Brief Life History of Ann
When Ann Briggs was born after 1743, in Ohio, United States, her father, James Briggs Sr, was 8284 and her mother, Anne Croasdale, was 8280. She married Hampton Wilson on 16 November 1774, in Wrightstown, Wrightstown Township, Bucks, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 5 daughters. She died before 1850, in her hometown, at the age of 105.
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Family Time Line
Sources (2)
- Anne Briggs, "Pennsylvania, Church Marriages, 1682-1976"
- Annie in entry for Wm B. Wilson, "New Jersey, Deaths, 1670-1988"
Spouse and Children
1750– Male
1743–1850 Female
Children (7)
1776–1776 Female
1777– Male
1779– Female
1782–1831 Female
1782– Female
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Parents and Siblings
1715–1784 Male
1719–1747 Female
Siblings (5)
1740–1793 Female
1743–1850 Female
1743–1850 Male
1743–1850 Male
1746–1793 Male
World Events (6)
1776
Age 33
1776 · The Declaration to the King
Age 33
1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.
Age 57
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.
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