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Abijah JOICE
11850 Oxford Census.
Nancy J. RIGGS
11850 Oxford Census.
2John H. Wallace, Genealogy of the Riggs Family, New York, John H. Wallace, 1901, p. 34.
3Rev. Hollis A. Campbell, William C. Sharpe and Frank G. Bassett, Seymour Past and Present (Seymour, Connecticut, W. C. Sharpe, 1902), p. 539.
David Clarke RIGGS
1B. H. Davis, Reminiscences of Oxford Homes and People (Seymour Record - 1913), #20. . http://www.our-oxford.info/davis-reminiscences/josiah-twitchell_rowland-homestead.html
http://www.our-oxford.info/davis-reminiscences/Twitchell_Homestead.pdf
NOTE: A few corrections:
The house would have been built by Joseph Twitchell, the great grandfather of Jeremy.
Jeremiah5, Ebenezer4, Wooster3, Joseph2, John1 [the original settler in Oxford in the 1790's]
Jeremy's daughter was named Esther, she married David C. Riggs, as shown at that location on the 1868 map.
21875 Oxford Agricultural Society, (http://www.our-oxford.info/oxford-agricultural-society/oxford-ag-society.html), p. 13. "Chairman of Committee." http://www.our-oxford.info/oxford-agricultural-society/1875_13.html.
31850 Oxford Census. "Farmer."
41860 Oxford Census. "Farmer."
51870 Oxford Census. "Farmer."
61880 Oxford Census. "Farmer."
7B. H. Davis, Reminiscences of Oxford, Chapter 15. " David C. Riggs who lived on the Oxford road near Hoadley's mill married Ester Twitchell of Oxford, who died Dec. 13, 1891. for his first wife, and his second was Harriet Church who survives him. For many years he lived on Christian Street in Oxford, until the place was purchased by Philip Roland. He died Feb. 17, 1912." http://www.our-oxford.info/davis-reminiscences/Davis-15.html.
8George T. Davis, Genealogy of the Davis Descendants of Colonel John Davis of Oxford, Conn. (New Rochelle, N. Y., 1910), p. 37.
9Dorothy A. DeBisschop, Oxford's Record: The First 175 Years (Oxford, CT, Oxford Record, Inc., 1973), p. 84. . "1884 ... Town Officers ... Road Inspector - D. C. Riggs." http://www.oxfordpast.com/p84.html.
10Rev. Hollis A. Campbell, William C. Sharpe and Frank G. Bassett, Seymour Past and Present (Seymour, Connecticut, W. C. Sharpe, 1902), p. 544.
11F. W. Beers, 1868 map, Reproduced for the Oxford Historical Society, Inc. 1977. Excerpt from1868 map, Available at http://www.oxford-historical-society.org/books-for-sale.htm
D. C. Riggs, Christian Street, at the end of Towner Lane, in the old Joseph Twitchell House.
http://www.oxfordpast.com/1868TownerLane.jpg.
12Sharpe, Seymour Past and Present, p. 424.
13Frank F. O'Brien, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Trinity Cemetery, Seymour, p. 62. http://www.oxfordpast.com/trcemscan62.html.
14Frank F. O'Brien, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Trinity Cemetery, Seymour, p. 62. http://www.oxfordpast.com/trcemscan62.html.
15Frank F. O'Brien, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Trinity Cemetery, Seymour, p. 62. http://www.oxfordpast.com/trcemscan62.html.
161900 Oxford Census.
Harriet E. CHURCH
11860 Oxford Census.
21870 Oxford Census.
31880 Oxford Census.
41900 Oxford Census.
5Rev. Hollis A. Campbell, William C. Sharpe and Frank G. Bassett, Seymour Past and Present (Seymour, Connecticut, W. C. Sharpe, 1902), p. 544.
6George T. Davis, Genealogy of the Davis Descendants of Colonel John Davis of Oxford, Conn. (New Rochelle, N. Y., 1910), p. 37.
7Sharpe, Seymour Past and Present, p. 424.
8Trinity Cemetery Photograph - Seymour, CT. http://www.oxfordpast.com/cem5720.html.
