Lydia Briggs

about 1783–30 June 1812 (Age 29)
Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States

The Life Summary of Lydia

Lydia Briggs was born about 1783, in Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States. She married Russell Barker Beadle about 1804, in Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She died on 30 June 1812, in Herkimer, New York, United States, at the age of 30, and was buried in Smithville Flats Cemetery, Smithville Flats, Smithville, Chenango, New York, United States.

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Family Time Line

Russell Barker Beadle
1779–1858
Lydia Briggs
1783–1812
Marriage: about 1804
Prudence Beadles
1806–1860
Samuel Beadle
1807–

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    about 1804Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
    • Children

    (2)

    World Events (8)

    1783 · A Free America
    Age 0
    The Revolutionary War ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris which gave the new nation boundries on which they could expand and trade with other countries without any problems.
    1788 · Connecticut Becomes the 5th State
    Age 5
    Connecticut became a state on January 9, 1788. In 1650, before it was a state, the boundary of Connecticut ran north from the westside of Greenwich Bay and the coast of the Pacific Ocean. During the 1600s, Westmoreland County was in Connecticut when the boundaries were changed Westmoreland County went to Pennsylvania.
    1794 · Creating the Eleventh Amendment
    Age 11
    The Eleventh Amendment restricts the ability of any people to start a lawsuit against the states in federal court.

    Name Meaning

    English: variant of Brigg, with post-medieval excrescent -s, from Middle English brig(g) (Old Norse bryggja), the northern and Scottish word for bridge, for someone who lived by a bridge or who came from any of the places called from the word.History: The surname Briggs is found chiefly in West Yorkshire. A family of gentry have held lands at Keighley in West Yorkshire continuously for 500 years. The mathematician Henry Briggs (1561–1631), who invented logarithms, was born in Halifax, Yorkshire, England.

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

    Sources (1)

    • Lydia Beadle, "Find A Grave Index"

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