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Margaret Resseguie, born Feb. 20, 1741, died in Ballston, NY. Oct. 10, 1842. She married, Sept. 18, 1764, Joseph Riggs, as his second wife. He was born in Stamford, Conn., May 18, 1738, and died June 15, 1805. In seeking information relative to Mrs. Riggs the compiler received from her great grandson, the following, given under the caption, "Recollections of my Great Grandmother Riggs, when about One Hundred Years of Age" which will be of undoubted interest to the reader.
"She was of a little more than medium height and as straight as any of the girls and boys in their teens. She had a vivid recollection of the scenes and incidents of the Revolutionary War, and of the important events that led to the war, as well as those that succeeded. She was remarkably vivacious, enjoyed society, indeed was highly social, and was 'good company', as we say. Her sight was somewhat dim, but not so much so that she could not see to go about the house and even out the door. Her hearing was poor in one ear, while with the other, she could hear quite well... In the autumn, after grandfather's death, my father and grandmother Riggs started for Groton (Tompkins County, NY.), to go with her to Ballston. They went by private conveyance to Syracuse, and reached that place, distant about forty miles, near the middle of the afternoon, and did not get their dinner until then. They were all tired and hungry, but great grandmother, as she pushed back from the table after a hearty meal, remarked, 'I am quite refreshed, as the boy said, when he got a whipping.' She, although in her one-hundred and first year, endured the journey quite as well, as any of the party. I think I have been told, that when she was about sixty years of age, she had a severe sickness, and was bed-ridden for many years (I think fifteen), when she got up. One day, when left alone, she worked her feet off the bed and finally managed to sit up, got hold of a chair, and by its aid, managed to take a step or two, but did not go far, before she fell, but she continued her efforts and succeeded in learning to walk a second time, after she was seventy five years old."
SOURCE: "The Resseguie family: A historical and genealogical record of Alexander Resseguie", by Morris, pages 26-27. Available as a (FREE) download from "Google Books.
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Margaret Resseguie, born Feb. 20, 1741, died in Ballston, NY. Oct. 10, 1842. She married, Sept. 18, 1764, Joseph Riggs, as his second wife. He was born in Stamford, Conn., May 18, 1738, and died June 15, 1805. In seeking information relative to Mrs. Riggs the compiler received from her great grandson, the following, given under the caption, "Recollections of my Great Grandmother Riggs, when about One Hundred Years of Age" which will be of undoubted interest to the reader.
"She was of a little more than medium height and as straight as any of the girls and boys in their teens. She had a vivid recollection of the scenes and incidents of the Revolutionary War, and of the important events that led to the war, as well as those that succeeded. She was remarkably vivacious, enjoyed society, indeed was highly social, and was 'good company', as we say. Her sight was somewhat dim, but not so much so that she could not see to go about the house and even out the door. Her hearing was poor in one ear, while with the other, she could hear quite well... In the autumn, after grandfather's death, my father and grandmother Riggs started for Groton (Tompkins County, NY.), to go with her to Ballston. They went by private conveyance to Syracuse, and reached that place, distant about forty miles, near the middle of the afternoon, and did not get their dinner until then. They were all tired and hungry, but great grandmother, as she pushed back from the table after a hearty meal, remarked, 'I am quite refreshed, as the boy said, when he got a whipping.' She, although in her one-hundred and first year, endured the journey quite as well, as any of the party. I think I have been told, that when she was about sixty years of age, she had a severe sickness, and was bed-ridden for many years (I think fifteen), when she got up. One day, when left alone, she worked her feet off the bed and finally managed to sit up, got hold of a chair, and by its aid, managed to take a step or two, but did not go far, before she fell, but she continued her efforts and succeeded in learning to walk a second time, after she was seventy five years old."
SOURCE: "The Resseguie family: A historical and genealogical record of Alexander Resseguie", by Morris, pages 26-27. Available as a (FREE) download from "Google Books.
