Oxford Past
Oxford, New Haven, Connecticut
 
Home      Cemeteries      Genealogy      Library      Email
Surnames | Index

             Husband: Edward RIGGS (1 2 3 4)
                Born: 24 APR 1737 (5 6 7)
          Christened: JUN 1737 in First Congregational Church Of Derby (8)
             Married: 17 MAY 1759 in Derby, New Haven, CT (80 81 82 83)
                Died: 31 OCT 1776 in White Hall, New York (9)
              Father: John RIGGS
              Mother: Hannah JOHNSON
             Spouses: 
                Wife: Lois OSBORN (10 11 12)
                Born: 23 FEB 1744 in Derby, New Haven, CT (13 14 15)
                Died: 16 APR 1782 in Oxford, New Haven, CT (16 17 18)
              Father: Thomas OSBORN
              Mother: Elizabeth SMITH
             Spouses:
Children
01               (M): Moses RIGGS (19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31)
                Born: 10 APR 1760 in Seymour, New Haven, CT (32 33 34 35)
                Died: 15 APR 1838 (36)
             Spouses: Susanna TUCKER; Eunice CLARK; Betsey
02               (M): Edward RIGGS (37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44)
                Born: 24 JAN 1762 (45 46 47)
                Died: 21 JUL 1821 in Oxford, New Haven, CT (48 49 50 51 52)
             Spouses: Sarah
03               (M): David RIGGS
                Born: 20 MAY 1764 (53)
          Christened: 01 JUL 1764 in St. James Episcopal Church, Derby, New Haven, CT
                Died: 02 OCT 1764 (54)
             Spouses: 
04               (M): David RIGGS (55 56 57 58 59 60)
                Born: 14 AUG 1765 (61 62 63)
                Died: 26 MAR 1822 in Oxford, New Haven, CT (64)
             Spouses: Betty; Hannah WHEELER
05               (M): Thomas RIGGS (65 66 67 68 69 70 71)
                Born: 1767 (72)
                Died:
             Spouses: Charity WHEELER
06               (M): Isaac RIGGS (73 74 75 76)
                Born: 1769 (77)
                Died:
             Spouses: Sarah WHEELER
07               (F): Eunice RIGGS
                Born: in Oxford, New Haven, CT (78)
          Christened: 06 APR 1777 in Oxford Congregational Church (79)
                Died:
             Spouses:

