Miles RiggsAge: 971775–1873
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- Miles Riggs
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- Miles
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- Riggs
| Birth | 20 December 1775 27 25 Norfolk, Conn
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Name: Miles Jr. Riggs
Name: Miles Jr. Riggs
Gender: Male
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Birth Date: 20 Sep 1777
Birthplace: Norfolk, Litchfield, Connecticut
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Indexing Project (Batch) Number: I01326-7
System Origin: Connecticut-EASy
GS Film number: 1503193
Reference ID: item 3 p 19
Citing this Record:
"Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7Q9-PBC : 3 December 2014), Miles Jr. Riggs, 20 Sep 1777; citing Norfolk, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States; FHL microfilm 1,503,193.
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| Marriage of parents | View family about 1775
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Miles Riggs
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Patty Bull
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| Death of a mother | about 1777 (Age 12 months) Norfolk, Conn
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Patty Bull
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| Marriage of a father | Miles Riggs - View family June 1779 (Age 3) Litchfield, Conn.
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Miles Riggs
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Abigail Cowles
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| Marriage of a father | Miles Riggs - View family June 1779 (Age 3) Litchfield, Conn.
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Abigail Cowles
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| Marriage | Hannah Abigail Benedict - View family 19 October 1797 (Age 21)
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Name: Miles Jr. Rigs
Name: Miles Jr. Rigs
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Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 19 Oct 1797
Event Place: Norfolk, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States
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Spouse's Name: Abigal Benedict
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Reference ID: item 3 p 25
GS Film Number: 001503193
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Digital Folder Number: 007615589
Image Number: 00307
Citing this Record:
Connecticut Marriages, 1640-1939, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7PG-5MW : 12 May 2016), Miles Jr. Rigs and Abigal Benedict, 19 Oct 1797; citing Norfolk, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States, Connecticut State Library, Hartford.; FHL microfilm 1,503,193.
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| Birth of a daughter #1 | 24 September 1804 (Age 28) Butternuts, New York
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Martha Riggs
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| Military | during the war of 1812, and was at the battle of Plattsburgh. about 1812 (Age 36) |
| Death of a paternal grandmother | August 1815 (Age 39) Norfolk, Litchfield Co., Conn
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Elizabeth Whitney
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| Marriage of a daughter | Martha Riggs - View family about 1821 (Age 45) Richmond, Upper Canada
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John Pringle
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Martha Riggs
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| Death of a father | 20 September 1836 (Age 60) Norfolk, Litchfield Co., Conn
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Miles Riggs
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| Death of a wife | 17 January 1860 (Age 84) Madoc, Hastings Co., Ontario, Canada
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Hannah Abigail Benedict
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| Burial of a daughter | September 1863 (Age 87) Napanee, Richmond Township, Canada West
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Martha Riggs
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| Death of a daughter | 30 September 1863 (Age 87) Richmond, Lennox & Addington Co., Ontario, Canada
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Martha Riggs
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| Death | 1873 (Age 97) Wetmore, Nemaha Co. Kansas |
| Globally unique identifier | 76480C70664E4A4B92ADB0AF4B2910CA6F00 |
| Last change | 5 June 2017 |
| Family with parents - View family |
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Miles Riggs
Birth 20 May 1748 31 Norwalk, Conn.
Death 20 September 1836 (Age 88) Norfolk, Litchfield Co., Conn Loading...
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19 months mother |
Patty Bull
Birth 1750
Death about 1777 (Age 27) Norfolk, Conn Loading...
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Marriage: about 1775 |
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1 year #1 himself |
Miles Riggs
Birth 20 December 1775 27 25 Norfolk, Conn
Death 1873 (Age 97) Wetmore, Nemaha Co. Kansas Loading...
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| Father’s family with Abigail Cowles - View family |
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Miles Riggs
Birth 20 May 1748 31 Norwalk, Conn.
Death 20 September 1836 (Age 88) Norfolk, Litchfield Co., Conn Loading...
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| step-mother |
Abigail Cowles
Death 12 November 1833 Norfolk, Conn
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Marriage: June 1779 — Litchfield, Conn. |
| Family with Hannah Abigail Benedict - View family |
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Miles Riggs
Birth 20 December 1775 27 25 Norfolk, Conn
Death 1873 (Age 97) Wetmore, Nemaha Co. Kansas Loading...
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Hannah Abigail Benedict
Birth 10 December 1778 34 Danbury, Conn
Death 17 January 1860 (Age 81) Madoc, Hastings Co., Ontario, Canada Loading...
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Marriage: 19 October 1797 |
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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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| Note | 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. |
| Birth | Name: Miles Jr. Riggs
Gender: Male
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Birth Date: 20 Sep 1777
Birthplace: Norfolk, Litchfield, Connecticut
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Father's Name: Miles Riggs
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Indexing Project (Batch) Number: I01326-7
System Origin: Connecticut-EASy
GS Film number: 1503193
Reference ID: item 3 p 19
Citing this Record:
"Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7Q9-PBC : 3 December 2014), Miles Jr. Riggs, 20 Sep 1777; citing Norfolk, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States; FHL microfilm 1,503,193.
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| Marriage | Name: Miles Jr. Rigs
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Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 19 Oct 1797
Event Place: Norfolk, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States
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Spouse's Name: Abigal Benedict
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Reference ID: item 3 p 25
GS Film Number: 001503193
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Digital Folder Number: 007615589
Image Number: 00307
Citing this Record:
Connecticut Marriages, 1640-1939, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7PG-5MW : 12 May 2016), Miles Jr. Rigs and Abigal Benedict, 19 Oct 1797; citing Norfolk, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States, Connecticut State Library, Hartford.; FHL microfilm 1,503,193.
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| Marriage | Name: Miles Jr. Rigs
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Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 19 Oct 1797
Event Place: Norfolk, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States
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Gender: Male
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Marital Status: Married
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Spouse's Name: Abigal Benedict
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Reference ID: item 3 p 25
GS Film Number: 001503193
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Digital Folder Number: 007615589
Image Number: 00307
Citing this Record:
Connecticut Marriages, 1640-1939, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7PG-5MW : 12 May 2016), Miles Jr. Rigs and Abigal Benedict, 19 Oct 1797; citing Norfolk, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States, Connecticut State Library, Hartford.; FHL microfilm 1,503,193.
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