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             Husband: Ebenezer RIGGS (1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18)
                Born: 22 JAN 1748 in Derby, New Haven, CT (19 20 21)
             Married:
                Died: 28 MAR 1828 in Oxford, New Haven, CT (22 23)
              Buried: in Oxford Congregational Cemetery (24 25)
              Father: Ebenezer RIGGS
              Mother: Rachel PECK
             Spouses: 
                Wife: Anna THOMPSON (26 27 28 29)
                Born: 05 MAR 1753 in Oxford, New Haven, CT (30 31 32 33)
                Died: 14 APR 1812 in Oxford, New Haven, CT (34 35 36 37)
              Buried: in Oxford Congregational Cemetery (38 39)
              Father: Jabez THOMPSON
              Mother: Sarah GUNN
             Spouses:
Children
01               (F): Eunice RIGGS (40 41 42)
                Born: 25 JUL 1771 in Oxford, New Haven, CT (43 44)
                Died: 14 MAY 1861 (45)
             Spouses: Abel WHEELER
02               (F): Charity RIGGS (46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54)
                Born:
                Died:
             Spouses: Samuel RIGGS
03               (F): Anna RIGGS (55 56 57)
                Born: 04 JUL 1778 in Oxford, New Haven, CT
                Died: 02 AUG 1857 in Oxford, New Haven, CT (58)
             Spouses: Enoch PERKINS
04               (M): Ebenezer Anson RIGGS (59 60 61 62)
                Born: l 1782 in Oxford, New Haven, CT (63)
                Died: 17 JAN 1808 in Oxford, New Haven, CT (64 65 66)
             Spouses: Sebra HOLBROOK
05               (F): Melissa RIGGS (67 68 69 70 71)
                Born: l 1785 (72)
                Died: 22 AUG 1867 in Oxford, New Haven, CT (73 74)
             Spouses: Isaiah CANDEE
06               (F): Lucinda RIGGS (75 76)
                Born:
                Died: 14 AUG 1804 in Oxford, New Haven, CT (77 78)
             Spouses: Elias SCOTT

Footnotes

  1. W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), 177.
    [Oxford Legislature - 1800, 1801, 1805, 1806
    http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/177.html.]
  2. Ibid., 98.
    £ 27.
    [1792 - Tax List - Oxford
    http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/098.html.]
  3. Norman Litchfield & Sabrina Connolly Hoyt, Ph.D., History of the Town of Oxford, Connecticut (1960), 65, 70.
    [http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/Litchfield-Hoyt_History_of_Oxford/065.html
    http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/Litchfield-Hoyt_History_of_Oxford/070.html.]
  4. Ibid., 305.
    Oxford Tax List, 1792.
    [http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/Litchfield-Hoyt_History_of_Oxford/305.html.]
  5. J. L. Rockey, History of New Haven County, Connecticut, 534.
    The registered freemen in the town at the time of its incorporation in 1798 and the next ten years following were: ...
  6. 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 3, p 481.
  7. Compiled By Carole Magnuson, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records - Oxford 1798-1850, 65.
    RIGGS, Eben[eze]r, Capt. of 1st Co. in Oxford, 1781.
  8. 1790 Derby Census.
  9. 1800 Oxford Census.
  10. 1810 Oxford Census.
  11. 1820 Oxford Census.
  12. W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), 99.
    Tax lists ... would appear to have been made out in early 1795 ... Capt. Ebenr Riggs, Dea. Ebenr Riggs, James Riggs, John Riggs, Jr., Joseph Riggs, Lowis Riggs ... ."
    [http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/099.html.]
  13. Holbrook, Mary Louise, The Holbrook Family of Derby, Connecticut (New Haven, CT, Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Co., 1932), 21.
  14. 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 7, p 1764.
  15. Rev. Hollis A. Campbell, William C. Sharpe and Frank G. Bassett, Seymour Past and Present (Seymour, Connecticut, W. C. Sharpe, 1902), 541.
    ... married, second, Ann Andrews.
  16. W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), 10.
    1808
    August 14th, Capt. Ebenezer Riggs & William Marris Recvd to Ful communion.
    [ (Oxford Congregational)
    http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/010.html.]
  17. Ibid., 12.
    ... 1771 ...
    Septr 8th, Ebenezer Riggs Jnr & Anna his Wife owned ye Covenant.
    [ (Oxford Congregational)
    http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/012.html.]
