Mary Ann RIGGS

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• Name: Polly RIDGEWAY
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• Residence: 1850, Perry, Monroe, Ohio

Mary married Benjamin Franklin RIDGWAY in 1790 in Maryland. Benjamin was born on 20 Mar 1772 in Montgomery, Maryland; died on 27 Nov 1856 in Brownsville, Benton Township, Monroe, Ohio; was buried on 30 Nov 1856 in Brownsville Methodist Cemetery, Benton Township, Monroe, Ohio. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Priscilla Sarah RIDGEWAY was born on 11 Nov 1793 in Montgomery, Maryland; died on 27 Jan 1868 in Monroe, Ohio; was buried on 29 Jan 1868 in Antioch, Monroe, Ohio.
2. Mary Ann RIDGEWAY was born on 20 Mar 1794 in Maryland; died on 6 Apr 1883 in Jackson, Monroe, Ohio.
3. Preshia RIDGEWAY was born on 12 Jun 1797 in Bedford, Pennsylvania; died on 13 Aug 1849 in Rinard Mills, Monroe, Ohio; was buried in 1849 in Rinard Mills Cemetery, Rinard Mills, Monroe, Ohio.
4. Elza RIDGEWAY was born on 17 Apr 1801 in Maryland; died on 13 Feb 1877 in Benton Township, Monroe, Ohio; was buried in Bownsville Methodist Cemetery, Brownsville, Monroe, Ohio.
5. Ary RIDGEWAY was born on 13 Nov 1804 in Washington, Ohio; died on 15 Feb 1890 in Perry Township, Monroe, Ohio; was buried on 17 Feb 1890 in Unity Baptist Cemetery, Perry Township, Monroe, Ohio.
6. Elizabeth RIDGEWAY was born on 19 Apr 1807 in Washington, Ohio; died on 21 Nov 1876 in Graysville, Monroe, Ohio; was buried in 1876 in Graysville Cemetery, Graysville, Ohio.
7. Amos RIDGEWAY was born on 18 Feb 1809 in Ohio; died on 8 Oct 1856 in Monroe, Ohio; was buried in 1856 in Antioch, Monroe, Ohio.
8. James R RIDGWAY was born on 12 Oct 1812 in Montgomery, Maryland; died on 17 Aug 1887 in Benton Township, Monroe, Ohio; was buried in Brownsville Methodist Cemetery, Brownsville, Monroe, Ohio.
9. Joseph M RIDGWAY was born on 17 Feb 1817 in Ohio; died on 17 May 1894 in Clarence, Shelby, Missouri; was buried in 1894 in Union Grove Cemetery, Clarence, Shelby, Missouri.

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• LifeSketch: ; Information in Find a Grave:
• Military Service: ; Pennsylvania Regulars (Lt. Rose's Ranging Company), Revolutionary War
• Name: James RIGGS
• Name: James RIGGS
• Occupation: ; American Revolutionary Soldier
• _UID: B275A01D2FD84E1CA7BBB152F11E4699A810
• Will: Between 29 May 1813 and 30 Jun 1815, Marietta, Washington, Ohio; Probate Record Book I

