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             Husband: Harpin RIGGS (1 2 3 4 5 6 7)
                Born: 09 DEC 1813 in Oxford, New Haven, CT (8 9 10)
             Married: 17 MAY 1840 in Derby, New Haven, CT (73 74 75 76)
                Died: 26 JAN 1900 (11)
              Buried: in Trinity Cemetery, Seymour, New Haven, CT (12)
              Father: John RIGGS
              Mother: Mary BEECHER
             Spouses: 
                Wife: Harriet W. UPSON (13 14 15 16 17 18)
                Born: 05 OCT 1820 (19 20)
                Died: 30 OCT 1893 in Seymour, New Haven, CT (21)
              Buried: in Trinity Cemetery, Seymour, New Haven, CT (22)
              Father: Hiram UPSON
              Mother: Sarah HARRISON
             Spouses:
Children
01               (M): John Harpin RIGGS (23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33)
                Born: 05 APR 1841 (34 35 36)
                Died: 17 APR 1926 (37)
             Spouses: Adella KENNEDY
02               (M): Royal B. RIGGS (38 39 40 41 42)
                Born: 06 OCT 1844 in Connecticut (43 44 45)
                Died:
             Spouses: Mary REYNOLDS
03               (M): Hiram Upson RIGGS (46)
                Born: 20 DEC 1846 (47 48)
                Died: 04 JUL 1852 in Seymour, New Haven, CT (49 50)
              Buried: in Union Cemetery, Seymour, New Haven, CT (51)
             Spouses: 
04               (F): Louisa B. RIGGS (52 53 54 55)
                Born: 04 SEP 1849 (56 57)
                Died: 03 MAR 1898
             Spouses: Norman SPERRY
05               (F): Sarah M. RIGGS (58 59 60 61 62)
                Born: 05 JUN 1852 (63 64)
                Died: 16 JAN 1937 in Seymour, New Haven, CT
             Spouses: George A. JAMES
06               (F): Harriet I. RIGGS (65 66)
                Born: 02 APR 1856 (67 68)
                Died: 01 JAN 1924
             Spouses: Joseph G. REDSHAW
07               (F): Mary Beecher RIGGS (69 70)
                Born: 04 FEB 1859 (71 72)
                Died:
             Spouses: Gilbert Edward OSBORN

