Joseph
Briggs
Born in Middleborough, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Ancestors 
Son of Ebenezer Briggs
and Abigail (Bryant) Briggs
Brother of
Tabitha (Briggs) Curtis [half]
Husband of
Molly (Chaddock) Briggs
— married
8 Aug 1782 in Oakham, Worcester, Massachusetts
Descendants 
Died
at age 92
in Dover, Windham, Vermont, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 5 Jun 2011
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Biography
Private Joseph Briggs served with 10th Massachusetts Regiment (1777), Continental Army during the American Revolution.
Joseph Briggs is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A014378.
A soldier of the American Revolution.[1]
Joseph was born in 1757. He passed away in 1850.
Gravesite Details Buried next to his wife Molly Chaddock Briggs. Record from Branches and Twigs, Newsletter of the Genealogical Society of Vermont, Fall 1972
Served in the American Revolution in Massachusetts, as a Private, under Capt. Thomas Turner and Col. Thomas Marshall. From the Daughters of the American Revolution, ancestor #A014378. Born in Old Middleborough, Massachusetts.
Sources
- ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 31 Jan 2022), "Record of Joseph Briggs", Ancestor # A014378.
- Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910, Film No. 873751
- "Vermont Births and Christenings, 1765-1908", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F8LG-4XT : 16 December 2019), Joseph Briggs in entry for Sewel Briggs, 1797.
- Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 18 January 2021), memorial page for Joseph Briggs (22 Jun 1757–16 Feb 1850), Find A Grave: Memorial #53926001, citing Dover Center Cemetery, Dover, Windham County, Vermont, USA ; Maintained by DTaylor (contributor 47239160) .
- "United States Rosters of Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSFF-L9VH-Q?cc=2546162&wc=WD6Q-R9P%3A1597372304 : 29 August 2019), Massachusetts, Soldiers and Sailors, Bese, David-Byxbe > image 516 of 986; citing various published state rosters, United States.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Joseph by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA test-takers in his direct paternal line. Mitochondrial DNA test-takers in the direct maternal line:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Joseph by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA test-takers in his direct paternal line. Mitochondrial DNA test-takers in the direct maternal line:
- Marianne Morris
:
AncestryDNA Maternal Lineage (discontinued), Ancestry member marimij
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~1.56%
Linda Leard :
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~0.78%
Nathan Adams :
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Children (unconfirmed) listed on Joseph Briggs - Find a Grave
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