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             Husband: Samuel RIGGS (1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15)
                Born: 07 AUG 1770 in Oxford, New Haven, CT (16 17 18 19)
             Married: 27 OCT 1791 in Oxford Congregational Church (119)
                Died: 18 NOV 1835 in Oxford, New Haven, CT (20 21 22 23)
              Buried: in Oxford Congregational Cemetery (24 25)
              Father: John RIGGS
              Mother: Elizabeth HAWKINS
             Spouses: 
                Wife: Charity RIGGS (26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34)
          Christened: 26 MAY 1776 in Oxford Congregational Church (35 36)
                Died:
              Father: Ebenezer RIGGS
              Mother: Anna THOMPSON
             Spouses:
Children
01               (F): Lucina RIGGS
          Christened: 24 AUG 1794 in Oxford Congregational Church (37)
                Died: 1811 in Oxford, New Haven, CT (38)
             Spouses: 
02               (?): infant RIGGS
                Born:
                Died: 21 MAY 1796 in Oxford, New Haven, CT (39)
             Spouses: 
03               (M): Ebenezer RIGGS
                Born: 27 JUN 1797 (40 41)
                Died:
             Spouses: 
04               (F): Eunice RIGGS (42 43)
                Born: 27 JUN 1797 in Oxford, New Haven, CT (44 45 46)
                Died:
             Spouses: Harvey TYLER; Thomas Letsum OSBORN
05               (M): Lemon RIGGS (47 48 49 50 51)
                Born: 19 JUL 1799 in Oxford, New Haven, CT (52 53 54 55)
                Died: 19 APR 1842 in Oxford, New Haven, CT (56 57)
             Spouses: Lucina CANDEE
06               (F): Elizabeth RIGGS (58)
                Born: 02 AUG 1801 in Oxford, New Haven, CT (59 60 61)
          Christened: 18 OCT 1801 in Oxford Congregational Church (62)
                Died: 20 JUN 1818 in Oxford, New Haven, CT (63 64 65 66)
              Buried: in Oxford Congregational Cemetery (67 68)
             Spouses: 
07               (F): Anne RIGGS
                Born: 02 AUG 1801 in Oxford, New Haven, CT (69 70 71)
          Christened: 18 OCT 1801 in Oxford Congregational Church (72)
                Died: 08 OCT 1801 in Oxford, New Haven, CT (73)
             Spouses: 
08               (M): Pierpont RIGGS
                Born: 18 MAY 1803 in Oxford, New Haven, CT (74 75 76 77)
                Died: 28 OCT 1825 in Oxford, New Haven, CT (78 79 80 81)
             Spouses: Nancy TWITCHELL
09               (F): Charity RIGGS (82)
                Born: 09 APR 1805 in Oxford, New Haven, CT (83 84 85)
          Christened: 21 JUL 1805 in Oxford Congregational Church (86)
                Died: NOV 1819 in Oxford, New Haven, CT (87 88 89 90)
              Buried: in Oxford Congregational Cemetery (91 92)
             Spouses: 
10               (M): Anson RIGGS (93 94 95)
                Born: 19 APR 1807 in Oxford, New Haven, CT (96 97 98 99)
                Died: 23 MAR 1868 (100)
             Spouses: Catherine HUMPHREVILLE
11               (F): Jane RIGGS (101)
                Born: 14 NOV 1809 in Oxford, New Haven, CT (102 103 104 105)
                Died: 15 SEP 1820 in Oxford, New Haven, CT (106 107 108)
              Buried: in Oxford Congregational Cemetery (109 110)
             Spouses: 
12               (M): Samuel RIGGS
                Born:
                Died: 29 NOV 1811 in Oxford, New Haven, CT
             Spouses: 
13               (M): Samuel RIGGS (111 112)
                Born: 29 APR 1818 in Oxford, New Haven, CT (113 114 115 116)
                Died: 17 JUN 1872 in Oxford, New Haven, CT (117 118)
             Spouses: Jeanette

Footnotes

  1. Norman Litchfield, History of St. Peter's Church in Oxford, Connecticut (1955-56), 48, 50.
    saw mill.
    [http://www.our-oxford.info/Churches/history-of_saint_peters_church/sp_048.html
    http://www.our-oxford.info/Churches/history-of_saint_peters_church/sp_050.html.]
  2. Andrew Bell, 1935 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Oxford Congregational Cemetery (Congregational Cemetery), 6.
    [http://www.oxfordpast.net/cgcemscan6.html.]
  3. W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), 98.
    £ 27.
    [1792 - Tax List - Oxford
    http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/098.html.]
  4. Norman Litchfield & Sabrina Connolly Hoyt, Ph.D., History of the Town of Oxford, Connecticut (1960), 144.
    Oxford Masonic Societies.
