In 1640, 3 years after his act of bravery at Fairfeld, CT, Edward had land assigned to him at Milford, CT [S3], only 15 miles or so from Fairfeld. Milford, CT was first settled in 1639 as Wepowaug, then renamed Milford in 1643, when it became part of the New Haven Colony. [S23].

Edward is shown in the text accompanying the "Plan of the Original Town Plot of Milford in 1646" [S65] as occupying 3 acres on Lot 63, and Atwater's [S66] 1646 map of Milford identiifies this as the west side of West Town Street. Atwater states that he was considered an "after planter", meaning he came after the original founding settlers. Based on his October 1619 baptism, by October 1640 Edward of Newark had reached the age of 21 and was legally able to receive a grant of land or to purchase property in his own name.

I am extremely grateful to Don Blauvelt (a fellow RIGGS researcher from the States whose wife is descended from Edward) for drawing my attention to the above sources. I hope later to supplement my documentation on this web-site of Edward, from Don's extensive research which he is sharing with me.

Text in purple is used to highlight any mention of Edward and his relatives, for ease of reference. And, to avoid confusion, Sgt. Edward Riggs (Edward of Roxbury's son) is referred to as EDWARD RIGGS SGT, whilst his son Edward is referred to as EDWARD RIGGS SR (so that he in turn is not confused with his own son Edward, or EDWARD RIGGS JR).

The text accompanying the map identifies the locations of the following main buildings:
First Congregational meeting-house against lot No.9;
Second Congregational meeting-house against No.38;
Episcopal Church against No.17;
Town House against No.15;
but there is no identification of the building 'against' lot No.13, nor of what may be plots/buildings located to the south-east of Nos.54 and 66. There is a symbol marking the plot between lot numbers 6 and 7, which I have interpreted as 'JL' (Jail?).

I have assumed that the symbols in the two areas east of Nos.40 to 42 identify them as burying grounds. This is borne out by the fact that one was sited immediately behind lot No.40 and that was allocated to Rev. Peter Prudden who was set over the Church at Milford [S5].

The text refers to letters allocated to four geographical features, but these letters cannot be seen on the map itself:
a = part of fresh meadow;
b = part of dreadful swamp;
c = part of Eastfield common line fence;
d = part of Westfield common line fence.
I assume that the road joining the east and west settlements (shown as a line of dashes) was built subsequently, since it apparently replaces lot Nos.17 and 49.

Finally, from the schedule of lot numbers allocated, which are listed in the next section below, it appears that the map does not necessarily show the relative areas of the lots in their correct proportions.

KEY TO LOT NUMBERS ON THE TOWN PLAN

"The location of the house of each first planter, as they were recorded in 1646, is seen on the plan of the town, by finding the same number which is prefixed to the name of each individual in the following list. The exact quantity of land in the house lot of each person, is here placed against his name:"

NOTES:
# Jasper Gunn's lot is listed as 0 acres and 3 rods: this is almost certainly an error, and I have therefore 'corrected' it to read 3 acres and 0 rods.
@ I have entered Widow Martha Beard's lot area as listed, i.e. as '00p.'

Unless otherwise stated, Savage [S5] has been used as the source of
the information in this section and his are the direct quotations used.

BALDWIN

RICHARD BALDWIN (Lot 2) was subsequently associated with Edward Riggs Sr in establishing the Derby Plantation in CT.[S3], but he died in 1665 prior to the move to Newark [S5]. RICHARD BALDWIN's daughter SARAH BALDWIN married SAMUEL RIGGS, the middle son of EDWARD RIGGS SGT (Lot 63); Samuel remained in Derby after the rest of his family moved on to Newark. Her sister Elizabeth married Zachariah Burwell, son of JOHN BURWELL (Lot 44), and her sister Temperance married Nathan Burwell, Zachariah's younger brother.

JOHN BALDWIN Sr (Lot 13) was Richard's younger brother, and thus Sarah (Baldwin) Riggs's uncle. He had settled there in 1639, a year before Richard, and subsequenlty moved with Edward RIGGS to Newark NJ.

Savage does not identify any relationship between these two brothers and NATHANIEL BALDWIN (Lot 7), TIMOTHY BALDWIN (Lot 22) or JOSEPH BALDWIN (Lot 52), nor between any of these last three, all of whom settled in 1639. He does however refer elsewhere to "the great host" in New England with the surname BALDWIN.

BROWN

JOHN BROWN's daughter HANNAH BROWN married JOSEPH RIGGS, the youngest son of EDWARD RIGGS SGT (Lot 63), whose lot was next but one to that of John (Lot 61). He was, says Wallace in his note on Joseph Riggs [S3], one of the planters with Edward at Derby as well as at Newark. Savage states that he did not appear in the Milford records until 1648, whereas this map identifies him as having a house lot in 1646.

BURWELL

JOHN BURWELL (Lot 44) had three sons, Zachariah, Ephraim and Nathan, and the first two later moved to Newark. In 1663, Zachariah married Elizabeth Baldwin and Savage's note on him states that "from the great host of that name, I am unable to select a father for her". But his note on Richard Baldwin (see above) states that Elizabeth was Richard's daughter, baptised 1644. That being the case, the wives of ZACHARIAH BURWELL and of SAMUEL RIGGS, the middle son of EDWARD RIGGS SGT, were sisters. Elizabeth's sister Temperance married NATHAN BURWELL, the brother of Ephraim and Zachariah.

CAMFIELD

THOMAS CAMPFIELD (Lot 55) was "perhaps brother of Matthew, an early but not first settler" Matthew Camfield (the surname mutated over time) moved to Newark as a signatory from Milford and had married Sarah TREAT, sister of Capt.ROBERT TREAT of Newark fame.

DENNISON

ROBERT DENISON (Lot 31) is mentioned by Wallace as one of those associated with EDWARD RIGGS SGT in establishing the Derby Plantation in CT.[S3] He probably subsequently moved to Newark.

FREEMAN

STEPHEN FREEMAN (Lot 11) had a house lot in Milford in 1646, "but did not become inhabitant until 1658, removed probably to Newark, NJ in few years ... and perhaps he came back to CT."

Martha, the daughter of EDWARD RIGGS SR, son of EDWARD RIGGS SGT, born about 1677, married an S. FREEMAN [S3]

LYON

HENRY LYON (Lot 26) married in Fairfield 1652, and probably moved subsequently to Newark.

Elizabeth, the daughter of EDWARD RIGGS SR born about 1678, married a JOHN LYON [S3]

ROGERS

A John Rogers from Milford was one of the signatories to the Original Agreement to found Newark. However, JOHN ROGERS (Lot 47) according to Savage died in 1684 by inference in Milford, and he has no reference to John having moved to Newark and then returned. However, Savage does refer to him having a son John and he may have been the Newark signatory.

TOMPKINS

DEACON MICHA or MICHAEL TOMPKINS (Lot 15) moved subsequently to Newark.