  18. Ibid., 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.]
  19. Samuel Orcutt, History of the Old Town of Derby, Connecticut, 1642-1880 (1880, Reprint: Bowie, Maryland, Heritage Books, Inc., 1998), 755.
  20. 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), 282.
  21. Rev. Hollis A. Campbell, William C. Sharpe and Frank G. Bassett, Seymour Past and Present (Seymour, Connecticut, W. C. Sharpe, 1902), 541.
  22. Andrew Bell, 1935 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Oxford Congregational Cemetery (Congregational Cemetery), 4.
    [http://www.oxfordpast.net/cgcemscan4.html.]
  23. Rev. Hollis A. Campbell, William C. Sharpe and Frank G. Bassett, Seymour Past and Present (Seymour, Connecticut, W. C. Sharpe, 1902), 541.
  24. Andrew Bell, 1935 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Oxford Congregational Cemetery (Congregational Cemetery), 4.
    [http://www.oxfordpast.net/cgcemscan4.html.]
  25. Congregational Cemetery Photograph - Oxford, CT.
    [http://www.oxfordpast.net/cem29.html.]
  26. Holbrook, Mary Louise, The Holbrook Family of Derby, Connecticut (New Haven, CT, Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Co., 1932), 21.
  27. Compiled by Carole Magnuson, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records - Oxford 1798-1850. (Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2000), 65.
  28. W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), 12.
    ... 1771 ...
    Septr 8th, Ebenezer Riggs Jnr & Anna his Wife owned ye Covenant.
    [ (Oxford Congregational)
    http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/012.html.]
  29. Ibid., 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.]
  30. 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 3, p 481.
  31. Ibid., vol 7, p 1764.
  32. 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), 298.
  33. Rev. Hollis A. Campbell, William C. Sharpe and Frank G. Bassett, Seymour Past and Present (Seymour, Connecticut, W. C. Sharpe, 1902), 541.
  34. Andrew Bell, 1935 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Oxford Congregational Cemetery (Congregational Cemetery), 4.
    [http://oxfordpast.net/cgcemscan4.html.]
  35. 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 7, p 1764.
  36. Compiled By Carole Magnuson, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records - Oxford 1798-1850, 65.
    ae. 59.
  37. Rev. Hollis A. Campbell, William C. Sharpe and Frank G. Bassett, Seymour Past and Present (Seymour, Connecticut, W. C. Sharpe, 1902), 541.
  38. Andrew Bell, 1935 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Oxford Congregational Cemetery (Congregational Cemetery), 4.
    [http://oxfordpast.net/cgcemscan4.html.]
  39. Congregational Cemetery Photograph - Oxford, CT.
    [http://oxfordpast.net/cem510.html.]
  40. W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), 10.
    1803 ... Sept. 4, Capt Abel Wheeler & Eunice his wife, recvd to Communion.
    [ (Oxford Congregational)
    http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/010.html.]
  41. Compiled By Carole Magnuson, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records - Oxford 1798-1850, 65.
  42. 1860 Oxford Census.
    [Living w/ Orrin and Harriet Tucker.]
  43. W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), 72.
    [http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/072.html.]
  44. Compiled by Carole Magnuson, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records - Oxford 1798-1850. (Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2000), 65, 81.
  45. Andrew Bell, 1935 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Oxford Congregational Cemetery (Congregational Cemetery), 8.
    [http://www.oxfordpast.net/cgcemscan8.html.]
  46. W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), 42.
    [http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/042.html.]
  47. Ibid., 43.
    [http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/043.html.]
  48. 1850 Oxford Census.
    [Living w/ son Samuel.]
  49. 1860 Oxford Census.
    [Living w/ son Samuel.]
  50. Compiled by Carole Magnuson, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records - Oxford 1798-1850. (Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2000), 65, 66.
  51. 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.
  52. 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.
  53. 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.]
  54. 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.]
  55. Ibid., 9.
    Admissions to Church Fellowship ... 1802 ... July 4th, The wife of Enoch Perkins by a letter from the Pastor & Chh of Watertown.
    [ (Oxford Congregational)
    http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/009.html.]
  56. 1850 Oxford Census.
  57. Rev. Hollis A. Campbell, William C. Sharpe and Frank G. Bassett, Seymour Past and Present (Seymour, Connecticut, W. C. Sharpe, 1902), 541.
