Person:Phineas Riggs (1)

Phineas Riggs (son of David,5 Edward,4 Edward,3 Edward,2 Edward1) was born at Basking Ridge, N. J., in 1747. He was a farmer and bought from his father, David, the farm on which he lived, reared his family, and died, adjoining that of his brother Joseph (above) in the immediate vicinity of Hightstown, N. J. He married Mary Stout, and with his family he worshipped with the Baptist people. He died 1813, and was buried in the Baptist burying-ground. He had eight children.

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} John H. Wallace, Genealogy of the Riggs Family (1901, New York).