that Griffin built the home off Governor's Hill Road after the Revolution, but this author has been unable to find details of his activities from December 1778 until the building of his home off Governor's Hill Road.
    Whether or not John Griffin served in the American cause from the time he was discharged from the Redding encampment until Cornwallis surrendered on October 19, 1781, this author has been unable to determine. However, there is one document, which may have some indirect bearing on this - John Griffin is mentioned on April 6, 1776, when his wife, Dinah, from North Cheshire, was admitted to the fellowship of the Oxford Congregational Church. It appears that she had recently wed Griffin at that time.
    Griffin has earned a place in early area history by his participation in both the French and Indian War and the American Revolution. As noted, he was one of those on the warrant for the formation of Trinity Church. However, his burial, upon his death on Feb. 19,1819, was in St. Peter's Episcopal Church Cemetery in Oxford Center. He was aged 94 years at the time of his death.

MOSES RIGGS OF PINES RIDGE, BEACON FALLS

    Moses Riggs was born in 1760, died in Pines Bridge on September 15, 1828, and was buried in Pines Bridge Cemetery, Beacon Falls. He was apparently not a native of this area, and he appears to have enlisted while a resident of Norwalk. He enlisted in May, 1777 and signed on for three years, being discharged on May 25, 1780.
    He belonged to the Sixth Regiment, "Connecticut Line," which was recruited mainly in this area, with a rendezvous at New Haven. It would appear that Riggs had some connection with this vicinity at the time of his enlistment. Whether he was related to the Oxford and Beacon Falls Riggs families, or whether he simply owned property in the area is unknown, but he joined a group which was recruited in this area, although he listed his official residence as Norwalk.
    The unit, camped at Peekskill, served through the summer of 1777, frequently making expeditions above King's Bridge. The group served in August through October on the