Died ‎1765
Was a widow of John Wightman, Jr. in Warwick, RI (from Warwick records)

Born ‎4 Apr 1734 at Warwick, Kent Co. RI, died ‎1816 at Smyrna, Chenango Co. NY‎, 81 or 82 years, ‎1st marriage to: Name filtered, ‎2nd marriage to: Hannah COGGESHALL, ‎3rd marriage to: Name filtered
His will was written 12 Apr 1811 and proved 3 Jun 1817 (LDS film
0819856). He was a Lieutenant commanding the Second Company
Warwick , 1767 (The Militia of RI 1767, RI Historical Magazine Vol. 6
1855-6) He was known to have been in Albany Co. NY by 1782, but it is
possible that he moved earlier. He then moved to Easton, Washington
Co. NY in 1794 and then Smyrna, Chenango Co NY in 1796 (Lila Sampson).
He was listed in the 1800 and 1810 Census for Smyrna. His will indicates that
he had carpenter tools, which might mean that he was a carpenter.
However, he did also have a farm in Smyrna, which, according to Lila Briggs Sampson, commanded a view up and down the Valley for several miles.
Birth record from :Arnold, James N., 1893. Vital records of R.I.
1636-1850
Listed as an Ensign, RI in Newport Co. DAR index.
Some, if not all, of his children were born in Warwick (per Warwick
Vital Records).
Marriage and children in Genealogical and Family History of Central New York (1912)

Sources:
1. James N. Arnold, vital Records of R.I. 1636-1850. Volume 4, Newport Vital Records of R.I. 1636-1850. Narragansett Historical Publication Co., Providence RI, Volume 4, Newport County (Reprint by NEHGS, Boston, 1893) pages 58-59, Sutro Library, San Francisco CA, F 78/A75. Portsmouth--Births and deaths.
2. James N. Arnold, Vital Records of R.I. 1636-1850. Volume 4

Hi Briggs researchers- here are 3 generations of descendants of George
Briggs who moved from Rhode Island to Smyrna, ChenangoCo., NY. Some of this
line moved on to Ohio and Wisconsin. He was great, great, grandson of John
and Sarah Cornell Briggs of Portsmouth, RI. I will send the rest in a
separate message.

Regards,

Jeff Briggs
____________________________
Descendants of George BRIGGS

First Generation

1. George BRIGGS was born 4 Apr 1734 in Portsmouth, Newport, RI. He died
1816 in Smyrna, Chenango, NY.
MOVED: Albany Co., NY in 1782; to Easton, Washington Co., Ny in 1794;
to Smyrna, Chenango Co., NY in 1796. Married three times.
George married (1) Hannah COGGESHALL, daughter of Joshua COGGESHALL and
Deborah REYNOLDS on 1756. Hannah died 1765.
They had the following children:
+ 2 M i. Stephen BRIGGS was born 1756.
+ 3 M ii. John BRIGGS was born 1758 and died 1837.
+ 4 M iii. Giles BRIGGS was born 1761.

George also married (2) Sarah WELLS.
Sister of John Wells of Goshen, Orange Co, NY. Had total of 8 children by
George Briggs, (LDS Reel 809408. Rhode Island Historical Society. Family
Records 22318-LH2230: Briggs Family Records: 87 pages).

George and Sarah had the following children:
5 M iv. George BRIGGS was born 1767. He died 1835.
BIRTH: From "John Briggs of Newport and Portsmouth, Rhode Island" by Lilla
Elizabeth Briggs Sampson, 1930? (Typed manuscript)
George married (1) DARROW Mrs..
6 F v. Elizabeth BRIGGS was born 1769. She died 1769.
BIRTH: From "John Briggs of Newport and Portsmouth, Rhode Island" by Lilla
Elizabeth Briggs Sampson, 1930? (Typed manuscript)
+ 7 M vi. Arnold BRIGGS was born 1770 and died 1859.
+ 8 M vii. Isaac BRIGGS was born 1771 and died 1821.
+ 9 F viii. Sarah BRIGGS was born 1773 and died 1839.

George also married (3) Lydia on 1782.
Marriage and children in Genealogical and Family History of Central New York
(1912).

