Pvt.
Abiel
Briggs
Born in Taunton, Bristol, Ma
Ancestors 
Son of Thomas Briggs
and Thankful (Axtell) Briggs
Brother of
Robey (Briggs) Slocum and John T. Briggs
Husband of
Dier Abiah (Paull) Briggs
— married
1775 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Alinda (Briggs) Crane, Daniel Briggs, Fidelia Briggs, Hannah (Briggs) Crane and Thomas Briggs Sr
Died
at age 52
in Taunton, Bristol, Ma
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| Created 27 Mar 2011
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Biography
Private Abiel Briggs served with Bristol County Militia, Massachusetts Militia during the American Revolution.
Abiel Briggs is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A014313.
- 1776 Private Abiel Briggs served with Captain Nichols', Talbot's, & Babbit's Companies, in Colonel Pope's and Hathaway's Regiments, for the State of Massachusetts, during the American Revolution. DAR Ancestor # A014313. [1]
- 1780 Revolutionary War, Index to Muster Rolls: Abiel Briggs Appears with rank of Private on Muster and Pay Roll of Captain Abel Babbit's Company, Colonel John Hathaway's Regiment, for service at Rhode Island on the Alarm of ___ Time of enlistment August 1, 1780. Time of discharge, August 7, 1780. Time of service, 6 days. Remarks: marched by Order of Council of July 22, 1780. [2]
Birth
- Date: 16 DEC 1752
- Source: #S42
Death
- Date: BET 1793 AND 1843
- Source: #S42
Title
- Title: Private
- Source: #S42
Marriage
- Husband: Abiel Briggs
- Wife: Dier Paul
- Child: Thomas Briggs
- Child: Alinda Briggs
- Child: Daniel Briggs
- Child: Fidelia Briggs
- Child: Hannah Briggs
- Marriage Date: BET 1783 AND 1802
- Source: #S42
Imported only 1783 from Marriage Date and marked as uncertain.
Sources
- ↑ https://services.dar.org/Public/DAR_Research/search_adb/?action=full&p_id=A014313
- ↑ "Massachusetts, Revolutionary War, Index Cards to Muster Rolls, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQZ-HDNG-T?cc=2548057&wc=QZZQ-M3R%3A1589088551 : 20 September 2019), Bridges, James Jr. - Broad, Aaron > image 331 of 2558; Massachusetts State Archives, Boston.
- "United States Rosters of Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSFF-L9JM-W?cc=2546162&wc=WD6Q-R9P%3A1597372304 : 29 August 2019), Massachusetts, Soldiers and Sailors, Bese, David-Byxbe > image 499 of 986; citing various published state rosters, United States.
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DNA Connections
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Abiel:
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Isaac Clark
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Briggs-1698 and Briggs-612 appear to represent the same person because: Same birth year and same wife
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