Born in Scituate, Massachusetts
Ancestors 
Daughter of Nathaniel Church III
and Jerusha (Perry) Church
Sister of
Thomas Church, Lydia (Church) Palmer, Nathaniel Church IV, William Church, William Harrison Church [half], Sarah Church, Jerusha Church, William Church, Charles Church, Constant Church, Lemuel Church, William Church, Lemuel Church, Mary (Church) Copeland [half] and Nathaniel Church [half]
Wife of
Seth Briggs
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Mother of
Enos Briggs,
Seth Briggs,
Elisha Briggs,
Daniel Briggs,
Abigail Briggs,
Thomas Briggs,
Mary Briggs,
Alden Briggs,
Judith (Briggs) Vose and
Rhoda Briggs
Died in Pembroke
Profile last modified
| Created 16 Jul 2014
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Biography
Abigail was born in 1726. She was the daughter of Nathaniel Church and Jerusha Perry. She passed away in 1795. [1]
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Sources
- ↑ First-hand information as remembered by Stanley Wood, Wednesday, July 16, 2014. Replace this citation if there is another source.
- "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.
- "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (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.
- Briggs, Vernon L. ;History and Genealogy of the Briggs Family 1254-1938 (Charles E. Goodspeed & Co. Boston 1938);vol. I, p. 269
- 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) .
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