Brief Life History of Samuel
When Samuel Briggs was born on 8 June 1826, in Clifton, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, William Briggs, was 33 and his mother, Jane Hayes, was 29. He married Hannah Dean on 13 August 1849, in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 5 sons. He lived in Utah, Utah, United States in 1870. He died on 22 October 1898, in Lehi, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Lehi City Cemetery, Lehi, Utah, Utah, United States.
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- Samuel Briggs, "United States Census, 1870"
- Samuel Briggs, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Samuel Briggs, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"
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1830
Eclectic Period (Art and Antiques).
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.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
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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Samuel Briggs - 1826-1898
Samuel Briggs, son of William Briggs and Jane Hays, was born June 20, 1826, in South Clifton, Nottinghamshire, England. As was the custom of the time, he received a parochial education, …
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