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Matthew Davies Briggs 1710–1763 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1710

Birth Location: Dighton, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA

Death Date: 20 Nov 1763

Death Location: Dighton, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA

Father: Mathew BRIGGS

Mother: Abigail Burt

Spouse(s): Mercy [Briggs]

Children(s): Eliakim BRIGGS, Silvester Briggs

Matthew Davies Briggs was born in 1710 in Dighton, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA, the child of Mathew Briggs And Abigail A Burt. Matthew Davies Briggs married Mercy Mary Pitts Briggs, and had children including Eliakim Briggs, Silvester Briggs. Matthew Davies Briggs passed away in 1763 in Dighton, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA.

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Biography

  • Matthew Davies Briggs was born in 1710 in Dighton, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA, the child of Mathew Briggs And Abigail A Burt.
  • Matthew Davies Briggs married Mercy Mary Pitts Briggs, and had children including Eliakim Briggs, Silvester Briggs.
  • Matthew Davies Briggs passed away in 1763 in Dighton, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Mathew BRIGGS
1676–1765
Birth Location: Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts
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Abigail Burt
1676–1752
Birth Location: Taunton, MA
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Spouses(s)

Mercy [Briggs]
1715–1774
Birth Location: Dighton, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA
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Children(s)

Eliakim BRIGGS
1733–1807
Birth Location: Dighton, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA
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Silvester Briggs
1735–
Birth Location: Dighton, Massachusetts, USA
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Matthew Briggs's Ancestors

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Matthew Briggs
1710–1763
Birth Place: Dighton, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA
Parents
Mathew BRIGGS
1676–1765
Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts
Abigail (A.) Burt
1676–1752
Taunton, MA
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Matthew Briggs's Descendants

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Matthew (Davies) Briggs (1710–20 Nov 1763) m. Mercy (\ Mary PITTS) [Briggs] (15 Apr 1715–1774)
  1. 1. Eliakim BRIGGS 1733–1807 m. Lois (Thomas [Shaw) Briggs] 1732–1820 m. Sarah (Nash) Dyer 1734–1763
    1. 1. Sarah BRIGGS 1757–1845 m. Squier (Goff) II 1762–1825
      1. 1. Sarah ("Sally" BRIGGS) [GOFF] 1787–1855 m. Shubael (Goff) Jr. 1783–1854
        1. 1. Isaiah (Donald) GOFF 1812–1891 m. Amy (Bower Read [Mitchell) Goff] 1803–1848 m. Margaret (B) Tripp 1826–
        2. 2. Shubael (Goff) III 1808–1891
        3. 3. William (Henry) Goff 1826–1870
        4. 4. James (Madison) Goff 1809–1890
        5. 5. Julia (A.M.) Goff 1817–1902
        6. 6. Andrew (J.) Goff 1816–1908
        7. 7. Almeda Pearce 1811–1900
        8. 8. Harriet (P) Peck 1828–1916
        9. 9. Enoch Goff 1819–1889
        10. 10. Benjamin (Franklin) Goff 1814–1897
        11. 11. Mary (T) Wheeler 1820–1891
        12. 12. Sally (Briggs) Goff 1806–1903
      2. 2. Nathan (Briggs) Goff 1800–1861 m. Polly Goff 1801–1873
        1. 1. Mary (E Goff) [Walker] 1839–1893
        2. 2. William (Dean) Goff 1842–1911
        3. 3. Jesse (P.) Goff 1829–1903
  2. 2. Silvester Briggs 1735–

Matthew Briggs's Timeline

2 Records

1710
1710
Birth of Matthew Davies Briggs in Dighton, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA
Dighton, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA
1763
20 Nov 1763
Age 53
Death of Matthew Davies Briggs in Dighton, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA
Dighton, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1710
    Event Place: Dighton, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Place: Dighton, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 20 Nov 1763
    Event Place: Dighton, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA
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