George and Lydia had the following children:
+ 10 M ix. Rufus BRIGGS was born 1777 and died 1856.
11 F x. Mary BRIGGS.
+ 12 M xi. Warren BRIGGS was born 1782 and died 1854.

Second Generation

2. Stephen BRIGGS was born 1756.
Stephen Briggs was a carpenter. Lived in Warwick, Kent County, RI.
Stephen married (1) Huldah GORTON, daughter of Nathan GORTON and Mary PEARCE
on 1780. Huldah was born 1762.
They had the following children:
13 M i. Giles BRIGGS was born in Warwick, Kent, RI.
14 M ii. Gorton BRIGGS was born in Warwick, Kent, RI.
+ 15 M iii. Russell BRIGGS was born 1783 and died 1822.
+ 16 M iv. Stephen BRIGGS Jr. was born 1784 and died 1855.
17 F v. Susan BRIGGS was born in Warwick, Kent, RI.
18 F vi. Mary Ann BRIGGS was born in Warwick, Kent, RI. She died 1861.
Mary married (1) Christopher WESTCOTT.
19 F vii. Lucy BRIGGS was born 1792 in Warwick, Kent, RI. She died 1878.
20 F viii. Huldah BRIGGS was born 1798 in Warwick, Kent, RI.
Huldah married (1) Henry LE VALLEY.

3. John BRIGGS was born 1758 in Warwick, Kent, RI. He died 1837.
John Briggs enlisted in the Revolutionary War in RI in 1777. Family lived
in Warwick, RI until 1788 when they moved to Ashford, Windham County, CT.
In 1795 they located in Duanesburg, Schanectady County, NY, living there
until 1801, when they moved to Sherburne, Chenango County, NY. They ended
up in Brockfield, Madison County, NY.
John married (1) Mary TUCKER on 1777.
They had the following children:
21 M i. George BRIGGS died about 1817 in Sherburne, Chenango, NY.
George married (1) Abigail.
22 M ii. John S. BRIGGS Dr. was born in of Brockfield, NY.
John married (1) Rhoda.

4. Giles BRIGGS was born 1761.
Giles located in Springfield, Erie County, NY in 1810.
He had the following children:
23 M i. Ray BRIGGS.

7. Arnold BRIGGS was born 1770 in Warwick, Kent, RI. He died 1859 in Smyrna,
Chenago, NY.
Religion: Became a Quaker.
BIRTH: From "John Briggs of Newport and Portsmouth, Rhode Island" by Lilla
Elizabeth Briggs Sampson, 1930? (Typed manuscript)
Arnold married (1) Olive MORIE. Olive was born 1771. She died 1840.
They had the following children:
+ 24 M i. Giles BRIGGS was born 1793 and died 1846.
25 F ii. Flora BRIGGS was born 1795. She died 1806.
+ 26 M iii. Myron Cyrenius BRIGGS was born 1798 and died 1873.
+ 27 M iv. Jason BRIGGS was born 1802 and died 1885.
28 F v. Ruth BRIGGS was born 1805. She died 1885.
Ruth married (1) RICE.
29 F vi. Lavina BRIGGS was born 1809. She died 1886.
30 M vii. Marvin BRIGGS.
31 F viii. Avarena BRIGGS was born 1815. She died 1895.
Avarena married (1) Benjamin STOVER, son of William STOVER and Elizabeth ELWOOD.

8. Isaac BRIGGS was born 1771. He died 1821.
BIRTH: From "John Briggs of Newport and Portsmouth, Rhode Island" by Lilla
Elizabeth Briggs Sampson, 1930? (Typed manuscript). His will probated in
1821 in Lorwich,Cehnango County, NY.
Isaac married (1) Sarah.
They had the following children:
32 M i. Ephraim BRIGGS.
Went west and became a minister in Canada.
33 M ii. Isaac BRIGGS.
Went west to Ohio and became a minister.
34 M iii. David BRIGGS.
Went west.
35 M iv. Wells BRIGGS.
DEATH: Died at age 20.
36 M v. Walter BRIGGS.
37 F vi. Betsey BRIGGS.
38 F vii. Mary BRIGGS.
39 M viii. Roby M. BRIGGS.
40 ix. Calphema BRIGGS.
41 F x. Henrietta BRIGGS.
42 M xi. Jason BRIGGS.

