Ancestry of
Myron H. Avery

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Ephraim Briggs Jr.

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• • 2nd Great-grandfather of Myron H. Avery — 5th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 30 
  • Father:
  • Ephraim Briggs 
  • Mother:
  • Lettice Hill   
  • Birth Date:
  • 4 Nov 1769 
  • Birth Location:
  • Pembroke, Plymouth, Massachusetts 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Christening Location:
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  • Death Date:
  • 6 Nov 1855 
  • Death Location:
  • Norway, Oxford, Maine 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • Pikes Hill Cemetery, Norway, Oxford, Maine 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Rachel Allen
  • Marriage Date:
  • 1 Jul 1794 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Readfield, Kennebec, Maine 
  • Children:
  
  

  Thomas Allen Briggs

  Lydia Briggs (Ahnentafel No:15 )

  Sally Briggs

  Polly Briggs

  Ephraim Briggs

  Rachel Briggs

  Zenas Briggs

  William Briggs

  Rufus Briggs

  Amos Briggs

• Additional marriages for Ephraim Briggs Jr.

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  • Spouse:
  • Polly G. Stone
  • Marriage Date:
  • 20 Jul 1834
  • Marriage Location:
  • Otisfield, Oxford, Maine

• Sources for Ephraim Briggs Jr.

  • ¹ Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 11/02/2024).
  • ² Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900, FHL No 7595775, Image 12, Birth records for children of Ephraim and Rachel Briggs.
  • ³ Maine, Deaths and Burials, 1841-1910, FHL No 7595775, Image 71, Death record for spouse Rachel Briggs.
  • ⁴ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850, Pembroke, Vol. 1, p. 50, Birth record for Ephraim Briggs.
  • ⁵ New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 1973, Vol. 127, p. 63.
  • ⁶ Lapham, William Berry, Centennial History of Norway, Oxford County, Maine, 1786-1886: Including an Account of the Early Grants and . . ., Portland, Maine: Brown Thurston and Co., Publishers (1886), 471-472.
  • ⁷ Little, George Thomas, ed., Genealogical and Family History of the State of Maine, Volume 4, New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company (1909), 2198.
  • ⁸ Spurr, William Samuel, A History of Otisfield, Cumberland County, Maine from the Original Grant to the Close of the Year 1944, n.p.: William Samuel Spurr (1944), 339-340.