91900 Oxford Census.
David Clarke RIGGS
1B. H. Davis, Reminiscences of Oxford Homes and People (Seymour Record - 1913), #20. . http://www.our-oxford.info/davis-reminiscences/josiah-twitchell_rowland-homestead.html
http://www.our-oxford.info/davis-reminiscences/Twitchell_Homestead.pdf
NOTE: A few corrections:
The house would have been built by Joseph Twitchell, the great grandfather of Jeremy.
Jeremiah5, Ebenezer4, Wooster3, Joseph2, John1 [the original settler in Oxford in the 1790's]
Jeremy's daughter was named Esther, she married David C. Riggs, as shown at that location on the 1868 map.
21875 Oxford Agricultural Society, (http://www.our-oxford.info/oxford-agricultural-society/oxford-ag-society.html), p. 13. "Chairman of Committee." http://www.our-oxford.info/oxford-agricultural-society/1875_13.html.
31850 Oxford Census. "Farmer."
41860 Oxford Census. "Farmer."
51870 Oxford Census. "Farmer."
61880 Oxford Census. "Farmer."
7B. H. Davis, Reminiscences of Oxford, Chapter 15. " David C. Riggs who lived on the Oxford road near Hoadley's mill married Ester Twitchell of Oxford, who died Dec. 13, 1891. for his first wife, and his second was Harriet Church who survives him. For many years he lived on Christian Street in Oxford, until the place was purchased by Philip Roland. He died Feb. 17, 1912." http://www.our-oxford.info/davis-reminiscences/Davis-15.html.
8George T. Davis, Genealogy of the Davis Descendants of Colonel John Davis of Oxford, Conn. (New Rochelle, N. Y., 1910), p. 37.
9Dorothy A. DeBisschop, Oxford's Record: The First 175 Years (Oxford, CT, Oxford Record, Inc., 1973), p. 84. . "1884 ... Town Officers ... Road Inspector - D. C. Riggs." http://www.oxfordpast.com/p84.html.
10Rev. Hollis A. Campbell, William C. Sharpe and Frank G. Bassett, Seymour Past and Present (Seymour, Connecticut, W. C. Sharpe, 1902), p. 544.
11F. W. Beers, 1868 map, Reproduced for the Oxford Historical Society, Inc. 1977. Excerpt from1868 map, Available at http://www.oxford-historical-society.org/books-for-sale.htm
D. C. Riggs, Christian Street, at the end of Towner Lane, in the old Joseph Twitchell House.
http://www.oxfordpast.com/1868TownerLane.jpg.
12Sharpe, Seymour Past and Present, p. 424.
13Frank F. O'Brien, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Trinity Cemetery, Seymour, p. 62. http://www.oxfordpast.com/trcemscan62.html.
14Frank F. O'Brien, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Trinity Cemetery, Seymour, p. 62. http://www.oxfordpast.com/trcemscan62.html.
15Frank F. O'Brien, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Trinity Cemetery, Seymour, p. 62. http://www.oxfordpast.com/trcemscan62.html.
16W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), p. 110. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/toc.html. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/110.html.
Esther A. TWITCHELL
1Baldwin, Charles Candee, The Candee Genealogy : with notices of allied families of Allyn, Catlin, Cooke, Mallery, Newell, Norton, Pynchon, and Wadsworth (Cleveland, Ohio, Leader Printing Company, 1882), p. 25.
2B. H. Davis, Reminiscences of Oxford Homes and People (Seymour Record - 1913), #20. . http://www.our-oxford.info/davis-reminiscences/josiah-twitchell_rowland-homestead.html
http://www.our-oxford.info/davis-reminiscences/Twitchell_Homestead.pdf
NOTE: A few corrections:
The house would have been built by Joseph Twitchell, the great grandfather of Jeremy.
Jeremiah5, Ebenezer4, Wooster3, Joseph2, John1 [the original settler in Oxford in the 1790's]
Jeremy's daughter was named Esther, she married David C. Riggs, as shown at that location on the 1868 map.
31850 Oxford Census.
41860 Oxford Census.
51870 Oxford Census.
61880 Oxford Census.
7Rev. Hollis A. Campbell, William C. Sharpe and Frank G. Bassett, Seymour Past and Present (Seymour, Connecticut, W. C. Sharpe, 1902), p. 544.
