Re: William Hiram Rigsby DOB 1822...country of origin?
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William Hiram Rigsby DOB 1822...country of origin?
Rachel Turner 9/16/07
Howdy Rachel
Here is your William in my Rigsby database:
http://hindskw.com/KennethHinds/13962.htmlhttp://hindskw.com/KennethHinds/13962.html
He is descended from a Thomas Rigsby who was born about
1760 and lived in Mecklenburg Co NC and Warren Co TN. This
may be the same as the Thomas Rigsby who married Margaret
Williams in Frederick Co VA in 1787, but I'm not certain.
I can pretty much guarantee that almost all the Rigsbys in
America are from a family in England who probably were from
the Lancashire area. My research goal is to get all the
American Rigsby families straightened out.
There were three early Rigsby immigrants who arrived in VA
from England: Thomas in 1623, James in 1637, and John in
1695. Just from the names I would guess your Thomas is from
the immigrant Thomas, but that's just a wild guess. I
haven't been able to track these three immigrants past
their arrival date.
There were some other Rigsby immigrants in the 1800s,
almost all from England. The few others were from Ireland,
apparently from a branch that stopped there first.
Ken