Edward Riggs III (abt. 1636 - abt. 1715)

Born about 1636 in Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Munn) Riggs — married about 1661 in Derby, New Haven, Connecticut Colony [uncertain]

Descendants

Died about Mar 1715 at about age 79 in Newark, Essex, New Jersey

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Biography

Edward Riggs

Edward Riggs son of Edward Riggs and Elizabeth Unknown was in Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts about 1636. No record has been found of his death, but he was still alive in 1700 when he was party to a deed.

Marriage

Neither Wallace nor Abbott ^[1] found any record of a marriage, but both reported that the wife of Edward Riggs was named MARY. Torrey ^[2] reported her as "MARY [MUNN]?". This is probably based on the fact that a 'Daniell Munne' of Milford made an oral will prior to 13 JNE 1666 leaving his estate to a Mary 'Riggs.^[3] It is not known if he was her brother.

Geoff Riggs writes, "In 1667, Edward and his family followed his father Edward's family from Derby, Connecticut, to Newark, N.J., where they were amongst the original settlers -- he and his brother Joseph were the first to obtain grants of outside lands from the town authorities. He was assigned a home lot in Newark and, though he was not as educated as his two younger brothers, he succeeded in accumulating other landed property there, which he subsequently distributed among his children. In his land conveyances, he was often designated as a 'planter.'" ^[4]

Children

Children of Edward and Mary:^[5]

1. ANNA RIGGS, Born about 1662, presumably in Derby, New Haven Co. CT., Married J. GAGE. (There are no records found that indicate she is a child of this couple.)
2. MARY RIGGS, Born about 1666, presumably in Derby, New Haven Co. CT., Married JOSEPH LINDSLEY. (There are no records found that indicate she is a child of this couple.)
3. EDWARD RIGGS, Born about 1673 in Newark, NJ.
4. JOSEPH RIGGS, Born about 1676 in Newark NJ.
5. .MARTHA RIGGS Born about 1677. Married S. FREEMAN. (There are no records found that indicate she is a child of this couple.
6. JAMES RIGGS, Born about 1679, in Newark NJ.
7. SAMUEL RIGGS, Born about 1681 "near" Newark, NJ.
8. CHARITY RIGGS. Born about 1685. Married JOHN BOWERS. (There are no records found that indicate she is a child of this couple.)

Possibly Elizabeth.

Sources

1. ↑ Founders of Early Milford Connecticut, Susan Woodruff Abbott, pub Gen Publ Co.Inc, Baltimore, 1979 - copy examined in SOG Lib
2. ↑ New England Marriages Prior to 1700, by Clarence Almon Torrey, pub GPC 1995 - copy examined in SOG Lib
3. ↑ New Haven CT Probate Records, Volume One, Part Two, p 6 - Info posted by Evan R Thompson on 08 JAN 2002.
4. ↑ http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~fesschequy/genealogy/Riggs.html
5. ↑ http://doczz.net/doc/1611145/edward-riggs-genealogy--part-iii--nj-branch

• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/32243177/edward-riggs
• http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~riggs/USAEdw_S.htm
• History of Milford, Connecticut, 1639-1939 by Federal Writer's Project for the State of Connecticut; Milford (Conn.). Tercentenary Committee. 1939, Bridgeport, Conn., Press of Braunworth] Digitizing sponsor Boston Library.
• http://doczz.net/doc/1611145/edward-riggs-genealogy--part-iii--nj-branch

See also:

• Descendants Chart of Thomas & Jane Riggs compiled by Bev Peterson
• First Settlers of Newton Township, New Jersey by John Clement, pub Sinnickson Chew, 1877 - as posted by J Dole to OCT2000
• Riggs Surname Study, Edward of Roxbury, Charting the Immediate Descendants of Edward Riggs 1589-1672, of Roxbury, Suffolk County, MA. Edward of Roxbury.
• Wallace, John Hankins. Genealogy of The Riggs Family (The Author, New York, 1901) Page 4-5.
• Ancestors Of American Presidents, p233, comp Gary Boyd Roberts, pub Carl Boyer in cooperation with NEHGS, Boston, 1995.
• Smith, Alvy Ray. The Probable Genetic Signature of Edward¹ Riggs, Immigrant to Roxbury, Massachusetts, in 1633, The New England Historical & Genealogical Register (NEHGS, Boston, Mass., 2010) Vol. 164, WN 654, Page 97.
• b. say 1652 Milford, Connecticut