Brief Life History of Thomas
When Captain Thomas Briggs was born on 29 January 1726, in North Kingstown, Kings, Rhode Island, British Colonial America, his father, Francis Briggs, was 22 and his mother, Mercy Matteson, was 18. He married Mary Theodosha Greene in 1748, in East Greenwich, Kent, Rhode Island, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. He died in 1804, in Stephentown, Rensselaer, New York, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Stephentown, Rensselaer, New York, United States.
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- 1790 United States Federal Census
- Family Data Collection - Births
- Thomas Briggs, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (5)
1763 · First Synagogue in America
The first Jewish Synagogue in America was built in Newport, Rhode Island in 1763. It still stands today, making it the oldest synagogue in the United States.
1772 · The Gaspee Affair
On June 9, 1772, colonists that are angry with the trade restrictions that Britain put them under, board the HMS Gaspee and set it ablaze. This was the first act of violence against the British on the North American continent.
1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
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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