596327 - Riggs, Thomas

Events

Event	Date	Place	Sources
Birth [E98330]	1632	of Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts	1b 2b
Death [E98331]	1721/2-02-26 (Julian)		1c 2c
Baptism [E98332]	1927-01-29		1d 2d
Endowment [E98333]	1927-09-22		1e 2e

Families

Family of Riggs, Thomas and Millet, Mary [F21805]

Married

Wife

Millet, Mary [I62745] ( * 1639-08-20 + 1694/5-01-23 (Julian) )

Event	Date	Sources
Marriage [E320269]	1658-06-07	1f 2f
_FA1 [E320270]	1944-09-30	2g
SLGS (Primary) [E320271]	1944-09-30	1g 2h

Children

Name	Birth Date	Death Date
Riggs, Mary [I62746]	1658/9-03-06 (Julian)	1697/8-01-29 (Julian)
Riggs, Thomas [I62747]	1659/60-01-23 (Julian)	1659/60-02-01 (Julian)
Riggs, Sarah [I62748]	1660/1-02-16 (Julian)	WFT 1687-1755
Riggs, Anna [I62749]	1664-04-27	1701-12-07
Riggs, Thomas [I62750]	1666-12-07	1756-08-00
Riggs, John [I62205]	1669/70-02-25 (Julian)	1747/8-01-18 (Julian)
Riggs, Elizabeth [I62751]	1672-04-22	1728-04-28
Riggs, Abigail [I62752]	1678-12-29	WFT 1679-1772
Riggs, Andrew [I62753]	1680/1-01-08 (Julian)	WFT 1710-1772

Narrative

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Thomas Riggs (1632)
Thomas Riggs first appears in town as a grantee of land at Goose Cove
in 1658. In 1661, he bought houses and lands of Matthew Coe and Thomas
and John Wakley, also situated near Goose Cove. A part of an old house in
that section of the town is still shown as the original tenement erected by
him. He is said to have been educated in England for the profession of a
scrivener; and his ability in that line made him a welcome acquisition to a
community, of whose men one-half were unable to write; while his repeated
election to the most important offices sufficiently attests the estimation
in which he was held by the citizens. He was town-clerk from 1665 to 1716
(fifty-one years), selectman upwards of twenty years, and representative
in 1700. Besides filling these offices, he often served on committees,
and sometimes officiated as schoolmaster. He married, first, Mary,
daughter of Thomas Millet, June 7, 1658. She died Jan. 23, 1695; and he
married, next, Elizabeth Frese, Oct. 30, 1695, who died June 16, 1722,
aged eighty: he died Feb. 26, 1722, aged ninety.
Sources:
History of Gloucester by Babson, FHL 974.45/G3 H2bj.
New England Historical and Genealogical Register , Vol.17, p.31-32, &
152-153. FHL 974 B2ne (Note: This has some mds. of the children.)
Gloucester Vital Records, Essex Co., MA. FHL 974.45/G3 V29v.

Attributes

Type	Value	Notes	Sources
REFN	2040

Pedigree

1. Riggs, Thomas
  1. Millet, Mary [I62745]

Source References

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Birth Name	Riggs, Thomas 1a 2a
Gramps ID	I62744
Gender	male
Age at Death	90 years, 2 months, 8 days