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Comfort Riggs 1698–1742 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 3 Mar 1698

Birth Location: Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts, English Colony

Death Date: 31 Jan 1742

Death Location: Glouschester, Essex, Massachusetts, English Colony

Father: John Riggs

Mother: Ruth Wheeler

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The story of Comfort Riggs began in 1698 in Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts, English Colony. Comfort Riggs passed away in 1742 in Glouschester, Essex, Massachusetts, English Colony.

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Biography

  • The story of Comfort Riggs began in 1698 in Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts, English Colony.
  • Comfort Riggs passed away in 1742 in Glouschester, Essex, Massachusetts, English Colony.

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Comfort Riggs's Ancestors

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Comfort Riggs
1698–1742
Birth Place: Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts, English Colony
Parents
John Riggs
1669–1748
Goose Cove, Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts, English Colony
Ruth Wheeler
1671–1732
Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts, English Colony
Grandparents
Thomas Riggs
1632–1722
Scrivier, England
Mary Millet
1639–1694
Norfolk, Massachusetts, English Colony
Henry Wheeler
1634–1684
Salisbury, Wiltshire, England
Abigail Allen
1639–1696
Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts, English Colony
Great-Grandparents
John II
1591–1670
Agnes Yeoman
1593–1662
William Allen
1611–1686
Ann Goodale
1618–1678
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Dominick Wheeler
1565–1616
Mercye Jellye
1569–1615
Godfrey Yeoman
1566–1598
Mrs YEOMAN
1567–1588
George Allen
1567–1648
Dafydd Riggs
1580–1616
Richard Goodale
1562–1666
Dorothy Whiterent
1595–1665

Comfort Riggs's Timeline

2 Records

1698
3 Mar 1698
Birth of Comfort Riggs in Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts, English Colony
Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts, English Colony
1742
31 Jan 1742
Age 44
Death of Comfort Riggs in Glouschester, Essex, Massachusetts, English Colony
Glouschester, Essex, Massachusetts, English Colony

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 3 Mar 1698
    Event Place: Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts, English Colony

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 31 Jan 1742
    Event Place: Glouschester, Essex, Massachusetts, English Colony

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