Greetings, Interested as to possible primary source for BROWNE as maiden surname of Mary, wife of Edward Riggs III, or is this from an on-line tree? Based on my own research, there is no proof to support the statement that Edward Riggs III was married to Mary Browne. Edward III was almost certainly married to Mary Munn; the following is from my e-mail about Mary Munn from January 2002: From: "Evan R. Thompson" <[email protected]> Subject: [RIGGS-L] Edward Riggs III & Mary Munn Date: Wed, 9 Jan 2002 00:15:19 -0600 In trying to establish the identity of Edward Riggs III's wife, the following might be of some use. Note that this was an oral will, therefore, detailed formalities such as "too thee mye beloved darling datter" etc. are left out. ---- New Haven Probate Records, Volume One, Part Two, page 6 "A writting presented as the last will and testament of Daniell Munne of Milford deceased exhibited in County Court held at New Haven June 13th 1666 Wee heard Daniell Munne say that all that I have, that is my owne estate I give to Mary Rigs, onely if any of my brethren come, and be as strangers here, that shee would carry it kindly to him or them, and might give to him or them twenty or thirty shillings. Robert Deneson his R marke Mrs Sarah Whitman S W her marke The witnesses sworn and administration granted to Mary Rigs." ----- If "Mary Rigs" is the wife of Edward III, they were married prior to 13 June 1666. Of course, nothing in the above cited probate record directly establishes that Mary "Rigs" was the daughter of "Daniell Munne," but it is very strong indirect evidence. Hopefully this clears up the confusion. Evan ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, July 22, 2002 2:12 PM Subject: Re: [RIGGS-L] Daniel Riggs - NJ > Terrence, > > Daniel was the son of Joseph, Sr. and wife Sarah ??? (last name unknown). > Joseph, Sr. was the son of Edward, Sr. and Mary Browne. Edward, Sr. was the > son of Edward, Sgt and then to Edward of Roxbury. I note that my listing of > Daniel's children have slightly different spellings. Are your Bible records > clearly written? I ask this because my family's Bible records are difficult > to read in some areas. If your records are clear, I'll use your spelling as > the legitimate source. Between Sept. to Dec. of 1776, Daniel lost his wife > and four children. Since this was the same time period as the Smallpox > epidemic, it could probably be surmised that this was the cause of so many > dying within that short period of time. > > Hope this helps, > > Sarah (Riggs) de Bree > > > ==== RIGGS Mailing List ==== > Check out the RIGGS Resource Page located at the following URL: > http://resources.rootsweb.com/surnames/r/i/RIGGS/ >

Terrence, Daniel was the son of Joseph, Sr. and wife Sarah ??? (last name unknown). Joseph, Sr. was the son of Edward, Sr. and Mary Browne. Edward, Sr. was the son of Edward, Sgt and then to Edward of Roxbury. I note that my listing of Daniel's children have slightly different spellings. Are your Bible records clearly written? I ask this because my family's Bible records are difficult to read in some areas. If your records are clear, I'll use your spelling as the legitimate source. Between Sept. to Dec. of 1776, Daniel lost his wife and four children. Since this was the same time period as the Smallpox epidemic, it could probably be surmised that this was the cause of so many dying within that short period of time. Hope this helps, Sarah (Riggs) de Bree

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: RIGGS Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/HSDBAIB/1278 Message Board Post: I photographed this tombstone in the Oak Grove Memorial Cemetery in Irving, Dallas County, Texas. Feel free to use the picture for your records. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~t42cemeteries or http://teafor2.com

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Riggs originally from Kentucky Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/HSDBAIB/1277 Message Board Post: I am a granddaughter of Clay Harrison Riggs (b.3 Apr 1894 in KY, d. 27 Sep 1928). He had an identical twin brother, Divie Richard Riggs (any other siblings?). I don't know their parents names, though they were both from Kentucky. Any family links and info would be much appreciated. Clay Harrison Riggs married Susie Clara Marts in Winfield Kansas and had 8 children: Howard Clay Riggs (b. 5 Jan 1917) Clara Virginia Riggs (b. 11 June 1918) Divie Richard Riggs (b. 27 Sep 1920) Thelma Rowena Riggs (b. 10 Mar 1922) Robert Arthur Riggs (b. 10 Feb 1924) Nellie Louise Riggs (b. 23 Apr 1925) Donald Warren Riggs (b. 7 Nov. 1926) Margery Ann Riggs (b. 4 Mar 1928)

