Abigail (Church) Briggs (1726 - 1795)

Born 11 Feb 1726 in Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony

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Descendants

Died 3 Nov 1795 at age 69 in Pembroke, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States

Biography

Abigail Church was born on February 11, 1726 in Scituate, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Her parents were Nathaniel Church and Jerusha Perry. ^[1]

She married Seth Briggs Nov. 2, 1745 at Scituate. ^{[2] [1]}

Together they had 10 children: ^{[3] [4]}

1. Enos Briggs, b. July 29, 1746.
2. Seth Briggs, b. Nov. 8, 1748.
3. Elisha Briggs, b. Dec. 2, 1750.
4. Daniel Briggs, b. April 14, 1754.
5. Abigail Briggs, b. July 1, 1756.
6. Thomas Briggs, b. August 22, 1758.
7. Mary Briggs, b. May 25, 1761.
8. Alden Briggs, b. March 14, 1763.
9. Judith Briggs, b. May 1, 1765.
10. Rhoda Briggs, b. Feb. 8, 1770.

She died on November 3, 1795 in Pembroke, Plymouth County.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001
2. ↑ Vital Records of Scituate, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850
3. ↑ Vital Records of Pembroke, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850
4. ↑

• Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 22 April 2019), memorial page for Abigail Church Briggs (1726–Dec 1795), Find A Grave: Memorial #105771508, citing Briggs Burying Ground, Pembroke, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by Beverly Burnett (contributor 46898315) .

• Briggs, Lloyd Vernon. History and Genealogy of the Briggs Family, 1254-1937 (C. E. Goodspeed & Co., Boston, 1938); vol. I, pp.268-271

• "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch
  • (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4LQ-S7W : 5 November 2017), Abigail Church, 11 Feb 1725; citing Birth, Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 423,512.
  • (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHHB-7B7 : 5 November 2017), Seth Briggs and Abigail Chittington, 02 Nov 1745; citing Marriage, Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 423,512.

• Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, Silver Books, Volume Eighteen, Part 2, The Descendants of Richard Warren Through His Children Mary, Anna, and Elizabeth, 2011 Edition, Published 2016, Page 283

• Vital Records of Pembroke, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (NEHGS, Boston, Mass., 1911); p. 392, p. 50-2
• Vital Records of Scituate, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 1909); p. 41