Lydia Hodges

Family/Spouse: Abraham Brown. Abraham (son of Thomas Browne) was born in Oct 1588 in Tring, Hertfordshire, England; died in Sep 1650 in Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; was buried in Old Burying Place, Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Lieutenant William Lakin. William (son of William Lakin and Mary) was born in 1624 in Reading, Berkshire, England; died on 22 Feb 1700 in Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; was buried in Old Burying Ground, Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

William married Elizabeth Robertson on 4 Jan 1685 in Chelmsford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Elizabeth (daughter of James Robertson and Elizabeth Farnsworth) was born on 03 Oct 1668 in Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Abigail. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Elizabeth married Jonathan Boyden about 1705 in Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Jonathan was born about 1675. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Abigail married Joseph Lakin in 1695. Joseph (son of Sergeant John Lakin and Mary Bacon) was born on 14 Apr 1670 in Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; died on 1 Apr 1747 in Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

William married Mariam Erwin on 29 Jul 1731 in Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts. Mariam was born in 1710 in Scotland; died about 1793. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Elizabeth married Benjamin Lakin on 23 Sep 1706 in Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Benjamin (son of Sergeant John Lakin and Mary Bacon) was born on 6 Nov 1672 in Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; died on 7 Sep 1753 in Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Sarah Shattuck. Sarah (daughter of John Shattuck, Jr. and Mary Blood) was born on 5 Oct 1701 in Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; died before 1729 in Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Lydia Parker on 27 Oct 1729 in Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Lydia (daughter of Nathaniel Parker and Lydia Nutting) was born on 30 Oct 1711 in Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; died after 1800. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Military Service: 1725; Lovell’s War April 1725

Isaac married Elizabeth Shattuck on 27 Jan 1726 in Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Elizabeth (daughter of John Shattuck, Jr. and Mary Blood) was born on 11 Jul 1705; died after 1769 in Pepperell, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ebenezer married Lydia Lakin on 13 Jan 1732 in Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Lydia (daughter of Joseph Lakin and Abigail Lakin) was born on 15 Mar 1707 in Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Named in his father probate as executor 09Nov1747 after his mother pleaded not to be to due her age.

Jacob married Eunice on 28 Jan 1730 in Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mary married Benjamin Bennett on 27 Mar 1723 in Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Benjamin (son of Benjamin Bennett and Abigail) was born about 1696; died on 25 Sep 1757 in Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Lydia married Ebenezer Lakin on 13 Jan 1732 in Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Ebenezer (son of Abraham Lakin and Abigail) was born on 19 Jul 1707 in Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Military Service: 17 Dec 1777, Amherst, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire; American Revolution (US)

William married Presilla Ames on 27 Feb 1756 in Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Presilla was born on 24 Apr 1739 in Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; died in May 1756. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

William married Anna Gragg on 2 Feb 1758 in Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Anna (daughter of Hugh Gragg and Jean) was born in 1741 in Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; died on 17 Sep 1798 in Hancock, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Gabriel married Phebe Lakin on 13 Apr 1758 in Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Phebe (daughter of Ebenezer Lakin and Lydia Lakin) was born on 12 Sep 1738 in Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Jonathan married Jemima Williams on 1 Aug 1763 in Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Jemima was born on 10 Oct 1749 in Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Elizabeth married Ezra Farnsworth on 26 Apr 1726 in Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Ezra was born on 17 Jan 1704 in Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; died on 17 Jun 1788 in Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Rachael married David Nutting on 1 Sep 1747 in Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. David was born on 8 May 1717 in Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; died before 1760. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Rachael married Jonathan Pratt on 24 Apr 1760 in Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Jonathan was born about 1715. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Named in her father's probate records 18Mar1774 as Sarah Bennett, deceased.

