Brief Life History of Mary
When Mary Briggs was born on 13 October 1815, in Madison, Illinois, United States, her father, Robert Briggs, was 36 and her mother, Mary Lockhart, was 28. She married William Griffith on 28 August 1834, in Montgomery, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. She died on 1 May 1855, in Montgomery, Illinois, United States, at the age of 39, and was buried in Crabtree Cemetery, Litchfield, Montgomery, Illinois, United States.
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- Mary Griffeth in household of William Griffeth, "United States Census, 1850"
- Mary Briggs, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940"
- Mary Griffith, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (8)
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.
1821
Historical Boundaries: 1821: Montgomery, Illinois, United States
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 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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