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Joseph Riggs (1775 - 1850)

Joseph Riggs
Born in Oxford, New Haven, Connecticutmap
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Husband of — married 2 Oct 1799 in Woodbridge, New Haven, Connecticut, United Statesmap
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Died at age 74 in Oxford, New Haven, Connecticut, United Statesmap
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Biography

Joseph RIGGS [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11] was born [12][13][14][15] 11 Oct 1775 in Oxford, New Haven, Connecticut. He died 10 Feb 1850 in Oxford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Joseph married [16][17] Lydia ALLING on 2 Oct 1799 in Woodbridge, New Haven, Connecticut, United States.

Sources

  1. W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), p. 42. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/toc.html. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/042.html.
  2. W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford, p. 43. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/043.html.
  3. Andrew Bell, 1935 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Oxford Congregational Cemetery, 1935 (Congregational Cemetery), p. 6. http://www.oxfordpast.com/cgcemscan6.html.
  4. J. L. Rockey, History of New Haven County, Connecticut, p. 534. " The registered freemen in the town at the time of its incorporation in 1798 and the next ten years following were: ..."
  5. 1790 Derby Census.
  6. 1800 Oxford Census.
  7. 1810 Oxford Census.
  8. 1820 Oxford Census.
  9. Donald Lines Jacobus, Families of Ancient New Haven ([CD]Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1981[originally]Rome, N.Y. and New Haven, Conn., 1922-1932), vol 1, p 33. " ... of Oxf ..."
  10. W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford, p. 10. " 1810. Charity, the wife of Samuel Riggs, recvd to full communion with this church. The wife of Joseph Riggs recvd to full communion with this church." (Oxford Congregational) http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/010.html.
  11. W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford, p. 14. " ... 1800. Septm 21, Joseph Riggs & Lyddia his wife renewed their Covenant. Septmr 21, John Fairchild & Mary his wife renewed their Covenant. Septmr 21, David Beecher & Polly his wife renewd their Covenant." (Oxford Congregational) http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/014.html.
  12. W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford, p. 68. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/068.html.
  13. Compiled by Carole Magnuson, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records - Oxford 1798-1850., General Editor, Lorraine Cook White, Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2000, p. 66.
  14. Rev. Hollis A. Campbell, William C. Sharpe and Frank G. Bassett, Seymour Past and Present (Seymour, Connecticut, W. C. Sharpe, 1902), p. 537.
  15. John H. Wallace, Genealogy of the Riggs Family, New York, John H. Wallace, 1901, p. 19.
  16. Donald Lines Jacobus, Families of Ancient New Haven, vol 1, p 33.
  17. Sharpe, Seymour Past and Present, p. 538.




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