Sarah married Benjamin Bennett, Jr. on 8 Jan 1747 in Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Benjamin (son of Benjamin Bennett and Mary Lakin) was born on 29 Jan 1724 in Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; died est 1790. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Hannah married Levi Lakin on 7 Jan 1773 in Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Levi (son of Isaac Lakin and Elizabeth Shattuck) was born on 7 Jan 1747 in Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Simeon married Mary Lovejoy about 1751. Mary was born in 1731 in Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; died in 1786. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Levi married Hannah Lakin on 7 Jan 1773 in Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Hannah (daughter of John Lakin and Lydia Parker) was born on 24 Aug 1743 in Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Phebe married Gabriel Lakin on 13 Apr 1758 in Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Gabriel (son of William Lakin and Mariam Erwin) was born on 22 Jun 1736 in Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Benjamin married Sarah Lakin on 8 Jan 1747 in Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Sarah (daughter of John Lakin and Sarah Shattuck) was born on 3 Mar 1724 in Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; died on 10 Jul 1765 in Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Benjamin married Sybil Woods on 28 Aug 1768 in Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Sybil (daughter of Amos Woods and Hannah Nutting) was born on 6 Feb 1740 in Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; died on 24 May 1836 in Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Joseph married Margaret Shattuck in 1751 in Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Ezekiel Nutting. Ezekiel was born on 13 Feb 1721 in Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; died in 1790. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Jonathan married Asenath Parks in 1802. Asenath was born on 1 Jul 1786 in Hancock, Delaware County, New York; died after 1855 in Hancock, Delaware County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He came from Salem, MA in 1781 and located at the southwesterly extremity of Linekin Neck, building his house nearly opposite Negro Island. He lived there until his decease. No publishment is found and it is thought he was married when he came to Boothbay. His wife's name is unknown and the exact birth of his children apparently unobtainable. He followed fishing and farming. It is thought that there were some children who failed to live to maturity between John and Benjamin.

Benjamin married Sarah Lakin in 1778 in Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Sarah (daughter of Simeon Lakin and Mary Lovejoy) was born on 16 Nov 1756 in Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/49982181/mary-gregg

Mary married John Gregg, Jr. on 26 Sep 1779 in Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. John (son of John Gragg and Jennet Wilson) was born in 1755 in Peterborough, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire; died on 28 Nov 1812 in Bristol, Ontario County, New York; was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Bristol, Ontario County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

May be the Daniel Bennett died 1840 Hillsboro, NH

May be the Daniel Bennett died 1840 Hillsboro, NH

Mary married John Phelps on 24 Dec 1772 in Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. John (son of John Phelps, Jr. and Deborah Lovejoy) was born on 20 Apr 1744 in Andover, Essex County, Massachusetts; died in 1838. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Sarah married Benjamin Bennett in 1778 in Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Benjamin (son of Benjamin Bennett, Jr. and Sarah Lakin) was born on 25 Oct 1753 in Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; died on 11 Feb 1804 in Boothbay, Lincoln County, Maine. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Deborah Marie Early. Deborah was born on 6 Jan 1822 in Delaware County, New York; died on 18 May 1881 in Plainfield, Waushara County, Wisconsin; was buried in Oasis Cemetery, Oasis, Waushara County, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Polly married Zephaniah Walker Gooding on 27 Mar 1800. Zephaniah (son of William Gooding and Bathsheba Walker) was born on 25 Sep 1777 in Dighton, Bristol County, Massachusetts; died on 19 Jun 1856 in Bristol, Ontario County, New York; was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Bristol, Ontario County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: John D. Trafton. John (son of Benjamin Trafton and Eunice Fisher) was born on 26 Dec 1782 in Dighton, Bristol County, Massachusetts; died on 10 Nov 1848 in Bristol, Ontario County, New York; was buried in Bristol Center Cemetery, Bristol, Ontario County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

War of 1812

George married Elizabeth Gooding about 1810. Elizabeth (daughter of Job Gooding and Mary Claggett) was born on 8 May 1784 in Dighton, Bristol County, Massachusetts; died on 21 Jan 1859 in Bristol, Ontario County, New York; was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Bristol, Ontario County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/50334675/fanny-briggs