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Details from arckrc april 2016:
JAMES RIGGS (son of EDMUND RIGGS and Mary Brook(e)(s))19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24 was born September 17, 1742 in Rock Creek, Montgomery Co, MD, and died February 27, 1815 in New Matamoras, Ohio25, 26, 27.He married Mary Johnson on 1773, daughter of Benjamin Johnson.
Notes for JAMES RIGGS:
James served in REvolutionary War from Pennsylvania.He was a Justice of the Peace in Washington Co, Ohio.
His will was probated at Marietta, Washington Co, Ohio on Dec 1, 1815 in Book 1, page 281
REVOLUTION VET
FIRST TO SETTLE
MATAMORAS AREA
by Diana McMahan
Matamoras, Ohio - The first man to settle and build a cabin on the site of the Matamoras was a Revolutionary War veteran. Fort nine years before there was a town here, JAMES RIGGS came with all of his family and two sons-in-law and their families, and made claim to all the land which now encompasses Matamoras, and the territory south and west of town.
Riggs took for his farm the parcel of land which now encompasses Matamoras, going back to the hill, 200 acres in all. His son-in-law, MARTIN SHEETS, took 200 acres of rich river bottom land south of the town. His second son-in-law, ANTHONY SHEETS, took an area partially hilly along cemetery road, and coming to a point behind GARY BRADY'S back yard on Second Street.
INDIAN TERRITORY
JAMES RIGGS had served as a private in LT. ROSE'S RANGE COMPANY out of Bedford County, Pennsylvania during the Revolutionary War. Accustomed to hardship and well acquainted to the Indian ways, he was wary in the new Ohio county. The stories of Indiana massacres were common, and were usually more truth than rumor. So the small RIGGS party, having come down the Ohio River on a flat boat, took precautions against hostile indians in the Ohio County and camped on the Virginia (now West Virginia) side of the river. Each day they crossed over into Ohio and worked on their cabin, and cleared land for the cornfields.
The log cabin they built was the first house in what is now known as Matamoras. Although the forest extended clear to the river's edge, the RIGGS log cabin was built on what now is Front Street in Matamoras. In later years, it was covered with clapboards, and finally torer down about 1920. Those remembering it being tore down remember the huge logs that made up the orginal cabin.
RIGGS FAMILY
JAMES RIGGS was born Sept 15, 1742 at Rock Creek, Montgomery County, MD, a son of EDMOND AND MARY BROOKS RIGGS. James married MARY JOHNSON, also of Montgomery County. Most of their children, excepting those who died in Pennsylvania, came to settle in the northeastern section of Washington County, Ohio or across the river in Tyler and Pleasants Counties of West Virginia.
Riggs children were: BASIL, who married MARY ROBY and gave Raven Rock, West Virginia it's name; HEZEKIAH , of whom there is no further record; SAMUEL, married ELIZABETH ROSS; JOHN, married SARAH WILSON; EDMOND who married ELIZABETH ROBY, a sister of Basils's wife; EMAXIE, who married ANTHONY SHEETS; POLLY; PRISCILLA, who married MARTIN SHEETS; MARY who married BENJAMIN RIDGEWAY; RUTH, died in Pennsylvania at age 19; JANE, married MOSES WILLIAMSON; and MALINDA died in infancy.
Priscilla Riggs Sheet, Martins wife, was the first death in the new grandview Township colony. She died in 1801. (Martun's second wife was SARAH COLLINS.) Priscilla was buried in the orginal Matamoras cemetery, which took in the lots now lived on by Helen Edwards, Mr and Mrs Elwood Hossman, and the Legion Hall Ground, as well as running under Front Street. The early settlers had procratinated and up until the time of the first death, there was no cemetery. So James and James Williams, a newcomer, each gave half of the already cleared land, which they called "the first burying ground".
SHEETS FAMILY
JAMES RIGG'S seond son-in-law, ANTHONY SHEETS , was Martin's brother. He and his wife, Emaxie Riggs, lived out their lifetimes in Matamoras and raised a large family. There children were: NANCY, married BENJAMIN FORT and lived in Indiana; MARTIN, who married NANCY LOVE and died in Indiana (his wife and children returned); POLLY, married JOHN TALBOR, and lived in Indiana; JOHN who died at seas unmarried; RUTH married ISAAC PARR; HENRY who married REBECCA PARR and helped plat Matamoras; MELINDA who married JESSE PARR; and AXIE (also called Achsah and Emaxie) who married WARREN WELLS.
Anthony Sheets and his wife, and Martin Sheets and his second wife, Sarah Collins, are buried in the Old Sheets - Cline cemetery in Matamoras.
JAMES RIGGS died Feb 22, 1815 and is the only Revolutionary War soldier (known) buried in the Matamoras Cemetery on the hill, overlooking the town. He was first buried in the orignal Matamoras cemetery on Front Street with other family members. However, when the old cemetery was disbanded, the family moved all the Riggs graves to the new cemetery on the hill. Riggs's can be seen next to that of his wife Mary Johnson Riggs, who died in 181, that of his daughter Pricilla Riggs Sheets, his grandson Lorenzo Dow Sheets (infant of James Rigg's son, Edmond) and another child's stone too shaled to read.
FAMILY TRADITION
JAMES RIGGS was not the first of his family to open new territory. His great grandfather EDWARD RIGGS , came to America in 1633 and was a sergeant in the PEQUOT INDIAN WAR in 1637.
SERGEANT RIGGS, protected WHALEY and GOFF, two of the English Parliment who had condemmed and executed CHARLES I, and subsequently received a large land grant in New Jersey. He eventually founded the city of Newark, New Jersey., and James Riggs' great - grandmother, Sergeant Riggs's wife,was the first white woman to spend the summer in Newark.
From the Pennsylvania Historical and Musuem Comission - This is to certify that, that under Militia Loan of 1 April 1784, a certificate of public debt, number 15087, in the amount of f2.9.0, was issued in the name of JAMES RIGGS, for a tour of active duty in the Bedford County Militia, which he performed from 5 October to 19 October 1782 as a member of Lieutenant Edward Rose's Company. Volume B, page 116 Militia Loans of 1784 and 1785, "Public Debt," Records of the Comptroller General, at the Division of Archives and Manuscripts Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
1790 Census, Montgomery County, Maryland, Microfilm # M637-3:
Riggs, page 89 and 90-Line 4T , Line 161, John, line 159, Samuel, Thomas, 160, Page 89, line 235 Thomas.
1800 Census Samuel Riggs family with two boys under 16 and Samuel age 45+ plus two girls under 16 and a wife plus 10 slaves.
John, John H, Thomas and Rubin families are listed.Reel M32-11--1st Division, Stamped # 162 AandSioundex R220.

