Amos Briggs (1715 - bef. 1801)

Born 6 Feb 1715 in Freetown, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay Colony

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Descendants

Died before 6 Jan 1801 before age 85 in Berkley, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Amos was born in 1715/6. He is the son of Amos Briggs and Sarah Paine. Biography by Robert M. Gerrity: ^[1]
AMOS BRIGGS, (Sarah Pain, Ralph), was born in Freetown on 6 February 1715, and died before 6 January 1801 when his will was probated. He married in Berkley ABIGAIL PHILLIPS, daughter of James and Hopestill (Babbitt) Phillips, who died probably in Berkley before 9 May 1792 when her husband wrote his will. [VR Freetown^[2]; CB I 49-50.^[3]] Amos received land from his father in 1748 and 1752, and bought other parcels in 1752, 1761, and 1774; all were in Berkley. [BCD 41:501, 508, 509, 43:436, 44:507, 64:330.^[4]] He wrote his will on 9 May 1792. Executors were his sons Thomas and Amos, beneficiaries were Thomas, Amos and Job; the children of his daughter Lydia Haskins, deceased; daughter Abigail Winslow, and daughter Deborah Bowen. Wife Abigail was not named. The final division of the land was made on 3 November 1801, by which time son Thomas had died. [BCP 38:1, 416^[5]; file papers should be reviewed.] Children (BRIGGS) born in Berkley:

1. Thomas, b. 9 Sept. 1743. Line cont. in CB I 99-100^[3].
2. Lydia, b. 15 April 1745.
3. Abigail, b. 26 May 1747.
4. Amos, b. 1 July 1751. Line cont. in CB I 100-101^[3].
5. Deborah, b. 18 March 1756
6. Job, b. 19 June 1763. Line cont. in CB 1 101^[3].

• Last Will & Testament of James Phillips^[6]

Timeline

• 1715 "Amos Briggs the son of the s Amos Briggs was born the 6th day of February in the year 1715" ^[7] (NOTE: Found on image 17 of 202)
• 1790 U.S. Census: Amos Briggs lived in Berkley, Bristol, Massachusetts, with two males over the age of 16. ^[8]

Sources

1. ↑ Gerrity, Robert M., Ralph Pain and Descendants: Four Generations (A Work in Progress) 1992. [Under revision by author, 2020-2022.] Personal copy in the files of DLG; and at the Old Colony Historical Society Library, Taunton MA.
2. ↑ Thomas, Helen Gurney. 1988. Vital records of the town of Freetown, Massachusetts, 1686 through 1890. Bowie, Md: Heritage Books. http://books.google.com/books?id=G4UlAQAAMAAJ.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3} Hannibal, Edna Anne, and Claude W. Barlow. 1966. Clement Briggs of Plymouth Colony and his descendants, 1621-1965. 2 volumes. Library Search
4. ↑ Bristol County, MA, Registry of Deeds. Bristol County Courthouse, Taunton MA.
5. ↑ Bristol County, MA, Probate Court. Bristol County Courthouse, Taunton MA.
6. ↑ James Philips’s will is image 410 of 648, “Bristol County, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Probate Record, Vol 15, 1756-1758.” The probate date is 15 May 1756.
7. ↑ Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQ6V-FXV : 15 January 2020), Amos Briggs, 1715.
8. ↑ United States Census, 1790," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHK2-P1R : accessed 26 September 2020), Amos Briggs, Berkley, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States; citing p. 119, NARA microfilm publication M637, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 4; FHL microfilm 568,144.

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