Fanny married Artemas Briggs on 17 Nov 1809 in Bristol, Ontario County, New York. Artemas (son of Captain Jedediah Briggs and Bathsheba Paull) was born on 29 Aug 1786 in Berkley, Bristol County, Massachusetts; died on 4 Jul 1870 in Honeoye, Ontario County, New York; was buried in Lakeview Cemetery, Honeoye, Ontario County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Luther and Betsey raised sons on east end of Lot # 33, across from the
Burning Springs. There is a 1/2 acre burial plot close by.
Artemus Briggs was appointed Guardian of Luther's four minor sons on
August 27, 1850. Luther's youngest sons, per 1850 Census and court
records, lived with thier mothers twin sister Fanny Briggs. In 1850,
she was age 50 and husband Artemus age 74 both from Mass.

Elizabeth married Luther Bartlett on 3 Oct 1815 in Bristol, Ontario County, New York. Luther was born about 1793. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Benjamin married Fanny Pratt on 8 Mar 1814 in Bristol, Ontario County, New York. Fanny was born on 5 Dec 1793 in Dighton, Bristol County, Massachusetts; died on 17 Jun 1866 in Bristol, Ontario County, New York; was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Bristol, Ontario County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Thomas Briggs. Thomas (son of Abiel Briggs and Dyer Paull) was born on 27 Jan 1790 in Berkley, Bristol County, Massachusetts; died on 02 Aug 1863 in Sharon Twp, Medina County, Ohio; was buried in Sharon Center Cemetery, Sharon, Medina County, Ohio. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Sarah married Ivory C. Berry on 30 Jan 1873. Ivory (son of Isaiah Berry and Sapphira Ely) was born on 8 Jan 1850 in Granger, Allegany County, New York; died on 3 Jul 1922 in Plainfield, Waushara County, Wisconsin; was buried in Ray Cemetery, Plainfield, Waushara County, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

On April 15 1850, he and five others including his son Horace took an ox team by the "Overland Route" to California. They arrived September 19, 1850. The party separated but he and Horace stayed together. He soon became sick from the journey and died. ("An Excellent Citizen Gone")

Hiram married Eunice Cory on 01 Feb 1826. Eunice was born on 03 Mar 1808 in Jefferson County, New York; died on 5 Feb 1901 in Sennett, Cayuga County, New York; was buried in Pine Hill Cemetery, Troop, Cayuga County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Richard Bailey. Richard was born on 4 Mar 1793; died on 19 Apr 1844; was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Bristol, Ontario County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Ezekiel Cudworth. Ezekiel was born in 1806 in Freetown, Bristol County, Massachusetts; died on 18 May 1878 in Bristol, Ontario County, New York; was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Bristol, Ontario County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Laura married Phineas Kent in 1826. Phineas was born on 4 Oct 1804; died on 2 Jan 1891; was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Bristol, Ontario County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Sally married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Richard Gardner. Richard was born in 1806 in Connecticut; died on 20 Nov 1857 in Bristol, Ontario County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Sarah. Sarah was born in 1818 in New York; died on 4 Nov 1851 in Bristol, Ontario County, New York; was buried in Bristol Center Cemetery, Bristol, Ontario County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Benjamin married Nancy about 1852. Nancy was born in ca 1827 in Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Eliza A. Totman. Eliza (daughter of Calvin Record Totman and Charlotte Washburn) was born on 9 Apr 1820 in Adams, Jefferson County, New York; died on 27 Dec 1916 in Canandaigua, Ontario County, New York; was buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, Canandaigua, Ontario County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

four sons and three daugters

Elizabeth married Isaiah Stephen Cornell on 22 Nov 1827 in Bristol, Ontario County, New York. Isaiah (son of Stephen Cornell and Hannah Simmons) was born on 7 May 1802 in Dighton, Bristol County, Massachusetts; died on 18 Aug 1853 in Bristol, Ontario County, New York; was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Bristol, Ontario County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Abbey married Othniel Gooding in 1834. Othniel (son of Elnathan Gooding and Esther Simmons) was born on 30 Nov 1811 in Ontario County, New York; died on 5 Nov 1900 in Washtenaw County, Michigan; was buried in York Cemetery, York Twp, Washtenaw County, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Apparently raised by her Aunt and Uncle, Polly and Zephaniah Gooding - in 1855 census Zeph is referred to has her father.

