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The Earliest Documented Ancestor of
BRIDGES, BRIDGER, BRIDGERS, BRIDGE, BRIGGS
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GROUP - B0006
Richard Briggs was born ca. 1565; buried at Thornbury, Co. Glouchester, England 30 Apr 1620. He married Agnes Wingod at Thornbury 19 Oct 1590 .
They had children: Joane, John b Thornbury 5/1/1595, William b. Thornbury 4/22/1599 per the American Genealogist, Vol.59, No.3 p175-179.
- Their son, John Briggs, of Taunton, MA, was born in Thornbury, England 1 May 1595. He married Agnes Thayer on 11 Nov 1633 in Thornbury and settled in Taunton before 1657.
Their children were John b 9/21/1634 in England; Katherine bp 1/6/1636/37; Richard bp. 3/17/1638/39 in Thornbury,England; William b 1645 d. Taunton, and Hugh, b 1650-1654, d Taunton. NEHGR 125:82.
- Their son, Richard Briggs, was baptised 17 Mar 1638/39 and died in Taunton before 12 Dec 1692. He married Rebecca Haskins.
- Their son, Richard Briggs, was born in Taunton on 12 Jan 1678/9 and died at Norton 25 Oct 1732. He married Mercy Kingsbury who was born at Wrentham 19 Nov 1677 and died at Norton in 1749.
- Their son, James Briggs, was born on 16 Mar 1718 and died at Athol 6 Aug 1793. He married Dameris White who was born at Norton 21 Jan 1724 and died at Guilford, VT Jan 1801.
- Their son, Samuel Briggs, was born at Norton, MA 15 Dec 1752 and died at Brattleboro, VT before 7 Apr 1819. He married Hannah Lincoln in either Brattleboro or Bristol Co.
- Their son, Calvin Thomas Briggs, was born at Brattleboro in Oct 1808 and died on 20 Feb 1868 in San Francisco, CA, He married a Shoshone Indian named Sarah Ann about 1835 in Colorado. She was born in 1816 and died 20 Jun 1868 at Carson City.
- Their son, Thomas Lincoln Briggs, was born on 1 Mar 1839 in Colorado and died on 15 Jun 1913. He married, first, Mary Slaven in San Joaquin Co. CA on 17 Nov 1857 in CA who died a few years later. He married, second,her sister, Sarah Elizabeth Slaven Briggs, in San Joaquin Co., CA on 28 Aug 1869, widow of his brother Joshua. He married, third, Nellie Butterfield on 7 Nov 1893 in Bakersfield, CA.
- Thomas & Sarah Elizabeth's son, Thomas Lincoln Briggs, was born on 26 Aug 1873 in Galt, CA and died on 6 Mar 1945 at Inglewood, CA. He married Mary Margaret O’Toole in Kern City, CA.
The matching participants of three results below are descendants of Solomon Briggs who was born about 1753 and died 8 Feb 1845,
probably in Joghson, Lamoille Co., VT. H was married to Lydia Round and they have children:
Solomon, Lydia, William, Noah, Hannah, Raymond and Saumuel.
This line begins with William Briggs, son of Solomon above. His date and place of birth are unknown,
but he married Chloe Tute in Lyndon, Caladonia Co., VT 30 Jun 1796.
- Their son, Lyman Briggs, was born June 5, 1804 in VT. He was baptized in Brandon, Rutland Co., VT,
December 10, 1858. He was listed in the census of 1860 in Brandon, Rutland Co., VT, in1870 in Batavia, Kane Co,
IL and in 1880 in Lockport, Will Co., IL. Lyman died August 24, 1881 in Lockport, Will Co., IL.
He married Sybil Stanley Hale in Brandon, Rutland Co., VT, March 25, 1825.
Sybil was born April 29, 1802 in Brandon, Rutland Co., VT and died Feburary 22, 1881 in Lockport, Will Co., IL.
- Their son, John Hale Briggs, was born October 12, 1833 in Brandon, Rutland Co, VT and died June 29, 1906 in Batavia, Kane Co, IL. He married Maroa A Hopkins in Aurora, Kane Co, IL, January 3, 1856. She was born September 1837 in New York and died August 31, 1887 in Batavia, Kane Co, IL.
- Their son, John Lyman Briggs, was born January 25, 1868 in Batavia, Kane Co, IL and died December 30, 1927 in Seattle, WA. He married Jenette 'Nettie' Edith Smith in Portland, OR on 13 Apr 1890. She was born June 25, 1868 in Boise, Ada Co, ID and died March 12, 1926 in Seattle, King Co, WA.
- Their son, Lynn Lyman Briggs, was born January 29, 1897 in Portland, OR and died January 26, 1948 in Seattle, King Co, WA. He married, first, Donella A. Tigen in Seattle, King Co, WA, June 18, 1921, and, second, Liv 'Lev' Gudbjorg Johnson in Seattle, King Co, WA, October 17, 1929. Liv was born September 16, 1901 in Rud farm, Vestre Gausdal, Gudbrandsdalen, Norway.
This line, also, begins with William Briggs, son of Solomon above who married Chloe Tlute in Lyndon,
Calcdonia Co., VT 30 Jun 1796.
- Their son, Lyman, same as above, b. 1804 in VT m. Sybil Stanley Hale, d. 181 in Lockport, Will Co., IL.
- Their son, Ira W. Briggs, married Margaret Ann Briggs who was born 28 Oct 1815 and died 2 Mar 1896.
- Their son, William W. Briggs, was born in 1834 and died in 1903.
He married Louisa Gron who was born in 1841 and died in 1925.
- Their son, John Griggs was born in 1868 and died in 1958.
He married Margaret Rowley who was born in 1867 and died in 1969.
- Their son, Ricker Briggs was born in 1899.
This line begins with Raymond Briggs, son of Solomon and Lydia Round Briggs.
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