Thomas Riggs

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name
Thomas Riggs
aka
[Thomas Riggs Jr.]
sex
male
access
public
summary
Of Gloucester, Massachusetts, where he was born in 1666 and settled near his father, Thomas Riggs; his mother was probably Mary Millett. He married Anne Wheeler of Salisbury at Amesbury in 1687, was the father of Joshua Riggs (b. 1706/7), and died in 1756 aged 89 years and 8 months.
born
date
7 Dec 1666
place
Gloucester, Massachusetts
basis
documented
confidence
proven
sources
[vital-records-gloucester]
died
date
Aug 1756
basis
documented
confidence
proven
sources
[vital-records-gloucester]
note
"Thomas, Aug. [day blank], 1756, a. 89 y. 8 m."
father
id
thomas-riggs-1632
basis
documented
confidence
proven
sources
[vital-records-gloucester]
mother
id
mary-millett-1639
basis
documented
confidence
probable
sources
[vital-records-gloucester]
note
"Thomas, s. Thomas and Mary, Dec. 7, 1666" (Gloucester VR 1:584). His father's wife from 1658 to 1694/5.
spouses
id
ann-wheeler-1667
married
date
22 Nov 1687
place
Amesbury, Massachusetts
basis
documented
confidence
proven
sources
[vital-records-gloucester]
note
"Thomas, and Anne Wheeler of Salisbury, at Amesbury, Nov. 22, 1687."
basis
documented
confidence
proven
sources
[vital-records-gloucester]
name
Elizabeth ___
basis
documented
confidence
probable
sources
[vital-records-gloucester, book-babson-1860-history-gloucester]
note
She died May 19, 1727 (Gloucester VR) or in 1729 (Babson). An intention of his with Ruth Dodge is dated 1727.

Of Gloucester; Babson says he "settled near his father." Mollie Pfeiffer's statement that he lived on the west side of the Annisquam River belongs to his brother John.

Babson: "Thomas settled near his father... He had a second wife (Elizabeth); who died May 19, 1729, aged fifty-nine... Of his eleven children, four were sons, who married and had families in town, Thomas, Moses, Aaron, and Joshua" (History of Gloucester, p. 131). The VR gives Elizabeth's death as May 19, 1727.

Two male-line descendants of his, "with classic genealogical proofs of descent from Thomas's son, Thomas", gave Y-DNA samples. Their results matched descendants of Edward Riggs of Roxbury (Smith and Anderson, TAG 82 [2007]: 125).

  1. ---
  2. name: Thomas Riggs
  3. aka: [Thomas Riggs Jr.]
  4. sex: male
  5. access: public
  6. summary: >-
  7. Of Gloucester, Massachusetts, where he was born in 1666 and settled near his father, Thomas
  8. Riggs; his mother was probably Mary Millett. He married Anne Wheeler of Salisbury at Amesbury in
  9. 1687, was the father of Joshua Riggs (b. 1706/7), and died in 1756 aged 89 years and 8 months.
  10. born:
  11. date: 7 Dec 1666
  12. place: Gloucester, Massachusetts
  13. basis: documented
  14. confidence: proven
  15. sources: [vital-records-gloucester]
  16. died:
  17. date: Aug 1756
  18. basis: documented
  19. confidence: proven
  20. sources: [vital-records-gloucester]
  21. note: '"Thomas, Aug. [day blank], 1756, a. 89 y. 8 m."'
  22. father:
  23. id: thomas-riggs-1632
  24. basis: documented
  25. confidence: proven
  26. sources: [vital-records-gloucester]
  27. mother:
  28. id: mary-millett-1639
  29. basis: documented
  30. confidence: probable
  31. sources: [vital-records-gloucester]
  32. note: '"Thomas, s. Thomas and Mary, Dec. 7, 1666" (Gloucester VR 1:584). His father''s wife from 1658 to 1694/5.'
  33. spouses:
  34. - id: ann-wheeler-1667
  35. married:
  36. date: 22 Nov 1687
  37. place: Amesbury, Massachusetts
  38. basis: documented
  39. confidence: proven
  40. sources: [vital-records-gloucester]
  41. note: '"Thomas, and Anne Wheeler of Salisbury, at Amesbury, Nov. 22, 1687."'
  42. basis: documented
  43. confidence: proven
  44. sources: [vital-records-gloucester]
  45. - name: Elizabeth ___
  46. basis: documented
  47. confidence: probable
  48. sources: [vital-records-gloucester, book-babson-1860-history-gloucester]
  49. note: She died May 19, 1727 (Gloucester VR) or in 1729 (Babson). An intention of his with Ruth Dodge is dated 1727.
  50. ---
  52. Of Gloucester; Babson says he "settled near his father." Mollie Pfeiffer's statement
  53. that he lived on the west side of the Annisquam River belongs to his brother John.
  55. Babson: "Thomas settled near his father... He had a second wife (Elizabeth); who died May
  56. 19, 1729, aged fifty-nine... Of his eleven children, four were sons, who married and had
  57. families in town, Thomas, Moses, Aaron, and Joshua" (*History of Gloucester*, p. 131). The
  58. VR gives Elizabeth's death as May 19, 1727.
  60. Two male-line descendants of his, "with classic genealogical proofs of descent from
  61. Thomas's son, Thomas", gave Y-DNA samples. Their results matched descendants of Edward
  62. Riggs of Roxbury (Smith and Anderson, *TAG* 82 [2007]: 125).
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