Thomas
Wiggins
Born in Jamaica, Queens, Province of New York
Ancestors 
Son of Josias Wiggins
and Isabelle (White) Wiggins
Brother of
William Wiggins and Josiah Wiggins Jr.
[spouse(s) unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Sarah Catherine (Wiggins) Applegate
Died
at age 70
in Knowlton, Sussex, New Jersey, USA
Profile last modified
| Created 20 Jan 2015
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Biography
"Thos ye Son of Josias and Isabella Wiggins, April 17, 1715 at Jamaica"[1]
Thomas died, probably in November 1785, intestate, as on the 16th of that month his widow Susanna was made administrix of his estate, with fellowbondsman John Quick, yeoman, both of Knowlton. Inventory by John McMurtrie and John Quick amounted to £14.18.0.[2]
Sources
- ↑ "Ladd, Horatio O. The Origin and History of Grace Church, Jamaica, New York. New York: The Shakespeare Press, 1914, p. 271 (https://archive.org/stream/originhistoryofg00ladd#page/270/mode/2up)
- ↑ Thomas Wiggins, intestate, recorded 16 Nov 1785, abstract in Documents Relating to the Colonial, Revolutionary and Post-Revolutionary History of the State of New Jersey. Newark, N.J..., 1880, 35:439 (https://archive.org/stream/documentsrelatin35newj#page/438/mode/2up).
- WHO IS THIS???
- 1767 WILL New York, New York Probates. Vol 26, page 16
- Thomas Wiggins of Hempstead, Queens, New York
- Wife mentioned but not named
- Sons: Thomas, Benjamin and Richard
- Daughters: Mary and Martha
- Executors: Son Thomas Wiggins, Jr; Son-in-Law Benjamin Gildersleve
- Witn: Samuel Langdon; Richard Rhodes; S Clowes
- Will written: 30 April 1767
- Will proven 21 August 1767
- .......
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Thomas 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 Thomas:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Thomas 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 Thomas:
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~0.39%
~3.12%
Robert Adams 
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~0.39%
~1.56%
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1795, Oct, 12, Inventory, £333,13.6; made by Thomas Wiggins and Daniel Vliet. File 6 3 OS.
https://archive.org/stream/documentsrelatin37newj#page/154/mode/2up
"Thos ye Son of Josias and Isabella Wiggins, April 17, 1715 at Jamaica." ...from "The Register Book for the Parish of Jamaica. Kept by the Rev. Thomas Poyer, Recor from 1710 to 1732," The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, 19:1:7 (http://search.findmypast.com/record/browse?id=us%2fnygb%2fperrec1880%2f92_0011_1).
I'm going to be working on Josias and Isabella as I've just discovered them as ancestors of mine.... I will poke back in when I have Josias and a bit more evidence to support my assertion.
EDIT: the preview version of my reasoning is that I'm nearly certain he's the brother of William Wiggins (whose son Samuel I'm documented here. They, their uncle Gersham, and perhaps other branches of Wigginses all seem to have come to Sussex from Jamaica/Hempstead....