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CAUTION: In the same way as the sources differ as regards Edward#2's daughters and their husbands, the sources also differ in some cases as to the order of birth of his sons ("The Third Generation" of RIGGS) and which of them fathered his grandsons ("The Fourth Generation").
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CALEB RIGGS |
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BIRTH
The 'birth' of CALEB RIGGS, son of EDWARD RIGGS and SUSANA RIGGS, is recorded on 3JLY1658 at Holy Trinity, Christchurch, Cork.[S2][S27]
DEATH
Samuel was described as EDWARD#2's son and heir when admitted to the Middle Temple in MAY1680, and EDWARD#3 was described as EDWARD#2's second son when he was admitted in 1698. Caleb therefore appears to have died before his 22nd birthday, and therefore may have died unmarried. Nothing further is known of him. |
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SAMUEL RIGGS of EAST GULLY |
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BIRTH
Details of Samuel's birth or baptism are not currently known. When admitted to the Middle Temple, he was described as "Samuel Riggs, son and heir of Edward Riggs of Finchey Island (sic) co.Cork, Ireland, Esq" and, since it is extremely unlikely that there were two Edward RIGGS in co.Cork at that time, he was probably the son of EDWARD#2. As he was admitted in 1680, and members were sometimes admitted before the age of eighteen, in their early and mid-teens, he could have been born between 1662 and 1667, before EDWARD#2's marriage to his third wife Anne Allen in 1677.
EDUCATION
"Samuel Riggs, son and heir of Edward Riggs of Finchey Island (sic) co.Cork, Ireland, Esq" was admitted to the Honourable Society of the Middle Temple, London, on 10MAY1680.[S49]
DEATH
The Will of a Samuel Riggs of East Gully was abstracted 01NOV1687 in the Cork and Ross Diocese.[S38-ref:2237] This is consistent with the fact that, when EDWARD#3 was admitted to the Middle Temple on 1698Oct1 he was described as "the second son of Edward", because on Samuel's death Allen would have become EDWARD#2's eldest surviving son and heir, and he was described as "Allan Riggs Son and Heir of the said Edward Riggs" when he defended an Appeal in the House of Lords on 23JNE1714 against EDWARD#2's Will. Gully was a townland in the civil parish of Ballymodan, as was Bandon Town, or Bandonbridge.[S43]
POSSIBLE WIDOW OR CHILD
A Marriage Licence Bond was abstracted 03FEB1690 in the Cork and Ross Diocese for the marriage of ANN RIGGS to an Abraham LAMB.[S38-ref:2678] The LDS's Irish Records Index, 1500-1920 states that Ann was of Bandonbridge. Bandonbridge, or Bandon-Bridge, is (according to the National Gazetteer 1860-1880) an alternative name for the parliamentary borough of Bandon, Bandon Town being in the civil parish of Ballymodan. As this parish also contained the townland in which Samuel lived, and the marriage took place 15 months after his will was abstracted, Ann may have been either Samuel's widow remarrying or his daughter. |
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ALLEN RIGGS of DUNMANWAY, Esq |
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BIRTH
Details of Allen's birth or baptism are not currently known.
MARRIAGE
He married on 15JNE1701 to MARY COX[S35], daughter of SIR RICHARD COX,[S1] and the sister of RICHARD COX [S3][S4] of Dunmanway, co.Cork.[S4] Sir Richard Cox, 1st Baronet (1650–1733) was Lord Chancellor of Ireland from 1703 to 1707,[S164] and recorded in his diary: "On the 15th day of June my daughter marryed Mr. Allen Riggs, which had a good prospect, but proved an unfortunate match."[S153]
In the same year as Allen's marriage, Sir Richard Cox formerly one of the Justices in the Court of Common Pleas, was promoted to Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas and soon after to a seat in the Privy Council. He was appointed Governor of the County and City of Cork in 1691. Sir Richard was sworn in as Lord High Chancellor of Ireland in 1703, and was created a baronet in 1706.[S160]
PROPERTIES
The Will of Allen's brother EDWARD#3 referred to the Estate settled "by my Father on the marriage of my brother Allen Riggs."
ffolliott, Low and Holworthy all describe Allen as being "of Dunmanway" (where his wife's family lived). Dunmanway Town, Dunmanway North and Dunmanway South are Townlands in the parish of Fanlobbus in West Cork (Dunmanway was also the name of the Roman Catholic Parish and of the Poor Law Union).
