Samuel Riggs (abt. 1642 - abt. 1738)

Born about 1642 in Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah (Baldwin) Riggs — married 14 Jun 1667 in Milford, Connecticut Colony, New England

Husband of Sarah (Washburn) Riggs — married 6 May 1713 in Derby, New Haven, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died about 1738 at about age 96 in Derby, New Haven, Connecticut

Problems/Questions Profile manager: Marjorie McGovern [send private message]

Biography

Ensign Samuel RIGGS was born c. 1640 in Milford, New Haven, CT. He died c. 1738. Samuel married Sarah BALDWIN on 14 Jun 1667 in Milford, New Haven, CT.

Samuel Riggs was granted 20 acres near the Naugatuck River river in 1678. ^[1]

In December of 1700 Ebenezer Johnson, Wm. Tomlinson and Samuel Riggs were appointed a committee to buy the mortage of Nicholas Camp. On Jan. 15, 1701/2 it was voted 'That Capt. Ebenezer Johnson, Ensigne Samuel Riggs, Sergeant Brinsmade, John Bowers, Timothy Worster & John Riggs survey & measure ye tract off ye Indian Purchase bought off Mr. Nicholas Camp off Milford.^[2]

In 1671 Samuel Riggs was declared a freeman and Selectman. ^[3]

He was probably widower of Sarah (Baldwin) Riggs, who died on 14 May 1712 in Derby. Samuel Riggs died in 1734, presumably in Derby, CT.^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ Norman Litchfield & Sabrina Connolly Hoyt, Ph.D., History of the Town of Oxford, Connecticut (1960), p. 114. . "..1678...Rock Rimmon..." http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/Litchfield-Hoyt_History_of_Oxford/114.html.
2. ↑ W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford, p. 88. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/088.html.. Colonial Connecticut Records, 1636 - 1776
3. ↑ Colonial Connecticut Records, 1636 - 1776 .
4. ↑ Dorothy A. DeBisschop, Oxford's Record: The First 175 Years (Oxford, CT, Oxford Record, Inc., 1973), 3, 5. . "..Five Mile Hill, 1699." http://www.oxfordpast.com/p3.htm.

