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Nathaniel Wiggins
Born: 17 Feb 1773 Thetford, Vermont
Died:  1849 Cleveland, Ohio
 
Nathaniel Wiggins in print
Pioneer Families of Cleveland:  Nathaniel Wiggins and his wife Phebe Dodge Wiggins came with a grown family of children from Montpelier, Vt., and settled on a farm on what is now Turney Avenue.  The site is on a hill back of the Cleveland State Hospital.  Mrs. Wiggins was of an active temperament and very fond of her home.  She used to gather wild fruit and berries in quantities, dry them, and thus in the winter season vary the monotony of the fare which was apt to prevail in the days before fruit-canning was discovered.
 
Genealogical Facts:
Marriage: 07 Mar 1802 Barre, VT Phebe Dodge
Phebe Dodge was born 27 Mar 1781 Sturbridge, Mass and died 1849 Cleveland, Ohio.  Her parents were Thomas Dodge and Abigail.
 
Children:
1.  Rufus Wiggins
 
2.  Benjamin Lamson Wiggins
Born: 14 Mar 1808 Montpelier, Vermont
Died: 16 May 1864 Cleveland, Ohio
Married: 24 Apr 1834 Lucy N. Bates (b. 16 Apr 1813 Cleveland, Ohio, d. 05 May 1868 Cleveland, Ohio)
Children:  Caroline Matilda, Emily Philena, Noble Bates, Charles Boothe
 
3.  Nahum Wiggins
Born: 1812 Montpelier, Vermont
Died: 1855
Married: 1845 Phebe Dunham (b. 04 Jan 1822 Bedford, Ohio, d. Jul 1896 Bloomingdale, MI)
Children:  Milan Dunham, Cullen
 
4. Charles Wiggins
Born: 1818 Montpelier, Vermont
Married: 1845 Maria Raraback
Children:  William H, Benjamin
 
5.  Theodore Wiggins
 
6.  Lucy Wiggins
Born: Montpelier, Vermont
Married: James Fletcher

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Lucy Wiggins Fletcher

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James Fletcher

7.  Mary Putney Wiggins
Born: Montpelier, Vermont
Married: William Huntoon

Events in Nathaniel Wiggins life:
 
1810:  Living in Marshfield, Caledonia, Vermont
 
1819-1830: Living in Montpelier, Vermont
 
Abt 1840: Migrated to Cleveland Ohio, bringing all of the children except Rufus

Mysterious parentage:
There are three possible fathers for Nathaniel Wiggins -- Benjamin Wiggin of Wakefield NH, William Wiggins of Thetford VT, and Joshua Wiggins of Fairlee VT.  Best evidence so far points to Joshua, but definitive proof is still outstanding. 

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