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Godfrey Briggs 1756–1815 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 24 Feb 1756

Birth Location: Berkley, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA

Death Date: 1815

Death Location: Freetown, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA

Father: John Briggs

Mother: Abigail Williams

Spouse(s): Sarah Paul

Children(s): Simeon Sr., Freeman Briggs, George Briggs, Godfrey Briggs, John Briggs, Ruth Briggs

In 1756, Godfrey Briggs entered the world in Berkley, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA, born to John Briggs And Abigail Abby Williams. Godfrey Briggs married Sarah Paul, and had children including Freeman Briggs, George Briggs, Godfrey Briggs, John Briggs, Ruth Briggs, Simeon Briggs Sr. Godfrey Briggs passed away in 1815 in Freetown, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA.

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Biography

  • In 1756, Godfrey Briggs entered the world in Berkley, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA, born to John Briggs And Abigail Abby Williams.
  • Godfrey Briggs married Sarah Paul, and had children including Freeman Briggs, George Briggs, Godfrey Briggs, John Briggs, Ruth Briggs, Simeon Briggs Sr.
  • Godfrey Briggs passed away in 1815 in Freetown, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

John Briggs
1721–1791
Birth Location: Freetown, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA
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Abigail Williams
1731–1781
Birth Location: Berkley, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA
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Spouses(s)

Sarah Paul
1767–1801
Birth Location: Berkley, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA
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Children(s)

Simeon Sr.
1798–1879
Birth Location: Freetown, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States
SS
Freeman Briggs
1793–1874
Birth Location: Berkley, Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States of America
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George Briggs
1786–1866
Birth Location: Freetown, Massachusetts
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Godfrey Briggs
1790–1830
Birth Location: Freetown, Massachusetts
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John Briggs
1792–1814
Birth Location: Freetown, Massachusetts
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Ruth Briggs
1800–
Birth Location: Berkley, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA
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Godfrey Briggs's Ancestors

Self
Godfrey Briggs
1756–1815
Birth Place: Berkley, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA
Parents
John Briggs
1721–1791
Freetown, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA
Abigail ("Abby") Williams
1731–1781
Berkley, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA
Grandparents
Amos Briggs
1678–1760
Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA
Sarah Paine
1686–1760
Freetown, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA
Gershon Williams
1706–1775
Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA
Abigail Waldron
1712–1789
Norton, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA
Great-Grandparents
Jonathan Briggs
1635–1690
Elizabeth Harvey
1644–1720
Robert Paine
1660–1722
Dorothea Reyner
1664–1728
Samuel Waldron
1649–1729
Hannah Briggs
1675–1710
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Clement Briggs
1587–1648
Joane Allen
1602–1639
William Harvey
1614–1691
Joane Hucker
1616–1658
Foulke Waldron
1610–1671
Margery Gilbert
1607–1671
Samuel Briggs
1645–1688
Bennet Ellis
1645–1688