8Frank F. O'Brien, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Trinity Cemetery, Seymour, p. 62. http://www.oxfordpast.com/trcemscan62.html.
9Frank F. O'Brien, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Trinity Cemetery, Seymour, p. 62. http://www.oxfordpast.com/trcemscan62.html.
10Frank F. O'Brien, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Trinity Cemetery, Seymour, p. 62. http://www.oxfordpast.com/trcemscan62.html.
11W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), p. 110. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/toc.html. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/110.html.
Diodata Wildman RIGGS
1Ralph Clymer Hawkins, A Hawkins Genealogy 1635 - 1939, Record of the Descendants of Robert Hawkins of Charlestown, Massachusetts, The Hawkins Association, 1939, p. 252. " ... a soldier in the War of 1812 ..."
2Rev. Hollis A. Campbell, William C. Sharpe and Frank G. Bassett, Seymour Past and Present (Seymour, Connecticut, W. C. Sharpe, 1902), p. 539. "Deodatus."
3John H. Wallace, Genealogy of the Riggs Family, New York, John H. Wallace, 1901, p. 19. "deodatus."
4Ralph Clymer Hawkins, The Hawkins Genealogy, p. 252.
5Ralph Clymer Hawkins, The Hawkins Genealogy, p. 252.
Sylva HAWKINS
1Ralph Clymer Hawkins, A Hawkins Genealogy 1635 - 1939, Record of the Descendants of Robert Hawkins of Charlestown, Massachusetts, The Hawkins Association, 1939, p. 251.
2Ralph Clymer Hawkins, The Hawkins Genealogy, p. 252.
3Ralph Clymer Hawkins, The Hawkins Genealogy, p. 252.
Alonzo RIGGS
1Ralph Clymer Hawkins, A Hawkins Genealogy 1635 - 1939, Record of the Descendants of Robert Hawkins of Charlestown, Massachusetts, The Hawkins Association, 1939, p. 252.
2Ralph Clymer Hawkins, The Hawkins Genealogy, p. 252.
Joseph Edward CANFIELD
11850 Derby Census. Joseph and Catherine are living w/ his grandmother, Betsey (Pease) Canfield.
2Samuel Orcutt, History of the Old Town of Derby, Connecticut, 1642-1880 (1880, Reprint: Bowie, Maryland, Heritage Books, Inc., 1998), p. 708.
3Susan Woodruff Abbott, Families of Early Milford, Connecticut, CD-Local and Family Histories: CT, 1600's - 1800's, (Produced in collaboration with the Genealogical Publishing Company, 2000), p. 197.
4Compiled by Lorraine Cook White, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records, Vol 8 - Derby 1655-1852, General Editor - Lorraine Cook White, Baltimore, Maryland, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc, 1997, p. 205. " ... by Rev. George Thatcher."
Catherine A. RIGGS
11850 Derby Census. Joseph and Catherine are living w/ his grandmother, Betsey (Pease) Canfield. Her father is there with them.
21850 Derby Census.
3Compiled by Lorraine Cook White, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records, Vol 8 - Derby 1655-1852, General Editor - Lorraine Cook White, Baltimore, Maryland, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc, 1997, p. 205. " ... by Rev. George Thatcher."
Joseph P. CANFIELD
11850 Derby Census. "Town Clerk."
2Samuel Orcutt, History of the Old Town of Derby, Connecticut, 1642-1880 (1880, Reprint: Bowie, Maryland, Heritage Books, Inc., 1998), p. 708.
3Susan Woodruff Abbott, Families of Early Milford, Connecticut, CD-Local and Family Histories: CT, 1600's - 1800's, (Produced in collaboration with the Genealogical Publishing Company, 2000), p. 197.
4Arthur Walker, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Oak Cliff Cemetery, p. 141. http://www.oxfordpast.com/occemscan141.html.
Myra A. BEERS
1Samuel Orcutt, History of the Old Town of Derby, Connecticut, 1642-1880 (1880, Reprint: Bowie, Maryland, Heritage Books, Inc., 1998), p. 708. "Maria M. Burs."
2Susan Woodruff Abbott, Families of Early Milford, Connecticut, CD-Local and Family Histories: CT, 1600's - 1800's, (Produced in collaboration with the Genealogical Publishing Company, 2000), p. 197. "Maria M. Burs (Burns, Beers?)."