Family/Spouse: Seymour W. Case. Seymour (son of Jonathan Joy Case and Lucy Simmons) was born in 1812 in Bristol, Ontario County, New York; died on 20 Jan 1874 in Bristol, Ontario County, New York; was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Bristol, Ontario County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Lucy Lucinda Case. Lucy (daughter of Isaiah Case and Rachel Reed) was born on 6 Jul 1822 in Bristol, Ontario County, New York; died on 31 May 1912 in Canandaigua, Ontario County, New York; was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Bristol, Ontario County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Nancy Pennell on 30 Jun 1833. Nancy (daughter of John Pennell and Martha Tenney) was born in ca 1812; died on 31 Dec 1851 in Richmond, Ontario County, New York; was buried in Lakeview Cemetery, Honeoye, Ontario County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Eveline M. Wells about 1852. Eveline (daughter of Pascal Paoli Wells and Anna Munson) was born on 6 Jul 1820 in Manchester, Bennington County, Vermont; died on 20 Dec 1894 in Richmond, Ontario County, New York; was buried in Lakeview Cemetery, Honeoye, Ontario County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Jedediah married Elizabeth S. Brown about 1845. Elizabeth (daughter of Warren Brown and Elizabeth Allen) was born on 15 Aug 1822 in Bristol, Ontario County, New York; died on 15 Jan 1892 in Richmond, Ontario County, New York; was buried in Lakeview Cemetery, Honeoye, Ontario County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Fanny married John Frederick Thayer on 4 Dec 1837 in Honeoye, Ontario County, New York. John was born on 23 Jan 1812 in New York; died on 2 Mar 1840 in Honeoye, Ontario County, New York; was buried in Lakeview Cemetery, Honeoye, Ontario County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Cyrus, was born in 1820 in the house now occupied by his son, which was built by the father of Cyrus, Artemas, in 1817. The latter was born in 1786 in Dighton, Mass., and came on foot to Bristol, Ontario county, in 1806. In 1809 he married in Bristol, Fanny Gregg, born in 1789. His father, Jedediah, was born in 1738. He had thirteen children, several of whom came to this county. Artemas traded his farm in Bristol for one here, whither he removed in 1814. He served in the War of 1812, and fought in several of the battles on the Niagara frontier. He settled on the west side of Honeoye Lake, and owned land south of Main street in Honeoye. He and his son, Jedediah, each gave half the land for the original cemetery and he gave the land for the First Methodist church. He was one of the founders of the church here. The edifice stood on the site of Mrs. Phillips's house on Lake street. His children were: John G., born in 1811; Jedediah, born in 1815; Fanny, born in 1818; Cyrus, born in 1820, and Mary, born in 1823. Cyrus was educated at East Bloomfield Academy, and was a farmer. He married first Emeline McMichael, daughter of Thomas McMichael, a tanner here, and they had two sons: Zachary J., born in 1849, and John C. He married second Cynthia E. Hadley, by whom he had no children. He died in 1888. John C. married in 1878 Minnie A., daughter of John Van Buren. She was born November 8, 1857. They have had two children; Fred J., born in 1885, died in 1889, and Hattie F., born May 26 1889. Mr. Briggs farms the old original homestead first taken up by Abel Short and later owned by Artemas Briggs. Jedediah, brother of Artemas Briggs, was born in 1779 and was a sea captain. During the War of 1812 he was captured by the English and taken to England, returning after the war. Enoch, the oldest brother, born in 1770, came after Artemas, and settled in Bristol, where his descendants may be found at the present time. The ancestry of the family dates back to Sir Robert Briggs of England, who lived about thirteen generations back.
(History of Ontario County; compiled by Lewis Cass Aldrich; edited by George S. Conover; 1893)




