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    1. [RIGGS-L] Elias Riggs of Marshall Co. West Virginia

    3. 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/1299 Message Board Post: My husband is descended from Elias Riggs of West Virginia and we're searching for info about him. All we know are his children Nathan S., Alexander B., Jeremiah, Mary, Silas F, Elizabeth, and Phebe. We would like to find birth, death, and family. Does any of this fit your family tree? Sheila Smith

    09/11/2002 01:52:13
    1. Re: [RIGGS-L] Elias Riggs of Marshall Co. West Virginia
    2. Frank Neher

    3. Dear Sheila, The following is taken from my Riggs database covering the descendants of Edward Riggs of Roxbury. MA. It doesn't quite match you family but the occurance of David, Phoebe and Elizabeth as children is the closest I find at the first effort. Frank Neher Descendants of Elias Riggs Generation No. 1 1. ELIAS7 RIGGS (PRESERVE6, ZEBULAN ELIAS5, JOSEPH4, EDWARD III3, EDWARD II2, EDWARD1) was born April 01, 1770 in Mendham, Morris, NJ, and died February 25, 1825 in ,NJ. He married MARGARET CONGAR. Children of ELIAS RIGGS and MARGARET CONGAR are: 2. i. JOSEPH LEWIS8 RIGGS, b. March 19, 1809, New Providence, Union, NJ; d. August 20, 1865, Elmira, NY. 3. ii. ELIAS RIGGS, b. November 19, 1810, New Providence, Union, NJ. iii. MARY RIGGS, b. 1812, New Providence, Union, NJ. iv. MARGARET RIGGS, b. January 11, 1813, New Providence, Union, NJ. 4. v. HANNAH RIGGS, b. August 16, 1815, New Providence, Union, NJ. 5. vi. PHOEBE RIGGS, b. July 17, 1817, New Providence, Union, NJ. vii. DAVID RIGGS, b. 1819; d. infant. viii. ELIZABETH RIGGS, b. 1820, New Providence, Union, NJ; m. CHARLES SPRAWLS, December 25, 1847. Generation No. 2 2. JOSEPH LEWIS8 RIGGS (ELIAS7, PRESERVE6, ZEBULAN ELIAS5, JOSEPH4, EDWARD III3, EDWARD II2, EDWARD1) was born March 19, 1809 in New Providence, Union, NJ, and died August 20, 1865 in Elmira, NY. He married ELIZABETH ANN ROOSA. She was born in Wells, PA. Notes for JOSEPH LEWIS RIGGS: He graduated at Amherst College in 183l, then entered Andover Theological Seminary in 1833 for one year, then at Princeton, NJ he completed the theological course 1 May 1844. He took charge of the churches at Wells and Bradford,PA till 1851 when health forced him to quit the ministry. Notes for ELIZABETH ANN ROOSA: It may be here remarked that "Elizabeth Roosa" was the name of the gi rl that Sgt. Edward Riggs married 209 years before this event. Children of JOSEPH RIGGS and ELIZABETH ROOSA are: 6. i. EDWARD HINMAN9 RIGGS, b. March 13, 1845, Wells, Bradford, PA. 7. ii. WILLIAM CONGAR RIGGS, b. August 26, 1847, Wells, Bradford, PA. iii. MARY ELIZABETH RIGGS, b. September 28, 1852. iv. CHARLES BEMENT RIGGS, b. December 28, 1854. v. EMMA CATHERINE RIGGS, b. July 20, 1857. vi. ELIAS FORSYTH RIGGS, b. July 02, 1860. 3. ELIAS8 RIGGS (ELIAS7, PRESERVE6, ZEBULAN ELIAS5, JOSEPH4, EDWARD III3, EDWARD II2, EDWARD1) was born November 19, 1810 in New Providence, Union, NJ. He married MARTHA JANE DALZELL. She was born in Mendham, NJ. Children of ELIAS RIGGS and MARTHA DALZELL are: i. JOSEPH9 RIGGS, b. June 22, 1833, Athens, Greece; d. 1835, ,Greece. ii. SAMUEL RIGGS, b. August 31, 1836, Argos, Greece; d. December 24, 1844, ,Greece. iii. ELIZABETH RIGGS, b. March 11, 1839, Smyrna, Greece; d. November 28, 1858, ,Turkey. iv. MARGARET RIGGS, b. October 18, 1841, Smyrna, Greece; m. TILLMAN C TROWBRIDGE. v. EDWARD RIGGS, b. June 30, 1844, Smyrna, Greece. vi. EMMA LOUISA RIGGS, b. March 25, 1847, Smyrna, Greece; d. 1863. 8. vii. JAMES FORSYTH RIGGS, b. October 04, 1852, Smyrna, Asia Minor. viii. CHARLES WILSON RIGGS, b. January 16, 1855, Constantiople, Turkey. 