Family: Miles Riggs / Abigail Cowles (F840)  ^[1] 

• Male Miles Riggs

  
  

  Birth	20 May 1748	Norwalk, Conn.
  Death	20 Sep 1836	Norfolk, Litchfield Co., Conn
  Burial		South End Cemetery, Norfolk, Conn.
  Marriage	Jun 1779	Litchfield, Conn.
  Other Spouse	Patty Bull | F839
  Marriage	Abt 1775
  Father	Miles Riggs | F842 Group Sheet
  Mother	Elizabeth Whitney | F842 Group Sheet

  
  

  Female Abigail Cowles

  
  

  Birth
  Death	12 Nov 1833	Norfolk, Conn
  Burial		South End Cemetery, Norfolk, Conn.
  Other Spouse	Joseph Eden Miles | F841
  Marriage	18 Oct 1775	Litchfield, Conn.
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  Mother

  
  

• Notes

  Married: http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ct/county/fairfield/ctch5.html LITCHFIELD The Congregational Church Early Connecticut Marriages as found on ancient church records prior to 1800 Stmnt.Resp. edited by Frederic W. Bailey Authors: Bailey, Frederic W. (Frederic William) (Main Author) Also on microfilm. Salt Lake City : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1949-1977. on 6 microfilm reels ; 35 mm. Format: Books/Monographs (With Film) New Haven, Conn: Bureau of American Ancestry for Family Researches, 1896-1906 These films can be ordered by your local Family History Center

  
  

• Sources

  [S81] Whitney Family of Connecticut (Reliability: 2). From "The Whitney Family of Connecticut" by S. Whitney Phoenix. Page 49: Miles Riggs, b. in Norwalk, Conn., married Patty Bull, of Harwinton, Conn., who was born in 1750. They settled in 1772, in the south-east corner of the town of Norfolk, Litchfield Co., Conn., on a farm which is still, in 1875, owned and occupied by his descendants. He was, at three different times, in the service of his country, in the Revolutionary War, and each time honorably discharged. The family tradition says that once, on coming home from the army, he found two of his three children lying dead in the house, and his wife so ill that she died before the next morning; but the tradition has failed to preserve the date, or the names of the children. He married (2d), Abigail Cowles, widow of Eden Mills. She died at their home Norfolk, 12 Nov. 1833. He died there, 20 Sept.1836. They were buried in the South End Cemetery, in Norfolk. He was at White Plains, and also at the capture of Burgoyne. Page: Vol I 5th Generation Page 49