Ann Riggs

Also Anne Riggs · Ann Ginn · Anne Genn

Wife of Capt. James Ginn, whom she married on 3 June 1768 at Gloucester, Massachusetts, where she was born to Joshua Riggs and Experience Stanwood. She probably died at Bucksport, Maine, in 1822, and was possibly the mother of Sally Ginn, who married Rowland Tyler.

Family tree →Migration map →Research thread: Was Sally Ginn the daughter of Capt. James Ginn, and where did he come from? →
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Life

  1. 1747
    Born
    17 Jan 1747, Gloucester, Massachusetts

    "Ann, d. Joshua and Experience, Jan. 17, 1747." The year is printed without a double date, so it may be 1747 or 1747/8.

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  2. 1768
    Married James Ginn
    3 June 1768, Gloucester, Massachusetts

    "GENN, James [Geen. int.], and Anne Riggs, June 3, 1768." The officiant, Rev. John Rogers, is compiled only.

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  3. 1822
    Died
    19 Sept 1822, Bucksport, Maine

    The Genn study only; no record found.

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Family

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Pedigree

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Notes

Wife of Capt. James Ginn, married at Gloucester 3 June 1768, and a great-granddaughter of the Gloucester town clerk Thomas Riggs. Rufus Buck: “He married Anne Riggs, of Gloucester, Mass., by whom he had six sons and six daughters. The only surviving child is William R. Ginn, who is extensively known as the best ship-builder on the river” (BHM 1:105, written by 1857).

Her first four children were recorded at Gloucester before the move to the Penobscot: James 3 Apr 1769, Anne 30 Apr 1771, Abraham 7 Jan 1773, and Samuel, baptized 12 Mar 1775 (VR 1:277, 283).

Her birth, “Jan. 17, 1747,” is printed without a double date. Her sister Mary was born Oct. 20, 1745, so 1746/7 is as possible as 1747/8 (inference).

Open questions

  • Her death: the Castine Eagle and gravestones at Bucksport.
Mollie's typescript· 1 passage

What Mollie wrote about her in The Holbrook and Low Families.

  1. Mollie's Riggs chart gives her birth at Gloucester on 17 Jan 1747/8, her marriage to James Ginn on 3 June 1768 and her death at Bucksport on 19 Sept 1822.

    ANN RIGGS (4) Joshua 3, Thomas 2, Thomas 1) Born Jan 17, 1747-8 Gloucester Died Bucksport, Sept 19, 1822 Married June 3, 1768 James Ginn (4)
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Connections

In her ancestry
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Every notable ancestor and famous relative that Ann's own ancestors lead to, with the lines drawn down to her.

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