William Rigg

1659 - Abt 1685  (26 years)

• Name	William Rigg
  Birth	1659	Kilconquhar, Fife, Scotland
  Baptism	28 Feb 1659	Kilconquhar, Fife, Scotland   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Role	1685	Leith, Midlothian, Scotland
  	Free emigrant - died
  Occupation	Feb 1684/85	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
  	Merchant
  Property	9 Feb 1684/85	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
  	Deed by William to Archibald Hope of Rankeillour (a Senator of the College of Justice) for 1,000 merks
  Departure	5 Sep 1685	Leith, Midlothian, Scotland
  	Aboard the Henry and Francis. Passenger accompanying his mother Bethia Carstairs and sisters Eupham and Margaret (wife of George Scot of Pitlochie)
  Death	Abt Oct 1685	At sea   [2]
  	En route for Perth Amboy.
  Will	27 Nov 1685	At sea   [3]
  	Aboard the Henry and Francis, naming heirs: children of brothers Walter and James Rig, Archibald Riddell and and children of George Scott, Eupham and James Scott. Witnesses: James Dundas, James Hutchinson, John Fraser
  Probate	9 Feb 1685/86	East Jersey, New Jersey, USA   [3]
  Probate	24 Nov 1693	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
  	Testament dative and inventory made up by his cousins Walter and Sarah Rigg, and her husband Patrick Hepburn
  Person ID	I29998	East Jersey Genealogies
  Last Modified	19 Oct 2025

  
  

  Father	Mr Thomas Rigg,   b. 1616, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland bur. Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Bethia Carstaires,   b. Mar 1635/36, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland d. Abt Oct 1685, At sea (Age 49 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	19 Mar 1656	Kilconquhar, Fife, Scotland   [4]
  Family ID	F31161	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1659 - Kilconquhar, Fife, Scotland Baptism - 28 Feb 1659 - Kilconquhar, Fife, Scotland Role - Free emigrant - died - 1685 - Leith, Midlothian, Scotland Occupation - Merchant - Feb 1684/85 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Property - Deed by William to Archibald Hope of Rankeillour (a Senator of the College of Justice) for 1,000 merks - 9 Feb 1684/85 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Departure - Aboard the Henry and Francis. Passenger accompanying his mother Bethia Carstairs and sisters Eupham and Margaret (wife of George Scot of Pitlochie) - 5 Sep 1685 - Leith, Midlothian, Scotland Probate - Testament dative and inventory made up by his cousins Walter and Sarah Rigg, and her husband Patrick Hepburn - 24 Nov 1693 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

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• Sources

  [S3614] Births (OPR) Scotland, Kilconquhar 436 10/83. [S3602] Wodrow Quarto Manuscripts, Wod.Qu.XXXVI (lxv) A list of persons who died on Pitlochie's ship, 1685 (f.221). [S3607] Nelson, William, Calendar of Records in the Office of the Secretary of State, 1664-1703, p70. [S3608] Marriages (OPR) Scotland, (Name: National Records of Scotland; Location: Edinburgh;), Kilconquhar 436 10/349.