William Veale Rigg
–after 1739
United States
The Life Summary of William Veale
William Veale Rigg was born as the son of James Rigg and Sarah Smoot. He died after 1739, in United States.
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Parents and Siblings
1695–1762Male
1699–1739Female
Siblings
(4)
1737–1796Female
–1739Male
–1739Male
–1739Female
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from one or other of the many minor placenames in northern England named with Middle English rigg (Old Norse hryggr) ‘ridge’. Compare the synonymous Ridge .German: from a short form of any of several ancient Germanic personal names based on the element rīc ‘power(ful)’. This surname is very rare in Germany.Altered form of Swiss German Rüegg (see Ruegg ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Rygg
Ridge
Sources (2)
- Eleanor Astin will transcription
- William Veale will
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