Godfrey Briggs's Descendants

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Godfrey Briggs (24 Feb 1756–1815) m. Sarah Paul (11 Mar 1767–22 Oct 1801)
  1. 1. Simeon (Briggs) Sr. 1798–1879 m. Mary (Ann) Richmond 1804–1840
    1. 1. Simeon (Briggs) Jr. 1823–1903 m. Catherine (Frances) Hathaway 1828–1854 m. Sarah (Jane) Brown 1839–1909
      1. 1. Georgianna (Catherine) Briggs 1853–1951 m. Alexander (Edmund) Burt 1846–1919
        1. 1. Doris (Catherine) Burt 1892–1991 m. Louis (Taylor) Wood 1886–1954
        2. 2. Josephine (Richmond) Burt 1875–1966 m. Harold (Arnold "Harry") Woodward 1874–1939
        3. 3. Bessie (Isabelle) Burt 1883–1947 m. John (Edward) Summers 1881–1957
        4. 4. Beatrice (Maria) Burt 1893–2000 m. Louis (Julius) Schmidt 1867–1942
        5. 5. Grafton (Alexander) Burt 1888–1959 m. Margaret (Martha) Lincoln 1895–1976
      2. 2. Herbert (F.) Briggs 1851–1907 m. Anna (Christina) Johnson 1851–1916
        1. 1. Mary (Christina) Briggs 1874–
    2. 2. Ann (Isabella) Briggs 1838–1886 m. Henry (Lincoln) Babbitt 1837–1903
      1. 1. Frederick (Lincoln) Babbitt 1874–1950 m. Louise (Hedge) Simmons 1875–1953
      2. 2. Henry (Ward) Babbitt 1858–1909 m. Jennie (Greenlief) Lanpher 1865–
      3. 3. Myra (Isabel) Babbitt 1861–1930 m. John (Henry) Church 1836–1912
      4. 4. Emmons (Wade) Babbitt 1864– m. Gertrude Thurber 1868–1958
      5. 5. Clifton (Fremont) Babbitt 1879–1932 m. Annie (Woodward) Marshall 1885–1966
        1. 1. Harold (Marshall) Babbitt 1905–1967 m. Margaret (Cecilie) Martenson 1903–1966
      6. 6. Fremont (C.) Babbitt 1879–
    3. 3. Thomas (Andross) Briggs 1833–1912 m. Lucinda (Burt) Cummings 1833–1918
      1. 1. Inez (Merton) Briggs 1859–1942 m. George (Roberts) French 1858–1906
        1. 1. Ruth (Crane) French 1890–1979 m. Alton (Alexander) Soule 1890–1929
        2. 2. Charles (F) French 1898–
        3. 3. Madeline (H) French 1894–1975
      2. 2. Mary (Abby) Briggs 1857–1947 m. James (Nelson) Paull 1852–1909
        1. 1. Lucy (Merton) Paull 1879–1926 m. Percival (Case) Morse 1882–
        2. 2. Grace (Richmond) Paull 1888–1963 m. Sumner (Earl) Simmons 1888–1964
      3. 3. Helena ("Lena" Jane) Briggs 1865–1962 m. Caleb (Dexter) Babbitt 1861–1936
        1. 1. Carrie (Louise) Babbitt 1886–1979 m. Alfred (Lester White) Sr. 1877–1938
        2. 2. Lawrence (Alfred) Babbitt 1884–1960 m. Marian (Louise) Swain 1886–1970
        3. 3. Herbert (Andros) Babbitt 1894–1914
        4. 4. Ina (Mae) Babbitt 1899–1986 m. Carlo (Giovanni "Charles John") Zucchi 1896–1950
      4. 4. Minnie (A) Briggs 1871–1872
    4. 4. Alfred (Standish) Briggs 1824–1854 m. Elizabeth Booth 1824–
      1. 1. Mary (Elizabeth) Briggs 1852–1937 m. Charles (Edward Everett) Mosher 1836–1915
        1. 1. Charlotte ("Shirley") Mosher 1876–1957 m. Walter (Leslie) Weeden 1876–1936
        2. 2. Brycia (Gladys) Mosher 1886–1945 m. Thomas (William) Williams 1886–1956
      2. 2. Alfred (S) Briggs 1849–1854
    5. 5. Washington (Irving) Briggs 1827–1890
    6. 6. Mary (Ann) Briggs 1829–1872 m. John (Wyman) Raymond 1822–1890
      1. 1. John (W.) Raymond 1851–1851
      2. 2. Mary (Ann) Raymond 1854–1923
      3. 3. Alexander Raymond 1853–
    7. 7. Ann (Mariah) Briggs 1835–1884
    8. 8. Georgianna (Briggs (1yr 8ms) old) 1840–1842
    9. 9. Andrew (R.) Briggs 1831–1849
    10. 10. Isabel (Ann) Briggs 1838–1859
  2. 2. Freeman Briggs 1793–1874 m. Abigail (Sylvia) French 1792–1871
    1. 1. Samuel (Elam) Briggs 1830–1903 m. Cornelia (Angeline) Palmer 1839–1915
      1. 1. John (Clinton) Briggs 1864–1929
      2. 2. Violetta ("Lettie") Briggs 1871–1943 m. Frank (B.) McCall 1861–1902
