Sarah (Briggs) Smith (1766 - 1858)

Born 29 Oct 1766 in Stoughton, Suffolk, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Wife of Jesse Smith — married 3 Dec 1786 in Stoughton, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States

Descendants

Died 25 Aug 1858 at age 91 in East Livermore, Androscoggin, Maine, United States

Problems/Questions Profile manager: Stuart Bloom [send private message]

Biography

Birth

Sarah Briggs was born at Stoughton, Massachusetts, on 29 Oct 1766, the daughter of William Briggs and Mary (Fisher) Briggs.^[1]

Marriage

Sarah Briggs and :Jesse Smith 2d, both of Stoughton, Massachusetts, married there on 3 Dec 1786.^[2]

Death

Sarah (Briggs) Smith died on 25 Aug 1858, and she is buried at the Moose Hill Cemetery in Livermore Falls, Maine, where her gravestone gives her age at her death as 91 years, 9 months.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ Frederic Endicott, The Record of Births, Marriages, and Deaths and Intentions of Marriage in the Town of Stoughton from 1727 to 1800, and in the Town of Canton from 1797 to 1845, Preceded by the Records of the South Precinct of Dorchester from 1715 to 1727 (Canton, Mass., 1896), page 88
2. ↑ Frederic Endicott, The Record of Births, Marriages, and Deaths and Intentions of Marriage in the Town of Stoughton from 1727 to 1800, and in the Town of Canton from 1797 to 1845, Preceded by the Records of the South Precinct of Dorchester from 1715 to 1727 (Canton, Mass., 1896), page 168
3. ↑ Photo of gravestone of "Sarah, wife of Dea. Jesse Smith" (Find A Grave: Memorial #95001583)

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/95001583/sarah-smith : accessed 07 October 2021), memorial page for Sarah Briggs Smith (29 Oct 1766–25 Aug 1858), Find A Grave: Memorial #95001583, citing Moose Hill Cemetery, Livermore Falls, Androscoggin County, Maine, USA ; Maintained by Jeffrey James (contributor 47902931) .

See also:

• Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed June 20, 2017), "Record of William Briggs", Ancestor # A014416.