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Elizabeth (Roosa) Riggs (abt. 1615 - 1669)

Elizabeth Riggs formerly Roosa
Born about in Englandmap
Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of — married 5 Apr 1635 in Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colonymap
[children unknown]
Died at about age 54 in Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colonymap
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The Puritan Great Migration.
Elizabeth (Roosa) Riggs migrated to New England during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640). (See The Great Migration (Series 2), by R. C. Anderson, vol. 6, p. 90)
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Disputed Origins

The Elizabeth Rose daughter of Robert and Margery Rose is documented to have been about age 13 in 1634. That means that if it was this Elizabeth Roosa she would have on been about fourteen years of age when she married Edward Riggs. Other documentation states that Elizabeth Rose daughter of Robert and Margery Rose married and had children with a Michael Taintor.[1][2] There is no mention of a marriage to Edward Riggs.

Biography

At this time, no documentation can be found as to when this Elizabeth was born or baptized. However, R. C. Anderson in his "Great Migration" says that based on the date of marriage, the birth can be placed at say 1615.[3]

Elizabeth migrated in 1634, probably from England. This year is based on her marriage at Roxbury in 1635.[3]

Elizabeth married Edward Riggs, his second marriage, on April 5, 1635 at Roxbury.[4]The couple had no children.[5]

Elizabeth (Roosa) Riggs died September 2, 1669 and was buried in Roxbury.[3][6]. Edward's will is dated exactly one year later, 2 Sept. 1670 and proved March 6, 1761/2.[5]

Sources

  1. ↑ Taintor Family History viewable online at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~hutch/EGGLESTON/Taintor.htm#sdendnote10sym
  2. ↑ Rose Family History viewable online at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~hutch/EGGLESTON/Rose.htm
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Great Migration 1634-1635, R-S. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2012.) Originally published as: The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume VI, R-S, by Robert Charles Anderson. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009. featured article "Elizabeth Roosa". subscription site
  4. ↑ "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910," Edward Riggs and Elizabeth Roosa, 05 Apr 1635; citing reference p 117; FHL microfilm 741,320.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2010), (Originally Published as: New England Historic Genealogical Society. Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III, 3 vols., 1995). Featured name: Edward Riggs subscription site
  6. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #35379926

* "Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FC88-RJK : 28 December 2022), Elizabeth Roosa in entry for Edward Riggs, 1635.

See also:

  • The Riggs Genealogy Information regarding the Riggs family.
  • Anderson, Robert Charles (F.A.S.G) and Alvy Ray Smith. “The Genealogy of Edward Riggs of Roxbury, Massachusetts, Revisited“, final version as it appears in The Genealogist, 23(2009):131-73, with correction of the brief erratum reported in The Genealogist 24(2010):72. http://www.alvyray.com/Riggs/printpapers/RiggsRevisited_finalTGversion.pdf
  • 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 http://alvyray.com/Riggs/vol3/
  • Alvy Ray Smith, FASG. Edwardian Riggses of America III: Edward Riggs (1593–. 1672), Immigrant in 1633 to Roxbury, Massachusetts Through Twelve Generations Part II: the New Jersey Branch. Berkely, Ars Longa, 2016. Please also specify the version number on the title page. Retrieved from http://alvyray.com/Riggs/vol3/
  • Alvy Ray Smith, FASG. Edwardian Riggses of America III: Edward Riggs (1593–. 1672), Immigrant in 1633 to Roxbury, Massachusetts Through Twelve Generations Part III: the New Jersey Branch (Problematical). Berkely, Ars Longa, 2016. Please also specify the version number on the title page. Retrieved from http://alvyray.com/Riggs/vol3/
  • Michael Taintor and Elizabeth Rose Information regarding the family of Michael Taintor and Elizabeth Rose.
  • Elizabeth Rose, wife of Michael Taintor Rose family history.
  • Vital Records of Roxbury, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 (The Essex Institute, Salem, Mass., 1926) Vol. 2, Page 346.