9. Sarah BRIGGS was born 1773. She died 1839.
BIRTH: From "John Briggs of Newport and Portsmouth, Rhode Island" by Lilla
Elizabeth Briggs Sampson, 1930? (Typed manuscript)
MARRIAGE: From "John Briggs of Newport and Portsmouth, Rhode Island" by Lilla
Elizabeth Briggs Sampson, 1930? (Typed manuscript)
Sarah married (1) Benjamin REYNOLDS.
They had the following children:
43 M i. Rodman REYNOLDS.
44 M ii. Oliver REYNOLDS.
45 M iii. Ira REYNOLDS.
46 F iv. Miranda REYNOLDS.
47 F v. Calista REYNOLDS.

10. Rufus BRIGGS was born 1777. He died 1856 in Smyrna, Chenango, NY.
Religion: Became a Quaker. Located on a farm in Smyrna,Chenango County,
NY.north of his brother Arnold.
Rufus married (1) Olive LAWRENCE.
They had the following children:
+ 48 M i. Humphrey BRIGGS was born 1799 and died 1880.
49 M ii. Lawrence BRIGGS.

Rufus also married (2) Sally HOPKINS. Sally died 1841.
They had the following children:
50 M iii. Ensign B. BRIGGS was born 1815. He died 1880.
Ensign married (1) Laura SMITH.
Ensign also married (2) Bethiah MILLAR.
+ 51 M iv. Adoniram Hale BRIGGS was born 1820 and died 1850.
+ 52 M v. Roswell BRIGGS was born 1824 and died 1896.
+ 53 M vi. Joseph BRIGGS was born 1828 and died 1911.

Rufus also married (3) Alice KNOWLES.

12. Warren BRIGGS was born 1782. He died 1854.
Warren married (1) Tryphena GARDNER on 1807 in Erie, PA. Tryphena was born
1788. She died 1841.
Tryphena was from Worthington, MA.

Warren and Tryphena had the following children:
+ 54 M i. Seneca BRIGGS was born 1808 and died 1861.
+ 55 M ii. Sidney BRIGGS was born 1809 and died 1854.
+ 56 M iii. Erastus BRIGGS was born 1811 and died 1894.
+ 57 F iv. Rosalinda BRIGGS was born 1812 and died 1861.
+ 58 F v. Julia L. BRIGGS was born 1815 and died 1900.
59 vi. Vining BRIGGS was born 1817. Vining died 1826.
+ 60 M vii. George W. BRIGGS was born 1819 and died 1873.
+ 61 F viii. Sarah C. BRIGGS was born 1821 and died 1891.
62 M ix. Dewitt Clinton BRIGGS was born 1823. He died 1910.
Dewitt married (1) Charlotte WEST.
+ 63 F x. Samantha S. BRIGGS was born 14 Sep 1827.
64 F xi. Janet Lucille BRIGGS was born 1828. She died 1845.
+ 65 F xii. Leonora Tryphosa BRIGGS was born 1831.
66 M xiii. Lafayette BRIGGS was born 1832. He died 1834.
+ 67 M xiv. Lafayette F. BRIGGS was born 1834.

Third Generation

15. Russell BRIGGS was born 1783 in Warwick, Kent, RI. He died 1822.
Russell married (1) Sarah MANCHESTER, daughter of Joseph MANCHESTER and Mary
ARNOLD on 1807. Sarah was born 1783. She died 1875.
They had the following children:
68 F i. Martha Holden BRIGGS was born 1808 in Warwick, Kent, RI.
Martha married (1) Sylvester LICHOLS.
69 F ii. Mary Manchester BRIGGS was born 1810 in Warwick, Kent, RI. She
died 1896.
Mary married (1) Ashabel HALL on 1827.
70 F iii. Artliza BRIGGS was born 1811 in Warwick, Kent, RI.
Artliza married (1) Gideon L. JOHNSON on 1836.
+ 71 M iv. Hiram Augustus BRIGGS was born 1812 and died 1878.
72 M v. Manson Tiffany BRIGGS was born 1815 in Warwick, Kent, RI. He died 1830.
73 F vi. Susan BRIGGS was born 1820 in Warwick, Kent, RI. She died 1838.
+ 74 M vii. Russel BRIGGS was born 1822 and died 1869.