        1. 1. Helen (Briggs) McCall 1898–1987 m. Gavin Young 1884–1953 m. Anton (Carl Gerschler) Jr. 1896–1931
        2. 2. Mildred (DeEtte) McCall 1899–1958
      3. 3. Fletcher Briggs 1878–1948
      4. 4. George ("Herbert") Briggs 1866–1953 m. Emma (S) Briggs 1864–
        1. 1. John (Warren) Briggs 1900–1986
        2. 2. Herbert Briggs 1885–1961
        3. 3. Kitty (S) Briggs 1886–
        4. 4. Harry (E) Briggs 1889–
        5. 5. Frank (S) Briggs 1892–
        6. 6. Tessie (M) Briggs 1897–
      5. 5. Annie Briggs 1869–1871
      6. 6. Infant (son) Briggs 1862–1862
      7. 7. Abbie Briggs 1863–1954 m. Royal (Oscar) Withey 1857–1895
        1. 1. Hettie (Alice) Withey 1888–1978
      8. 8. Samuel (Meredith) Briggs 1875–1876
    2. 2. Henry (Freeman) Briggs 1820–1899 m. Eliza McGalliard 1824–1891
      1. 1. Alice (Carrie) Briggs 1858–1936
      2. 2. Henrietta (Estelle "Hettie") Briggs 1849–1911 m. Archibald (W.) Coriell 1847–1915
        1. 1. Henry (Briggs) Coriell 1876–1949 m. Martha (Elizabeth "Lizzie") Lahman 1878–1952
        2. 2. Elta (Elizabeth) Coriell 1882–1950 m. Charles (Newton) Beal 1878–1964
        3. 3. Clarence (Eugene) Coriell 1890–1957 m. Effie (F.) Gray 1894–1916
      3. 3. Julia Briggs 1853–1904
      4. 4. Mary (Ellen) Briggs 1855–1934
      5. 5. James Briggs 1856–1933 m. Elizabeth (Nancy "Lizzie") McLaughlin 1874–1946
        1. 1. Bertha (Elizabeth) Briggs 1904–1994
        2. 2. Martha (Mary) Briggs 1909–1984
        3. 3. James (Freeman) Briggs 1896–1942 m. Arminta (Kathryn) Pollock 1904–1964
        4. 4. William (Henry) Briggs 1899–1967
        5. 5. Newborn (Anna) Briggs 1902–1902
      6. 6. Milton (Henry) Briggs 1861–1936 m. Harriet (May) Chambers 1865–1928
        1. 1. Roy (Vivian) Briggs 1893–1972 m. Grace Clark 1888–1973
        2. 2. Earl (Harold) Briggs 1896–1970
        3. 3. Milton (McCready) Briggs 1901–1966
        4. 4. Flora (May) Briggs 1884–1968
        5. 5. Stella (Mable) Briggs 1886–1965
        6. 6. Edith (Violet) Briggs 1888–1976
        7. 7. Floyd (Andrew) Briggs 1891–1891
      7. 7. Robert ("Bert") Briggs 1864–1874
      8. 8. Edgar (Franklin) Briggs 1866–1925 m. Elizabeth (Lucinda) Dierkes 1866–1940
        1. 1. Royal (Meredith) Briggs 1905–1981 m. Maxine (Gertrude) Nicola 1908–1989
        2. 2. Edgar (Lyle) Briggs 1903–1903
        3. 3. Henry ("Homer") Briggs 1896–1945 m. Kathryn (Augusta) Balow 1901–1999
        4. 4. Newborn (Edgar Lyle Briggs) Briggs 1903–1903
      9. 9. Aby Briggs 1870–
      10. 10. Emma Briggs 1871–
    3. 3. Sophia (French) Briggs 1822–1909 m. Lewis (Coy) Chatfield 1807–1886
      1. 1. Abigail (Viola) Chatfield 1864–1918
      2. 2. Merrie (Christmas) Chatfield 1859–1957 m. David Baylor 1850–1919
        1. 1. Clara Baylor 1875–1945
        2. 2. Clyde (David) Baylor 1877–1952
        3. 3. Emily (Elnora) Baylor 1888–1959
        4. 4. Minnie (Belle) Baylor 1891–1980 m. James (Oscar) Sylvester 1890–1963
        5. 5. Myrtle (Viola) Baylor 1880–1962
        6. 6. Nellie (Irene) Baylor 1885–1965
      3. 3. Horace (Greely) Chatfield 1855–1941
      4. 4. William (Freeman) Chatfield 1861–1936
    4. 4. Phillip ("Otis" Briggs) Sr 1827–1903 m. Elizabeth (C "Eliza") Allen 1837–1867 m. Jane (A. "Jennie") Allen 1845–1914
      1. 1. Nettie (Elizabeth) Briggs 1862–1894
      2. 2. Newborn (Elizabeth C "Eliza") Briggs 1867–1867
      3. 3. William (Freeman) Briggs 1855–1921 m. Josephine (E. "Josie") Welch 1865–1932
      4. 4. Edward (Schoonover) Briggs 1863–1896
      5. 5. Dayton (Dixon "Dicks") Briggs 1857–1903 m. Claire Wilson 1876–1963
