No Biggs found in online indexes to 1840 or 1850 Tyrrell Co NC censuses; none in Heritage Quest's 1870 Tyrrell index. The only Biggs in Heritage Quest's 1860 Tyrrell index is in this household: 1860 CENSUS, TYRRELL CO NC P.O.: Columbia, 6 Jul 1860 JOSH [S. or L.] TWIDDY 47 NC farmer Pamelia 53 NC Uriah 17 NC John 13 NC Elizabeth BIGGS 19 NC domestic [NOTE: Original query had Elizabeth as 19 in 1850 and b ca 1831, but she was 19 in 1860, so born ca 1841.] In 1870 the household of J. S. Tweedy, 55, and Permelia Tweedy, 64, is listed in Elizabeth City, Salem Twp, Pasquotank Co NC. No Biggs in household. The online 1850 Tyrrell census does not show an Elizabeth or a girl her age living in the household of Joshua Twiddy. 1870 CENSUS, TYRRELL CO NC Alligator Twp, P.O.: Columbia JAMES WRIGHT 23 NC farmer Elizabeth 29 NC James 4 NC Mary 3 NC Nancy 1 NC Thomas WRIGHT 14 NC Fannie 43 NC Nancy 18 NC Diane EDWARDS 42 NC In the 1880 census [LDS transcription] of Skinnersville, Washington Co NC, page 319, James Biggs 15 NC is in the household of Joshua Twiddy 40 NC. Five households away, Rosa Biggs 55 NC was a servant in the household of Benj Chambers. She was evidently Rose, wife of Amariah Biggs, in the 1870 Washington Co census. Family of Baily Biggs 45 NC on page 322B. 1880 CENSUS, TYRRELL CO NC Alligator Twp, p 314A JAMES WRIGHT 34 NC NC NC farmer Buena V. wife 19 NC NC NC Mary E. dtr 13 NC NC NC Nancy J. dtr 11 NC NC NC Robert S. son 9 NC NC NC Thomas F. son 3 NC NC NC John L. son 7 months NC NC NC ============================ The 1860 census does not indicate whether Elizabeth was married or single at that time, and does not tell us which NC county she was born in. Elizabeth's future husband, James Wright, lived next door to Josh Twiddy's household in 1860. I could not locate Elizabeth, born around 1841, in the 1850 NC census, unless perhaps she is Hannah E., age 9, daughter of Amariah Biggs in the 1850 census of Washington Co NC: 096 AMARIAH BIGGS 32, Eliza 35, Mary F. 12, Hannah E. 9, Catharine 6, Jane 5, Alexina? 2 [Note that Amariah's widow, Rosa, was living close to James Biggs in the Twiddy household in Washington Co 1880.] The name Amariah Biggs appears in the will of James Biggs in Currituck Co NC. See http://www.rootsweb.com/~nccurrit/wills/willjamesbiggs.html . A submission to RootsWeb's WorldConnect Project http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=bagwill-20&id=I07 67 indicates James Robert Wright, son of Thomas Wright, married "Mary Elizabeth Biggs". 1850 Washington Co NC census shows 093 LEVIOR? BIGGS 49 male, Nancy 44, Mary E. 12, Levi 11. ["Levior" is probably the Levi Biggs listed on the 1840 Washington Co census.] Age of this Mary E. is three years off from Elizabeth's estimated birth year of 1841. Andy Anderson -----Original Message----- From: Cherokee29@net-change.com <Cherokee29@net-change.com> To: BIGGS-L@rootsweb.com <BIGGS-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Thursday, June 26, 2003 5:38 PM Subject: [BIGGS] Tyrrell Co. NC Biggs!!! >This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > >Surnames: Biggs,Wright,Holmes,Holland,Johnson,Alcox >Classification: Query > >Message Board URL: > >http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/WCE.2ACIB/1027 > >Message Board Post: > >I'm seeking info on the following: Elizabeth Biggs b: around 1831 Tyrrell Co. NC. Elizabeth had two children: James Walton Biggs & Fannie Biggs. James Walton Biggs had a son: James GW Biggs. Elizabeth was living with the Joshua Twiddy family in the 1850 census Tyrrell Co. NC. Elizabeth was also married to James Robert Wright of Tyrrell co. NC James was the son of Thomas Franklin? Wright B:1820-21, and Frances Holmes. Can anyone help me with these Biggs'? anything would be appreciated! Thanks, RLW > > >==== BIGGS Mailing List ==== >What came before us, is like a path....we can follow it or make our own!! bev >