16. Stephen BRIGGS Jr. was born 1784 in Warwick, Kent, RI. He died 1855.
Stephen married (1) Ruby WEEDEN, daughter of Caleb WEEDEN and Susanna CAPRON
on 1810.
They had the following children:
+ 75 M i. Caleb Anthony Weeden BRIGGS was born 1810 and died 1891.
76 F ii. Susan Weeden BRIGGS was born 1812. She died 1875.
Susan married (1) Orville MANN.
Susan also married (2) George C. BEEBE.
77 F iii. Catherine Chase BRIGGS was born 1814. She died 1870.
Catherine married (1) Alfred FAIRBANKS.
Alfred and Catherine had 4 sons and 3 daughters.
78 F iv. Huldah Gorton BRIGGS was born 1816.
Huldah married (1) Thomas T. TAYLOR. Thomas was born 1845.
79 M v. William H. BRIGGS was born 1818. He died 1820.
80 M vi. William BRIGGS was born 1824. He died 1824.
81 M vii. Stephen BRIGGS was born 1825.
Never married.
82 M viii. Manson Harris BRIGGS was born 1830. He died 1895.
Manson married (1) Augusta M. SHEPHERD.
83 F ix. Harriet N. BRIGGS was born 1832.
Harriet married (1) John CAPION.

24. Giles BRIGGS was born 1793. He died 1846.
Moved to Medina County, Ohio near Brunswick.
Giles married (1) Catherine PUTNAM of Pennsylvania.
They had the following children:
84 M i. Marvin BRIGGS.
+ 85 M ii. William BRIGGS.
86 F iii. Wanton BRIGGS.
+ 87 F iv. Philetus BRIGGS.
+ 88 M v. Giles BRIGGS Jr..
89 M vi. Ray BRIGGS.
+ 90 F vii. Emeline BRIGGS.
91 F viii. Eliza BRIGGS.
92 F ix. Betsey BRIGGS.
93 F x. Polly BRIGGS.
94 F xi. Caroline BRIGGS.
95 F xii. Jane BRIGGS.

26. Myron Cyrenius BRIGGS was born 1798. He died 1873.
Myron married (1) Phila ACKLEY. Phila was born 1805. She died 1887.
Myron C.and Phila lived in Smyrna,Chenango County, NY

Myron and Phila had the following children:
96 F i. Phila Elnore BRIGGS was born 1825. She died 1897.
97 F ii. Sophia J. BRIGGS was born 1827. She died 1916.
98 M iii. Myron Cyrenius BRIGGS Jr. was born 1829. He died 1868.
99 M iv. Vincent Coryell BRIGGS was born 1831. He died 1865.
100 M v. Melville Cyrillus BRIGGS was born 1833. He died 1878.
MARRIAGE: Never married.
101 F vi. Janette S. BRIGGS.
102 M vii. Charles Morell BRIGGS was born 1838.
103 F viii. Ella Clarissa BRIGGS was born 1840.
104 M ix. Clarkson J. BRIGGS was born 1843. He died 1863.
DEATH: Killed in Civil War in 1863.

27. Jason BRIGGS was born 1802. He died 1885 in Smyrna, Chenago, NY.
Jason married (1) Julia TALCOTT.
They had the following children:
105 M i. Burton BRIGGS died in Joliet, IL.
106 M ii. Tirja BRIGGS died in Joliet, IL.

48. Humphrey BRIGGS was born 1799. He died 1880.
Humphrey married (1) Lily CAGRIN.
They had the following children:
107 F i. Flora BRIGGS was born 1824. She died 1882.
Flora married (1) David H. RANDALL.
108 M ii. Rathbone BRIGGS was born 1831.

Humphrey also married (2) Eliza MONGER. Eliza died 1889.
They had the following children:
109 M iii. Lemanuel M. BRIGGS was born 1832. He died 1911.
110 F iv. Phoebe S. BRIGGS was born 1837.
Phoebe married (1) George ATKYNS.
111 F v. Emma BRIGGS was born 1839.
Emma married (1) Hiram KING.
+ 112 M vi. Lyman T. BRIGGS was born 1841.

