Caleb Briggs (1712 - bef. 1789)

Born 16 Feb 1712 in East Greenwich, Kent, Rhode Island

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Tarbox) Briggs — married 22 May 1731 in East Greenwich, Kent, Rhode Island

Descendants

Died before 28 Feb 1789 before age 77 in East Greenwich, Kent, Rhode Island, United States

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Biography

Caleb Briggs was born on 16 Feb 1712 in East Greenwich, Kent, Rhode Island, son of Richard Briggs I (1675 - <1733) and Susannah (Spencer) Briggs (1681 - <1726).

His siblings were:

1. Richard Briggs II (1701 - >1736)
2. Francis Briggs (1703 - 1752)
3. Audrey (Briggs) Tarbox (1705 - )
4. Susannah (Briggs) Matteson (1707 - 1732)
5. John Briggs II (1709 - 1797)
6. Sarah (Briggs) Aylesworth (1710 - )
7. Anne (Briggs) Burlingame (1715 - ~1784)
8. Mary Briggs (1726 - )
9. Phillip Briggs (1728 - )
10. Daniel Briggs (1730 - 1820)
11. Dora Briggs (1731 - )

Caleb (19) married Elizabeth Tarbox (~36) (~1694 - >1742) on 22 May 1731 in East Greenwich. Their children were:

1. Nathan Briggs (1731 - 1820)
2. Eizabeth Briggs (1733 - 1778)
3. Mary Briggs (~1735 - 1784)
4. Caleb Briggs (1739 - 1800)
5. Gardiner Briggs (1741 - <1814).

Caleb died before 28 Feb 1789 in East Greenwich aged 77.

This profile was auto-generated by a GEDCOM import. It's a rough draft and needs to be edited. ^[1]

The birth of Caleb Briggs in East Greenwich, Kent County, Rhode Island is recorded in the Vital Records of Rhode Island. ^[2]

BRIGGS, Caleb, of Richard and Susannah, [born] Feb. 16, 1712-3.

He married on May 22, 1731 in East Greenwich, Kent, Rhode Island. ^[3]

BRIGGS, Caleb, of Richard, and Elizabeth Tarbox, of John; m. by John Jenkins, Justice, May 22, 1731.

The Will of Caleb Briggs was dated January 24, 1789 in East Greenwich, Rhode Island. It was proved February 28, 1789 and appears in Rhode Island Records on pages 121-124 as follows. ^{[4] [5]}

Caleb Briggs, weak.

Wife Phebe received “personal estate she brought to me & personal estate she has since bought with her money."

Sons: John, Gardiner, Nathan and Caleb.

Daughter: Amey Briggs.

Grandson: Caleb Briggs son of Gardner Briggs.

Grandson: Caleb Briggs son of Caleb.

Sources

1. ↑ Source: S644507902 Title: Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Note: This information comes from 1 or more individual Ancestry Family Tree files. This source citation points you to a current version of those files. Note: The owners of these tree files may have removed or changed information since this source citation was created. Page: Ancestry Family Trees Note: Data: Text: http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=11926460&pid=-253495915
2. ↑ East Greenwich Births and Deaths, in Arnold, James N. Vital Record of Rhode Island, 1636–1850: First series, births, marriages and deaths; (Narragansett Hist. Publ. Co., 1891); Vol 1, East Greenwich, page 101; online: https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/297884?availability=Family%20History%20Library
3. ↑ East Greenwich Births and Deaths, in Arnold, James N. Vital Record of Rhode Island, 1636–1850: First series, births, marriages and deaths; (Narragansett Hist. Publ. Co., 1891); Vol 1, East Greenwich Marriages, page 11; online: https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/297884?availability=Family%20History%20Library
4. ↑ Abstracts of East Greenwich Wills, in Rhode Island Genealogical Register. (Princeton, Massachusetts: A. G. Beaman), 2:223; online source: http://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Caleb_Briggs_(2)#S2
5. ↑ Rhode Island, Wills and Probate Records, 1582-1932; online database, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., Provo, UT; Original data: Rhode Island, District and Probate Courts

• The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Ancestral File," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:1:M7VS-JHC : accessed 2016-06-08), entry for Caleb BRIGGS.

Acknowledgements

Thank you to Michael Sherwood Sherwood for creating WikiTree profile Briggs-1976 through the import of Sherwood Family Tree 9_14_09.ged on Jul 14, 2013. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by Michael Sherwood and others.