• Norman Litchfield & Sabrina Connolly Hoyt, Ph.D., History of the Town of Oxford, Connecticut (1960), p. 114. . "..1678...Rock Rimmon..." http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/Litchfield-Hoyt_History_of_Oxford/114.html.
• W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), p. 84. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/toc.html. "In 1699, (April 24th) Samuel Riggs' land was laid out by Samuel Riggs and John Tibbols on Five Mile Hill...." http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/084.html.
• W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford, p. 88. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/088.html.
• Colonial Connecticut Records, 1636 - 1776
• Copied and compared with the original by Nancy O. Phillips, Sarah Riggs Humphrey Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, Derby, Connecticut Town Records, 1655-1710 (New Haven, CT, The Tuttle, Morehouse and Taylor Company, 1901.), p. 5. . "Worke Doone upon the generall Account: Aprill: 1666
• Samuell Rigges, John Browne, francis french, Joseph Riggs." http://www.derbyhistorical.org/Records1655-1710/005.html.
• Phillips, Derby Town Records, p. 6. "Work Done upon the generall Account in the yeare 1667, francis french, Samuel Riggs, Abell Gunn" http://www.derbyhistorical.org/Records1655-1710/006.html.
• Phillips, Derby Town Records, p. 7. "... ere mark for cattle.." http://www.derbyhistorical.org/Records1655-1710/007.html.
• Phillips, Derby Town Records, pp. 8-9. "Pagaset inhabetants mett to gether and have made an agreement... rhis agreement was meade this : 4 : feb : 1667. John Brown, frances french, Samuell Riges, Ephraim Smith, Abell Gun, Josiph hakins, Edward woster." http://www.derbyhistorical.org/Records1655-1710/008.html.
• Phillips, Derby Town Records, p. :http://www.derbyhistorical.org/Records1655-1710/009.html.
• Phillips, Derby Town Records, pp. 17 - 22. 29 Feb 1671 - Division of land at Paugasett. http://www.derbyhistorical.org/Records1655-1710/017.html.
• Phillips, Derby Town Records, p. 23. 11 Apr 1672 - Pagasett http://www.derbyhistorical.org/Records1655-1710/023.html.
• Phillips, Derby Town Records, p.33. : http://www.derbyhistorical.org/Records1655-1710/032.html.
• Phillips, Derby Town Records, p. 43. http://www.derbyhistorical.org/Records1655-1710/043.html.
• Samuel Orcutt, History of the Old Town of Derby, Connecticut, 1642-1880 (1880, Reprint: Bowie, Maryland, Heritage Books, Inc., 1998), p. 791. "Selectmen for the Town of Derby. :1677 Samuel Riggs, Ebenezer Johnson, John Hulls. 1678. Ebenezer Johnson, Samuel Riggs, William Tomlinson. 1679. Samuel Riggs, Ebenzer Johson, William Tomlinson. 1680. Edward Wooster, John Hulls, William Tomlinson. 1683. Serg. John Hulls, Samuel Riggs, Abel Gunn. 1691. Mr. John Davis, William Tomlinson, Samuel NIchols. 1700. Captain Johnson, Samuel Riggs, Nathan Nichols, Samuel Brindsmade, Thomas Wooster. 1705. Ens. Samuel Riggs, Abel Holbrook, John Tibbals, Isaac Nichols, Joseph Hawkins, Joseph Hulls. 1709, Lieut. Wooster, Lieut. Hulls, Ens. Samuel Riggs, Samuel Brinsmade."
• James Savage, A Genealogical Dictionary of The First Settlers of New England. Before 1692. http://www.usgennet.org/usa/topic/newengland/savage/bk3/ridgeway-robie.htm.
• Rev. Hollis A. Campbell, William C. Sharpe and Frank G. Bassett, Seymour Past and Present (Seymour, Connecticut, W. C. Sharpe, 1902), p. 535. "Mr. Riggs was one of the leading men of the town of Derby, holding some of the most responsible positions in the gift of his fellow townsmen. He was also one of the largest landholders. He was associated with Col. Ebenezer Johnson in the purchase of land at Pinesbridge."
• Donald Lines Jacobus, History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield, CD-Local and Family Histories: CT, 1600's - 1800's, (Produced in collaboration with the Genealogical Publishing Company, 2000), vol 1, p 261.
• John H. Wallace, Genealogy of the Riggs Family, New York, John H. Wallace, 1901, pp. 5-6. He was a representative in the Legislature several years and a justice of the peace. He also held the commission of ensign from the colonial government for a number of years."
• Sharpe, Seymour Past and Present, p. 10. "1708, Division made of land at Rock Rimmon and Pinesbridge between Eb. Johnson and Sam. Riggs."
• Susan Woodruff Abbott, Families of Early Milford, Connecticut, CD-Local and Family Histories: CT, 1600's - 1800's, (Produced in collaboration with the Genealogical Publishing Company, 2000), p. 620.
• Sharpe, Seymour Past and Present, p. 536.
• Susan Woodruff Abbott, Families of Early Milford, p. 52.
• Compiled and edited by Jacqyelyn Ladd Ricker, The Ricker Compilation of Vital Records of Early Connecticut (Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2006), p. 10682. "Samuel, of Pagussie, mar Sarah Baldwin, dau of wid. Elizabeth of Milford, 14 Jun 1667, by Samuel Sherman, Magistrate - Derby & Milford VR."
• Sharpe, Seymour Past and Present, p. 535.
• Baldwin, John D. (1880). A Record of the descendants of John Baldwin of Stonington, Conn.: with notice of other Baldwins who settled in America in early colony times. Printed by Tyler and Seagrave, Worcester, Mass. (pg 10)
• Alvy Ray Smith, FASG. Edwardian Riggses of America III: Edward Riggs (1593–. 1672), Immigrant in 1633 to Roxbury, Massachusetts Through Twelve Generations Part I: the Connecticut Branch. Berkely, Ars Longa, 2016. Please also specify the version number on the title page. Retrieved from
• "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F7W2-962 : 3 December 2014), Samuel Riggs in entry for Elizabeth Riggs, 13 Jan 1668; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown.
• "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/V2SD-XTG : 3 December 2014), Samuel Riggs in entry for Samuell Riggs, 1670; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown.
• Ancestors Of American Presidents, p233, comp Gary Boyd Roberts, pub Carl Boyer in cooperation with NEHGS, Boston, 1995, NEHGS - copy examined at SoG Lib, refce US/G37, JLY2002.
• Smith, Alvy Ray. The Probable Genetic Signature of Edward¹ Riggs, Immigrant to Roxbury, Massachusetts, in 1633, The New England Historical & Genealogical Register (NEHGS, Boston, Mass., 2010) Vol. 164, WN 654, Page 97.
• Sherwood, Albert Fowler. Memories of Old Derby (Sarah Riggs Humphreys Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, Derby, Conn., 1924) Page 88.

• In 1666 his father gave him the family farm, when the rest of the family moved to Newark, New Jersey.