Rebecca S. Briggs
1817 - 1885 (68 years)
Generation: 1
Generation: 3
Generation: 4
1. Rebecca S. Briggs was born 1817, Charlestown, RI (daughter of Bowen Briggs and Hannah Sheldon); died 23 Jun 1885, Hopkinton, RI. Rebecca — Mr. Macumber. [Group Sheet]
2. Bowen Briggs was born 8 May 1793, North Kingstown, RI (son of Sweet Briggs and Martha "Patty" Tanner); died 30 Nov 1882, Charlestown, RI. Bowen married Hannah Sheldon Abt 1816. Hannah was born Abt 1797. [Group Sheet]
3. Hannah Sheldon was born Abt 1797. Children:
- 1. Rebecca S. Briggs was born 1817, Charlestown, RI; died 23 Jun 1885, Hopkinton, RI.
- Bowen Briggs, Jr. was born 29 Oct 1821, Charlestown, RI; died 17 Apr 1898, Charlestown, RI.
- Isaac Sweet Briggs was born 1826, Charlestown, RI; died 13 Jun 1905, Westerly, RI.
- Martha Briggs was born 14 Apr 1828, Charlestown, RI; died 19 Oct 1911, Westerly, RI; was buried , Hopkinton, RI.
- Harriet E. Briggs was born 1829, Charlestown, RI; died 8 Jan 1876, Westerly, RI.
- Susie E. Briggs was born 1842, Charlestown, RI.
Generation: 3
4. Sweet Briggs was born Abt 1755, North Kingstown, RI (son of Ebenezer Briggs and Eleanor Sweet); died Abt 1844, South Kingstown, RI. Sweet married Martha "Patty" Tanner Abt 1777. [Group Sheet]
5. Martha "Patty" Tanner (daughter of William Tanner). Children:
- Daniel Briggs was born 11 Sep 1780; died 13 Apr 1856, East Greenwich, RI; was buried , Cornell-Briggs Lot, Fox Run Rd, East Greenwich, RI.
- Sweet Briggs, Jr. was born 1782.
- Elizabeth Briggs was born Jul 1784, South Kingstown, RI; died 6 Nov 1869, South Kingstown, RI.
- Gorton Briggs was born 15 Feb 1790, South Kingstown, RI; died 1 Apr 1873, Jamestown, RI.
- Palmer T. Briggs was born 1791, North Kingstown, RI; died 9 Dec 1866, Newport, RI.
- 2. Bowen Briggs was born 8 May 1793, North Kingstown, RI; died 30 Nov 1882, Charlestown, RI.
- Job Briggs was born Apr 1801, South Kingstown, RI; died 22 Nov 1877, South Kingstown, RI.
Generation: 4
8. Ebenezer Briggs (son of John Briggs, Jr. and Sarah Reynolds); died 31 Jan 1795, East Greenwich, RI. Ebenezer married Eleanor Sweet 22 Feb 1745/46, East Greenwich, RI. Eleanor (daughter of Daniel Sweet, Jr. and Naomi Hunt) was born 22 Nov 1727, Warwick, RI. [Group Sheet]
9. Eleanor Sweet was born 22 Nov 1727, Warwick, RI (daughter of Daniel Sweet, Jr. and Naomi Hunt). Notes:
Eleanor Sweet was "of David, of Warwick."
Children:
- 4. Sweet Briggs was born Abt 1755, North Kingstown, RI; died Abt 1844, South Kingstown, RI.
10. William Tanner Notes:
He may have married a Hannah Tibbetts.
Children: