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Capt Jedediah Briggs 1708–1751 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 27 November 1708

Birth Location: Rochester, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA

Death Date: 05 July 1751

Death Location: Nantucket, Nantucket, Massachusetts, USA

Father: Samuel Briggs

Mother: Lydia Stetson

Spouse(s): Jedidah Ellis

Children(s): Jesse Briggs

In 1708, Capt Jedediah Briggs entered the world in Rochester, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA, born to Samuel Briggs And Lydia Stetson. Capt Jedediah Briggs married Jedidah Ellis, and had children including Jesse Briggs. Capt Jedediah Briggs passed away in 1751 in Nantucket, Nantucket, Massachusetts, USA.

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Biography

  • In 1708, Capt Jedediah Briggs entered the world in Rochester, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA, born to Samuel Briggs And Lydia Stetson.
  • Capt Jedediah Briggs married Jedidah Ellis, and had children including Jesse Briggs.
  • Capt Jedediah Briggs passed away in 1751 in Nantucket, Nantucket, Massachusetts, USA.

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Capt Briggs's Ancestors

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Capt Briggs
1708–1751
Birth Place: Rochester, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA
Parents
Samuel Briggs
1673–1751
Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA
Lydia Stetson
1683–1772
Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA
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Capt Briggs's Descendants

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Capt (Jedediah) Briggs (27 November 1708–05 July 1751) m. Jedidah Ellis (1709–02 August 1796)
  1. 1. Jesse Briggs 1743–1817 m. Mary Parmenter 1742–1822
    1. 1. Polly Briggs 1767–1832 m. Seth (Wood) Jr. 1769–1839
      1. 1. Benjamin (Franklin) Wood 1803–1867 m. Polly Leach 1815–1904
        1. 1. Benjamin (James Wood) Sr 1853–1923 m. Susan (Elizabeth) Bailey 1868–1939

Capt Briggs's Timeline

2 Records

1708
27 November 1708
Birth of Capt Jedediah Briggs in Rochester, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA
Rochester, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA
1751
05 July 1751
Age 43
Death of Capt Jedediah Briggs in Nantucket, Nantucket, Massachusetts, USA
Nantucket, Nantucket, Massachusetts, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 27 November 1708
    Event Place: Rochester, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 05 July 1751
    Event Place: Nantucket, Nantucket, Massachusetts, USA

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