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The Triggs Family in Devon

This page lists those members of the Triggs family whose origins we are researching. Entries in italics are inferred or uncertain, or have been supplied by other researchers and not personally verified by us. The list does not include children known to have died in infancy. Please contact Chris Warren if you feel that the family listed here is connected with your own research.

We have traced our Triggs line to Modbury, between Plymouth and Kingsbridge in Devon. Later generations of the family also lived in the Ashburton area. Our earliest known ancestors in this line were Joseph Triggs and Mary Ryder, who married in 1748 in Modbury. Although there was at least one other Triggs family in Modbury at the time, we are not sure whether and how they were connected.

Many of the names below are linked to a more detailed record in the on-line family tree (people marked with an asterisk do not have a full record). When you click on a link, the linked record will be displayed in a separate window. There you can see the family relationships as we understand them, together with notes on what we have found in parish registers, census returns and other records. All the places named below are in Devon unless otherwise indicated.


Joseph Triggs
Married 1748 (Oct 2) Modbury
  (children listed in table 1 below)

Mary Ryder
Buried 1776 (Feb 23) Modbury

1. Children of Joseph Triggs and Mary Ryder

Joseph Triggs
Baptised 1749 (Nov 17) Modbury
Married 1776 (Apr 16) Modbury

Married 1780 (May 22) Modbury
Buried 1812 (Jan 14) Modbury


Hannah Pyle
Buried 1777 (Feb 12) Modbury
Mary Bound
Buried 1813 (Apr 18) Modbury
Ruth Triggs
Baptised 1751 (Aug 23) Modbury
Married 1799 (Jun 16) Modbury
Buried 1839 (Sep 16) Modbury


David Roberts
Buried 1851 (Oct 30) Modbury
Thomas Triggs
Baptised 1752 (Oct 23) Modbury
Married 1781 (May 29) Modbury
  (children listed in table 2 below)
Buried 1840 (Jul 12) Modbury


Elizabeth Couls

Buried 1804 (Nov 28) Modbury
Anne Triggs
Baptised 1755 (Apr 15) Modbury

2. Children of Thomas Triggs and Elizabeth Couls (see table 1 above)

Ruth Triggs
Baptised 1781 (Nov 23) Modbury
Buried 1803 (Jan 17) Modbury
Mary Triggs
Baptised 1783 (Oct 19) Modbury
Buried 1796 (Aug 7) Modbury
Joseph Triggs*
Baptised 1787 (Oct 16) Modbury
Married 1808 (Feb 18) Devonport
  (one daughter baptised in Modbury)
Died about 1810 (no details known)


Susanna Hoare
Born 1789 (Mar 16) Modbury
Buried 1836 (Apr 25) Modbury
Richard Triggs
Baptised 1789 (Nov 29) Modbury
Married 1813 (Feb 12) Ashburton
  (children listed in table 3 below)
Buried 1865 (Aug 31) Ashburton


Elizabeth Joint
Born 1789 (Sep 25) Ashburton
Buried 1865 (Aug 5) Ashburton
Isaac Triggs
Baptised 1791 (Dec 18) Modbury
Married 1815 (Feb 4) North Huish
  (children listed in table 4 below)

Married 1828 (Dec 25) Modbury

Buried 1866 (Jan 5) Modbury


Sarah Prout
Baptised 1789 (May 17) Stokenham
Buried 1822 (Aug 30) Loddiswell
Sarah King
Baptised 1805 (Apr 7) Modbury
Died 1886 (1st Qtr) Modbury
Sarah Triggs
Baptised 1794 (Mar 30) Modbury
Rebecca Triggs
Born 1797 (Jun 19) Modbury
Married 1822 (Jul 13) Bridport, Dorset


James Bruce
Born about 1797 Edinburgh, Midlothian

3. Children of Richard Triggs and Elizabeth Joint (see table 2 above)

Elizabeth Triggs
Born 1815 (Dec 2) Ashburton
Married 1841 (Feb 25) Ashburton
  (children listed on Dawe page)
Died 1894 (Feb 9) Devonport


Thomas Dawe
Born 1815 (Sep 19) Ashburton
Buried 1875 (Apr 18) Devonport
Mary Triggs*
Born about 1816 Ashburton
Married 1855 (Mar 13) Devonport
Married 1856 (Mar 13) Devonport

Died 1899 (1st Qtr) Devonport


Benjamin Lee
Robert Peed
Born 1821 (Jun 30) Northampton, Northants
Died 1909 (2nd Qtr) Devonport
Richard Triggs*
Born 1818 (Apr 20) Ashburton
Married 1848 (May 30) Paddington, London
  (children listed in table 6 below)
Living in Chicago, Illinois at 1865 census


Julia Casey
Baptised 1819 (Dec 18) Caheragh, Cork
Died 1888 (Jan 27) Chicago, Illinois
William Triggs*
Born 1827 (Sep 26) Ashburton
Buried 1854 (Mar 17) Ashburton

