column titles are acres, value, personal. He has no acres or value. He was taxed on the value of personal property such as household items or animals he might have owned. He does not own any land. He might have been renting land in the 4th ED or he might have rented living quarters and boarded the cow. I don't see any sign of what he did for a living.
  Current Day District 4 is "Fair Hail" district in northeast corner of Cecil County. However the general picture of the associations and movements of this family make what today is District 6, Rising Sun, seem more likely.
  Also found at Cecil County Archives web site, by Google, two marriages, most likely for John Riker's daughters, though no proof of that. Thomas Kennard and Elizabeth Riker, Oct 31 1837 in Cecil County, p389, and Benjamin McIlvee to Mary Ann Riker 1832 Nov 20 in Cecil County p 358. An 1877 version that looks very similar, makes the Plesant section or the Calvert District look as likely
  Elizabeth Riker the probable daughter married Thomas Kennard Oct 31, 1837 in Cecil Co, MD; then the two of them were buried in the West Nottingham Presbyterian Church cemetery, located in Colora, Cecil Co, Maryland.
  Thomas Moore's parents are also buried in the West Nottingham Presbyterian Church cemetery.
  1810 John Richard Martic, Lancaster, Pennsylvania 1 male under 10 1 male 26-44 2 female under 10 (notably not in John's family by 1820) 1 female 26-44.
  Found no land records associated with him in that place. Martic is immediately north of the town of Drumore. Tax records are on film and must be ordered from LDS.
  =================================== Here is another theory of John's possible origins. Note that it requires that someone last known in Philadelphia went without explanation to live in northwestern Cecil County.
  This e-mail: 10/17/06
  Dora, In rechecking the Riker message board I note your 10/15.2005 message looking for the family of John Riker of Cecil County, Maryland. I do not remember whether or not in 2005 I responded, but in case I did not I suspect that he was the John Riker who was born in 1780 to Abraham and Sarah (Rousby) and is recorded as having "gone to Philadelphia". This is from James Riker's 1853 "The Annals of Newtown" and my 2004 "The Rikers... Their Island, Homes, Cemetery, and Early Genealogy". You might find his trail in Philadelphia records. Ed Nutt <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>
  A John Riker married Jane Connelly in Philadelphia. Jan 20, 1798. This appears to be a mistake as Christ Church Philadelphia, Vol III, PA Archives, 2nd series, actual book, online at Google Books, has John Riker and Mary Connelly married May 11, 1803. Ed Nutt suggests below that a John Riker of the New York family, b 1780, went to Philadelphia. This fits - it is possible the two boys in their 20's in 1830 were born to a marriage that occurred in 1798. In the 1820 census it appears that the children were born after 1805, consistent with an 1803 marriage. Elizabeth would be a second marriage.
  Riker, Abraham, b 1734, died in Revolution, son of Jacob Riker and Catherine Pomeroy. m 29 Oct 1757 Sarah Rousby dau of Hendrick Rousby & d abt 1740. Children: Sarah b 1768 m John Walgrove Emma b 1772 m William Whitehead John Riker b 1780. Info posted on line at rootsweb.
  Abraham Rker b abt 1740 d 7 May 1778 Valley Forge PA. m 2 Sep 1776 Maragrita Riker, daughter of Jacob Riker and Catherine Pomeroy
  (Just above at same church, Jan 20, 1798, Mary Connelly married William Moore - likely a coincidence.)
  Elizabeth Riker the mother in law of Emaline Moore in 1850, was born about 1790, and could not have been the mother of John Riker's older children. However it does look likely that this was a second marriage.
  A John Riker married Jane Connelly in Philadelphia. Jan 20, 1798. This appears to be a mistake as Christ Church Philadelphia, Vol III, PA Archives, 2nd series, actual book, online at Google Books, has John Riker and Mary Connelly married May 11, 1803. Ed Nutt suggests below that a John Riker of the New York family, b 1780, went to Philadelphia. This fits - it is possible the two boys in their 20's in 1830 were born to a marriage that occurred in 1798. Elizabeth would be a second marriage.
  (Just above at same church, Jan 20, 1798, Mary Connelly married William Moore - likely a coincidence.)
  Elizabeth Riker the mother in law of Emaline Moore in 1850, was born about 1790, and could not have been the mother of John Riker's older children. However it does look likely that this was a second marriage.
  http://www.phmc.state.pa.us/bah/dam/rg/rg47m.htm
  http://www.chester.pa-roots.com/ http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~palanca2/ [email protected] don and Jeanine Hartman
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  Stayed in Pennsylvania, lived at Chestnut Level and raised large families.
  Reikard family lived in Conestoga township.
  Chustnut Level is in Drumore twp Lancaster Co.
  Reichart Riker Richter Mcelroy lived there Quarryville PA - Chestnut Level is now within it John Andrew
  1810
  Lancaster Co Martic, Lancaster, PA John Richard 5 people 1 male under 10 b 1800-1810 1 female 26-44 2 female under 10 b 1800-1810 1 male 26-44. b 1780-1795 Not the same famil
  Also James.
  1790 John Richar lived in Earl, Lancaster County, 9 people. 3 males under 16, 1 male over 16, 4 females. (New Holland, in northern part of county)
  Frederick Ricker lived in Little Britain township w 10 people. 6 white males under 16, 1 male over 16, 3 females.
  In 1820, no John Riker or any other variant; Ryker and Richard and Rekert are among the variants it does find.
  1830 John Riecker lived in Warwick, Lancaster, w 7 people. John Richert in Manheim, Lancaster, 6 people. John C Richart Earl Lancaster, 13 people.
  Charles Ricker family lived in Salisbury, Lancaster County - northeastern part of county. Gap post office.
  Charles Ricker b 1830 m Elizabeth 23, had Annie Ricker 3 and Charles Ricker 1 He was born 2 Mar 1831, died 3 Sep 1906, Honey Brook, Chester, PA. Parents Fred Ricker and Ella Zell. Charles Ricker died 3 Nov 1908 Hopewell United Methodist Church Cemetery, Downington, Chester Co PA. married Elizabeth Ricker.
  Frederick Ricker age 65, lived in 1860 in Salisbury, eastern Lancaster County. b 1795. Wife Elizabeth. He died 1 Aug 1862 buried in Churchtown, Lancaster Co, PA His wife was Elizabeth Zell. Buried at Bangor Episcopal Cemetery, Churchtown. It seems to say he was 65 at death, and that Elizabeth died 28 Mar 1874 aged 82. Frederick seems to have had a large family who all lived in Salisbury, Lancaster Co in 1860.
  William Ritchard b 1830 in Conestoga, Lancaster, PA in 1860. William Reikard. wife Harriett 22. John 2 Mary A 4/12. .He was a farm laborer worth $150.
  But they aren't found in 1850.
  1860 census: Coleraine, Lancaster. John Richard b 1807, wife Mary Ann b 1809, cihldren Michael b abt 1823, Catharine b 1829. William Richard b 1833, Elizabeth b 1834, Sarah b 1836, Hannah 12, Ann 7, Martha 5, Emma 3, Levi 2.
  In 1830 John Richard lived in Upper Oxford. 1 male 5-9, 1 male 20-29, 1 male 40-49, 1 female 15-19, 1 female 30-39.
  1789 Frederick Riker lived in Londonderry, Dauphin Co. Pd 0-16-11. Philip Riker 0 13 9.
  1789 Frederick Riker lived in Londonderry, Dauphin Co. Pd 0-16-11. Philip Riker 0 13 9.

Note:   I am supposing that this is the individual most likely to be Emaline's f


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