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----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, July 20, 2002 12:23 PM Subject: [RIGGS-L] Re: The "good" and bad old days of 1900.............. > ONE HUNDRED AND TWO YEARS AGO................... > > >From a book called "When My Grandmother Was a Child" by Leigh W. Rutledge, > which begins, "In the summer of 1900, when my grandmother was a child..." > > The average life expectancy in the United States was forty-seven. > Only 14 percent of the homes in the United States had a bathtub. > Only 8 percent of the homes had a telephone. > A three-minute call from Denver to New York City cost eleven dollars. > There were only 8,000 cars in the US and only 144 miles of paved roads. > The maximum speed limit in most cities was ten mph. > Alabama, Mississippi, Iowa, and Tennessee were each more heavily > populated than California. With a mere 1.4 million residents, California was > only > the twenty-first most populous state in the Union. > The tallest structure in the world was the Eiffel Tower. > The average wage in the US was twenty-two cents an hour. > The average US worker made between $200 and $400 per year. > A competent accountant could expect to earn $2000 per year, > a dentist $2500 per year, a veterinarian between $1500 and $4000 per > year, and a mechanical engineer about $5000 per year. > More than 95 percent of all births in the United States took place at home. > Ninety percent of all US physicians had no college education. > Instead, they attended medical schools, many of which were condemned > in the press and by the government as "substandard." > Sugar cost four cents a pound. > Eggs were fourteen cents a dozen. > Coffee cost fifteen cents a pound. > Most women only washed their hair once a month and used borax or egg yolks > for shampoo. > Canada passed a law prohibiting poor people from entering the > country for any reason, either as travelers or immigrants. > The five leading causes of death in the US were:1.Pneumonia and influenza, > 2. Tuberculosis, 3.Diarrhea, 4. Heart disease, 5. Stroke. > The American flag had 45 stars. Arizona, Oklahoma, New Mexico, > Hawaii and Alaska hadn't been admitted to the Union yet. > The population of Las Vegas, Nevada was thirty. The remote desert > community was inhabited by only a handful of ranchers and their families. > Plutonium, insulin, and antibiotics hadn't been discovered yet. > Scotch tape, crossword puzzles, canned beer, and iced tea hadn't been > invented. > There was no Mother's Day or Father's Day. > Only men could vote. > One in ten US adults couldn't read or write. > Only 6 percent of all Americans had graduated from high school. > Marijuana, heroin, and morphine were all available over the counter at corner > drugstores. > According to one pharmacist , "Heroin clears the complexion, gives > buoyancy to the mind, regulates the stomach and the bowels, and is, in fact, > a perfect guardian of health." > Coca-Cola contained cocaine instead of caffeine. > Punch-card data processing had recently been developed, and early > predecessors of the modern computer were used for the first time by the > government to help compile the 1900 census. > Eighteen percent of households in the United States had at least one > full-time servant or domestic. > There were about 230 reported murders in the US annually. > -- > > > > > > ==== RIGGS Mailing List ==== > **************************RIGGS LIST QUESTIONS?************************ > For list questions or problems e-mail: [email protected] Richard (Listowner) >

ONE HUNDRED AND TWO YEARS AGO................... >From a book called "When My Grandmother Was a Child" by Leigh W. Rutledge, which begins, "In the summer of 1900, when my grandmother was a child..." The average life expectancy in the United States was forty-seven. Only 14 percent of the homes in the United States had a bathtub. Only 8 percent of the homes had a telephone. A three-minute call from Denver to New York City cost eleven dollars. There were only 8,000 cars in the US and only 144 miles of paved roads. The maximum speed limit in most cities was ten mph. Alabama, Mississippi, Iowa, and Tennessee were each more heavily populated than California. With a mere 1.4 million residents, California was only the twenty-first most populous state in the Union. The tallest structure in the world was the Eiffel Tower. The average wage in the US was twenty-two cents an hour. The average US worker made between $200 and $400 per year. A competent accountant could expect to earn $2000 per year, a dentist $2500 per year, a veterinarian between $1500 and $4000 per year, and a mechanical engineer about $5000 per year. More than 95 percent of all births in the United States took place at home. Ninety percent of all US physicians had no college education. Instead, they attended medical schools, many of which were condemned in the press and by the government as "substandard." Sugar cost four cents a pound. Eggs were fourteen cents a dozen. Coffee cost fifteen cents a pound. Most women only washed their hair once a month and used borax or egg yolks for shampoo. Canada passed a law prohibiting poor people from entering the country for any reason, either as travelers or immigrants. The five leading causes of death in the US were:1.Pneumonia and influenza, 2. Tuberculosis, 3.Diarrhea, 4. Heart disease, 5. Stroke. The American flag had 45 stars. Arizona, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Hawaii and Alaska hadn't been admitted to the Union yet. The population of Las Vegas, Nevada was thirty. The remote desert community was inhabited by only a handful of ranchers and their families. Plutonium, insulin, and antibiotics hadn't been discovered yet. Scotch tape, crossword puzzles, canned beer, and iced tea hadn't been invented. There was no Mother's Day or Father's Day. Only men could vote. One in ten US adults couldn't read or write. Only 6 percent of all Americans had graduated from high school. Marijuana, heroin, and morphine were all available over the counter at corner drugstores. According to one pharmacist , "Heroin clears the complexion, gives buoyancy to the mind, regulates the stomach and the bowels, and is, in fact, a perfect guardian of health." Coca-Cola contained cocaine instead of caffeine. Punch-card data processing had recently been developed, and early predecessors of the modern computer were used for the first time by the government to help compile the 1900 census. Eighteen percent of households in the United States had at least one full-time servant or domestic. There were about 230 reported murders in the US annually. --

