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The second Colonel Henry Ridgely's sons are fully named in his will of 1749. It reads:
"I Coll. Henry Ridgely, of A. A. Co., give the use of my tract called 'Harry's Lot' to my dear wife during life and one-third of the personal property.
"To Son Greenberry, 500 acres to be laid out as follows: All my part (being one-third) of 'Partnership' and all of 'Hickory Ridge' that is clear of other surveys, and if less than 500 acres, then I give him a part of 'Resurvey of Tracts' nearest to him, to be laid out at the discretion of Mr. Philemon Dorsey.
"I give to Son Henry my tracts 'Broken Land,' 'Sapling Range,' 'Coopers Lot,' bought of Mr. Wm. Fisher. Mr. Philemon Dorsey to assign him lands on Sapling Range."
"To Son Joshua the 'Resurvey of Tracts' and 'Round About Hills.'
"To Charles Greenberry all my part (one-half) of 'Huntington Quarter' with the lands I have added to it and 'Harry's Lot.'
"To Nicholas Greenberry my tract called 'Small Land' and part. of 'Altogether,' laid out by Messrs. Nicholas Watkins and Philemon Dorsey, and also a tract to be bought of Aquilla Dorsey by Philemon Dorsey and myself. I give to Nicholas Dorsey, of Joshua, my right to the other half of 'Huntington Quarter.' And Whereas, by a resurvey made by Mr. Thomas Worthington and myself of 'Partner- ship,' we could not find enough land to equal the warrant, even though we took up some vacant land, now, if Mr. Thomas Worthing- ton will pay to my executors my part of the charge and will make over to my son Greenberry ten acres included in said resurvey then I give to Mr. Worthington sixty acres which is nearest to his lands, provided he and my son Greenberry shall desire to exchange any part of 'Hickory Ridge' and 'Partnership,. I desire my son Joshua to be placed in the care of Mr. Philemon Dorsey, and to be brought up by him, and if he die without issue, his lands to go to Nicholas Greenberry.
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"Test Alexander Warfield, James Macgill, John Warfield, Joseph Hall and Joshua Warfield.
Mrs. Elizabeth (Warfield) Ridgely survived her husband some twenty years, and in her will of 1769, named the same sons and daughters, transferring her estate to them. Her daughters, thus named were: Ann, wife of Hon. Brice Thomas Beale Worthington; Elizabeth, wife of Colonel Thomas Dorsey; Sarah, wife of Colonel Charles Greenberry Griffith, and Catherine, wife of Captain Philemon Dorsey. Upon her estate of "Wincopin Neck" stands, to-day, the regenerated Guilford, famous for granite.
THE DORSEYS OF ANNAPOLIS JUNCTION.
By the will of Joshua Dorsey, of "Major's Choice," he conveyed his share of "Huntington Quarter" to his son Nicholas Dorsey.
There stands, to-day, in sight of Annapolis Junction, an old hipped-roof cottage in good preservation. It was built by Nicholas Dorsey and is still held by his decendant. Near the old house and close to the Elk Ridge and Annapolis Railroad is the family burial ground, surrounded by a cluster of cedars.
Nicholas Dorsey and his wife, Elizabeth Worthington, daughter of John and Helen (Hammond) Worthington, left Nicholas Worth- ington, who married Rachel Warfield and removed to the Seneca River; Lloyd remained at home; Joshua-Henrietta Hammond; Mary-Amos Dorsey; Ann-John Worthington; Elizabeth-Lieu- tenant Joseph Warfield, of Smallwood's Battalion; Sarah-William Ball; Henrietta-Judge Owen Dorsey; Achsah-Isaac Owings and went west.
Lloyd Dorsey inherited the homestead at Annapolis Junction. By his wife, Catharine Thompson, he left Noah and five brothers and five sisters. One of those brothers, Tristram Shandy Dorsey, held "Rich Neck" and "Riggs Hills." He was a bachelor and represented his district in several sessions of the Legislature. Noah Dorsey re- mained on the homestead, and by his marriage to Sarah Dorsey, of Joshua and Henrietta Hammond, left one son, Lloyd Egbert Dorsey, who holds the estate. He is a member of the Vansville Farmers' Club and has built his modern house in sight of the pioneer cottage, from a window of which, Sarah Dorsey lost her white slipper in the snow upon her run-away marriage to William Ball. Mr. Dorsey, also, married his cousin, Laura, a Worthington descendant of Joshua and Henrietta Hammond Dorsey. They have one daughter, Edith. Their son, Ernest Dorsey, formerly of the staff of Johns Hopkins University, is now connected with the educational staff of the Department of Agriculture. Wilbur and Claude are brothers.
