Miles Riggs 1775–1873 - ClanLore Family Tree

Miles RiggsAge: 971775–1873

Name: Miles Riggs

Given names: Miles

Surname: Riggs

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Birth	20 December 1775 27 25 Norfolk, Conn
Marriage of parents	View family about 1775 father - Miles Riggs mother - Patty Bull
Death of a mother	about 1777 (Age 12 months) Norfolk, Conn mother - Patty Bull
Marriage of a father	Miles Riggs - View family June 1779 (Age 3) Litchfield, Conn. father - Miles Riggs step-mother - Abigail Cowles
Marriage of a father	Miles Riggs - View family June 1779 (Age 3) Litchfield, Conn. father - Miles Riggs step-mother - Abigail Cowles
Marriage	Hannah Benedict - View family 19 October 1797 (Age 21)
Birth of a daughter #1	24 September 1804 (Age 28) Butternuts, New York daughter - Martha Riggs
Death of a paternal grandmother	August 1815 (Age 39) Norfolk, Litchfield Co., Conn paternal grandmother - Elizabeth Whitney
Marriage of a daughter	Martha Riggs - View family about 1821 (Age 45) Richmond, Upper Canada son-in-law - John Pringle daughter - Martha Riggs
Death of a father	20 September 1836 (Age 60) Norfolk, Litchfield Co., Conn father - Miles Riggs
Death of a wife	17 January 1860 (Age 84) Madoc, Hastings Co., Ontario, Canada wife - Hannah Benedict
Death of a daughter	30 September 1863 (Age 87) Richmond, Lennox & Addington Co., Ontario, Canada daughter - Martha Riggs
Burial of a daughter	about 30 September 1863 (Age 87) Napanee Cemetery, Lennox, Ontario, Canada daughter - Martha Riggs
Death	1873 (Age 97) Wetmore, Nemaha Co. Kansas

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father	Miles Riggs Birth 20 May 1748 31 Norwalk, Conn. Death 20 September 1836 (Age 88) Norfolk, Litchfield Co., Conn Loading...
19 months mother	Patty Bull Birth 1750 Death about 1777 (Age 27) Norfolk, Conn Loading...
	Marriage: about 1775
1 year #1 himself	Miles Riggs Birth 20 December 1775 27 25 Norfolk, Conn Death 1873 (Age 97) Wetmore, Nemaha Co. Kansas Loading...

Father’s family with Abigail Cowles - View family

father	Miles Riggs Birth 20 May 1748 31 Norwalk, Conn. Death 20 September 1836 (Age 88) Norfolk, Litchfield Co., Conn Loading...
step-mother	Abigail Cowles Death 12 November 1833 Norfolk, Conn Loading...
	Marriage: June 1779 — Litchfield, Conn.

Family with Hannah Benedict - View family

himself	Miles Riggs Birth 20 December 1775 27 25 Norfolk, Conn Death 1873 (Age 97) Wetmore, Nemaha Co. Kansas Loading...
3 years wife	Hannah Benedict Birth 10 December 1778 34 Danbury, Conn Death 17 January 1860 (Age 81) Madoc, Hastings Co., Ontario, Canada Loading...
	Marriage: 19 October 1797
7 years #1 daughter	Martha Riggs Birth 24 September 1804 28 25 Butternuts, New York Death 30 September 1863 (Age 59) Richmond, Lennox & Addington Co., Ontario, Canada Loading...

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From "The Whitney Family of Connecticut" by S. Whitney Phoenix. Page 135 Miles Riggs, b. in Norfolk, Conn., 20 Dec. 1775, or as his decendants say, 1777; a farmer; married, 19 Oct. 1797, Hannah Benedict, born at Danbury, Conn., 10 Dec. 1778, dau. of Jonathan and Huldah (Seelye) Benedict, g. dau. of Nathaniel and Hannah Benedict, g. g. dau. of Nathaniel and Sarah Benedict, g. g. g. dau. of Samuel and Rebecca (Andrews) Benedict, g. g. g. g. dau. of Thomas and Mary (Bridgum) Benedict. They dwelt at Butternuts, N.Y.; Hamilton Co., N.Y.; Lebanon, N.Y.; Marysburgh, Upper Canada; and, lastly, at Madoc, Upper Canada, now Ontario, where she died, 17 Jan. 1860, and was buried in Fuller's Hill Cemetery. He died at Wetmore, Nemaha Co., Kansas, in 1873. He served in the war of 1812, and was at the battle of Plattsburgh.

Miles RiggsAge: 971775–1873

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