Edward Riggs

1589 - 1671  (81 years)

• Name	Edward Riggs  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Birth	Mar 1589	Lincolnshire, England   [1, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Immigration	1632	Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA   [2]
  	Puritan Pioneer to Massachusetts Bay Colony with Wife Elizabeth Holmes; Daughter Mary; Daughter Lydia; Daughter Elizabeth; Son John; Son Edward
  Name	the Immigrant
  Death	5 Jan 1671	Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA   [1, 3]
  Person ID	I22344	A Tree Called Smith
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	Edward Riggs,   b. 1551, Yorkshire, England d. 22 Aug 1642, Lincolnshire, England (Age 91 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Joan Pudsay,   b. 1570, Lincolnshire, England d. 22 Aug 1642, Lincolnshire, England (Age 72 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	Apr 1636	Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA   [1]
  Family ID	F3305	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Elizabeth Wheeler,   b. 1595, Nazeing, Essex, England d. 2 Jul 1669, Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA (Age 74 years)
  Marriage	5 Apr 1635	Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA   [1, 4]
  Family ID	F8718	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

  Family 2	Elizabeth Holmes,   b. 1595, Essex, England d. Aug 1635, Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA (Age 40 years)
  Marriage	16 Sep 1618	Essex County, Massachusetts, USA   [5]
  Children	1. Thomas Riggs, Sr,   b. Abt 1631, Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts, USA d. 26 Jan 1722, Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts, USA (Age 91 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Mary Riggs,   b. 1625, Suffolk, England d. 1670, Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA (Age 45 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F8719	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - Mar 1589 - Lincolnshire, England Marriage - 16 Sep 1618 - Essex County, Massachusetts, USA Immigration - Puritan Pioneer to Massachusetts Bay Colony with Wife Elizabeth Holmes; Daughter Mary; Daughter Lydia; Daughter Elizabeth; Son John; Son Edward - 1632 - Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA Marriage - 5 Apr 1635 - Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA Death - 5 Jan 1671 - Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Ancestors

  ~d Gott Keegan-M Male Ancestor - Gott and Keegan

  
  

• Sources

  [S54] Ancestry Family Trees, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT : Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;), Database online. [S582] Ancestry.com, U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2010;), Place: Roxbury, Massachusetts; Page Number: 1583. [S3674] FamilySearch - Find a Grave. [S70] Ancestry.com, Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2011;). Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 [S614] Ancestry.com, The New England Historical & Genealogical Register, 1847-2011, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2011;).