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             Husband: John RIGGS (1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12)
                Born: 22 DEC 1771 in Oxford, New Haven, CT (13 14 15 16)
             Married: 01 JAN 1793 in Oxford Congregational Church (94 95 96)
                Died: 14 NOV 1855 in Oxford, New Haven, CT (17 18)
              Buried: in Trinity Cemetery, Seymour, New Haven, CT (19)
              Father: John RIGGS
              Mother: Elizabeth HAWKINS
             Spouses: Betsey HAWKINS
                Wife: Mary BEECHER (20 21 22 23 24 25 26)
                Born: 20 NOV 1775 in Oxford, New Haven, CT (27)
                Died: 16 DEC 1827 (28 29 30)
              Buried: in Trinity Cemetery, Seymour, New Haven, CT (31)
              Father: Isaac BEECHER
              Mother: Hannah BALL
             Spouses:
Children
01               (F): Hannah Maria RIGGS
                Born: 16 JAN 1793 in Oxford, New Haven, CT (32)
          Christened: 05 JUL 1795 in Oxford Congregational Church (33)
                Died: 04 JUN 1813 (34 35 36)
              Buried: in Trinity Cemetery, Seymour, New Haven, CT (37)
             Spouses: 
02               (F): Laura RIGGS (38 39 40 41)
                Born: 07 MAY 1795 in Oxford, New Haven, CT (42 43)
                Died: 13 NOV 1854 in Oxford, New Haven, CT (44 45 46)
             Spouses: John DAVIS
03               (F): Mary S. RIGGS (47 48 49)
                Born: 13 MAR 1798 in Oxford, New Haven, CT (50 51)
                Died: 09 FEB 1877 (52 53)
             Spouses: John S. MOSHIER
04               (M): John Harpin RIGGS
                Born: 06 JUN 1801 in Oxford, New Haven, CT (54 55)
          Christened: 26 JUL 1801 in Oxford Congregational Church (56)
                Died: 10 OCT 1805 (57 58)
              Buried: in Trinity Cemetery, Seymour, New Haven, CT (59)
             Spouses: 
05               (F): Lucinda RIGGS (60 61)
                Born: 20 MAY 1804 in Oxford, New Haven, CT (62 63)
                Died: 20 MAR 1876 (64 65)
             Spouses: Warren FRENCH
06               (F): Thirza RIGGS (66 67 68 69)
                Born: OCT 1807 in Oxford, New Haven, CT (70 71)
                Died:
             Spouses: John C. HUMPHREYS; Joshua KENDALL
07               (M): John Mankey RIGGS
                Born: 25 OCT 1811 in Oxford, New Haven, CT (72)
                Died: 14 NOV 1855 in Hartford, CT (73 74)
             Spouses: 
08               (M): Harpin RIGGS (75 76 77 78 79 80 81)
                Born: 09 DEC 1813 in Oxford, New Haven, CT (82 83 84)
                Died: 26 JAN 1900 (85)
             Spouses: Harriet W. UPSON
09               (M): Henry RIGGS (86 87 88)
                Born: 15 JAN 1816 (89 90 91)
                Died: 24 JUL 1864 (92 93)
             Spouses: Mary Ann BRADLEY

Footnotes

  1. W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), 25.
    [http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/025.html.]
  2. Ibid., 41.
    [http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/041.html.]
  3. Ibid., 43.
    [http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/043.html.]
  4. Andrew Bell, 1935 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Oxford Congregational Cemetery (Congregational Cemetery), 6.
    [http://www.oxfordpast.net/cgcemscan6.html.]
  5. 1850 Seymour Census.
    [Living with son Harpin and family.]
  6. 1840 Derby Census.
  7. Rev. Hollis A. Campbell, William C. Sharpe and Frank G. Bassett, Seymour Past and Present (Seymour, Connecticut, W. C. Sharpe, 1902), 432.
  8. Frank F. O'Brien, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Great Hill Cemetery, 91.
    [http://www.oxfordpast.net/ghcemscan91.html.]
