James Briggs Jr

Male1809–17 October 1894

Brief Life History of James

James Briggs Jr was born in 1809, in Newtown, Bucks, Pennsylvania, United States as the son of James Briggs III and Nancy. He lived in Bucks, Pennsylvania, United States in 1790. He died on 17 October 1894, in Ewing, Ewing Township, Mercer, New Jersey, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Newtown Cemetery, Newtown, Bucks, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Family Time Line

James Briggs III
1779–1826
Nancy
–1826
James Briggs Jr
1809–1894

Sources (2)

  • James Brigs, "United States Census, 1790"
  • James Briggs Ancestral File

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Siblings (1)

World Events (8)

1812

Age 3

War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.

1812 · Harrisburg Becomes the State Capital

Age 3

Harrisburg had important parts with migration, the Civil War, and the Industrial Revolution. 

1832 · The Black Hawk War

Age 23

Convinced that a group of Native American tribes were hostile, The United States formed a frontier militia to stop them in their tracks. Even though Black Hawk was hoping to avoid bloodshed while trying to resettle on tribal land, U.S. officials opened fire on the Native Americans. Black Hawk then responded to this confrontation by successfully attacking the militia at the Battle of Stillman's Run and then left northward. After a few months the militia caught up with Black Hawk and his men and defeated them at the Battle of Wisconsin Heights. While being weakened by hunger, injuries and desertion, Black Hawk and the rest of the many native survivors retreated towards the Mississippi. Unfortunately, Black Hawk and other leaders were later captured when they surrendered to the US forces and were then imprisoned for a year.

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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