James married Mary Ann JOHNSON in 1768 in Frederick, Frederick, Maryland. Mary (daughter of Benjamin Franklin JOHNSON and Rachel SUMMERS) was born on 10 Jul 1748 in Clarksburg, Montgomery, Maryland; died on 9 Nov 1818 in New Matamoras, Monroe, Ohio. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Mary Ellen JOHNSON
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• Name: Edmond RIGGS
• _UID: E9DEE2ED3BDF466AAD07DF9F8F405729E187
• Land: 3 Apr 1750, Frederick Co., MD; Edmond leased from Lucy Brooke, widow, of Prince George's County, 100 acres of "Dann",
• Land: 10 Sep 1750, "Holding Springs" on Dry Seneca Run, Frederick (later Montgomery) Co.,; purchased from William Coats
• Land: 1772, "John's Delight", Frederick Co., Maryland; purchased from John Harris, Sr.
• Will: Between 24 Nov 1783 and 11 Apr 1784, Montgomery Co., MD; Will Book B, p. 132

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A Patriot of the American Revolution for MARYLAND. DAR A113320

Edmond married Mary BROOKE in 1742 in Montgomery, Montgomery, Maryland. Mary (daughter of Thomas BROOKE and Lucy SMITH) was born on 8 Oct 1709 in Prince Georges Parish, Montgomery, Maryland; died in 1750 in Montgomery, Montgomery, Maryland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• MilitaryService: Between Jan 1782 and Apr 1785, Pvt in the Army/Militia; Revolutionary War
• Probate: 10 Jan 1795, Montgomery County, Maryland

Benjamin married Rachel SUMMERS in 1740 in Maryland. Rachel (daughter of John J. SUMMERS, III and Mary E. MOORE) was born in 1721 in Maryland; died in 1795 in Tazewell County, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• LifeSketch: ; It appears that James Riggs, age 22, signed on with Thomas Tench an English merchant to came to Maryland from England as an indentured servant August 6, 1684 (Tepper, New World Immigrants 1:381).
• _UID: D292B10FEB8C42B2B284D168938A09F01403
• Will: 21 Aug 1744, Annapolis, Anne Arundel Co., Maryland; Will Book 24, p. 10

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It appears that James Riggs, age 22, signed on with Thomas Tench an English merchant to came to Maryland from England as an indentured servant August 6, 1684 (Tepper, New World Immigrants 1:381).