DEATH
"Anne Riggs Widow and Executrix of Edward Riggs Esquire, deceased" and "Allan Riggs Son and Heir of the said Edward Riggs" successfully defended an Appeal in the House of Lords on 23JUN1714, concerning the Will of EDWARD#2.[S70]
Allan therefore died sometime after 23JUN1714 but before 3APR1716 when his Will (dated 1MAY1713 [S1][S3], and proved 8JNE1716 [S3]) was admitted to Probate [S1].
WIDOW
After his death, Mary married REV.NICHOLAS SKOLFIELD (sic), Vicar of Kilcaskin, on 03APR1716 [S35] - ffolliott spells his name more conventionally as SCHOLFIELD. Mary was then described as Mrs MARY RIGGS of Fanlobish (sic)[S35] - Fanlobbus was the Parish in West Cork which included Dunmanway Town.
CHILDREN
Low shows Allen and Mary as having only two daughters, and Johnston-Liik's note on Major Edward Riggs' children states that Allen "(d.s.p.m.: 2 dau.)" - 'd.s.p.m.' is an abbreviation for the Latin phrase 'descessit sine parole mascula' which translates as 'died without male issue'.
Holworthy mistakenly shows the Edward Riggs who married MARGARET PYGOTT [i.e. EDWARD#4] as the son of Allen and Mary instead of as the son of EDWARD#3.
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MARY-ANNE [S3]
Low reports that Allen's elder daughter was named Mary-Anne [S3] |
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? CATHERINE RIGGS [S3]
There is a bequest in Allen's brother Edward's Will "to my Neice (sic) Catherin Parker wife of Harding Parker the sum of one hundred pounds sterling.".[S9]
Low shows Catherine as a daughter of Allen marrying HARDING PARKER, Esq., first cousin twice removed of Colonel ST.JOHN WEBB. As the daughter of EDWARD#3's brother ALLEN, Catherine would have been described by EDWARD#3 as his niece. ffolliott states that it was Catherine Nevil, one of the daughters of Elizabeth Riggs and John Nevil, who married Harding Parker and, as the daughter of EDWARD#3's sister Elizabeth, Catherine Nevil too would have been described by EDWARD#3 as his niece. But then so would Catherine the daughter of EDWARD#3's brother STEPHEN. |
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RT. HON. EDWARD RIGGS, PC MP [EDWARD#3] |
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BIRTH
Johnston-Liik states that EDWARD#3 was born before 11JLY1686.
EDUCATION
Edward Riggs, "second son of Edward Riggs of Sudbury" (sic), Gloucestershire, Esq was admitted to the Honourable Society of the Middle Temple, London, on 1OCT1698.[S49] Members were sometimes admitted to the Middle Temple before the age of eighteen, in their early and mid-teens, which means Edward could have been born between 1680 and 1685.
MARRIAGE
ffolliott states that EDWARD#3 married ANNE MEDLICOTT by licence dated 21DEC1715. Low identifies Anne as the daughter of THOMAS MEDLICOTT of Binfield, Berks, Esquire, whilst Holworthy quotes her father as MURRAY MEDLICOTT of Binfield, Berks (Binfield is near the county town of Reading, in England). Johnston-Liik states that he married "Ann dau. of Thomas Medlycott of Burfield (sic), Berkshire" in DEC1715.
PROPERTIES
Johnston-Liik identifies EDWARD#3's 'Estates/Residences' as follows: "Riggsdale, Co. Cork and lodged at Thomas Lill's house, Dublin; Binfield, Berkshire. On the death of his father he succeeded to his English estates. His mother was 'possessed of a good part of his [her husband's] Irish estates which might amount to twelve hundred pounds probably per annum ... When her eldest son, Edward, came to proper years and had a family, she generously gave up at least a third of the Irish estate to him'."
