Grave has been located flag female ancestor  Martha "Patty"  TANNER

  (b. abt. 1760 South Kingstown, Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations   d. 11 September 1840 Rhode Island, USA )  

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Martha "Patty" TANNER was born abt. 1760 in South Kingstown, Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations

Martha "Patty" TANNER was the child of ?   and   ?

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Martha "Patty"  married  Sweet BRIGGS abt. 1777 .  The couple had (at least) 10 children.
Sweet BRIGGS  was born abt. 1757 in North Kingstown, Rhode Island, USA (North Kingston) (Wickford) (Davisville) (Saunderstown) (Allenton).  Sweet died 23 October 1850 in South Kingstown, Rhode Island, USA (Kingston) (West Kingston) (Matunuck) (Peace Dale) (Wakefield).  Sweet was the child of Ebenezer BRIGGS and Eleanor SWEET.

Martha "Patty" TANNER died 11 September 1840 in Rhode Island, USA.





daughter of William Tanner and Deliverance Briggs


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Martha "Patty" TANNER married Grave has been locatedAmerican Revolutionary War Soldier flag male ancestor Sweet BRIGGS-- Date: abt. 1777 Place: 
Sweet BRIGGS was the child of Ebenezer BRIGGS and Eleanor SWEET




Children of Sweet BRIGGS and Martha "Patty" TANNER:

flag male ancestor Ebenezer BRIGGS (b.8 September 1778, , Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations  d. 25 February 1855, , Rhode Island, USA)

flag male ancestor Daniel BRIGGS (b.abt. 1781, , Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations  d. 13 April 1856, , Rhode Island, USA)

Grave has been locatedflag male ancestor Sweet BRIGGS (b.13 August 1782 , South Kingstown, Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations   d. 17 October 1872, South Kingstown, Rhode Island, USA )

flag female ancestor Elizabeth BRIGGS (b.July 1784, South Kingstown, Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations   d. 6 November 1869, South Kingstown, Rhode Island, USA )

flag male ancestor William BRIGGS (b.28 January 1787, , Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations  d. 8 December 1863, South Kingstown, Rhode Island, USA )

flag female ancestor Rachel BRIGGS (b.27 January 1789, South Kingstown, Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations   d. 16 March 1865, Richmond, Rhode Island, USA )

Grave has been locatedflag male ancestor Gorton BRIGGS (b.15 February 1790, South Kingstown, Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations   d. 1 April 1873, Jamestown, Rhode Island, USA)

flag male ancestor Palmer T. BRIGGS (b.abt. 1791, North Kingstown, Rhode Island, USA   d. 1 December 1866, Newport, Rhode Island, USA)

flag male ancestor Bowen BRIGGS (b.8 May 1793, North Kingstown, Rhode Island, USA   d. 30 November 1882, Charlestown, Rhode Island, USA )
m. Hannah SHELDON 16 March 1815 in Charlestown, Rhode Island, USA (Quonochontaug)

flag female ancestor Martha A BRIGGS (b.5 April 1795, North Kingstown, Rhode Island, USA   d. 9 October 1874, )



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1778 Birth of Child
Ebenezer BRIGGS was born 8 September 1778, , Rhode Island, USA
1782 Birth of Child
Sweet BRIGGS was born 13 August 1782 , South Kingstown, Rhode Island, USA (Kingston) (West Kingston) (Matunuck) (Peace Dale) (Wakefield)
1784 Birth of Child
Elizabeth BRIGGS was born July 1784, South Kingstown, Rhode Island, USA (Kingston) (West Kingston) (Matunuck) (Peace Dale) (Wakefield)
1787 Birth of Child
William BRIGGS was born 28 January 1787, , Rhode Island, USA
1789 Birth of Child
Rachel BRIGGS was born 27 January 1789, South Kingstown, Rhode Island, USA (Kingston) (West Kingston) (Matunuck) (Peace Dale) (Wakefield)
1790 Birth of Child
Gorton BRIGGS was born 15 February 1790, South Kingstown, Rhode Island, USA (Kingston) (West Kingston) (Matunuck) (Peace Dale) (Wakefield)
1793 Birth of Child
Bowen BRIGGS was born 8 May 1793, North Kingstown, Rhode Island, USA (North Kingston) (Wickford) (Davisville) (Saunderstown) (Allenton)
1795 Birth of Child
Martha A BRIGGS was born 5 April 1795, North Kingstown, Rhode Island, USA (North Kingston) (Wickford) (Davisville) (Saunderstown) (Allenton)
NewsThe 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.
marriage1815 Marriage of Child
Bowen BRIGGS married 16 March 1815, Charlestown, Rhode Island, USA (Quonochontaug) to Hannah SHELDON
death1840 Death
11 September 1840
Rhode Island, USA

Martha is buried at: Sweet Briggs Jr Lot South Kingstown, Washington County, Rhode Island, USA
Added: 1/31/2018 1:33:04 PM - Updated: 2/25/2025 12:17:35 PM
Did You Know?The first mention of Rhode Island in writing ('isola di Rhode') was made by explorer Giovanni da Verrazzano in 1524 (he refers to an island near the mouth of Narragansett Bay which he compares to the Island of Rhodes in the Mediterranean). Some attribute the name to Dutch explorer Adriaen Block ('Roode Eylandt'), again because its red clay is similar to the Greek island of Rhodes. (statesymbolsusa.org)

Prior to 1633 - New England
1633 - 1662 - Providence Plantations
1663 - 1685 - Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
1686 - 1689 - Dominion of New England
1690 - 1790 - Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
May 29, 1790 - Rhode Island becomes 13th U.S. state

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