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MAJOR EDWARD RIGGS, MP
of RIGGSDALE, co.Cork

Charting his Descendants, including
Rt Hon. EDWARD RIGGS of Dublin, PC, MP
and ANNE, LADY RIGGS MILLER
Generation 1 Generation 2 Generation 3 Generation 4 Others in Cork Notes This page Riggs-Miller
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bullet ABBREVIATIONS USED IN THIS SECTION
bullet SOURCES IN REFERENCE NUMBER ORDER

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TYPES OF SOURCES:

  • B = Burials;
  • C = Christenings;
  • IGI = International Genealogical Index
  • M = Marriages;
  • mfm = microfilm;
  • MSS = Manuscripts
  • PRs = Parish Registers;
  • tran = transcript

LOCATIONS OF SOURCES:

  • BRK CRO = Berkshire County Record Office, Reading, Berks;
  • FHC = LDS Family History Centre;
  • FHLC = LDS Family History Library Catalogue
  • FRC = Family Records Centre, London;
  • ILEJ = Internet Library of Early Journals,
       an eLib (Electronic Libraries Programme) Project
       by the Universities of Birmingham, Leeds, Manchester and Oxford;
  • LDS = Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints;
  • NEHGS = New England Historic Genealogical Society;
  • Npt Lib = Central Reference Library, Newport, South Wales;
  • SoG Lib = Society of Genealogists Library, London;
  • SOM CRO = Somerset County Record Office, Taunton, Somerset;
  • TNA = The National Archives (formerly Public Record Office), Kew, SW9;

OTHER ABBREVIATIONS:

  • Cat = Catalogue;
  • Co = Company;
  • comp = compiled by;
  • CUP = Cambridge University Press;
  • doc = document;
  • ed = edited by;
  • edit = edition;
  • fol = folio(s);
  • GPC = Gen.Publ.Co.Inc, Baltimore, Maryland, USA;
  • Inc = Incorporated;
  • info = information;
  • no(s) = number(s);
  • orig = original(ly);
  • p = page (pp = pages);
  • PCC = Prerogative Court of Canterbury;
  • pr = printed;
  • pub = published;
  • Publ = Publishing;
  • ref = reference;
  • reg = register(s);
  • repr = reprinted;
  • rev = reverse (of folio);
  • sch = schedule number;
  • suppl = supplied by;
  • vol = volume;
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S1 pp 229-230 of The Pooles Of Mayfield And Other Irish Families, by Rosemary ffolliott, pub 1958, Hodges Figgins & Co, Dublin - copy examined in SOG Lib ref FH/POO

S2 Addenda to The Pooles Of Mayfield And Other Irish Families, by Rosemary ffolliott, pub 1958, Hodges Figgins & Co, Dublin - copy examined in SOG Lib

S3 W. Malcolm Low Papers, deposited (and examined) in SOG Lib

S4 SoG Reference D.MSS 776 Donor R.Holworthy - examined in SOG Lib

S5 p 495 of Notes And Queries 2nd Series. Vol.V.129., 19JNE1858 - downloaded from ILEJ

S6 p 192 of Notes And Queries 3rd Series. Vol.VIII. 2SEP1865 - downloaded from ILEJ

S7 pp 164-6 Vol 6 of History of The Irish Parliament 1692-1800, by Edith Mary Johnston-Liik, pub 2002 Ulster Historical Foundation, Belfast

S8 Fairbairn's Book of Crests of the Families of Great Britain and Ireland, by James Fairbairn, 4th ed pub 1905 T.C.&G.C.Jack of London & Edinburgh - copy examined in Npt Lib.
(Some differences in details compared with modern editions.)

S9 p 124 of TNA doc ref PROB 11/716, Trenley Reg Quire Nos 49 - 91 Wills proved at PCC Feb1742 - image downloadable at PRO's DocumentsOnline website.

S10 p 103 of TNA doc ref PROB 6/114, Admons granted at PCC May1738 - mfm viewed at TNA.

S11 PCC Will Reg, TNA Cat Ref PROB 11/688, Brodrepp Reg Quire No 76 Wills proved at PCC Mch1738N - image downloadable at PRO's DocumentsOnline website.

S12 The General Armory of England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales, by Sir Bernard Burke, Ulster King of Arms, orig pub London 1842, repr facsimile edit 1989 Heraldry Today, Ramsbury, Wiltshire - copy examined in Npt Lib. "Unofficial, often inaccurate and incomplete, this describes the arms attributed to most British families.".
Some differences in details compared with original editions.

