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Jacob Riggs 1771–1774 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 23 Apr 1771

Birth Location: Hightstown, Mercer, New Jersey, United States

Death Date: 5 Nov 1774

Death Location: Hightstown, Mercer, New Jersey, United States

Father: Joseph Riggs

Mother: Leah Cosad

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Jacob Riggs was born in 1771 in Hightstown, Mercer, New Jersey, United States, the child of Joseph Riggs And Leah Cox Cosad. Jacob Riggs passed away in 1774 in Hightstown, Mercer, New Jersey, United States.

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Biography

  • Jacob Riggs was born in 1771 in Hightstown, Mercer, New Jersey, United States, the child of Joseph Riggs And Leah Cox Cosad.
  • Jacob Riggs passed away in 1774 in Hightstown, Mercer, New Jersey, United States.

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Jacob Riggs's Ancestors

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Jacob Riggs
1771–1774
Birth Place: Hightstown, Mercer, New Jersey, United States
Parents
Joseph Riggs
1740–1829
Basking Ridge, Somerset, New Jersey, United States
Leah (Cox) Cosad
1743–1827
Roxbury, Morris, New Jersey, United States
Grandparents
DAVID (RIGGS) Sr
1709–1799
Basking Ridge, Somerset, New Jersey, United States
ELIZABETH (COX () RIGGS)
1716–1799
Basking Ridge, Somerset, NJ, USA
Great-Grandparents
Edward Riggs
1668–1744
Alphia Stoughton
1671–1715
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Edward Riggs
1636–1715
Mary Munn
1640–1689
Samuel Stoughton
1648–1671
Sarah Munn
1651–1735

Jacob Riggs's Timeline

2 Records

1771
23 Apr 1771
Birth of Jacob Riggs in Hightstown, Mercer, New Jersey, United States
Hightstown, Mercer, New Jersey, United States
1774
5 Nov 1774
Age 3
Death of Jacob Riggs in Hightstown, Mercer, New Jersey, United States
Hightstown, Mercer, New Jersey, United States

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 23 Apr 1771
    Event Place: Hightstown, Mercer, New Jersey, United States

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 5 Nov 1774
    Event Place: Hightstown, Mercer, New Jersey, United States

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