Margaret: All information points to John RIGGS being son of Samuel RIGGS [1760-1846]. This is the same John RIGGS who died in 1849 and his will is on Hawkins Co, TN page. According to the late Leo RIGGS and a few other RIGGS researchers; Samuel RIGGS and first wife Mary "Polly" MORRIS had the following children: 1. Lewis RIGGS; born 20 Jun 1792 2. Jesse RIGGS was born 1795 3. Russell J. RIGGS was born about 1798 4. John RIGGS was born 1802 5. Pleasant Maynard RIGGS was born about 1807 6. Ellis M. RIGGS was born ca 1813/14 According to research papers of the late Leo RIGGS, he also thought Nancy RIGGS who married Shadrick MORRIS, Jr in 1804 was dau of Samuel but she was the daughter of Reuben RIGGS and Mary CRAWFORD. Leo also thought Casandra RIGGS who married Richard GRAVES in 1805 was dau of Samuel RIGGS but she was dau of John RIGGS from Maryland who died in Jefferson Co, TN in 1833/34. Leo also listed a Matilda RIGGS [A tentative identification only....his words] born in NC in 1790 as dau of Samuel. She died in Jefferson Co, TN after 1850......she was shown in 1850 Census of Jefferson County, TN as a pauper and a resident of the poorhouse. In a message dated 7/19/2002 3:30:28 PM Central Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: Searching for info about Samuel Riggs who applied for Rev.War Pension Hawkins > Co, Tenn, Aug.1845. John Riggs, Justice of the Peace took Samuel's > deposition. Was John Samuel's son? or brother? Is this the same John > Riggs whose will dated Jan. 31, 1849? In will John names wife Mary W. > Names also "my heirs" Samuel T. Riggs, James V. Riggs, Pleasant Marion > Riggs, dau Louisa J. Riggs and William E. D. Johns,"a son that my wife had > by her former husband". > Grandau of Mary W. Riggs living with her in the 1870 Hawkins Co census-Mary > C. Dodson. In 1860 census Hawkins Co., Mary C. living with parents > Raleigh(Rolly) Dodson and Eliza J. Dodson. Margaret Findley > [email protected] > >

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/5541/HSDBAIB/482.484.1.2.1 Message Board Post: Donna are you the Donna that I have been talking to via email? if so I just got this message, I am sorry. lets email

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Riggs/Dodson/Thompson Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/HSDBAIB/1276 Message Board Post: Searching for info about Samuel Riggs who applied for Rev.War Pension Hawkins Co, Tenn, Aug.1845. John Riggs, Justice of the Peace took Samuel's deposition. Was John Samuel's son? or brother? Is this the same John Riggs whose will dated Jan. 31, 1849? In will John names wife Mary W. Names also "my heirs" Samuel T. Riggs, James V. Riggs, Pleasant Marion Riggs, dau Louisa J. Riggs and William E. D. Johns,"a son that my wife had by her former husband". Grandau of Mary W. Riggs living with her in the 1870 Hawkins Co census-Mary C. Dodson. In 1860 census Hawkins Co., Mary C. living with parents Raleigh(Rolly) Dodson and Eliza J. Dodson. Margaret Findley [email protected]

