Elizabeth (Hawkins) Riggs (1786 - 1849)

Born 26 Apr 1786 in Seymour New Haven County Connecticut, USA

Ancestors

Died 18 Jul 1849 at age 63 in New Haven County Connecticut, USA

Biography

Betsey HAWKINS ^[1][2] was born 26 Apr 1786. She died ^[3][4] 18 Jul 1849 and was buried ^[5][6] in Great Hill Cemetery, Seymour, New Haven, CT. Betsey married ^[7][8] Captain John RIGGS on 8 Mar 1829.

Sources

1. ↑ Compiled by Lorraine Cook White, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records, Vol 8 - Derby 1655-1852, General Editor - Lorraine Cook White, Baltimore, Maryland, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc, 1997, p. 234.
2. ↑ John H. Wallace, Genealogy of the Riggs Family, New York, John H. Wallace, 1901, p. 19.
3. ↑ John H. Wallace, The Riggs Family, pp. 33-4.
4. ↑ Frank F. O'Brien, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Great Hill Cemetery, p. 91. http://oxfordpast.net/ghcemscan91.html.
5. ↑ Frank F. O'Brien, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Great Hill Cemetery, p. 91. http://oxfordpast.net/ghcemscan91.html.
6. ↑ Great Hill Cemetery Photograph - Seymour, CT. http://oxfordpast.net/cem1452.html.
7. ↑ Compiled by Lorraine Cook White, Barbour Collection - Derby, p. 234. " ... by Rev Stephen Jewett."
8. ↑ Rev. Hollis A. Campbell, William C. Sharpe and Frank G. Bassett, Seymour Past and Present (Seymour, Connecticut, W. C. Sharpe, 1902), p. 465.

See also:

• Find A Grave Memorial# 16785250

Acknowledgments

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