Brief Life History of Elizabeth
When Elizabeth Briscoe was born on 14 August 1772, in Winchester, Virginia, United States, her father, Col Gerard Briscoe, was 34 and her mother, Margaret Baker, was 33. She married Hugh Holmes on 20 December 1791. She died from 3 August 1836 to 4 September 1836, in Virginia, United States.
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Family Time Line
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- Legacy NFS Source: Elizabeth Briscoe - Individual or family possessions: death: after 1835; Virginia, United States
Spouse and Children
1768–1825 Male
1772–1836 Female
Parents and Siblings
1737–1801 Male
1740–1815 Female
Siblings (6)
1766–1808 Female
1768–1858 Female
1770–1801 Female
1772–1836 Female
1776–1801 Male
+1 More Child
World Events (8)
1776
Age 4
1780 · Richmond Becomes the Capital
Age 8
1789
Age 17
Name Meaning
English (northern): habitational name from any of various places so named, including Briscoe in Hutton Mulgrave and Briscoe in Romaldkirk (both North Yorkshire), Brisco Rigg in Stainburn (Yorkshire), or Brisco in Saint Cuthbert Without and Briscoe in Saint John Beckermet (both Cumberland). Briscoe in Saint John Beckermet is named with Old Norse Bretaskógr ‘wood of the Britons’ (see Brett ). Brisco in Cumberland and Briscoe in North Yorkshire are named with Old Norse birki ‘birch’ + skógr ‘wood’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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