| Name | Dates | Who |
|---|---|---|
| Black, Samuel | fl. 1798 | Owner of the hundred acres in Newtown occupied by the second James Rigby. Places |
| Bradley, Beatrice | 1916– | m. Johns Brittain Rigby. Generation 7. Descent |
| Brittain, Ada Lula | m. Townsend Johns Rigby. Generation 6. | |
| Brown, Daniel | d. 1767 | Of Upper Chichester; seventy acres and a dwelling. Hannah’s father; his 1767 will is the earliest document naming James and Hannah together. |
| Brown, Hannah | c.1736–1824 | m. James Rigby. Disowned and restored by Concord Monthly Meeting, 1758. Buried Chichester Friends. |
| Brown, Joseph | fl. 1767 | Hannah’s brother; ninety-six acres in Upper Chichester. |
| Brown, Nathaniel | fl. 1767 | Hannah’s brother. |
| Burns, Jacob | fl. 1794 | Shared pew 13 at St Martin’s with James Rigby. |
| Clark, Hannah | 1770–1835 | m. Seth Rigby (c.1761–1854) at the First Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia, 4 September 1790. |
| Craig, Rev. George | fl. 1759–1780s | S.P.G. missionary who chose James Rigby as clerk, 9 June 1760. St Martin’s |
| Derrick, Zacharia | fl. 1760–1803 | Sexton of St Martin’s, chosen the same day as James Rigby. |
| Dutton, John | fl. 1767 | m. Rachel, granddaughter of Daniel Brown — the tie between the Browns and the Aston Duttons. |
| Dutton, Thomas | 1769–1869 | Aged eight at Brandywine; the source of “Go home, children.” Died at 100. A trustee of the 1802 octagon school-house deed. |
| Flounders, Edward | 1761–1819 | m. Judith Rigby, daughter of James. |
| Fleming, Mary | 1835–1893 | m. William Henry Rigby. Generation 4. |
| Grubb, Emanuel, Sen. | fl. 1760 | Moved that the church be called St Martin’s, 9 June 1760. |
| Harlan, Elizabeth | 1775–1859 | m. Eli Rigby, 1796. Dau. of George Harlan, granddau. of William Harlan. Buried Chichester Friends. |
| Harlan, George | fl. 1775 | Elizabeth’s father, of West Marlborough Township. |
| Hewes, Samuel | fl. 1799–1820 | Conveyed the acre for the octagon school-house, 11 May 1802; kept the Seven Stars tavern. |
| Howell, Jacob | fl. undated | Landlord — James Rigby was his tenant in Upper Chichester at £4 10s. |
| Name | Dates | Who |
|---|---|---|
| John, Lydia Jane | 1805–1879 | m. Seth Rigby 1829; complained of by Chester Monthly Meeting for marriage by a magistrate. Generation 3. |
| Lamplugh, Richard | fl. 1791 | Succeeded James Rigby as clerk of St Martin’s, 26 April 1791. |
| Martin, Walter | fl. 1699 | Gave the acre at Marcus Hook “for a Church & Burying Ground,” 18 December 1699. The church is named for him. |
| Morgan, Rev. R. U. | fl. 1822–31 | Rector who recorded, on 11 February 1831, that a separate St Martin’s registry existed. It has not been found. |
| Pennell, William | fl. 1802 | Trustee of the octagon school-house deed. |
| Pennell, Joseph | fl. 1793 | Took the Aston septennial enumeration, 1 June 1793, which names James Rigby schoolmaster. |
| Rigby, Daniel | 1757–c.1845/50 | James’s eldest son. Went to Ohio; estate partitioned in Jay County, Indiana, 1850–51. |
| Rigby, Daniel | fl. 1779–87 | ⚠ A different Daniel — Edgmont and Marple, with the second James Rigby. |
| Rigby, Eber | 1815–1888 | Son of Eli; m. Amy C. Sager 1840. |
| Rigby, Eli, Sr. | 1771–1859 | Nail maker, of Doe Run then Concord. Generation 2. |
| Rigby, Eli, Jr. | 1810–1854 | Son of Eli Sr.; unmarried. |
| Rigby, Eli | 1797–1875 | Son of Seth (c.1761–1854) of Lawrence County. ⚠ Probably the Eli Rigby of Shenango Township whose 1876 will is held. |
| Rigby, Enoch Harlan | 1830–1887 | Pvt., Co. I, 97th Pennsylvania Infantry. Buried St Martin’s under a military marker. |
| Rigby, George H. | 1837–1881 | “General Furnishing Undertaker,” Media. Founded the funeral home. |
| Rigby, George W. | 1807–1879 | Son of Eli; m. Ann Vernon. The eighth share the will does not name. |
| Rigby, Harlan | 1812–1873 | Son of Eli. Died at Savannah, Georgia, unmarried. Nothing further known. |
| Rigby, James | 1731/1737–1801 | Schoolmaster; clerk of St Martin’s 1760–1791. Generation 1. |
| Rigby, James | fl. 1787–1800 | ⚠ The second James Rigby — Marple, Newtown, ?Edgmont. A separate household. Why we split them |
| Rigby, James E. | 1799–1835 | Son of Eli. ⚠ Harlan calls him unmarried; the will names three of his children. |
| Rigby, Johns Brittain | 1917–1995 | “Jack.” U.S. Army 1941–46. Generation 7. |
| Rigby, Seth | c.1761–1854 | James’s son. Died at New Castle, Lawrence County, aged 93. Ten children — the western Pennsylvania branch. |
| Rigby, Seth | 1802–1875 | Son of Eli; nail maker. Generation 3. Buried Middletown M.E. |
| Rigby, Townsend Johns | 1891–1987 | “TJ.” Homesteader at Quietus, Montana; author of the family memoir. Generation 6. |
| Rigby, T. Johns, Sr. | 1858–1933 | Born Joseph Townsend John Rigby. Generation 5. |
| Rigby, William Harlan | 1797–1873 | Eldest son of Eli; m. Lydia Chandler 1821. Father of Enoch Harlan Rigby. |
| Rigby, William Henry | 1830–1907 | Millwright, of Lima, Nether Providence and Concord. Generation 4. |
| Sager, Amy C. | fl. 1840 | m. Eber Rigby. |
| Smith, Laura Prudence | 1859–1948 | m. T. Johns Rigby Sr. The Smith line joins here. On the monument at Grace Church, Talleyville. |
| Thompson, Capt. James | fl. 1777 | Chester County militia; James Rigby was “rass’d out” of his company on appeal, 22 August 1777. |
| Taylor, Col. Thomas | fl. 1779 | Commanded the Ashtown company in which James Rigby was recorded “POOR.” |
| Vernon, Ann | 1803– | m. George W. Rigby. |
| Worrall, Enos | fl. 1798–1800 | Neighbour named in the 1798 Newtown entry — and on the Marple 1800 list. The link that separated the two James Rigbys. |
What this index does not include
Living and recently deceased people. Generations 8 to 10 of the direct line are held in the family archive and are not published here, with the single exception of the compiler. The same applies to the descendants of the Media funeral-home branch, several of whom are living.
The “not ours” register. The archive keeps a working list of same-named people who look like family and are not — three Seth Rigbys, two William H. Rigbys, a Quaker James Rigbie of Deer Creek, Maryland, and others. They are disambiguation notes, not family, and they stay off the site.