Massachusetts Family Groupsheet for Matthew Briggs Family *********************************************** Copyright © by the submitter. All rights reserved. http://www.usgenweb.org/volunteers/copyright.html *********************************************** Submitted by: Marcia Briggs Email address: mbriggs3@mindspring.com Husband: Matthew Briggs Birthdate: 23 Jan 1783 Birthplace: Dighton, Bristol Co., MA Death date: 19 July 1845 Place of death: Dighton, Bristol Co., MA Father: Matthew Briggs Mother: Mercy Richmond Marriage date: 12 Sept 1807 Marriage place: Dighton, Bristol Co., MA Wife: Dolly Walker Birthdate: 23 Mar 1783 Birthplace: Dighton, Bristol Co., MA Death date: 20 June 1847 Place of death: Dighton, Bristol Co., MA Father: Nathaniel Walker Mother: Dorothy Bailey CHILDREN Child No. 1: Harriet Briggs Sex: F Birthdate: 22 Nov 1809 Birthplace: Dighton, Bristol Co., MA Death date: Place of death: Marriage date: 26 Nov 1840 Marriage place: Dighton, Bristol Co., MA Spouse's name: Joseph Pitts Child No. 2: George Washington Briggs Sex: M Birthdate: 24 Feb 1811 Birthplace: Dighton, Bristol Co., MA Death date: 1 April 1890 Place of death: Barrington, Bristol Co., RI Marriage date: 18 April 1835 Marriage place: Providence, Providence Co., RI Spouse's name: Lydia Gardner Lewis Child No. 3: Alson Briggs Sex: M Birthdate: 13 July 1812 Birthplace: Dighton, Bristol Co., MA Death date: bet. 1870-1880 Place of death: Mansfield, Bristol Co., MA Marriage date: Marriage place: Spouse's name: Sophia Maria Gilbert Child No. 4: Charles W. Briggs Sex: M Birthdate: 30 Dec 1813 Birthplace: Dighton, Bristol Co., MA Death date: 17 Mar 1873 Place of death: Marriage date: 7 Oct 1838 Marriage place: Norton, Bristol Co., MA Spouse's name: Sarah Allen Child No. 5: Matthew D. Briggs Sex: Birthdate: 19 Jan 1815 Birthplace: Dighton, Bristol Co., MA Death date: 11 Aug 1881 Place of death: Dighton, Bristol Co., MA Marriage date: 19 Dec 1839 Marriage place: Dighton, Bristol Co., MA Spouse's name: Elizabeth Alice Perry Child No. 6: Andrew Jackson Briggs Sex: M Birthdate: 30 Oct 1817 Birthplace: Dighton, Bristol Co., MA Death date: 14 Mar 1847 Place of death: Dighton, Bristol Co., MA Marriage date: 5 June 1843 Marriage place: Dighton, Bristol Co., MA Spouse's name: Betsey Peck Child No. 7: Hodijah Baylies Briggs Sex: M Birthdate: 6 Mar 1819 Birthplace: Dighton, Bristol Co., MA Death date: Place of death: Marriage date: Marriage place: Spouse's name: unmarried Child No. 8: Horatio Leonard Briggs Sex: M Birthdate: 16 June 1826 Birthplace: Dighton, Bristol Co., MA Death date: 21 Aug 1891 Place of death: Providence, Providence Co., RI Marriage date: 21 Sept 1848 Marriage place: Providence, Providence Co., RI Spouse's name: Mary Mason Documentation: 1. Vital Records of Dighton 2. Vital Records of Rhode Island-State Archives 3. Federal Census Records 4. Vital Records of Norton 5. NEHGS Register series "Descendants of John Briggs of Taunton" 1971-1973 6. Family records of Virginia Knudson