Footnotes

  1. 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.]
  2. 1850 Seymour Census.
    Farmer.
  3. 1860 Seymour Census.
    Farmer.
  4. 1870 Seymour Census.
    Farmer.
  5. 1880 Seymour Census.
    Farmer.
  6. 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.
  7. Holbrook, Mary Louise, The Holbrook Family of Derby, Connecticut (New Haven, CT, Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Co., 1932), 41.
  8. John H. Wallace, Genealogy of the Riggs Family (New York, John H. Wallace, 1901), 33-4, 59.
  9. Frank F. O'Brien, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Trinity Cemetery, Seymour, 38.
    [http://www.oxfordpast.net/trcemscan38.html.]
  10. Rev. Hollis A. Campbell, William C. Sharpe and Frank G. Bassett, Seymour Past and Present (Seymour, Connecticut, W. C. Sharpe, 1902), 538.
  11. Frank F. O'Brien, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Trinity Cemetery, Seymour, 38.
    [http://www.oxfordpast.net/trcemscan38.html.]
  12. Ibid., 38.
    [http://www.oxfordpast.net/trcemscan38.html.]
  13. John H. Wallace, Genealogy of the Riggs Family (New York, John H. Wallace, 1901), 33-4.
  14. 1850 Seymour Census.
  15. 1860 Seymour Census.
  16. 1870 Seymour Census.
  17. 1880 Seymour Census.
  18. Holbrook, Mary Louise, The Holbrook Family of Derby, Connecticut (New Haven, CT, Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Co., 1932), 41.
  19. Frank F. O'Brien, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Trinity Cemetery, Seymour, 38.
    [http://www.oxfordpast.net/trcemscan38.html.]
  20. Rev. Hollis A. Campbell, William C. Sharpe and Frank G. Bassett, Seymour Past and Present (Seymour, Connecticut, W. C. Sharpe, 1902), 583.
  21. Frank F. O'Brien, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Trinity Cemetery, Seymour, 38.
    [http://www.oxfordpast.net/trcemscan38.html.]
  22. Ibid., 38.
    [http://www.oxfordpast.net/trcemscan38.html.]
  23. 1850 Seymour Census.
  24. 1860 Seymour Census.
  25. 1870 Oxford Census.
    Farmer.
  26. 1880 Seymour Census.
  27. 1900 Seymour Census.
    bit twister.
  28. 1910 Seymour Census.
  29. 1920 Seymour Census.
  30. Samuel Orcutt, History of the Old Town of Derby, Connecticut, 1642-1880 (1880, Reprint: Bowie, Maryland, Heritage Books, Inc., 1998), 756.
  31. Rev. Hollis A. Campbell, William C. Sharpe and Frank G. Bassett, Seymour Past and Present (Seymour, Connecticut, W. C. Sharpe, 1902), 538.
    John H. was in the Civil war; enlisted in the Seventh C.V. Resides in Seymour.
  32. Compiled by Authority of the General Assembly Under Direction of the Adjutants-General, Record of Service of Connecticut Men in the Army and Navy of the United States During the War of the Rebellion. (Hartford, CT, Press of Case, Lockwood & Brainard, 1889), 311.
    Seventh Regiment
    Company F ...
    Corporals:
    Riggs, John H.
    Residence: Seymour
    Date of Enlistment: Aug. 29, '61
    Date of muster in this organization: Sep. 9, '61
    Remarks: Must. Priv. Re-en. Vet. Jan. 2, '64. Pro. Oct. 16, '64. M. o. July 20, '65.
  33. F. W. Beers, 1868 map (Reproduced for the Oxford Historical Society, Inc. 1977).
    [Excerpt from1868 map, Available at http://www.oxford-historical-society.org/books-for-sale.htm
    H. Riggs - Moose Hill, just north of Great Hill, John Harpin is living here 1870 census.
    http://www.oxfordpast.net/1868RockHouseHillE.jpg.]
  34. 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Union Cemetery, Seymour (Union Cemetery, Seymour), 30.
  35. Rev. Hollis A. Campbell, William C. Sharpe and Frank G. Bassett, Seymour Past and Present (Seymour, Connecticut, W. C. Sharpe, 1902), 538.
  36. John H. Wallace, Genealogy of the Riggs Family (New York, John H. Wallace, 1901), 59.
  37. 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Union Cemetery, Seymour (Union Cemetery, Seymour), 30.
  38. 1850 Seymour Census.
  39. 1860 Seymour Census.
  40. 1870 Seymour Census.
    Works on Farm.
  41. 1880 Ansonia Census.
    Main Street | Paper Box Maker.
  42. 1900 Seymour Census.
    Machinist.
  43. Ibid.
    Feb 1845.
  44. Rev. Hollis A. Campbell, William C. Sharpe and Frank G. Bassett, Seymour Past and Present (Seymour, Connecticut, W. C. Sharpe, 1902), 538.
    born Oct. 6, 1844.
  45. John H. Wallace, Genealogy of the Riggs Family (New York, John H. Wallace, 1901), 59.
  46. 1850 Seymour Census.
  47. Rev. Hollis A. Campbell, William C. Sharpe and Frank G. Bassett, Seymour Past and Present (Seymour, Connecticut, W. C. Sharpe, 1902), 538.
  48. John H. Wallace, Genealogy of the Riggs Family (New York, John H. Wallace, 1901), 59.
  49. 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Union Cemetery, Seymour (Union Cemetery, Seymour), 10.
  50. John H. Wallace, Genealogy of the Riggs Family (New York, John H. Wallace, 1901), 59.
  51. 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Union Cemetery, Seymour (Union Cemetery, Seymour), 10.
  52. Samuel Orcutt, History of the Old Town of Derby, Connecticut, 1642-1880 (1880, Reprint: Bowie, Maryland, Heritage Books, Inc., 1998), 756.
  53. 1850 Seymour Census.
    Ella.
  54. 1860 Seymour Census.
    Louisa.
  55. 1870 Seymour Census.
  56. Rev. Hollis A. Campbell, William C. Sharpe and Frank G. Bassett, Seymour Past and Present (Seymour, Connecticut, W. C. Sharpe, 1902), 538.
  57. John H. Wallace, Genealogy of the Riggs Family (New York, John H. Wallace, 1901), 59.
  58. 1920 Oxford Census.
    [Living w/ son George.]
  59. 1930 Oxford Census.
    [Living w/ son James.]
  60. 1860 Seymour Census.
  61. 1870 Seymour Census.
    School Teacher.
  62. 1880 Seymour Census.
  63. Rev. Hollis A. Campbell, William C. Sharpe and Frank G. Bassett, Seymour Past and Present (Seymour, Connecticut, W. C. Sharpe, 1902), 538.
  64. John H. Wallace, Genealogy of the Riggs Family (New York, John H. Wallace, 1901), 59.
  65. 1860 Seymour Census.
  66. 1870 Seymour Census.
  67. Rev. Hollis A. Campbell, William C. Sharpe and Frank G. Bassett, Seymour Past and Present (Seymour, Connecticut, W. C. Sharpe, 1902), 538.
  68. John H. Wallace, Genealogy of the Riggs Family (New York, John H. Wallace, 1901), 59.
  69. 1860 Seymour Census.
  70. 1870 Seymour Census.
  71. Rev. Hollis A. Campbell, William C. Sharpe and Frank G. Bassett, Seymour Past and Present (Seymour, Connecticut, W. C. Sharpe, 1902), 538.
  72. John H. Wallace, Genealogy of the Riggs Family (New York, John H. Wallace, 1901), 59.
  73. Samuel Orcutt, History of the Old Town of Derby, Connecticut, 1642-1880 (1880, Reprint: Bowie, Maryland, Heritage Books, Inc., 1998), 756.
  74. 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), 283.
    ... by Rev. John E. Bray.
  75. Rev. Hollis A. Campbell, William C. Sharpe and Frank G. Bassett, Seymour Past and Present (Seymour, Connecticut, W. C. Sharpe, 1902), 538.
  76. John H. Wallace, Genealogy of the Riggs Family (New York, John H. Wallace, 1901), 59.

Revised: 19-Oct-08
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