Individual Details
Seth Briggs
(Abt 1709 - )
Seth Briggs of Taunton and John Ware and wife Mehitable of Wrentham granted 'to our brother, Nathaniel Briggs' of Taunton 'our portion in the estate of our father, William Briggs, dec'd' for L400; 17s., 18 March 1731/2; wit. William Ware, John Fisher, John Ware, and Ebenezer Fisher; ack. 20 March 1731/2; recrded 10 July 1733 (Bristol County Deeds, 21:432) Seth Briggs of Attleborough granted to John Godfrey of Taunton right in the Cedar Swamp, next to that of Sthe's father, William Briggs for 40s.,5 April 1733; wit. Enoch Hunt and Hannah Hathaway; ack. 8 April 173- [torn]; recorded 10 April 1734 (ibid, 22:149) Seth Briggs of Attleborough granted to Nehemiah Fisher of Norton 3 acres to take up 'on the right side of William Briggs, dec'd' for L3.10s 24 April 1734; wit Rachel Leonard and Jean Newell; ack 1734; recorded 1738/9 (ibid 27:422) Seth Briggs of Norton granted to his son Solomon Briggs of Norton in 1759; wit John Briggs; recorded in 1763 (ibid 46:210) Seth Briggs of Norton granted to son Jacob of Norton in 1765; recorded in 1766 (ibid 49:541) Seth Briggs wasa member of the Norton Train Band in 1757 (Massachusetts Archives Volume 95, p.380) and that same year served as corporal on the Fort William Henry expedition where he was detained in Boston for 2 days (ibid 97:197)
Events
| Birth | Abt 1709 | Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States |  | ||
| Residence | Bet 1733 and 1748 | Attleboro, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States | | ||
| Marriage | 22 Jan 1735/36 | Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States - Hannah Whitaker | | ||
| Milit-Beg | 16 May 1757 | Norton, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States | |||
| Residence | 1776 | Mansfield, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States | |
Families
| Spouse | Hannah Whitaker ( - ) |
| Child | Hannah Briggs (1735 - 1806) |
| Child | Solomon Briggs (1737 - 1812) |
| Child | Jacob Briggs (1739 - 1821) |
| Child | Sarah Briggs (1741 - ) |
| Child | Abi Briggs (1744 - ) |
| Child | Mehitable Briggs (1747 - ) |
| Father | William Briggs Jr. (1667 - 1730) |
| Mother | Mehitable Blake (1671 - 1732) |
| Sibling | Agnes Briggs (1697 - 1733) |
| Sibling | Nathaniel Briggs (1700 - 1774) |
| Sibling | Mehitable Briggs (1703 - 1782) |
| Sibling | Elephalet Briggs (1706 - ) |
Endnotes
1. Compiler: Holman, Winifred Lovering, Briggs family records; Briggs Family (n.p: The Rumford Press, Concord, N.H., 1931, n.d), p 11.
2. Compiler: Holman, Winifred Lovering, Briggs family records; Briggs Family (n.p: The Rumford Press, Concord, N.H., 1931, n.d), p 11.
3. Early Vital Records of Bristol County, Massachusetts to about 1850 (n.p: Search & ReSearch Publishing Corp., n.d), p 57.
4. Compiler: Holman, Winifred Lovering, Briggs family records; Briggs Family (n.p: The Rumford Press, Concord, N.H., 1931, n.d), p 11.
5. Compiler: Holman, Winifred Lovering, Briggs family records; Briggs Family (n.p: The Rumford Press, Concord, N.H., 1931, n.d), p 11.