Rosey: The pages in the 1870 Census were to large when the census was put in book form, generally the page numbers are twice the number that appears on Microfilm. We all make the same mistake at one time. Jim --- [email protected] wrote: > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to > this mailing list. > > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/HSDBAIB/1190.1 > > Message Board Post: > > Looking for info on James Riggs. Do you know who his > wife was. Ancestery.Com shows a James Riggs in > Marion county Kentucky 1870 census page 140 but no > page 140 shows up. > > > ==== RIGGS Mailing List ==== > **************************RIGGS LIST > QUESTIONS?************************ > For list questions or problems e-mail: > [email protected] Richard (Listowner) > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Autos - Get free new car price quotes http://autos.yahoo.com

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/HSDBAIB/1190.1 Message Board Post: Looking for info on James Riggs. Do you know who his wife was. Ancestery.Com shows a James Riggs in Marion county Kentucky 1870 census page 140 but no page 140 shows up.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Riggs and Priddy Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/HSDBAIB/482.484.1.2 Message Board Post: Donna Hi its me again. I don't know how much information you have, but i have quite a bit to share. I can tell you the names of David and Elizas Parents and grandparents. I even wrote to your husbands sister a year or so ago, I got no answer back, but my dad told me she was very ill. Please contact me. Again I would love to share with you,

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: riggs Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/HSDBAIB/1256.1.2 Message Board Post: Hi. I don't know if it is that persons family but it sure is mine. My name is Donna too. I am the dasughter of Walter Ray Echols, his mother was Myrtle Birdie Riggs. As you probably know this was Della's sister. I would love to share information with you. Please get back to me.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Riggs Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/HSDBAIB/1275 Message Board Post: I have a personal genealogy website with the surname Riggs and many of the same given names as on this list. It's located at http://www.carterhistory.net. Come and see if we're related?

Let me try a couple of Yelton families out of Kentucky. I think both of these Ira Yelton names are boys born in 1879. If he married in 1893 he would only be 14 or 15 years old. Census Place: Pendleton, Kentucky Source: FHL Film 1254438 National Archives Film T9-0438 Page 506B Relation Sex Marr Race Age Birthplace Charles YELTON Self M M W 44 KY Occ: Farmer Fa: KY Mo: KY Rosa J. YELTON Wife F M W 42 KY Occ: Keeping House Fa: KY Mo: KY Carrie J. YELTON Dau F W 20 KY Fa: KY Mo: KY Ida M. YELTON Dau F W 18 KY Fa: KY Mo: KY Susan A. YELTON Dau F W 17 KY Fa: KY Mo: KY William R. YELTON Son M W 15 KY Fa: KY Mo: KY Jef D. YELTON Son M S W 11 KY Fa: KY Mo: KY Alexander YELTON Son M S W 9 KY Fa: KY Mo: KY Lewis N. YELTON Son M S W 5 KY Fa: KY Mo: KY Ira E. YELTON Son M S W 1 KY Fa: KY Mo: KY Census Place: Crittenden, Grant, Kentucky Source: FHL Film 1254415 National Archives Film T9-0415 Page 112B Relation Sex Marr Race Age Birthplace Nimrod W. YELTON Self M M W 32 KY Occ: Depot Agt C.S. R.R. Fa: KY Mo: KY Nannie YELTON Wife F M W 22 KY Occ: Keeping House Fa: KY Mo: KY Annie May YELTON Dau F S W 3 KY Fa: KY Mo: KY Ira R. YELTON Son M S W 1 KY Fa: KY Mo: KY --- Dr. Jeryl L. Bennett --- [email protected] ***Author of "The Amazing Red Heifer" ****Researching Sowers, Bennett, Crow, Riggs, Campbell, Thompson, and related genealogies > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > [email protected] > Sent: Thursday, July 18, 2002 2:55 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [RIGGS-L] Riggs In Indiana > > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/HSDBAIB/1274 > > Message Board Post: > > Can anyone help? My grandmother was b. Lula Katherine Riggs in Shelbyville IN, > Nov 18, 1878. She d. Apr 5 1936 in Riverside CA. My dad was a teenager when she > died and I have very little inf on her family. I do not have her parents names ( have a > copy of her mother's obit in Washington township listing her as Mrs William Monroe > d.Sept 14 1910 age 60, Wm.Monroe was her second husband). Lula had one sister, > Clara. Her gfather was Robert Grizzle or Grizzel or Gizzel. Lula m. Ira Yelton Aug 9 > 1893 in Newport KY. Any information would be appreciated. Thanks Marge Parks > > > ==== RIGGS Mailing List ==== > **************************RIGGS LIST QUESTIONS?************************ > For list questions or problems e-mail: [email protected] Richard (Listowner)

