Person:John Riggs (13)

John Riggs
b.25 Feb 1670 Gloucester, Essex, MA
d.18 Jan 1748 Gloucester, Essex, MA
m. 7 Jun 1658
  1. Mary Riggs1657/58 - 1696/97
  2. Thomas Riggs1659/60 - 1659/60
  3. Sarah Riggs1660/61 -
  4. Anna Riggs1664 - 1701
  5. Thomas Riggs1666 - 1756
  6. John Riggs1670 - 1748
  7. Elizabeth Riggs1672 - 1728
  8. Abigail Riggs1678 -
  9. Andrew Riggs1681/82 - Aft 1772
m. 1 Jan 1689/90
  1. Ruth Riggs1690 - 1711
  2. John Riggs1691/92 - Bef 1736
  3. Jeremiah Riggs1694 -
  4. Mary Riggs1696 -
  5. Comfort Riggs1698 -
  6. Jonathan Riggs1698/99 - 1698/99
  7. Jonathan Riggs1700 - Aft 1758
  8. Rachel Riggs1704 -
  9. Elizabeth Riggs1707 -
  10. Ruth Riggs1711/12 -
Facts and Events
Name[1][2][3][6][7] John Riggs
Gender Male
Alt Birth[8][9] 25 Feb 1668/69 Gloucester, Essex County, MA
Birth[1][4] 25 Feb 1670 Gloucester, Essex, MA
Marriage 1 Jan 1689/90 Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts, United Statesto Ruth Wheeler
Alt Death[10][2] 12 Jan 1747/48 Gloucester, Essex County, MA
Death[5] 18 Jan 1748 Gloucester, Essex, MA
Burial? West Gloucester, Essex County, MA

Settled on the western side of the Annisquam River and resided there until he died. [Wallace]

File #: 23693 Name: John Rigg; Riggs; Rigs File Date: 07 Mar 1748 Residence: Gloucester Type: intestate

Essex County, Massachusetts, Probate Index, 1638-1840 File #: 23685 Name: Dorothy Rigg; Riggs; Rigs File Date: 27 Feb 1764 Residence: Topsfield Type: testate Comment: widow

The vital record shows John was born "25 12 mo 1669"; Savage shows this as 25 February 1669[/1670]; Millett gives an erroneous date of 12 December 1669.

    John settled on the westerly side of Annisquam River, and resided there during his life.
References
  1. 1.0 1.1 Rev. Joseph B. Felt. Genealogical Items Relative to Gloucester Massachusetts. (Name: NEHGR, Oct, 1850;)
    364.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Savage, James. A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England. (Name: 1860-1862;)
    Vol 3, 542.
  3. Vital Records of Gloucester in Early Records of Essex County, Massachusetts. (Name: Orig. Pub. The Essex Institute, Salem, Mass, 1923. Search & ReSearch Publishing Co., Wheat Ridge Co.,1998 version;)
    1:580.
  4. Vital Records of Gloucester in Early Records of Essex County, Massachusetts. (Name: Orig. Pub. The Essex Institute, Salem, Mass, 1923. Search & ReSearch Publishing Co., Wheat Ridge Co.,1998 version;)
    1:580.

    records give year 1669, without reference to new or old.

  5. Vital Records of Gloucester in Early Records of Essex County, Massachusetts. (Name: Orig. Pub. The Essex Institute, Salem, Mass, 1923. Search & ReSearch Publishing Co., Wheat Ridge Co.,1998 version;)
    3:257.

    records list date as 18 Jan 1748 without reference to whether old or new style

  6. George Francis Millett. Ancestors and Descendants of Thomas Millett. (1959)
    p. 3.
  7. Sybil Noyes, Charles Thornton Libby & Walter Goodwin Davis. Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire. (Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., reprinted 1996)
    p. 164, 411.
  8. Vital Records of Gloucester, Massachusetts to 1850
    1:580.

    Riggs, John, s. Thomas [sr. C.R.1] and Mary, 25: 12 m: 1669

  9. James Savage. Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England. (Originally published 1860-1862. Reprint published Baltimore MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1994)
    3:541-542.
  10. Vital Records of Gloucester, Massachusetts to 1850
    3:257.

    Riggs, John, Jan. 18, 1748, in his 80th y. G.R.4

    G.R.4 = Ancient Cemetery at West Gloucester