Joseph Riggs (1740 - 1829)

Born 24 Apr 1740 in Hightstown, Somerset, New Jersey

Ancestors

Husband of Leah (Cozad) Riggs — married 16 Aug 1766 in NJ

Descendants

Died 26 Feb 1829 at age 88 in Cranbury, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA

Biography

Joseph Riggs performed Patriotic Service in New Jersey in the American Revolution.

Joseph Riggs is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A096665.

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Joseph Riggs was born at Basking Ridge, N.J., April 24, 1740. He was a farmer, and bought from his father, David the farm upon which he lived and died. He spent one summer clearing up a piece of land and raised a crop on it, before he was married. The next year he married Leah Cosad, daughter of Jacob Cosad, of Sussex County, N. J. She was of the true Dutch stock, born July 8, 1743, and died February 27, 1827. He was energetic and successful, and was a leading man in his vicinity. He was not a member of the church, but for many years was a frequent attendant, with his family, at the Presbyterian Church at Cranbury, where he was laid by the side of his wife Leah, February 26, 1829. He is generally classified as the head of the Hightstown branch of the family.

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Sources

• "New Jersey Deaths and Burials, 1720-1988", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZDW-VYJ : 19 January 2020), Joseph Riggs in entry for Lewis Riggs, 1876.

• "New Jersey Births and Christenings, 1660-1980", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZZD-YH7 : 18 January 2020), Joseph Riggs in entry for Hannah Riggs, 1783.

• "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVK6-P1K6 : 24 May 2022), Joseph Riggs, ; Burial, Cranbury, Middlesex, New Jersey, United States of America, Brainerd Cemetery; citing record ID 39452150, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.

• Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed July 10 2020), "Record of RIGGS, JOSEPH", Ancestor # A096665.

• Jerry H Collins' Genealogy on RootsWeb - Joseph Riggs

• Northwestern Historical Association. Memoirs of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania (Northwest Historical Association., Madison, Wisconsin, 1904, Vol 2, p. 17-19)

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