51. Adoniram Hale BRIGGS was born 1820. He died 1850.
Adoniram married (1) Nancy E. STOWELL on 1843 in Oneida, NY.
They had the following children:
113 F i. Amelia Content BRIGGS was born 1844. She died 1900.
+ 114 M ii. Rufus Roland BRIGGS (twin) was born 1846.
115 M iii. Rudolphus Charles BRIGGS (twin) was born 1846.
Lived in Rome, NY.
116 M iv. Dwight Alexander BRIGGS was born 1848. He died 1882.
117 M v. Clarence Fred BRIGGS was born 1849.

52. Roswell BRIGGS was born 1824. He died 1896.
He was called Rosel.
Roswell married (1) Phylinda FARR on 1847. Phylinda was born 1847.
Roswell also married (2) Marietta ROSE.
They had the following children:
118 M i. Edgar D. BRIGGS was born 1850. He died 1851.
119 M ii. Fred M. BRIGGS was born 1853.
120 F iii. Linda S. BRIGGS was born 1858.
121 F iv. Katie M. BRIGGS was born 1861. She died 1863.

53. Joseph BRIGGS was born 1828. He died 1911.
Joseph married (1) Jane FAULKNER.
They had the following children:
122 F i. Jennie BRIGGS was born 1853.
123 ii. Persis E. BRIGGS was born 1856.
124 F iii. Louisa Miranda BRIGGS was born 1863.
125 F iv. Celia Amanda BRIGGS was born 1865.
126 F v. Martha BRIGGS was born 1868.
127 F vi. Sarah BRIGGS was born 1872.

54. Seneca BRIGGS was born 1808. He died 1861.
Seneca married (1) Lydia Ann GORDON. Lydia was born 1816. She died 1893.
They had the following children:
+ 128 F i. Lucy BRIGGS was born 1838 and died 1912.
129 M ii. Giles BRIGGS was born 1841. He died 1841.
+ 130 M iii. Riley BRIGGS was born 1851.
131 M iv. Charles S. BRIGGS was born 1857. He died 1860.

55. Sidney BRIGGS was born 1809 in Smyrna, Chenango, NY. He died 1854 in IL.
Sidney married (1) Esther SIMONSON on 1838.
They had the following children:
132 M i. Erastus BRIGGS (died young).
133 F ii. Adelaide BRIGGS.
+ 134 M iii. Mortimer C. BRIGGS.
+ 135 M iv. Edwin F. BRIGGS was born 1843.

56. Erastus BRIGGS was born 1811. He died 1894 in La Porte, Black Hawk, IA.
Erastus was a teacher and lawyer in Chenango County, NY. He moved to
Kentucky, then located in Iowa.
Erastus married (1) Susan Maria MAC FARLAND.
Susan was sister of a Dr. MacFarland who was a celebrated Ocultist in
Binghamton, Broome County, NY.

Erastus and Susan had the following children:
+ 136 M i. Oscar BRIGGS was born 1840 and died 1905.
+ 137 F ii. Marion BRIGGS was born 1841.
138 M iii. Edgar E. BRIGGS was born 1843. He died 1843.
+ 139 F iv. Elizabeth M. BRIGGS was born 1845 and died 1909.
140 F v. Alice G. BRIGGS was born 1847. She died 1847.
+ 141 M vi. Ira G. BRIGGS was born 1851.
+ 142 M vii. Edwin R. D. BRIGGS was born 1853.
143 M viii. Herbert A. BRIGGS was born 1856.

57. Rosalinda BRIGGS was born 1812. She died 1861.
Rosalinda married (1) Eugh GILLESPIE on 1838.
They had the following children:
144 F i. Estelle Gilespie GILLESPIE.
Estelle married (1) Hubbard SMITH.
Had 8 children.

