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MILES of ROYDON
SOURCES for the Immediate Descendants of
 MILES RIGGS circa1535-1583
of Roydon, Essex
These include his probable grandson:
EDWARD OF ROXBURY, MA, USA
9 times greatgrandfather of  MAMIE GENEVA DOUD
wife of DWIGHT D EISENHOWER, 34th US President
and probably 7 times greatgrandfather of
WARREN G HARDING, 29th US President
Generation 1 Generation 2 Generation 3 Edward of Roxbury Notes This page
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TYPES OF SOURCES:

  • B = Burials;
  • BW = Original or copy will proved at the Court of the
       Bishop of London's Commissary (Essex and Hertfordshire);
  • C = Christenings;
  • ER = Registered will proved at the Court of the
       Archdeacon of Essex;
  • ind = indexed;
  • M = Marriages;
  • mfc = microfiche;
  • mfm = microfilm;
  • photoc = photocopies obtained from
  • PRs = Parish Registers;
  • tran = transcript

LOCATIONS OF SOURCES:

OTHER ABBREVIATIONS:

  • ed(s) = editor(s);
  • edit = edition;
  • f = folio number;
  • gen = genealogical;
  • Inc = Incorporated;
  • info = information;
  • NEHGR = New England Historical & Genealogical Register;
  • NEHGS = New England Historic Genealogical Society;
  • orig = originally;
  • p = page (pp = pages);
  • pr = proved;
  • pub = published;
  • Publ = Publishing;
  • ref = reference;
  • repr = reprinted;
  • Soc = Society;
  • suppl = supplied by
  • vol = Volume

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S1 CM&B PRs for Royden, Essex - copy examined on mfm at ESS CRO ref D/P 60/1/1

S2 p228 Essex Wills (England) Vol 2, 1565-1571, by F.G.Emmison, publ NEHGS, Boston MA, 1983

S3 CM&B PRs for All Saints Church, Nazeing, Essex - copy examined on mfm at ESS CRO ref T/R 179/1

S4 Ind tran of CM&B PRs for All Saints Church, Nazeing, Essex - copy examined at ESS CRO ref T/R 280/1

S5 "Savage's Dictionary" Full title:-A Gen Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England, Showing Three Generations of Those who Came before May, 1692, on the Basis of Farmer's Register by James Savage, former President Of The Mass. Historical Soc, Vol.III, K-R. Orig pub Boston, 1860-1862, repr by Gen Pub Co.Inc, Baltimore, 1965, 1969, 1977, 1981, 1986, 1990 [SISBN 0-8063-0309-3]
Electronic version adapted under the direction of Robert Kraft © July 1994 - this is viewable on-line at www.usgennet.org/usa/topic/newengland/savage/.

S6 Info suppl Leo Riggs

S7 "The Winthrop Society" and "First Settlers of the Massachusetts Bay Colony" pages on The Winthrop Society web-site: viewable on-line at www.winthropsociety.org/home.htm and www.winthropsociety.org/ancestrs.htm respectively (as at APR2000)

S8 Mary & John Clearing House web-site: viewable on-line at www.maryandjohn1630.com/ (as at APR2000)

S9 The American Nation: A History of the United States, John A. Garraty. 7th edit publ Harper-Collins Publishers Inc 1991 [SISBN 0-06-042312-9 student edit 0-06-500035-8 teacher edit]

S10 "Hopewell Passenger List" on the Mayflower and Early Families web-site: viewable on-line at www.mayflowerfamilies.com/ships/hopewell.htm (as at APR2000)

S11 "Pre-1633 Planters of the Massachusetts Bay Colony" page on The Winthrop Society web-site: viewable on-line at www.winthropsociety.org/planters.htm (as at APR2000)

S12 "The Great Migration: Ships to New England, 1633-1635" page on The Winthrop Society web-site: viewable on-line at www.winthropsociety.org/ships.htm (as at APR2000)

S13 Quarter Sessions Roll Michaelmas 1569 - original examined at ESS CRO ref Q/SR 110/88, after searching SEAX online catalogue at www.essexcc.gov.uk/heritage/ero/seax/default.htm

S14 Quarter Sessions Roll Midsummer 1641 - original examined at ESS CRO ref Q/SR 313/21, after searching SEAX online catalogue at www.essexcc.gov.uk/heritage/ero/seax/default.htm

S15 Quarter Sessions Roll Michaelmas 1649 - original examined at ESS CRO ref Q/SR 342/102, after searching SEAX online catalogue at www.essexcc.gov.uk/heritage/ero/seax/default.htm

S16 "Abstracts of Early Wills of the Early Settlers of New England", p30 NEHGR Vol 7, pub for NEHGS 1853 - copy examined at SoGLib, refce US/NE/PER, MAY2004. Searchable online (by NEHGS members) at www.newenglandancestors.org/research/database/register/
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