1753 - 1849

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• Birth	27 Mar 1753	Dighton, Bristol County, Massachusetts   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Died	4 May 1849	Dighton, Bristol County, Massachusetts   [2, 3]
  Buried	Wellington St., Dighton, Bristol County, Massachusetts
  Person ID	I78653	Brainard (Brainerd) / Foster / Fish
  Last Modified	11 Sep 2003 00:00:00
  Family	Permilia PALMER, b. Aft 1753, Dighton, Bristol County, Massachusetts
  Married	16 Jun 1783	Dighton, Bristol County, Massachusetts   [4]
  Notes	They were married by Rev. John Smith. They were both of Swansey.
  Children	1. Frederick BRIGGS, b. 10 Aug 1784, Dighton, Bristol County, Massachusetts   2. Jarvis BRIGGS, b. 25 May 1786, Dighton, Bristol County, Massachusetts   3. Lucy BRIGGS, b. 24 Jul 1788, Dighton, Bristol County, Massachusetts   4. Ruth BRIGGS, b. 3 Jun 1790, Dighton, Bristol County, Massachusetts   5. Polly BRIGGS, b. 21 Jun 1792, Dighton, Bristol County, Massachusetts   6. Silas Palmer BRIGGS, b. 26 Sep 1794, Dighton, Bristol County, Massachusetts   7. Avis Reed BRIGGS, b. 11 Aug 1796, Dighton, Bristol County, Massachusetts   8. John BRIGGS, b. 29 Aug 1798, Dighton, Bristol County, Massachusetts   9. Pamela (Permilla) BRIGGS, b. 13 Nov 1801, Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts   10. David BRIGGS, b. 3 Aug 1802, Dighton, Bristol County, Massachusetts   11. William Bourne BRIGGS, b. 20 Jul 1806, Dighton, Bristol County, Massachusetts
  Family ID	F34185	Group Sheet

• Notes	Abiezer served with the RI State Troops in the Revolutionary War. He received Pension #S- 29671 in 1818 at the age of 65 years. Enlisted in 1776, was in the Battle of White Plains and was wounded in the Battle of Trenton.

• Sources

  [S1149] Jay Mack Holbroke, Massachusetts Vital Records, Dighton, Massachusetts, Micrfiche F74/D45/M37 (Oxford, Mass., 1990), Fiche 4, Frame 149.. [S1074] Hon. Horace Wilbur Palmer, Ph.B., LL.B., Palmer Families in America, VOL. III: William Palmer of Plymouth and Duxbury, Ma, page 39-40. [S1150] Louis Hatherly Carr, Town of Dighton, Masaachetts, Vital Records 1700-1980, Volume 7, Deaths, 1700-1980, page 41. [S1149] Jay Mack Holbroke, Massachusetts Vital Records, Dighton, Massachusetts, Micrfiche F74/D45/M37 (Oxford, Mass., 1990), Fiche 5, Frame 226..