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Mary Riggs was born June 1632 and was christened 1 July 1632 in Nazeing, Essex, England. She was the daughter of Edward Riggs and Elizabeth (Holmes) Riggs.[1]
She married Benjamin Twitchell after 1648 in Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony British Colonial America. They had eight children.[1]
James Savage gives the following information in his "Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England/v4p354"
"TWITCHELL, TUCHILL or TWITCHWELL, BENJAMIN, Dorchester, was prob. of Medfield 1663, with w. Mary and sev. ch. of wh. Joseph, and Benjamin, to wh. we can affix no dates of b. may have been, beside Mary, b. 8 Mar. 1659; Hannah; Bethia; Abiel, 1 Nov. 1663; were part; but no more is with precis. relat. exc. he was among grantees of Lancaster 1654. BENJAMIN, Medfield, s. of the preced. m. 5 Apr. 1685, Mary White, perhaps as sec. w. had some yrs. dwelt at Sherborn, and there had Benjamin, b. 15 Sep;t. 1684; John, 4 Jan. 1688; Ebenezer, 10 Dec. 1691; Mary, 28 aug. 1694; and Abigail, 5 June 1699. FRANCIS, Dorchester 1633, is by Dr. Harris call. Tuthill, in the easy mistake of a single letter, the c in engrossing hand frequent. (as scores of errors result. demostr.) resembles t. JOSEPH, Dorchester 1633, perhaps br. of the preced. freem. 14 May 1643, was there liv. 1656, had Joseph, wh. d. 13 Sept. 1651. The last form of spell. prevails in the Col. rec. the first is now common, and the Dorchester rec. obey. the sound."[2]
The will of her father, Edward Riggs, was dated 2 September 1670 and proven on 6 March 1672. It stated that all of his grandchildren were underage except for Elizabeth (Twitchell) Allen.[1]
"Mary Riggs, bp Nazeing, (Essex, England) 1 July 1632 as 'Mary Rigge". She m. say 1650 Benjamin Twitchell, b. say 1625, d. Sherborn, Mass., 17 Dec. 1681, probably son of Joseph Twitchell/Tuchell, immigrant to Dorchester, Mass., in 1633. Mary Twitchell and her children were mentioned in her father, Edward Rigg's will of 2 Sept. 1670. Children Elizabeth, Joseph and Hannah come from the will, all underage except possibly Elizabeth who was not explicitly described as such. The will also mentions other (the rest of) unnamed and underage children. Mary Twitchell, probably the widow, m.2 Medfield or Dedham, Mass. 3 Feb. 1684/85 SAMUEL MILLS, a widower who just lost his wife Frances {Pi}mbrook, in Dedham. Then Mary d. there 30 Oct. 1694, shortly before Samuel..."[1]
Mary Riggs and Benjamin Twitchell had the following children:[1]
After the death of Benjamin Twitchell, she married 3 February 1684-5 Samuel Mills a widower who had just lost his wife, Francis Pimbrook.[1][4] They had no children.
She died 30 October 1693 in Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.[5][1]
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