Thomas Young Briggs (1797 - 1879)

Born 18 Feb 1797 in Nescopeck Township, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Adaline (Spalding) Briggs — married 28 Nov 1830 in Scioto County, Ohio, United States of America

Descendants

Died 2 Feb 1879 at age 81 in East Newbern, Jersey, Illinois, United States

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Biography

Thomas Young Briggs was born on February 18, 1797 in Nescopeck Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, the third child of John Briggs and Hanna Klingmann.^[1][2]

As a young man, Thomas migrated west to Scioto County, Ohio where some of his maternal relatives had settled. There, he met and married Adaline Spalding on November 28, 1830.^[3]

Thomas and Adaline had seven known children:

1. Sarah Briggs
2. John Briggs
3. Enoch Briggs
4. George Briggs
5. Theodore Briggs
6. Richard Briggs
7. Thomas Briggs

By 1834, Thomas and Adaline moved their growing family to Greene County, Illinois (after 1839 became part of Jersey County), where Thomas purchased 160 acres in Section 35, Township 7, Range 11 to farm.^[4]

Thomas' in-laws soon followed together with all of Adaline's siblings.

After the death of his in-laws, Thomas took in three of Adaline's youngest siblings.^[5]

Thomas died on February 02, 1879 in East Newbern, Jersey County, Illinois, United States of America^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/38770155/thomas-young-briggs: accessed 02 October 2022), memorial page for Thomas Young Briggs (18 Feb 1797–2 Feb 1879), Find A Grave: Memorial #38770155, citing East Newbern Cemetery, Dow, Jersey County, Illinois, USA; Maintained by Diane & John (contributor 46842343) .
2. ↑ Pennsylvania Supreme Court, "Pennsylvania State Reports, Volume 93", Google Books, (Online: Google Inc., 2009), [Original published: Norris, A. Wilson, "Briggs's Appeal", Pennsylvania State Reports, Vol. XCIII, Comprising Cases Adjudged in the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, Vol. XII, (Philadelphia: Kay & Brother, 1882), p. 486 ]
3. ↑ Shoemaker, Caryn R. and Rudity, Betty J., "Marriage Records of Scioto County, Ohio, 1803-1860", (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1987), p. 15
4. ↑ Illinois State Archives, "Illinois Public Domain Land Tract Sales Database", Illinois State Archives (Online: cyberdriveillinois.org, 2021)
5. ↑ "1850 United States Federal Census (Population Schedule)," Township 7 Range 11, Jersey County, Illinois, USA, Dwelling 8, Family 8, Thomas Y. Briggs household, digital image, FamilySearch (Online: Intellectual Reserve, Inc., 2020),, [Original source: National Archives and Records Administration, NARA microfilm publication M432, (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), p. 28B]