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- Had 11 children.
http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/WIGGINS/2000-06/0962404616
https://sites.google.com/site/brianmcmurdoarchive/home/ancestors-of-flora-gamble-wilder/the-edward-wiggins-family-of-western-virginia/edward-wiggins-1731-1799
He was most likely born in Ireland, and came to America with his father and possibly his mother as a boy or young man. His birthplace is unknown, his mother's name is unknown but is sometimes seen as Melba. Edward Wiggins seems to have lived in Pennsylvania about the time of the American Revolution, finally settling in what was, in his lifetime, western Virginia in Ohio County, which was broken into several parts, including Brooke County, where his homestead was. Brooke County in 1863 became part of West Virginia. This county is in the panhandle part of West Virginia--the narrow strip of land between Pennsylvania and Ohio.
Edward Wiggins wrote his last will and testament in 1799. With it, he included a detailed inventory of his farm stock and implements, which, along with the will, survive to our time, providing a fascinating glimpse into his farm at end of the 18th century.
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1731 - 1799 (68 years)
