92. RILEY⁵ BOWEN (JETHRO⁴, JOHN³, WILLIAM², WILLIAM¹) birth date unknown. RILEY died 1813 in Worcester Co., MD.

He married HETTY WRIGHT. HETTY was the daughter of HEZEKIAH WRIGHT and ELIZABETH (wife of Hezekiah Wright). Riley and Hetty Bowen sold "Rochester" in 1805. (Ruth T. Dryden, Worcester Land Records, p. 529)

He made a will in Worcester Co., MD, April 26, 1813. RILEY's will was probated in Worcester Co., MD, August 13, 1813. In his will, Riley named his children and said his wife was pregnant. Witnesses were Littleton R. Purnell, Josiah Cropper and James Bowen. Hetty was appointed executor with bonds by James Bowen and Josiah Crapper. (Vernon L. Skinner, Abstracts of Worcester Co. Estate Docket 1742-1820, 1993)

RILEY BOWEN and HETTY WRIGHT had the following children:

160 i. MARY PURNELL⁶ BOWEN.

161 ii. ELIZABETH BOWEN.

162 iii. SARAH OUTEN BOWEN.

163 iv. JETHRO BOWEN.

164 v. ZADOCK WRIGHT BOWEN.

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