Person:David Briggs (18)

Birth: 1793 Massachusetts, USA Death: Jun. 15, 1864 Greenwich Huron County Ohio, USA

In the Norwalk Weekly Reflector-6/21/1864 page three column three... More Pioneers Gone-Mr. David W. Briggs of Greenwich, in this county, died in that township on Wednesday morning, the 15th inst. At the time of his death, he was the oldest resident settler of the township, having settled there in 1818.

From Huron County,Ohio Cemetery Inscriptions,Fitchville Cemetery,Fitchville Township. Page 101 Section 1 - Lot 21 [David BRIGGS, E.F. BARKER, owners] 1O BRIGGS, David U., d. 10 Jun 1864 age 73 y 6 m 2d Section 1 - Lot 21 (continued) 10 BRIGGS, ALzina BARKER, w/o David U. BRIGGS, b. 22 Dec 1801; d. 22 Jan 1881 (no burial rec.) 11 HESS, Betsey, d. 11 Feb 1847 age 10 y 8 in 17 d [d/o ELmer HESS & Mary A. BARKER HESS) Section 1 - Lot 22 [E.F. BARKER, owner) 12 BARKER, E.F., d. 20 Apr 1860 in the 83rd year of his Life tEphriam) 13 BARKER, Hannah MORSE, w/o E.F. BARKER, d. 23 Nay 1819 in the 42nd year of her age 14 BARKER, ELizabeth ARTMAN, w/o E.F. BARKER, d. 10 Oct 1825 in the 33rd year of her age 15 BARKER, Betsey HASEY, w/o E.F. BARKER, d. 11 Aug 1845 in the 59th year of her age [see Firelands Pioneer, Jan. 1920]

History of the Fire Lands

D.W. Briggs came in the fall of 1818, from Washington county, New York, (he was a native of Massachusetts), and made himself a home upon lot thirty six, in section three. He married Alzina, eldest daughter of Ephraim F. Barker, who is still living. Briggs died in 1861. He had thirteen children, nine of whom are living as follows: George, Daniel and Jacob, in the west; Maria (Mrs. J. Woodward) in Hancock county; Sarah (Mrs. J. Haynes) in Greenwich; Bathena (Mrs. C. Platner) in Hancock county; Zoa (Mrs. M. Kahar) in Michigan; Mary (Mrs. A. Warner), in Richland county; and Caroline (Evans), in Greenwich.

David Briggs (1792-1864)

Image:Genealogy of John Briggs of Portsmouth.doc

David Brigg's record of birth in Bard Family Bible (lower right)

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} David W. Briggs, in Find A Grave.
2. ↑ Huron, Ohio, United States. 1860 U.S. Census Population Schedule.
3. ↑ ^3.0 3.1 Huron, Ohio, United States. 1850 U.S. Census Population Schedule.

   Living in household: David W. Briggs, 59, & his wife, Alzina (Barker), 47. Children: Mary Briggs (16), David Briggs (14 & b. in Mich.), Bathana Briggs (12 & b. in Mich.), Ephraim Briggs (10), Zoa Briggs (6), Caroline Briggs (4), Ralph Potter (2), Charles Briggs (7). Because Ralph Potter & Charles Briggs are listed last, I wonder if they have different parents.

4. ↑ Haines, Sarah A. Haines, in Ohio, United States. Ohio Deaths and Burials, 1854-1997
   02 Feb 1915.

   Father of deceased, Sarah A. Haines, is listed as DAVID BRIGGS, b. in NEW YORK.

5. ↑ ^5.0 5.1 p 338 & 340, in Williams, William W. History of the Fire lands, comprising Huron and Erie Counties, Ohio: with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of the prominent men and pioneers. (Tucson, Arizona: W.C. Cox Co., 1974).
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3} Genealogy of John Briggs of Portsmouth, Rhode Island.

   DAVID W. BRIGGS, b. 8 Dec 1790, Dartmouth, MA, then Easton, Washington Co., NY. Married Alzina Barker b: 1802 NH, Greenwich, Huron Co., Ohio, 1820). David died 1864.

7.   Frank O. Briggs, in Baughman, Abraham J. History of Huron County, Ohio: its progress and development with biographical sketches of prominent citizens of the county .. (Tucson, Arizona: W.C. Cox, 1974)
   v 2 p 362.
8. ↑ Genealogy of John Briggs of Portsmouth, RI, in Dan in Detroit
   14 Jul 2014.

   Key link for our David W. line was his entry found in the Bard. BTW, his birth in the Bard [family Bible] shown as 8 DEC 1790 correlates exactly with his gravestone age, so that lends a degree
   of accuracy to the Bard pages.

9.   Ancestry.com.
10.   "Photograph" is possibly a photo of a drawing. Was in the collection of Harley O. Haines & Martha (Crum) Haines. Now in the collection of their son, John R. Haines. Scanned by RMC 10 July 2011.