This property of Nicholas Dorsey is one of the few estates that has been held by its original owners. It has handed down a long line of descendants, including the Worthingtons of Howard, of Fred- erick, the Macgills of Frederick, the Dorseys and Warfields of Mont-
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. gomery, the Dorseys of Texas, of Kentucky, the Balls of Maryland and Virginia, and the descendants of Rev. Peyton Brown, of Virginia.
From a large collection of silhouettes of this family, now in possession of Mr. and Mrs. Dorsey, interesting views of the dress and fashions of their ancestors may be studied. Among the collection is a striking photograph of Mr. Noah Dorsey, who was accidently killed by a railroad train at Annapolis Junction.
LAUREL.
In sight of this southern terminus of Howard, upon the east, looms up "Riggs Hills," from which John Riggs sent out many daughters to be wives and mothers for several Howard County families. Looking to the south of it was "Birmingham Manor," which, with "Rutlands Purchase" covered the present site of Laurel, and extended to "Venison Park" in Howard.
Here Colonel Capron organized the first mill of Laurel, in which was sunk the fortunes of several of his Snowden kindred.
To-day a beautiful town, reaching back to the heights on both sides of the Big Patuxent, bids fair to rise to the dignity of a manufacturing centre. It commands the trade of four counties. With new water-works and an electric railway, Laurel, now boasting of its large water power, has already become a splendid flour market.
RIGGS OF ANNE ARUNDEL, FREDERICK AND MONTGOMERY COUNTIES.
The name existed early in Maryland. One Francis Riggs, of Calvert County, had 800 acres issued to him by warrant July 10, 1663, and, during the year following, acquired 2,300 acres in the prov- ince. He died in 1664 at the house of Richard Lench, on "Chicka- come" River, Virginia, leaving his estate to John Edmondston and Richard Collett, equally, but proceedings in the High Provincial Court of Maryland were instituted by Joseph Riggs, of Virginia, claiming as cousin of the deceased Francis. In these proceedings it is set forth that the claimant (Joseph) was the son of Francis Riggs, of Fareham, Hampshire, England, and that his deceased cousin (Francis) was the son of John Riggs, of Southampton, England. Joseph Riggs established his claim, settled in Calvert County, dying there in 1671, leaving his wife Jane sole executrix and heiress of both realty and personalty, including "Lower Bennett."
In 1681 the name Thomas Riggs is found in a list of tobacco planters making settlement with the Provincial Government (Md. Archives, Vol. 7, p. 251).
In 1689 Ensign John Riggs brought to Lieutenant-Governor Nicholson the official announcement from England of the accession of William and Mary to the throne. An investigation of the English families of Riggs has been made and published by Mr E. Francis Riggs, of Washington, as his contribution to the recent work of J.
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H. Wallace, of New York, on the Family and Descendants of Edward Riggs, of Roxbury, Massachusetts. Although the evidence does not clearly establish the exact branch from which our Maryland settler came, Mr. Riggs says: "I have always been convinced that the New England, New Jersey and Maryland clans were of the same origin and that their origin was English. In England the name is, I believe, extinct. I have been unable to find it there. I had research made in England years ago, and from wills filed in the public records it seems that the name, under various forms, Rygge, Rigge, Rigges and Riggs, appears early in the fifteenth century."
One Thomas Riggs, of Southampton, whose will was proved in 1551, was an alderman of that town (County of Hampshire); his wife was Jane Richardson. Issue, Thomas, of the Sussex Branch; John, of Scotland; William, of Lincolnshire; Miles, of Suffolk; Clement, of Middlesex.
Thomas, Jr., held the Manor of Fareham, near Southampton, and left a son Rafe (Ralph), who married Mary Blake. They had nine children.
