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Miles RiggsAge: 971775–1873

Name
Miles Riggs
Given names
Miles
Surname
Riggs
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Birth 20 December 1775 27 25
 Norfolk, Conn

Note:  Name: Miles Jr. Riggs
Name: Miles Jr. Riggs Gender: Male Christening Date: Christening Place: Birth Date: 20 Sep 1777 Birthplace: Norfolk, Litchfield, Connecticut Death Date: Name Note: Race: Father's Name: Miles Riggs Father's Birthplace: Father's Age: Mother's Name: Mother's Birthplace: Mother's Age: 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. -
Marriage of parentsView 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 fatherMiles Riggs - View family
June 1779 (Age 3)
 Litchfield, Conn.

father - Miles Riggs
step-mother - Abigail Cowles
Marriage of a fatherMiles Riggs - View family
June 1779 (Age 3)
 Litchfield, Conn.

father - Miles Riggs
step-mother - Abigail Cowles
MarriageHannah Abigail Benedict - View family
19 October 1797 (Age 21)
 

Note:  Name: Miles Jr. Rigs
Name: Miles Jr. Rigs Titles and Terms: Event Type: Marriage Event Date: 19 Oct 1797 Event Place: Norfolk, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States Event Place (Original): Gender: Male Age: Marital Status: Married Previous Wife's Name: Nationality: Race: Occupation: Birth Date: Birth Year (Estimated): Birthplace: Father's Name: Father's Titles and Terms: Mother's Name: Mother's Titles and Terms: Paternal Grandfather's Name: Spouse's Name: Abigal Benedict Spouse's Titles and Terms: Spouse's Gender: Female Spouse's Age: Spouse's Marital Status: Spouse's Race: Spouse's Birth Date: Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated): Spouse's Birthplace: Spouse's Father's Name: Spouse's Mother's Name: Spouse's Paternal Grandfather's Name: Note: Page: Record Number: Reference ID: item 3 p 25 GS Film Number: 001503193 Frame Number: 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. -
Birth of a daughter
#1
24 September 1804 (Age 28)
 Butternuts, New York

daughter - Martha Riggs
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

paternal grandmother - Elizabeth Whitney
Marriage of a daughterMartha 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 Abigail Benedict
Burial of a daughter September 1863 (Age 87)
 Napanee, Richmond Township, Canada West

daughter - Martha Riggs
Death of a daughter 30 September 1863 (Age 87)
 Richmond, Lennox & Addington Co., Ontario, Canada

daughter - Martha Riggs
Death 1873 (Age 97)
 Wetmore, Nemaha Co. Kansas

Globally unique identifier
76480C70664E4A4B92ADB0AF4B2910CA6F00
 

Last change 5 June 2017
 

Family with parents - View family
father
Miles Riggs
Birth 20 May 1748 31  Norwalk, Conn.
Death 20 September 1836 (Age 88)  Norfolk, Litchfield Co., Conn
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19 months
mother
Patty Bull
Birth 1750  
Death about 1777 (Age 27)  Norfolk, Conn
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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
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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
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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
himself
Miles Riggs
Birth 20 December 1775 27 25  Norfolk, Conn
Death 1873 (Age 97)  Wetmore, Nemaha Co. Kansas
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3 years
wife
Hannah Abigail Benedict
Birth 10 December 1778 34  Danbury, Conn
Death 17 January 1860 (Age 81)  Madoc, Hastings Co., Ontario, Canada
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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
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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 Christening Date: Christening Place: Birth Date: 20 Sep 1777 Birthplace: Norfolk, Litchfield, Connecticut Death Date: Name Note: Race: Father's Name: Miles Riggs Father's Birthplace: Father's Age: Mother's Name: Mother's Birthplace: Mother's Age: 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. -
Marriage Name: Miles Jr. Rigs Titles and Terms: Event Type: Marriage Event Date: 19 Oct 1797 Event Place: Norfolk, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States Event Place (Original): Gender: Male Age: Marital Status: Married Previous Wife's Name: Nationality: Race: Occupation: Birth Date: Birth Year (Estimated): Birthplace: Father's Name: Father's Titles and Terms: Mother's Name: Mother's Titles and Terms: Paternal Grandfather's Name: Spouse's Name: Abigal Benedict Spouse's Titles and Terms: Spouse's Gender: Female Spouse's Age: Spouse's Marital Status: Spouse's Race: Spouse's Birth Date: Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated): Spouse's Birthplace: Spouse's Father's Name: Spouse's Mother's Name: Spouse's Paternal Grandfather's Name: Note: Page: Record Number: Reference ID: item 3 p 25 GS Film Number: 001503193 Frame Number: 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. -
Marriage Name: Miles Jr. Rigs Titles and Terms: Event Type: Marriage Event Date: 19 Oct 1797 Event Place: Norfolk, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States Event Place (Original): Gender: Male Age: Marital Status: Married Previous Wife's Name: Nationality: Race: Occupation: Birth Date: Birth Year (Estimated): Birthplace: Father's Name: Father's Titles and Terms: Mother's Name: Mother's Titles and Terms: Paternal Grandfather's Name: Spouse's Name: Abigal Benedict Spouse's Titles and Terms: Spouse's Gender: Female Spouse's Age: Spouse's Marital Status: Spouse's Race: Spouse's Birth Date: Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated): Spouse's Birthplace: Spouse's Father's Name: Spouse's Mother's Name: Spouse's Paternal Grandfather's Name: Note: Page: Record Number: Reference ID: item 3 p 25 GS Film Number: 001503193 Frame Number: 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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