ID: I1042
Name: Abraham RIGGS
Sex: M
Note: Abstract from "The Granville district of North Carolina 1748-1763 "# 6875 "John Whedbee warrant dated 3 Mar 1757 to John Clayton to survey 500 acres in Perquimans county in Berkley Parish, joining Whidbee's own Land, Turner's Line, Thomas Stafford, Samuel Barcliff, Joseph Mullon, and Abram Riggs - Called the Reeds"
Perquimans Co. Deed Book G, #50 Abraham Riggs of Pasquotank "doth forever release 100a on the main Road in Perq Co. unto Capt Joseph Turner, whereon my uncle Abraham Riggs lived, & by will did bequeathe to me" Dec 31, 1761. Test' Rebeccah Clayton, John Clayton
Perquimans Co., Deed Book H, #68 July 15, 1769. Joseph Turner of Perqu, planter - Joseph Sutton Dec, "did by his will bequeath to his daughter's Sarah & Elizabeth a tract of land called "Edge Hill" to be equally divided between them, & sd Sara intermarried with Robert Hosea, who sold her pt to Abraham Riggs, April 15, 1734, and Joseph Turner having married Jane Riggs (widow of Abraham), Joseph Mullen only surviving son of Elizabeth (nee Sutton) to who sd bequest was made to sd Mullen conveyed sd land,: Test' John Calloway, Hatten Williams. These two abstract are found in "History of Perquimans County, North Carolina by Mrs. Watson Winslow
Father: Abram RIGGS b: 1674 in England
Marriage 1
Anne DURANT
Children
John RIGGS b: 1743 Isaac Riggs SR. Abraham RIGGS b: 1754 Jacob RIGGS Thamer RIGGS Joshua RIGGS Sarah RIGGS | |