This data is from the 1880 Census. The name is spelled with an "e" in this census listing. The sister is also not Clara, so this may not be of any value to you. Jeryl Bennett Census Place: Van Buren, Shelby, Indiana Source: FHL Film 1254309 National Archives Film T9-0309 Page 124C Relation Sex Marr Race Age Birthplace Joseph RIGGES Self M M W 38 KY Occ: Farm Hand Fa: KY Mo: IN Dora V. RIGGES Wife F M W 27 KY Occ: Keeping House Fa: VA Mo: KY Carrie RIGGES Dau F S W 5 IN Fa: KY Mo: KY Katie L. RIGGES Dau F S W 1 IN Fa: KY Mo: KY --- Dr. Jeryl L. Bennett --- [email protected] ***Author of "The Amazing Red Heifer" ****Researching Sowers, Bennett, Crow, Riggs, Campbell, Thompson, and related genealogies > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > [email protected] > Sent: Thursday, July 18, 2002 2:55 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [RIGGS-L] Riggs In Indiana > > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/HSDBAIB/1274 > > Message Board Post: > > Can anyone help? My grandmother was b. Lula Katherine Riggs in Shelbyville IN, > Nov 18, 1878. She d. Apr 5 1936 in Riverside CA. My dad was a teenager when she > died and I have very little inf on her family. I do not have her parents names ( have a > copy of her mother's obit in Washington township listing her as Mrs William Monroe > d.Sept 14 1910 age 60, Wm.Monroe was her second husband). Lula had one sister, > Clara. Her gfather was Robert Grizzle or Grizzel or Gizzel. Lula m. Ira Yelton Aug 9 > 1893 in Newport KY. Any information would be appreciated. Thanks Marge Parks > > > ==== RIGGS Mailing List ==== > **************************RIGGS LIST QUESTIONS?************************ > For list questions or problems e-mail: [email protected] Richard (Listowner)

Does anyone have information on the family of John C. RIGGS b January 1864 in TN , m Martha Ann WALLACE July 22, 1882 in Decatur County, TN? Martha was b December 1867 in TN. Children of John and Martha are: Washington E. RIGGS b December 1883 Author A. RIGGS b June 1888 TN Nettie L. RIGGS b April 1893 in TN. Nettie was m to Oscar LILES on October 15, 1911 in Decatur Co., TN. Beatrice Elizabeth RIGGS b October 1896 TN. Beatrice was m to James Aldon JOHNSON, Jr. Laura E. RIGGS b February 1900 TN. Lucille Mae RIGGS b March 24, 1904 Parsons, Decatur Co., TN. She died April 14, 1925 in Jonesboro, Craighead Co., AR. If anyone has information to add or share on this family, or any other RIGGS family possibly related to this family, it would be my pleasure to correspond with you. Thanks so much in advance. Wanda RIGGS Ketelhut

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/HSDBAIB/1274 Message Board Post: Can anyone help? My grandmother was b. Lula Katherine Riggs in Shelbyville IN, Nov 18, 1878. She d. Apr 5 1936 in Riverside CA. My dad was a teenager when she died and I have very little inf on her family. I do not have her parents names ( have a copy of her mother's obit in Washington township listing her as Mrs William Monroe d.Sept 14 1910 age 60, Wm.Monroe was her second husband). Lula had one sister, Clara. Her gfather was Robert Grizzle or Grizzel or Gizzel. Lula m. Ira Yelton Aug 9 1893 in Newport KY. Any information would be appreciated. Thanks Marge Parks

Searching for family information on John Cass RIGGS, born January 1864 in Decatur County, TN. He married Martha Ann WALLACE on July 22, 1882. Martha was born in December 1867 TN. Children were: Washington E. RIGGS, b December 1883 TN. Author A. RIGGS b June 1888 TN. Nettie L. RIGGS b April 1893, Decatur Co., TN, m Oscar LILES Oct. 15, 1911. Beatrice Elizabeth RIGGS, b 1896, TN m James Aldon JOHNSON, Jr., Laura E. RIGGS b February 1900 TN, Lucillwe Mae RIGGS b March 24, 1904, Parsons, Decatur Co., TN., d April 14, 1925 in Jonesboro, Craighead Co, AR. Any information would be greatly appreciated. Thanks so much. Wanda RIGGS Ketelhut