31850 Derby Census. "Myra A."
41850 Derby Census.
5Arthur Walker, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Oak Cliff Cemetery, p. 140. http://www.oxfordpast.com/occemscan140.html.
William L. CANFIELD
11850 Derby Census. "Clerk."
2Arthur Walker, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Oak Cliff Cemetery, p. 140. http://www.oxfordpast.com/occemscan140.html.
Mary Frances CANFIELD
1Samuel Orcutt, History of the Old Town of Derby, Connecticut, 1642-1880 (1880, Reprint: Bowie, Maryland, Heritage Books, Inc., 1998), p. 708.
2Susan Woodruff Abbott, Families of Early Milford, Connecticut, CD-Local and Family Histories: CT, 1600's - 1800's, (Produced in collaboration with the Genealogical Publishing Company, 2000), p. 197.
31850 Derby Census.
4Arthur Walker, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Oak Cliff Cemetery, p. 140. http://www.oxfordpast.com/occemscan140.html.
Theodore Benjamin CANFIELD
1Samuel Orcutt, History of the Old Town of Derby, Connecticut, 1642-1880 (1880, Reprint: Bowie, Maryland, Heritage Books, Inc., 1998), p. 708.
2Susan Woodruff Abbott, Families of Early Milford, Connecticut, CD-Local and Family Histories: CT, 1600's - 1800's, (Produced in collaboration with the Genealogical Publishing Company, 2000), p. 197.
31860 Derby Census. "Farmer."
4Compiled by Authority of the General Assembly Under Direction of the Adjutants-General, Record of Service of Connecticut Men in the Army and Navy of the United States During the War of the Rebellion. (Hartford, CT, Press of Case, Lockwood & Brainard, 1889.), p. 87. "First Regiment C. V. Cavalry
Company I ...
Q-M Sergeants:
T. Benjamin Canfield
Residence: Derby
Date of Enlistment: Dec. 7, '63.
Date of muster in this organization: Dec. 7, '63.
Remarks: Must. Priv. Pro Q.M.-Sergt. Sep. 16, '64. Cap'd Oct. 17, '64 Cedar Run Church, Va. Died Jan. 14, '65, Salisbury, N. C."
5Compiled by Authority of the General Assembly Under Direction of the Adjutants-General, Connecticut Men in the War of the Rebellion, p. 399. "Tenth Regiment Infantry
Band:
Canfield, T. Benjamin
Residence: Derby
Date of Enlistment: Oct. 6, '61.
Date of muster in this organization: Oct. 26, '61.
Remarks: Disc. Aug. 30, '62."
61850 Derby Census.
7Arthur Walker, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Oak Cliff Cemetery, p. 140. http://www.oxfordpast.com/occemscan140.html.
Deacon Samuel Edwin RIGGS
11850 Derby Census. "Sash & Blind Maker."
2Frank F. O'Brien, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Derby Colonial Cemetery, p. 260. http://www.oxfordpast.com/dccemscan260.html.
3Frank F. O'Brien, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Derby Colonial Cemetery, p. 260. http://www.oxfordpast.com/dccemscan260.html.
4Frank F. O'Brien, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Derby Colonial Cemetery, p. 260. http://www.oxfordpast.com/dccemscan260.html.
5Samuel Orcutt, History of the Old Town of Derby, Connecticut, 1642-1880 (1880, Reprint: Bowie, Maryland, Heritage Books, Inc., 1998), p. 812. "Dea Samuel E Riggs | born in Augusta N Y | June 18 1809 | died at Derby Conn | Dec 6 1860.
He giveth his beloved sleep."
6Derby Colonial Cemetery Photograph - Derby, CT. http://www.oxfordpast.com/cem5738.html.
7Compiled by Lorraine Cook White, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records, Vol 8 - Derby 1655-1852, General Editor - Lorraine Cook White, Baltimore, Maryland, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc, 1997, p. 284. "RIGGS ...
Samuel Edward, of Derby, m. Amelia Elizabeth SHUTE, of Woodbridge, Jan. 20, 1829, by Rev. Zepheniah Swift."
