Born in Somerset, New Jersey, British Colonial America
Ancestors 
Daughter of Edward Riggs IV
and Aphia (Stoughton) Riggs
Sister of
Edward Riggs V, Samuel Riggs, Daniel Riggs, Thomas Riggs, Joseph Riggs, Mary (Riggs) Morris and David Riggs
Wife of
John Brees
— married
1737 in Basking Ridge, Somerset, New Jersey
Descendants 
Mother of
Mary (Breese) Hinds, John Breese, Azariah Brees, Esther (Breese) Hanville, Anna (Breese) Hammond, Henry Breese and Samuel Breese
Died
at about age 92
in Somerset, New Jersey, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 8 Apr 2011
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Biography
Dorothy is said to have been born about 1711 or 1713.[1]
Dorothy Riggs Breese died 23 nov 1803 in Basking Ridge, Somerset, New Jersey.[1]
Research Notes
Robert Charles Anderson, FASG, and Alvy Ray Smith, FASG, worked together on the Riggs family for close to 8 years, coming to the conclusion that the series of Edward (great) fathers is not yet proven, and Smith concludes that Dorothy is a putative daughter of Edward, not yet proven.[2] Anderson and Smith published a paper together in The Genealogist 23:131-73 (The Genealogy of Edward Riggs of Roxbury, Massachusetts, Revisited) in which Edward Riggs of New Jersey is not yet proven to be a direct descendant of Edward Riggs of Roxbury, Massachusetts.
Second, Smith cannot find a confirmation that Edward Riggs (1674) married Aphia Stoughton or that Aphia existed.
In particular, Alvy Smith considers the following family histories to be problematical, with errors:[2]
- Wallace, Riggs Genealogy
- Crayon, Riggs Family Genealogy
- Bassett, Seymour Past and Present
In all, the Riggs family of New Jersey is problematic.
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Name: Dorothy Riggs Brees Maiden Name: Riggs Event Type: Burial Event Date: 1803 Event Place: Basking Ridge, Somerset, New Jersey, United States of America Photograph Included: Y Death Date: 23 Nov 1803 Affiliate Record Identifier: 82532691 Cemetery: Basking Ridge Presbyterian Church Cemetery Find A Grave: Memorial #82532691
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 See Smith's writeup of the family, especially pages 30-34, at AlvyRaySmith
See also:
- Ancestors Of American Presidents, p233, comp Gary Boyd Roberts, pub Carl Boyer in cooperation with NEHGS, Boston, 1995.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Dorothy by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. Mitochondrial DNA test-takers in the direct maternal line:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Dorothy by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. Mitochondrial DNA test-takers in the direct maternal line:
- Maxine (Martin) McReynolds
:
Family Tree DNA mtDNA Test Full Sequence, haplogroup H5a4a, FTDNA kit #719297, MitoYDNA ID T11493 [compare]
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~1.56%
~3.12%
Virginia (Stevenson) Driggs :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A304825 [compare], Ancestry member GINGIN410
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~0.78%
Gary Nicholson :
23andMe, GEDmatch M122351 [compare]
+
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A414671 [compare], Ancestry member gary_nick
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~0.78%
Tad Ellsworth :
23andMe
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A983445 [compare], Ancestry member Tad_Ellsworth
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~0.78%
W. Peterson :
23andMe
+
Living DNA
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~0.78%
Anonymous (Hostettler) Figley :
23andMe
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AncestryDNA
+
MyHeritage DNA
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~0.78%
Catherine Duffy :
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~0.78%
Jo Ann (Pfeiffer) Watson :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Lori (Breese) Krout :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Nancy (Ingersoll) Bryant :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Terry Breese :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T629022 [compare], FTDNA kit #428961
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~0.39%
E. Peterson :
23andMe, GEDmatch DR4920168 [compare]
+
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch RN8665637 [compare], Ancestry member peterson_emmuls
+
MyHeritage DNA
+
Living DNA
-
~0.39%
Robert Banks :
23andMe
-
~0.39%
Amber (Heiden) Dennis :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch GK7943060 [compare], Ancestry member linabella55
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch A322100 [compare], FTDNA kit #800714
+
Living DNA, GEDmatch MT5893455 [compare]
-
~0.39%
Judy Giltner :
AncestryDNA
-
~0.39%
Gordon Warder :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A296621 [compare], Ancestry member Warder_B
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch GJ3337140 [compare], FTDNA kit #B439066
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~0.39%
Lisa (Scott) Smith :
AncestryDNA
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~0.39%
Larry Wright :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member wright660013
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~0.39%
Fred Hammond :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member FredLHammond1
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~0.39%
Lettitia Mead :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch HB3008236 [compare], yourDNAportal LETf6c1acbe, Ancestry member raingirl892
+
MyHeritage DNA
-
~0.39%
Dorothy Studer :
MyHeritage DNA
-
~0.39%
Kurt Mathew Heiden :
Living DNA, GEDmatch Z461301 [compare]
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Gary Nicholson
Riggs-717 and Riggs-161 appear to represent the same person because: Birth date and husband the same.
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Gary Nicholson
Riggs-717 and Riggs-1597 appear to represent the same person because: Birth year matches between profiles. Husband and children are the same between profiles.
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