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III. ----- Riggs, died, according to tradition, at some time during the Revolutionary War.
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Chil. of Miles and Abigail (Cowles) Riggs.
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IV. Joseph Riggs, b. in Norfolk, Conn., 2 Feb. 1780; a farmer, and surveyor; married, 4 Ap. 1807, at his father's homestead in Norfolk, by Rev. Thomas Robbins, Congregational, to Annis Clark, dau. of Marshall and Rhoda (Webster) Clark, of Burlington, Conn., where she was born 15 Sept. 1789. They settled on the homestead, and there dwelt for the rest of their lives. He died, 20 Oct 1846, aged 66; she, 29 Feb. 1864; and they were buried in the South End Cemetery, Norfolk. He represented the town of Norfolk in the Conn. Legislature, in 1827; was judge of probate for the district of Norfolk, in 1842; justice of the peace for twenty-eight consecutive years, and for several years county surveyor. He was an earnest, thoughtful man, whose scientific attainments excited the admiration of his neighbors; one of whom wrote an obituary, which was published in the Hartford Weekly Times, of 26 Dec. 1846, containing the following passages: "Although the memory of the deceased will never be obliterated from the minds of hundreds of surviving friends, yet it is proper to make mention of the many virtues and ennobling qualities of the venerated dead, and to hold them up for the imitation of the rising generation. The subject of these remarks was a man of no ordinary attainments. Possessed of strong powers of mind and particularly of a memory which seemed to treasure all that was truly valuable, he had accumulated a mass of information of which few men can boast, and which eminently qualified him to enliven and instruct any circle into which he was thrown, and so general was his information, that few subjects were ever discussed in his presence on which he could not throw some rays of light. In a word, he was kind and courteous to all, and those who knew him best, will ever remember, how in the noble impulse of his heart, he seemed to clasp in his embrace the whole human family, and made them all his brethren; that his benevolence was of the most expansive kind, multitudes who were the recipients of his bounty will never forget, and the blessings of those ready to perish, came upon him. May the mantle of his virtues rest upon those who survive him !"
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V. Eden Riggs, b. in Norfolk, Conn., 30 June 1785; a farmer and shoemaker; married Thankful Harmon, dau. of Amos Harmon, of New Marlborough, Berkshire Co., Mass. They settled in Norfolk, and there died (he, 29 Oct 1861; she, 14 June 1866), and were buried in South End Cemetery. He represented Norfolk in the Conn. Legislature, in 1841, and was also a justice of the peace for that town.
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VI. Lewis Riggs, b. in Norfolk, Conn., 16 Jan. 1789; a physician and surgeon; studied under Dr. Samuel Woodward, of Torrington, Conn.;
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