Joseph Riggs was the son of Mary Munn (1640-after April 1691) and Edward Riggs, III (1636-1715).
He married Sarah about 1700 in New Jersey.
Children:
• Josiah (1703-1798)
• Miles (1705-1753)
• Hannah (Riggs) Whitney (1707-__)
• Mary (Riggs) Cushman (1709-after 1752)
• Benjamin (1711-__)
• Gideon (1713-1786) •
• Dinah (1716-__)
• Zebulon Elias (1719-1780)
• Joseph (1720-1798)
• Daniel (1724-1786)
• Sarah (Riggs) Roberts (1726-__)
He was reportedly an active member of the first church organized at Orange, New Jersey, which was then called "The Mountain Society".
Joseph and Sarah were originally buried in "The Old Burying Grounds" in Newark, Essex County, New Jersey. The epitaphs from their headstones were recorded by The New Jersey Historical Society in 1847, and read:
Here was Layed ye Body of Sarah wife of Joseph Rigges
Dec'd June ye 17th 1735 in ye 52 years of her age
Here lyes ye Body of Joseph Riggs
Dec'd Sept. ye 11th 1744 in ye 69th year of his age
Their remains were later removed to the Fairmount Cemetery in 1891 and paced in a common tomb. The headstones were later placed in the First Presbyterian Churchyard.
Mrs. Helen de Freytas (Riggs) Anderson provided the material from the New Jersey Historical Society Archives which was then compiled by Jack Victor Williams.
He married Sarah about 1700 in New Jersey.
Children:
• Josiah (1703-1798)
• Miles (1705-1753)
• Hannah (Riggs) Whitney (1707-__)
• Mary (Riggs) Cushman (1709-after 1752)
• Benjamin (1711-__)
• Gideon (1713-1786) •
• Dinah (1716-__)
• Zebulon Elias (1719-1780)
• Joseph (1720-1798)
• Daniel (1724-1786)
• Sarah (Riggs) Roberts (1726-__)
He was reportedly an active member of the first church organized at Orange, New Jersey, which was then called "The Mountain Society".
Joseph and Sarah were originally buried in "The Old Burying Grounds" in Newark, Essex County, New Jersey. The epitaphs from their headstones were recorded by The New Jersey Historical Society in 1847, and read:
Here was Layed ye Body of Sarah wife of Joseph Rigges
Dec'd June ye 17th 1735 in ye 52 years of her age
Here lyes ye Body of Joseph Riggs
Dec'd Sept. ye 11th 1744 in ye 69th year of his age
Their remains were later removed to the Fairmount Cemetery in 1891 and paced in a common tomb. The headstones were later placed in the First Presbyterian Churchyard.
Mrs. Helen de Freytas (Riggs) Anderson provided the material from the New Jersey Historical Society Archives which was then compiled by Jack Victor Williams.
Joseph Riggs was the son of Mary Munn (1640-after April 1691) and Edward Riggs, III (1636-1715).
He married Sarah about 1700 in New Jersey.
Children:
• Josiah (1703-1798)
• Miles (1705-1753)
• Hannah (Riggs) Whitney (1707-__)
• Mary (Riggs) Cushman (1709-after 1752)
• Benjamin (1711-__)
• Gideon (1713-1786) •
• Dinah (1716-__)
• Zebulon Elias (1719-1780)
• Joseph (1720-1798)
• Daniel (1724-1786)
• Sarah (Riggs) Roberts (1726-__)
He was reportedly an active member of the first church organized at Orange, New Jersey, which was then called "The Mountain Society".
Joseph and Sarah were originally buried in "The Old Burying Grounds" in Newark, Essex County, New Jersey. The epitaphs from their headstones were recorded by The New Jersey Historical Society in 1847, and read:
Here was Layed ye Body of Sarah wife of Joseph Rigges
Dec'd June ye 17th 1735 in ye 52 years of her age
Here lyes ye Body of Joseph Riggs
Dec'd Sept. ye 11th 1744 in ye 69th year of his age
Their remains were later removed to the Fairmount Cemetery in 1891 and paced in a common tomb. The headstones were later placed in the First Presbyterian Churchyard.
Mrs. Helen de Freytas (Riggs) Anderson provided the material from the New Jersey Historical Society Archives which was then compiled by Jack Victor Williams.
He married Sarah about 1700 in New Jersey.
Children:
• Josiah (1703-1798)
• Miles (1705-1753)
• Hannah (Riggs) Whitney (1707-__)
• Mary (Riggs) Cushman (1709-after 1752)
• Benjamin (1711-__)
• Gideon (1713-1786) •
• Dinah (1716-__)
• Zebulon Elias (1719-1780)
• Joseph (1720-1798)
• Daniel (1724-1786)
• Sarah (Riggs) Roberts (1726-__)
He was reportedly an active member of the first church organized at Orange, New Jersey, which was then called "The Mountain Society".
Joseph and Sarah were originally buried in "The Old Burying Grounds" in Newark, Essex County, New Jersey. The epitaphs from their headstones were recorded by The New Jersey Historical Society in 1847, and read:
Here was Layed ye Body of Sarah wife of Joseph Rigges
Dec'd June ye 17th 1735 in ye 52 years of her age
Here lyes ye Body of Joseph Riggs
Dec'd Sept. ye 11th 1744 in ye 69th year of his age
Their remains were later removed to the Fairmount Cemetery in 1891 and paced in a common tomb. The headstones were later placed in the First Presbyterian Churchyard.
Mrs. Helen de Freytas (Riggs) Anderson provided the material from the New Jersey Historical Society Archives which was then compiled by Jack Victor Williams.
Inscription
Here lyes ye Body of Joseph Riggs / Dec'd Sept. ye 11th 1744 in ye 69th year of his age.
Gravesite Details
[Ref. "1718-1928 The First Church of Orange Its Ministers & Ministries" pub. by Session of the First Presbyterian Church Orange NJ].
