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Are you descended from EDWARD RIGGS of Roxbury, Massachusetts?
If so, you could be related to WARREN G. HARDING, 29th US President,
Mamie DOUD, wife of DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER, 34th US President,
or BOBBY RIGGS, the former U.S. and Wimbledon tennis champion
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RIGGS SURNAME STUDY
Researcher: Geoff Riggs

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  A STUDY OF THE
RIGGS SURNAME
(see below)		 RIGGS RESOURCES
ON THE INTERNET
(see below)		  
< ------------- RECONSTRUCTIONS OF FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS ------------- >
THE FAMILIES FROM
DORSET, ENGLAND
(see below)		 THE FAMILIES FROM
DEVON, ENGLAND
(see below)		 OTHER FAMILIES IN
THE BRITISH ISLES
(see below)		 EARLY FAMILIES
WHO EMIGRATED
(see below)
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RIGGS
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  Ancestry.com
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Surname: Genealogy
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Return to Top THE  FAMILIES  FROM  DORSET,  ENGLAND Go to next Section
  INTERMARRIAGE
RIGGS TO RIGGS		  
  RICHARD b.c1645?
CHESELBOURNE		 GEORGE b.c1660?
CHESELBOURNE		  
  JOHN b.c1770
DEWLISH		 THOMAS b.c1660?
HILTON		 JOHN b.c1715?
MILBORNE ST.A.		  
  JOHN b.c1650?
PUDDLETOWN		 GEORGE b.c1738
TOLPUDDLE		 JOHN b.c1740?
TOLPUDDLE		  
  THOMAS b.c1710?
MORDEN		 OTHER FAMILIES in
DORSET		  
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  MARTIN b.c1530
UFFCULME, DEVON
 launched 1OCT2001		  
   
  THOMAS b.1579
OTTERY StMARY,DEV
launched 1OCT2001		  
   
  WILLIAM b.1720
PLYMOUTH, DEV
 updated 11NOV2001		 ROBERT b.1779
FARRINGDON, DEV
 launched 1OCT2001		  
  OTHER FAMILIES in
DEVON
 launched 01OCT2001		  
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MILES b.c1535?
of ROYDON, ESSEX
 updated 16APR2004		 THOMAS b.c1500?
of LINCOLNSHIRE		 CHARLES b.c1530?
of HUNTINGDON		 THOMAS b.c1500?
of SOUTHAMPTON
 
OTHER FAMILIES in
ESSEX		 OTHER FAMILIES in
HAMPSHIRE		 OGLE b.c1626
of SUSSEX
FAMILIES in
SOMERSET		 EARLY FAMILIES in
LONDON		 OTHER FAMILIES in
ENGLAND & WALES
     
FAMILIES in
SCOTLAND		 EDWARD b.c1620
of RIGGSDALE, IRE
 updated 13JLY2006		 OTHER FAMILIES in
IRELAND
Return to Top EARLY  FAMILIES  EMIGRATING  FROM  THE  UK Go to next Section
to NORTH AMERICA
EDWARD b.1589
of ROXBURY, MA
 updated 18OCT2004		 THOMAS b.c1631
of GLOUCESTER, MA
 updated 17JAN2006		 JOHN b.c1687
of MARYLAND		 JOHN b.c1594 of
?ANN ARUNDEL,MD?
     
OTHER EMIGRANTS
to NORTH AMERICA		 FAMILIES IN
NEWFOUNDLAND		 EMIGRANTS to
CANADA

to AUSTRALASIA
  HENRY b.1783, TAS &
SOUTH AUSTRALIA		 CONVICTS
TRANSPORTED		 OTHER EMIGRANTS
to AUSTRALIA & NZ		  
 
to SOUTH AFRICA		  
ELSEWHERE		  
  EMIGRANTS to
SOUTH AFRICA		 Return to Top EMIGRANTS to
OTHER COUNTRIES		  
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