Footnotes

  1. W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), 8.
    Admissions to Church Fellowship ... 1765 ... Edward Riggs and Joel Northrop, Oct. 3.
    [http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/008.html.]
  2. Ibid., 55.
    Octr 2d, 1765. At a Chh Meeting Reguraly Warned Holden at ye Meeting House in Oxford to Consult some Christian measures concerning the Admission of Edward Riggs and Joel Northrop to Special Ordinances, they being Communicants in ye Chh of England; It was Voted that by Virtue of their being Communicants in ye said Chh ty should be admitted as Members of our Chh in full Communion...
    pr David Brownson, Pastor.
    [Oxford Congregational Meetings
    http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/055.html.]
  3. Rev. Hollis A. Campbell, William C. Sharpe and Frank G. Bassett, Seymour Past and Present (Seymour, Connecticut, W. C. Sharpe, 1902), 542.
    ... Resided at Pinesbridge ...
  4. Revolutionary War Pension File.
    ... in May 1776 I resided in Oxford ... I enlisted into the company of ___ whereof Stephen Mathews was Captain, __iel Welton Lieutenant, and Edward Riggs was Ensign, as a private and on the last day of May or first day of June, I marched from said Oxford with said company to White Hall near Lake George, N York and then our company joined Colonel Hinman ___ regiment which belonged to the Northern army. This enlistment was for the term of six months and I continued to do duty in said Mathews company a part of the time about three months at White Hall and afterward three months at Ticonderoga until I completed the six months. Ensign Edward Riggs of our company died at White Hall ...
    [Pension Application for Jeremiah M. Kelly
    http://oxfordpast.net/JeremiahMKelly.pdf.]
  5. 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.
  6. Rev. Hollis A. Campbell, William C. Sharpe and Frank G. Bassett, Seymour Past and Present (Seymour, Connecticut, W. C. Sharpe, 1902), 542.
  7. John H. Wallace, Genealogy of the Riggs Family (New York, John H. Wallace, 1901), 23.
  8. Copied and compared with the original by Nancy O. Phillips, Sarah Riggs Humphrey Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, Derby, Connecticut Town Records, 1655-1710 (New Haven, CT, The Tuttle, Morehouse and Taylor Company, 1901), 470.
    First Congregational Church - Derby
    Records of Reverend Daniel Humphreys.
  9. W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), 47.
    [died in the Army.]
  10. 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), 274.
    ... of Waterbury ...
  11. Rev. Hollis A. Campbell, William C. Sharpe and Frank G. Bassett, Seymour Past and Present (Seymour, Connecticut, W. C. Sharpe, 1902), 542.
    ... of Waterbury ...
  12. W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), 17.
    The Congregational Church.
    BAPTISMS ...
    ... 1777 ...
    April 6th Eunice Dautr to Widow Lois Riggs.
    [http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/017.html.]
  13. 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), 274.
  14. Samuel Orcutt, History of the Old Town of Derby, Connecticut, 1642-1880 (1880, Reprint: Bowie, Maryland, Heritage Books, Inc., 1998), 749.
  15. 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 6, p 1325.
  16. W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), 48.
    [http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/048.html.]
  17. 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 6, p 1325.
  18. Rev. Hollis A. Campbell, William C. Sharpe and Frank G. Bassett, Seymour Past and Present (Seymour, Connecticut, W. C. Sharpe, 1902), 542.
  19. 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.]
  20. Dorothy A. DeBisschop, Historical Personalities of the Lower Naugatuck Valley, 77 - 78, 80.
    ... He enlisted in May, 1777 and signed on for three years, being discharged on May 25, 1780. ...
    [http://www.oxfordpast.net/hp77.html.]
  21. 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.]
  22. W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), 101.
    ... of Oxford ...
    [http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/101.html.]
  23. John H. Wallace, Genealogy of the Riggs Family (New York, John H. Wallace, 1901), 49.
    ... while in his teens he entered the Revolutionary army and saw active service in the field ...
  24. 1790 Derby Census.
  25. 1800 Oxford Census.
  26. 1810 Oxford Census.
  27. W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), 22.
    [http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/022.html.]
  28. Compiled by Carole Magnuson, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records - Oxford 1798-1850. (Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2000), 66.
  29. Samuel Orcutt, History of the Old Town of Derby, Connecticut, 1642-1880 (1880, Reprint: Bowie, Maryland, Heritage Books, Inc., 1998), 789.
    Soldiers in the Revolution ...
  30. Holbrook, Mary Louise, The Holbrook Family of Derby, Connecticut (New Haven, CT, Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Co., 1932), 29.
  31. W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), 9.
    Admissions to Church Fellowship ... 1787 wife of Maho(?) Riggs.
    [ (Oxford Congregational)
    http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/009.html.]
  32. John H. Wallace, Genealogy of the Riggs Family (New York, John H. Wallace, 1901), 49.
  33. Samuel Orcutt, History of the Old Town of Derby, Connecticut, 1642-1880 (1880, Reprint: Bowie, Maryland, Heritage Books, Inc., 1998), 756.
  34. 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.
  35. Rev. Hollis A. Campbell, William C. Sharpe and Frank G. Bassett, Seymour Past and Present (Seymour, Connecticut, W. C. Sharpe, 1902), 542.
  36. David Davis & Levi L. Glasson, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Pines Bridge Cemetery (Pines Bridge Cemetery), #21.