Note that ALLEN RIGGS, EDWARD#3's elder brother, died before 3APR1716 when his Will was admitted to Probate, Edward married at the end of 1715, and therefore when Edward later 'had a family' he would have been the eldest surviving son.
Johnston-Liik also states that EDWARD#3 "Purchased 2,859 acres in Co. Cork from the Commissioners for Sale of Forfeited Estates in 1702-3." His name is included in the "List of Grantees of Estates Forfeited in Ireland, under the Williamite Confiscations"[S159]
PROFESSION & PUBLIC LIFE
When his son EDWARD#4 matriculated from Oxford, he was described as "Edward, son of Edward of Binfield, Berks, armiger" (entitled to bear arms).[S118] Presumably, EDWARD#3 inherited his Arms from his father, Major Edward RIGGS (EDWARD#2).
 "Edward Riggs Esq. of Riggsdale" was sent to the Irish Parliament 5JLY1707 by the constituency of Baltimore in south-west Cork to replace Percy Freke, Esq., of Rathbarry,[S37] who had died earlier in the year, and EDWARD#3 represented that constituency until the next election in 1713 (serving on 10 Parliamentary Committees).[S2]. Note that Percy Freke had been one of the Executors of the Will of EDWARD#2.
Johnston-Liik states EDWARD#3 "was appointed by the Commons, with the sitting member for Bandon-Bridge, ... to be a trustee to receive the £2,500 to be levied on Munster for the relief of the inhabitants of Bandon-Bridge. They had disarmed their garrison in 1688 and were heavily punished and fined by General Macarthy."[S2] He appears to have been following in the footsteps of his father EDWARD#2 who had become a trustee in 1691 and presumably continued to serve until his death in 1700.
Johnston-Liik reports that "In 1713 the Castle predicted correctly that Riggs would not come in again for Baltimore, but he sat for Bangor in the parliament of George l." from 1716-27 (serving on 3 Parliamentary Committees). Bangor is in co.Mayo in the Province of Connaught.
Johnston-Liik also reports that "Subsequently he was returned for Newtown Limavady at the by-election of 1739 caused by the death of Thomas Medlycott ... in July 1738"(serving on 5 Parliamentary Committees until his death in 1741). Newtown Limavady is in Londonderry (or co.Derry) in the Province of Ulster. Note that Thomas Medlycott was EDWARD#3's father-in-law - see the Note on The Medlycotts of Berkshire.
Both Low and Holworthy however give him the title of MP for Killybegs, which is in county Donegal, in the north-west of Ireland. They also describe him as 'Right Honourable', which in the English Parliament is the courtesy title used when referring to a Privy Councillor (as distinct from 'Honourable' for an MP).
Johnston-Liik states that he served as "Commissioner of the Revenue" in Ireland from 1733 until his death (by Letters Patent dated 27NOV1733). Thomas Bacon, of the Custom-House, Dublin, published "A compleat system of the revenue of Ireland, in its several branches of import, export, and inland duties" in 1737 and dedicated it to the Honourable Edward Riggs Esq and six others, who he collectively described as "Chief Commissioners and Governors of His Majesty's Revenue of Ireland".
Johnston-Liik also states that he served as "Land Waiter of the Revenue for Cork" from 1739 until his death. However, at the end of APR1741 the Dublin Newsletter reported that "Mr. Riggs, Land-waiter of Cork, is made Collector of Kinsale", and his appointment as a Commissioner of the Customs was reported in the Gentlemen's Magazine JLY1741 [S23].
A land waiter was a customs officer who waited or watched over the loading and unloading of boats from foreign ports, to make sure the correct customs duties were paid.