S13 TNA doc ref PROB 37/550, PCC Cause Papers, Later Series: Travers and others v Miller and others Testator or intestate: Miller, Sir John Edward Riggs, baronet - orig docs examined at TNA

S14 p 626 of the Gentleman's Magazine July 1798 - orig viewed Npt Lib

S15 Vol 2 1660-1800 of The New Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature, ed.George Watson, CUP, 1971 Cambridge ENG - orig viewed Npt Lib

S16 Venn, J. A., comp Alumni Cantabrigienses.(Cambridge University Alumni, 1261-1900), CUP, 1922-1954, London - this is viewable online at Ancestry.com

S17 Obituary of Sir Berkeley Gage, publ The Daily Telegraph, London, 04MCH1994, p 21 - this is viewable online at Ancestry.com

S18 Records of Property owners of County Cork circa 1870, as transcribed by Jean Rice, (p 701?) - this is viewable online at Ireland CMC Record Project

S19 Faulkner's Dublin Journal; Dublin, Ireland, 1765: Tues27AUG1765-Sat31AUG1765 Marriages - viewable online at Ireland Old News web site.

S20 Butleigh Court Papers Whitley Hundred Court and Estreat Rolls, examined at SOM CRO, Accession C/174 Group Code DD/S/BT

S21 p 168 of Visitation Of Somerset 1672, Harleian Society's Publications New Series Volume 11 1992 - copy examined in SoG Lib

S22 p 168 of the Gentleman's Magazine Vol 8 March 1738 - copy examined in SoG Lib

S23 'Promotions' section on p 387 of the Gentleman's Magazine Vol 11 July 1741 - copy examined in SoG Lib, and viewable online at Internet Library of Early Journals

S24 pp 673-677 of Journals of the House of Commons Session 1691/02/17/, Bound Set Volume No.10 (1803 reprint) - viewable online at BOPCRIS, the British Official Publications Collaborative Reader Information Service

S25 IGI Batch #M062365 (extracted from registers), Source Call #918609

S26 CM&B PRs for Binfield, Berks - copy examined on mfm at BRK CRO ref MF81 D/P 60/1/1

S27 Extracts from the Parish Registers of Holy Trinity, Christchurch, Cork, quoted with the reference PRONI D/3000/27/1, in the relevant pages of "History of The Irish Parliament".[S49] Also entry in IGI Batch #C701111 (extracted from registers), Source Call #941.5 A1 #1

S28 p 283 of Burke's Landed Gentry of Great Britain and Ireland, Vol 4 1838 Edition - copy examined in SoG Lib

S29 Orpen Genealogy Resource database - viewable online at www.orpen.co.uk/

S30 Don Munroe's Web-Site - viewable online at members.rogers.com/dnmunroe/

S31 Source said to be "Burke's Wills - Sir Bernard Burke's collection of wills for forming Irish Pedigrees, 35 LDS microfilm reels, #0227866-0227900. Microfilm of originals at Belfast Public Record Office. (Sir John Bernard Burke, 1814-1892)" - as cited on the web-site "Parsons in Ireland 1590-1850", created by Raymond E.Parsons, and viewable at members.aol.com/irep/g0000089.html#458

S32 p 307 (refce 704) of "Irish Marriages Being an Index To The Marriages In Walker's Hibernian Magazine 1771 to 1812", by Henry Farrar; London, England; 1890 - viewable online at www.celticcousins.net/ireland/irish_marriages.htm and at www.ancestry.com

S33 Info suppl Marion La Rooij, New Zealand

S34 p 15 of Clerical & Parochial Records of the Diocese of Cork, Cloyne & Ross Vol 1 by W.Maziere Brady, pub Alexander Thom, Dublin 1863 - copy examined in SoG Lib, ref IR/L23

S35 p 491 of Clerical and Parochial Records of the Diocese of Cork, Cloyne and Ross Vol 2 by W.Maziere Brady, pub Alexander Thom, Dublin 1863 - copy examined in SoG Lib, Ref IR/L24

S36 p 169 of Clerical and Parochial Records of the Diocese of Cork, Cloyne and Ross Vol 3 by W.Maziere Brady, pub Longman, Green, Roberts, Longman & Green, London 1864 - copy examined in SoG Lib, Ref IR/L25

S37 Members Sent To The Irish Parliament By The Constituencies Of The County Of Cork - viewable online at www.sci.net.au/userpages/mgrogan/cork/mp.htm

S38 Indexes to Irish Wills, 5 vols, by W. Phillimore and G. Thrift, orig pub 1909-20, repr GPC 1970 (see also S60) - Reference to Will of Samuel Riggs viewable online as part of Irish Records Index 1500-1920 at Ancestry.com. Said to be item 2237 on Film 596409 in LDS FHLC.

