Born in Newark, Essex, New Jersey
Ancestors 
Daughter of Edward Riggs IV
and Aphia (Stoughton) Riggs
Sister of
Edward Riggs V, Samuel Riggs, Daniel Riggs, Thomas Riggs, Joseph Riggs, David Riggs and Dorothy (Riggs) Brees
Wife of
Daniel Morris
— married
1726 in New Jersey
Descendants 
Mother of
Daniel Morris Jr., Hannah Morris, Sarah (Morris) Lewis, Nathaniel Gresdean Morris Sr., Joseph Morris, Mary (Morris) Prudden, Eunice (Morris) Primrose, Isaac Morris, Abigail (Morris) Headley and Elizabeth (Morris) Young
Died about
at about age 58
in Essex County, New Jersey
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Biography
Mary Riggs was born in 1707.[1]
[2]Daniel Morris married Mary Riggs and her parents were Edward and Aphia (Stoughton) Riggs. She was born in Newark, NJ, and later lived in Millburn, NJ.
[3]"Daniel and Mary had 12 children: Sarah (born in Basking Ridge, NJ ? in 1728), Nathaniel, Joseph, Isaac, Daniel, Mary, Eunice, Elizabeth, Hanna, Philip, Samuel, Abigail.
The first information found pertaining to Daniel Morris was in the "History of Morris County, New Jersey, 1739" that was Elder Morris of Basking Ridge, Mary, his wife, were members of the Presbyterian Church & Congregation. Daniel and Mary Riggs Morris were received into the First Presbyterian Church of Morristown, Morris County, NJ., by letter in 1758."
Sources
- ↑ "U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900", Source number: 3216.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: GHS, Ancestry Record 7836 #1022004, [Mary Riggs (b. 1707) Marriage to Daniel Morris.]
- ↑ Early Lewises of Northern New Jersey. United States: Potter, 1972. p. 66. https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/viewer/270375
- ↑ Morris, Clifford Jones and Morris, Aileen Valborg Larsen; "Morris family history" 1993, p. 37a. https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/viewer/525843
- Phyllis Mullikin Inslee; Inslee - Rinebarger family history : related families Coates, Reed, Riggs, Stevens, Haffield p. 316 https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/viewer/290148
- (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/148758183/hannah-mary-morris : accessed 06 April 2022), memorial page for Hannah Mary Riggs Morris (1707–1765), Find a Grave Memorial ID 148758183, ; Maintained by Waunita M Herron (contributor 21335338) Burial Details Unknown.
- www.pipesfamily.com/morris.pdf
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Mary 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 Mary 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%
Tom Morris :
23andMe, GEDmatch LB3782943 [compare]
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~0.78%
Joe Pipes :
23andMe
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~0.78%
Walker Morris :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Mary Beth (Hughes) Worley :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
~1.56%
Virginia (Stevenson) Driggs :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A304825 [compare], Ancestry member GINGIN410
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~0.78%
William Harrison :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member dibuddy41
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~0.78%
Leigh (O'Neal) Wood :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A764655 [compare], Ancestry member laonealwood
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~0.39%
~1.56%
Rhonda (Thompson) Salman :
23andMe
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~0.39%
Stephen Maxwell :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member Smax5725
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~0.39%
Holly Witt :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member hollyweb77
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T681935 [compare], FTDNA kit #815201
+
MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch T681935 [compare]
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~0.39%
Connie Witt :
AncestryDNA
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~0.39%
Vaughn Pipes :
AncestryDNA
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~0.39%
JD Morris :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member Morriscycle127
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder
+
MyHeritage DNA
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~0.39%
Barbara M :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #MK65057
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~0.39%
Anonymous (Anderson) Cruts :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T852166 [compare]
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~0.39%
Anonymous Heise :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T694928 [compare], FTDNA kit #750407
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~0.39%
Ron Witt :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch NN8148828 [compare], FTDNA kit #815200
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Bob Tonsmeire
Riggs-927 and Riggs-63 appear to represent the same person because: Same name, same parents, same birth
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