Edward Riggs

Edward was born in 1636 in Roxbury, Suffolk, MA.¹   Edward's father was Edward Riggs and his mother was Elizabeth Roosa.  His paternal grandparents were Edward Riggs and Elizabeth Holmes; his maternal grandparents were Heyman Roosa and Metje G DeRoos. He had two brothers and a sister, named Joseph, Samuel and Mary.  He was the oldest of the four children.  He died at the age of 79 in 1715 in Newark, Essex Co, NJ.¹