Lydia (Stetson) Briggs (1683 - abt. 1772)

Born Jul 1683 in Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Wife of Samuel Briggs Jr. — married 14 Apr 1708 in Rochester, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died about 21 Apr 1772 at about age 88 in Wareham, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

Birth

Lydia Stetson was born in July 1683 ^[1][2] at Scituate, Massachusetts. ^[3] 3rd Child, and 2nd daughter of Samuel Stetson and Lydia Pickles.^[3].

Illegitimate Child

At a Plymouth County Court of General Sessions in June 1705, Lydia Stetson was ordered to pay £4 or be publicly whipped 10 stripes, to pay fees, and to stand committed for having a bastard child by fornication, to which she confessed. Stetson swore John Records Jr. was the father "and that be begot her with child in the first week in July 1704."^[4]

As discussed in the profile for Abiel Sprague, it is reasonably likely that Abiel was the bastard child referenced in the court case.

Marriage

Married Samuel Briggs of Rochester, Massachusetts, 14 Apr 1708 ^{[5][6] [7]}

7 Children ^[8] (Probably born in Rochester, Massachusetts)

1. Capt. Jeremiah (or Jedediah) Briggs, b. 27 Nov 1708 ^[8]; m. Lydia Ellis 19 ct 1733; d. 1751 ^[9]
2. Ebenezer Briggs, b. 21 Apr 1711 ^[8]; m. Betsey Gibbs, 16 Feb 1717/18; d. 17 Feb 1805 at Warham, Massachusetts ^[9]
3. Samuel Briggs, Jr., b. 27 Dec 1713 ^[8]; m. Elizabeth Besse, 7/9 Oct 1746. ^[9]
4. Nathan Briggs, b. 21 Sep 1716 ^[8]; m Sarah Perry, 28 Feb 1744/5; d. 18 Jun 1798. ^[9]
5. Lydia (Briggs) Morse, b. 9 Dec 1719 ^[8]; m. Newbury Morse, 1741 at Middleborough, Massachusetts. ^[9]
6. Seth Briggs, b. 23 Dec 1723 ^[8]; m. Lucy (Holmes) Bartlett, 3 Apr 1783; d. 11 Dec 1813 at Rochester. ^[9]
7. Deborah (Briggs) Ellis, b. 15 Nov 1726 ^[8]; m. Joe Ellis, Apr 1784 at Rochester; d. 11 Sep 1819 at Rochester, Massachusetts. ^[9]

Residences

Resided at Rochester, Massachusetts, where her children were recorded, ^[10] but was "united with the Warham Church in 1740, and died in Warham, Massachusetts. ^[9]

Death

She died in 1772 and was buried in April 1772 at Wareham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States ^[11]

Research Notes

• Stetson Kindred Genealogical Index: 1-4-3

Sources

1. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L979-7FWH?cc=2061550&wc=Q4D4-449%3A353350201%2C353448301%2C353448302 : 22 October 2020), Plymouth > Scituate > Births, marriages, deaths 1640-1801 > image 88 of 264; citing Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston.
2. ↑ Barry, John Stetson; Page 77
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Stetson, O.F.: Vol 1 No 1 Pg 27
4. ↑ Plymouth County, MA: Plymouth Court Records, 1686-1859. Vol. 1, p. 76. Link to page at americanancestors.org.
5. ↑ Marriage of Samuel Brigs and Lidia Stetson, 14 April 1708. Vital Records of Rochester, Massachusetts, Volume 2; Page 59.
6. ↑ "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910, 1921-1924", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FC8Z-R2Y : 24 January 2020), Lidia Stetson in entry for Samuell Brigs, 1708.
7. ↑ Quoted by Stetson, Stetson, O.F.: Vol. 1, No. 1, pg 46
8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 8.6 8.7} Stetson, O. F.: Vol. 1, No. 1, pg 47
9. ↑ ^{9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 9.5 9.6 9.7} Data recorded in the Family of Samuel Briggs & Lydia Stetson, Copy at Page 66
10. ↑ Stetson, O.F.: Vol. 1, No. 1, pg 46
11. ↑ FamilySearch.org database entry ; Details Page/Vitals/Burial

See Also:

• Barry, John Stetson. A Genealogical and Biographical Sketch of the Name and Family of Stetson (William A. Hall & Co., Boston, 1847)
• Hannibal, Edna Anne. John Briggs of Sandwich, Massachusetts and His Descendants (1962) Page 3.
• Stetson, O.F., Ed.; Descendants of Cornet Robert Stetson of Scituate, Massachusetts (Stetson Kindred of America, Inc., 1933, 1956, 2008)
• Various Contributors; "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 29 January 2019, 18:32), entry for Lydia Stetson(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:LJRG-GNJ); contributed by various users.