Briggs, Captain Abner
Birth Name | Briggs, Captain Abner |
Gramps ID | I79308068 |
Gender | male |
Age at Death | 86 years, 2 months, 6 days |
Events
Event | Date | Place | Description | Notes | Sources |
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Birth [E29904] | 1739-08-10 | Rochester, Massachussetts |
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Death [E29905] | 1825-10-16 | Nantuckett, Massachussetts |
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Parents
Relation to main person | Name | Birth date | Death date | Relation within this family (if not by birth) |
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Father | Briggs, Jedediah [I79308070] | 1708-11-27 | ||
Briggs, Captain Abner [I79308068] | 1739-08-10 | 1825-10-16 |
Families
  |   | Family of Briggs, Captain Abner and Coffin, Deborah Anne [F35218079] | |||||||||||||||
Married | Wife | Coffin, Deborah Anne [I79308184] ( * 1736/7-02-18 (Julian) + 1804-10-14 ) | |||||||||||||||
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Children |
Name | Birth Date | Death Date |
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Briggs, Captain Jonathan Coffin [I79308048] | 1765-12-28 | 1853-10-14 |
Briggs, Lydia [I79308055] | 1767-11-09 | |
Briggs, Love [I79308067] | ||
Briggs, Stephen [I79308185] | 1770 |
Narrative
[egoncpy.FTW]
Sea captain, neutral in American Revolution and traded with both sides.
Living in Nantucket, He signed a petition to England and the Continental
congress protesting American and British violations of the neutrality of
Nantucket during the American Revolution.