James
"Jonas"
Riggs
Born in Pleasant Valley, Ohio, Virginia, United States
Ancestors 
Son of William Riggs
and Mary (Dodson) Riggs
Brother of
Jeremiah Riggs, Eleanor (Riggs) Franklin, Abraham Riggs, Aberilla (Riggs) Armstrong, Thomas Abraham Riggs, William Riggs, Zachariah Riggs, Mary (Riggs) Crow, Lucinda (Riggs) Huggins, Noah Riggs, Elizabeth (Riggs) Cochran, Mahlon Riggs and Anne (Riggs) Crow
Husband of
Roseanna Elizabeth (Whitlatch) Riggs
— married
1806 in Washington, PA
Husband of
Phoebe (Cooper) Riggs
— married
1850 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Died
at about age 81
in Windy Gap, Aleppo Township, Greene, Pennsylvania, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 8 May 2012
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Biography
James "Jonas" Riggs was born December 14, 1778 in Pleasant Valley, Ohio, Virginia. He died in 1860 in Windy Gap, Aleppo Township, Greene, Pennsylvania.
Son of Reverend William M. Riggs (1750-1833) and Mary Dowden (1755-1819).
1st marriage: James Riggs married Roseanna Elizabeth Whitlatch in 1806 in Washington, Pennsylvania.
2nd marriage: James Riggs married Phoebe Cooper c. 1827 in Virginia.
1850 United States Census, Marshall, Virginia: James Riggs is head of household, a farmer age 72, with wife Phoebe Riggs age 65, and daughter Elizabeth Riggs age 14.
1860 United States Census, Marshall, Virginia: James Riggs is head of household, a farmer age 81, with wife Phoebe Riggs age 75.
Name
- Name: James /Riggs/[1]
Birth
- Birth:
- Date: 14 DEC 1778
- Place: Pleasant Valley, Ohio, Virginia, USA[2]
Death
- Death:
- Date: 1860
- Place: Windy Gap, Greene, Pennsylvania, USA[3]
Sources
- ↑ Source: #S02222 Data: Text: Online publication - Ancestry.com. OneWorldTree [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc.
- ↑ Source: #S02222 Data: Text: Online publication - Ancestry.com. OneWorldTree [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc.
- ↑ Source: #S02222 Data: Text: Online publication - Ancestry.com. OneWorldTree [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc.
- https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LWY8-R6B
- Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/125932584/james-riggs : accessed 08 September 2021), memorial page for James Riggs (14 Dec 1778–unknown), Find a Grave Memorial ID 125932584, citing Green View Cemetery, Marshall County, West Virginia, USA ; Maintained by Marie Ward Mills (contributor 47707594) .
- https://www.wvgenweb.org/marshall/williamriggs-gen.txt
- Pedigree Resource File 3HFR-V14
- WikiTree profile Riggs-441 created through the import of Longmore.GED on May 7, 2012 by Morley Longmore. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Morley and others.
- Source: S02222 Title: One World Tree (sm) Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., n.d. Repository: Note: #NS22223 Call Number: Media: Ancestry.com
- "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8D8-B2Q : 23 December 2020), James Riggs, Marshall, Virginia, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
- "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M41D-GX5 : 18 February 2021), James Riggs, 1860.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with James by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with James:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with James by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with James:
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~1.56%
~6.25%
Kellye (Madden) Knapp 
:
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member kellyeaknapp
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~1.56%
Pat Hall :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member Terry_Hall
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~1.56%
Thomas Evans :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Mary (Schade) Ashbaker :
23andMe
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AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
David Riggs :
23andMe
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