Asaph Leonard BRIGGS

(b. 10 November 1803 , Shutesbury, Massachusetts, USA d. 23 February 1882 , Shutesbury, Massachusetts, USA )
Age: 79
Cause of Death: Consumption

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Asaph Leonard BRIGGS was born 10 November 1803 in Shutesbury, Massachusetts, USA

Asaph Leonard BRIGGS was the child of Josiah Leonard BRIGGS and Lois VAUGHAN

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Asaph Leonard married Lilly EATON 30 August 1825 in Pelham, Massachusetts, USA . The couple had (at least) 8 children.
Lilly EATON was born 29 June 1800 in Belchertown, Massachusetts, USA. Lilly died 27 October 1880 in Adams, Massachusetts, USA. Lilly was the child of Marston EATON and Charlotte DUTTON.

Asaph Leonard BRIGGS died 23 February 1882 in Shutesbury, Massachusetts, USA.

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Occupation

Asaph Leonard BRIGGS was a basketmaker.

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Asaph Leonard BRIGGS married

Lilly EATON-- Date: 30 August 1825 Place: Pelham, Massachusetts, USA
Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 (Online Database: NewEnglandAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2007).

Lilly EATON was the child of Marston EATON and Charlotte DUTTON

BRIGGS, Asaph L., b. Shutesbury, s. Josiah L. of Shutesbury,, and Lilly Eaton, Aug. 30, 1825, Pelham.

EATON, Lilly, d. Marson and Charlottee, and Asaph L. Briggs, Aug. 30, 1825, Pelham.

Children of Asaph Leonard BRIGGS and Lilly EATON:

Charlotte Dutton BRIGGS (b.7 July 1826, Pelham, Massachusetts, USA d. August 1899, Adams, Massachusetts, USA)

Thomas Jefferson BRIGGS (b.abt. 1832, , Massachusetts, USA d. , )

Lucy Ann BRIGGS (b.abt. 1833, Shutesbury, Massachusetts, USA d. , )

Russell Brown BRIGGS (b.5 January 1836, Adams, Massachusetts, USA d. 2 August 1910, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA)
m. Eliza MANCHESTER 26 February 1854 in Adams, Massachusetts, USA

Richmond BRIGGS (b.abt. 1836, , Massachusetts, USA d. , )

Jerome BRIGGS (b.abt. 1837, Shutesbury, Massachusetts, USA d. abt. 1901, Adams, Massachusetts, USA)

Marston Fayette BRIGGS (b.abt. 1840, Shutesbury, Massachusetts, USA d. 31 August 1900, Adams, Massachusetts, USA)

Augusta BRIGGS (b.abt. 1846, , Massachusetts, USA d. , )

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Birth
Name: Asaph L. Briggs
Gender: Male
Christening Date:
Christening Place: , SHUTESBURY, FRANKLIN, MASSACHUSETTS
Birth Date: 10 Nov 1803
Birthplace: , SHUTESBURY, FRANKLIN, MASSACHUSETTS
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Father's Name: Josiah Leonard Briggs
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Mother's Name: Lois
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Indexing Project (Batch) Number: C58443-1
System Origin: Massachusetts-VR
GS Film number: 886455
Reference ID: 2:179BVDR

'Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915,' database, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ ark:/ 61903/ 1:1:FC3N-PFX : 10 February 2018), Asaph L. Briggs, 10 Nov 1803; citing , SHUTESBURY, FRANKLIN, MASSACHUSETTS, 2:179BVDR; FHL microfilm 886,455.
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1805 - Lewis and Clark reach Pacific (November 15)

1809 - James Madison becomes President of the United States

The War of 1812 was a conflict between the United States and Great Britain, lasting from 1812 to 1815. It was primarily fueled by issues such as trade restrictions due to Britain's ongoing war with France, impressment of American sailors into the British Navy, and British support of Native American tribes against American expansion. The war ended with the Treaty of Ghent, restoring pre-war boundaries but resolving few of the initial disputes.

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1817 - James Monroe becomes President of the United States

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1825 Marriage / Partner
Asaph Leonard BRIGGS and Lilly EATON 30 August 1825, Pelham, Massachusetts, USA

He was 21 years old.

1825 - John Quincy Adams becomes President of the United States

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1826 - Former U.S. Presidents Thomas Jefferson and John Adams both die on the 50th Anniversary of the signing of the United States Declaration of Independence.

1826 Birth of Child
Charlotte Dutton BRIGGS was born 7 July 1826, Pelham, Massachusetts, USA

Asaph Leonard was 22 years old.

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1827 - The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad is incorporated, becoming the first railroad in America offering commercial transportation of both people and freight.

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1829 - Andrew Jackson becomes President of the United States

1830 - The Indian Removal Act marks the beginning of the forced relocation of five tribes of native Americans, known as Trail of Tears

1836 Birth of Child
Russell Brown BRIGGS was born 5 January 1836, Adams, Massachusetts, USA

Asaph Leonard was 32 years old.

