According to John H Wallace's "Genealogy of the Riggs family" it states the following: Joh Riggs (son of John,Esq.,Joseph, John, Samuel, Edward, Edward) was born at Derby, conn., December 22, 1771 and died at Oxford, Conn., November 14, 1855. He first married Mary Beecher, who died December 16, 1827 and second Betsey Hawkins March 6, 1829 who died without issue, July 18, 1849. His children were as follows: Maria b January 16, 1793 d June 4, 1813 Laura b May 7, 1795 m John Davis d 1854 Mary b March 13, 1798 m John S Moshier d February 9, 1877 John Harpin b June 6, 1801 d October 10, 1805 Lucinda b May 20, 1803 m Warren French d 1876 Thirza b October 20, 1807 m John Humphreys;2d Joshua Kendall John bOctober 25, 1811 d November 14, 1855 Harpin b December 9, 1813 m Harriet Upson, 1840 Henry b January 15, 1816 m Anne Bradley d 1864 Anne ----- Original Message ----- From: "Catherine Hodnett" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, May 21, 2002 8:16 PM Subject: [RIGGS-L] John Riggs and Mary Beecher > I may have asked this before, but does anyone have this couple in their family: if so, are there children for them? > John Riggs, born 22 Dec 1771 Oxford, New Haven, Ct and died 14 Nov 1855 Oxford, New Haven, Ct; married Mary Beecher 1 Jan 1793. Her father is Isaac Beecher and his father is John Riggs who married Elizabeth Hawkins. I know I have seen their names before, but have no children for them? > > Sue > > > ==== RIGGS Mailing List ==== > **************************RIGGS WEB PAGE************************* > http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~genea/riggs.html > >