The Family Garden

Notes

Moza HURT

Phebe m. Moza Hurt
*Source: Marriages Of Some VA Residents 1607-1800, Vol I & II, by Dorothy Ford Wulfeck, p. 249

John MARSHALL

Patience m. John Marshall
*Source: Marriages Of Some VA Residents 1607-1800, Vol I & II, by Dorothy Ford Wulfeck, p. 249

Patience MANN

Patience m. John Marshall.
*Source: Marriages of Some Virginia Residents, 1607-1800, Dorothy Ford Wulfeck, Vol II, p. 249

Polly MANN

Polly m. Mather Simms
*Source: Marriages of Some Virginia Residents, 1607-1800, Dorothy Ford Wulfeck, Vol II, p. 249

John W MANN

John m. 25 Apr, 1796, Letty Sims. Halifax Co. Mar. Record.
*Source: Marriages of Some Virginia Residents, 1607-1800, Dorothy Ford Wulfeck, Vol II, p. 248

Robert MANN

Marriage consent filed in Halifax Co., VA 13 March 1792

Robert m. 5 March, 1792, Rebeckah Bass. Halifax Co. Mar. Record
*Source: Marriages of Some Virginia Residents, 1607-1800, Dorothy Ford Wulfeck, Vol II, p. 249

Henry VADEN

Will recorded Oct. 1740 in Henrico Co.
VA RESIDENCES:Bristol Parish, Henrico Co., VA prior to 1686
Land: Patent from king; Second Branch of Swift Creek, Henrico Co., VA (later to be Chesterfield Co.)
Henry Vaden is listed in the Rent Roll of Virginia April 1705 with 100(acres?)
*Sources: Internet

George WILSON

Will dated 7 Feb 1753; Chesterfield Co., VA Abstract from"Chesterfield Co., VA Wills 1749-1774" by Weisiger p. 82

To son George, all land I live on, and land I purchased of my nephew John Wilson, also 4 negroes. To son Daniel, 150 acres on SmacksCreek, next to Towns also items and 1 negro. To grandson George Rowlett, 116 acres in Amelia on both sides of Wolf Creek. To grandson George Patram, 116 acres in Amelia on west side of Smacks Creek, between George Rowlett and Abraham Green. To grandson Gardner Vaden, 100 acres, being the lower of 200 acres I purchased of my brother Henry Wilson on second branch of Swift Creek. To grandson Daniel Vaden, the other 100 acres of the above. To grandson John Willson, 217 acres in Amelia, below my son Daniel. To daughter Frances Vaden, 1 negro. To daughter Judah Patram, 5 shillings. To daughter Phebe Rowlett, 1 negro. To granddaughter Eliza. Patram, cow & calf & items. To grandson John Willson, a negro when of age and her first child to my grandson George Willson. All rest to my son George and he & son Daniel to be Executors.
Wit: Jas. Robertson, Gertrude Dunkle, Isham Ratcliff

George does not list a wife in his will, so she may have already passed.

George WILSON

Will dated 1760

Richard WILSON

Will recorded April 1732.
Inventory 4 Sept 1732; brother George, executor

Abstract from Henrico Wills Addenda p. 338: T

To sons Richard and Francis, all the land I live on, to be equally divided. To daughter Mathew (or could be Martha or Mathews), items..To son George, items...To son William, items...To daughter Sarah, ?,to be paid by my brother George. Rest to be divided among my children. Brother George to be sole executor. Dated 4 March 1731/2 Wit: JohnFrith, John Hatchett

p. 362 Inventory: Appraised by Peter Rowlett, Essex Worsham, William Chambers Recorded 4 Sept. 1732. Presented by George Wilson From VA Colonial Abstracts, Vol. 21, Henrico Co. - Southside 1736 (Fleet) Henrico County Records Deeds, Wills. 1725-1736 page 554. Account of estate of Rich. Willson, deceased. Submitted by Geo Willson. Payments and receipts all dated 1732. Payments include those to: Mary Hester, Mr. John Nash, Henry Vadin Jr., Fran'c willson, Mr.Secretary Carter, Capt Bowler Cocke, Mr. Robt Cobb, Mark More, WmStiles, Doctr Irby, Jno Willson son of Richd Willson for funeral charges, Essex Worsham, Major Kennon, Franc Man, Wm Dunnafant, Mary Worsham, To a legacy left Sarah Willson L4., John Thrift, Thos Tanner.
Cash received from: Wm Brown, Jno Pucket, Tho Man, Jas More, Mary Easter, Mark More, Wm Toffy, Jno Thrift, Jno Willson, Franc Man, Majr Kennon, Henry Rottenbury, Jno Hammond, Henry Vaden, Geo Willson, George willson son of Richd, Geo Worsham, Francis Patram, RichardStiles, Jno Willson, Seth More, Will Dodson. Presented 1st Monday inJune 1736 by Wm Kennon Gent who informed the Court the account was correct.