  9. Compiled by Lorraine Cook White, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records, Vol 8 - Derby 1655-1852 (Baltimore, Maryland, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc, 1997), 234.
  10. Donald Lines Jacobus, Families of Ancient New Haven ([CD]Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1981[originally]Rome, N.Y. and New Haven, Conn., 1922-1932), vol 1, p 179.
  11. Rev. Hollis A. Campbell, William C. Sharpe and Frank G. Bassett, Seymour Past and Present (Seymour, Connecticut, W. C. Sharpe, 1902), 537.
    ... located on Bungay, on land given him by his father, in the town of Seymour.
  12. W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), 14.
    ... 1794 ...
    Septr 21st, John Riggs 3d & Mary his Wife Renewed their Covenant.
    Sept. 21, Wm Morriss & Elizabeth his wife Renewed thedir Covenant.
    [ (Oxford Congregational)
    http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/014.html.]
  13. Ibid., 68.
    [http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/068.html.]
  14. Compiled by Carole Magnuson, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records - Oxford 1798-1850. (Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2000), 66.
  15. Rev. Hollis A. Campbell, William C. Sharpe and Frank G. Bassett, Seymour Past and Present (Seymour, Connecticut, W. C. Sharpe, 1902), 537.
  16. John H. Wallace, Genealogy of the Riggs Family (New York, John H. Wallace, 1901), 19.
  17. Ibid., 33-4.
  18. Frank F. O'Brien, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Trinity Cemetery, Seymour, 40.
    [http://www.oxfordpast.net/trcemscan40.html.]
  19. Ibid., 40.
    [http://www.oxfordpast.net/trcemscan40.html.]
  20. W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), 25.
    [http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/025.html.]
  21. Ibid., 41.
    [http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/041.html.]
  22. Ibid., 43.
    [http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/043.html.]
  23. John H. Wallace, Genealogy of the Riggs Family (New York, John H. Wallace, 1901), 33-4.
  24. Rev. Hollis A. Campbell, William C. Sharpe and Frank G. Bassett, Seymour Past and Present (Seymour, Connecticut, W. C. Sharpe, 1902), 432.
  25. John H. Wallace, Genealogy of the Riggs Family (New York, John H. Wallace, 1901), 19.
  26. W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), 14.
    ... 1794 ...
    Septr 21st, John Riggs 3d & Mary his Wife Renewed their Covenant.
    Sept. 21, Wm Morriss & Elizabeth his wife Renewed thedir Covenant.
    [ (Oxford Congregational)
    http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/014.html.]
  27. Donald Lines Jacobus, Families of Ancient New Haven ([CD]Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1981[originally]Rome, N.Y. and New Haven, Conn., 1922-1932), vol 1, p 179.
  28. Ibid., vol 1, p 179.
  29. John H. Wallace, Genealogy of the Riggs Family (New York, John H. Wallace, 1901), 33-4.
  30. Frank F. O'Brien, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Trinity Cemetery, Seymour, 40.
    [http://www.oxfordpast.net/trcemscan40.html.]
  31. Ibid., 40.
    [http://www.oxfordpast.net/trcemscan40.html.]
  32. John H. Wallace, Genealogy of the Riggs Family (New York, John H. Wallace, 1901), 33-4.
  33. W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), 25.
    [http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/025.html.]
  34. John H. Wallace, Genealogy of the Riggs Family (New York, John H. Wallace, 1901), 33-4.
  35. Frank F. O'Brien, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Trinity Cemetery, Seymour, 40.
    [http://www.oxfordpast.net/trcemscan40.html.]
  36. Rev. Hollis A. Campbell, William C. Sharpe and Frank G. Bassett, Seymour Past and Present (Seymour, Connecticut, W. C. Sharpe, 1902), 537.
  37. Frank F. O'Brien, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Trinity Cemetery, Seymour, 40.
    [http://www.oxfordpast.net/trcemscan40.html.]
  38. George T. Davis, Genealogy of the Davis Descendants of Colonel John Davis of Oxford, Conn. (New Rochelle, N. Y., 1910), 255.
  39. 1850 Oxford Census.
    [Living w/ her son William Hart Davis.]