1. Thomas of Fareham; buried at Fareham 1638.
2. Robert; married Margery Chambers, of Southampton. Will 1664.
3. Ralph; three times Mayor of the City of Winchester (Hampshire), married Mary Johnson, of Buckinghamshire. Will 1647.
4. Francis; married Katharine Knight, died before 1636.
5. William; baptized at Fareham 1593.
6. John, of Southampton; merchant, married Mary Hopgood. Will proved 1636.
7. Mary; baptized 1585, married thrice.
8. Elizabeth; baptized 1591.
9. Anne; baptized 1596, married twice.
Ralph (or Rafe) Riggs, of Winchester; third son of Rafe and Mary (Blake) Riggs, married Mary Johnson, had
1. Francis; 2. Ralph, ob. s. p .; 3. Thomas, married Constance Hook, of Hook, County of Southampton; 4. Edmund, of Winchester, will proved April 27, 1660, buried in Winchester Cathedral, married Margaret Savage of King Clere, County of Southampton; 5. Ogle, married Mercy, co-heiress of John Lock, of Hollist, County of Sussex, died 1705, aet. 69; 6. Mary; 7. Elizabeth.
Francis, fourth son of Rafe and Mary (Blake) Riggs, married Katharine Knight, and had
1. Francis; 2. Joseph; 3. Benjamin; and four daughters. John Riggs, of Southampton; merchant and sixth son of Rafe and Mary (Blake) Riggs, married Mary Hopgood at Fareham, January 12, 1622, had: 1. John; 2. Thomas, born 1636; 3. Francis and three daughters.
In the chancel of the parish church, Fareham, are the monuments of several of the above family, with armorial bearings. The arms as given by Berry (Hampshire Pedigrees) are: Gules, a fesse vair, between three water spaniels argent, each holding in the mouth a bird, bolt or, plumed argent. Crest: A talbot passant, gules, eared or, holding in the mouth a birdbolt of the second (or), plumed argent.
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Mr. E. Francis Riggs has had recent searches made in Prince Georges County and has found a Mr. James Riggs' family there as early as 1703.
No definite connection, though, has yet been established as to the parentage of his progenitor, John Riggs, of Anne Arundel County, whose name first appeared in the will of John Marriott, in 1716, as legatee to 50 acres of "Shepard's Forest."
Mr. Riggs has, also, in his library an old Baxter's Directory, which contains many valuable records of the Davis' and Riggs' births and deaths.
From this Davis heirloom, it is established that John Riggs was born in 1687 and died August 17, 1762, aged 75 years. His wife, Mary Davis, was born in 1702 and died in 1768. The Davis family were among the early Virginia settlers of Herring Creek, but at the time of John Riggs' marriage to Mary Davis, in 1721, Mr. Thomas Davis was near Millersville. The will of Jabez Pierpoint (of Henry), names Sarah, wife of Alexander Warfield, and Mary, wife of Thomas Davis, his sisters. (See Mr. Nelson, genealogist.)
In 1723 John Riggs surveyed "Riggs' Hills," just east of Laurel. In 1725 he bought of Colonel Charles and Rachel Hammond their adjoining tract, "Rich Neck." In 1751, he bought of Beale Bordley 1,000 acres of "Bordley's Choice," at Brookeville, Montgomery County. Robert Davis, his brother-in-law, surveyed this tract and divided it among the sons of John Riggs.
In 1736 John Riggs and Joseph Hall held pew No. 16 in Queen Caroline Parish. At "Riggs' Hills" a few unmarked graves may still be seen, and John Riggs and his wife are probably among them. She survived him several years and left a will in which she named her sons and daughters, leaving them her estate.
1. Thomas, born October 20, 1722, died October 25, 1797; unmarried.
2. Rachel, born June 11, 1724 ;; married to Edward Warfield, of John, October 6, 1741, by the Rev. Jas. Macgill, at Queen Caroline Parish; died April 16, 1794, having had twelve children.
3. John, born July 11, 1726; died 1808; unmarried.
4. James, born April 13, 1728; was "tobacco inspector" for the Parish September 6, 1736; was taxed from 1756 to 1762, 300 pounds of tobacco annually as a bachelor; married Sarah, daughter of Ephraim Howard; died August 14, 1780; left no issue.
5. Ruth, born October 20, 1730; married Greenberry Griffith, had ten children; died October 18, 1779.
6. Mary, born September 24, 1732; married Benjamin Griffith, had eight children.
7. Catharine, born February 24, 1734; married - Hyatt; died April 8, 1802.
8. Ann, born July 29, 1738.
9. Samuel, born October 6, 1740, was also a tobacco inspector in Queen Caroline Parish September 2, 1766-7; married in 1767, Amelia, daughter of Philemon Dorsey and Catherine Ridgely; was witness to several of his neighbors' wills near Riggs Hills; on his marriage removed to "Bordley's Choice," and built the homestead which still stands upon a hill overlooking the village of Brookeville. During the Revolution he was second lieuten- ant in Colonel Zadock Magruder's Montgomery County Militia. A striking portrait of him is still extant, taken by an artist who saw him on the street
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in Washington. He died at his farm at Brookeville, May 25, 1814, and is there buried with his wife, who was born August 23, 1749, and died August 6, 1807. They had twelve children.
