General Henry Shaw Briggs
Abt 1824 -
Generation: 1
Generation: 3
1. General Henry Shaw Briggs was born about 1824 in Pittsfield, Berkshire County, MA (son of Governor George Nixon Briggs and Harriet Hall). Henry married Mary Elizabeth Talcott on 6 Aug 1849 in Pittsfield, Berkshire County, MA. Mary (daughter of Nehemiah Platt Talcott and Judith Worthington Bulkeley) was born on 22 Aug 1827 in Lanesborough, Berkshire County, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:- George N. Briggs was born on 27 Apr 1850 in Pittsfield, Berkshire County, MA.
- Mary Talcott Briggs was born on 4 Jul 1853 in Pittsfield, Berkshire County, MA; died on 4 Nov 1895.
- Harry Allen Briggs was born on 30 May 1856 in Pittsfield, Berkshire County, MA.
- Cornelia Cushing Briggs was born on 12 Jun 1858 in Pittsfield, Berkshire County, MA.
- Charles Bigelow Briggs was born on 30 Jan 1865 in Pittsfield, Berkshire County, MA; died on 30 Aug 1865 in Pittsfield, Berkshire County, MA.
2. Governor George Nixon Briggs was born on 12 Apr 1796 in Adams, Berkshire County, MA (son of Allen Briggs and Nancy Brown); died on 11 Sep 1861 in Pittsfield, Berkshire County, MA; was buried in Pittsfield, Berkshire County, MA. George married Harriet Hall in 1818 in Lanesborough, Berkshire County, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
3. Harriet Hall Children:
- 1. General Henry Shaw Briggs was born about 1824 in Pittsfield, Berkshire County, MA.
- Harriet Briggs
- George Briggs
Generation: 3
4. Allen Briggs was born in 1756 in Cranston, Providence County, RI. Allen married Nancy Brown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
5. Nancy Brown Children:
- 2. Governor George Nixon Briggs was born on 12 Apr 1796 in Adams, Berkshire County, MA; died on 11 Sep 1861 in Pittsfield, Berkshire County, MA; was buried in Pittsfield, Berkshire County, MA.