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Luzerne Co., Pennsylvania Research

Study of Land Documents for Jonathan Dilley family, Luzerne Co., PA

 

RICHARD DILLEY

From the Book:

HISTORY OF HANOVER TOWNSHIP AND THE WYOMING VALLEY

by H.B. Plumb, 1885, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania

 

Page 408-409:

Richard Dilley was born in New Jersey; came to Hanover with his family after the Revolutionary war, but as early as 1784 settled on the River Road at Buttonwood; died in Hanover in 1799;  married ____________.  They had ten children, all born in New Jersey:

-Richard Dilley, died 1840, married Polly Voke

-Susannah Dilley

-Adam Dilley

-Jerusha Dilley married Edward Inman

-Prudence Dilley married Edward Edgerton

-Jonathan Dilley married Polly Burritt

-Mary Dilley married David Richards

-John F. Dilley went south

-Ruth Dilley married Joel Burritt

-Nancy Dilley married Nathan Wade

Richard Dilley (Richard) was born in New Jersey; came to Hanover with his father's family in 1784; lived at Buttonwood; married Polly Voke.  They had:

-James Dilley, b 1792, d. 1862, married Margaret Campbell

-Jesse Dilley, b. 1794, d. 1852, married Hannah K. Lueder

-Dayton Dilley, d. about 1855, married Lorinda Marcy

-Susan Dilley, b. 1788, d. 1879

-Sally Dilley, married John Dolph

-Amor Dilley, married _____ Quithel

-Jerusha Dilley

Jonathan Dilley (Richard) was born in New Jersey; came to Hanover with his father's family in 1784; married Polly Burritt; lived near Behee's Mill Pond; died there.  They had:

-Amanda Dilley, married William Brown

-John Dilley, married _____ Barker

-Abigail Dilley, married Joshua Williams

-George Dilley, married ________ Phipps

-Lovina Dilley, married Daniel Carey

-Mary Ann Dilley, married _______ Tracy

-Matthias Dilley, went to Minnesota

-Rev. Alexander B. Dilley, b. about 1818, married ________ Man

James Dilley (Richard, Richard) was born in Hanover in 1792; lived on Dilley's Hill on the River Road, married Margaret Campbell; died in Hanover in 1862.  They had:

-William Dilley married Catharine Butler

-Richard Dilley married in New York

-Stewart Dilley married _______ Wertz

-James Dilley married Jane Cox

-Charles Dilley

-Alvah Dilley married Mary Catharine Rinehimer

-Harriet Dilley married Charles Buel

-Mary Dilley married ________ Brown

-Margaret Dilley married _______ Howard

-Ann Dilley married William McCullough

Jesse Dilley (Richard, Richard) was born in Hanover in 1794; married Hanna K. Lueder; lived in Wilkes-Barre; died in 1852.  They had:

-Sylvester Dilley married Mary Ann Barkman

-Anning Dilley married Eliza Houpt

-Lyman Dilley, died in Mexican War in 1847

-Charlotte Dilley married Charles E. Lathrop

-Urbane Dilley married Lydia Ann Webber

-Butler Dilley married _________ Pettebone

-Friedland Dilley

-Monroe Dilley married Joanna Marks

-Mary Dilley married Edwin H. Jones

Dayton Dilley (Richard, Richard) was born in Hanover; lived and died on the River Road near the old homestead; married Lorinda Marcy.  They had:

-Richard Dilley married Polly Barnes

-Ira Dilley, b. 1830, married __________ Ferguson

-Loretta Dilley

-Sarah Dilley married ______ Humple

-Mary Ellen Dilley married _____ Egberson

-Jared Dilley, died in the army in 1863

 

**There are other references to this Dilley Clan in this book including a description of some of the homes and a map showing their location on the banks of the Susquehanna River.  See pg. 360.

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