Born in Oxford, New Haven Co., Connecticut, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of Ebenezer Riggs
and Anna (Thompson) Riggs
Sister of
Eunice (Riggs) Wheeler, Charity Riggs, Ebenezer Anson Riggs, Melissa (Riggs) Candee and Lucinda (Riggs) Scott
Wife of
Enoch Perkins
— married
about 1798 in Oxford, New Haven Co., Connecticut, United States
Descendants 
Mother of
Elizabeth (Perkins) Candee, Nancy Perkins, Anne Perkins, Charlotte Perkins, Lucinda (Perkins) Davis and Charles Daniel R Perkins
Died
at age 79
in Oxford, New Haven Co., Connecticut, United States
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Biography
Anna RIGGS [1][2][3] was born 4 Jul 1778 in Oxford, New Haven Co., Connecticut, United States and was christened [4] 9 Aug 1778 in Oxford Congregational Church, Oxford, New Haven Co., Connecticut, United States. She died [5] 2 Aug 1857 in Oxford, New Haven Co., Connecticut, United States and was buried [6][7] in Jack's Hill Cemetery, Oxford, New Haven Co., Connecticut, United States. Anna married Enoch PERKINS.
Sources
- ↑ W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), p. 9. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/toc.html. "Admissions to Church Fellowship ... 1802 ... July 4th, The wife of Enoch Perkins by a letter from the Pastor & Chh of Watertown." (Oxford Congregational) http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/009.html.
- ↑ 1850 Oxford Census.
- ↑ Rev. Hollis A. Campbell, William C. Sharpe and Frank G. Bassett, Seymour Past and Present (Seymour, Connecticut, W. C. Sharpe, 1902), p. 541.
- ↑ W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford, p. 18. "The Congregational Church. Baptisms ... 1778 ... Aug. 9th Anne Dautr to Lieut. Ebenezer Riggs Jnr & Anne his Wife." http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/018.html.
- ↑ Andrew Bell, 1935 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Jack's Hill Cemetery, Oxford CT, pp. 58-9. "Perkins, Enoch, born Oct. 22, 1773, died May 12, 1857 Perkins, Anna Riggs, wife of Enoch, born July 4, 1778, died Aug. 2, 1857 Perkins, Charles D.R., son of Enoch & Anna R., born July 7, 1815, died Apr. 12, 1886 Perkins, Lydia Ann Whittelsey, wife of Charles D. R., born Jan. 14, 1816, died Feb. 1, 1857 Perkins, Nancy, born Sept. 28, 1802, died Jan. 1, 1806 Perkins, Charlotte, born Apr. 12, 1805, died Aug. 7, 1891 Perkins, Charles C., born Apr. 19, 1844, died Feb. 4, 1905." http://oxfordpast.net/jhcemscan58.html.
- ↑ Andrew Bell, 1935 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Jack's Hill Cemetery, Oxford CT, p. 58. http://oxfordpast.net/jhcemscan58.html.
- ↑ Jack's Hill Cemetery Photograph - Oxford, CT. http://oxfordpast.net/cem1060.html.
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