Cyrus Briggs, one of the old residents of Honeoye, died at Rochester last Saturday night, aged 68. Mr. Briggs had been in poor health for about a year, and went to the house of his brother-in-law, Mr. McCrossen, of Rochester, the 6tb of last December, in the hope that a change would benefit him, Mr. Briggs was born at Honeoye, and always made that place his home. He leaves two sons Zachary and John both of whom live at Honeoye. Also, one brother and one sister—Mrs. Henry Huff of Jonesville, Mich. The funeral was held Wednesday. The appreciative obituary notice will be found in another column.

THE LATE CYRUS BRIGGS.
Cyrus Briggs of Honeoye died at the residence of his brother-in-law, R. D. McCrossen, of Rochester, on Saturday evening, Dec 29th. Though all feared there was no hope of recovery, when the news of his death reached his native place it came with a shock that was almost startling. Cyrus Briggs was a man loved by his friends and respected by all. Born at the old homestead Nov. 18th, 1890, sixty-eight years later he was carried and placed by loving hands in the very room that saw his birth. He was the youngest son of the late Artemus Briggs, who removed from Bristol to Richmond in 1814. Of his immediate relatives, a brother, Jedediah, of this place, and a sister, Mrs, Mary B. Huff, of Jonesville, Mich., survive him. His sons, Zachary and John, are residents of Honeoye, the latter occupying the old home on the farm that has been in possession of the Briggs family for seventy-four years. Mr. Briggs was twice married. His first wife, Miss Emeline McMichael of Naples, died in '66, and he married Miss M. E. Hadley of Brooklyn in '67. He leaves a successful competence gained by honesty, industry and strict attention to his own affairs. The funeral services, conducted by Rev. S. M. Day, were held from the Congregational church on Wednesday, the 2d, at 11 o'clock, the burial taking place while en route to the church, in Lake View cemetery, and which was once included in the original deed to the old farm.
(Livonia Gazette, January 4, 1889)

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/64555425/cyrus-briggs

Cyrus married Emeline A. McMichael about 1848 in Honeoye, Ontario County, New York. Emeline (daughter of Thomas McMichael and Lucinda Fisher) was born on 28 Sep 1828 in Bushnells Basin, Monroe County, New York; died on 28 Apr 1866 in Honeoye, Ontario County, New York; was buried in Lakeview Cemetery, Honeoye, Ontario County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Cyrus married Minnie E. Hadley in 1868 in Honeoye, Ontario County, New York. Minnie (daughter of Doctor William Warriner Hadley and Caroline Roberts) was born in Oct 1843 in Akron, Summit County, Ohio; died on 4 Dec 1925 in Honeoye, Ontario County, New York; was buried in Lakeview Cemetery, Honeoye, Ontario County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/41893523/mary-huff

Mary married Henry Huff in 1851. Henry (son of John Huff and Rachel Allen) was born on 29 Jul 1817 in New Jersey; died on 26 Nov 1877 in Fayette Twp, Hillsdale County, Michigan; was buried in Somerset View Cemetery, Jonesville, Hillsdale County, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Brooks Cementary Stones: Small Country cementary for southwest of
Chicago.
Mary Bartlet (1850 -1851)
August Valentine (1847-April 18, 1929)
Othello Bartlett (1855-1892) Milton & Rhonda's daughter
Ernest Roy Bartlett (1873-1876) son of Milton Parish & Mary Elizabeth

