Misc. Notes
“Ottery St Mary transcription (Devon & Cornwall Record Society same one as
the LDS used for the IGI). These two entries follow one another in the baptisms for that date:
1791 26 Dec John RIGGS son of Jane RIGGS and (a dragoon named) John
TAYLOR born 3 Feb 1782 (illeg)
1791 26 Feb Sarah RIGGS daughter of the above Jane RIGGS & John WHICKER
(a white bread maker) born 18 May 1788 (illeg)”
674Ottery St Mary Church Corporation
Catalogue Ref. 3327 A-5
Sarah Riggs apprenticed to William Whicker of Netherbury, Dorset, yeoman, for an estate called Hooks - ref. 3327 A-5/PO 1/40 - date: 1740
29Ottery St Mary Church Corporation
Catalogue Ref. 3327 A
Bastardy Papers
Examinations, orders and bonds
FILE - Jane Riggs, single woman - ref. 3327 A/PO 93/64 - date: 1788
29[Check the following:
FILE - Apprenticeship indentures - ref. 3327 A/PO 71 - date: 1790 - 1799
item: John Riggs, 8 1⁄2, apprenticed to John Chown for Mr Hall's estate at Ware called Batt's - ref. 3327 A/PO 71/8 - date: 1790
item: Susanne Riggs, 10, apprenticed to Nicholas Godfrey for Mrs Filmore estate at Halford - ref. 3327 A/PO 71/30 - date: 1791
item: Sarah Riggs, 15, apprenticed to Mrs Grace Salter for her estate at Coombe - ref. 3327 A/PO 71/52 - date: 1793
item: Charles Riggs, 10 1⁄2, apprenticed to Thomas Vinnicombe for the Rev William Walker's estate late Putts - ref. 3327 A/PO 71/53 - date: 1793]