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Whitney Family.
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377
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Chil. of Miles and Hannah (Benedict) Riggs.
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526
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| 1793
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I. Cyrus Riggs, b. at Butternuts, N. Y., 30 July 1800, or 1799, as another record says; a farmer, cooper, and accountant; married in the Summer of 1822, at Marysburgh, Upper Canada, by Rev. Mr. McDole, Presbyterian, to Eliza Wood Squire, dau. of Zalmon and Rowena (Harris) Squire, of Salem, N. Y., where she was born 20 Ap. 1806. They dwelt at Marysburgh till 1827; and then moved to Madoc, Upper Canada, now Ontario, where he died, 5 Sept. 1858, and was buried in Fuller's Hill Cemetery. He was, for twelve years before his death, coroner, clerk of the 6th District Court, Hastings Co., C. W., and commissioner of the Court of Queen's Bench. His widow was living at Vassar, Mich., with her son, William Faucette Riggs, in Ap. 1875; and at Trenton, Mo., with her youngest daughter, in Feb. 1876.
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5791
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| 1794
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II. Martha Riggs, b. at Butternuts, N. Y., 24 Sept 1804; married in Richmond, Upper Canada, John Pringle, a farmer, son of Joseph and Mary (Springsteen) Pringle, of South Fredericksburgh, U. C., where he was born, 18 May 1785. They settled in Richmond, and there died (she, 30 Sept. 1863; he, 12 May 1872), and were buried in Napanee Cemetery.
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5804
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| 1795
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III. Lewis Riggs, b. in Hamilton Co., N. Y., 5 Nov. 1808; married Harriet Ann Harris; and was living, with his wife, at Wetmore, Kansas, in Ap. 1875.
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5813
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| 1796
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IV. Martin Riggs, b. at Lebanon, N. Y., 17 Oct 1811; a farmer; married, 16 Oct. 1837, at Madoc, C. W., by Rev. Michael Davy, Methodist Episcopal, to Mary Jane Eager, dau. of Aaron and Elizabeth (Bininger) Eager, of Madoc. She was born at Salem, N. Y., 23 Feb. 1817. They dwelt in Madoc till 13 Jan. 1852; at Elzevir, C. W., till 1 March 1863; at Listowel, C. W., till 1 May 1865; then moved to Brookfield, Mo., arriving there 8 July 1875; and were living in that place, in March 1876. He has held various town offices.
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5817
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Chil. or Joseph and Annis (Clark) Riggs.
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528
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| 1797
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I. George Washington Riggs, b. at Norfolk, Conn., 25 May 1808; married in 1830, at Norfolk, by Truman Spencer Wetmore, Esq., of Winchester, Conn., to Marietta Wood, a sister of his brother Chauncey Riggs' wife, Lucinda Wood. She died at Cleveland, Ohio. He was living at Leon, Wis., in March 1876.
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5824
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| 1798
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II. Chauncey Riggs, b. at Norfolk, Conn., 25 Jan. 1811; a press-die
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5825
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