When Elisha Riggs was born on 4 October 1742, in All Hallows Parish, Anne Arundel, Maryland, British Colonial America, his father, John Riggs, was 54 and his mother, Mary Davis, was 40. He married Caroline Eleanor Welsh in 1771. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. He died on 6 June 1777, in Anne Arundel, Maryland, United States, at the age of 34, and was buried in All Hallows Parish, Anne Arundel, Maryland, United States.
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Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
Maryland is the 7th state.
English (Dorset):
variant of Ricks with voicing of /ks/ to /gs/.
variant of Rigg , with post-medieval excrescent -s.
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