        1. 1. Llano (Dayton) Briggs 1902–1973 m. Lowanda (Belle) Lane 1928–1991
        2. 2. Wanda (Y) Briggs 1898–
      6. 6. Clarence (Ansen) Briggs 1883–1907
      7. 7. Mary (Elizabeth "Lida") Briggs 1870–1958
      8. 8. Otis (Foster Briggs) Jr 1868–1942 m. Grace (Gertrude) Emmons 1868–
        1. 1. Otis (Emmons Briggs) Jr. 1892–1921 m. Beatrice Thomas 1892–
        2. 2. Florence (Louise) Briggs 1897–
    5. 5. Emily (Amelia) Briggs 1833–1887
    6. 6. Melissa (Angeline) Briggs 1839–1895 m. Charles (Emmett) Bennett 1835– m. Joseph (P) Brittain 1839–
      1. 1. Edith ("Eda" Mae) Bennett 1871–1918 m. Ulrich (J) Steudler 1865–1944 m. Frank (Ward) Bowes 1865–1958 m. William (Templeton) Elder 1871–1944
        1. 1. Elmer (Mark) Elder 1910–1948 m. Mabel (May) Cowen 1909–2010
        2. 2. Thomas ("Tom" Ralph) Elder 1913–1993 m. Emma (Louise) Pisegna 1914–1994 m. Elizabeth ("Betty") Sarvas 1915– m. Anne Lucille 1919–
        3. 3. Clyde (Francis) Elder 1904–1970 m. Georgene (Gamble) Ewing 1905–1989
        4. 4. William (Harvey) Elder 1894–1942 m. Zora (Thelma) Rager 1898–1989
        5. 5. Baby Elder 1896–1900
        6. 6. Clarence (F) Elder 1898–1900
      2. 2. Sarah (A.) Bennett 1862–
    7. 7. Abigail ("Abba" Matilda) Briggs 1823–1905
  3. 3. George Briggs 1786–1866 m. Drusilla Paull 1783–1811
    1. 1. George (Lyman) Briggs 1809–1897 m. Ann (Eliza) Stevens 1813–1882
      1. 1. Emma (Drusilla) Briggs 1838–1894
      2. 2. Irving (Adelmar) Briggs 1852–1923
      3. 3. Chauncey (Lewis) Briggs 1836–1915 m. Suzanna (Isabella "Belle") McKelvey 1847–1934 m. Lucia (Jane) Cowles 1840–1871
        1. 1. Lyman (James) Briggs 1874–1963 m. Katherine (Elizabeth) Cook 1875–1968
        2. 2. Clifton (Henry) Briggs 1877–1937 m. Agnes (Louise) Lambert 1878–
        3. 3. Myrtle (Belle) Briggs 1886–1887
        4. 4. Mattie (Minerva) Briggs 1866–1884
        5. 5. Lillian (Martha) Briggs 1863–1883
      4. 4. Alvah (Deroy) Briggs 1847–1933
      5. 5. Louisa (Janette "Nettie") Briggs 1843–1927
      6. 6. Manville (Hubert) Briggs 1846–1889
      7. 7. Richard (S.) Briggs 1840–1926
      8. 8. John (Quincy Adams) Briggs 1844–1865
      9. 9. Clarence (Edgar) Briggs 1856–1935
  4. 4. Godfrey Briggs 1790–1830 m. Amelia ("Mellia") Deane 1792–1849
    1. 1. Sarah ("Adeline") Briggs 1816–1898 m. Cyrus Presbrey 1815–1884
    2. 2. Catherine (H) Briggs 1824–1904 m. James (B) Godfrey 1823–1856
      1. 1. Emaline (B.) Godfrey 1848–1909 m. Nathan (William) Welch 1846–1914
        1. 1. James (Alfred) Welch 1871–1945 m. Pheobe (Edmunds) Smith 1866–1900
        2. 2. Harrie (Lester) Welch 1877–1933
        3. 3. Lucy (L.) Welch 1872–1872
    3. 3. Cromwell (D.) Briggs 1827–1882
    4. 4. Elizabeth Briggs 1819–1896
    5. 5. Melinda Briggs 1817–1883
  5. 5. John Briggs 1792–1814
  6. 6. Ruth Briggs 1800–

Godfrey Briggs's Timeline

3 Records

1756
24 Feb 1756
Birth of Godfrey Briggs in Berkley, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA
Berkley, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA
1785
8 Sep 1785
Age 29
Godfrey Briggs was married in Freetown, Massachusetts
Freetown, Massachusetts
1815
1815
Age 59
Death of Godfrey Briggs in Freetown, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA
Freetown, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 24 Feb 1756
    Event Place: Berkley, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 8 Sep 1785
    Event Place: Freetown, Massachusetts

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1815
    Event Place: Freetown, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA
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