Family/Spouse: Harvey Beach. Harvey was born in 1810; died on 18 Dec 1882; was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Bristol, Ontario County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Nancy married Ira Totman in 1834. Ira (son of Samuel Totman and Naomi McCartney) was born on 7 Nov 1810 in Warren County, New York; died on 3 Mar 1900 in West Bloomfield, Ontario County, New York; was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Bristol, Ontario County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Fannie married Thomas Morton Hunn in 1848. Thomas (son of James Gideon Hunn and Elizabeth Gillette) was born on 28 Aug 1822 in Canandaigua, Ontario County, New York; died on 1 Apr 1902 in Bristol, Ontario County, New York; was buried in Bristol Center Cemetery, Bristol, Ontario County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Elizabeth married Hiram Peter Abbey on 12 Dec 1850 in Bristol, Ontario County, New York. Hiram (son of John Abbey and Elizabeth Baker) was born on 22 Jan 1822 in Allen's Hill, Ontario County, New York; died on 5 Apr 1895 in Allen's Hill, Ontario County, New York; was buried in Baker Cemetery, Richmond, Ontario County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Sarah married William Henry Allen in 1855. William (son of Hoel Allen and Sophia Lewis) was born on 7 Mar 1825 in Bristol, Ontario County, New York; died on 9 Nov 1897 in Canandaigua, Ontario County, New York; was buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, Canandaigua, Ontario County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: George Washington Crane. George (son of Barnabas Crane and Hannah Crane) was born on 13 Mar 1809 in Berkley, Bristol County, Massachusetts; died on 20 Jan 1884 in Sharon Twp, Medina County, Ohio. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Alinda Briggs was born on November 12, 1816, in Bristol, New York. She and her older sister Louisa were both married on June 29, 1834, in a double ceremony in East Bloomfield, Ontario, New York. Alinda married Barnabas Crane, and Louisa married Barnabas' brother, George Washington Crane.

Within months, the newlyweds and the rest of Alinda's family including her parents Thomas and Abigail Briggs moved to Sharon, Ohio. Alinda and Barnabas had four children on their 192-acre farm in Sharon. The youngest child was only three when Barnabas died on November 11, 1856. Two years later, on July 13, 1858, D.G. Briggs officiated at the marriage of
Alinda and the widower Ira Totman of Bristol, Ontario County, New York. Ira's son Seneca "Nick" Samuel Totman was about 13 at the time of their marriage. Alinda and Ira had a child together, Irene Imogene Totman, in 1860. In 1867, Alinda's daughter Lucy Clara Crane married her stepbrother
Seneca Totman.

Alinda's children were all still living in Sharon when she died of breast cancer on July 30, 1880. She and Barnabas Crane share a monument in the Sharon Center Cemetery.

Alinda married Barnabas Crane, Jr. in 1834. Barnabas (son of Barnabas Crane and Hannah Crane) was born on 14 Jul 1806 in Massachusetts; died on 11 Nov 1856 in Ohio; was buried in Sharon Center Cemetery, Sharon, Medina County, Ohio. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Alinda married Ira Totman on 13 Jul 1858 in Medina County, Ohio. Ira (son of Samuel Totman and Naomi McCartney) was born on 7 Nov 1810 in Warren County, New York; died on 3 Mar 1900 in West Bloomfield, Ontario County, New York; was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Bristol, Ontario County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Rhoda Ann Pratt. Rhoda was born on 27 Jun 1817; died on 25 Jan 1898; was buried in Sharon Center Cemetery, Sharon, Medina County, Ohio. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Harriet C. Dinsmore. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Angeline Lake. Angeline was born on 10 Jan 1826; died on 13 Nov 1907 in Medina County, Ohio; was buried in Sharon Center Cemetery, Sharon, Medina County, Ohio. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

George G. Briggs, the pioneer fruit man of California, in 1861 became the owner of the Rancho Santa Paula y Saticoy, in Ventura County, and said rancho was subdivided and thrown open for settlement by him.

Notes:

There are three men most responsible for the development of the Crescenta-Canada Valley: Dr. Jacob Lanterman, Dr. Benjamin Briggs, and Senator Frank P. Flint.