  40. Compiled by Carole Magnuson, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records - Oxford 1798-1850. (Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2000), 40.
  41. Rev. Hollis A. Campbell, William C. Sharpe and Frank G. Bassett, Seymour Past and Present (Seymour, Connecticut, W. C. Sharpe, 1902), 431.
  42. John H. Wallace, Genealogy of the Riggs Family (New York, John H. Wallace, 1901), 33-4.
  43. Rev. Hollis A. Campbell, William C. Sharpe and Frank G. Bassett, Seymour Past and Present (Seymour, Connecticut, W. C. Sharpe, 1902), 537.
  44. Charles Elwell, 1935 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Episcopal Cemetery (St. Peter's Episcopal Cemetery), 12.
    Hawley, John, born Oct. 14, 1833, died Dec. 19, 1894
    Hawley, Laura Davis, wife of John, born Sept. 13, 1840, died Jan. 22, 1928
    Davis, John R., born Dec. 20, 1814, died Oct. 17, 1872
    Davis, Sarah J. Wheeler, wife of John R., born Oct. 29, 1819, died July 9, 1880
    Davis, John Jr., died Aug. 8, 1844, age 56 yrs.
    Davis, Laura Riggs, wife of John R., died Nov. 13, 1854, age 59 yrs. 6 mos.
    Davis, Otis, son of John Jr. & Laura, died Apr. 12, 1842, age 18 yrs.
    Davis, Lewis, died Feb. 11, 1871, age 68 yrs.
    Davis, Lucinda, wife of Lewis, died July 18, 1882, age 75 yrs.
    [http://www.oxfordpast.net/epcemscan12.html.]
  45. Rev. Hollis A. Campbell, William C. Sharpe and Frank G. Bassett, Seymour Past and Present (Seymour, Connecticut, W. C. Sharpe, 1902), 432.
  46. St. Peter's Episcopal Cemetery Photograph - Oxford, CT.
    [http://www.oxfordpast.net/cem111.html.]
  47. Frank F. O'Brien, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Trinity Cemetery, Seymour, 39.
    [http://www.oxfordpast.net/trcemscan39.html.]
  48. 1850 Seymour Census.
  49. 1860 Seymour Census.
    [Living w/ son Howard.]
  50. John H. Wallace, Genealogy of the Riggs Family (New York, John H. Wallace, 1901), 33-4.
  51. Rev. Hollis A. Campbell, William C. Sharpe and Frank G. Bassett, Seymour Past and Present (Seymour, Connecticut, W. C. Sharpe, 1902), 538.
  52. John H. Wallace, Genealogy of the Riggs Family (New York, John H. Wallace, 1901), 33-4.
  53. 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Union Cemetery, Seymour (Union Cemetery, Seymour), 25.
    [http://www.oxfordpast.net/uncemscan25.html.]
  54. John H. Wallace, Genealogy of the Riggs Family (New York, John H. Wallace, 1901), 33-4.
  55. Rev. Hollis A. Campbell, William C. Sharpe and Frank G. Bassett, Seymour Past and Present (Seymour, Connecticut, W. C. Sharpe, 1902), 538.
  56. W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), 41.
    [http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/041.html.]
  57. John H. Wallace, Genealogy of the Riggs Family (New York, John H. Wallace, 1901), 33-4.
  58. Frank F. O'Brien, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Trinity Cemetery, Seymour, 40.
    [http://www.oxfordpast.net/trcemscan40.html.]
  59. Ibid., 40.
    [http://www.oxfordpast.net/trcemscan40.html.]
  60. 1850 Seymour Census.
  61. 1870 Seymour Census.
  62. Rev. Hollis A. Campbell, William C. Sharpe and Frank G. Bassett, Seymour Past and Present (Seymour, Connecticut, W. C. Sharpe, 1902), 538.
    Lucinda, born May 20, 1804.
  63. John H. Wallace, Genealogy of the Riggs Family (New York, John H. Wallace, 1901), 33.
    Lucinda, b. May 20, 1803.
