Thomas Riggs who married 'Joahne Golsworthie' at Ottery St Mary in 1618 was the progenitor of most of the RIGGS in the Ottery St Mary area of Devon. He was entered in the Marriage Register as 'Thomas FURLAND alias RIGGS'. The family of 'RIGGS alias FARLAND' lived in Uffculme, which is only some 10 miles north of Ottery St Mary.

However, another Thomas Riggs was married at Uffculme in 1610 as 'Thomas RIGGS alias FARLAND'. These two Thomas Riggs were both baptised at Uffculme, one in 1579 and the other in 1582, but it cannot currently be established which baptism links with which marriage.

There are others with the surname RIGGS associated with the Ottery St Mary area, where no connection with Thomas has been satisfactorily established. Their currently known details can be found under Other Families In Devon.

I must stress that the reconstructions I've carried out are provisional, based on the available information to date. As such, the information and the reconstructions may be subject to future correction in the light of new information emerging. Naturally, I welcome any feedback from the descendants of any of the RIGGS families included and, in particular, further information to re-inforce or re-adjust the relationships I've assumed, together with details of its sources.

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