    [http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/Litchfield-Hoyt_History_of_Oxford/144.html.]
  5. W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), 42, 43.
    [http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/042.html.]
  6. Norman Litchfield & Sabrina Connolly Hoyt, Ph.D., History of the Town of Oxford, Connecticut (1960), 305.
    Oxford Tax List, 1792.
    [http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/Litchfield-Hoyt_History_of_Oxford/305.html.]
  7. 1800 Oxford Census.
  8. 1810 Oxford Census.
  9. 1820 Oxford Census.
  10. Compiled by Carole Magnuson, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records - Oxford 1798-1850. (Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2000), 65, 66.
  11. Rev. Hollis A. Campbell, William C. Sharpe and Frank G. Bassett, Seymour Past and Present (Seymour, Connecticut, W. C. Sharpe, 1902), 537.
    Resided in Oxford, CT. It is stated that this couple had twenty-one children.
  12. Ibid., 541.
  13. John H. Wallace, Genealogy of the Riggs Family (New York, John H. Wallace, 1901), 33.
    To this pair twenty-one children were born, many of them dying in infancy.
  14. W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), 10.
    1810.
    Charity, the wife of Samuel Riggs, recvd to full communion with this church.
    The wife of Joseph Riggs recvd to full communion with this church.
    [ (Oxford Congregational)
    http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/010.html.]
  15. Ibid., 14.
    ... 1794.
    Aug. 24th, Samuel Riggs and Charry his wife renewed their Covenant.
    Aug. 24, Philo Beecher & Mary his Wife renewed their Covenant.
    [ (Oxford Congregational)
    http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/014.html.]
  16. Ibid., 68.
    [http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/068.html.]
  17. Compiled by Carole Magnuson, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records - Oxford 1798-1850. (Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2000), 66.
  18. Rev. Hollis A. Campbell, William C. Sharpe and Frank G. Bassett, Seymour Past and Present (Seymour, Connecticut, W. C. Sharpe, 1902), 537.
  19. John H. Wallace, Genealogy of the Riggs Family (New York, John H. Wallace, 1901), 19.
  20. W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), 75.
    [http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/075.html.]
  21. Andrew Bell, 1935 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Oxford Congregational Cemetery (Congregational Cemetery), 6.
    [http://www.oxfordpast.net/cgcemscan6.html.]
  22. Compiled by Carole Magnuson, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records - Oxford 1798-1850. (Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2000), 66.
  23. John H. Wallace, Genealogy of the Riggs Family (New York, John H. Wallace, 1901), 19.
  24. Andrew Bell, 1935 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Oxford Congregational Cemetery (Congregational Cemetery), 6.
    [http://www.oxfordpast.net/cgcemscan6.html.]
  25. Congregational Cemetery Photograph - Oxford, CT.
    [http://www.oxfordpast.net/cem1.html.]
  26. W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), 42.
    [http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/042.html.]
  27. Ibid., 43.
    [http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/043.html.]
  28. 1850 Oxford Census.
    [Living w/ son Samuel.]
  29. 1860 Oxford Census.
    [Living w/ son Samuel.]
  30. Compiled by Carole Magnuson, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records - Oxford 1798-1850. (Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2000), 65, 66.
  31. Rev. Hollis A. Campbell, William C. Sharpe and Frank G. Bassett, Seymour Past and Present (Seymour, Connecticut, W. C. Sharpe, 1902), 537.
    Resided in Oxford, CT. It is stated that this couple had twenty-one children.
  32. John H. Wallace, Genealogy of the Riggs Family (New York, John H. Wallace, 1901), 33.
    To this pair twenty-one children were born, many of them dying in infancy.
  33. W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), 10.
    1810.
    Charity, the wife of Samuel Riggs, recvd to full communion with this church.
    The wife of Joseph Riggs recvd to full communion with this church.
    [ (Oxford Congregational)
    http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/010.html.]
  34. Ibid., 14.
    ... 1794.
    Aug. 24th, Samuel Riggs and Charry his wife renewed their Covenant.
    Aug. 24, Philo Beecher & Mary his Wife renewed their Covenant.
    [ (Oxford Congregational)
    http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/014.html.]
  35. Rev. Hollis A. Campbell, William C. Sharpe and Frank G. Bassett, Seymour Past and Present (Seymour, Connecticut, W. C. Sharpe, 1902), 541.
  36. W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), 17.
    The Congregational Church.
    BAPTISMS ...
    ... 1776 ...
    May 26th Charre Daughter to Ebenzr Riggs Jnr & Anne his Wife.
    [http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/017.html.]
  37. Ibid., 25.
    [http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/025.html.]
  38. Ibid., 54.
    [http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/054.html.]
  39. Ibid., 51.
    [http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/051.html.]
  40. Rev. Hollis A. Campbell, William C. Sharpe and Frank G. Bassett, Seymour Past and Present (Seymour, Connecticut, W. C. Sharpe, 1902), 537.
  41. John H. Wallace, Genealogy of the Riggs Family (New York, John H. Wallace, 1901), 33.
  42. Compiled By Carole Magnuson, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records - Oxford 1798-1850, 65.
    ... of Oxford ...
  43. Compiled by Carole Magnuson, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records - Oxford 1798-1850. (Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2000), 60.
  44. W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), 69.
    [http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/069.html.]
  45. Compiled by Carole Magnuson, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records - Oxford 1798-1850. (Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2000), 65.
  46. John H. Wallace, Genealogy of the Riggs Family (New York, John H. Wallace, 1901), 33.
  47. Historic House Committee of The Bicentennial Commission, Oxford, Connecticut, Early Houses of Oxford (Derby, CT, The Bacon Printing Company, 1976), #130.
    [Riggs Street, Oxford, CT
    http://www.oxford-historical-society.org/books-for-sale.htm.]
  48. Baldwin, Charles Candee, The Candee Genealogy : with notices of allied families of Allyn, Catlin, Cooke, Mallery, Newell, Norton, Pynchon, and Wadsworth (Cleveland, Ohio, Leader Printing Company, 1882), 41.
  49. Compiled By Carole Magnuson, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records - Oxford 1798-1850, 35, 66.
    ... of Oxford ...
  50. 1840 Oxford Census.
  51. Rev. Hollis A. Campbell, William C. Sharpe and Frank G. Bassett, Seymour Past and Present (Seymour, Connecticut, W. C. Sharpe, 1902), 537.
    Resided on Chestnut Tree Hill, Oxford, Ct.
  52. W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), 69.
    [http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/069.html.]
  53. Compiled by Carole Magnuson, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records - Oxford 1798-1850. (Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2000), 66.
  54. Rev. Hollis A. Campbell, William C. Sharpe and Frank G. Bassett, Seymour Past and Present (Seymour, Connecticut, W. C. Sharpe, 1902), 537.
  55. John H. Wallace, Genealogy of the Riggs Family (New York, John H. Wallace, 1901), 33.
  56. Congregational Cemetery Photograph - Oxford, CT.
    [http://www.oxfordpast.net/cem805.html.]
  57. John H. Wallace, Genealogy of the Riggs Family (New York, John H. Wallace, 1901), 33.
  58. Compiled By Carole Magnuson, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records - Oxford 1798-1850, 65.
    Betsey.
  59. W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), 69.
    [http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/069.html.]
  60. Compiled by Carole Magnuson, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records - Oxford 1798-1850. (Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2000), 65.
  61. John H. Wallace, Genealogy of the Riggs Family (New York, John H. Wallace, 1901), 33.
  62. W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), 41.
    [http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/041.html.]
  63. Andrew Bell, 1935 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Oxford Congregational Cemetery (Congregational Cemetery), 6.
    [http://www.oxfordpast.net/cgcemscan6.html.]
  64. W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), 77.
    [http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/077.html.]
  65. Rev. Hollis A. Campbell, William C. Sharpe and Frank G. Bassett, Seymour Past and Present (Seymour, Connecticut, W. C. Sharpe, 1902), 537.
  66. John H. Wallace, Genealogy of the Riggs Family (New York, John H. Wallace, 1901), 33.
  67. Andrew Bell, 1935 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Oxford Congregational Cemetery (Congregational Cemetery), 6.
    [http://www.oxfordpast.net/cgcemscan6.html.]
  68. Congregational Cemetery Photograph - Oxford, CT.
    [http://oxfordpast.net/cem809.html.]
  69. W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), 69.
    [http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/069.html.]
  70. Compiled by Carole Magnuson, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records - Oxford 1798-1850. (Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2000), 65.
  71. John H. Wallace, Genealogy of the Riggs Family (New York, John H. Wallace, 1901), 33.
    Anna ... d. 1874.
  72. W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), 41.
    [http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/041.html.]
  73. Rev. Hollis A. Campbell, William C. Sharpe and Frank G. Bassett, Seymour Past and Present (Seymour, Connecticut, W. C. Sharpe, 1902), 537.
  74. W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), 69.
    [http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/069.html.]
  75. Compiled by Carole Magnuson, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records - Oxford 1798-1850. (Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2000), 66.
  76. Rev. Hollis A. Campbell, William C. Sharpe and Frank G. Bassett, Seymour Past and Present (Seymour, Connecticut, W. C. Sharpe, 1902), 537.
  77. John H. Wallace, Genealogy of the Riggs Family (New York, John H. Wallace, 1901), 33.
  78. Andrew Bell, 1935 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Oxford Congregational Cemetery (Congregational Cemetery), 6.