S39 Original document examined at BRK CRO - ref D/EX 781/2/1

S40 1851 General Alphabetical Index to the Townlands and Towns, parishes and Baronies of Ireland, Based on the Census of Ireland for the Year 1851, orig pub Stationary Office, Dublin 1861 repr 2000 ISBN#: 0806310529

S41 Index to Prerogative Wills of Ireland 1536-1810, ed Sir Arthur Vicars, orig pub Dublin 1897, repr GPC 1967, 1989 - copy examined in SoG Lib IR/G150

S42 Welply's Irish Wills and Pleadings vol 17 1762-1808 - copy examined in SoG Lib ref IR/G112 (see also S56, S57 and S58)

S43 The IreAtlas Townland Data Base viewable at seanruad.com

S44 PCC Will Reg, TNA Cat Ref PROB 11/1713, Swabey Reg Quire Nos 338-339, fol 294rev-301 - image downloadable at PRO's DocumentsOnline website.

S45 PCC Will Reg, TNA Cat Ref PROB 11/1717, Swabey Reg Quire Nos (contained within 501-550), fol 346rev-349rev - image downloadable at PRO's DocumentsOnline website.

S46 PCC Will Reg, TNA Cat Ref PROB 11/2107, Piece Vol no 2, Quire Nos 113-114, fol 103rev-106 - image dow[S13]nloadable at PRO'sDocumentsOnline website.

S47 Results of search for 'Riggs-Miller' on Ellis Island Online website

S48 FHLC Microfilm #0100167, Prerogative Marriage Licenses 1630-1858, [showing groom, place, position or occupation, bride, spinster or widow, place, date - usually of the license not the marriage] - as posted by Christina Hunt to <IRL-LAOIS-L@rootsweb.com> MCH2003

S49 Register of Admissions to the Honourable Society of the Middle Temple from the Fifteenth century to the year 1944, ed H.A.C.Sturgess & others, pub 1949 Butterworth & Co (Publ) Ltd, Temple Bar London - copy examined in SoG Lib ref PR/LAW

S50 The Book of County Tipperary, A manual and directory for manufacturers, merchants, traders, professional men, land-owners, farmers, tourists, anglers and sportsmen generally, George Henry Bassett, pub 1889 Dublin 1889, tran by Brian Phelan, co.Cork - viewable online at www.rootsweb.com/~irltip2/directory/bassetts.htm

S51 Civil Registration Indexes of Marriages 1905OCT-DEC, ref vol 1b p1084 - image downloadable at ancestry.com

S52 Details viewable online on the Penguin Walk pages in the Karori Cemetery Heritage Trail Walks section of the Wellington City Council web site.

S53 Details of the case are viewable online on the University of Victoria Faculty of Law (British Columbia, Canada) web site.

S54 The Times, Thursday 6NOV1788, Issue 1164, p2 col C - transcription viewable online at The Times Digital Archive 1785-1985

S55 "Falkiner". Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage 2001, pub 2000 Macmillan Publishers Ltd, ISBN 0-333-54577-X - Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (2000). Retrieved 10 October 2004, from xreferplus web site at www.xreferplus.com/entry/1403377 (subscription site)

S56 p 141 of Welply's Irish Wills and Pleadings Vol 12 1740-49 - copy examined in SoG Lib ref IR/G107 (see also S42, S57 and S58)

S57 p 23 of Welply's Irish Wills Vol 1 - copy examined in SoG Lib ref IR/G115 (see also S42, S56 and S58)

S58 p 112 of Welply's Irish Wills Vol 1 - copy examined in SoG Lib ref IR/G115 (see also S42, S56 and S57)

S59 Deeds relating to the manor of Bathford and Warleigh, part of "Records Of The Skrine Family Of Warleigh, Bathford" collection, Somerset Record Office reference DD\SK/1/1/21

S60 p 93 of Indexes to Irish Wills, by W.P.W. Phillimore, VOL II Cork and Ross, Cloyne, pub 1910 Phillimore & Co Ltd, London (see also S38) - copy examined in SoG Lib ref IR/G54, and also viewable online at Ginni Swanton's Web Site

S61 pp. 9-12 of Victoria County History - A History of the County of Somerset: Volume 8 pub 2004 - this is viewable online at British History Online

S62 p 354 (in Appx D) of Council Book of the Corporation of Kinsale from 1652-1800, by Edward Caulfield, pr 1879 J.Billing & Sons, Guildford, Surrey - copy examined in SoG Lib ref IR/L59 (see also S63)

S63 pp. 436-437 (in Appx O) of Council Book of the Corporation of Kinsale from 1652-1800, by Edward Caulfield, pr 1879 J.Billing & Sons, Guildford, Surrey - copy examined in SoG Lib ref IR/L59 (see also S62)

S64 A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry; or, Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland enjoying territorial possessions or high official rank: but uninvested with heritable honours, by Bernard Burke, publ London: Colburn, 1837-38 - viewable online at Ancestry.co.uk

