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EDWARD RIGGS (d. 1672)
ELIZABETH HOLMES (bp. 1594–1634)
Edward's origins are not conclusively known. He might be the unnamed son of Richard and Elizabeth (Chamberlain) Riggs who was baptized on 30 March 1589 in Roydon, county Essex or he might be one of two Edward Riggs baptized in Hawkshead, now Cumbria: Edward, son of Richard, baptized on 6 May 1593 or Edward, son of James, baptized on 25 July 1594. [1] He died or was buried on 5 March 1671/2 in Roxbury. [1] He married first Elizabeth Holmes on 16 September 1618 at All Saints Church in Nazeing (neighboring Roydon). [1] He married second Elizabeth Roosa on 5 April 1635 in Roxbury. [1] She died or was buried there on 2 September 1669. [1]
Elizabeth Holmes was "almost certainly" the brother of George Holmes, baptized on 21 July 1594 at All Saints, and "apparently" the daughter of George and Elizabeth Holmes. [1] She was baptized on 13 December 1590 at All Saints. [1] She is recorded as dying in October 1635 in Roxbury, but the record was not a contemporary one. She probably died in October 1634.
Elizabeth's presumed brother George died before 30 January 1651/2, when his will was proved, in Roxbury. [1]
The Riggs and Holmes families came to New England with Reverend John Eliot and settled in Roxbury. [1] Edward was admitted to the Roxbury chute in 1633. [1]
Edward made his will on 5 March 1671/2; it was proved on 6 March 1671/2; inventory was taken on 5 March 1671/2. [1] He mentioned his daughter-in-law, the wife of his son Edward and their four children; his daughter Mary Twitchell and her children, specifically naming Joseph and Hannah; his granddaughter Elizabeth Allen. [1]
Children of Edward Riggs and Elizabeth Holmes: baptisms recorded in Nazeing. [1]
i. Edward Riggs was baptized on 17 October 1619. He died after 1 January 1669/70 in Newark, New Jersey. [1] He married Elizabeth ___. [1]
ii. Lydia Riggs was baptized on 15 September 1622. She was buried in August 1633 in Roxbury. [1]
iii. Elizabeth Riggs was baptized on 30 December 1627. She She was buried in October 1634 in Roxbury. [1]
iv. John Riggs was baptized on 17 January 1629/30. He was buried in October 1634 in Roxbury. [1]
v. Mary Riggs was baptized on 1 July 1632. She married first Benjamin Twitchell. She married second Samuel Mills.
Endnotes:
RRM. Robert Charles Anderson and Alvy Ray Smith, "The Genealogy of Edward Riggs of Roxbury, Massachusetts, Revisited," The Genealogist 23 (2009): 131–73.
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