1754 - 1825 (71 years)
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Name |
Daniel Briggs |
Prefix |
Capt. |
Birth |
14 April 1754 |
Pembroke, MA [1] |
Gender |
Male |
Death |
11 August 1825 |
Milton, MA [1, 2] |
Notes |
- Daniel learned his trade of shipbuilding with his father at the Brick Kilns. He served in the Revolutionary war as well as the war of 1812. By 1792 he was building in Weymouth on the Fore River. He lived on the Braintree side of the river. In 1785 he purchased a house and land bordiering on the Neponset River in Milton. There he lauched two vessels in 1786 and 1788, but in 1789 went to Germantown, Quincy, were he built the Massachusetts, which was launched that year. He then returned to Milton, bought the Foye estate in 1805, and continued shipbuilding at the foot of Milton Hill until 1815. Daniel served in the Revolutionary War and in the War of 1812 in chich eh was a Lieutenant in Capt. John Lillie’s Milton Company:; ordered to march to Cohasset, where enemy’s troops were expected to land. They marched as far as Hingham, and there learned that their services were not needed. [2]
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Person ID |
I5305 |
Schirado |
Last Modified |
7 April 2000 |
Father |
Seth Briggs, b. 28 August 1721, Scituate, MA d. 23 July 1801, Pembroke, MA (Age 79 years) |
Mother |
Abigail Church, b. 11 February 1726, Scituate, MA d. 3 November 1795, Pembroke, MA (Age 69 years) |
Marriage |
2 November 1745 (int) |
Scituate, MA [3] |
Family ID |
F623 |
Family Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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Sources |
- [S33] (Boston: NEGHS, 1911).
- [S3] L. Vernon Briggs, (1938).
- [S5] (NEHGS, Boston, 1909).
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