Henry WILSON

His brother, George Wilson, mentions his brother Henry in his will. He also mentions nephew John Wilson, but am not sure which of his siblings had this child. Speculate that it may have been his brother Henry since he was also mentioned in the will. *Source: Will of George Wilson dated 7 Feb 1753 (see notes for George Wilson).

Edward RIGGS

"Edward Riggs, the head of the family in this country was born about 1590, in England, and probably in Lincolnshire or Yorkshire, for it is understood the name is still to be found in that region. There have been many wild stories told about the origin of the family in this country - "the three brothers that came from Wales, " etc, that we will not pretend to controvert, except by simply suggesting what is known historically. He landed in Boston, early in the summer of 1633 with his family, consisting of his wife Elizabeth, two sons and four daughters. These children must have been young people, pretty well grown, for the oldest son was married two years after arrival. They were among the very early settlers in Roxbury, then a suburb of Boston. It is said that the best people settled in Roxbury. Like all immigrants, they had their full share of trials and sorrows. The first death recorded in the old books of Roxbury was that of Lydia Riggs, daughter of Edward, in August 1633. In May, 1634, another daughter Eizabeth, died, and in October of the same year the son John. August, 1635, the wife and mother, Elizabeth, died. Sometime after this Edward took a second wife, but there were no children from this union. She was also named Elizabeth, and all we know of her history is that she died in 1669. It is wholly evident that Edward was a Puritan in belief and life, for in 1634 he was made a freeman, which means a voter, and the first step to that privilege was to be a member of the church. On a loose leaf found in the ancient transcript there is an enumeration of the inhabitants of Roxbury, made somewhere between the years of 1638 and 1640, in which Edward's family consisted of four persons, and it is not violent to assume that they were himself, his wife and two daughters, who afterward became Mrs. Allen and Mrs. Twitchell. From his will dated September 2, 1670, it appears that only three lines of descent survived him, and that all his children were dead except Mary Twitchell. His daughter, Mrs. Allen, left a daughter, Elizabeth Allen, then of age and a legatee. Of the children of Mrs. Twitchell, only Joseph and Mary are named. and they, as well as others not named, appear to have been minors.
Mrs. Twitchell was the principal legatee. His first bequest is "that my daughter-in-law, my sonne Edward Rigges, his wife" and "to my four grandchildren, my sonne Edward Rigges' children." It will be noticed that none of these is named and as I could find only three children of the second Edward for a long time, there was some doubt as to whether Edward of Derby, Conn., and Newark, NJ., was the son of the testator. At last I found the fourth child, Samuel of Derby. The will furnishes reasonable evidence that the testator had personal knowledge of and affection for his daughter-in-law, and that she and her children then lived some distance remote from Roxbury. It is also evident that he knew the widow and children of his "sonne, Edward" were not in needy circumstances, or he would have not assumed the possibility of their not claiming the legacies he left to them. As a quiet , Christian man, his long life came to a close in 1672, leaving a good name as the inheiritance of the thousands descended from him."
*Sources: "Genealogy of the Riggs Family" by John H. Wallace pub. 1901, pp. 1-2
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Immigrated to Roxbury, MA in 1633 from England. Will dated 1670.
*Source: The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633. Vol.III (P-Z) by Robert Charles Anderson, pub by New England Historic Gen Soc, Boston, c1995
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Edward and Elizabeth Riggs and their children landed in the early summer of 1633 in Boston, which was part of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. They had probably sailed from London, on either the 'William and Jane' or the 'Mary and Jane'.

