Family Tree Briggs » John Briggs (1699-1778)

Personal data John Briggs 

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Household of John Briggs

He is married to Hannah Wetherell.

They got married on August 5, 1721 at Norton, Bristol, MA, he was 22 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Richard Briggs  1733-????

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Ancestors (and descendant) of John Briggs

Richard Briggs
1638-1692
Elizabeth Rebeckah Hoskins
± 1642-± 1719
Samuel Holloway
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John Briggs
1699-1778

1721

Hannah Wetherell
????-

Richard Briggs
1733-????

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    Sources

    1. Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
    2. The New England Historical & Genealogical Register, 1847-2011, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com

    Historical events

    Day of marriage August 5, 1721

    • The temperature on August 5, 1721 was about 17.0 °C. Source: KNMI
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      Van 1702 tot 1747 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Tweede Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
    • In the year 1721: Source: Wikipedia
      • January 6 » The Committee of Inquiry on the South Sea Bubble publishes its findings, revealing details of fraud among company directors and corrupt politicians.
      • March 24 » Johann Sebastian Bach dedicated six concertos to Margrave Christian Ludwig of Brandenburg-Schwedt, now commonly called the Brandenburg Concertos, BWV 1046-1051.
      • April 4 » Sir Robert Walpole becomes the first British prime minister.
      • April 26 » A massive earthquake devastates the Iranian city of Tabriz.
      • August 18 » The city of Shamakhi in Safavid Shirvan is sacked.
      • October 22 » Russian Empire is proclaimed by Tsar Peter I after the Swedish defeat in the Great Northern War.

    Day of death August 24, 1778

    • The temperature on August 24, 1778 was about 17.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-northwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Source: KNMI
    • Erfstadhouder Prins Willem V (Willem Batavus) (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1795 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
    • In the year 1778: Source: Wikipedia
      • February 5 » South Carolina becomes the second state to ratify the Articles of Confederation.
      • February 14 » The United States flag is formally recognized by a foreign naval vessel for the first time, when French Admiral Toussaint-Guillaume Picquet de la Motte renders a nine gun salute to USSRanger, commanded by John Paul Jones.
      • July 10 » American Revolution: Louis XVI of France declares war on the Kingdom of Great Britain.
      • July 27 » American Revolution: First Battle of Ushant: British and French fleets fight to a standoff.
      • November 26 » In the Hawaiian Islands, Captain James Cook becomes the first European to visit Maui.
      • December 29 » American Revolutionary War: Three thousand British soldiers under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Archibald Campbell capture Savannah, Georgia.
    

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