Brief Life History of Sarah S
When Sarah S Niles was born in 1807, in Moncton, Westmorland, New Brunswick, British North America, her father, James Niles, was 48 and her mother, Rebecca Johnson, was 45. She married Abiel Briggs Jr on 26 June 1826, in Hampstead, Queens, New Brunswick, Canada. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Monticello, Aroostook, Maine, United States for about 30 years. She died in 1880, in Bridgewater, Aroostook, Maine, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Village Cemetery, Monticello, Aroostook, Maine, United States.
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- Sarah Briggs in household of Abiel Briggs, "United States Census, 1870"
- Sarah Niles Briggs, "Find A Grave Index"
- Sarah Nilie in entry for George W. Brigge and Philina Smith, "Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1920"
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World Events (8)
1808
Atlantic slave trade abolished.
1820
Maine is the 23rd state.
1830 · The Second Great Awakening
Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
Name Meaning
English: variant of Nile (see Neal ), with post-medieval excrescent -s.
German: possibly a variant of Neils . The surname Niles is very rare in Germany.
History: John Niles from England is known to have been in Dorchester, MA, as early as 1634, before putting down roots in Braintree, MA, where his grandson Samuel was a Congregational minister for many years.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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