Edward and his family were among the very early settlers in Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, where a number of other families from Nazeing also settled, collectively referred to at that time as the "Nazeing Christians"
*Source: "Savage's Dictionary" Full title:-A Gen Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England, Showing Three Generations of Those who Came before May, 1692, on the Basis of Farmer's Register by James Savage, former President Of The Mass. Historical Soc, Vol.III, K-R. Orig pub Boston, 1860-1862, repr by Gen Pub Co.Inc, Baltimore, 1965, 1969, 1977, 1981, 1986, 1990 [SISBN 0-8063-0309-3]
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The immigrants landed in a wilderness and 1 in 3 died either during the voyage or shortly after arriving. Within 30 months, 3 of Edward's children and his wife died. *Source: "The Winthrop Society" and "First Settlers of the Massachusetts Bay Colony" pages on The Winthrop Society web-site
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Lydia, who had been baptised at Nazeing, Essex on 15 SEP1 622 (as "Lyddia Rygge"), died almost immediately after landing, in AUG 1633, when she would have been 10 years old. Her death was the first to be recorded of all the immigrants to Roxbury (the burial entry in the Roxbury Vital Records quotes her name as "Lidea"). Elizabeth, who had been baptised at Nazeing, Essex on 30 DEC 1627, was the second to die and was buried at Roxbury in MAY 1634, when she would have been 6 years old. John, who had been baptised at Nazeing, Essex on 17 JAN 1630N, was the third to die and was buried at Roxbury in OCT 1634, when he would have been 4 years old. Roxbury's Vital Records show that Elizabeth, Edward's wife, was buried at Roxbury in OCT 1635. From the date of her baptism, Elizabeth was 44 when she died.
*Sources: (1) CM&B PRs for All Saints Church, Nazeing, Essex (2) pp 1-7 of the "Genealogy of the RIGGS FAMILY" (described as Vol.1 but no further vol pub), by John H.Wallace and pub by the author 1901 (3) "Savage's Dictionary" Full title:-A Gen Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England, Showing Three Generations of Those who Came before May, 1692, on the Basis of Farmer's Register by James Savage, former President Of The Mass. Historical Soc, Vol.III, K-R. Orig pub Boston, 1860-1862, repr by Gen Pub Co.Inc, Baltimore, 1965, 1969, 1977, 1981, 1986, 1990 [SISBN 0-8063-0309-3] (4) The Pioneers of Massachusetts, Charles Henry Pope (Pastor, First Church, Charlestown, Boston), orig pub Boston 1900, repr 1965-1977
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Edward was admitted as a member of the Puritan church at Roxbury "#100 on Eliot's list, near the end of those that came in 1633", and was admitted as a Freeman on 14 MAY 1634. Freemen were the only colonists who were franchised to vote. They generally had to be mature male church-members, and had to attest to having experienced a transforming spiritual experience by God's grace, as confirmed by church leaders.
*Source: "The First Freemen of Massachusetts Bay Commonwealth, 1630-1636" page on The Winthrop Society web-site
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According to the valuation of his land holdings in the Roxbury estate list in the 1640s Edward was one of the least affluent in Roxbury. The Roxbury land inventory around 1652 did not include anything acquired by him other than through the usual sequence of grants.
*Source: Entries 4 & 37 Roxbury copy examined of Possessions, pp11-51 in 6th Report of the Boston Record Commissioners pub Boston 1884 - cited by Anderson
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"From Woods "New England Prophet" published in 1634 is taken the following description of Roxbury:
"A mile from Dorchester lieth Roxbury which is a fayre and handsome country towne, the inhabitants of it being all very rich. This towne lieth upon the Maine so that it is well wooded and watered having a clear and fresh brook running through ye towne, up which, although there come no alewives, yet there is a great store of smelts, and therefore it is called Smelt Brooke. A quarter of a mile to the North of ye towne is another river called Stony River, upon which is built a water milne. Here is good ground for corns and meadow for cattel. Up westward from ye towne it is something rocky, whence it hath ye name Roxbury. The inhabitants hve fayre houses, store of cattel, impaled cornefields and fruitful gardens. Here it is no harbor for ships because ye towne is seated in ye bottom of a shallow bay which is made by ye necke of land on which Boston is built, so that they can transport all their goods from ye ship in boats from Boston which is ye nearest harbor."
Seventeen years later Edward Johnson tells us that Roxbury was "filled with a very laborious people whose labors, the Lord had blessed, that in room of dismall swamps and tearing bushes they have goodley fruit trees, fruitful fields and gardens, their head of cows, oxen, and young cattel of that kind about 350, and dwelling houses neere upon 120. Their streets are large and some fayre houses, yet they have built their houses for church assembly destitute and unbeautiful with other buildings."
According to the record of houses and lands in Roxbury there were, in 1654, between seventy and eighty homesteads and the owners of land numbered ninety. The population numbered 700. The Roxbury Pioneers many of them came from Nazing, a rural village of Essex County, England. Some of the Roxbury men were from London, and a few from the west of England. They were people of substance, many of them farmers skilled also in some useful handicraft, not one it is said being of the poorer sort. They struck root immediately and were enterprising, industrious and frugal. A note of "Ye Estates and Personnes of Roxbury in 1639" the earliest list of its inhabitants extent shows that Edward Riggs owned 40 acres of land.
The famous John Eliot was pastor of the Roxbury Church for many years during the lifetime of Edward Riggs. (Riggs goes on to quote Wallace. . . ) then . . . We do not have the date of his death. His will was executed September 2, 1670 and probated in 1672 so it is evident that he died in the latter year at the age of 81 or 82. He outlived his son Edward about four years. He was evidently a farmer. He took no prominent place as an office holder in the Colony, but was evidently a quiet Christian man a a good citizen.
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Possible ancestry of Edward Riggs (from the internet):

1. MILES RIGGS (grandfather)
"Miles Rigges" was buried at Roydon, ESSEX on 7 SEP 1583. The Parish Registers for Roydon commence in 1567, and therefore there is no record of Miles's baptism or marriage.