Served as a ranger under Col. John Addison. James signed on May 19, 1698 as head of the Eastern Branch of the Potomac River.

Birth of sister Mary Riggs(1666? 1701)
1666 ? Newark, Essex, New Jersey, United States

Birth of brother Edward Riggs(1668? 1692)
1668 ? Newark, Essex, New Jersey, United States

Residence
1670 ? Newark, Essex County, NJ

Birth of brother Joseph Riggs(1675? 1744)
1675 ? Newark, Essex, New Jersey, United States

Birth of sister Martha Riggs(1677? )
1677 ? Newark, Essex, New Jersey, USA

Birth of sister Elizabeth Riggs(1678? )
1678 ? Newark, Essex, New Jersey, United States

Birth of brother John Riggs(1679? 1762)
1679 ? Anne Arundel, Maryland, United States

Birth of brother Samuel Riggs(1681? 1725)
1681 ? Newark, Essex, New Jersey, USA

Marriage
1684 ? Newark, Essex, New Jersey, United States
Elizabeth Ranger

(1668? 1740)

Marriage
1684 ? New

Birth of sister Charity Riggs(1685? 1774)
1685 ? Newark, Essex, New Jersey, United States

Death of mother Mary Munn(1639? 1688)
1688 ? Newark, Essex, New Jersey, USA

Birth of son Simeon Riggs(1689? )
1689

Marriage
1689 ? Newark, Essex, New Jersey, United States
Elizabeth Ranger

(1668? 1740)

Birth of daughter Jane Riggs(1690? )
1690

Marriage
1691 ? Newark, Essex, New Jersey, United States
Aphia Stroughton

(1670? 1715)

Death of brother Edward Riggs(1668? 1692)
1692 ? Basking Ridge, Somerset, New Jersey, United States

Birth of daughter Sarah Riggs(1695? )
1695

Birth of son Edmond Riggs(1695? 1784)
25 Dec 1695 ? Prince George's, Maryland, United States

Death of sister Mary Riggs(1666? 1701)
1701 ? Morristown, Morris, New Jersey, United States

Death of father Edward Riggs III(1636? 1715)
Mar 1715 ? Newark, Essex, New Jersey, United States

Death of sister Anna Riggs(1664? 1715)
Mar 1715 ? Morristown, Morris, New Jersey, United States

Death of wife Aphia Stroughton(1670? 1715)
1715 ? Newark, Essex, New Jersey, United States

Death of brother Samuel Riggs(1681? 1725)
1725 ? Newark, Essex, New Jersey, USA

Death
21 Aug 1744 ? Prince Georges, Frederick, Maryland, United States

James married Elizabeth RANGER in 1689 in Newark, Essex, New Jersey. Elizabeth (daughter of Edmund RANGER and Sara FULLER) was born in 1668 in Newark, Essex, New Jersey, British Colonial America; died in 1744 in Prince George's County, Maryland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Thomas married Lucy SMITH in 1705 in Prince George's County, Maryland. Lucy (daughter of Colonel Walter SMITH, I and Rachel HALL) was born in 1688 in Halls Croft, Calvert, Maryland; died on 15 Apr 1770 in Prince George's County, Maryland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Robert married Elizabeth GOOTEE. Elizabeth was born about 1702 in of Dorchester, Colony of Maryland, British Colonial America; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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John married Mary E. MOORE on 20 Sep 1713 in Prince George's, Maryland. Mary (daughter of James MOORE and Martha CAMPBELL LYLE) was born in 1696 in Prince George's, Maryland, Colonial America; died on 11 Jun 1769 in Prince George's, Maryland, Colonial America. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Ref: Father of Mary Moore - James Moore