S65 p 765, Volume Craig-Drake, The Dictionary of National Biography Founded in 1882 by George Smith, ed Sir Leslie Stephen and Sir Sidney Lee, pub Oxford University Press, London, 1921-22 - viewable online at Ancestry.com

S66 Baptist History: From The Foundation Of The Christian Church To The Close Of The Eighteenth Century, J. M. Cramp, DD., pub American Baptist Publication Society, Philadelphia - viewable online at The Reformed Reader committed to the historic Baptist faith web site

S67 p 572 of Volume I. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837. Topographical Dictionary Of Ireland, Volume I, by Samuel Lewis, pub S. Lewis & Co., London, 1837 - viewable online at Ancestry.co.uk

S68 p 879 of Walford's County Families of the United Kingdom or Royal Manual of the Titled and Untitled Aristocracy of England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland, pub Chatto and Windus, London, 1899. - viewable online at Ancestry.co.uk

S69 Thrift's genealogical abstracts from original records held by the National Archives, Dublin, by Gertrude Thrift, pub as Index to Irish Wills, Vol. 1-2. Salt Lake City, Utah by J and J Limited Company, 1998 - viewable online as part of Irish Records Index 1500-1920 at Ancestry.com (item 48 of 301 on Film #596411 in LDS FHLC).

S70 House of Lords Journal Volume 19: Sir W. Barker versus Barker, Riggs, & al.; - viewable online on British History Online web site (together with document image, linked to from top of each page). Main reference on p727 23JNE1714 but also earlier references on p647 5APR1714 and p670 29APR1714

S71 pp314-330 Chapter XVI of History Of Bandon by George Bennett enlarged edition, pub Francis Guy, Munster Works, 70 Patrick St, Cork, 1869 - viewable online on Paul Dwight Turner's web site.

S72 Family Tree of Edward St John Daniel, VC - viewable online

S73 1851 Census Return for England: HO 107 Piece 1631 fo.349 p.11 sch.44 - viewable at the FRC, TNA and FHCs, and also viewable online at Ancestry.com

S74 1871 Census Return for England: RG 10 Piece 22 fo.30 p.14 sch.33 - viewable at the FRC, TNA and FHCs, and also viewable online at Ancestry.com

S75 1881 Census Return for England: RG 11 Piece 15 fo.11 p.9 sch.32 - viewable at the FRC, TNA and FHCs, and also viewable online at Ancestry.com

S76 1901 Census Return for England: RG 13 Piece 1170 fo.172 p.4 sch.1 line 19 - viewable at the FRC, TNA and FHCs, and also viewable online at Ancestry.com

S77 The Clan Ryan page on the The Clans of Ireland web site.

S79 Issue dated 30JLY2005 of The Guardian newspaper, Nenagh, Co.Tipperary.

S87 1851 Census Return for England: HO 107 Piece 1867 fo.100 p.7 sch.23 - viewable at the FRC, TNA and FHCs, and also viewable online at Ancestry.com

S88 The Cork Baptist Church web site.

S88 The Falkiner Genealogical Notes are quoted as a source, with the reference PRONI D/3000/27/1, on pp165-6 of "History of The Irish Parliament".[S49]

S89 The Dublin Gazette, 14 Nov. 1741, is quoted as the source on p166 of "History of The Irish Parliament".[S49]

S90 p 202 of Census of Ireland 1659, ed Seamus Pender, orig pub Dublin 1939, repr for Clearfield Co Inc by GPC - copy examined in SoG Lib

S91 p 626 of Irish Pedigrees Vol 1 by John O'Hart, 5th edit orig pub 1892, repr GPC 1989 - copy examined in SoG Lib, and also viewable online at Ancestry.com

S92 The Inner Temple Admissions Database - viewable online at http://www.innertemple.org.uk/archive/itad/

S93 The Eton College Register, 1698-1752, edited with biographical notes by R. A. Austen Leigh pub Eton 1927, is quoted as the source on p166 of "History of The Irish Parliament".[S49]

S96 Who Was Who, pub A&C Black, Jan2006 - viewable on-line at KnowUK.

S97 email posted to the PIGGOTT-L@rootsweb.com Mailing List on 2006JLY14 by its Listowner, Joe Bissett <jbissett@txdirect.net>, subject: PIGOTT of Capard.

S98 Gage, Viscount (Gage). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage, ed Charles Kidd and David Williamson, pub 2000 Macmillan Publishers Ltd - viewable online at xreferplus

S99 Slater's Directory of Ireland - 1856, for Castle Connell and O'Brien's Bridge - viewable online at xreferplus

S98 Index to the Marriage License Bonds of the Diocese of Cloyne, Ireland, compiled by T. George H. Green, pub 1899, contained in R. Stanton Avery Special Collections of NEHGS, call number IRE CLO 50- viewable online at xreferplus

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