Abel Briggs (1776 - 1842)

Born 3 Jul 1776 in East Greenwich, Kent, Rhode Island

Ancestors

Husband of Martha (Dickinson) Briggs — married about 1800 in East Greenwich, Kent, Rhode Island, United States

Husband of Elizabeth (Rippey) Briggs — married about 1825 in Yates, New York, United States [uncertain]

Descendants

Died 21 Dec 1842 at age 66 in Potter, Yates, New York, United States

Biography

Abel was born in 1776. He passed away in 1824.

Abel Briggs was born July 3, 1776 in East Greenwich, Kent County, Rhode Island. He was the son of Gardiner and Waite (Vaughn) Briggs. ^[1]

Abel was in Yates County as early as 1803 when he was added as a juror. ^[2]

Abel Briggs is listed in US Census Records for Middlesex, NY for both 1820 & 1830

Abel, Job and Caleb BRIGGS, these were three brothers, natives of East Greenwich, Rhode Island.. Abel BRIGGS born in 1777, married Martha DICKINSON of Troy. They settled on land bought by Abel and Job, adjoining the POTTER place on the north. He died there in 1842, survived by his second wife, Betsey RIPPEY. He had ten children, Barry, Gardner, Hiram, Eliza, Waity, Mercy, Warren, Lydia, Mary and Israel by his first marriage, and by the second, four more, Andrew, Martha, Daniel and Harry. Hiram and Eliza alone, remain in the county. Gardner died of starvation in the rebel prison at Andersonville, GA. ^{[3] [4]}

Note: Some Sources have an Israel Briggs, B:1810, as Abel's Son possibly this Individual changed His Name to Joseph L. Briggs and migrated to Michigan along with His Brothers & Sisters in the early 1830's. Joseph L. Briggs (1810-1841) died in Oakland Co, MI at the early age of 31-years. His Marriage to Hester Fisher was the First Recorded Marriage (1836) in Livingston Co, MI.

Abel married Martha Dickinson about 1800. She was born in 1783, possibly in Troy, Rensselaer County, New York. ^[5] In 1820, the family was in Middlesex, New York, which at the time was a part of Ontario County. ^[6]

Martha died in 1824 in Yates County. ^[7] Abel married second, Elizabeth “Betsey” Rippey, probably before 1830. ^[8] In 1832 this area became part of the Town of Potter. ^[9]

Abel Briggs died December 21, 1842 in the Town of Potter in Yates County, New York. He left a widow Elizabeth Briggs, Elisa Trimmer wife of Anthony Trimmer Jr. of Benton, Gardner of Italy, Hiram of Potter and Jacob, Andrew, Martha, Daniel, and Harry last five minors under the age of 21 and Warren Briggs of Utica, Mercy Shattuck wife of Samuel D. Shattuck, Lydia Briggs, Mary Briggs, and the survivors of Waty Hall ^[10]: John Hall, Harry Hall, Phebe Hall, and Columbus Hall, the three last named being minors under twenty one all of McComb County Michigan. ^[11]

Abel Briggs is buried in the Briggs Cemetery in Benton, New York. ^[12]

Sources

1. ↑ The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "International Genealogical Index (IGI)," database, FamilySearch, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:1:MRFD-P8Z
2. ↑ History & Directory of Yates Co., Vol II, Pub 1873, by Stafford C. Cleveland, Page 624; online source: http://www.newyorkroots.org/yates/potter/potterbio1.htm
3. ↑ History & Directory of Yates Co., Vol II, Pub 1873, by Stafford C. Cleveland, BRIGGS Page 785; online source: http://www.newyorkroots.org/yates/potter/potterbio1.htm
4. ↑ Gardner Briggs: Find A Grave Memorial# 67172984
5. ↑ The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "International Genealogical Index (IGI)," database, FamilySearch, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:1:MRFD-P9J
6. ↑ U. S. Federal Census: Middlesex, Ontario County, New York; https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHLB-3NL
7. ↑ Martha Briggs: Find A Grave Memorial# 66941320
8. ↑ U. S. Federal Census: 1830, Middlesex, Yates County, New York; https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHPR-98P
9. ↑ U. S. Federal Census: 1840, Potter, Yates County, NY; https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHB3-JQM
10. ↑ Waty Briggs Hall, buried Clinton Grove, Clinton Township,, Macomb County, MI; Find A Grave Memorial# 117730187
11. ↑ New York, Wills and Probate Records, 1659-1999; Yates, Wills, Vol D-E, 1840-1850; online database, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., Provo, UT.
12. ↑ Find A Grave Memorial# 66941303; http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=66941303

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• History & Directory of Yates Co., Vol II, Pub 1873, by Stafford C. Cleveland, Page 624; online source: http://www.newyorkroots.org/yates/potter/potterbio1.htm

• History & Directory of Yates Co., Vol II, Pub 1873, by Stafford C. Cleveland, BRIGGS Page 785; online source: http://www.newyorkroots.org/yates/potter/potterbio1.htm

• https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LD53-PXH

• "United States Census, 1830," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHP6-KWT : 17 August 2017), Abel Briggs, North Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States; citing 216, NARA microfilm publication M19, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 168; FHL microfilm 22,267.

• 1830 US Census: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHPR-98P

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 20 June 2020), memorial page for Abel Briggs (3 Jul 1776–21 Dec 1842), Find a Grave Memorial no. 66941303, citing Briggs Cemetery, Benton, Yates County, New York, USA ; Maintained by Butterfly~Kisses (contributor 46994799) . https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/66941303/abel-briggs

• "Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N3N6-GRF : 2 April 2020), Abel Briggs in entry for Jerub Briggs and Loretta Burgess Milton, 28 Jun 1888; citing Marriage, Chesterfield, Macomb, Michigan, , Citing Secretary of State, Department of Vital Records, Lansing; FHL microfilm 4207680.