4. Children of Isaac Triggs and Sarah Prout (see table 2 above)

John Prout Triggs*
Baptised 1815 (Dec 24) Loddiswell
Married 1839 (Dec 23) Dartmouth
  (children listed in table 5 below)
Buried 1897 (Sep 22) Dartmouth


Jane Wotton
Baptised 1819 (Jun 5) Dartmouth
Buried 1882 (Mar 29) Dartmouth
Ruth Triggs*
Baptised 1817 (Oct 12) Loddiswell
Married 1839 (Dec 24) Dartmouth

Buried 1856 (May 2) Loddiswell


Thomas Steer (or Stear)
Baptised 1817 (Jul 27) Chivelstone
Died 1891 (3rd Qtr) Loddiswell
Isaac Triggs
Baptised 1819 (Oct 17) Loddiswell
Buried 1844 (Apr 14) Loddiswell

5. Children of John Prout Triggs and Jane Wotton (see table 4 above)

Mary Jane Triggs
Born 1840 (4th Qtr) Dartmouth
Married 1859 (Aug 16) Upton, Torquay

Buried 1867 (May 12) Torquay


Isaac Terrell
Born 1840 (Mar 25) Plymouth
Died 1907 (4th Qtr) Blackburn, Lancs
Maria Wotton (Prout) Triggs
Baptised 1843 (Mar 19) Dartmouth
Married 1862 (3rd Qtr) Torquay

Buried 1928 (Oct 20) Torquay


William James Davey
Born 1842 (3rd Qtr) Torquay
Buried 1906 (Jan 27) Torquay
Elizabeth Triggs
Born 1848 (Sep 2) Dartmouth
Married 1873 (1st Qtr) Dartmouth

Died 1911 (1st Qtr) Dartmouth


James Gurney
Baptised 1848 (May 28) Dartmouth
Died 1904 (1st Qtr) Dartmouth
John Isaac Triggs
Born 1850 (Oct 27) Dartmouth
Married 1873 (2nd Qtr) Dartmouth
  (children listed in table 7 below)
Died 1917 (2nd Qtr) Dartmouth


Ellen Gurney
Baptised 1853 (Aug 3) Dartmouth
Died 1911 (1st Qtr) Dartmouth
Julia Hopson Triggs
Born 1853 (Mar 10) Dartmouth
Married 1875 (3rd Qtr) Dartmouth

Died 1909 (1st Qtr) Dartmouth


Samuel Thomas Carder
Born 1853 (3rd Qtr) Exmouth
Died 1909 (2nd Qtr) Dartmouth
Richard Goodman Triggs
Born 1855 (Apr 14) Dartmouth
Died 1919 (1st Qtr) Cardiff, Glamorgan
Frederick George Triggs
Baptised 1858 (Oct 3) Dartmouth
Married 1885 (3rd Qtr) Dartmouth
  (children listed in table 8 below)
Died 1932 (3rd Qtr) Dartmouth


Sarah Petters Hutchings
Born 1858 (3rd Qtr) Portland, Dorset
Died 1937 (Nov 28) Dartmouth
Sarah Ann Triggs
Born 1860 (Oct 19) Dartmouth
Married 1885 (Jun 7) Ellacombe, Torquay

Died 1896 (4th Qtr) Dartmouth


William George Bowden
Born 1859 (Aug 5) Paignton
Died 1930 (2nd Qtr) Dartmouth

6. Children of Richard Triggs and Julia Casey (see table 3 above)

Richard Triggs
Born 1842 (2nd Qtr) Marylebone, London
Emigrated to the United States in 1857
William Triggs
Born 1844 (Mar 19) Marylebone, London
Living in Chicago, Illinois at 1860 census
Mary Ann Triggs
Born 1845 (4th Qtr) Marylebone, London
Died 1877 (Nov 14) Chicago, Illinois
Henry Triggs
Born 1847 (1st Qtr) Marylebone, London
Married 1881 (Oct 13) Chicago, Illinois


Emma Thortson
Julia Triggs
Born 1849 (1st Qtr) Marylebone, London
Living in Chicago, Illinois at 1870 census
Selina (or Celine) Triggs
Born 1853 (Dec 23) Marylebone, London
Married 1884 (Nov 26) Chicago, Illinois

Died 1919 (Oct 26) Chicago, Illinois


John Reis
Born about 1848 Chicago, Illinois
Died 1917 (Oct 3) Chicago, Illinois

7. Children of John Isaac Triggs and Ellen Gurney (see table 5 above)

Harriet Ann Triggs
Born 1873 (Sep 27) Dartmouth
Married 1898 (Sep 27) Dartmouth

Died 1965 (Feb 12) Dartmouth


Albert Cribb Rogers
Born 1873 (Sep 4) Dartmouth
Died 1946 (Aug 30) Dartmouth
Frederick John Isaac Triggs
Born 1875 (Jan 9) Dartmouth
Married 1919 (2nd Qtr) Truro, Cornwall

