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Edward RIGGS II.7816. Edward RIGGS was
born in 1585 in , Yorkshire, England. May have been 1590. He was born in 1590
in , , , England. He immigrated in 1633 to Roxbury Suffolk MA. He served in
the military in 1637. Served as a sergeant in the Pequot War.
In a letter to William Bradford dated 28 July 1637, John Winthrop wrote of the
exploits of Edward Riggs in the Pequot war:
"...they gave order to surround the swamp, it being about a mile about;
but Lieutenant Davenport, and some twelve more, not hearing that command, fell
into
the swamp among the Indians. The swamp was so thick with shrub wood, and
so boggy with all, that some of them stuck fast, and received many shot.
Lieutenant Davenport was dangerously wounded about his armhole and another
shot in the head, so as fainting, they were in great danger to have been taken
by the Indians, but Sergeant Rigges, and Jeffery and two or three more resuced
them, and slew diverse of the Indians with their swords." He signed a
will on 2 Sep 1670. He died on 5 Jan 1671 in Roxbury Suffolk MA. He died on
5 Mar 1672 in Roxbury Suffolk MA. May have died in 1670/1671 He was buried
on 5 Mar 1672. He has Ancestral File number 3GRJ-1S. He was married to Elizabeth
HOLMES on 16 Sep 1618 in Walthan Abbey, Nazeing parish, Essex, England. May
have been married 1613.
7817. Elizabeth HOLMES was
born in 1595 in , , , England. She died in Oct 1635 in Roxbury Suffolk MA.
May have died in August 1635. She was buried in Oct 1635 in Roxbury Suffolk
MA. Children were:
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