David BRIGGS

                   Gideon Briggs' Service in Revolution
16 Dec 1776 - 1 Dec 1778 , Rhode Island
There seem to have been two Gideon Briggses in the Revolutionary War. Our Gideon, of Berkley, served in the militia; the other Gideon, from Taunton, was regularly enlisted.
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Briggs, Gideon, Berkley. Sergeant, Capt. James Nickols's co., Col. Edward Pope's (Bristol Co.) regt.;
service, 13 days, on the alarm of Dec. 16, 1776; marched to Warren, R. I.;
also, Capt. James Briggs's co., Col. Freeman's regt.; marched from Dighton Oct. 2, 1777, on a secret expedition to Rhode Island; discharged Oct. 29, 1777, by Gen. Spencer; service, 29 days;
also, Capt. Philip Hathaway's co., Col. Josiah Whitney's regt.; service, 1 mo. 24 days, in 1777, at Rhode Island;
also, Capt. Ebenezer Paull's co., Col. John Dagget's regt.; entered service Aug. 25, 1778; discharged Sept. 1, 1778; service, 8 days, at Rhode Island; company detached from militia.
Briggs, Gideon, Taunton. Corporal, Capt. James Perry's co., Col. Paul Dudley Sargent's regt.; muster roll dated Aug. 12, 1775; enlisted July 3, 1775; service, 1 mo. 12 days;
also, order for bounty coat or its equivalent in money dated Boston, Nov. 14, 1775;
also, Capt. Perry's co., 16th regt.; enlisted Jan. 1, 1776 [service not given];
also, Capt. Joel Green's co., Col. Ezra Wood's regt.; engaged June 1, 1778; discharged Jan. 31, 1779; service, 8 mos. 8 days, at Peekskill and White Plains; enlistment, 8 months;
also, same co. and regt.; order for wages dated Woodbury, Nov. 19, 1778; also, same co. and regt.; order for wages dated Upton, April 9, 1779.
Source:
Ancestry.com. Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the War of the Revolution, 17 Vols. [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1998.
Original data: Secretary of the Commonwealth. Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the War of the Revolution. Vol. I-XVII. Boston, MA, USA: Wright and Potter Printing Co., 1896.

The first Revolutionary Gideon Briggs listed was born in 1845 was the son of David Briggs and Sarah Marcy Babbitt of Berkley. He was married to Keturah Allen in Taunton and died in Berkley.

The second, born in 1850, was probably the son of James Briggs and Dameris White of Norton.
The following would be this second Gideon, who was a Corporal in the war:
U.S. Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783
Name:	Gideon Briggs
Rank - Induction:	Corpl
Roll Box:	41
Roll State:	MA
He was married to Sarah Marcy Babbitt and died in Vermont.