    [http://www.oxfordpast.net/cgcemscan6.html.]
  79. W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), 79.
    [http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/079.html.]
  80. Compiled by Carole Magnuson, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records - Oxford 1798-1850. (Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2000), 66.
  81. John H. Wallace, Genealogy of the Riggs Family (New York, John H. Wallace, 1901), 33.
  82. Compiled by Carole Magnuson, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records - Oxford 1798-1850. (Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2000), 66.
  83. W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), 69.
    [http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/069.html.]
  84. Compiled by Carole Magnuson, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records - Oxford 1798-1850. (Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2000), 65.
  85. Rev. Hollis A. Campbell, William C. Sharpe and Frank G. Bassett, Seymour Past and Present (Seymour, Connecticut, W. C. Sharpe, 1902), 537.
  86. W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), 43.
    [http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/043.html.]
  87. Andrew Bell, 1935 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Oxford Congregational Cemetery (Congregational Cemetery), 6.
    Nov. 1, 1819.
    [http://www.oxfordpast.net/cgcemscan6.html.]
  88. W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), 78.
    Samuel Riggs' girl, Nov. 15.
    [http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/078.html.]
  89. John H. Wallace, Genealogy of the Riggs Family (New York, John H. Wallace, 1901), 33.
    d. November 5, 1819.
  90. Rev. Hollis A. Campbell, William C. Sharpe and Frank G. Bassett, Seymour Past and Present (Seymour, Connecticut, W. C. Sharpe, 1902), 537.
    died Nov. 5, 1819.
  91. Andrew Bell, 1935 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Oxford Congregational Cemetery (Congregational Cemetery), 6.
    [http://www.oxfordpast.net/cgcemscan6.html.]
  92. Congregational Cemetery Photograph - Oxford, CT.
    [http://oxfordpast.net/cem812.html.]
  93. 1840 Oxford Census.
  94. 1850 Seymour Census.
    Mason.
  95. 1860 Humphreyville Census.
    Mason.
  96. W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), 69.
    [http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/069.html.]
  97. Compiled by Carole Magnuson, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records - Oxford 1798-1850. (Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2000), 65.
  98. Rev. Hollis A. Campbell, William C. Sharpe and Frank G. Bassett, Seymour Past and Present (Seymour, Connecticut, W. C. Sharpe, 1902), 537.
  99. John H. Wallace, Genealogy of the Riggs Family (New York, John H. Wallace, 1901), 33.
  100. 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Union Cemetery, Seymour (Union Cemetery, Seymour), 12.
    [http://www.oxfordpast.net/uncemscan12.html.]
  101. Compiled by Carole Magnuson, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records - Oxford 1798-1850. (Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2000), 66.
  102. W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), 69.
    [http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/069.html.]
  103. Compiled by Carole Magnuson, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records - Oxford 1798-1850. (Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2000), 65.
  104. Rev. Hollis A. Campbell, William C. Sharpe and Frank G. Bassett, Seymour Past and Present (Seymour, Connecticut, W. C. Sharpe, 1902), 537.
  105. John H. Wallace, Genealogy of the Riggs Family (New York, John H. Wallace, 1901), 33.
  106. Andrew Bell, 1935 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Oxford Congregational Cemetery (Congregational Cemetery), 6.
    [http://www.oxfordpast.net/cgcemscan6.html.]
  107. W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), 78.
    [http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/078.html.]
  108. John H. Wallace, Genealogy of the Riggs Family (New York, John H. Wallace, 1901), 33.
  109. Andrew Bell, 1935 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Oxford Congregational Cemetery (Congregational Cemetery), 6.
    [http://www.oxfordpast.net/cgcemscan6.html.]
  110. Congregational Cemetery Photograph - Oxford, CT.
    [http://oxfordpast.net/cem814.html.]
  111. 1850 Oxford Census.
    Mason.
  112. 1860 Oxford Census.
    Farmer.
  113. W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), 69.
    [http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/069.html.]
  114. Compiled by Carole Magnuson, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records - Oxford 1798-1850. (Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2000), 66.
  115. Rev. Hollis A. Campbell, William C. Sharpe and Frank G. Bassett, Seymour Past and Present (Seymour, Connecticut, W. C. Sharpe, 1902), 537.
  116. John H. Wallace, Genealogy of the Riggs Family (New York, John H. Wallace, 1901), 33.
  117. W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), 123.
    [http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/123.html.]
  118. Rev. Hollis A. Campbell, William C. Sharpe and Frank G. Bassett, Seymour Past and Present (Seymour, Connecticut, W. C. Sharpe, 1902), 537.
  119. W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), 34.
    [http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/034.html.]

Revised: 19-Oct-08
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