James Riggs

1785 - 1866  (81 years)

• Name	James Riggs  [1]
  Born	5 Jun 1785	Georgetown, Sagadahoc, Maine   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Died	7 Oct 1866	Georgetown, Sagadahoc, Maine   [3]
  Buried	Georgetown, Sagadahoc, Maine (Riggs Cemetery)   [3, 4]
  Person ID	I1403	GHS
  Last Modified	11 Dec 2024

  
  

  Father	Benjamin J. Riggs,   b. 26 Mar 1759, Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts ,   d. 2 Jan 1846, Georgetown, Sagadahoc, Maine  (Age 86 years)
  Mother	Ruth Pearl,   b. 31 Dec 1760, Edgecomb, Lincoln, Maine ,   d. 13 Jan 1857, Georgetown, Sagadahoc, Maine  (Age 96 years)
  Married	17 Sep 1782	Edgecomb, Lincoln, Maine   [5]
  Family ID	F3850	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Jane Campbell,   b. 26 Apr 1788, Georgetown, Sagadahoc, Maine ,   d. 7 Dec 1873, Georgetown, Sagadahoc, Maine  (Age 85 years)
  Married	6 Feb 1812	Georgetown, Sagadahoc, Maine   [6, 7]
  Children	1. Ruth Ann Riggs,   b. 24 Nov 1812, Georgetown, Sagadahoc, Maine ,   d. 11 Jul 1910, Bath, Sagadahoc, Maine  (Age 97 years)   2. Susanna Riggs,   b. 11 Aug 1814, Georgetown, Sagadahoc, Maine ,   d. 26 Nov 1840, Georgetown, Sagadahoc, Maine  (Age 26 years)   3. William Warner Riggs,   b. 31 May 1817, Georgetown, Sagadahoc, Maine ,   d. 10 Nov 1847, At Sea off the Coast of Ireland  (Age 30 years) + 4. James Ebenezer Riggs,   b. 7 Jan 1820, Georgetown, Sagadahoc, Maine ,   d. 28 Jul 1885, Georgetown, Sagadahoc, Maine  (Age 65 years) + 5. John Alexander Riggs,   b. 5 Nov 1821, Georgetown, Sagadahoc, Maine ,   d. 1 Oct 1889, Georgetown, Sagadahoc, Maine  (Age 67 years) + 6. Mary Riggs,   b. 25 Nov 1823, Georgetown, Sagadahoc, Maine ,   d. 2 May 1908, East Lyme, New London, Connecticut  (Age 84 years)   7. Eliza Jane Riggs,   b. 29 Jun 1826, Georgetown, Sagadahoc, Maine ,   d. 1885, Augusta, Kennebec, Maine  (Age 58 years)   8. Benjamin Riggs,   b. 1 Jul 1828, Georgetown, Sagadahoc, Maine ,   d. 10 Apr 1877, Bath, Sagadahoc, Maine  (Age 48 years)   9. Sarah Riggs,   b. 3 Aug 1830, Georgetown, Sagadahoc, Maine ,   d. 30 May 1869, Georgetown, Sagadahoc, Maine  (Age 38 years)
  Last Modified	2 Jan 2020
  Family ID	F513	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S1741] Georgetown Births to 1892 Vol. 1, Mary Pelham Hill, (Maine Historical Society 1943), 133 (Reliability: 2), 8 Feb 2012. Riggs, James [S1741] Georgetown Births to 1892 Vol. 1, Mary Pelham Hill, (Maine Historical Society 1943), 133 (Reliability: 3), 8 Feb 2012. Riggs, James, s. Benjamin and Ruth, 5 Jun 1785, in Gtown. [S1738] Georgetown Deaths to 1892 Vol. 3, Mary Pelham Hill, (Maine Historical Society 1943), 63 (Reliability: 3), 8 Feb 2012. Riggs, James, h. Jane, 7 Oct 1866, a. 81y 9m. G.R.6 gravestone record, Riggs Cemetery, Georgetown/Robinhood [S1743] Cemetery Records Georgetown, ME, (Georgetown Historical Society), Riggs Cemetery (Reliability: 3), 27 Mar 2020. Riggs, James, d. 7 Oct 1866, a. 81y 9m. [S1789] Misc. Sources, Family Search-Pedigree Resource File (Reliability: 2), 25 Oct 2016. Riggs, Benjamin J. and Ruth Pearl, 17 Sep 1782, in Edgecomb, ME. [S1742] Georgetown Marriages Vol 2, Mary Pelham Hill, (Maine Historical Society 1943), 12 (Reliability: 3), 8 Feb 2012. Campbell,Jane, Miss and James Riggs both of Gtown, 6 Feb 1812. [S1742] Georgetown Marriages Vol 2, Mary Pelham Hill, (Maine Historical Society 1943), 138 (Reliability: 3), 11 Oct 2014. Riggs, James and Miss Jane Campbell, both of Gtown, 6 Feb 1812.