Son of Peter Riffe and Anna Maria Werblin.

Brothers:
1. Peter Riffe II (October 16, 1762-December 20, 1858, Wythe County, VA. Married Mary Bingamon on April 20, 1787, Montgomery County,VA. Children: Conrad Riffe #67482977 (1788-1864).

2. Abraham Riffe (Aft. 1767, Rockland, Berks County, PN-Aft. 1798, TN. He married Elizabeth.

Gabriel married Elizabeth "Betsey" Munsey (1775, Montgomery, VA.-1860, McDowell, WV) in 1790, Montgomery County, VA., the daughter of William Munsey.

Gabriel and Betsey lived in southwest Virginia. Gabriel was on the 1787 tax list for Montgomery Co. VA. By 1795 he was listed on the Wythe Co. VA tax list. The county name changed several times over the next few years. Their property was located "near the Clear Fork of Wolf Creek."

In 1822 Gabriel and Betsey bought about 90 acres on Tug Creek, on the KY/WV border in Logan Co. WV. After Gabriel's death, Elizabeth is listed on the 1830 census near Conrad. She was living with a granddaughter in the 1860 census of McDowell Co. WV.

Children:
1. Conrad/Coonrod Riffe (1794, Wythe County, VA-October 17, 1855, Greenup County, KY)

2. Sarah Riffe (1796, Wythe County, VA-Unknown, Kentucky). Married Elijah Rice (1787, Logan County, VA-Unknown)

3. Hannah Riffe (1800, Tazewell County, VA-Unknown) m. Jacob Collins. Child: Nancy Collins

4. Daniel Riffe (Abt.1801, Tazewell County, VA-Unknown)

5. William R. Riffe (July 18, 1803, Tazewell County, VA-April 22, 1897)

6. Peter Riffe (April 03, 1808, Tazewell County, VA-August 30, 1888, Logan County, VA)

7. Rev. Gabriel Riffe, Jr. (1810, Cabell County, VA-1870-1880, Buchanan County, VA) m. Martha (Evans) Hatfield in 1833, Logan County, VA.

8. Elijah Riffe (1815, Cabell County, VA-Bef.1880)

9. Gordon Riffe (Tazewell County, VA-Unknown). Married Sarah Mullins on November 27, 1838, Pike County, Kentucky, daughter of Sherwood Mullins and Mary Roberts. She was born April 1824 in Kentucky, and died Unknown.

Tax List: 1787, , Montgomery, VA
Tax List: 1795, , Wythe, VA