DEATH
Edward did not serve long as a Commissioner of the Customs after his appointment in JLY1741 because he died 13NOV1741.[S2] His death must therefore have been a sudden one. Edward's Will dated 14JLY1741 [S1][S3] was proved [S3] and admitted to Probate [S1] 1DEC1741 (in Ireland). It was also admitted to Probate in England (at the Prerogative Court of Canterbury) on 1FEB1742N, his wife Anne being the sole executrix. [S9]
WIDOW
The will of Anne "widow of Edward Riggs, Dublin, Esq," was proved in 1769. [S41]
CHILDREN
The children of EDWARD#3 and his wife Anne are said to be as follows:
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A record of Thomas Medlycott's birth or baptism has not yet been found. When he was admitted to the Middle Temple (see below), he was described as "Thomas Medlicot(sic) Riggs, son and heir of Edward Riggs of Binfield, Berks, Esq". He was therefore probably born between 1716SEP (because Edward#3 married in DEC1715) and DEC1718 (because Edward's daughter Ann was baptised 4OCT1719) or possibly between JLY1720 and SEP1720 (because Edward's second eldest son Edward#4 was baptised 4JNE1721).
He is not mentioned by either ffolliott, Holworthy or Low but was discovered by me initially in the papers relating to Butleigh Manor And Whitley Hundred.[S20] I subsequently learnt that Johnston-Liik lists Thomas Medlicott (sic) as a son of Edward#3, but she shows him as having been born after Edward#4: she probably assumed this because Edward#4 was his father's heir, but Edward#4 only became his father's heir because Thomas Medlycott had predeceased both Edward#3 and Edward#4). The fact that Edward#4 wasn't Edward#3's eldest born son is confirmed by the Will of CATHERINE WEBB who had prepared a draft Will in 1735 (prior to her marriage to Thomas Medlycott) intending at that time to leave Whitley hundred and Butleigh manor, etc, to her cousin "Edward Riggs second son of the Honourable Edward Riggs Esq one of the Commissioners of His Majesty's Revenue in Ireland".[S3]
Note that the Bond of Indemnity by Hugh Cane dated 19JAN1773 states that "Edward Riggs the elder died in the month of November 1741 leaving Edward Riggs the younger his eldest son and heir." Technically, the Bond should have referred to Edward the younger as "his eldest surviving son and heir" but, as Hugh Cane did not marry Louisa until 3 years after Thomas Medlycott's death, this is either an understandable oversight or it was felt adding the word 'surviving' wasn't essential. |
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ANN RIGGS [S3]
Ann was baptised 4OCT1719 at Binfield, Berkshire.[S26]
The Belfast Newsletter reported on 10APR1739 the marriage between Miss Riggs, daughter of Edward Riggs, His Majesty's Commissioners of the Revenue, and COLCLOUGH WILLIAM HENRY PIGOT, son of Captain Pigot, of Dawson Street.[S26] She married him by Licence dated 4APR1739 and the registers of St. Anne, Dublin are said to record the marriage on 8APR1739 between Colclough Piggot and Jane (sic) Riggs.t[S154] Colcough was the son of SOUTHWELL PIGOTT and the younger brother of MARGARET PIGOTT who later married Ann's brother EDWARD RIGGS [EDWARD#4].
Low states that Anne (sic) was the wife of COLCLOUGH PIGOT, Esquire. Holworthy identifies him as COLDWIGLE PIGOTT, Esquire (probably misinterpreting almost illegible handwriting?), and Johnston-Liik lists Anne (sic) as marrying "Capt." COLCLOUGH.
Ann and Colclough Pigott entered into a deed of Marriage Separation dated 24MCH1741. |
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Edward was baptised 4JNE1721 at Binfield, Berkshire.[S26]
Holworthy shows Edward as the son of Allen and Mary in error. |
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Johnston-Liik identifies a further son of Edward#3 and she lists him between Anne and Louisa in the order of their birth. He is not mentioned by any of the other three sources, and no record of his baptism was found in the parish registers for Binfield.[S26] |
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LOUISA RIGGS. [S3]
Louisa was baptised 16FEB1728N at Binfield, Berkshire. This was the same day as her sister Carel, and they were probably twins.[S26]
She married HUGH CANE of Dowdstown, co.Kildare,[S2][S91] Lt.Col. 5th Dragoons (1716-1793), their marriage settlement being executed 13JLY1741. He was M.P. for Tallaght, co.Dublin.[S91]
Whilst Low states that she married HUGH CANE of Dowdstown, co.Kildare, Holworthy merely identifies a second daughter who married a CANE, without quoting either's forename.
