"In Memory of Abigail ye Wife of Mathew Briggs. Died Decembt ye 3d 1752 in ye 72d year of her Age:"[3]
The gravestone of Matthew Briggs indicates he died 1763, surviving his wife Abigail.[4]
Children
Josiah
James
Matthew
Lydia
Elizabeth
Daniel
Sources
↑ Vital records of Taunton, Massachusetts, to the year 1850, Volume 1 (New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1928) p. 69
↑ Hannibal, Edna Anne and Barlow, Claude W. "Richard, William, and Hugh, sons of John Briggs of Taunton, Massachusetts." New England Historical and Genealogical Register 125:90 (1971) Link at AmericanAncestors ($)
Mother of Daniel Briggs,"Massachusetts Births and Christenings,1739-1900".
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Abigail by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Abigail: