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RIGG, Jonathan

RIGG, Jonathan

Male Abt 1774 - 1834  (60 years)   Has 2 ancestors and 96 descendants in this family tree.


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  • Name RIGG, Jonathan  [1, 2] 
    Birth Abt 1774  Westmoreland County, Colony of Virginia, UK Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Gender Male 
    Occupation Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Farmer 
    Death 12 Jul 1834  Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Age 60 years 
    Person ID I426  Cochrane Genealogy
    Last Modified 26 Jul 2025 

    Father RIGG, Thomas,   b. Abt 1730, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 1796, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 66 years) 
    Mother SMOOT, Elizabeth   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Family ID F1828  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family QUISENBERRY, Catherine,   b. Abt 1773, Westmoreland County, Colony of Virginia, UK Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Sep 1849, Jackson, Hinds, Mississippi, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years) 
    Marriage 22 Feb 1794  Westmoreland County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7] 
    • They had 11 children, 4 of whom died young, and the names of the 4 are unknown. The Mayes Family book lists the birth years of the 11 children as 1794, 1796, 1798, 1800, 1803, 1805, 1807, 1809 and 1811, without associating them with specific children. The Mayes Family book also lists the birth order of the 7 surviving children as Mary, Basil, Elizabeth, Alexander, Edward, Jane and Thomas. All of this may or maynot be correct.

      "He [Jonathan] was a prosperous man, of unblemished character, of high standing in the community, revered and honored as a man of integrity, and was spoken of by all as 'honest Jonathan Rigg'. His wife [Catherine Quisenberry Rigg] was regarded as a fit helpmate for such a man. From accounts given me by my mother [Elizabeth Rigg Humphreys Mayes], and from reminiscences which I have heard her and my Aunt Jane [Jane Rigg Humphreys] indulge in, the family must have led remarkably united and happy lives. They mixed much in Lexington society. The boys were educated at Transylvania University, located at Lexington and then [it was] the great College west of the Alleghanies. The men and women were both of exceptional personal beauty. Not one ordinary looking one in the lot. They had brown eyes, florid complexions, and either black, or brown, or auburn hair."
      - Edward Mayes, Genealogical Notes on a Branch of the Family of Mayes and on the Related Familes, circa 1928, p b-105 [2, 4]
    Age at Marriage He : ~ 20 years and 2 months - She : ~ 21 years and 2 months. 
    Marriage Status Ended with Husband's death 
    Residence 1807  Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 4, 8] 
    • Their  home was across the road from Ashland, the home of Henry Clay. They moved to Lexington from Westmoreland County, VA.
    Residence 7 Aug 1820  Fayette County, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    Residence 1830  Fayette County, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [10] 
    Children 
       1. RIGG, Infant 1   d. Yes, date unknown
       2. RIGG, Infant 2   d. Yes, date unknown
       3. RIGG, Infant 3   d. Yes, date unknown
       4. RIGG, Infant 4   d. Yes, date unknown
    +  5. Female RIGG, Mary,   b. 1794, Westmoreland County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Jul 1834, Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 40 years)
       6. Male RIGG, Basil Quisenberry,   b. 1800, Westmoreland County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 May 1833, Louisiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 33 years)
    >  7. Female RIGG, Elizabeth,   b. 2 May 1803, Westmoreland County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Jan 1885 (Age 81 years)
       8. Male RIGG, Edward George,   b. 1805, Westmoreland County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Jun 1834, Alexandria, Rapides, Louisiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 29 years)
    +  9. Male RIGG, Alexander Moxley Sr.,   b. 9 May 1805, Westmoreland County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Jan 1887, Catawba, Pendleton, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years)
    >10. Female RIGG, Jane W.,   b. 1813, Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft Jul 1892 (Age 79 years)
    >11. Male RIGG, Thomas J.,   b. 1817, Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1869 (Age 52 years)
    Family ID F174  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 26 Jul 2025 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - Abt 1774 - Westmoreland County, Colony of Virginia, UK Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Farmer - - Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 22 Feb 1794 - Westmoreland County, Virginia, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1807 - Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 7 Aug 1820 - Fayette County, Kentucky, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1830 - Fayette County, Kentucky, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 12 Jul 1834 - Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S158] Miriam Margaret (Cochrane) Hunter, Book - Cochrane Family History, (Coshocton, Ohio: self published, April 1943.), 30 Aug 2010, Pg. 53.

    2. [S999] Edward Mayes, Book - Mayes (Rigg) Family (Ancestry), (Jackson, Mississippi: Hederman Bros., circa 1928.), 16 Aug 2016, p b-101 - b-113.
      Book - Mayes Family (Rigg)      		 Book - Mayes Family (Rigg)


    3. [S565] G. Glenn Clift, Book - Kentucky Obituaries, 1787-1854 (Ancestry), (Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishimg Co., Inc., 1977.), 25 Jul 2014, 94.
      Obit: Lexington Observer/Recorder, Lexington, KY, 16 Jul 1834.
      Jonathan Rigg Obit      		 Jonathan Rigg Obit


    4. [S998] Anderson Chenault Quisenberry, Book - Quisenberry (Rigg) Family (Ancestry), (Washington, D. C.: Hartman & Cadick, Printers, 1897.), 14 Aug 2016, p 26-28.
      Book - Quisenberry Family (Rigg)      		 Book - Quisenberry Family (Rigg)


    5. [S1061] Marriage Records - VA - 1785-1940 (Ancestry), ((http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=60214 : 2014)), 26 Nov 2020, accessed 26 November 2020), Jonathan Rigg and Catherine Quizenbury, 22 February 1794.
      Marriage Record - Jonathan Rigg & Catherine Quizenbury      		 Marriage Record - Jonathan Rigg & Catherine Quizenbury


    6. [S989] Robert K. Headley Jr., Book - Marriages of the Northern Neck of Virginia, 1649-1800 (Ancestry), (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2003.), 13 Aug 2016, p 297.
      Original source: Nottingham, Stratton, 1928, The Marriage License Bondsof Westmoreland County, Virginia from 1786 to 1850, reprinted 1975, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co.
      Marriage Record - Jonathan Rigg & Catherine Quisenberry      		 Marriage Record - Jonathan Rigg & Catherine Quisenberry


    7. [S565] G. Glenn Clift, Book - Kentucky Obituaries, 1787-1854 (Ancestry), (Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishimg Co., Inc., 1977.), 25 Jul 2014, 194.
      Obit: Lexington Observer/Recorder, Lexington, KY, 13 Oct 1849.
      Catharine Rigg Obit      		 Catharine Rigg Obit


    8. [S990] Kentucky, Fayette County, Census - US - 1810 - KY - Fayette County (Ancestry), (http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?htx=List&dbid=7613&offerid=0%3a7858%3a0: National Archives and Records Administration, 2010), 13 Aug 2016, M252, roll 6, Lexington, p. 31, line 21, Jonathan Rigg, accessed 13 August 2016.
      Census - Fayette County, KY - Jonathan Rigg      		 Census - Fayette County, KY - Jonathan Rigg


    9. [S615] Kentucky, Fayette County, Census - US - 1820 - KY - Fayette County (Ancestry), (http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?htx=List&dbid=7734&offerid=0%3a7858%3a0: National Archives and Records Administration, 2010), 13 Aug 2016, M33, roll 17, p. 89, line 15, Jonathan Rigg, accessed 13 August 2016.
      Census - Fayette County, KY - Jonathan Rigg      		 Census - Fayette County, KY - Jonathan Rigg


    10. [S991] Kentucky, Fayette County, Census - US - 1830 - KY - Fayette County (Ancestry), (http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?htx=List&dbid=8058&offerid=0%3a7858%3a0: National Archives and Records Administration, 2010), 13 Aug 2016, M19, roll 35, p. 335, line 27, Jonathan Rigg, accessed 13 August 2016.
      Census - Fayette County, KY - Jonathan Rigg      		 Census - Fayette County, KY - Jonathan Rigg



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