DR. BENJAMIN BRIGGS

Benjamin Bennett Briggs was in terrible shape when he arrived here in 1881. Years earlier he?d been shot through the lung -- the bullet still lodged in his chest, leaving him in constant pain. He was among the very first to head west for the Gold Rush, leaving the East Coast in March of 1849.

Near Salt Lake City, he and his brothers befriended some local Indians. While showing off their marksmanship, the 22-year-old accidentally stepped in front of his brother?s target.

The bullet ripped through his right lung and imbedded in his spine, the tip just visible under the skin. His journal entry for the day reveals a stoic personality. After describing the terrain and location he merely adds, ?Got accidentally wounded.?

In keeping with the medical practice of the time, he was bled. This complicated his condition, producing terrible sweats, fevers and chills. After a eight days the caravan moved on, leaving his brothers to tend to him.

Fearing they wouldn?t make the Sierras by winter, the Briggs brothers had no choice but to continue west and if need be bury him along the way. When they arrived in California, to their utter amazement, young Benjamin stood up.

His brothers worked the gold mines while he recuperated. With little to do but stare at the ground -- he became convinced that California?s soil would be perfect for growing citrus.

After some serious cajoling, he persuaded his brothers to collect the proper cuttings. This required not only the arduous journey back to the east coast -- but ocean voyages to South America and Spain, the latter in which to learn the raisin business.

Through painful trial and error -- and years of perseverance -- the Briggs brothers pioneered California?s fruit industry -- the first to plant citrus in the Sacramento Valley. George Briggs became one of the state?s first millionaires.

The Mission Padres had experimented with fruit growing before, but never on a large scale. The Briggs ranch in Santa Paula was so vast that visitors were cautioned to carry guns as flares since many a worker got lost overnight in the endless maze of fruit trees.

But a cloud followed young Benjamin. His wife Abby died of tuberculosis. Heart-broken and still suffering from his own lung injury, he abandoned the fruit industry for medicine.

He became obsessed with finding a cure for tuberculosis and other lung diseases. Over the years he earned seven medical degrees including one from the Heidelberg Academy in Germany which at the time led the world in tuberculosis research.

Despite a successful medical practice in Indiana, Brigg?s longed for a healthier climate. With his new bride (his wife?s sister) and his daughter Irene, he traveled extensively throughout Europe and America in search of the perfect climate. He found it in Rancho La Canada.

Tall, angular and bearded, Briggs reminded locals of the late President Lincoln and they took to calling him Old Abe. After moving here, Brigg?s health immediately improved.

Brigg?s purchased the entire western half of Rancho La Canada from Lanterman and Williams. He had the land surveyed and divided into ten-acre lots for sale as ranches. This included the future site of Montrose.

From his perch atop Pickens canyon, the mountains made crescent shapes -- so he named the area La Crescenta. Before that it had been called simply ?The Big Rocks?.

Brigg?s started the first school in the valley, the first town center, the first church, the first public park, and the first full-time medical practice. He also planted thousands and thousands of trees.

Briggs? daughter Irene had married the Reverend Lawrence Ward. For over 20 years, they were missionaries in the Islamic country of Persia, part of modern-day Iran. While on furlough, Briggs asked them start the first church in the valley. They formed the First Presbyterian church in Dr. Brigg?s home.

The church would later move to this cement structure on Foothill. A rare commodity in those days, Brigg?s bought the cement after it had been used as ballast on a ship from Germany. It was said to be the first cement structure in all of Southern California. The church would eventually move to its present location on Montrose Avenue.

Briggs accomplished all this in less than 12 years. When he was 66 he decided to have the bullet removed from his chest. It had been lodged against his spine for 44 years. Shortly after doctors extracted the lead ball, Benjamin Briggs died.

