Person:Rebekah Hand (1)

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Name Rebekah Hand
Gender Female
Birth[1] 15 Dec 1716 Orange, Essex County, New Jersey
Marriage Abt 1742 New Jerseyto Capt. Gideon Riggs
Death[1] 16 May 1785 Morristown, Morris County, New Jersey
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  1. 1.0 1.1 Find A Grave.

    Rebekah Hand Riggs
    Birth: Dec. 15, 1716
    Orange
    Essex County
    New Jersey, USA
    Death: May 16, 1785
    Morristown
    Morris County
    New Jersey, USA

    Rebekah Hand married Gideon Riggs (1713-1786) about 1742 in New Jersey.
    Children:
    • Joseph (1743-1814) •
    • Martha (1744-1777)
    • Abigail (Riggs) Prudden (1747-1805)
    • Phoebe (Riggs) Tarbell (1749-1781)
    • Gideon (1753-1830)
    • Josiah (1755-1831)
    • Aaron (1756-1826)
    • Rachel (Riggs) Wood (1759-__)

    Inscription:
    In Memory of
    Rebeckah Wife
    of Gideon Riggs
    who died May
    Ye 16th 1785. In ye
    69th Year of her
    age

    All you that reads this tomb
    And studies it a wright
    Shall flourish like a plant
    That’s waterd day & night

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