The Bond of Indemnity by Hugh Cane "of the City of Dublin" dated 19JAN1773 states that Louisa was "long since deceased", and that their two daughters Ann and Louisa were then of full age.[S39]. After his wife died, Hugh married secondly Annabella, Lady Blakiston, widow of Sir Mathew Blakiston, who had been Lord Mayor of London when George III was crowned (i.e. in 1760), but there were no children from this second marriage.[S91]
Louisa and Hugh Cane's elder daughter Ann (EDWARD#3's grand-daughter) married Sir Edward Leslie, bart, of Tarbert co.Kerry, their Marriage Settlement being executed 29JUL1773, and their daughter Louisa married Douglas Hallyburton, son of Charles, 4th Earl of Aboyne.[S91] Louisa and Hugh Cane's younger daughter Louisa married Colonel Austey.[S91]
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CAREL RIGGS.
Carel was baptised 16FEB1728N at Binfield, Berkshire. This was the same day as her sister Louisa, and they were probably twins.[S26]
Carel was buried 21FEB1728N at Binfield, Berkshire [S26] within days of her birth.
This is probably why none of the four main sources (ffolliott, Holworthy, Low or Johnston-Liik) have discovered that she was one of EDWARD#3's children. |
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THOMAS RIGGS |
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BIRTH
Details of Thomas's birth or baptism are not currently known.
MARRIAGE
ffolliott states that Thomas married JUDITH ALLEN in 1701. Johnston-Liik states that he married a Grace (surname not known).
RELIGION
Johnston-Liik states that Thomas was a member of the New Prophets Sect.[S2]
PUBLIC LIFE
Johnston-Liik states that EDWARD#2's "son, Thomas (in his will his father left him £100 p.a.), was a prominent Freemason, being junior Grand Warden of the Grand Lodge of Irish Freemasons, 1726; Senior Grand Warden, 1727; Deputy Grand Master of Munster, 1730."
DEATH
Nothing is currently known about Thomas's death.
CHILDREN
The known children of Thomas and his wife (Judith or Grace?) are as follows:
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Low shows St John Webb Riggs as the younger child of Stephen and Margaret, and Holworthy shows St John Riggs (sic) as their elder child.
A clause in Allen's brother EDWARD#3's Will stated that a bequest of £20 a year to "my Nephew Saint John Webb Riggs" would cease if the Estate settled "by my Father on the marriage of my brother Allen Riggs shall descend to the said Saint John Webb Riggs" [S9]. This implies that Saint John Webb Riggs would become Allen's heir, and might therefore be Allen's son.
However, Low shows Allen and Mary as having only two daughters, and Johnston-Liik's note on Major Edward Riggs' children states that Allen "(d.s.p.m.: 2 dau.)" - 'd.s.p.m.' is an abbreviation for the Latin phrase 'descessit sine parole mascula' which translates as 'died without male issue'. Without knowing the wording of the settlement made by EDWARD#2 on Allen's marriage, it may have made provision for subsequent inheritance of the estate referred to if Allen died without a make heir. Allen's elder brothers CALEB and SAMUEL had both died before EDWARD#3's Will was signed, and the provision for subsequent inheritance may well have included any male heirs of THOMAS and Stephen.
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Details of Richmond's birth or baptism are not currently known.
Richmond Riggs, gentleman, second son of Thomas Riggs, armiger, of Rigsdale, Cork, Ireland, was admitted to the Honourable Society of the Inner Temple, London, on 04MAY1725.[S92] Members were sometimes admitted to the Inns of Court before the age of eighteen, in their early and mid-teens, which means Richmond could have been born between 1707 and 1712.
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STEPHEN RIGGS of NEWCASTLE, co. DUBLIN, Esq |
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BIRTH
Details of Stephen's birth or baptism are not currently known.
MARRIAGE
He married MARGARET WEBB alias RICHMOND[S3][S4][S2] (or MARY [S1]) in [S1] or about [S3] 1704. Holworthy identifies Margaret as the daughter of JAMES WEBBE ALIAS RICHMOND and Low states that she was the daughter of JAMES WEBB (brother of ELIZABETH RICHMOND - note that Elizabeth has been quoted above as the wife of Stephen's father Edward). ffolliott states that his wife's christian name was "Margaret" but may have misread it, since it was common practice in documents at that time to abbreviate Margaret as "Marg".