Col. Pickens and Dr. Briggs lived on the same piece of land for roughly the same amount of time -- during which the former chopped down an entire forest, damned up the canyon and forced others to pay him for the water -- while the latter planted thousands of trees, established a new town, and paved the way for future generations to move here.

All that honors the memory of this extraordinary man is the name of the street which once led up to his home.



Buried:
Although Benjamin Bennett Briggs, M.D. has a grave marker in Sharon Center Ohio, he was cremated by Rosedale Cemetery, Los Angeles. His ashes were not claimed and they were interred there without record.

Family/Spouse: Abigail Crane. Abigail was born on 7 Oct 1824 in Chatham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts; died on 13 Jul 1862 in Santa Paula, Ventura County, California; was buried in Sharon Center Cemetery, Sharon, Medina County, Ohio. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Edwin Haskell. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

JOSEPH W. BRIGGS, deceased. The subject of this sketch was born in New York in 1832. He was the son of Thomas Briggs, of New York. In his childhood his father removed to Medina County, Ohio, where our subject was reared and schooled, obtaining such education as the schools of that date afforded. He early learned the details of the work on his father's farm in assisting in its management.

He made the overland journey to California, and upon his arrival joined his brother, who resided near Marysville, the two entering into extensive fruit-cultivation, thus becoming pioneers of that industry in this State. He continued in k until 1854, when he returned to Ohio, and there married, in that year, Miss Mary J. Oldes, the daughter of Albert and Mary (Bennett) Oldes, who resided in Medina County, Ohio. After a two years' stay in Ohio, he went to Franklin County, Kansas, where he purchased land and established himself as a farmer and stock-raiser. There he made his home for several years, in fact until, in 1862, he returned to this State, and, with his brother, John G., and his brother-in-law, Edward Haskell, entered largely into fruit-culture. His family joined him in his new home in 1863. Mr. Briggs eventually bought out the interests of his partners, and for a time managed these orchards, of hundreds of acres in extent, without other assistance than that of hired help. In 1873 he sold out these interests and came to Santa Clara County, where he bought a tract of 120 acres on the Trimble road, on Coyote Creek, in the Midway School District. He immediately began the work of planting extensive orchards and small-fruit vines, and succeeded before his death in producing a splendid farm, upon which his widow now resides. Fifty acres were devoted to the raising of plums and prunes, twenty acres to pears, ten acres to apples, twelve acres to cherries, and the remainder to pasturage. Six acres of raspberries, and five of strawberries, were cultivated among the fruit-trees. Plenty of water is supplied by five artesian wells, each of which furnishes an average flow of water. These lands, being in a high state of cultivation and very productive, testify to Mr. Briggs' skill in horticulture. In addition to the supervision of this large farm, Mr. Briggs engaged largely in fruit-raising near Visalia, purchasing in 1881, 200 acres of land. His son, Frank T., bought 160 acres near this property, and in 1885 Mr. Briggs also acquired that tract by purchase. His design was the conversion of the whole into orchards, but his plans were destroyed by the hand of death, which occurred April 19, 1887.

He left three children: Frank T., married and living in San Francisco ; John G., who married Miss Lizzie Adams, of Alviso, now a resident of San Jose; and Albert L., residing on the old homestead. He also left, besides a devoted family, f friends, by whom his loss was deeply felt. He was a man of great strength of character, of untiring energy, as the magnitude of his enterprises proves. He was well versed in the business affairs of life, and was thus able to bring to a successful issue his many plans.

His worth in social circles was thoroughly appreciated, and by his death many secret organizations mourned the loss of a most useful member. He was a member of the Masonic fraternity, being a Knight Templar, and was also connected with tcan Legion of Honor, Chosen Friends, Knights of Honor, and Ancient Order of United Workmen.


Pen Pictures From The Garden of the World or Santa Clara County, California, Illustrated. - Edited by H. S. Foote.- Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1888.
Pg. 572

Joseph married Mary J. Oldes in 1854. Mary was born about 1835. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]