    [http://www.oxfordpast.net/pbcemscan21.html.]
  37. Norman Litchfield, History of St. Peter's Church in Oxford, Connecticut (1955-56), 31.
  38. W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), 60.
    .. Lois Pitcher, born 1765, widow of Ebenezer Johnson, of Oxford...
    [http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/060.html.]
  39. 1820 Oxford Census.
  40. Oxford Land Records Vol. I, 1798-1805, 40.
    ... Edward Riggs of Oxford ... to Abel Wheeler of Oxford ...
    [1799.]
  41. 1790 Derby Census.
  42. 1800 Oxford Census.
  43. 1810 Oxford Census.
  44. 1820 Oxford Census.
  45. 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.
  46. Rev. Hollis A. Campbell, William C. Sharpe and Frank G. Bassett, Seymour Past and Present (Seymour, Connecticut, W. C. Sharpe, 1902), 542.
  47. John H. Wallace, Genealogy of the Riggs Family (New York, John H. Wallace, 1901), 23.
  48. W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), 75.
    [http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/075.html.]
  49. Ibid., 78.
    [http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/078.html.]
  50. Compiled By Carole Magnuson, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records - Oxford 1798-1850, 65.
    ... d. July 27, 1821, ae. 59 1/2 y.
  51. Charles Elwell, 1935 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Episcopal Cemetery (St. Peter's Episcopal Cemetery), 14.
    Norris, Sarah E. Osborn, wife of Rev. J. W., died Dec. 22, 1895, age 23 yrs.
    Riggs, Sarah, relict of Edward, died Mar. 21, 1853, age 88 yrs.
    Riggs, Mr. Edward, died July 21, 1821, age 59 yrs.
    Chatfield, Divine, born 1788, died 1860.
    [http://oxfordpast.net/epcemscan14.html.]
  52. Rev. Hollis A. Campbell, William C. Sharpe and Frank G. Bassett, Seymour Past and Present (Seymour, Connecticut, W. C. Sharpe, 1902), 542.
  53. 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.
  54. Ibid., 282.
  55. W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), 50.
    [http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/050.html.]
  56. 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.]
  57. 1790 Derby Census.
  58. 1810 Oxford Census.
  59. 1820 Oxford Census.
  60. Compiled by Carole Magnuson, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records - Oxford 1798-1850. (Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2000), 65.
  61. 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.
  62. Rev. Hollis A. Campbell, William C. Sharpe and Frank G. Bassett, Seymour Past and Present (Seymour, Connecticut, W. C. Sharpe, 1902), 542.
  63. John H. Wallace, Genealogy of the Riggs Family (New York, John H. Wallace, 1901), 23.
  64. W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), 78.
    [http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/078.html.]
  65. Ibid., 193.
    [sold land in Oxford 11 Dec 1807
    http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/193.html.]
  66. Selected and Introduced by Gary Boyd Roberts, Genealogies of Connecticut Families From The New England Historical and Genealogical Register ([CD]Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., 1983), vol 3, p 604.
  67. Oxford Land Records Vol. I, 1798-1805, 32.
    ... Thomas Riggs of Oxford ... to Lucy, wife of Moses Wheeler of Oxford ... two pieces of land lying in Oxford at a place called Niumphs ... .
    [1799.]
  68. Ibid., 22.
    ... Thomas Riggs and Charity, both of Oxford, two pieces of land situated in Oxford, one at a place called Rock Rimmon ...
    [1799.]
  69. 1790 Derby Census.
    Thoms Riggs
    Joseph Fairchild
    Abel Wheeler
    Lewis Wheeler.
  70. 1800 Oxford Census.
  71. John H. Wallace, Genealogy of the Riggs Family (New York, John H. Wallace, 1901), 23.
  72. Rev. Hollis A. Campbell, William C. Sharpe and Frank G. Bassett, Seymour Past and Present (Seymour, Connecticut, W. C. Sharpe, 1902), 542.
  73. Norman Litchfield & Sabrina Connolly Hoyt, Ph.D., History of the Town of Oxford, Connecticut (1960), 70.
    [http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/Litchfield-Hoyt_History_of_Oxford/070.html.]
  74. 1800 Oxford Census.
  75. John H. Wallace, Genealogy of the Riggs Family (New York, John H. Wallace, 1901), 23.
  76. W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), 9.
    Admissions to Church Fellowship ...
    1802 ...
    Novr 4th, Joseph Lines,
    Treat Loveland & Betty his wife,
    Timothy Wheeler & Hannah his wife,
    Isaac Riggs & Sarah his Wife,
    Shelon Candee,
    Timolthy Candee,
    Hannah, Wife to Clark Loveland,
    Chloe, Wife to Philo Thomas,
    George Steel & Esther his wife.
    1803.
    March 3d, Ruth, Wife to Joseph Lines by letter from Pastor of Chh in Bethany.
    [ (Oxford Congregational)
    http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/009.html.]
  77. Rev. Hollis A. Campbell, William C. Sharpe and Frank G. Bassett, Seymour Past and Present (Seymour, Connecticut, W. C. Sharpe, 1902), 542.
  78. W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), 17.
    [http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/017.html.]
  79. Ibid., 17.
    The Congregational Church.
    BAPTISMS ...
    ... 1777 ...
    April 6th Eunice Dautr to Widow Lois Riggs.
    [http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/017.html.]
  80. Samuel Orcutt, History of the Old Town of Derby, Connecticut, 1642-1880 (1880, Reprint: Bowie, Maryland, Heritage Books, Inc., 1998), 756.
  81. 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.
    RIGGS ...
    Edward, of Derby, m. Lowis ORSBORN, of Waterbury, May 17, 1759, by Rev. Mr. Mansfield LR7 p.256.
  82. 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 6, p 1325.
  83. John H. Wallace, Genealogy of the Riggs Family (New York, John H. Wallace, 1901), 23.

Revised: 19-Oct-08
Home      Cemeteries      Genealogy      Library      Email