Ruth Wheeler Riggs was born 15 July 1671 in Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts to Henry Wheeler (1634-1686) and Abigail Allen (1639-1696) and died 1732 Gloucester, Essex County, Massachusetts of unspecified causes. She married John Riggs (1669-1748) 1 January 1690 in Gloucester, Essex County, Massachusetts.
Mrs Ruth Riggs was the wife of John Riggs. She was born Ruth Wheeler, daughter of Henry Wheeler and Ann [probably Abigail--her mother was Ann] Allen, on 15 July 1671 in Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts. She married John Riggs in 1690 and moved to Gloucester, Massachusetts. Her older sister, Ann, had married Thomas Riggs (John's brother) three years earlier on 22 November 1687. John Riggs died on 12 January 1748 and is buried in Second Parish Cemetery, too.
Source : "Early Vital Records of Mass. (Gloucester Deaths)"
Children
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| Ruth Riggs (1690-1711) | |||
| John Riggs (1691-1736) | |||
| Baby Wheeler Riggs (1693-1693) | |||
| Jeremiah Riggs (1694-1761) | |||
| Mary Riggs (1696-1742) | |||
| Comfort Riggs (1698-1742) | 3 May 1698 Gloucester, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States | 1742 Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, United States | Thomas Cotton (1679-1770) |
| Jonathan Riggs (1699-1699) | |||
| Jonathan Riggs (1700-1759) | |||
| Abigail Riggs (1702-1744) | |||
| Rachel Riggs (1704-1778) | |||
| Elizabeth Riggs (1707-1737) | |||
| Ruth Riggs (1713-1787) | |||
Siblings
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| Henry Wheeler (1659-1683) | |||
| Abigail Wheeler (1660-1743) | |||
| William Wheeler (1663-1704) | |||
| Moses Wheeler (1665-1666) | |||
| Ann Wheeler (1667-1723) | |||
| James Wheeler (1667-1753) | 27 May 1667 Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts | 22 April 1753 Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts | Grizell Squire (1668-1734) Elizabeth Brintinal (1669-1753) |
| Josiah Wheeler (1669-1734) | |||
| Ruth Wheeler (1671-1732) | 15 July 1671 Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts | 1732 Gloucester, Essex County, Massachusetts | John Riggs (1669-1748) |
| Nathaniel Wheeler (1675-1761) | |||
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