Born in Exeter, Rhode Island
Ancestors 
Daughter of William Tanner III
and Deliverence (Briggs) Tanner
Sister of
William Tanner IV [half], Hannah Tanner [half], Amy Tanner [half], Thomas Tanner [half], Palmer Tanner [half], Martha Tanner [half], Susannah (Tanner) Watson [half], Benjamin Tanner [half], Thankful (Tanner) Rose, Thankful (Tanner) Rose, Mary Tanner, Lydia Tanner, Abel Tanner, Nathan Tanner and Deliverence Tanner
Wife of
Sweet Briggs Sr.
— married
1777 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Mother of
Sweet Briggs, Elizabeth (Briggs) Greenman, Gorton Briggs, Palmer T. Briggs and Bowen Briggs
Died
at about age 83
in Rhode Island
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Biography
Martha was born in 1757. Martha Tanner ... She passed away in 1840.
Birth
1760, Rhode Island. [1]
Marriage
Husband Sweet Briggs. Wife Martha Tanner. Child Bowen Briggs. Marriage 1777 [2]
Sources
- ↑ United States of America, Bureau of the Census, Tenth Census of the United States, 1880, Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1880. 1880 United States Federal Census. Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (The Generations Network, Inc.; Provo, UT, USA, 2005), Hopkinton, Washington, Rhode Island, ED 154, roll T9_1210, page 322.3000 image.
- ↑ Yates Publishing. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 The Generations Network, Inc. (Provo, UT, USA, 2004)
- Sweet Briggs Jr Lot, South Kingstown, Washington, R.I. 105732415
- Index of Revolutionary War Pensioners., (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009), (From material provided courtesy of Fold3.com.)
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Martha 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 Martha:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Martha 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 Martha:
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~0.78%
Elizabeth (Hubbard) Townsend
:
23andMe, GEDmatch UX2150663 [compare]
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch DW8869516 [compare], FTDNA kit #B96951
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Living DNA, GEDmatch QE4330525 [compare]
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~0.78%
~3.12%
Colleen Kelly :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A891767 [compare], Ancestry member grannyk6151
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MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch H273623 [compare]
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~0.78%
David Hallene :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A514163 [compare], Ancestry member ahallene1
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~0.78%
Donna Hallene :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member AHallene1
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~0.39%
Kirkland Townsend :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch NG7540617 [compare], Ancestry member ElizabethHubbardTownsend
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Elizabeth (Hubbard) Townsend
Tanner-2284 and Tanner-2546 appear to represent the same person because: Sweet Briggs' wife. Sourcing from family documents, census records etc as documented in file.
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