Tenth Generation

371. Mabel Johnson was born on 24 August 1719 in Derby, New Haven Co., Connecticut, USA. She died in 1806 at the age of 87.

Mabel Johnson and Capt. Joseph Harvey Riggs I were married on 20 February 1740 in Derby, New Haven Co., Connecticut, USA. Capt. Joseph Harvey Riggs I, son of John Riggs and Elizabeth Tomlinson, was born in 1708/9 in Derby, New Haven Co., Connecticut, USA. He died in 1792 at the age of 83 in Ansonia, New Haven Co., Connecticut, USA. He was buried in Old Derby Uptown Burying Ground, Derby, New Haven Co., Connecticut, USA. Grave Inscription:

Here lies buried the body of Capt. Joseph Riggs who departed this life March 31st 1792 in the 83d year of his age.

A soul prepared needs no delay
The summons comes the saint obeys
Swift was the flight and short the road
He closed his eyes and sees his God
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Find A Grave Memorial# 6203684
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Appointed captain in the Committee of Inspection at Derby, Connecticut during the American Revolution.

Mabel Johnson and Capt. Joseph Harvey Riggs I had the following children:

+573	i.	Hannah Riggs.
+574	ii.	Capt. Joseph Harvey Riggs II.
575	iii.	Samuel Riggs was born in 1750 in Connecticut, USA. He died in 1766 at the age of 16.
+576	iv.	John Riggs.
577	v.	Mabel Riggs was born in 1759 in Connecticut, USA. She died in 1801 at the age of 42.