Is this the Isle of Wight in the English Channel? My gggrandfather came from there about 1853. Is there an Isle of Wight in Virginia? Richard Riggs ----- Original Message ----- From: <DHRiggsLondon@aol.com> To: <RIGGS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, May 02, 2004 1:12 PM Subject: [RIGGS-L] Richard Riggs 1637, Isaac Riggs & Abraham Riggs 1687 | In a book called, Early Virginia Immigrants 1623 - 1666, by: George Cabell | Greer, A Richard Riggs by Arthur Smith landed in Isle of Wight in 1637. | | Fifty years later in 1687 Abraham Riggs age 13 and brother Isaac Riggs age 15 | landed in Accomack County, Virginia under the Head Rights Law. | | If anyone has information as to where Richard Riggs came from, it might be a | clue as to where to search in the U.K. for my Riggs boys. | | Regards, | David Harrison Riggs | DHRiggsLondon@aol.com | | | ==== RIGGS Mailing List ==== | Check out the RIGGS Resource Page located at the following URL: | http://resources.rootsweb.com/surnames/r/i/RIGGS/ | |