10. Elisha, born October 4, 1742; married Carolina, daughter of Hamutal Welsh, granddaughter of John and Anne (Dorsey) Hammond; was promi- nent in the beginning of the Revolution, as seen by the following corres- pondence:
"July 14, 1776.
"GENTLEMEN:
"Captain Riggs waits on you with a company of militia out of my battalion. The extreme busy time has prevented my being able to send them sooner. I hope they will be relieved by the Flying Camp in a few days. If they are not, I propose to relieve them by another company out of my battalion.
"I am, gentlemen, your mo. Humble Servt.,
"THOMAS DORSEY."
"Ordered July 15, 1776, That Commissary of Stores deliver to Captain Elisha Riggs for the use of his Company, 6 muskets, 30 gun flints, 72 car- touche boxes and a quantity of ammunition sufficient for his Company.
"July 20th, 1776, Ordered, That the Treasurer of Western Shore pay to Capt. Elisha Riggs Eighty five pounds, one shilling and three pence, to discharge the pay of his Militia Company."
Colonel Edward Gaither, of Elk Ridge, wrote to the Council of Safety January 21, 1776:
" GENTLEMEN:
"Whereas the Hon. the Convention has thought Proper to appoint me a Field Officer of the Elk Ridge Battalion, I therefore aprehend the nomina- tion of the Capt. is with Hon. the Council of Safety. I am requested by my Company to beg leave to recommend Mr. Elisha Riggs their Captain if it should be thought necessary to appoint one; he is the first Lieuft. of the Company. I can assure you Gentl. he is much the Properest Person in my opinion and from the beginning of our unhappy disputes discovered a dis- position which does Honour to him as an American.
"ED. GAITHER, JR."
"Whereas, Mr. John Marriott, 1st Lieutenant of Capt. Elisha Riggs is dead, I nominate Mr. Joseph Walker. Capt. Riggs wishes the vacancy filled with all convenient speed."
Captain Elisha Riggs died June 6, 1777, left three children.
11. Achsah (or "Nackey"), married Samuel Brown, born January 27 1745-6.
12. Amon, born April 21, 1748, married Ruth Griffith (died 1830, aet. 83), December 21, 1769, was Captain of Militia in Montgomery County. "Sept. 13, 1777. The Treasurer will pay Capt. Amon Riggs 72 lbs. per acc't, passed." Amon Riggs died March: 16, 1822, had nine children .*
FAMILY OF SAMUEL RIGGS (OF JOHN) AND AMELIA (DORSEY) :
1. Mary, born August 14, 1768, married Henry Griffith, died January 21, 1846.
2. Henrietta, born December 22, 1769, married Daniel Gaither, died April 3, 1854.
3. Thomas, born January 12, 1773, married November 17, 1796, Mary, daughter of his uncle Elisha (of John) Riggs, was ensign in Captain Fred- erick Gaither's Company of Militia in 1801, died January 10, 1845, and had issue.
* Captain Amon Riggs sold "Riggs Hills" and "Riggs Neck" to Nicholas Dorsey.
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4. Anna, born August 12, 1773, married her cousin, John H. (of Elisha), died February 18, 1796.
5. Reuben, born May 23, 1775, married Mary Thomas, died April 25, 1829, and had issue.
6. George Washington, born August 8, 1777, was a successful merchant in Georgetown, D. C., and later in Baltimore; married, first, Eliza Robinson, of Montgomery County, by whom he had four children, second; Rebecca (Smith) Norris, widow of William Norris and daughter of Job Smith, of Baltimore, and had by her also four children. Geo. W. Riggs lived and died at "Woodville," now within the city limits of Baltimore.
7. Elisha, born June 13, 1779, married Alice, daughter of James Law- rason, of Alexandria, Va., September 12, 1812 (who died April 16, 1817, aged twenty-five), leaving two sons; and, second, Mary Ann, daughter of Joseph Karrick, July 16, 1822, having by her issue. He was highly suc- cessful in mercantile pursuits in Georgetown, D. C., in Baltimore, Md., and later in New York City, where he died August 3, 1853, and was buried. George Peabody was his business partner.
