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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |