Captain Jedediah Briggs, Jr.

1779 - 1856  (77 years)

• Name	Jedediah Briggs
  Title	Captain
  Suffix	Jr.
  Birth	3 Mar 1779	Berkley, Bristol County, Massachusetts
  Gender	Male
  Military Service	Abt 1812
  	War of 1812 (US) Sea Captain - Prisoner, taken to England
  Death	26 May 1856	Richmond, Ontario Co., New York, USA
  Burial	Lakeview Cemetery, Honeoye, Ontario Co., New York, USA
  		Jedediah Briggs and Enoch Briggs - Lakeview Cemetery Jedediah(left) and Enoch(right) Plot: Briggs
  Notes	Jedediah was Captain of the Sloop Nancy and the Schooner Columbia from about 1806 until his ship was captured by the British some time during the War of 1812, he was taken captive to England. The log for the ship survived. There are no entries from Aug 1814 until Dec 1845, when it appears he is residing in Honeoye,NY---all the names are those of Honeoye residence of the era, who he apparently did work for and it is a listing of income from them(Artemas Briggs, John G. Briggs, Benjamin Briggs, Levi Noble, Jedediah Briggs, Jacob Shaw, Alinor More). He died unmarried in Honeoye,NY.
  Person ID	I4695	OurNorthernRoots
  Last Modified	26 Sep 2020

  
  

  Father	Captain Jedediah Briggs,   b. 21 Apr 1738, Berkley, Bristol County, Massachusetts d. 6 Mar 1826, Berkley, Bristol County, Massachusetts (Age 87 years)
  Mother	Bathsheba Paull,   b. 3 Apr 1748, Berkley, Bristol County, Massachusetts d. 23 Aug 1842, Berkley, Bristol County, Massachusetts (Age 94 years)
  Marriage	21 Dec 1769	Berkley, Bristol County, Massachusetts
  Family ID	F614	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 3 Mar 1779 - Berkley, Bristol County, Massachusetts Death - 26 May 1856 - Richmond, Ontario Co., New York, USA Burial - - Lakeview Cemetery, Honeoye, Ontario Co., New York, USA  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Histories

  Captain's Log (Sloop Nancy and Schooner Columbia) Captian Jedidiah Briggs Jr. - logbook from his time as Ships Captain prior to the War of 1812 and thereafter. He was said to have been taken captive during the War. Most entries in the book are provisions and collections as well as recipes. (The scanner I used cut off the bottom of the pages, I scanned twice on some of them. Several pages are ripped and missing). Large file 58mb. Most names mentioned in the book are from Berkley,MA and Honeoye,NY areas. Capt.Jedediah Jr also used the book later in life regarding other transactions.