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Ransom Riggs Sr. (1789 - 1863)

Rev. Ransom Riggs Sr.
Born in Litchfield, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USAmap
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Husband of — married 30 Mar 1814 in Yorkville, Oneida, New York, United Statesmap
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Died at age 73 in Johnson County, Indiana, USAmap
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Biography

RANSOM RIGGS, son of Jeremiah Riggs and Anne Woodruff, was born 06 March 1789 in Litchfield, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA. [1]

Ransom was married 30 March 1814 to Sarah "Sally" Tremain, daughter of Elijah Tremain and Mary Holmes. Sarah was born 30 June 1795 in Sheffield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts.

Ransom Riggs arrived in Indiana ca 1822, first living in Dearborn County, [Indiana, USA] then Decatur [County, Indiana, USA], then Shelby [County, Indiana, USA], and finally Johnson County [Indiana, USA] where he lived out his life. He was a minister of the Gospel in his latter years, and died in January, 1863. [2] [3] and [4]

Ransom Riggs is said to have been a hatter and cloth dyer by trade. [5]

He was a minister of the Gospel in his latter years. [6] [7] [8]

1850 U. S. Federal Census [9]
Johnson County, Indiana
Nineveh Township
27 October 1850
861-861
Ransom Riggs, 61, male, Clergyman (BC) Real Estate $2200; b CT
Sarah Riggs, 55, female, b MA
Ransom Riggs, 20, male, carpenter b IN
Wilson T. Riggs, 22, male, farmer, b IN
Harvey Riggs, 19, male, farmer, b IN
Samuel D. Riggs, 31, male, farmer, b NY
Grace Riggs, 19, female, b England (wife of Samuel D. Riggs)
Henry Riggs, 2, male, b IN (s/o Samuel& Grace)
Sarah Riggs, 1, female, b IN (dau/o Samuel & Grace)

1860 U. S. Federal Census [10] Johnson County, Indiana
Nineveh Township
26 July 1860
615-609
Ransom Riggs, 71, male, farmer, Real Estate $4500, Personal Property, $800, b CT
Sarah Riggs, 55, female, b VT (sic)

There was a smallpox epidemic in Indiana in the 1850s and 1860s in central Indiana. [11]

In the winter of 1863, Ransom and Sarah are given as having left Johnson County (adjacent and south of Indianapolis, Marion Co., IN) in their wagon to go to Pulaski County, Indiana (northwest Indiana) to the farm home of their son, Samuel David/Davis. Their daughter-in-law, Grace (Greenwood) Riggs, Samuel's wife, and three of his children had died from small pox. Apparently while there, Sarah also became ill perhaps also from small pox and died there in Pulaski County, Indiana. Having placed her coffin in the wagon, Ransom took her body back home to Nineveh, Johnson Co., IN where he buried her. Find A Grave: Memorial #156371234 However, within days Ransom evidently became ill perha;s also with small pox and died 16 January 1863 in Johnson County, Indiana. All this sadness occurring in November and December 1862 and January 1863. [12] and [13]

Both are buried in the Riggs Cemetery in Nineveh, Johnson County, Indiana, USA. Sarah Find A Grave: Memorial #156371234 and Ransom Find A Grave: Memorial #38856507

Children of Ransom and Sarah:

1. Louisa Riggs (1815-1816) Find A Grave: Memorial #157499629 [14] [15]

2. Sophronia Riggs (23 Jan 1817 Genessee County, NY or Livonia, Livingston Co., NY - 14 Nov 1911) Find A Grave: Memorial #39663840; married 3 May 1839 Ambrose Dudley Barnett. [16] and [17]

3. Samuel David Riggs (aka Samuel Davis Riggs) was born 2 December 1818 Livonia, Livingston Co., NY. Samuel died 22 Oct. 1896 in White Post Twp. Pulaski Co, IN. Find A Grave: Memorial #25757844 He married (1) Grace Greenwood on 9 Apr 1847 in Johnson Co., IN; married (2) Esther Baughman on 26 Mar 1872. [18] and [19]

4. Susannah "Susan" Riggs (b. 30 Jan 1821 - d. 21 Jun 1868 Johnson Co., IN) Find A Grave: Memorial #156276394; married 13 Feb 1840 Johnson Co., IN to John Sanders Burton. [20]

5. Simeon Tremain Riggs (b 2 May 1823 - 1914) Find A Grave: Memorial #81800479 Married 1 Nov 1847 Johnson Co., IN to (1) Artimesia Kerlin (1821–1892) and (2) Elizabeth Park (1839–1912) [21] and [22]

6. Ransom Riggs, Jr. (b 7 Nov 1825 Livonia, Livingston Co., NY. He married Catherine Vickerman. Ransom died 24 Feb 1888 (62y) Nineveh, Johnson Co., IN.) He is buried in the Riggs Cemetery in Nineveh, Johnson County, Indiana. Find A Grave: Memorial #156371880 [23] and [24]

