Daniel
Briggs
Born in New Shoreham Center, New Shoreham, Newport, Rhode Island
Son of Nathaniel Briggs
and Barbara Unknown
Brother of
Philip Briggs
Husband of
Elizabeth (Newman) Briggs
— married
4 Nov 1704 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony
Husband of
Hannah (Howe) Briggs
— married
4 Feb 1737 in Greenwich, Connecticut
Descendants 
Died about
at about age 88
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
| Created 19 Jun 2018
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Biography
Daniel Briggs married Elizabeth (Newman) Briggs[1] at Stamford November 24, 1704, at Rye, New York.[2]
Elizabeth and Daniel Briggs had the following known children:[1]
- Sarah Briggs, born March 29, 1705-6
- Nathaniel, born June 19, 1708
- Elizabeth, born September 29, 1712 at Stamford
- Mary, born January 24, 1716-17 at Stamford
- Philip (no further information)
Daniel Briggs was of Stamford, Connecticut at the time of his marriage to Hannah Howe, according to one source.[3][1][4]
Daniel Briggs and Hannah had the following known children:[4][1]
- Comfort, b Mar 14, 1737-8
- Hannah, b Oct 7, 1739
- Mary, b Aug 12, 1741
- Esther, b May 12, 1743
- Daniel, b Oct 16, 1744
- Elizabeth, b Feb 6, 1745-6
Daniel Briggs wrote his will in 1674 and it was proven but no date is shown on the inventory. His will shows children by both wives.[5]
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Briggs, Samuel The archives of the Briggs family, published 1880. Reference page 118
- ↑ Robin G. Weed; Frederick C. Hart Jr., compiler. "Ancestry of William Weed of Stamford and Darien, Connecticut. Part 16 - Newman" Connecticut Ancestry, volume 51 (2008), page 56
- ↑ Mead, Spencer Percival Ye Historie of Ye Town of Greenwich, County of Fairfield and State of Connecticut, published 1911. Reference pages 573-4
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Howe, Daniel Wait Howe genealogies. This volume contains genealogies of Abraham of Roxbury, James of Ipswich Abraham of Marlborough and Edward of Lynn, Massachusetts, published 1929. Reference page 412
- ↑ Will of Daniel Briggs, 1774 via FamilySearch
- Rhode Island, Vital Extracts, 1636-1899
- "Rhode Island Births and Christenings, 1600-1914", database, (FamilySearch Record: F872-DJP) : 17 December 2019), Daniel Briggs, 1685.
- E. B. Huntington, Stamford registration of births, marriages, and deaths : including every name, relationship, and date now found in the Stamford registers, from the first record down to the year 1825, published 1874. Reference page 17 via InternetArchive
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- Randolph Briggs
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Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 25 markers, haplogroup R-P25, FTDNA kit #36021
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I've seen many people on Ancestry show Daniel's middle name as Ingersoll and also given that as a maiden name to his mother Barbra back on Block Island but I have yet to see any source which proves that name.
At the end of the day I've always thought Daneiel correct as you have him based on both a preponderance of the evidence in VR's as well as the geographical proximity in and around Stamford. Much of the family moved down from Block Island to Stamford and vicinity and ultimately down to Westchester (Armonk, Mile Square) and New York City.
edited by Randolph Briggs
In Samuel Briggs, The Briggs Family 1880 shows on page 178 details from a correspondence with Charles A. Briggs, This is the family group that comes from Daniel and leads to me. It mostly agrees with Sampson and also has everyone congregating around Stamford and Armonk etc. . I am a tad confused as to whether i am missing a generation or if he is. I need to look more closely at this and compare to Sampson's data
https://archive.org/details/archivesofbriggs00brig/page/178/mode/1up?view=theater
Updated: The will itself appears to have been written in 1774, rather than 1779. I have added a link to the will to his profile
edited by S (Hill) Willson