June Artman
ILS
655/S70-1
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Mission
- To provide an indexed and searchable historical collection of information
about the Ebenezer Riggs Family, who resided in Oxford throughout the 1800's,
to the residents of Oxford, CT.
Collection
- The scope of this collection consists of materials from the early
to the late 1800’s, and are all owned by the Oxford Historical Society.
All the materials are considered public domain and consist of hand-written
and type-written articles, photos and maps
of the Ebenezer Riggs family homestead and history in the Town of Oxford.
There were several generations of the Riggs family in Oxford, dating as
far back as the late 1600’s and remaining until the late 1800’s. Several
generations of the Riggs family built their homes together along
the same road, which was later named, “Riggs Street,” after them. This
collection is going to focus the family history of Ebenezer Riggs, who
was born January 26, 1806 in Oxford, and died December 12, 1877. Ebenezer
Riggs was buried in the Oxford Congregational Church Cemetery.
Although many generations of the Riggs family lived in close proximity
on Riggs Street, Ebenezer Riggs built his homestead on Chestnut Tree Hill
Road in Oxford. He married Julia Maria Davis, also of Oxford, and
together they had four children: Lucinda, Ebenezer DeWitt, Homer and Bernice.
The hand-written articles in this digital library include financial
ledgers , diary and journal entries of the Ebenezer Riggs and his family.
Ebenezer's two daughters, Lucinda
and Bernice, married into prominent families. The library also includes
photos and documentation of an invention
patent of Homer Riggs, one of Ebenezer’s sons.
Oxford past .net- http://www.oxfordpast.net
Compiled PDF of Information of Oxford Past
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