- Rev. Hollis A. Campbell, William C. Sharpe and Frank G. Bassett, Seymour Past and Present (Seymour, Connecticut, W. C. Sharpe, 1902), 449.
William came to New England in the ship Defence de London, Thomas Bostacke, master, from London, England, July 10, 1635.
- 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 624.
... of Billerica, Mass ...
- Rev. Hollis A. Campbell, William C. Sharpe and Frank G. Bassett, Seymour Past and Present (Seymour, Connecticut, W. C. Sharpe, 1902), 449.
- Ibid., 449.
- 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 624.
... of Billerica, Mass ...
- Rev. Hollis A. Campbell, William C. Sharpe and Frank G. Bassett, Seymour Past and Present (Seymour, Connecticut, W. C. Sharpe, 1902), 449.
- 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), 3.
Item. Mr. Goodman, Mr. Wakeman, and Mr. Gilbert of New Haven hath bargained and sold to
Richard Baldwin, John Burwell,
Edward Riggs, Samuel Hopkins,
Edward Wooster, Thomas Langdon,
John Brown, Francis French,
Robert Dennison, Isaac Platt,
of Milford, a tract of land at a place called Paugasuck... year 1655... with Naugatuck river west...
- Ibid., 5.
Worke Doone upon the generall Account: Aprill: 1666
Samuell Rigges ...
John Browne...
francis french
Joseph Riggs.
- Ibid., 6.
Work Done upon the generall Account in the yeare 1667...
.. francis french... Samuel Riggs... Abell Gunn...
- Ibid., 6.
work Don upon the generall account: 1670..
fran: french ...
Sam: Rigges...
Ephraim: Smith...
Abell Gunn...
- Ibid., 8 - 9.
Pagaset inhabetants mett to gether and have made an agreement... rhis agreement was meade this : 4 : feb : 1667
John Brown
frances french
Samuell Riges
Ephraim Smith
Abell Gun
Josiph hakins
Edward woster.
- Ibid., 9.
March : 15 : 16670 The in habetants of Pagaset are as foloeth : Ed: woster: frances french: Joseph Hawkins: Samuell Riges: Ephraim Smith Abell Gun: Stephen person Jerymiah Johnson.
- Ibid., 17 - 22.
[29 Feb 1671 - Division of land at Paugasett.]
- Ibid., 23.
[11 Apr 1672 - Pagasett.]
- 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 2, p 358.
- Ibid., vol 1, p 236.
- Samuel Orcutt, History of the Old Town of Derby, Connecticut, 1642-1880 (1880, Reprint: Bowie, Maryland, Heritage Books, Inc., 1998), 720.
... came to Milford, probably in 1650, with Edward Wooster ... and settled in Derby with Wooster in 1654 ...
- Rev. Hollis A. Campbell, William C. Sharpe and Frank G. Bassett, Seymour Past and Present (Seymour, Connecticut, W. C. Sharpe, 1902), 449.
- Ibid., 449.
- 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 624.
- Samuel Orcutt, History of the Old Town of Derby, Connecticut, 1642-1880 (1880, Reprint: Bowie, Maryland, Heritage Books, Inc., 1998), 721.