1837 - Martin Van Buren becomes President of the United States

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States

From the 1840s through the 1880s, thousands trekked westward, carrying only a few belonging and supplies for the journey, and settling on the western frontier, forever changing the American West.

1840 Berkshire County, Massachusetts
Cheshire, Berkshire, Massachusetts
Asaph L. Briggs
1840 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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1841 - William Henry Harrison becomes President of the United States

1841 - John Tyler becomes President of the United States

1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1845 - James Knox Polk becomes President of the United States

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1849 - Zachary Taylor becomes President of the United States

1850 Adams, Berkshire, Massachusetts
Asaph Briggs, 47, laborer
Lydia Briggs, 50
Thomas Briggs, 18, laborer
Lucy Briggs, 17
Russell Briggs, 14
Richmond Briggs, 14
Jerome Briggs, 12
Mason Briggs, 10
Augusta Briggs, 3
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1850 - Millard Fillmore becomes President of the United States

1853 - Franklin Pierce becomes President of the United States

1854 Marriage of Child
Russell Brown BRIGGS married 26 February 1854, Adams, Massachusetts, USA to Eliza MANCHESTER

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1857 - James Buchanan becomes President of the United States

1857 - March 6 – Dred Scott v. Sandford: The Supreme Court of the United States rules that Blacks are not citizens and slaves can not sue for freedom, driving the country further towards the American Civil War.

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1860 Adams, Berkshire, Massachusetts
Asaph L. Briggs, age 56, b. abt 1804
Lilly Briggs, age 60, b. abt 1800

??? 2 different sources for 1860 Census ???

Jefferson Briggs 28, farmer, b. MA
Mary Briggs 27, b. MA
Asaph L Briggs 56, day laborer, b. MA

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1861 - February 8 – American Civil War: The Confederate States of America are formed, comprising the first six break-away states.

1861 - Abraham Lincoln becomes President of the United States

1863 - January 1 - President Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, freeing slaves.

1863 - October 3 – President Lincoln proclaims a national Thanksgiving day to be celebrated the final Thursday in November in the United States

1863 - November 19 – American Civil War: U. S. President Abraham Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address at the military cemetery dedication ceremony in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

April 14, 1865 - President Abraham Lincoln was mortally wounded by John Wilkes Booth at in Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. He died the next day. Andrew Johnson becomes President of the United States.

1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.

1869 - Ulysses S. Grant becomes President of the United States

1870 Adams, Berkshire, Massachusetts
Asaph Briggs 42, farmer, b MA
Sylva Briggs 36, keeping house, b VT
Franklin Sharp 16, works farm, b MA
Lilly Briggs 72, no occupation, b MA
Benjamin Severy 30, farmer, b ME
Fannie Severy 28, keeping house, b MA
George Severy 8, at school, b MA
May Severy 3, at home, b MA
Charles Cross 25, laborer, b MA
Charlotte Cross 18, no occupation, b MA
Asaph Briggs 65, no occupation, b MA

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1870 - June 26 - Christmas becomes a Federal holiday in the United States. It was still illegal in some states.

1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.

1877 - Rutherford B. Hayes becomes President of the United States

1877 - November 21 - Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record sound.

1879 - Incandescent light bulb is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, United States)

1880 Shutesbury, Franklin, Massachusetts
Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace

Joshua E. BOYNTON Self M Male W 55 MA Farmer MA MA

Eliza A. BOYNTON Wife M Female W 42 VT Keeping House VT VT

Bert BOYNTON Son S Male W 9 VT VT VT

Asaph BRIGGS Other M Male W 76 MA Pauper MA MA

Maria LEONARD Other W Female W 73 CT Pauper CT CT

Sarah BEALS Other W Female W 58 MA Pauper --- ---

Almina LEONARD Other S Female W 50 MA Pauper --- ---

Julia PRATT Other M Female W 39 MA Pauper --- ---

Emma PRATT Other S Female W 25 MA Pauper --- ---

Lorenzo BATTLES Other S Male W 13 MA Pauper --- ---

1880 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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1880 Death of Spouse/Partner
Lilly EATON died 27 October 1880, Adams, Massachusetts, USA

1881 - The American Red Cross is established by Clara Barton.

1881 - March 4 - James A. Garfield becomes President of the United States

1881 - July 2 - James A. Garfield was shot at the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Station in Washington, D.C., at 9:30 am on Saturday, July 2, 1881. He died in Elberon, New Jersey, two months later on September 19, 1881. The shooting occurred less than four months into his term as president. Charles J. Guiteau was convicted of Garfield's murder and executed by hanging one year after the shooting. Chester Arthur becomes President of the United States.

1882 Death
Death source: Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841 - 1910, Vol: 337 ; Page: 338. NOTE: Listed as single at the time of death.
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