Major Benjamin Thomas Biggs was born on 1 October 1821 at Cecil, Maryland.²

     Benjamin was

U.S. Congressman, Delaware Governor. He attended the Methodist Pennington Seminary and during the Mexican-American War, he served as a Major in the Delaware Militia. After the war, he engaged in agricultural pursuits and was a director of the Kent & Queen Annes Railroad. Entering politics he was a member of the Delaware Constitutional Convention in 1853 and elected as a Democrat to the Forty-first and Forty-second Congresses, serving (1869-73). In 1886, he was elected as a Democratic the 38th Governor of Delaware, serving until 1891. While he was in office, a valued-policy insurance law was constituted, a state hospital for the insane was initiated and the office of superintendent of schools was increased from two to three. After his term, he retired from public service and returned to agricultural interests until his death at age 72.²

     Benjamin married Mary Scott Beekman, daughter of Abraham Christopher Beekman and Elizabeth Houghton, on 18 May 1853, at Trenton, Mercer, New Jersey.^3,1

     Benjamin died on 25 December 1893, at Middletown, New Castle, Delaware, at age 72,² and was buried at Bethel Cemetery, Chesapeake City, Cecil, Maryland.²

     Sewell married Caroline Beekman, daughter of Abraham Christopher Beekman and Elizabeth Houghton, on 1 May 1854.¹

     Robert, married Clara L. Tyndall at age 19, daughter of Clarence Tyndall and Ella F. Skidmore, on 14 July 1916.¹

     Ernst Rune Birkestad was born on 25 May 1919 at Överluleå, Norrbotten, Sverige.¹

     Ernst, at age 25, married Jonny Cecilia Larsson at age 19 on 2 December 1944, at Brännkyrka, Stockholm, Sverige.^2,3 Ernst Rune Birkestad witnessed the death of Ernst Rune Birkestad on 23 May 2003 at Kista, Stockholm, Sverige.⁴

     Gunilla Juliannah Birkestad was born on 15 April 1946 at Sofia, Stockholm, Sverige.¹