Sarah Jeffries

Brief Life History of Sarah

When Sarah Jeffries was born on 27 March 1795, in Tell Township, Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Richard Jeffries, was 65 and her mother, Nancy Anna Davis, was 29. She married Benjamin Briggs in 1816, in Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 6 daughters. She lived in Noble Township, Wabash, Indiana, United States for about 10 years. She died on 16 September 1862, in Wabash, Wabash, Indiana, United States, at the age of 67, and was buried in Matlock Cemetery, Wabash, Wabash, Indiana, United States.

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Family Time Line

Benjamin Briggs
1784–1863
Sarah Jeffries
1795–1862
Marriage: 1816
Watson Briggs
1816–1895
Ann Briggs
1818–1842
Jonathan W. Briggs
1822–1857
Catharine Briggs
1819–1899
Elizabeth F. Briggs
1823–1858
Mary Briggs
1824–1882
Margaret Jane Briggs
1825–1904
Wesley Briggs
1826–
Tressa M. Briggs
1828–1874
James Thompson Briggs
1829–1915
John S. Briggs
1831–1846
Wilken Briggs
1847–1912

Sources (3)

  • Sarah Briggs in household of Benjamin Briggs, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Sarah Jeffries Briggs, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Sarah Briggs in household of Benjamin Briggs, "United States Census, 1850"

World Events (8)

1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.

While the growth of the new nation was exponential, the United States didn’t have permanent location to house the Government. The First capital was temporary in New York City but by the second term of George Washington the Capital moved to Philadelphia for the following 10 years. Ultimately during the Presidency of John Adams, the Capital found a permanent home in the District of Columbia.

1812 · Harrisburg Becomes the State Capital

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

1819 · Panic! of 1819

With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years. 

Name Meaning

English: variant of Jeffrey , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s.

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

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