8. Eleanor, born June 7, 1781, died August 9, 1804.
9. Romulus, born December 22, 1782, married Mercy Ann Lawrason (sister of Alice above mentioned) May 29, 1810, was also a merchant in Georgetown; removed to Philadelphia where he was prosperous, and well known. He died in Philadelphia October 2, 1846, and is buried there. Left issue.
10. Julia, born December 22, 1784, died September 26, 1862, unmarried.
11. Samuel, born June 14, 1786, died 1805.
12. Remus, inheritor of the homestead, born January 12, 1790, married Katharine Adams, and had issue. He died December 18, 1867.
FAMILY OF ELISHA RIGGS (OF JOHN) AND CAROLINA WELSH:
1. John Hammond, married, first, Anna Riggs (of Samuel); second, Re- becca, daughter of Henry and Rebecca (Boone) Howard, and had issue.
2. Mary, born May 23, 1776, married Thomas Riggs (of Samuel), died May 10, 1829.
3. Sarah, born 1777, died October 22, 1795, s. p.
FAMILY OF AMON RIGGS (OF JOHN) AND RUTH GRIFFITH:
1. John, born 1771; 2. Henry, born 1772; 3. Charles, born 1774, died 1802; 4. Amon, born 1776; 5. James, born 1779; 6. Samuel, born 1781; 7. Joshua, born 1790, died 1810, and two daughters.
FAMILY OF THOMAS (OF SAMUEL) RIGGS AND MARY RIGGS:
1. Sarah Hammond, born September 19, 1797; married Philemon Griffith, son of Colonel Philemon Griffith, of the Revolution.
2. Samuel, born August 20, 1800, in the old building now part of the Brookeville Academy, married Margaret Norris,* became a member of the firm of Riggs, Peabody & Co., of Baltimore, and after the withdrawal of Elisha Riggs the firm consisted of George Peabody, Samuel Riggs and Jere- miah Peabody, under the name of Peabody, Riggs & Co .; later-on the withdrawal of George Peabody-Riggs, Jenkins & Co., and later still, Riggs, Babcock & Co., in both Baltimore and New York. The firm was afterwards Riggs, Hitchcock & Co., of New York. A few days before the formation of a partnership with his nephew, George W. Riggs (of Elisha), and his son, Wm. T. Riggs, under a proposed name of Riggs & Co., Mr. Samuel Riggs died in New York. He is buried in Greenmount Cemetery, Baltimore. His wife died in Newport, R. I., and also lies in Greenmount. Left issue.
3. Caroline Eleanor, born June 7, 1803, married Caleb Dorsey, son of Colonel Richard Dorsey, of "Happy Retreat," died April 13, 1877, and left issue.
* Daughter of William Norris, of Harford County.
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4. Elisha, born July 6, 1810, married Avolina Warfield (of Joshua), resided upon the Patuxent near Triadelphia, died June 16, 1883.
5. Thomas John, born May 15, 1815.
FAMILY OF REUBEN (OF SAMUEL) RIGGS AND MARY THOMAS:
1. Samuel, member of the Legislature, and other children.
FAMILY OF GEORGE WASHINGTON RIGGS (OF SAMUEL) AND FIRST WIFE, ELIZA ROBINSON:
1. Amelia, born 1805, married Edward Norris (son of William), died April 23, 1878, leaving issue.
2. Anna, born 1811, married Wm. C. Pickersgill, of Blendon Hall, Kent, England, died July 29, 1892.
3. Samuel, of Goshen, born 1808, died June 9, 1883, unmarried.
4. Eliza, born February 22, 1817, married Adolphus W. Peabody, cousin of George Peabody, died May 18, 1886, s. p.]
FAMILY OF GEO. W. RIGGS (OF SAMUEL), AND SECOND WIFE, REBECCA NORRIS:
1. Rebecca, born August 22, 1822, married Jas. Bogle, of South Carolina, and had issue, died August 27, 1880.
2. Virginia, born July 12, 1824, married, first, Major N. S. Waldron, U.
S. M. C .; second, Robert Spence, of Baltimore, died s. p. February 2, 1901.
3. George Smith, born February 8, 1826, married Caroline M. Field, of New York, 1853, has two children and in 1905 died in Winchester, Va.
4. Remus Dorsey, of Goshen, born June, 1828, married Sallie (of Thomas) Coward, of Baltimore, has issue. He died in 1905.