7. Wilson Thompson Riggs (1828 - 1873) Find A Grave: Memorial #34133671 Married Catherine A. Middleton. [25] and [26]

8. Harvey Riggs (1831 - 1911) Find A Grave: Memorial #37111429 Married Ann Jane Middleton. [27] and [28]

9. Martha Riggs (b. 30 Jan 1834 Nineveh, Johnson Co., IN - d. 2 Nov 1834 Flat Rock, Shelby County, IN) From Find A Grave: Memorial #38856507 for Ransom Riggs.[29] and [30]

Sources

  1. ↑ John H. Wallace, The Riggs Family, 23, 41.
  2. ↑ Counties of White and Pulaski Counties, Indiana - White Post Township by F.A. Battey & Co., 1883
  3. ↑ Ancestry.com Message Board: Ransom Riggs as posted by Proctor Brown on 15 Oct 1999 [1]
  4. ↑ Ancestry.com Message Board: [2]
  5. ↑ John H. Wallace, Genealogy of the Riggs Family, New York, John H. Wallace, 1901, p. 41.
  6. ↑ Counties of White and Pulaski Counties, Indiana - White Post Township by F.A. Battey & Co., 1883
  7. ↑ Ancestry.com Message Board: Ransom Riggs as posted by Proctor Brown on 15 Oct 1999 [3]
  8. ↑ Ancestry.com Message Board: [4]
  9. ↑ "United States Census, 1850", database with images, FamilySearch (ark:/61903/1:1:MHJL-ZK3 : Wed Dec 28 16:01:17 UTC 2022), Entry for Henry Riggs and Samuel D Riggs, 1850.
  10. ↑ 1860 U. S. Federal Census
  11. ↑ Sign of the Times 15 March 1865 (1863?): Obituary by Brother Beebe. BURIAL: William Riggs Farm
  12. ↑ Ancestry.com Message Board: Ransom Riggs as posted by Proctor Brown on 15 Oct 1999 [5]
  13. ↑ Ancestry.com Message Board: [6]
  14. ↑ Ancestry.com Message Board: Ransom Riggs as posted by Proctor Brown on 15 Oct 1999 [7]
  15. ↑ Ancestry.com Message Board: [8]
  16. ↑ Ancestry.com Message Board: Ransom Riggs as posted by Proctor Brown on 15 Oct 1999 [9]
  17. ↑ Ancestry.com Message Board: [10]
  18. ↑ Ancestry.com Message Board: Ransom Riggs as posted by Proctor Brown on 15 Oct 1999 [11]
  19. ↑ Ancestry.com Message Board: [12]
  20. ↑ Ancestry.com Message Board: Ransom Riggs as posted by Proctor Brown on 15 Oct 1999 [13]
  21. ↑ Ancestry.com Message Board: Ransom Riggs as posted by Proctor Brown on 15 Oct 1999 [14]
  22. ↑ Ancestry.com Message Board: [15]
  23. ↑ Ancestry.com Message Board: Ransom Riggs as posted by Proctor Brown on 15 Oct 1999 [16]
  24. ↑ Ancestry.com Message Board: [17]
  25. ↑ Ancestry.com Message Board: Ransom Riggs as posted by Proctor Brown on 15 Oct 1999 [18]
  26. ↑ Ancestry.com Message Board: [19]
  27. ↑ Ancestry.com Message Board: Ransom Riggs as posted by Proctor Brown on 15 Oct 1999 [20]
  28. ↑ Ancestry.com Message Board: [21]
  29. ↑ Ancestry.com Message Board: Ransom Riggs as posted by Proctor Brown on 15 Oct 1999 [22]
  30. ↑ Ancestry.com Message Board: [23]
  • Riggs [24] Not found
  • Search for Data on Sarah Tremain Wife of Ransom Riggs. Author : David G. Richardson Detail ISBN code : OCLC:866334142 . NOTE: I was unable to view this so if someone else can, please let me know. Person does not indicate how to contact See: Sarah "Sally" Tremain research by Tremain researchers. Tremain connection made by Audrey (Shields) Hancock
  • Smith, Alvy Ray. The Probable Genetic Signature of Edward Riggs, Immigrant to Roxbury, Massachusetts, in 1633, The New England Historical & Genealogical Register (NEHGS, Boston, Mass., 2010) Vol. 164, WN 654, Page 98.
  • "Counties of White and Pulaski Counties, Indiana - White Post Township" by F.A. Battey & Co., 1883
  • Genealogy.com (now defunct) Re: Samuel Riggs & Betsey Rigby family CT, NY by By Jane Curci January 29, 2006 at 06:54:03 In reply to: Samuel Riggs & Betsey Rigby family CT, NY Sherrie Haines 11/06/05 [25]

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