Named as a member of John Eliot's church, Roxbury, Mass.
Edward Riggs landed in Boston in the summer of l633 with his wife, Elizabeth, 2 sons & 4 daughters. He was a Puritan. They were among the early settlers in Roxbury, Mass. The first death recorded in the Roxbury Record book is that of Lydia, his daughter, in Aug. l633 shortly after their arrival. In May l634 another daughter, Elizbeth, died & in Oct. of the same year his son John died. This must have been very hard for Edward & the 2 who remained, Edward & Mary. The son Edward married that same year in April so just Mary & her Dad were leftat home alone. They must have wondered whether or not they made the right choice in coming to this wilderness.
In l634 Edward was admitted Freeman. He married again, after l635 to a woman also named Elizabeth. Many sources have both him & his son married to the same woman Elizabeth Rooke or Roosa, probably because of the time frame & both carrying the name Edward. He had no children by his second wife.
He died in l67l/2. His will dated Sept. 2, l670, listed Mary Twitchell as the only living child left. Mary Twitchell is named as legatee. Of her children only Joseph & Mary are named and they are minors. His daughter Mrs. Allen, who was dead, had l child & his son Edward, who was also dead, had 4 children. He served in the Pequot War with his son Edward who was known as a hero.
Sources:
THE PIONEERS OF MASSACHUSETTS
FOUNDERS OF EARLY AMERICAN FAMILIES
NEW ENGLAND MARRIAGES PRIOR TO l700
GENEALOGICAL REGISTER OF THE FIRST SETTLERS OF NEW ENGLAND
DIRECTORY OF THE ANCESTRAL HEADS OF NEW ENGLAND FAMILIES
THE ABRIDGED COMPENDIUM OF AMERICAN GENEALOGY
LIST OF FREEMEN OF MASSACHUSETTS
A GENEALOGICAL DICTIONARY OF THE FIRST SETTLERS OF NEW ENGLAND
SEVENTEENTH CENTURY COLONIAL ANCESTORS
THE HISTORY OF THE INDIAN WARS IN NEW ENGLAND
NATIONAL SOCIETY DAUGHTERS OF COLONIAL WARS
NATIONAL DAUGHTERS OF THE PATRIOTS AND FOUNDERS
NEW ENGLAND GENEALOGICAL REGISTER
BURKE'S AMERICAN FAMILIES WITH BRITISH ANCESTRY
GENEALOGY OF THE RIGGS FAMILY
He was knighted July 23, l603 of Hollingbourne Hill, England.
Source:
CONNECTICUT GENEALOGY
IMMIGRANTS TO AMERICA BEFORE l750
GENEALOGICAL RECORD OF THE BARNUM FAMILY
She had 2 daughters and l son.
Source:
GENEALOGICAL RECORD OF THE BARNUM FAMILY
Concord, Massachusetts : births, marriages, and deaths, 1635-1850
author unknown, 1895, 503 pgs.
Jno Ball & Martha Bignall maryed 29 Sept. 1682
John Ball ye husband of Hannah dyed Octob. ye 27, 1703
She had 6 children. They lived in Hadley, Mass.
Sources:
CONNECTICUT FAMILIES
HISTORY AND GENEALOGY OF THE FAMILIES OF OLD FAIRFIELD
TRILOGY
WILLIAM BEARDSLEY OF STRATFORD, CONNECTICUT
NEW ENGLAND GENEALOGICAL REGISTER, vol. 95, p. 258, Hosea Starr Ballou, "Dr. Thomas Starr, Surgeon in the PequotWar"
Was elected Mayor of New Romney, County Kent, England 25 Mar. l594. It states he was probably the Father of Thomas Starr by a former wife; Agnes being his second.