Amelia Elizabeth SHORT
11850 Derby Census.
2Frank F. O'Brien, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Derby Colonial Cemetery, p. 260. http://www.oxfordpast.com/dccemscan260.html.
3Frank F. O'Brien, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Derby Colonial Cemetery, p. 260. http://www.oxfordpast.com/dccemscan260.html.
4Frank F. O'Brien, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Derby Colonial Cemetery, p. 260. http://www.oxfordpast.com/dccemscan260.html.
5Derby Colonial Cemetery Photograph - Derby, CT. http://www.oxfordpast.com/cem5739.html.
6Compiled by Lorraine Cook White, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records, Vol 8 - Derby 1655-1852, General Editor - Lorraine Cook White, Baltimore, Maryland, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc, 1997, p. 284. "RIGGS ...
Samuel Edward, of Derby, m. Amelia Elizabeth SHUTE, of Woodbridge, Jan. 20, 1829, by Rev. Zepheniah Swift."
Edwin S. RIGGS
11850 Derby Census.
John J. LINES
11850 Derby Census. "Springmaker." John and Eliza are living w/ her cousin, Wm E. Riggs and family.
2Frank F. O'Brien, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Derby Colonial Cemetery, p. 261. http://www.oxfordpast.com/dccemscan261.html.
3Samuel Orcutt, History of the Old Town of Derby, Connecticut, 1642-1880 (1880, Reprint: Bowie, Maryland, Heritage Books, Inc., 1998), p. 811.
4Frank F. O'Brien, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Derby Colonial Cemetery, p. 261. http://www.oxfordpast.com/dccemscan261.html.
5Samuel Orcutt, History Old Town of Derby, Connecticut 1642-1880, p. 811.
6Frank F. O'Brien, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Derby Colonial Cemetery, p. 261. http://www.oxfordpast.com/dccemscan261.html.
7Samuel Orcutt, History Old Town of Derby, Connecticut 1642-1880, p. 811. "John L Lines | died April 2 1860 | aged 42."
8Derby Colonial Cemetery Photograph - Derby, CT. http://www.oxfordpast.com/cem5741.html.
9Compiled by Lorraine Cook White, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records, Vol 8 - Derby 1655-1852, General Editor - Lorraine Cook White, Baltimore, Maryland, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc, 1997, p. 262. " ... by Rev. H. Read."
Eliza RIGGS
1Rev. Hollis A. Campbell, William C. Sharpe and Frank G. Bassett, Seymour Past and Present (Seymour, Connecticut, W. C. Sharpe, 1902), p. 539.
21850 Derby Census. "Eliza." John and Eliza are living w/ her cousin, Wm E. Riggs and family.
31860 Derby Census. "Louis E." Polly Riggs, age 86, is living w/ her.
4John H. Wallace, Genealogy of the Riggs Family, New York, John H. Wallace, 1901, p. 19.
51850 Derby Census.
6Compiled by Lorraine Cook White, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records, Vol 8 - Derby 1655-1852, General Editor - Lorraine Cook White, Baltimore, Maryland, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc, 1997, p. 262. " ... by Rev. H. Read."
Henry LINES
11850 Derby Census.
Ann E. LINES
11850 Derby Census.
William LINES
11850 Derby Census.
Emma LINES
11860 Derby Census.
Samuel LINES
1Donald Lines Jacobus, Families of Ancient New Haven ([CD]Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1981[originally]Rome, N.Y. and New Haven, Conn., 1922-1932), vol 5, p 1098.
2Donald Lines Jacobus, Families of Ancient New Haven, vol 5, p 1098.
3Donald Lines Jacobus, Families of Ancient New Haven, vol 2, p 386.
Polly CARRINGTON
1Donald Lines Jacobus, Families of Ancient New Haven ([CD]Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1981[originally]Rome, N.Y. and New Haven, Conn., 1922-1932), vol 5, p 1098.
2Donald Lines Jacobus, Families of Ancient New Haven, vol 2, p 386.
3Donald Lines Jacobus, Families of Ancient New Haven, vol 5, p 1098.
4Donald Lines Jacobus, Families of Ancient New Haven, vol 2, p 386.
5Donald Lines Jacobus, Families of Ancient New Haven, vol 2, p 386.