After several years of trying to connect the two, DNA has proven that the two James are not related. Perhaps many years before in England, but the first Riggs of my family came to work for Gov Thomas Trench of Maryland in in 1684.
After about 4 years he established residency in Prince Georges County, Maryland, farming land and becoming a planter.
James Married Elizabeth about 1684 or 1685. Five children lived to adulthood.
James was a Lts. in the Maryland Rangers at the Falls of the Potomac. He was listed as taxable in 1719, a planter, a constable and Tobacco Planter. He left his property to his wife, Elizabeth. It consisted of 74 Pounds, 13 Shillings and 2d.
His son Edmund. born 1695 (1704) at Rock Creek, Maryland, was his heir.
James III--SON OF EDMUND--was born 15 September 1742 in Rock Creek, MD (which is now the site of the Washington Zoo). He settled New Matamoras, Ohio and was the father of Samuel, born 13 July 1786. My line follows this.
Please DO NOT connect this line with the Edward line of 1636.
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