4. HANNAH8 RIGGS (ELIAS7, PRESERVE6, ZEBULAN ELIAS5, JOSEPH4, EDWARD III3, EDWARD II2, EDWARD1) was born August 16, 1815 in New Providence, Union, NJ. She married D.D. JOSEPH GLASS MONFORT October 08, 1839. He was born March 02, 1824 in ,OH. Children of HANNAH RIGGS and JOSEPH MONFORT are: 9. i. ELIAS RIGGS9 MONFORT, b. March 02, 1842, ,OH. 10. ii. FRANCIS CASAT MONFORT, b. September 01, 1844, Greensburg, IN. iii. MARGARET CONGAR MONFORT, b. October 06, 1846, Greensburg, IN. 5. PHOEBE8 RIGGS (ELIAS7, PRESERVE6, ZEBULAN ELIAS5, JOSEPH4, EDWARD III3, EDWARD II2, EDWARD1) was born July 17, 1817 in New Providence, Union, NJ. She married REV. SAMUEL S. POTTER September 08, 1845 in New Providence, NJ. Children of PHOEBE RIGGS and SAMUEL POTTER are: i. MARGARET RIGGS9 POTTER, b. July 16, 1846, ,NJ. 11. ii. JOSEPH LEWIS POTTER, b. February 22, 1848, ,NJ. iii. ABBY ANNA POTTER, b. October 30, 1849, ,NJ. iv. ELIZABETH RAY POTTER, b. October 31, 1851, ,NJ. v. EMMA MALVENA POTTER, b. November 09, 1853, ,NJ. vi. SAMUEL ARCHIBALD POTTER, b. February 04, 1856, ,NJ. vii. CLARA AMANDA POTTER, b. May 18, 1858, ,NJ. viii. STANLEY LORD POTTER, b. February 09, 1861, ,NJ. Generation No. 3 6. EDWARD HINMAN9 RIGGS (JOSEPH LEWIS8, ELIAS7, PRESERVE6, ZEBULAN ELIAS5, JOSEPH4, EDWARD III3, EDWARD II2, EDWARD1) was born March 13, 1845 in Wells, Bradford, PA. He married ELLA CLOSE January 15, 1868 in Farmington Hill, Tioga, PA. She was born in Farmington Hill, Tioga, PA. Children of EDWARD RIGGS and ELLA CLOSE are: i. EDITH FULLER10 RIGGS, b. October 15, 1868. ii. LOUIS JOSEPH RIGGS, b. January 06, 1870. 7. WILLIAM CONGAR9 RIGGS (JOSEPH LEWIS8, ELIAS7, PRESERVE6, ZEBULAN ELIAS5, JOSEPH4, EDWARD III3, EDWARD II2, EDWARD1) was born August 26, 1847 in Wells, Bradford, PA. He married MARGARET ADALINE ELLICH June 15, 1868 in Pitlers, Yates, NY. Children of WILLIAM RIGGS and MARGARET ELLICH are: i. WILLIAM HENRY10 RIGGS, b. March 08, 1873. ii. ELIZABETH JANE RIGGS, b. September 04, 1873. 8. JAMES FORSYTH9 RIGGS (ELIAS8, ELIAS7, PRESERVE6, ZEBULAN ELIAS5, JOSEPH4, EDWARD III3, EDWARD II2, EDWARD1) was born October 04, 1852 in Smyrna, Asia Minor. He married ISABELLA BRITTIN 1878. She was born in Madison, NJ. Notes for JAMES FORSYTH RIGGS: Was reared in Constantinople, Turkey. Came to US in 1868 entered Prinston College and graduated in 1872 with a historical fellowship. He was pa stor of the Presbyterian Church at Crawford, NJ 1878-84. From 1892-1898 he was prof. of new testament Greek at tje Theological Seminary at New Brunswick, N J and in 1898 became pastor of the Brick Presbyterian Church at East Orange, N J. Children of JAMES RIGGS and ISABELLA BRITTIN are: i. ARTHUR STANLEY10 RIGGS, b. April 08, 1879, Crawford, NJ. ii. JAMES FORSYTH JR. RIGGS, b. April 24, 1883, Crawford, NJ. iii. ETHEL BRITTIN RIGGS, b. November 20, 1884, Crawford, NJ. iv. ELIZABETH TROWBRIDGE RIGGS, b. September 24, 1888, New Brunswick, NJ. 9. ELIAS RIGGS9 MONFORT (HANNAH8 RIGGS, ELIAS7, PRESERVE6, ZEBULAN ELIAS5, JOSEPH4, EDWARD III3, EDWARD II2, EDWARD1) was born March 02, 1842 in ,OH. He married EMMA TAYLOR September 07, 1867 in College Hill, OH. Children of ELIAS MONFORT and EMMA TAYLOR are: i. JOSEPH TAYLOR10 MONFORT, b. April 05, 1870, Cincinnati, OH. ii. HANNAH LOUISE MONFORT, b. July 15, 1872, Cincinnati, OH; m. ARTHUR B BURTIS. iii. MARGUERITE MOREHEAD MONFORT, b. December 14, 1877, Cincinnati, OH. 10. FRANCIS CASAT9 MONFORT (HANNAH8 RIGGS, ELIAS7, PRESERVE6, ZEBULAN ELIAS5, JOSEPH4, EDWARD III3, EDWARD II2, EDWARD1) was born September 01, 1844 in Greensburg, IN. He married ANNA HUBBARD May 1871 in Indianapolis, IN. Children of FRANCIS MONFORT and ANNA HUBBARD are: i. ESTIE10 MONFORT, b. February 20, 1872, Cincinatti, OH. ii. JOSEPH GLASS MONFORT, b. August 1873. iii. ADALADE MONFORT, b. June 21, 1875. 11. JOSEPH LEWIS9 POTTER (PHOEBE8 RIGGS, ELIAS7, PRESERVE6, ZEBULAN ELIAS5, JOSEPH4, EDWARD III3, EDWARD II2, EDWARD1) was born February 22, 1848 in ,NJ. He married HARRIET RIGGS August 01, 1878, daughter of ALBERT RIGGS and NANCY STANBOROUGH. She was born April 04, 1856 in Lakewood, NJ. Children of JOSEPH POTTER and HARRIET RIGGS are: i. ALBERT RIGGS10 POTTER, b. July 11, 1880, Teheran, Persia. ii. PHOEBE RIGGS POTTER, b. July 22, 1885, Teheran, Persia.

    09/11/2002 04:50:57