Victor, Thanks. I saw Hugh in the deed abstracts but he was the only one I saw. In Darlington Co, SC there was a John and Elizabeth Phillips with a son John William Rigby Phillips in the early 1800's. Some people think that John was from Lenoir Co - Eagle Swamp area which is right on the Lenoir/Craven/Pitt border. Thought it was worth looking for a Phillips and a Rigby in the same place prior to Darlington Co. There were several intermarriages between the Allens of Swift Creek and the Phillips family in the 1790's and getting the feeling there may have been an earlier intermarriage. Martha At 09:52 AM 08/23/2004, you wrote: >Martha, > >There was a Hugh Rigby in Craven County (Craven County Deed >Book 1, page 403, proven 19 June 1750). He purchase property >from the same man my ancestor purchased property from >(Martin Hagin). According to the deed Rigby was a shoe >maker. The property appears to have been in my neighborhood >along Little Swift Creek and Pine Tree Branch. > >Victor > >--- >Victor T. Jones, Jr. >Local History and Genealogy Librarian >New Bern-Craven County Public Library >400 Johnson Street >New Bern, NC 28560-4098 > >Phone: (252) 638-7808 Fax: (252) 638-7817 >E-mail: [email protected] >Web: http://newbern.cpclib.org/ > >Opinions expressed in this communication are mine and do not >necessarily represent the opinions of the library. > >-----Original Message----- >From: Martha Marble [mailto:[email protected]] >Sent: Saturday, August 21, 2004 4:04 PM >To: [email protected] >Subject: [NCCraven] Rigby surname > > >Does the surname Rigby in our area ca late 1700's, early >1800's ring a >bell with anyone? This is a fishing expedition. > >Thanks > >Martha > > > >==== NCCRAVEN Mailing List ==== >Craven County, North Carolina NCGenWeb >http://www.usgennet.org/~nccraven/ > > >============================== >Gain access to over two billion names including the new >Immigration >Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn >more. >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid= >1237 > > > >==== NCCRAVEN Mailing List ==== >Craven County, North Carolina NCGenWeb >http://www.usgennet.org/~nccraven/ > > >============================== >Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration >Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237