His wife Agnes was buried at Roydon, Essex on 26 MAR 1579, as "Angnes" the wife of Miles "Ridges".

Miles was one of the witnesses to the Will of Elizabeth Borely on 15 APR 1564. He would have had to be 'of age' at that time and therefore was born earlier than 1544, how much earlier one cannot tell.

The persons documented here were the only persons with the surname Rigg(e)s or Ridge(s) that have been found recorded in the Parish Registers of the immediate locality (although the Roydon Registers are not necessarily completely accurate). It is therefore reasonable to assume that they may have been related as part of a single family. Based on that assumption, the possible children of Miles and Agnes are as follows:

2. RICHARD RIGGS (father)
The Roydon Parish Registers show a number of entries for the christenings and burials of sons and daughters of a Richard Ridges/Rigges/Riggs between 1578 and 1589, and for the burial of his wife in 1603.

It is reasonable to assume that Richard may have been the son of Miles but, because the Parish Registers for Roydon do not commence until 1567, there is no record of his baptism to substantiate this.
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His will, dated 2 September 1670 and proved 6 Mar 1671 "Edward Rigges of Roxbury--although very crazy and weak in body" bequeathed to 'my daughter-in-law my son Edward Riggs his wife L4 (20s,each); residue to "my daughter Mary Twitchell and her children"; to "my daughter Mary--a double portion namely twice as much of my estate as falls to any of her children"; to "my grandchild Elizabeth Allen" her portion paid soon after his death; "my grandchildren Joseph Twichell and Hand (sic) Twichell" to receive their portions when they come of age or marry, in the meantime in the hands of Steven Williams, to "the rest of my grandchildren by my daughter Mary Twichell" their portions when they come of age or at marriage ; "loving
friend John Steebins" executor; (SPR 7:200-01)
He used a mark when signing a deed in 1671, and when signing his will in 1676. Included in the inventory of his estate is a 'cupboard with two or three small books'.

The inventory of the estate of Edward Riggs was taken 5 March 1671/2 and totalled �128 7s., of which �93 was real estate: "his house and land at house sold in his lifetime," �80; and "more land sold by him,"
*Source: pp 1583-1585 of The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633. Vol.III (P-Z) by Robert Charles Anderson, pub by New England Historic Gen Soc, Boston, c1995
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MEMBERS BETWEEN 1631 AND 1650 of the first church in Roxbury, MA:

Edward Riggs, came to Roxbury in 1633 with wife Eliza. Freeman May 14, 1634. Died March 5, 1671. Fought in the Pequod War.

*Source: History of the First Church in Roxbury by Walter Eliot Thwing, 1908
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Edward Riggs --- --- Freeman - May 14, 1634 - first grouping
"In most cases, we may surmise that each Freeman arrived within the year before his swearing. "
*Source: The Freemen of Massachusetts Bay, 1630 - 1636: An Alphabetized Index

Elizabeth HOLMES

From the date of her baptism, Elizabeth was 44 when she died.

NAZEING PARISH REGISTERS
The following baptisms entered in the Parish Registers at Nazeing (Essex, England) appear to be Elizabeth's four brothers and her niece and nephew:

1594 July 21   George Homes
1598 December 24   Samuell Holmes
1601 March 29   John Holmes
1604 April 22 Christopher Holmes
1635 July 26 "Lydia Holmes daughter to George Holmes and" (blank space) "his wife"
1637 September 24 "John Homes sonne to George Homes an his wife"

Lydia RIGGS

The first death recorded in the old books of Roxbury was that of Lydia Riggs...
*Source: Genealogy of the Riggs Family by John H. Wallace, p. 1, published NY, 1901
(Note, Roxbury is now part of Boston, Massachusetts)

Daughter RIGGS

Her name is not known. She married a Mr. Allen and left issue.
*Source: Genealogy of the Riggs Family by John H. Wallace, p. 2, published NY, 1901

Mary RIGGS

She married a Mr. Twitchell and left issue.
*Source: Genealogy of the Riggs Family by John H. Wallace, p. 2, published NY, 1901

Pheobe WILSON

She married a Mr. Rowlett and had a least one child named George. *Source: Her father's will.