Hallet BRIGGS
DEATH: LTRS 2 and 20- Town Clerk of Marion, Mass.
BIRTH: Apparently Betsey is not a nickname for Elizabeth, as the birth record has the name as Betsey. DEATH: LTR 104- Massachusettes death certificate, gives age (years) and parents names. Given name is Betsey.
BIRTH: LTR 2- From the Town Clerk of Rochester, Mass.
OCCUPATION: Master mariner. BIRTH: The birth date came from the OIF. It was not found in the Vital Records of Rochester where the baptism date is recorded.
BIRTH: LTR 2- From the Town Clerk of Rochester, Mass. MILITARY: Henry Warren Briggs was a 1st Lt. of Co. G., 3rd Massachussets Volunteer Militia in the Civil War, 1862-1863 for a period of 9 months. (John Briggs of Sandwich reference.)
BIRTH: LTR 2- From the Town Clerk of Rochester, Mass. ORDINANCES: LTR 171, gives birth and death dates, as well as names of parents. OCCUPATION: Mechanic (Birth certificate of son, Edwin Francis Briggs states "shoemaker") OTHER: LTR 401, Pg. 2- Served in the Navy during the Civil War
He married Betsey Wing 9 Feb 1823 at Rochester, Plymouth, Massachusetts . Betsey Wing was born at Rochester, Plymouth, Massachusetts 17 Jun 1800 daughter of Timothy Wing and Deborah Damon .
They were the parents of 5
children:
Amanda Fitzaland Briggs
born 6 Jan 1824.
Joseph Wing Briggs
born 25 May 1825.
Joanna Green Briggs
born 26 May 1828.
Henry Warren Briggs
born 13 Mar 1830.
Charles Hallett Briggs
born 28 Aug 1834.
Hallet Briggs died 15 Jun 1871 at Marion, Plymouth, Massachusetts .
Betsey Wing died 8 May 1877 at Marion, Plymouth, Massachusetts .