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Benjamin Briggs

b. ABOUT 1765  |  d. 1843

Parents

Events

Birth
ABOUT 1765
Death
1843

Family 1

Spouse: Charity Barber

Children:

  1. Joseph Barber Briggs (21 Jul 1785–28 Sep 1858)
    m. Hannah Meiks (1783–23 Oct 1852)
    Children: James Briggs (1809–); Moses Briggs (1811–1855); Benjamin Briggs (1813–); David R. Briggs (1815–1864); Isaac Briggs (1819–); William Edward Briggs (1826–)
  2. Henry Barber Briggs (1797–)
    m. Esther Wilson (1810–)
  3. Carlton Briggs (1805–1850)
    m. Olive (1810–)
  4. Isaiah W. Briggs (4 May 1813–AFTER 1880)
    m. Eliza Ann Eaton (1819–AFTER 1880) · 18 Jan 1838 · Dutch Reformed, Coxackie, Greene Co., New York
    Children: Russell Stuart Briggs
  5. John Benjamin Briggs (1814–1891)
    m. Ann Miranda Baker
  6. Moses Barber Briggs (1822–)
    m. Electa Brown (1824–) · 30 Sep 1841 · Dutch Reformed, Coxsackie, Greene Co., New York
    Children: Mattie Briggs (1845–); Augusta Briggs (1847–); Alice Briggs (1859–)

Family 2

Spouse: Nancy Lisk (1780–1854)

Notes

!Census (1800), (possibly) Benjamin Briggs, 11101-10010-00, Clifton, Dutchess Co., N.Y., [NYGBR 67:155] !Census (1820, index): Probably the Benjamin Briggs, New Castle, Westchester Co., p. 212 !Census (1830, index): Probably the Benjamin Briggs, New Castle, Westchester Co., p. 93. !Census (1840, index): Two candidates: of Cortlandt, West. Co., p. 170; of White Plains, West. Co., p. 71. (probably later -- one of Cortland appears in 1850 census, after he is supposedly dead). There is a IGI Birth Record for Benjamin Briggs, no parents listed, b. 6 Apr 1763, Pawling, Dutchess Co., NY.