Description: from "Families of Southern Maryland" volume 5, p.220-221
James Moore, Sr.
This James Moore appears to have had the distinction of living a longer life than most, if not all, other settlers who arrived in Maryland in the 1600s. In 1735 he signed his name as "James Moore ye 110." At first glance, one might suspect this is either a mistake or "ye 110" has some meaning other than his age. However, records appeard to prove quite conclusively that he really did achieve this ancient age of c110 years.
It is impossible to determine when and how this James Moore, identified as James Moore, Sr., by 1735, entered the Province since there was not only an abundance of Moores who arrived in the 1600s but there was more than one James Moore.
This James Moore lived some 40 years at 'Four Hills', had 2 wives during the last 15 years and probably another wife or wives and other children in the early years.
James Moore, Sr., bc1624; d.c.1735; m/1_____; m/2 by 1681 Elizabeth _____; m/3 by 1697 Mary _____; children:
1. James Moore, Jr. b.c1646
2. Mary Moore
3. Jane Moore
4. George Moore
5. Peter Moore
6. Benjamin Moore, b.1712
Circumstantial evidence suggests he was the James Moore who obtained a 200 acres warrant in 1670/1 and used part of it on 15 Mar 1670 to patent 11 acres on the east side of Patuxent River and south side of Land's Creek in Lyons Creek Hundred, Calvert Co. called 'Sneaking Point'; [poss'd by Elisha Hall]; resurveyed 26 Nov 1730 (Patent Book 13.83 & 16.177 & CaCRR). As James Moore of Calvert Co., carpenter, he patented the following lands in Calvert Co. which the Heinton Map shows to have been in the portion which became Prince George's Co.; also included is land shown by later deeds to have been patented by him in Prince George's Co. This list does not include 'Dunbar', patented at an unknown date.
22 Feb 1671 'Four Hills' 400 acress (33/165)
23 Sep 1680 'Moorefields' 150 acres (28/87)
8 Mar 1680 'Beals Hunting Quarter' 300 acreas (24/300;29/169)
22 Feb 1682 'Leith' 500 acres (24/393'38/7)
6 Mar 1681/2 'Horse Race 300 acres (24/396;32/146)
7 Mar 1681 'Defence' 150 acres (24/397;31/20)
2 Jul 1685 'Potterne Wake*' 203 acres (25/169;32/156)
30 Aug 1694 'Moore's Little Worth' 40 acres (27/144)
11 Sep 1694 'Child's Portion' 227 acres (27/242)
10 Nov 1695 'Moore's Addition' 231 acres (37/160)
1 Apr 1702 'Moore's Croft'* 123 acres (CD4/84;DD5/76)
1704 'Partnership' 500 acres (CD4/153)
10 Dec 1714 'Barbadoes' 150 acres (EE6/212;RY1/322)
[*Wake is found in other records as Weeke, Wick, Wicke, etc. also Croft is found as Craft in some records]
The following are only a few of the records available which verify the names of two of his wives and part of his land sales:
16 Jun 1686; James Moore sold 'Leith' of 500 acres on the west bank of the Patuxent in Calverton Manor
to William Selby; obtained from a 1000 acre warrant assigned from Ninian Beall dated 6 Jan 1681; surveyed
12 Feb 1681; patented & sold 16 Jun 1686; ack. Elizabeth, wife of James Moore (SOM 24/393; 3/32/146;
Patent CC#4.57)
23 Jun 1697; from James Moore of Prince George's Co., carpenter, 80 acres of Beales Hunting Quarter to
to William Moore; s/o Mary Moore now Mary Falkner; ack. by Mary Moore, wife of James (PGLR A.52)
27 Jun 1699; From James Moore to Benjamin Berry 267 acres called 'Berry Fortune'; ack. by Mary Moore
wife of James (PGLR A.184)
28 Sep 1698; & 31 Jul 1699; sale of 475 acres of 'Moore's Plains' now in Prince George's, formerly Calvert
Co., patented to James Moore in 1 Aug 1673. . . (PGLR A.200, 390) [located next to 'Scotts Lott']
27 Jun 1700; From James Moore, carpenter, to Robert Orme, planter; 125 acres called 'Dunbar'; now in
Prince George's but formerly in Calvert Co. on Mattapony Branch; ack. Mary Moore, wife of James Moore
(PGLR A.365)
pages 222-224 missing online
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