Cyrenus Riggs

57. Cyrenus Riggs6 (son of Joseph, Esq.,5 Joseph,4 Edward,3 Edward,2 Edward1) was born in Orange, N.J., about 1750. He married Esther CRANE, daughter of Samuel Crane.

As a soldier in the Revolution he was credited to Bergen County, N.J., and no doubt lived there. About 1791 they removed to Amsterdam, N.Y.

The date of marriage has not been determined, nor the number of their children, five of whom, however, have been established with certainty, as follows:

• Isaac, b. November 8, 1779, m. Catherine SEAMAN and had issue.
• Electa, b. about 1781, m. David CRANE, of Crane's Village. [Electa ("Lecta") was named in her aunt Experience (Riggs) Smith's will.]
• Ogden, b. about 1783, m. Joanna Crane, of Crane's Village.
• Abraham, b. about 1785 , m., and had issue.
• Mary, b. about 1787, m. Charles Green, of Crane's Hollow, N.Y.

Genealogy of the Riggs Family, Volume I (c. 1901), p. 28