Thomas Millin Briggs and Phebe C. (Spaulding) Briggs

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Thomas Millin Briggs and Phebe C. (Spaulding) Briggs

Ephraim Allen Briggs, s. of Samuel Briggs and Ruth (Paull) Briggs, b. MA., 1783; d. Concord, Erie County, NY., 2-25-1861; md. New Salem, Franklin County, MA., 1-31-1808, Sally Townsend, d. of Jonathan Townsend and Mary (Haskell) Townsend; she b. New Salem, Franklin County, MA., 6-1-1785; d. Canfield, MN., 6-25-1869.
Children:
 1)       Mary Elvira Briggs, b. Orange, Franklin County, MA, 5-9-1808; d. Erie County, NY., 4-19-1847; md. Concord, Erie County, NY., William Field.
 2)       Ephraim Townsend Briggs, b. Orange, Franklin County, MA., 6-8-1810; d. Springville, Erie County, NY., 6-30-1848; md. Jane Flemming, d. of James and Sally (Loomis) Flemming; she b. Collins, NY., 3-27-1823; d. Ashford, West Valley, NY., 5-17-1905; she md. (2) William Field.
 3)       Sylvia Briggs, b. Orange, Franklin County, MA., 8-5-1811;  md. Stary King, s. of Nathan and Polly (     ) King.
 4)       Thomas Millin Briggs, b. Orange, Franklin County, MA., 3-23-1813; d. La Crosse County, WI., 1-28-1890; md. Phebe C. Spaulding; she b. 1818; d. Holmen, La Crosse County, WI., 1-8-1903.

Children:

Allen Erasmus Briggs, b. Erie County, NY., 4-22-1835; d. New Lisbon, Juneau County, WI., 4-7-1898; md. Concord, Erie County, NY., Frances Augusta Peabody, d. of John Peabody and Louisa (Colburn) Peabody.

George Washington Briggs, b. Erie County, NY., 7-13-1837; d. Hale Township, Trempealeau County, WI., 5-25-1922; md. Erie County, NY., Mary Jane Peabody, d. of John Peabody and Louisa (Colburn) Peabody; she b. Erie County, NY., 11-22-1834; d. Hale Township, Trempealeau County, WI., 6-8-1918.

Morris T. Briggs, b. Springville, Erie County, NY., 12-28-1839; d. Minneapolis, Hennepin County, MN., 10-11-1928; md. Concord, Erie County, NY., Elizabeth Vance; she b. Boston, MA., 3-10-1845.

Adella Arminta Briggs, b. Erie County, NY., 4-15-1843; d. Hale Township, Trempealeau County, WI., 9-29-1917; md. Barnabas Heath, s. of Joel and Margaret (Miller) Heath; he b. 9-2-1846; d. 9-21-1933.

Lafayette T. Briggs, b. Springville, Erie County, NY., 12-25-1845; d. Holland, La Crosse County, WI., 1870; md. Alice Skinner

Sarah Jane “Jennie” Briggs, b. Erie County, NY., 1-30-1849; d. Arcadia Township, Trempealeau County, WI., 8-9-1888; md. Perry Silvester Heath, s. of Joel and Margaret (Miller) Heath.

Chauncey Elbert Briggs, b. Springville, Erie County, NY., 10-5-1852; d. Pray, Park County, MT.; md. New Amsterdam, WI., 1-1-1874, Melissa Almyra Barthalomew.
 5)       Jonathan Briggs, b. Orange, Franklin County, MA., 2-12-1815; d. Concord, Erie County, NY.; unmarried; teacher.
 6)       Erasmus Briggs, b. Erie County, NY., 8-13-1818; d. Springville, Erie County, NY., c. 1885; unmarried; teacher; author of History of the Original Town of Concord, Erie County, New York
 7)       Suel Briggs, b. Concord, Erie County, NY., 4-7-1820; d. Holland, La Crosse County, WI., 3-7-1892;  justice of peace, supervisor and assemblyman for La Crosse County, WI.; md. 1846 Phebe Ballou, d. of Levi and Sally (Trevitt) Ballou; she b. Otisco, Onondaga County, NY., 1-11-1827;
 8)       Sally Briggs, b. Concord, Erie County, NY., 3-17-1823; d. Janesville, Waseca County, MN., 10-14-1909; md. Concord, Erie County, NY., 1841, Orville Sillick Canfield; he b. Concord, Erie County, NY.,  3-24-1816; d. Janesville, Waseca County, MN., 5-2-1891.
 9)       Cinderrella Briggs, b. Erie County, NY., 10-5-1825; d. Springville, Erie County, NY., 1874; md. William Smith; he b. VT., 1802; d. Springville, Erie County, NY., 1870.
 10)   Christopher Briggs, b. Concord, Erie County, NY., 3-21-1828; d. West Valley, Cattaraugus County, NY., 9-16-1923;  md. Jane Colburn, d. of Charles and Sally (Burnap) Colburn; she b. Collins, NY., 3-27-1823; d. Ashford, West Valley, NY., 5-17-1905.
 11)   Chandler Channing Briggs, b. Concord, Erie County, NY., 7-20-1830; d. Blue Earth, Faribault County, MN., 12-20-1891; md. Concord, Erie County, NY., 10-5-1853, Phebe Jane Woodward; she b. NY., 6-22-1832; d. Fairmont, MN., 12-20-1891.


Learn about Samuel Briggs, Revolutionary War soldier, and his grandson Amasa Cobb, Civil War general


Documents

Ancestors of Thomas Millin Briggs

Clement Briggs' Will, 1650

Erasmus Briggs' autobiography 1883

Erasmus Brigg's biography of and tribute to his parents Ephraim Allen and Sally (Townsend) Briggs 1883

Suel Briggs' biography in History of La Crosse, Trempealeau and Buffalo Counties, Wisconsin 1892

Suel Briggs' Obituary 1893

Sally Townsend, Mrs. Ephraim Allen Briggs (1785-1869)

Morris Briggs and Elizabeth "Libby" (Vance) Briggs

Barnabas "Barney" Heath and Adella Arminta "Dell" (Briggs) Heath

Thomas Millin Briggs and Phebe C. (Spaulding) Briggs' gravestone, Ashbury Cemetery, Brice Prairie, La Crosse County, WI.

Mrs. Thomas (Phebe C. Spaulding) Briggs' autograph in her granddaughter Lela Ethelyn Heath's album

Lafayette Briggs' gravestone, Ashbury Cemetery, Brice Prairie, La Crosse County, WI.

Chauncey Briggs

Mrs. Thomas Millin (Phebe C. Spaulding) Briggs (seated) holding her great granddaughter Alice Adella Busby; standing, left, Mrs. Jonathon (Lucetta Adella Heath) Busby and, right, Mrs. Perry (Sarah Jane "Jennie" Briggs) Heath, c. 1884

left to right, Mrs. Morris (Elizabeth "Libby" Vance) Briggs, Morris Briggs and Chauncey Briggs

Chauncey Briggs' autograph in his niece Lela Ethelyn Heath's album

Portrait of Erasmus Briggs (1818-1885) from the frontispiece of his book History of the Original Town of Concord, Erie County, New York

Image of Mrs. Ephraim Allen (Sally Townsend) Briggs reproduced in her son Erasmus' book History of the Original Town of Concord, Erie County, New York