58. Julia L. BRIGGS was born 1815. She died 1900.
Julia married (1) Alonzo L. BENNET on 1835.
They had the following children:
145 F i. Elizabeth J. BENNET was born 1836.
146 F ii. Francis T. BENNET was born 1837. She died 1906.
147 M iii. Emory BENNET (died as infant).
148 F iv. Adeline BENNET.
149 M v. Algernon BENNET was born 1844. He died 1866.
150 M vi. Edgar L. BENNET was born 1846. He died 1898.
151 M vii. Warren Briggs BENNET was born 1850.
152 F viii. Janet L. BENNET was born 1852. She died 1915.
153 M ix. William D. BENNET was born 1857. He died 1879.

60. George W. BRIGGS was born 1819. He died 1873.
Settled in Delevan.
George married (1) Diantha FRANCIS.
They had the following children:
+ 154 M i. Adelbert Francis BRIGGS was born 1845.
155 F ii. G. Burdett BRIGGS was born 1847. She died 1867.
+ 156 M iii. Warren Dewitt BRIGGS was born 1849 and died 1908.
+ 157 M iv. Fayette P. BRIGGS was born 1855.
+ 158 F v. Eva Janette BRIGGS was born 1857.

61. Sarah C. BRIGGS was born 1821. She died 1891.
Sarah married (1) Carlos T. GREENLEAF Dr. on 1847.
They had the following children:
159 F i. Adelaide J. GREENLEAF was born 1848.
160 M ii. Emmet GREENLEAF was born 1851.
161 F iii. Laverne GREENLEAF was born 1860. She died 1883.
162 F iv. Bertha L. GREENLEAF was born 1864. She died 1864.

63. Samantha S. BRIGGS was born 14 Sep 1827.
Samantha married (1) Charles WILCOX on 1852.
They had the following children:
163 F i. Adella WILCOX was born 1852. She died 1919.
164 M ii. Robert G. WILCOX was born 1854.

65. Leonora Tryphosa BRIGGS was born 1831.
Leonora married (1) William P. CHAMPLIN on 1852.
They had the following children:
165 F i. Ella L. CHAMPLIN was born 1850. She died 1883.
166 M ii. Franklin CHAMPLIN was born 1854. He died 1854.
167 F iii. Evalyn M. CHAMPLIN was born 1856.
168 F iv. Emma M. CHAMPLIN was born 1858. She died 1876.
169 F v. Estelle Oresta CHAMPLIN was born 1859.
170 M vi. William H. CHAMPLIN was born 1861. He died 1864.
171 M vii. Frank H. CHAMPLIN was born 1862.

67. Lafayette F. BRIGGS was born 1834.
Lafayette married (1) Almira H. SMITH.
They had the following children:
172 F i. Margaret BRIGGS was born 1865.
Margaret married (1) George Brewster BRATZ on 1887.
Family was living in 1919 at 276 Garfield Place, Brooklyn, NY.

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His will was written 12 Apr 1811 and proved 3 Jun 1817 (LDS film
0819856). He was a Lieutenant commanding the Second Company
Warwick , 1767 (The Militia of RI 1767, RI Historical Magazine Vol. 6
1855-6) He was known to have been in Albany Co. NY by 1782, but it is
possible that he moved earlier. He then moved to Easton, Washington
Co. NY in 1794 and then Smyrna, Chenango Co NY in 1796 (Lila Sampson).
He was listed in the 1800 and 1810 Census for Smyrna. His will indicates that
he had carpenter tools, which might mean that he was a carpenter.
However, he did also have a farm in Smyrna, which, according to Lila Briggs Sampson, commanded a view up and down the Valley for several miles.
Birth record from :Arnold, James N., 1893. Vital records of R.I.
1636-1850
Listed as an Ensign, RI in Newport Co. DAR index.
Some, if not all, of his children were born in Warwick (per Warwick
Vital Records).
Marriage and children in Genealogical and Family History of Central New York (1912)

Sources:
1. James N. Arnold, vital Records of R.I. 1636-1850. Volume 4, Newport Vital Records of R.I. 1636-1850. Narragansett Historical Publication Co., Providence RI, Volume 4, Newport County (Reprint by NEHGS, Boston, 1893) pages 58-59, Sutro Library, San Francisco CA, F 78/A75. Portsmouth--Births and deaths.
2. James N. Arnold, Vital Records of R.I. 1636-1850. Volume 4