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1748 - 1836 (88 years)
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Name |
Miles RIGGS [1, 2] |
- "Whitney Family of Connecticut": b. in Norwalk, Conn., 20 May 1748; a carpenter and joiner, and later, a farmer; married Patty Bull, of Harwinton, Conn., who was born in 1750. They settled in 1772, in the south-east corner of the town of Norfolk, Litchfield Co. Conn., on a farm which is still, in 1875, owned and occupied by his descendants. He was, at three different times, in the service of his country, in the Revolutionary War, and each time honorably discharged. The family tradition says that once, on coming home from the army, he found two of his three children lying dead in the house, and his wife so ill that she died before the next morning; but the tradition has failed to preserve the date, or the names of the children. He married (2nd) Abigail Cowles, widow of Eden Mills. She died at their home in Norfolk, 12 Nov. 1833. He died there, 20 Sept. 1836. They were buried in the South End Cemetery, in Norfolk. He was a White Plains, and also at the capture of Burgoyne. [1]
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Birth |
20 May 1748 |
Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA [1, 2] |
Gender |
Male |
Death |
20 Sep 1836 |
Norfolk, Connecticut [1, 2] |
Burial |
South End Cemetery, Norfolk, Connecticut [1] |
Person ID |
I69549 |
Main Tree |
Last Modified |
27 Sep 2020 |
Father |
Miles RIGGS, b. Abt 1713 d. Bef 1754, Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA (Age < 41 years) |
Relationship |
Birth |
Mother |
Elizabeth WHITNEY, b. 1717, Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA d. Aug 1815, Norfolk, Litchfield County, Connecticut (Age 98 years) |
Relationship |
Birth |
Marriage |
25 Jun 1735 |
Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA [1, 3, 4] |
Family ID |
F13835 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Family 1 |
Patty BULL, b. 1750, Connecticut, USA d. 9 Sep 1778 (Age 28 years) |
Marriage |
28 Feb 1775 [2] |
Family ID |
F28038 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Last Modified |
27 Sep 2020 |
Family 2 |
Abigail COWLES, b. 6 May 1753 d. 12 or 14 Nov 1833, Norfolk, Connecticut (Age 80 years) |
Marriage |
20 Apr 1779 |
Norfolk, Connecticut [2] |
Family ID |
F28039 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Last Modified |
27 Sep 2020 |
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Sources |
- [S00094] S. Whitney Phoenix, "The Whitney Family of Connecticut and its Affiliations; being an Attempt to trace the Descendants, as well in the Female as the Male Lines, of Henry Whitney, from 1649 to 1878" , (Privately Printed, New York - 1878).
- [S12064] Colonel Calvin Duvall Cowles, Genealogy of the Cowles Families in America Vol.I .
- [S03262] RootsWeb: World Connect - Stamford, CT Familes (1641-1935) by Barbara Kaye.
- [S03428] The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records: Stamford.
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