FAMILY OF ELISHA RIGGS (OF SAMUEL) AND ALICE LAWRASON:
1. George Washington, born at Georgetown, D. C., July 4, 1813, married at Madison, N. J., June 23, 1840, Janet Madeline Cecelia Shedden, daughter of Thomas Shedden, of Glasgow (Scotland). He was educated at Round Hill School, Mass., and Yale (class of 1833), partner of W. W. Corcoran in the banking firm of Corcoran & Riggs, 1840 to 1848, and head of the firm of Riggs & Co., Washington, from 1845 to the time of his death at his coun- try-seat, Greenhill, Prince George County, August 24, 1881. Left issue. Mrs. Riggs died in London, October 14, 1871.
2. Lawrason, born November 22, 1814, in Georgetown, D. C., married February 4, 1840, Sophia Crittenden, who died in 1841 without issue; married, second, in 1843, Frances Behn Clapp, who died January 4, 1849; married, third, February 24, 1859, Mary Bright, daughter of Senator Jesse D. Bright, of Indiana, and died in Baltimore, October 13, 1888, leaving issue by his last two wives. Lawrason Riggs lived for many years in St. Louis, Mo., and was in business with his cousin, Lawrason Levering. He moved to New York in 1858 and to Baltimore in 1868.
FAMILY OF ELISHA RIGGS (OF SAMUEL) AND MARY ANN KARRICK:
1. Elisha; 2. Joseph Karrick; 3. William Henry; 4. Mary Alice.
FAMILY OF ROMULUS RIGGS (OF SAMUEL) AND MERCY ANN LAWRASON:
1. Samuel James, born September, 1811; married September 24, 1835, Medora Cheatham, of Nashville, Tenn., where he died July 4, 1847, s. p.
2. Amelia Dorsey, born 1813; married January 8, 1834, James P. Erskine, of Quincey, Ill., died
3. Alice Ann, born 1815; married March 24, 1836, Jas. W. Bacon, M. D., of Philadelphia, where she died February 21, 1839.
4. James Lawrason, born 1817; married, first, Mary Charlotte Napier, of Tennessee; second, Matilda King, of Tennessee; third, Marietta Francis, of Springfield, Ill., by whom he left one daughter, Alice.
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5. Mercy Ann, born 1819; died November 12, 1821, at Georgetown, D. C.
6. Mary Elizabeth, born 1821; married July 22, 1844, at Philadelphia, Robert Colgate, of New York.
7. Henrietta, born 1623; married November 8, 1843, Samuel G. Battle, of Mobile, Alabama, and had issue.
8. Julia Mandeville, born 1625; married May 20, 1844, Geo. H. Boker, of Philadelphia, died 1899, and had issue.
9. Illinois, married March 20, 1847, Charles H. Graff, of Philadel- phia, and had issue.
FAMILY OF REMUS RIGGS (OF SAMUAL) AND CATHARINE ADAMS:
1. John, married Ann Hutton, and had issue.
2. Thomas, bachelor, of Brookeville.
3. Remus, died at Washington, unmarried.
4. William C., married.
5. Amelia, married, first, MacGill; second, William E. Wood, of Baltimore; died March 9, 1902, s. p.
FAMILY OF SAMUEL RIGGS (OF THOMAS) AND MARGARET NORRIS:
1. William Thomas.
2. Henry Irvine, died in infancy.
3. Anna, married Maybury Harrison.
4. Thomas, married, first, Elizabeth Donnell Kemp, daughter of Judge James Kemp, by whom he had two daughters; second, Catharine Gilbert, daughter of Samuel Gilbert, of Gilbertsville, Otsego County, New York, and has by her issue.
5. Margaretta, married J. Hall Pleasants, of Baltimore, and has issue.
FAMILY OF ELISHA RIGGS (OF THOMAS) AND AVOLINA WARFIELD:
1. Mary Olivia, married Thomas Lloyd MacGill, leaving one daughter.
2. Rachel G., married Evan Aquilla Jones, of Florence, Howard County, and had Dr. Wm. Jones, late of Baltimore, Anne-Sprigg Poole of Wash- ington, Elisha R .- Mattie Banks, Kate W-and Walter M. Black.
3. Avolina Riggs (of Elisha)-Festus Griffith.
4. Joshua Warfield, of Mosby's Cavalry, C. S. A., married Matilda, daugh- ter of Jno. A. Dorsey, and had issue, Florence Campbell and Mattie Sheldon.
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