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Carol (Jennings) Thoma
Although Robert Anderson and Alvy Smith argue that Edward Riggs I married Elizabeth Roosa because his wife had just died and his small children needed a mother, that argument depends on changing the year on the record of Elizabeth Holmes's death from 1635 to 1634. On the other hand, the April 1635 date for a marriage between Elizabeth Roosa and Edward Riggs II would fit perfectly with the birth year of Edward Riggs III (1636). Also. Elizabeth was about the same age as Edward II but thirty years younger than Edward I. If that's the case, Elizabeth Roosa is the same person as the Elizabeth Unknown-290195, wife of Edward Riggs II.
posted by Carol (Jennings) Thoma
M Cole
I think there may be an issue with the birth date for Edward Riggs "III". His father was baptized 1619, which would may him 17 at his son's birth and 16 at marriage. Since there are two theories out there, I'm guessing that the estimated ages may have been based on the other theory (which was constructed before Edward "II" baptism was known).
posted by M Cole
Carol (Jennings) Thoma
Right. The idea behind the Edward II as husband theory is that Elizabeth Roosa was pregnant out of wedlock and the teenagers had to get married. And I forgot to mention that the death date for Elizabeth Holmes (Edward I's first wife) has to be altered from October 1635 (the date on her death record) to October 1634 if her widower married again in April 1635. But there do seem to be different death dates for Elizabeth Unknown and Elizabeth Roosa (if Find a Grave is correct), in which case they would be two different people. I think the theory should be out there since it was the original view of genealogists and fits most of the data, but we need more information.
posted by Carol (Jennings) Thoma
Smith-62120 Ellen Smith
Roosa-297 and Roosa-316 appear to represent the same person because: Same name, same birth year.

The birthplace of Nazeing, Essex, combined with the marriage place of Roxbury in Mass Bay Colony supports my hunch that these are intended to be the same person, as so many of the settlers in Roxbury came from Nazeing.

posted on Roosa-316 (merged) by Ellen Smith
Aldrich-908 Cheryl (Aldrich) Skordahl
Roosa-333 and Roosa-316 appear to represent the same person because: Roosa-333 is the PGM profile. It should be merged into Roosa-316. Be sure to keep all the sources and bio from -333.
posted on Roosa-316 (merged) by Cheryl (Aldrich) Skordahl
Aldrich-908 Cheryl (Aldrich) Skordahl
Does this profile represents Elizabeth Roosa who migrated to Roxbury; married Edward Riggs in 1635; and died at Roxbury on September 2, 1669?

If so, her birth date needs to be changed to about 1615 and birth location to England.

Then the Puritan Great Migration profile Roosa-333 and another profile Roosa-316 can be merged into it.

Thanks Donovan.

posted by Cheryl (Aldrich) Skordahl
Aldrich-908 Cheryl (Aldrich) Skordahl
Donovan,

Do you have any scholarly source for the birth date and place?

If not, I believe she needs to be merged with PGM profile 333; with PGM profile Roosa-333 and profile-316 merged into this one which is the lowest number.

posted by Cheryl (Aldrich) Skordahl
Aldrich-908 Cheryl (Aldrich) Skordahl
Please disconnect the father from this profile.

Father is unsourced. Thank you.

posted on Roosa-316 (merged) by Cheryl (Aldrich) Skordahl
Aldrich-908 Cheryl (Aldrich) Skordahl
Jonathan, please see disputed origins on Roosa-333.

Do you have any scholarly source for the birth date and place?

I believe this profile should be merged with Roosa-333.

posted on Roosa-316 (merged) by Cheryl (Aldrich) Skordahl
Chris Hoyt
Thank you Cheryl

I find these links to Findagrave - particularly Unknown Burial etc. no picture, no proof whatsoever - to be clutter, rather than useful. IMHO!

posted on Roosa-316 (merged) by Chris Hoyt
Aldrich-908 Cheryl (Aldrich) Skordahl
Since there is no photo at the Find A Grave site of this profile, that source is insufficient.

I will move it under "see also" and replace it with Anderson's "Great Migration" source.

posted on Roosa-316 (merged) by Cheryl (Aldrich) Skordahl
[Living Brannan]
Roosa-355 and Roosa-333 do not represent the same person because: These are not the same individual as one is the step mother-in-law of the other one. Birth dates and death dates are different.
posted on Roosa-316 (merged) by [Living Brannan]
[Living Brannan]
Roosa-69 and Rooke-21 appear to represent the same person because: Both of these individuals married Edward Riggs in 1635. According to The Riggs Genealogy http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~fesschequy/Riggs.html Roosa-69 is the correct one.
posted on Roosa-316 (merged) by [Living Brannan]

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