Sarah (Wakefield) Riggs (1797 - aft. 1870)

Born 19 Jan 1797 in Gardiner, Kennebec, Massachusetts, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Alfred Johnson Riggs — married 10 Apr 1818 in Gardiner, Kennebec, Massachusetts, United States

Descendants

Died after 1870 after age 72 in Franklin, Maine, United States [uncertain]

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Biography

Sarah Wakefield was born in 1797, the daughter of Dominicus Wakefield and Martha Door.

She married Alfred Riggs (1793-aft. 1860) in 1818, and they had 8 known children:

Alfred Johnson Riggs 1819-1887^[1]

Rosina Abigail Riggs 1821-

Mary Ann Riggs 1824-

James A Riggs 1828-1880

Elizabeth G Riggs 1833-1878

Lawson Green Riggs 1835-1908

George L. Riggs 1838-1921

Jonah W Riggs 1841-

Alfred was born in New Hampshire but they lived in Jay, Franklin, Maine, where Alfred was recorded farming 1850-1860.

Alfred probably died after 1860. She is recorded living with her son Lawson G. Riggs and his family in 1870, age 73.

Research Notes

Place of burial not known yet.

Because two of her children, Mary Ann and George, were deaf and mute, her name is mentioned in certain special studies of deaf marriage and inheritance. Thus a "DEAF" label has been attached to some genealogy profiles, but it is not clear that she was deaf herself.

Sources

1. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/40328639/alfred-j-riggs

• Wakefield, Homer. "Wakefield memorial, comprising an historical, genealogical and biographical register of the name and family of Wakefield"; Bloomington, IL, Private Printing; 1897
• Family Search
• "Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4W4-JJ3 : 5 January 2021), Sarah Wakefield, 1797.
• "Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921," , FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2HK3-8ZQ : 2 March 2021), Sarah Wakefield, 19 Jan 1797; citing Pittston, , Maine, United States, multiple sources, Maine; FHL microfilm.
• "Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2H2Z-L91 : 2 March 2021), Sarah Wakefield, 19 Jan 1797; citing Pittston, , Maine, United States, multiple sources, Maine; FHL microfilm.
• "Maine Marriages, 1771-1907", , FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4FZ-PV4 : 14 January 2020), Sally Wakefield in entry for Alford J. Riggs, 1818.
• "Maine Marriages, 1771-1907", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4FZ-PVC : 14 January 2020), Sally Wakefield in entry for Alfred I. Riggs, 1818.
• "Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4WH-6N1 : 5 January 2021), Sarah in entry for Alfred Johnson Riggs, 1819.
• "Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900", , FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4W4-6J2 : 5 January 2021), Sarah in entry for Rosina Abigail Riggs, 1821.
• "United States Census, 1850", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6JG-R48 : Wed Oct 04 13:51:42 UTC 2023), Entry for Alfred Riggs and Sarah Riggs, 1850.
• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDHR-JCK : Tue Oct 03 21:28:41 UTC 2023), Entry for Alfred J Riggs and Sarah Riggs, 1860.
• "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6DF-1HB : Thu Oct 05 21:06:00 UTC 2023), Entry for Lawson G Riggs and Dorcas B Riggs, 1870.