Benedicta Townley RIGG

1781 - 1835  (54 years)

• Name	Benedicta Townley RIGG
  Birth	5 Sep 1781	West Virginia
  Gender	Female
  Death	9 Sep 1835	Edwards County, Illinois
  Person ID	I103	James Melrose
  Last Modified	8 Apr 2025

  
  

  Father	Townley RIGG,   b. Abt 1744
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Benedicta BUCHANAN,   b. Abt 1748, Scotland
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	28 Apr 1776
  Family ID	F52	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Archibald MELROSE,   b. 25 Jun 1780, Somerset County, New Jersey d. 12 Sep 1840, Edwards County, Illinois (Age 60 years)
  Marriage	10 Mar 1807	Wood County, West Virginia
  Notes	In the spring of 1818 Archibald and Benedicta made preparations to leave Wood County (Wood County land records) and arrived at their new home on Boultinghouse Prairie, Edwards County, Illinois on 10 July 1818. They were not alone in this move from Wood County. Among the other families who settled in Edwards County were Rigg, Beauchamp and Tavenner. (A History of Wood County)
  Children	1. Harriet MELROSE,   b. 8 Jan 1808, Wood County, West Virginia d. 16 Apr 1808, Wood County, West Virginia (Age 0 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. James MELROSE,   b. 4 Jul 1809, Wood County, West Virginia d. 18 Sep 1809, Wood County, West Virginia (Age 0 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Charles MELROSE,   b. 7 Aug 1810, Wood County, West Virginia  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. Unnamed MELROSE,   b. 4 Jul 1811, Wood County, West Virginia d. 4 Jul 1811, Wood County, West Virginia (Age 0 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   5. Judith MELROSE,   b. 1 Jun 1812, Wood County, West Virginia  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   6. John MELROSE,   b. 20 Dec 1813, Wood County, West Virginia  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   7. William MELROSE,   b. 28 Mar 1815, Wood County, West Virginia d. 20 Mar 1888, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA (Age 72 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   8. John Solloman MELROSE,   b. 21 Mar 1817, Wood County, West Virginia d. 31 Mar 1884 (Age 67 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   9. Rebeckah MELROSE,   b. 11 Mar 1819, Edwards County, Illinois d. 19 Sep 1824, Edwards County, Illinois (Age 5 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   10. Mary MELROSE,   b. 9 Jun 1821, Edwards County, Illinois d. 6 Nov 1912 (Age 91 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   11. Samuel MELROSE,   b. 30 Dec 1822, Edwards County, Illinois d. 21 Mar 1876, Wayne County, Illinois (Age 53 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   12. Rebeckah B. MELROSE,   b. 12 Apr 1824, Edwards County, Illinois  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   13. James MELROSE,   b. 23 Feb 1826  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F32	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 Apr 2025

  
  

• Photos		Family history page from Melrose Family Bible
  		Family history page from Melrose Family Bible