  58. Andrew Bell, 1935 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Jack's Hill Cemetery, Oxford CT, 58-9.
    Perkins, Enoch, born Oct. 22, 1773, died May 12, 1857
    Perkins, Anna Riggs, wife of Enoch, born July 4, 1778, died Aug. 2, 1857
    Perkins, Charles D.R., son of Enoch & Anna R., born July 7, 1815, died Apr. 12, 1886
    Perkins, Lydia Ann Whittelsey, wife of Charles D. R., born Jan. 14, 1816, died Feb. 1, 1857
    Perkins, Nancy, born Sept. 28, 1802, died Jan. 1, 1806
    Perkins, Charlotte, born Apr. 12, 1805, died Aug. 7, 1891
    Perkins, Charles C., born Apr. 19, 1844, died Feb. 4, 1905.
    [http://oxfordpast.net/jhcemscan58.html.]
  59. 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 3, p 604.
  60. Holbrook, Mary Louise, The Holbrook Family of Derby, Connecticut (New Haven, CT, Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Co., 1932), 21.
  61. Compiled by Carole Magnuson, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records - Oxford 1798-1850. (Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2000), 65.
  62. Rev. Hollis A. Campbell, William C. Sharpe and Frank G. Bassett, Seymour Past and Present (Seymour, Connecticut, W. C. Sharpe, 1902), 541.
  63. Andrew Bell, 1935 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Oxford Congregational Cemetery (Congregational Cemetery), 4.
    [http://oxfordpast.net/cgcemscan4.html.]
  64. Ibid., 4.
    [http://oxfordpast.net/cgcemscan4.html.]
  65. Compiled By Carole Magnuson, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records - Oxford 1798-1850, 65.
    ae. 24.
  66. Holbrook, Mary Louise, The Holbrook Family of Derby, Connecticut (New Haven, CT, Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Co., 1932), 21.
  67. W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), 10.
    1809
    Apriel 16, Samuel Heaton, Widdow Sabry Riggs, & Isaiah Cande & Malissa his wife, recvd to full Communion.
    [ (Oxford Congregational)
    http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/010.html.]
  68. 1850 Oxford Census.
  69. 1860 Oxford Census.
    [Living w/ son John.]
  70. Compiled by Carole Magnuson, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records - Oxford 1798-1850. (Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2000), 34, 35.
  71. Rev. Hollis A. Campbell, William C. Sharpe and Frank G. Bassett, Seymour Past and Present (Seymour, Connecticut, W. C. Sharpe, 1902), 541.
  72. 1850 Oxford Census.
  73. 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), 117.
  74. Andrew Bell, 1935 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Jack's Hill Cemetery, Oxford CT, 60.
    Candee, Esther, relict of Naboth, died July 31, 1813, age 87 yrs.
    Candee, Naboth, died Oct. 30, 1784, age 50 yrs.
    Candee, John, born May 4, 1816, died Mar. 22 1895
    Candee, Lucy A., wife of John, born Jan. 19, 1836, died Mar. 6, 1900
    Candee, Mary A., died Aug. 20, 1873, age 53 yrs.
    Candee, Eunice A., died Sept. 20, 1860, age 50 yrs.
    Candee, Melissa, wife of Isaiah, died Aug. 22, 1867, age 82 yrs.
    Candee, Isaiah, died Sept. 20, 1856, age 77 yrs.
    Candee, Julia A., daughter of Isaiah & Melissa, died Feb. 5, 1816, age 2 yrs. 5 mos.
    Candee, Burritt, son of Justice & Eunice, died Aug. 16, 1807, age 21 yrs.
    Mallory, Eunice C., daughter of Ransom & Lucy, died Mar. 13, 1815, age 7 days
    Candee, Justus, died Dec. 25, 1842, age 87 yrs.
    Candee, Eunice, wife of Deacon Justus, died Dec. 25 1840, age 83 yrs.
    [http://oxfordpast.net/jhcemscan60.html.]
  75. Compiled by Carole Magnuson, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records - Oxford 1798-1850. (Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2000), 68.
  76. Rev. Hollis A. Campbell, William C. Sharpe and Frank G. Bassett, Seymour Past and Present (Seymour, Connecticut, W. C. Sharpe, 1902), 541.
  77. W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), 53.
    [http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/053.html.]
  78. Andrew Bell, 1935 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Oxford Congregational Cemetery (Congregational Cemetery), 4.
    [http://oxfordpast.net/cgcemscan4.html.]

Revised: 17-Dec-08
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