Died 1957 (1st Qtr) Falmouth, Cornwall


Lillie (or Lilian) Lear
Born 1881 (Jun 21) Truro, Cornwall
Died 1965 (4th Qtr) Penzance, Cornwall
Ernest James Triggs
Born 1876 (Nov 22) Dartmouth
Married 1909 (Oct 29) Totnes
  (children listed in table 10 below)
Died 1951 (2nd Qtr) Dartmouth


Elizabeth Jane Jenkins
Born 1884 (Oct 20) Devonport
Died 1946 (Aug 4) Dartmouth
Samuel Gurney Triggs
Born 1878 (Nov 2) Dartmouth
Married 1914 (1st Qtr) Bodmin, Cornwall

Died 1945 (2nd Qtr) Dartmouth


Edith Elsie Brown
Born 1887 (Dec 15) Bodmin, Cornwall
Died 1916 (1st Qtr) Bodmin, Cornwall
Edith Mary Triggs
Born 1881 (Mar 26) Dartmouth
Died 1977 (Jul 16) Dartmouth
Lionel Percy Triggs
Born 1883 (Jan 26) Dartmouth
Married 1905 (Jul 20) Dartmouth

Died 1970 (Feb 9) Dartmouth


Mabel Lucy Hodge
Born 1882 (May 30) Dartmouth
Died 1933 (Dec 24) Dartmouth
Freda Helen Triggs
Born 1884 (Aug 26) Dartmouth
Died 1899 (3rd Qtr) Dartmouth
Winifred May Triggs
Born 1889 (May 26) Dartmouth
Died 1977 (Feb 9) Dartmouth
Horace Gurney Triggs
Born 1892 (May 31) Dartmouth
Married 1915 (4th Qtr) Stoke Fleming
  (children listed in table 11 below)
Died 1972 (Jan 16) Dartmouth


Frances Mabel Bowden
Born 1892 (Nov 21) Stoke Fleming
Died 1971 (Nov 21) Dartmouth
Frank Gurney Triggs
Born 1894 (Sep 19) Dartmouth
Married 1918 (2nd Qtr) Dartmouth
  (at least one child born in Dartmouth)
Died 1972 (1st Qtr) Dartmouth


Eva Davey
Born 1894 (Oct 6) Dartmouth
Died 1987 (3rd Qtr) Dartmouth

8. Child of Frederick G Triggs and Sarah P Hutchings (see table 5 above)

John Prout Triggs
Born 1887 (Jun 27) Dartmouth
Married 1909 (2nd Qtr) Dartmouth
  (children listed in table 9 below)
Died 1960 (Sep 23) Paignton


Annie Easterbrook
Born 1887 (Sep 27) Colebrooke
Died 1965 (Jul 15) Newton Abbot

9. Children of John Prout Triggs and Annie Easterbrook (see table 8 above)

Frederick George Triggs
Born 1909 (Sep 1) Colebrooke
Married 1942 (3rd Qtr) Torquay

Died 1983 (Apr 30) Torquay


Marjorie Nora Winston
Born 1916 (Dec 28) Torquay
Died 2013 (Dec 13) Torbay area
Elsie Louisa Triggs
Born 1911 (Dec 9) Colebrooke
Married 1941 (3rd Qtr) Torquay

Died 1989 (1st Qtr) Torbay area


Harold Douglas Ward
Born 1910 (Jan 4) Devonport
Died 1992 (2nd Qtr) Torbay area
Marion Emily Triggs
Born 1915 (Feb 26) Colebrooke
Married 1940 (3rd Qtr) Torquay

Died 2007 (Nov 20) Wentworth Falls, NSW


Reginald Charles Robert Mortimore
Born 1914 (Mar 14) Torquay area
Died 2007 (Aug 30) Katoomba, NSW

10. Children of Ernest James Triggs and Elizabeth J Jenkins (see table 7 above)

John Henry Triggs
Born 1913 (Jul 3) Dartmouth
Married 1937 (3rd Qtr) Dartmouth

Died 1965 (Feb 9) Paignton


Gladys Mary Spark
Born 1908 (Jul 20) Brixham
Died 1998 (Sep 17) Torbay area
Freda Ellen Triggs
Born 1916 (Oct 28) Dartmouth
Married 1941 (4th Qtr) Dartmouth

Died 1986 (Dec 1) Dartmouth


Edward Percy Skinner
Born 1911 (Jan 25) Strete
Died 1995 (1st Qtr) Teignbridge

11. Child of Horace G Triggs and Frances M Bowden (see table 7 above)

Muriel Irene Triggs
Born 1916 (Aug 2) Dartmouth
Married 1940 (2nd Qtr) Dartmouth

Died 2006 (May 12) Torbay area


Robert Cyril Charles Crews
Born 1914 (Oct 13) Dartmouth
Died 1974 (Mar 8) Fawley, Hampshire

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