Margaret apparently died the year after they were married, because Stephen married a second time to SARAH GUNNING [S3][S2] or GURNEY [S1] in 1705 [S1][S3].
PROPERTIES
Johnston-Liik states that Stephen purchased 505 acres in Co. Dublin from the Commissioners for Sale of Forfeited Estates in 1702-03. His name is included in the "List of Grantees of Estates Forfeited in Ireland, under the Williamite Confiscations"[S159]
DEATH
Stephen died intestate on 3FEB1711 [S3] and an Admon (Letters of Administration) was granted 20MCH1711 [S3].
CHILDREN
The known children of Stephen and his first wife Margaret are said by Low and Holworthy to be as follows:
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Low shows St John Webb Riggs as the younger child of Stephen and Margaret, and Holworthy shows St John Riggs (sic) as their elder child.
A clause in Allen's brother EDWARD#3's Will stated that a bequest of £20 a year to "my Nephew Saint John Webb Riggs" would cease if the Estate settled "by my Father on the marriage of my brother Allen Riggs shall descend to the said Saint John Webb Riggs" [S9]. This implies that Saint John Webb Riggs would become Allen's heir, and might therefore be Allen's son.
However, Low shows Allen and Mary as having only two daughters, and Johnston-Liik's note on Major Edward Riggs' children states that Allen "(d.s.p.m.: 2 dau.)" - 'd.s.p.m.' is an abbreviation for the Latin phrase 'descessit sine parole mascula' which translates as 'died without male issue'. Without knowing the wording of the settlement made by EDWARD#2 on Allen's marriage, it may have made provision for subsequent inheritance of the estate referred to if Allen died without a make heir. Allen's elder brothers CALEB and SAMUEL had both died before EDWARD#3's Will was signed, and the provision for subsequent inheritance may well have included any male heirs of THOMAS and Stephen.
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Low shows Anne Riggs as the elder child of Stephen and Margaret, and Holworthy shows her as their younger child.
Under an Agreement dated 13NOV1717, John PARSONS of Pembrockstown co.Cork put up various lands in co.Cork to be entailed in the male line, on the marriage of Adam PARSONS his son & heir apparent with Anne RIGGS, younger daughter of Stephen RIGGS deceased late Newcastle co.Dublin, and granddaughter of Edward RIGGS deceased late Riggsdale co.Cork and of Ann widow & relict of Edward. Caleb FAULKINER merchant of the City of Cork, and a Robert BETTESWORTH of White Rock co.Cork, were also parties to this Agreement, and Thomas RIGGS of Riggsdale co.Cork and a Ralph KING, also said to be of Riggsdale co.Cork, were witnesses. It was sworn on 12MAY1718 and registered 20MAY1718.[S156]
A researcher quotes the following: "Burke's Wills, Vol.30, p.392, Adam Parsons of Pennhookstown in Co. Cork, Esq, will date 8 Sep, 1760, pr 27 Nov 1766, married to Margaret (sic) Anne Riggs.".[S31] Another source erroneously shows the marriage of Adam Parsons and Mary (sic) Ann Riggs as having taken place in the Diocese of Cork & Ross in 1756.[S154]
'Pembrockstown', and its apparent mistranscription as 'Pennhookstown', probaby refers to the townland of Pembroke in the parish of Marmullane. Together with the adjacent townland of Maulbaum, it encompassed the present town of Passage West, some 5 miles or so to the south-east of the City of Cork. |
The known children of STEPHEN and his second wife SARAH are said by Holworthy to be as follows:
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JUDITH RIGGS [S4]
Nothing is currently known about Judith other than that Low shows her as the elder child of Stephen and Sarah, and Holworthy shows her as the younger child of Stephen and Sarah. |
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CATHERINE RIGGS [S4]
Nothing is currently known about Catherine other than that Low shows her as the younger child of Stephen and Sarah, and Holworthy shows her as the elder child of Stephen and Sarah. |
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