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Margaret Resseguie, born Feb. 20, 1741, died in Ballston, NY. Oct. 10, 1842. She married, Sept. 18, 1764, Joseph Riggs, as his second wife. He was born in Stamford, Conn., May 18, 1738, and died June 15, 1805. In seeking information relative to Mrs. Riggs the compiler received from her great grandson, the following, given under the caption, "Recollections of my Great Grandmother Riggs, when about One Hundred Years of Age" which will be of undoubted interest to the reader.
"She was of a little more than medium height and as straight as any of the girls and boys in their teens. She had a vivid recollection of the scenes and incidents of the Revolutionary War, and of the important events that led to the war, as well as those that succeeded. She was remarkably vivacious, enjoyed society, indeed was highly social, and was 'good company', as we say. Her sight was somewhat dim, but not so much so that she could not see to go about the house and even out the door. Her hearing was poor in one ear, while with the other, she could hear quite well... In the autumn, after grandfather's death, my father and grandmother Riggs started for Groton (Tompkins County, NY.), to go with her to Ballston. They went by private conveyance to Syracuse, and reached that place, distant about forty miles, near the middle of the afternoon, and did not get their dinner until then. They were all tired and hungry, but great grandmother, as she pushed back from the table after a hearty meal, remarked, 'I am quite refreshed, as the boy said, when he got a whipping.' She, although in her one-hundred and first year, endured the journey quite as well, as any of the party. I think I have been told, that when she was about sixty years of age, she had a severe sickness, and was bed-ridden for many years (I think fifteen), when she got up. One day, when left alone, she worked her feet off the bed and finally managed to sit up, got hold of a chair, and by its aid, managed to take a step or two, but did not go far, before she fell, but she continued her efforts and succeeded in learning to walk a second time, after she was seventy five years old."
SOURCE: "The Resseguie family: A historical and genealogical record of Alexander Resseguie", by Morris, pages 26-27. Available as a (FREE) download from "Google Books.
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Margaret Resseguie, born Feb. 20, 1741, died in Ballston, NY. Oct. 10, 1842. She married, Sept. 18, 1764, Joseph Riggs, as his second wife. He was born in Stamford, Conn., May 18, 1738, and died June 15, 1805. In seeking information relative to Mrs. Riggs the compiler received from her great grandson, the following, given under the caption, "Recollections of my Great Grandmother Riggs, when about One Hundred Years of Age" which will be of undoubted interest to the reader.
"She was of a little more than medium height and as straight as any of the girls and boys in their teens. She had a vivid recollection of the scenes and incidents of the Revolutionary War, and of the important events that led to the war, as well as those that succeeded. She was remarkably vivacious, enjoyed society, indeed was highly social, and was 'good company', as we say. Her sight was somewhat dim, but not so much so that she could not see to go about the house and even out the door. Her hearing was poor in one ear, while with the other, she could hear quite well... In the autumn, after grandfather's death, my father and grandmother Riggs started for Groton (Tompkins County, NY.), to go with her to Ballston. They went by private conveyance to Syracuse, and reached that place, distant about forty miles, near the middle of the afternoon, and did not get their dinner until then. They were all tired and hungry, but great grandmother, as she pushed back from the table after a hearty meal, remarked, 'I am quite refreshed, as the boy said, when he got a whipping.' She, although in her one-hundred and first year, endured the journey quite as well, as any of the party. I think I have been told, that when she was about sixty years of age, she had a severe sickness, and was bed-ridden for many years (I think fifteen), when she got up. One day, when left alone, she worked her feet off the bed and finally managed to sit up, got hold of a chair, and by its aid, managed to take a step or two, but did not go far, before she fell, but she continued her efforts and succeeded in learning to walk a second time, after she was seventy five years old."
SOURCE: "The Resseguie family: A historical and genealogical record of Alexander Resseguie", by Morris, pages 26-27. Available as a (FREE) download from "Google Books.
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