Born in Anne Arundel County, Maryland
Ancestors 
Daughter of Edmond Greenberry Riggs
and Ruth (Summers) Riggs
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
Orlando Griffith
— married
about 1750 in Anne Arundel, Maryland
Descendants 
Mother of
Elisha Greenberry Griffith, Zadock Griffith, Chisholm Holland Griffith, Joshua Griffith and John Griffith
Died about
at about age 76
in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, USA
Profile last modified
| Created 24 Jan 2015
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Biography
Elizabeth was born in1725 in Anne Arundel, Maryland. [1] The following description was found on the cited source. (The birth and death dates vary from what was originally reported on this profile.): "When Elizabeth Riggs was born in 1725, in Anne Arundel, Maryland, British Colonial America, her father, Greenberry Riggs Jr., was 26 and her mother, Ruth Summers, was 25. She married Amos Gaither about 1746, in Anne Arundel, Maryland, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. She lived in Anne Arundel, Maryland, United States for about 10 years. She died after about July 1801, in Frederick, Maryland, United States." [2] Some records have said she died in 1779.
Research Notes
I do not know where the original birth and death dates came from. They conflict with what I have recently found. My cousin and I (marguerite brown) show a DNA match to Elizabeth and her parents, but I cannot find data for her immediate family. Her name appears as Orlando's wife and the daughter of Ruth Summers and Greenberry Riggs in a number of trees, but the sources can no longer be accessed. I have wondered if she and Elizabeth Gaither, named as another wife of Orlando, are the same person, but I do not show as a DNA match to this other Elizabeth.
Sources
- ↑ Anne Arundel County, Maryland Genealogy United States Maryland Anne Arundel County Guide to Anne Arundel County, Maryland ancestry, genealogy and family history, birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records. Histories of the Riggs, DuValls and Griffiths families of colonial Maryland can be found on this site.
- ↑ en/9VT5-8KP/elizabeth-riggs-1725-1801.
[S5601] Orlando Griffith and Elizabeth Riggs Family Group Sheet, prepared and sent August 18, 2009 Marcia Russo,.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Elizabeth by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Elizabeth:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Elizabeth by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Elizabeth:
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~1.56%
Laura Holland
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A364880 [compare]
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~0.78%
Charles Uzzell :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A915220 [compare], Ancestry member charlesuzzell1959
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~0.78%
Debra (Miller) Loveless :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch FQ9556625 [compare]
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~0.78%
Marguerite (Johnson) Brown :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
HK Holland :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch MB1233670 [compare]
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~0.39%
Michelle (Flournoy) Bergey :
23andMe
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~0.39%
Vicki (Long) Kea :
23andMe
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AncestryDNA, Ancestry member vlkea01
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T225742 [compare], FTDNA kit #179230
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MyHeritage DNA
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~0.39%
Diane Stallings :
23andMe
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AncestryDNA
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~0.39%
Mary Skelton :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A914632 [compare], Ancestry member jrbonner10
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~0.39%
Charlie Rogers :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A929259 [compare], Ancestry member Kandiaple
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~0.39%
Amanda (Goff) Vernon :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member Mandyv31
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~0.39%
Janet Tucker :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member msphoto70
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~0.39%
Gina Peterson :
Autosomal DNA Test
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~0.39%
Mary (Griffith) Weston :
MyHeritage DNA
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