Born in Orange, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of Samuel Briggs
and Ruth (Paul) Briggs
Sister of
Lucy Briggs, Shuball Briggs, Samuel Briggs, John Briggs, Simeon Briggs, Ephraim Allen Briggs, Sylvia (Briggs) Bates and Ruth (Briggs) Goddard
Wife of
John Cobb
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Mother of
Amasa Cobb
Died
at age 68
in Crawford, Illinois, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 18 Aug 2017
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Biography
Nancy, the daughter of Samuel Briggs and Ruth Paul, was born 19 August 1787 in Orange, Massachusetts.[1][2]
According to Briggs' History of the Original Town of Concord she married John Cobb and with him had a large family.[3]
Nancy died 26 January 1856 in Crawford County, Illinois and was buried in the Palestine Cemetery there.[4]
Sources
- ↑ FS "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FC3F-N7J : 15 January 2020), Nancy Briggs, .
- ↑ FS "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FC3F-N7V : 4 December 2014), Samuel Briggs in entry for Nancy Briggs, 11 Sep 1787; citing Orange, Franklin, Massachusetts, bk 1 p 17; FHL microfilm 770,464.
- ↑ Briggs, E. History of the Original Town of Concord, p. 279.
- ↑ FS "Find a Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVL4-GYTW : 14 September 2023), Nancy Briggs Cobb, ; Burial, Palestine, Crawford, Illinois, United States of America, Palestine Cemetery; citing record ID 89263814, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
- FS: Family Search. LDS Church Publication: https://familysearch.org/.
- Family information (including spouse and residences) cited in Briggs, Erasmus. History of the Original Town of Concord, being the present towns of Collins, Concord, N. Collins, and Sardinia, Erie County, New York. Rochester, NY: Union and Advertiser’s Co., Print, 1883, pp. 278 – 281.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Nancy 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 Nancy:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Nancy 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 Nancy:
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