  64. Ibid., 33-4.
  65. Frank F. O'Brien, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Trinity Cemetery, Seymour, 38.
    [http://www.oxfordpast.net/trcemscan38.html.]
  66. 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Union Cemetery, Seymour (Union Cemetery, Seymour), 32.
  67. 1850 Seymour Census.
  68. 1860 Humphreyville Census.
  69. 1870 Seymour Census.
  70. John H. Wallace, Genealogy of the Riggs Family (New York, John H. Wallace, 1901), 33.
    Thirza, b. October 20, 1807.
  71. Rev. Hollis A. Campbell, William C. Sharpe and Frank G. Bassett, Seymour Past and Present (Seymour, Connecticut, W. C. Sharpe, 1902), 538.
    Tharza, born Oct. 26, 1807.
  72. John H. Wallace, Genealogy of the Riggs Family (New York, John H. Wallace, 1901), 33-4.
  73. Ibid., 33-4.
  74. Rev. Hollis A. Campbell, William C. Sharpe and Frank G. Bassett, Seymour Past and Present (Seymour, Connecticut, W. C. Sharpe, 1902), 538.
  75. The Diaries of Laura Davis 1856-1857.
    Wednesday 14th clear, Father and Mother went to Seymour, also up to Uncle Harpin Riggs.
    [Jan 1857
    http://www.our-oxford.info/diaries/Laura_Davis-1856-1857/Laura_Davie-1856-57.html.]
  76. 1850 Seymour Census.
    Farmer.
  77. 1860 Seymour Census.
    Farmer.
  78. 1870 Seymour Census.
    Farmer.
  79. 1880 Seymour Census.
    Farmer.
  80. Rev. Hollis A. Campbell, William C. Sharpe and Frank G. Bassett, Seymour Past and Present (Seymour, Connecticut, W. C. Sharpe, 1902), 538.
    Resided on his father's place on Bungay.
  81. Holbrook, Mary Louise, The Holbrook Family of Derby, Connecticut (New Haven, CT, Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Co., 1932), 41.
  82. John H. Wallace, Genealogy of the Riggs Family (New York, John H. Wallace, 1901), 33-4, 59.
  83. Frank F. O'Brien, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Trinity Cemetery, Seymour, 38.
    [http://www.oxfordpast.net/trcemscan38.html.]
  84. Rev. Hollis A. Campbell, William C. Sharpe and Frank G. Bassett, Seymour Past and Present (Seymour, Connecticut, W. C. Sharpe, 1902), 538.
  85. Frank F. O'Brien, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Trinity Cemetery, Seymour, 38.
    [http://www.oxfordpast.net/trcemscan38.html.]
  86. 1850 Seymour Census.
    Farmer.
  87. 1860 Humphreyville Census.
    Farmer.
  88. Rev. Hollis A. Campbell, William C. Sharpe and Frank G. Bassett, Seymour Past and Present (Seymour, Connecticut, W. C. Sharpe, 1902), 538.
  89. John H. Wallace, Genealogy of the Riggs Family (New York, John H. Wallace, 1901), 33-4.
  90. 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Union Cemetery, Seymour (Union Cemetery, Seymour), 22.
    [http://oxfordpast.net/uncemscan22.html.]
  91. Rev. Hollis A. Campbell, William C. Sharpe and Frank G. Bassett, Seymour Past and Present (Seymour, Connecticut, W. C. Sharpe, 1902), 538.
  92. John H. Wallace, Genealogy of the Riggs Family (New York, John H. Wallace, 1901), 33-4.
  93. 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Union Cemetery, Seymour (Union Cemetery, Seymour), 22.
    [http://oxfordpast.net/uncemscan22.html.]
  94. Donald Lines Jacobus, Families of Ancient New Haven ([CD]Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1981[originally]Rome, N.Y. and New Haven, Conn., 1922-1932), vol 1, p 179.
  95. Rev. Hollis A. Campbell, William C. Sharpe and Frank G. Bassett, Seymour Past and Present (Seymour, Connecticut, W. C. Sharpe, 1902), 537.
  96. W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), 35.
    [http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/035.html.]

Revised: 19-Oct-08
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